From a spiritual standpoint, did Sai Baba actually die?

According to the philosophy presented, Sai Baba did not experience death in the conventional sense. Chapter 43 explains that for enlightened beings, birth and death are false imaginations. Sai Samarth is described as the 'complete Supreme Brahman,' for whom such concepts are an illusion. While he did leave his physical body, it is said that he 'burned the body in the fire of Yoga' and 'merged himself into the unmanifest.' This was a voluntary act, not a cessation of existence. Death is described as dust before him, and he remains eternally present in the hearts of his devotees.