Chapter 7 describes Sai Baba's physical form and dwelling as a series of paradoxes. Can you explain the contradictions that made it impossible to classify him as either Hindu or Muslim?

📖 Chapter 7

Chapter 7 details several contradictions that made Sai Baba's religious identity ambiguous. If one considered him a Hindu, he looked like a Yavana (Muslim), but if called a Yavana, he bore the noble marks of a Hindu. Physically, the text states that if he was called a Muslim his pierced ears were evident, but if called a Hindu, his circumcision was apparent. Furthermore, his residence was a mosque, a Muslim place of worship, yet within it, a sacred fire (Dhuni) burned day and night, bells and conches were sounded, and bhajans were sung—all practices associated with Hinduism. This chapter presents him as a holy incarnation who was beyond any such classification.


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