How does Chapter 12 describe the nature of saints like Sai Baba, and how are they different from God's incarnations?

📖 Chapter 12

According to Chapter 12 of the Sai Satcharitra, the incarnation of God is for protecting the virtuous and destroying the wicked, but saints are uniquely distinct. The chapter explains that to saints, the virtuous and the wicked are equal, and their compassionate hearts overflow with love for the distressed. They are described as the 'Agastya for the ocean of worldly existence' and the 'sun for the darkness of ignorance.' Sai Baba, in particular, is depicted as an incarnation for His devotees who possesses power yet remains renounced. He maintains an 'enmity-free equality everywhere,' treating the pauper and the king as the same, which distinguishes the universal compassion of a saint from the divine role of judgment.


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