How does Chapter 43 contrast the passing of a yogi like Sai Baba with the death of an ordinary person bound by worldly life?

📖 Chapter 43

Chapter 43 draws a sharp distinction between the two. It states that worldly afflictions, such as fever, that haunt people in worldly life never cross the path of or disrespect yogis. The chapter posits that the passing of saints and sages serves to purify both the listeners and the speakers who engage with the story. Most profoundly, Chapter 43 explains that saints do not simply die; rather, they 'burn their own bodies' by 'igniting their own light.' The text explicitly says that Baba performed this very process by his own hand, signifying a conscious, self-directed departure from the physical form.


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