Prema Sai Baba
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Prema Sai Baba will be the male reincarnation of Shakti in the 21st century according to the prediction by the Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba. Sathya Sai Baba first mentioned Prema Sai Baba in a discourse on July 6, 1963 in which he stated that he is the second of three avatars, the first avatar being Shirdi Sai Baba and the future avatar being Prema Sai Baba [1].
According to his official biography (also labelled a hagiography) by Narayana Kasturi, Prema Sai Baba will be born in Mysore state.[2] Many followers of SSB believe that Prema Sai Baba will be born in a village near the city Mysore in the year 2021, due to devotees claims that SSB divulged this information to them in private interviews.
In the discourse on 6 July 1963 SSB claimed to be a reincarnation of Shiva and Shakti in 1963. [3] SSB further said in the discoure that his previous incarnation Shirdi Sai Baba was an incarnation of Shiva and that Prema Sai Baba would be a reincarnation of Shakti. In contrast, Narayana Kasturi’s official biography/hagiography of SSB stated that Shirdi Sai Baba was Shakti incarnated and that Prema Sai Baba was to be an incarnation of Shiva.[2]
According to Donald Taylor in a 1987 article titled "Charismatic authority in the Sathya Sai Baba movement”, Sathya Sai Baba's 1963 declaration that he would reincarnate as Prema Sai Baba defused the problem of authority. According to Taylor, all authority remains firmly in Sathya Sai Baba's hands as long as he lives and anyone else who claims authority in his lifetime would be recognized as an imposter [4].
[edit] References and notes
- ^ Sathya Sai Baba Discourse, "Shiva Shakthi", July 6th 1963 Available Online
- ^ a b Kasturi, Narayana M.A., B.L. Sathyam Sivam Sundaram - Part II: The Life of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba 1973:88-89
"He said, "I have been keeping back from you all these years one secret about Me; the time has come when I can reveal it to you. This is a sacred day. I am Siva-Sakthi," He declared, "born in the gothra of Bharadwaja, according to a boon won by that sage from Siva and Sakthi. Sakthi Herself was born in the gothra of that sage as Sai Baba of Shirdi; Siva and Sakthi have incarnated as Myself in his gothra now; Siva alone will incarnate as the third Sai (Prema Sai Baba) in the same gothra in Mysore State." - ^ Shiva Shakthi Gurupournima Day, 6 July 1963, (Sathya Sai Baba, Sathya Sai Speaks III 5, 19.)
- ^ Taylor, Donald Charismatic authority in the Sathya Sai Baba movement by Donald Taylor in 'Hinduism in Great Britain', Richard Burghart (ed.), 1987, London/New York: Tavistock Publications, pp. 130-131.
[edit] External links
- Sathya Sai Organisation/SSB Prema Sai
- Prema Sai first mentioned in discourse
- Blitz Interview and discussion about Prema Sai Baba
- Charismatic authority in the Sathya Sai Baba movement by Donald Taylor in 'Hinduism in Great Britain', Richard Burghart (ed.), 1987, London/New York: Tavistock Publications, pp. 130-131.
