Prema Sai Baba. The Mystery of God. Part One

I continued to regularly hold Kriya Yoga meditation workshops in different parts of India, trying to organize the program so that participants could definitely meet the divine boy.

In 2018, when Prema Sai Baba was six years old, we brought him twice to the city of Mysore, the ancient capital of the state of Karnataka. Mysore is a beautiful city, in the center of which is a magnificent palace, where the family of the local Maharaja, the King of Mysore, still lives. On the outskirts of the city is the sacred mountain Chamundi, the main place of worship of the goddess, Durga.

The village of Doddamallur is quite close to Mysore, just over an hour away by car. The significance of these visits by Prema Sai Baba was a profound experience for all involved.

Various interesting programs were organized in Mysore, and I had to walk a lot every day. The boy was often tired, and sometimes one of the men had to carry him on his shoulders.

By that time, quite a lot of Russian devotees had already come to see him, and some had the honor of carrying the boy Prema Sai Baba on their shoulders.

Ivan from Moscow who is seriously engaged in Kriya yoga meditation, got the opportunity to carry the divine boy on his shoulders. Ivan realized that this was an important and unique moment.

He decided to mentally ask Prema Sai for a blessing to achieve Khechari Mudra. This is a complex yoga technique, the essence of which is that you need to put your tongue into the nasopharynx. This unusual position of the tongue helps in the practice of meditation, as it can activate important points in the central part of the brain. As soon as Ivan mentally asked Prema Sai Baba to achieve Khechari Mudra, he immediately made significant progress in this practice.

Nikolai, a musician from Moscow, carried Prema Sai Baba on his shoulders, too. During this time, Nikolai reflected on the many sins he had committed in this life. At that moment, Prema Sai Baba leaned towards Nikolai's ear, saying in English, "I know".

In Mysore, I was also lucky enough to carry Prema Sai Baba on my shoulders. I did so understanding the uniqueness of the moment. I decided to mentally ask for blessings to publish some of my new books on meditation and self-development. The next day I received an offer to publish some of my books with a major publishing house.

The divine boy loves art, in particular painting. A devotee from Russia gave some watercolors to Prema Sai Baba. This story also happened in Mysore, in one of the best hotels called, The Village.

The woman placed white paper, brushes, paints and a glass in front of Prema Sai Baba and went to get a bottle of water to pour into the glass. She told the divine boy she would now bring water and pour it into a glass. Prema Sai Baba replied that it was not necessary.

At that moment, water materialized in the glass. This miracle was seen by all present in the room — about ten people. Prema Sai Baba laughed merrily and everyone was both astonished and happy.

On the same day, another woman from Russia, who was sitting nearby, received a medallion with the image of Goddess Lakshmi as a gift from Prema Sai. I carefully examined the medallion and realized that the medallion was quite old. Where could the boy Prema Sai Baba get such an old locket? It's hard for me to say, but I can only assume he teleported the medallion from the depths of time.

Once we were sitting together in a restaurant with Prema Sai Baba, eating rice with delicious Indian sauces. His parents and brother were supposed to arrive five minutes later, so we were alone. Suddenly, the divine boy looked at me, took some rice in his hand, and carefully threw it at me.

When the rice touched me, it felt as if several stones had fallen on my head. He then turned his gaze to an empty corner and tossed some rice in that direction. Prema Sai Baba looked into an empty corner, but he saw something there. I realized it was some kind of mysterious blessing.

The day before the 2018 Mahashivaratri festival we celebrated in Mysore, Prema Sai Baba revealed the mantra. This happened through the experience of a mystical dream. This mantra is called the Prema Sai Gayatri Mantra.

Om Sampoorna Avataraya Vidmahe

Sainathaya Dhimahi

Tanno Prema Prachodayat

The first line of this mantra means we know that he is a complete divine incarnation. The second line translates as we meditate on Lord Sai. The third line says that we ask Prema Sai to enlighten our intellect so that we can see the highest truth.

18. Ability to understand all languages

Sathya Sai Baba most often spoke in his native language Telugu. At school, he studied basic English and Hindi. Despite his modest formal education throughout his life, Sathya Sai Baba demonstrated the ability to fluently understand and even speak any language. How can this be?

The New Testament describes a story when, after a mystical experience of the Holy Spirit, the disciples of Jesus Christ spoke in all languages. The inhabitants and guests of Jerusalem could not believe the Apostles were able not only to understand all languages, but also to speak freely.

Of course, Sathya Sai Baba showed the ability to speak any language extremely rarely, which happened only in his room during interviews and personal meetings. I personally witnessed such miracles several times during the time when I was his translator.

There were cases when I made mistakes while translating during personal meetings between Sathya Sai Baba and Russian-speaking devotees. In such situations, Sathya Sai always clearly understood the inaccuracy or simple misunderstanding.

In such situations, he told me that I was mistaken and repeated the phrase again. Sometimes, Sathya Sai Baba would correct me in a completely unusual way by saying the necessary phrase in Russian with perfect pronunciation and grammar.

Similar cases of Sathya Sai being able to speak in different languages have been told to me by Italians as well as Hindus from different parts of India who testified that he spoke to them in their native dialects.

Naturally, this is not about the fact that Sathya Sai is a linguistic genius and has learned many languages, but rather his ability being a manifestation of supernatural power.

The question arises: if Sathya Sai Baba could speak any language, then why did he need interpreters during meetings with foreigners? Sathya Sai Baba used translators during his meetings with Russians, Greeks, Japanese, Italians, Chinese, Spaniards and devotees from various countries, but why, because he could already speak any language?

I think there were so many miracles around Sathya Sai there was no point in showing the ability to speak any language. If he spoke to every person in his native language, it would cause such shock and surprise that people would not be able to concentrate on the essence of his message. In my opinion, that is why Sathya Sai Baba showed this ability only occasionally.

Similar manifestations of abilities are shown by Prema Sai Baba. My wife Svetlana knows English at a basic level, and so she speaks with Prema Sai Baba partly in English, and sometimes just in Russian.

Svetlana is sure Prema Sai Baba knows all languages and understands her perfectly. The divine child accurately reacts to her words and questions spoken in Russian, indicating he clearly understands everything.

Several people from Russia repeatedly checked how accurately the boy understands the Russian language. He always answers quite clearly in English to questions spoken in Russian. In order to answer the question correctly, you need to understand the content of the question itself. Naturally, Prema Sai Baba always answers accurately and correctly.

One day he answered my wife in pure Russian. I was there and heard it too. Svetlana happily said, "Bhagavan, you speak Russian." Prema Sai Baba laughed and said, "Maybe only once, maybe only once." All those present were happy.

Even now, Prema Sai Baba is showing the ability to heal people at a distance with the help of mystical dreams. One person from Russia was very sick. He saw my first videos posted on the Internet about Prema Sai Baba. The man was very glad that God had reincarnated on Earth again.

One night, the man experienced a mystical dream. In the dream he saw Prema Sai Baba blessing him. In the morning the man woke up completely healthy. The next night, Prema Sai Baba again came to this man in a dream and said that in gratitude he should buy him a gift — a book in English with beautiful illustrations, Russian Fairy Tales.

The next day the man bought the book. Since he did not know how to send a gift to distant India, he wrote to me. We agreed I would hand over the book the next time I went to India. Having received the book as a gift, Prema Sai Baba was very happy. It is interesting that at the age of six and seven the divine boy asked for Russian fairy tale books with beautiful pictures from several Russians.

Another interesting story happened when my friend Sainath, a Hindu from Puttaparthi, decided to invite the divine boy to visit Puttaparthi. Prema Sai Baba calmly replied to this suggestion, saying, "Why should I go there when I am not there, I am here now." He was six years old at the time.

The significance of this story is great. By this we see the divine boy indirectly indicated his identity with his past incarnation as Sathya Sai Baba. In addition, we see an important principle of the three Sai Avatars: do not come to your ashram that you founded in a previous birth.

In accordance with this principle, Sathya Sai Baba never went to Shirdi, the area where he lived as Shirdi Sai Baba in his previous birth. Prema Sai Baba refuses to go to Puttaparthi and Shirdi, the places where he lived in past incarnations.

The reason for such strange behavior is quite understandable, for not all Shirdi Sai devotees recognized Sathya Sai. In the same way, not all Shirdi Sai and Sathya Sai devotees accept the current incarnation of God as Prema Sai Baba. In order not to create difficulties for people who do not accept him, he does not visit the ashrams founded by him in previous incarnations.

At present, Prema Sai Baba does not go to his previous ashrams. Obviously, we cannot guarantee that Prema Sai Baba will never visit Shirdi and Puttaparthi. Everything can change; everything is in his hands.

19. Knowing the truth

How can we be sure that this divine boy from the village of Doddamallur is Prema Sai Baba? Logical proof is useless and cannot help. Logic, reason and intellect cannot understand God. Logic cannot prove or disprove that this boy is a divine incarnation.

Only the spiritual heart of the devotees can feel the presence of God. How can you prove that Krishna was the incarnation of the god, Vishnu? How can you prove that the Buddha attained enlightenment? How can you prove that Jesus Christ was the Messiah? It is impossible to understand it logically; it is only possible to feel it.

During the life of the Buddha those who wanted to logically understand his spiritual state could not understand and realize his greatness. Those who at the time of Jesus Christ wanted to receive logical evidence he was the Messiah could not accept and recognize him. Only those who have been able to open their spiritual heart can recognize the divine incarnation. So it was in antiquity and so it is now.

In ancient Jerusalem, the Jews worshiped the One God, but only a part of them recognized the incarnation of the Messiah. When studying ancient Vedic texts such as the Mahabharata and the Bhagavatam, we read stories of how sometimes people worshiped God, but denied the divinity of Krishna, who was right in front of them.

I tell all the stories about the events as a direct witness and participant. The authenticity of my stories is obvious, but I fully understand that miracles cannot be proof of the divine origin of this child.

Supernatural abilities can manifest within many yogis and people with paranormal abilities. If someone demonstrates clairvoyance, levitation and materialization, and can also heal the sick with the power of their energy, this does not mean this person is the incarnation of God.

What then can be proof of the divinity of this or that candidate for Prema Sai Baba? The real evidence is the vibration of divine love, the grace and experience of the Holy Spirit.

Even now, in the presence of the boy Prema Sai Baba people experience divine states, spiritual bliss, and a state of universal divine love. From the age of five, tens of thousands of devotees around the world felt Prema Sai Baba was the incarnation of God.

During Sathya Sai Baba’s lifetime, he said that not all devotees would be able to recognize and accept his next incarnation as Prema Sai Baba. That is exactly what is happening. The fact is that not everyone more devoted to Shirdi Sai Baba was able to accept Sathya Sai Baba, the same is already happening with Prema Sai Baba.

20. Manifestations of God

In the ashram of Sathya Sai Baba, most of the people are Indian and Russian-speaking devotees from different countries. From the very beginning, the history of Prema Sai Baba has also been closely connected with Russia. More and more devotees from Russia came to visit Prema Sai Baba after he turned three years old.

Living permanently in the home of Prema Sai Baba, I have observed the flow of people who also have come from many other countries in Europe, Asia, North and South America.

Presently, there is intense discussion about how to understand who is Prema Sai Baba? I think those who’ve already learned it should be careful in preaching the truth, because those around them may not accept the truth at the moment. Everything should happen naturally and gradually as everyone progresses at their own pace.

For those people who strongly deny Prema Sai Baba, I can only advise them to be more careful, because out of ignorance one can start to deny God. If they still do not feel an inner spiritual connection with Prema Sai Baba, then one must continue to live a righteous and honest life and engage in meditation and prayer.

For some, God is associated with the form of a divine teacher of humanity, such as Krishna, Buddha, Jesus Christ, Sathya Sai Baba. For others, God is an impersonal consciousness; in which case, it is appropriate to use such names of God as Brahman, Atman, Tao, Absolute, Jehovah, Spirit.

There are many religious people who perceive God through forms of the Mother Goddess, such as the Mother of God or the Christian wisdom goddess, Sophia.

There are many goddesses that people revere as a form of God, such as: Saraswati, Lakshmi, Kali, Durga, Shakti. In Hinduism, there are at least two great traditions where God is associated with the Mother Goddess. These traditions are called Shaktism and Sri Vidya.

In fact, God is beyond duality. We humans may well perceive God in more understandable forms and manifestations. Some see him as Father God or Mother Goddess.

For others, God may appear in form and name or out of form and name. There are common approaches to perceiving God as the supreme personality or as an impersonal cosmic principle. All options are equally true.

We must learn to respect each other and accept that different people may have different views and opinions about God and the truth. Sathya Sai Baba repeatedly said not all of his devotees would be able to recognize and accept his next incarnation as Prema Sai Baba. That is what we are seeing now.

For some, the theme of Prema Sai Baba opens easily and simply, but for others it is very difficult. Confusion in predictions and interpretations, attachment to the form of Sathya Sai Baba, the many candidates — all this and more does not allow one to easily accept the new reality of Prema Sai.

Some devotees come into contact with great spiritual and intellectual difficulties that make it difficult to understand the current situation with the arrival of Prema Sai Baba.

21. Materialization before construction of a new house

Jaya Lakshmi Amma (born 1952) lives in the South Indian city of Bangalore and plays an important role in the development of the Prema Sai Baba tradition. Since 2006, Sathya Sai Baba has manifested through her on a subtle plane. Jaya Lakshmi Amma repeats all the time that she does not perform any miracles, and that they only happen because Sathya Sai Baba is constantly present next to her on the subtle plane.

Materialization occurs in the following way — something miraculously appears in the hands of Jaya Lakshmi Amma, for example, a ring, a medallion or a Lingam.

Jayalakshmi Amma always stresses she doesn't know how or when this will happen. Objects simply spontaneously appear in her hands because on the subtle plane next to her there is always an invisible Sathya Sai Baba, who performs these amazing miracles.

Miracles that happen near Amma include healing from diseases, the materialization of various objects of power, and the transformation of people's destinies.

An important element of her mission is the regular performance of the traditional ritual of worship on the sacred sandals (Paduka), which Sathya Sai Baba presented to her in 2010, a year before his passing.

Sathya Sai Baba materialized in front of her house and handed over the sacred sandals (Paduka). Since then, Jaya Lakshmi Amma has traveled all over India, performing the traditional ritual of worship. Sometimes, she personally performs the ceremony, and sometimes she invites brahmins, traditional Hindu clerics.

Sometimes, these ceremonies take place in large halls, where several hundred to several thousand participants can be present and other times worship rituals take place in the homes of the devotees. These events are usually attended by a limited number of people. Those who regularly attend these ceremonies notice significant changes and improvements in the circumstances of their lives.

In 2018, the devotees decided to build a new home for Prema Sai Baba's family. Before the start of construction, Sathya Sai Baba physically materialized at four in the morning in the city of Bangalore in the house of Jaya Lakshmi Amma. When Sathya Sai Baba appeared, he materialized many different golden and silver amulets. Among these special charms were astrological amulets with precious stones as symbols of various Vedic gods and goddesses.

Having materialized many special objects of power, Sathya Sai Baba requested that all of them be buried in the center of the foundation of Prema Sai Baba's family home. Thus, many mystical objects, which were materialized by Sathya Sai Baba himself, were buried in the basement of Prema Sai Baba's house, while it was under construction.

Sathya Sai Baba often appears physically at Jaya Lakshmi Amma's home. He gives spiritual instructions to this unique holy woman and shares a lot of important information about Prema Sai Baba (about his own next incarnation).

In many traditions, including the Vedic and Christian ones, special mystical objects are sometimes placed at the base of the house, which protect all household members. What is unique in this story is that on the subtle plane Sathya Sai Baba leads and blesses his own next incarnation. It is amazing.

It is impossible to understand this rationally. God, as Absolute Consciousness, is simultaneously present in different forms, supporting himself in different manifestations. It sounds very strange, but in fact it looks like it. That is why, appearing in the form of Sathya Sai Baba in the house of Jaya Lakshmi Amma, he gives her instructions on how to develop the tradition of Prema Sai Baba.

While Prema Sai Baba is a child, some important decisions on the development of the tradition are made by Jaya Lakshmi Amma, or rather, through her, Sathya Sai Baba himself gives precise orders for the formation of the tradition. The next story happened when Prema Sai Baba was nine years old.

In his house there are four Lingams materialized by Sathya Sai Baba through Jaya Lakshmi Amma. Jaya Lakshmi Amma gave these four Lingams to Prema Sai Baba's parents in different years in order to bless their family. All Lingams were materialized at different times. Some of them were manifested during the Shivaratri festival.

Once, my wife, Svetlana, and I asked the parents of the divine boy to show us again the wonderful Lingams that we had seen many times already. To our surprise, there were no Lingams on the home altar. All attempts to find them failed.

Even after two weeks of searching the whole house, they were not found. It became clear there were simply no Lingams, and there were even suspicions that one of the visitors took them as a keepsake.

The boy Prema Sai Baba silently watched the long search. Finally, two weeks later, Prema Sai Baba told us to look at the altar. To everyone's surprise, four Lingams appeared there.

The entire altar room had been reviewed many times by many people and every time the Lingams were not there. It became very clear that Prema Sai Baba again materialized them right in the most prominent place.

22. Prema Sai’s first pilgrimages

We know that Sathya Sai Baba went on pilgrimages several times. The main place of his travels was the holy city of Badrinath, in the upper part of the Himalayas. This ancient city is located at an altitude of 3500 meters above sea level.

Sathya Sai Baba traveled a lot every year to various major cities in India, and he was abroad only once on a two-week trip to East Africa. It is difficult to say what the life and mission of Prema Sai Baba will look like. We have many guesses, but who can predict Sai?

One of the famous predictions says he will travel a lot, including on different continents. From a very early age, Prema Sai Baba has already made pilgrimage and tourist trips in India and abroad.

Now, Prema Sai Baba is 11 years old (2023), and he has already been abroad three times: in Thailand and Sri Lanka (beginning of 2020), as well as in Dubai (autumn 2022). In 2020, he was issued a Russian visa, but the trip was postponed due to the pandemic. The trip to the south of Sri Lanka was especially significant because it was organized jointly by devotees from Russia and Ukraine.

In India, Prema Sai Baba visited the sacred mountain, Arunachala, in 2021, which is one of the most important places of power of Lord Shiva. We will talk about this trip in more detail a little later. Another important pilgrimage was a trip to the ancient city of Rameshwaram.

This place is located in the very south of India and is associated with the legends of Rama Avatar. The trip to Rameshwaram in April 2022 was wonderful and I was fortunate to join Prema Sai Baba on this pilgrimage.

Prema Sai Baba spent about a week in Rameshwaram with his family and several Russian devotees. He visited the main temple of the god, Shiva, where there is an ancient Lingam installed according to legend by Rama Avatar.

Prema Sai Baba bathed inside the temple in twenty-one wells of holy water. Among the places of power, he honored with his presence in Rameshwaram was the ancient temple of the sage, Agastya, which is located on the very spot where the ashram of the sage, Agastya, was in ancient times.

Prema Sai Baba visited the stone footprints of Rama Avatar, located on the top of a picturesque hill, overlooking the surrounding fields and jungle. We also visited Dattatreya Tirtha together, the sacred pond where the sage, Datta, bathed in past ages. The boy Prema Sai Baba also bathed in this pond.

23. My trip to Nepal, miracles with Shaligram

In 2021, my wife, Svetlana, and I once again visited Jaya Lakshmi Amma. On that day, Sathya Sai Baba, through Jaya Lakshmi Amma, materialized a small stone called Shaligram (a symbol of the god Vishnu) for Svetlana.

A year later, in March 2022, we went on a trip to Nepal. This journey was blessed by Prema Sai Baba. We felt his invisible presence literally at every stage of our journey. Many interesting adventures, miracles and meetings happened to us in Nepal.

Since we were flying to Nepal for the first time, we did not know how to get a visa on arrival and were a little worried. The miracles of the manifestation of divine grace began right at the Airport.

As soon as we got off the plane, a man, an airport worker, approached us and asked if we needed a visa on arrival. We answered in the affirmative. He escorted us to the computer desk, helped us fill out the questionnaires, printed them out himself, and quietly disappeared from view. We didn't even get to thank him. We noticed that all other passengers applied for visas on their own.

The second time we unexpectedly saw the same employee at the exit from the Airport. He asked if we had forgotten our luggage. At that moment, my wife and I had in our hands a small suitcase for hand luggage. We really did forget our luggage. How could this stranger know about this? All this was a manifestation of Sai's love, care, and blessings.