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 Sathya Sai Baba believe that Prema Sai Baba will be born in a village near the city Mysore in the year 2021, due to devotees claims that Sathya Sai Baba divulged this information to them in private interviews.

In the discourse on 6 July 1963 Sathya Sai Baba claimed to be a reincarnation of Shiva and Shakti in 1963. [1] Sathya Sai Baba further said in the discourse 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 or hagiography of Sathya Sai Baba stated that Shirdi Sai Baba was Shakti incarnated and that Prema Sai Baba was to be an incarnation of Shiva.[2]

Sathya Sai Baba stated that his three incarnation will help to usher in the Golden Age of mankind that will come soon. [3]

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] Notes

  1. ^ a b Sathya Sai Baba, Shiva Shakthi Gurupoornima discourse, on July 6th 1963
  2. ^ a b Kasturi, pages 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."
  3. ^ Steel, pages 206-207
  4. ^ Taylor pp. 130-131.

Prema Sai Baba was also said to look like Jesus, and he is to be the next Jesus Christ of the 21st century. There is thought that there will be 2 different Prema Sai's. One will be an imposter, and the other will be God. This is a reference to Christ and the Antichrist.

[edit] References

  • Kasturi, Narayana M.A., B.L. Sathyam Sivam Sundaram - Part II: The Life of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba 1973 pages 88-89
  • Sathya Sai Baba in the series Sathya Sai Speaks III 5, 19, discourse called Shiva Shakthi Gurupoornima day, 6 July 1963 Also available online
  • Steel, Brian The Satya Sai Baba Compendium: A Guide to the First Seventy Years (1997) published by Samuel Weiser, Inc. York Beach Maine. ISBN 0-87728-884-4
  • Taylor, Donald. "Charismatic authority in the Sathya Sai Baba movement" in Richard Burghart (ed.), "Hinduism in Great Britain: The perpetuation of religion in an alien cultural milieu", (1987) London/New York: Tavistock Publications, ISBN 978-04226091045

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