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sedikit info tambahan
Sai Baba
Sai Baba is Satyanarayana Raju, an Indian guru who goes by the name of Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba and who says he was born in 1926. (Critics claim the birth date was fabricated to make it appear as if Sai Baba's birth fulfilled a prophecy of Sri Aurobindo. They say school records prove that Sai Baba was actually born in 1929.) Sai Baba and his followers believe he is divine. He claims to have paranormal powers and to be able to work miracles. Two of his favorite "miracles" are to make ashes materialize for poor people and to make jewelry materialize for rich people.
The film "Guru Busters" (Equinox) demonstrated that these alleged miracles are little more than a magician's parlor tricks. One classic line from that film came from an Indian physicist who had been given a ring allegedly materialized by Sai Baba. The physicist said that he had a doctorate from Harvard and could not possibly be fooled by a magician. How many times have we heard brilliant, though deluded, people issue a similar declaration? The film depicts a group called the Science and Rationalists' Association of India [SRAI] as they travel throughout India debunking and exposing as frauds local fakirs, godmen and godwomen. The SRAI debunkers are to India what James Randi is to America and Canada. They utilize scientific and rational principles to expose the magical art of illusion and standard conman fakery used by Hindu mystics in performing feats of divination, levitation, and other miracles.
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serba sedikit tentang sai baba...
Name: Sathya Sai Baba
Birth: November 23, 1926
School/tradition: Advaita Vedanta
Main interests: religions, ethics, society, metaphysics, pedagogics
Notable ideas: interfaith dialogue, love for all beings, religious syncretism, ahimsa
Influenced: Isaac Tigrett, Narayana Kasturi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Abdul Kalam, Manmohan Singh, T. N. Seshan, Sushilkumar Shinde, Dana Gillespie, Arnold Schulman, Bill Aitken, Vladimir Antonov, Joan Brown, Alice Coltrane, Benjamin Creme, Maynard Ferguson, Peter Pruzan, Girija Prasad Koirala, Michael Nobel (son of Alfred Nobel), Shivraj Patil, Motilal Vora |
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kehidupan sai baba (sumber:wikipedia)
Sathya Sai Baba was born Sathyanarayana Raju to Peddavenkappa Raju and Easwaramma, a poor agrarian family in the remote village of Puttaparthi, located in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh. Since he was born after the satyanārāyaṇa pūjā, he was named after that deity. It was said that instruments played on their own accord in his household when he was born. [8] An official four-volume biography, called a hagiography by the Daily Telegraph, was written by professor Narayana Kasturi.[9]Kasturi wrote in his book about Sathya Sai Baba's mother that she found out she was pregnant after dreaming of the Hindu god Sathyanarayana.[10] Easwaramma claimed that she found out she was pregnant after dreaming of the Hindu God Sathyanarayana and after a huge sphere of blue light rolled towards her, merged into her and made her faint.[11]According to Kasturi, a cobra was found in the bedclothes of the baby shortly after Sathya Sai Baba was born.[12] [13] Some of his followers identify Sai Baba as the Lord of Serpents, Sheshiasa.[14]The Hollywood screenwriter Arnold Schulman wrote in his 1971 book that Kasturi's story was denied by Sathya Sai Baba's sister who, according to Schulman, asserted that "the cobra was not found under the blanket, but several hours after Baba was born a cobra was seen outside the house." [15]Schulman further stated that "for any episode of Baba's childhood, there are countless contrasting versions and, at this point, the author discovered that it was no longer possible to separate the facts from the legend". According to Schulman, contrasting versions about Baba's childhood may be due to the fact that he needed interpreters to interpret other interpreters (as in the case of his interview with Baba's sister). Schulman concluded that what the translators said may well have been quite different from what was actually said.[16]
A younger Sathya Sai Baba.The Australian journalist and follower Howard Murphet wrote in his 1971 book that Sathya Sai Baba attended the Higher Elementary School at a nearby village, called Bukkapatnam during his 8th year.[17] He had special talents for drama, music, poetry and acting, wrote songs for the village opera at the age of eight. After that Sai Baba joined the high school at Uravakonda, according to Kasturi's biography. Kasturi further wrote in his biography that on March 8, 1940 in Uravakonda around evening, Sathya Sai Baba started behaving as if a black scorpion had stung his foot. Uravakonda means "serpent-hill" and the place was known for serpents and scorpions. However, nobody found the scorpion, according to Kasturi. One night, Kasturi continues, after this strange event Sai Baba entered a state similar to coma, which his devotees call the state of "leaving his body". Kasturi further wrote that after he got out of this state he started behaving in a way that worried his parents - he didn't want to eat, he would often keep silent for a long time, recited ancient shlokas or elaborated on holy Hindu scriptures. Due to his family's pressure Sai Baba went back to Uravakonda High school in June.[citation needed] In 1940 he proclaimed himself to be a reincarnation of the fakir and saint Shirdi Sai Baba (circa 1838-1918) and subsequently took the fakir's name.[18]According to Kasturi, on October 20 1940, in his 14th year Sai Baba threw away his books, and announced that he was leaving. His words were "My devotees are calling me. I have my work." He then spent the next three days mostly under a tree in the garden of an excise inspector and many people gathered around him, Kasturi continues. He taught them Hindu devotional songs, called bhajans. From this time, when he was fourteen, Sai Baba claimed to be the avatar for our age, ie a divine incarnation sent to Earth to bring about spiritual renewal. He has consistently maintained this position ever since. Sathya Sai Baba is listed in the 1942 school record of Bukkapatnam.[19]In 1944 a mandir for followers of Sathya Sai Baba was built near the village which is now called the "old mandir".[20][21]The construction of, Prashanthi Nilayam, the current ashram was started in 1948. [22]
Howard Murphet writes in his 1971 book that the young Sathya was a vegetarian and was known for his aversion to animal cruelty and compassion for the poor, disabled and elderly.[23] According to Kasturi and to Sathya Sai Baba himself, the young Sathya composed bhajans spontaneously (even as young as 8 years of age) and was talented in drama, dance, music and poetry.
In a discourse in 1963 he claimed to be a reincarnation of Shiva and Shakti.[24] In the same discourse Sathya Sai Baba said that Shirdi Sai Baba was an incarnation of Shiva and that his future reincarnation - Prema Sai Baba - would be a reincarnation of Shakti and repeated this claim in 1976.[25] Sathya Sai Baba's biography - Sathyam Shivam Sundaram written by Narayana Kasturi, states that Prema Sai Baba will be born in Mysore state[26]
In 1958 Sanathana Sarathi, the official magazine for the followers of Sathya Sai Baba, was first published. [27]In the late 1960s he attracted Western spiritual seekers and became increasingly popular. As of 2007, he left India only once for a visit to North East Africa in 1968.[28][29]
Sathya Sai Baba had two sisters, one older brother, the late Seshama Raju, and one younger brother, the late R. V. Janaki Ramaiah.[30][31]
In 2003 Sathya Sai Baba had an accident that injured his hip, according to the official of the Sathya Sai Organization, Michael Goldstein. As of 2005, Sathya Sai Baba sometimes uses a wheelchair.[32]
In 1960 Sathya Sai Baba said that he would be in this mortal human form for 59 years more.[33] In contrast, he told the American follower John S. Hislop, according to Hislop's 1978 book, that "This body will live to age 96, and will remain young."[34] However this apparent contradiction of dates may have been caused by an erratic replacement of dates from the Indian calendar with dates from the European calendar. According to a 1984 book, Sathya Sai Baba said that "In this body I will not become old or infirm as in my old body."[35]
Sai Baba used to keep a female elephant called Sai Geetha. Sai Geetha was part of almost every festivity in Prashanti Niliyam. She passed away on May 22, 2007. |
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Reported Miracles
In some books, magazines, filmed interviews and articles, Sathya Sai Baba's followers report miracles and healings of various kinds that they attribute to him.[46] Sathya Sai Baba is said to sometimes take on the illnesses of devotees on himself.[47] Daily, he is observed to allegedly manifest vibuthi (holy ash), and sometimes food and small objects such as rings, necklaces and watches. [48]
In devotees' houses all around the world, there are claims from observers, journalists and devotees that vibuthi, kumkum, turmeric powder, holy water, siva lingams, statues of deities (brass and gold), sugar candy, fruits, herbs, amrita (a fragrant, nectar-like honey), gems, colored string, writings in ash and various other substances spontaneously manifest and materialize on the walls, furniture, pictures and altars of Sathya Sai Baba.[49][50][51][52][53][54]
Frank Baranowski, who specialized in Kirlian photography and seeing auras, reportedly analyzed Sathya Sai Baba's aura and concluded that Baba was not a human being but a divine personality because his aura was unlike anyone he had seen before. Baranowski claimed that Sathya Sai Baba's aura was so extensive, it appeared to extend beyond the horizon and contained silver and gold bands that he had not observed before.[55]
The retired Icelandic psychology professor Erlendur Haraldsson wrote that he did not get Sathya Sai Baba's permission to study him under controlled circumstances. Nevertheless, he wrote, he investigated and documented the guru's alleged miracles and manifestations through first-hand interviews with devotees and ex-devotees. Haraldsson's research yielded many extraordinary testimonies of reported miracles. Some of the reported miracles attributed to Sathya Sai Baba included levitation (both indoors and outdoors), bilocation, physical disappearances, changing granite into sugar candy, changing water into another drink, changing water into gasoline, producing objects on demand, changing the color of his gown into a different color while wearing it, multiplying food, healings, visions, dreams, making different fruits appear on any tree hanging from actual stems, controlling the weather, physically transforming into various deities and physically emitting brilliant light.[56]
These devotees and ex-devotees also claimed that they witnessed Sathya Sai Baba materialize many substances from his hand such as vibuthi, lost objects, statues, photographs, Indian pastries (both hot and cold), food (hot, cold, solid and fluid), out of season fruits, new banknotes, pendants, necklaces, watches and rings.[57] Haraldsson wrote that the largest allegedly materialized object that he saw was a mangalsutra necklace, 32 inches long, 16 inches long on each side.[58] Haraldsson wrote that some miracles attributed to Sathya Sai Baba resemble the ones described in the New Testament, but also with some differences. According to Haraldsson, although healings certainly figure into Sai Baba's reputation, his impression is that healings do not play a prominent role in Sathya Sai Baba's activities as in those of Jesus.[59]
Sathya Sai Baba has explained the phenomenon of manifestation as being an act of divine creation, but refused to have his materializations investigated under experimental conditions. Critics claim that these materializations are done by sleight of hand and question his claims to perform miracles and other paranormal feats. In April 1976, Dr. H. Narasimhaiah, a physicist, rationalist and then vice chancellor of Bangalore University, founded and chaired a committee "to rationally and scientifically investigate miracles and other verifiable superstitions". Haraldsson stated that Narasimhaiah wrote Sathya Sai Baba a polite letter and two subsequent letters that were widely publicized in which he publicly challenged Baba to perform his miracles under controlled conditions.[60] Sathya Sai Baba said that he ignored Narasimhaiah's challenge because he felt his approach was improper.[61] Sathya Sai Baba further said about the Narasimhaiah committee that "Science must confine its inquiry only to things belonging to the human senses, while spiritualism transcends the senses. If you want to understand the nature of spiritual power you can do so only through the path of spirituality and not science. What science has been able to unravel is merely a fraction of the cosmic phenomena [...]" [61]
According to Erlendur Haraldsson, the formal challenge from the committee came to a dead end because the negative attitude of the committee was obvious and perhaps because of all the fanfare involved. Narasimhaiah stated that he considered the fact that Sathya Sai Baba ignored his letters as one among several indications that his miracles are fraudulent.[62] As a result of this episode, a public debate raged for several months in Indian newspapers.[63] Narasimhaiah's committee was dissolved in August of 1977.
According to a 1994 article written by Alexandra Nagel, a critic of the guru, the 1992 work of the Canadian skeptic, Dale Beyerstein convincingly negated supernatural stories of all kinds circulating about Sathya Sai Baba.[64] In the 1995 TV documentary "Guru Busters", by UK's Channel 4, Sathya Sai Baba was accused of faking his materializations and a videotape was supplied alleging fraud. The same videotape was mentioned in the Deccan Chronicle, on November 23, 1992, on a front page headline "DD Tape Unveils Baba Magic". Erlendur Haraldsson stated that he and his associates carried out a careful analysis of the videotape shown in the "Guru Busters" documentary and mentioned by the Deccan Chronicle. Haraldsson stated that the videotape's quality and resolution left much to be desired and limited the inferences that could be drawn from it. Haraldsson claimed that Dr. Wiseman took the video to a company that specialized in corporate fraud, and which possessed some of the world's best equipment designed to enhance poor quality videotapes. According to Haraldsson, after the videotape was enhanced using a threefold process, the resulting tape contained no firm evidence of fraud. The same company analyzed several still frames from the videotape, enhanced and enlarged them and the images still did not reveal any further information.[65] The "Guru Busters" documentary also reported that Sathya Sai Baba's followers include some of India's intellectual elite, including T.N. Seshan and that professors from national research institutions who are experts in engineering, aeronautics and geology gather to worship a man they believe has supernatural powers.
The magazine India Today published in December 2000 a cover story about the Baba and the allegations of fake miracles quoting the magician P. C. Sorcar, Jr. who considered the Baba a fraud.[66] Basava Premanand, a skeptic and amateur magician, asserted that he has been investigating Sathya Sai Baba since 1968 and believes the guru to be a cheater and charlatan. Premanand sued Sathya Sai Baba in 1986 for violation of the Gold Control Act for Sathya Sai Baba's materializations of gold objects. The case was dismissed, but Premanand appealed on the ground that spiritual power is not a defence recognised in law.[67]Premanand also displayed, in the 2004 BBC documentary Secret Swami, that he could duplicate some of the same acts that Sathya Sai Baba presents as miracles; such as materializations by sleight of hand and the production of a lingam from his mouth. The BBC documentary reported that even some of Sathya Sai Baba's critics believe that he has genuine paranormal powers.[68]
The British journalist Mick Brown discussed in his 1998 book that Sathya Sai Baba's claim of resurrecting the American Walter Cowan in 1971 was probably untrue.[69] His opinion was based on the letters from attending doctors, provided in the Indian Skeptic magazine (published by Premanand).[70][71][72] In this same book, Mick Brown also related his experiences with manifestations of vibuthi, from Sathya Sai Baba's pictures in houses in London, and felt that these miraculous manifestations were not fraudulent or the result of trickery.[73] Brown wrote with regards to Sathya Sai Baba's claims of omniscience, that "skeptics have produced documentation clearly showing discrepancies between Baba's reading of historical events and biblical prophecies and the established accounts."[74] |
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Reply #64 harumanisz's post
umur dia sekarang lebih kurang 81 tahun..
apa rahsia penjagaan kulit dia yer..tak berkedut2 macam orang yang sebaya dengan dia..
dia guna teknik make-up yang terkini ker.. |
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Reply #67 nauze's post
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idak pun dia pakai susuk moden...huhu |
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Reply #68 feirina's post
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...mungkin dia pernah berkawan rapat dengan degawan susuk tu so dapat la sket susuk free of charge.. |
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kalau ada sesiapa nak tambah info tentang sai baba, buleh kita kongsi sesamer |
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Reply #67 nauze's post
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setan kat bdn dia bagi modified muka dia, biar nampak muda sentiasa, ......rambut pun setan tu bagi kerinting, senang tak payah dia pegi ke kedai.....lagi pun preee, tak payah bayar..... |
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Reply #70 harumanisz's post
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mesti dia jawab... biarlah rahsia...tapi dalam bahasa urdu la.. |
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silvermuse This user has been deleted
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cam ni ke muka dajal....xensem lgsng |
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menakutkan lah muka mamat ni.. kelakar pun ada |
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