Importance of Baba’s Teachings:

Baba’s teachings were many times in incomplete sentences. It was not possible that one can know the importance of His words immediately. Many times it so happened that after few months or years, such a situation arose that one could understand His incomplete sentences. Those incomplete sentences would then act as “Ram Ban” (as Lord Ram’s arrow never failed its target, so were Baba’s words). At that time, Baba’s words would come in front of one’s eyes and proved very useful. The following incident makes this clear.

Once two gentlemen, who were friends from many years, had some difference of opinion. It so happened that one gentleman, at whose house another gentleman had visited, spoke some words, that the other gentleman felt insulted. He at once left his friend’s place. He even returned back his friend’s book through a third person and even took back his books also through the same person. As those gentemen were my friends also, this incident came to my ears. At that time, I remembered two sentences said by Baba many years back. As both of my friends had firm faith in Baba. I told one sentence to one of them and the other sentence to my other friend. By hearing those sentences, there was a miracle that their misunderstanding and anger disappeared and both of them became friends again. I said to the gentleman who had insulted his friend, a sentence said by Baba that, “If you don’t speak good of anybody, it’s ok. But do not say bad of others. I am hurt because of it.” By this he realised that he not only hurt his own friend, but he had hurt Baba also.” So we must not speak ill of others. We must remember that Sai Baba is in every being. So if we hurt someone, it is equal to hurting Sai Baba.The second sentence which Baba said meant that we are such people, that even if we quarrel or even if we insult each other, then also we are not separated. So the gentleman took the lesson that if my old friend has said me something or even if he had insulted him, why should I cut off all the relations? Even I called back my book, which was very inappropriate behaviour of mine. Now Baba won’t forget my behaviour. So both the friends repented for their deeds, forgive each other and become good friends again and remained in that way forever.

Source : Translated from Gujarati Magazine "Dwarkamai"