Another Treasure Hunt in Yajur Mandir
The expected happened.
We need not use astrology or clairvoyance to anticipate this.
First lot
We shall first recall, that the Trust Board Members in their first hunt disclosed that 98 kgs. of gold was found.
Second lot
The Deccan Chronicle news paper, our local daily, dated 19th July 2011 reported that 34.8 kg. of gold, 340 kg. of silver, Rupees 1.9 crore (19 million) in cash, were found at the Yajur Mandir of Late Sathya Sai Baba. These treasures -- the Andhra Pradesh Government Officials and the Sathya Sai Trust Members have jointly discovered.
My comments as a blogger (layman)
Why didn't the Trust members request the Government Officials, to search these rooms also in the first batch search which yielded 98 kilos at that time? Please see my post No. 38 here.
Have they thought that there was no alternative but to disclose more gold, silver and cash, after the fiasco of the transportation of Rs. 3.5 million caught by the police, while being transported to Bangalore. Please see my post No. 39 here.
The story of the King Midas of the 'Golden Touch' fame fades into insignificance when compared to the story of Sathya Sai Baba. King Midas had a daughter to kiss (who turned into gold, when he touched). Sathya Sai Baba might not have had anything to worry about daughters, sons, nephews and nieces becoming gold statues with his touch. The surviving blood relatives of him may not even be knowing that Baba was wallowing in heaps of gold, silver and currency notes.
Baba might not have even allowed the information of the gold mines in his bed room, to reach his blood relatives, not to speak of himself informing them about the piles.
We shall examine two examples:---
1. Gautama Buddha (founder of Buddhism, 6th Century B.C. circa) had some experience of the gold rush, but not definitely at this scale of Sathya Sai Baba. Buddha needed an Ashram (hermitage). anAtha pinDaka , a rich merchant was said to have spread out on the garden floor 18 million gold pieces to buy the land from Prince Jeta. He was said to have spent another 18 million gold pieces on the construction of the building (called 'vihAra'). Another 18 million gold pieces on the festival of dedication. It is not clear what prompted anAtha pinDaka to spend millions and billions for Buddha? Did Buddha treat and cure him of some incurable disease? Normally rich persons, more so, businessmen keep armed guards at the gates of their mansions to prevent beggars, loan-seekers, favor-seekers, mendicants from trespassing. Why did the heart of anAtha pinDaka vibrate and melt for Buddha?
Who are/were the anAtha pinDakas for Sathya Sai Baba? How did their hearts vibrate and melt for the Baba?
2. Another example: The Telugu mystic of the 15th Century 'Vemana' was said to have the power of alchemy , converting cheap metals into gold. People, apart from that, believed that Vemana's faecus (excreta or shit) converted itself into gold. It is not clear how Vemana was left alone to sit under road-side trees with just a loin-cloth, when he had such miraculous ability. The Village Landlords or the Reddy Kings (who were his kinsmen) should have/would have/might have/could have imprisoned/locked him up to collect the excreta. They would have given him special diets to produce and collect more excreta.
Persons with exceptional capabilities cannot remain free for long. About 30 years back, I read a novel, by Bhavani Bhattacharya , titled 'A Goddess named Gold'. The protagonist in this novel, as far as I can recollect, was a girl. A news spread and people believed that she had a special power on her body. Metals like iron kept on her body for some time, get converted into gold. In a few days, every inch of her body was fully covered with chains of iron items like keys, awaiting conversion. After some months, truth emerged- no conversions. Her lustre lasted only a few months. But Sathya Sai Baba's lustre has lasted nearly for half-a-century.
We must agree without demur, that Sathya Sai Baba had the ability to attract from people, covers loaded with wads of currency notes. Of course, the covers may contain their petitions. They were buying Baba with the notes. Baba was selling himself for the notes. The same people handing over covers with currency, would have refused to drop a nickel coin to the poor outside the Yajur Mandir. Here, it is worthwhile to recall the great play 'Doctor Fostus' by Christopher Marlowe. I do not wish to say that Sai Baba sold himself to Satan (and his associates) just as Dr. FAustus sold his spirit in Marlowe's drama. This play is available for free download on the Internet at Gutenberg.org.
Since Sathya Sai Baba was believed to have the exceptional abilities a la those of Vemana or the protagonist girl in the Bhattacharya's novel, it could have been possible for his being imprisoned in his own dwelling i.e. the Yajur Mandir. By whom? We cannot say! may be by himself, by his own volition. Or by the top-level persons in his inner Circle.
A few of the fag-end speeches of Sathya Sai Baba, I saw on T.V. channels, I felt contained some rancour. Some bitterness and unpleasantness were observed. In one such speech, instead of preaching love, he asked his genuine critics and scurrilous detractors, using allegories, to shut their mouths up. His language was as foul as that of his detractors. This refined rudeness may be because of increasing competition from rival Babas such as BalaSai, Kalki Bhagavan, Kaleswar, Nithyananda, Art of Living Ravishankar, Swamijis like Ganapati Sachidananda, Sundara Chaitanyananda, Swaroopananda and numerous others. He might have been under considerable stress owing to loss of market share to competitors. Basically there is no difference in Corporates fighting for their market-shares and God-persons fighting for their market-shares. Conducting birthdays, convocations etc. inviting Presidents, Prime Ministers, Chief Ministers and Governors, may be a part of marketing drives, usually adopted by all God persons.
I am tempted to write something about the novel 'Mysterious Stranger' by Mark Twain, read by me about 30 years back. I was a devotee of Mark Twain for several years. I am tempted to quote from the book: (This novel is available for free download at fullbooks.com on the internet).
You can now guess what will happen at Puttaparti.
We need not use astrology or clairvoyance to anticipate this.
First lot
We shall first recall, that the Trust Board Members in their first hunt disclosed that 98 kgs. of gold was found.
Second lot
The Deccan Chronicle news paper, our local daily, dated 19th July 2011 reported that 34.8 kg. of gold, 340 kg. of silver, Rupees 1.9 crore (19 million) in cash, were found at the Yajur Mandir of Late Sathya Sai Baba. These treasures -- the Andhra Pradesh Government Officials and the Sathya Sai Trust Members have jointly discovered.
My comments as a blogger (layman)
Why didn't the Trust members request the Government Officials, to search these rooms also in the first batch search which yielded 98 kilos at that time? Please see my post No. 38 here.
Have they thought that there was no alternative but to disclose more gold, silver and cash, after the fiasco of the transportation of Rs. 3.5 million caught by the police, while being transported to Bangalore. Please see my post No. 39 here.
The story of the King Midas of the 'Golden Touch' fame fades into insignificance when compared to the story of Sathya Sai Baba. King Midas had a daughter to kiss (who turned into gold, when he touched). Sathya Sai Baba might not have had anything to worry about daughters, sons, nephews and nieces becoming gold statues with his touch. The surviving blood relatives of him may not even be knowing that Baba was wallowing in heaps of gold, silver and currency notes.
Baba might not have even allowed the information of the gold mines in his bed room, to reach his blood relatives, not to speak of himself informing them about the piles.
We shall examine two examples:---
1. Gautama Buddha (founder of Buddhism, 6th Century B.C. circa) had some experience of the gold rush, but not definitely at this scale of Sathya Sai Baba. Buddha needed an Ashram (hermitage). anAtha pinDaka , a rich merchant was said to have spread out on the garden floor 18 million gold pieces to buy the land from Prince Jeta. He was said to have spent another 18 million gold pieces on the construction of the building (called 'vihAra'). Another 18 million gold pieces on the festival of dedication. It is not clear what prompted anAtha pinDaka to spend millions and billions for Buddha? Did Buddha treat and cure him of some incurable disease? Normally rich persons, more so, businessmen keep armed guards at the gates of their mansions to prevent beggars, loan-seekers, favor-seekers, mendicants from trespassing. Why did the heart of anAtha pinDaka vibrate and melt for Buddha?
Who are/were the anAtha pinDakas for Sathya Sai Baba? How did their hearts vibrate and melt for the Baba?
2. Another example: The Telugu mystic of the 15th Century 'Vemana' was said to have the power of alchemy , converting cheap metals into gold. People, apart from that, believed that Vemana's faecus (excreta or shit) converted itself into gold. It is not clear how Vemana was left alone to sit under road-side trees with just a loin-cloth, when he had such miraculous ability. The Village Landlords or the Reddy Kings (who were his kinsmen) should have/would have/might have/could have imprisoned/locked him up to collect the excreta. They would have given him special diets to produce and collect more excreta.
Persons with exceptional capabilities cannot remain free for long. About 30 years back, I read a novel, by Bhavani Bhattacharya , titled 'A Goddess named Gold'. The protagonist in this novel, as far as I can recollect, was a girl. A news spread and people believed that she had a special power on her body. Metals like iron kept on her body for some time, get converted into gold. In a few days, every inch of her body was fully covered with chains of iron items like keys, awaiting conversion. After some months, truth emerged- no conversions. Her lustre lasted only a few months. But Sathya Sai Baba's lustre has lasted nearly for half-a-century.
We must agree without demur, that Sathya Sai Baba had the ability to attract from people, covers loaded with wads of currency notes. Of course, the covers may contain their petitions. They were buying Baba with the notes. Baba was selling himself for the notes. The same people handing over covers with currency, would have refused to drop a nickel coin to the poor outside the Yajur Mandir. Here, it is worthwhile to recall the great play 'Doctor Fostus' by Christopher Marlowe. I do not wish to say that Sai Baba sold himself to Satan (and his associates) just as Dr. FAustus sold his spirit in Marlowe's drama. This play is available for free download on the Internet at Gutenberg.org.
Since Sathya Sai Baba was believed to have the exceptional abilities a la those of Vemana or the protagonist girl in the Bhattacharya's novel, it could have been possible for his being imprisoned in his own dwelling i.e. the Yajur Mandir. By whom? We cannot say! may be by himself, by his own volition. Or by the top-level persons in his inner Circle.
A few of the fag-end speeches of Sathya Sai Baba, I saw on T.V. channels, I felt contained some rancour. Some bitterness and unpleasantness were observed. In one such speech, instead of preaching love, he asked his genuine critics and scurrilous detractors, using allegories, to shut their mouths up. His language was as foul as that of his detractors. This refined rudeness may be because of increasing competition from rival Babas such as BalaSai, Kalki Bhagavan, Kaleswar, Nithyananda, Art of Living Ravishankar, Swamijis like Ganapati Sachidananda, Sundara Chaitanyananda, Swaroopananda and numerous others. He might have been under considerable stress owing to loss of market share to competitors. Basically there is no difference in Corporates fighting for their market-shares and God-persons fighting for their market-shares. Conducting birthdays, convocations etc. inviting Presidents, Prime Ministers, Chief Ministers and Governors, may be a part of marketing drives, usually adopted by all God persons.
I am tempted to write something about the novel 'Mysterious Stranger' by Mark Twain, read by me about 30 years back. I was a devotee of Mark Twain for several years. I am tempted to quote from the book: (This novel is available for free download at fullbooks.com on the internet).
A tiny stem shot up and began to grow, and grew so fast that in five
minutes it was a great tree, and we were sitting in the shade of it.
There was a murmur of wonder, then all looked up and saw a strange and
pretty sight, for the branches were heavy with fruits of many kinds and
colors--oranges, grapes, bananas, peaches, cherries, apricots, and so on.
Baskets were brought, and the unlading of the tree began; and the people
crowded around Satan and kissed his hand, and praised him, calling him
the prince of jugglers. The news went about the town, and everybody came
running to see the wonder--and they remembered to bring baskets, too.
But the tree was equal to the occasion; it put out new fruits as fast as
any were removed; baskets were filled by the score and by the hundred,
but always the supply remained undiminished. At last a foreigner in
white linen and sun-helmet arrived, and exclaimed, angrily:
"Away from here! Clear out, you dogs; the tree is on my lands and is my
property."
The natives put down their baskets and made humble obeisance. Satan made
humble obeisance, too, with his fingers to his forehead, in the native
way, and said:
"Please let them have their pleasure for an hour, sir--only that, and no
longer. Afterward you may forbid them; and you will still have more
fruit than you and the state together can consume in a year."
This made the foreigner very angry, and he cried out, "Who are you, you
vagabond, to tell your betters what they may do and what they mayn't!"
and he struck Satan with his cane and followed this error with a kick.
The fruits rotted on the branches, and the leaves withered and fell. The
foreigner gazed at the bare limbs with the look of one who is surprised,
and not gratified. Satan said:
"Take good care of the tree, for its health and yours are bound together.
It will never bear again, but if you tend it well it will live long.
Water its roots once in each hour every night--and do it yourself; it
must not be done by proxy, and to do it in daylight will not answer. If
you fail only once in any night, the tree will die, and you likewise. Do
not go home to your own country any more--you would not reach there; make
no business or pleasure engagements which require you to go outside your
gate at night--you cannot afford the risk; do not rent or sell this
place--it would be injudicious."
You can now guess what will happen at Puttaparti.
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