What initial characteristics of Sai Baba are highlighted at the beginning of Chapter 11?

The start of Chapter 11 characterizes Sai Baba through his mysterious actions and his principle of equality. It refers to his 'inscrutable leelas' (divine plays), such as his practice of sleeping on a narrow wooden plank and his invisible methods of ascending and descending from it. In addition to his divine powers, Chapter 11 immediately establishes his impartial nature by stating that 'whether Hindu or Muslim, he treated both as equals.' This principle was so fundamental in Shirdi that the text poetically describes the act of evaluating people's lives there as a form of worship.