According to the teachings in Chapter 43, a devotee should understand that what we perceive as death is merely a 'separation of body and senses.' For a divine being like Sai Baba, who is described as the complete Supreme Brahman, the concepts of birth and death are considered 'false imaginations.' The text explains that his departure was not a death in the conventional sense, but a voluntary act where he 'burned the body in the fire of Yoga' and 'merged himself into the unmanifest.' The scripture suggests that viewing this event as a death is like mistaking an eclipse for the sun being extinguished—it is merely a 'defect of vision' on our part, as saints are beyond such physical limitations.
How should a devotee understand the concept of Sai Baba's 'death' or leaving his body?
📖 Chapter 43