How does the concept of 'coincidence' in the Satcharita relate to scientific principles of probability? Was Baba just orchestrating events?

📖 Chapter 51

The Shri Sai Satcharita presents events not as random occurrences but as manifestations of Baba's divine will. Chapter 51 details a series of events that are described as 'strange coincidences.' For example, a portrait of Baba appears for Kakasaheb Dixit precisely when he longed for darshan. Later, when Dixit and Madhavrao find their train compartment full, a guard who is an acquaintance of Dixit's suddenly appears to help them. The text from Chapter 51 frames these events not in terms of scientific probability, but as a demonstration that the 'capable Sai acted to fulfill' the desires of his devotees, suggesting that what may seem like coincidence is actually Baba's leela, or divine play.


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