The following is an interesting article I received via email :-
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"Om Sri Sai Ram"
TRIPLE SAI AVATAR
The Sai Avatar (re-incarnation - God in human form) is a trinity of avatars. The first Sai Baba incarnation was Shirdi Sai Baba. The second (and present Sai Baba) is Sathya Sai Baba. The third and final avatar will be Prema Sai Baba. The three avatars carry the triple message of work, worship, and wisdom.
It may seem as though each Sai Baba is "different" however they are all the same great "atma" (soul). Only the body of each avatar is different as the soul and the spiritual powers are the same. Unless the divine comes with a form, no one can develop faith in the Formless. The divine in human form is the preparation for comprehending the formless Absolute.
1.. The first avatar (Shirdi Sai Baba) was for revealing divinity (Incarnation of Shiva)
2.. The second avatar (Sathya Sai Baba) is to awaken the divinity in human beings (Incarnation of Shiva and Shakti)
3.. The final avatar (Prema Sai Baba) will be for propagating divinity (Incarnation of Shakti) Shirdi Sai Baba
Shirdi Sai Baba
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The first of the triple Sai Avatar, Shirdi Sai Baba's birth took place on September 28, 1835 in India. He first appeared as a young man in the village of Shirdi, wearing the garb of a wandering Muslim renunciate, known as a "fakir". After a few years in the jungle of the surrounding area, living very simply and begging for good, He eventually settled down in Shirdi.
Shirdi is where Sai Baba became well known and amassed a following of devotees,both Hindu and non-Hindu. He taught complete surrender and devotion to God in whatever name and form the devotee wishes to worship. He also performed many miracles and healed the sick. He would cure diseases with the use of "udhi" (sacred ash). The udhi came from His ever-burning "dhuni" (fire) which is continuously burning even to this day. Shirdi Sai Baba laid the base for secular integration and gave mankind the message of duty as work.
Shirdi Sai Baba left his body in 1918 declaring that He will reincarnate again in 8 years. His prophecy came true as the second Sai Avatar (Sathya Sai Baba) took birth in 1926.
Devotees of Shirdi Sai Baba flock to the city of Shirdi, located in the state of Maharashtra, India to have darshan of Shirdi Sai Baba's "samadhi" (place where His body was put after death). In Shirdi one can also see where Shirdi Sai Baba used to live and meet devotees.
Please view http://www.shrisaibabasansthan.org for more information on
Shirdi Sai Baba.
Sathya Sai Baba
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Sathya Sai Baba is the second of the triple Sai Avatar. Sathya Sai Baba was born as Sathyanarayana Raju on November 23, 1926 in the village of Puttaparthi in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Sathya Sai Baba is alive today and primarily resides in His ashram in Puttaparthi known as "Prashanti Nilayam" (Abode of Highest Peace).
The purpose of both the Shirdi Sai and Sathya Sai avatars are the same. Only, the need to transform the modern wisdom has now become more imminent. In the previous Shirdi avatar, the emphasis was more on community, now it is on the individual; then the message was given to comparatively few, now all are welcome to it.
The mission of the present avatar is to make everybody realize that the same God or divinity resides in everyone. People should respect, love, and help each other irrespective of colour or creed. Thus, all work can become a way of worship.
To learn more about Sathya Sai Baba, please visit our webpage on Sri Sathya Sai Baba. You can also visit http://www.sathyasai.org or http://www.srisathyasai.org.in.
Prema Sai Baba
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Prema Sai Baba is the announced third and final avatar in the trinity of Sai incarnations. He will be born in India, in the state of Karnataka after Sathya Sai Baba leaves the body at the age of 96.
Prema Sai Baba will promote the evangel news that not only does God reside in everybody, but everybody is God. That will be the final wisdom that will enable every man and woman to go to God.
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Best regards.
Kumaran RN
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