What is Sai Baba's perspective on death, and did he actually die in the traditional sense?

According to the teachings in Chapter 43, death is defined as the separation of the body and senses, while birth is their union. For a being like Sai Baba, who incarnated by his own will for the welfare of devotees, birth and death are considered false imaginations. The text explains that Sai Samarth is a 'mass of bliss' and the complete Supreme Brahman, for whom death cannot exist as it does for ordinary beings. Instead of dying, he chose to leave his body at will, burning it in the 'fire of Yoga' and merging himself into the unmanifest. Therefore, while his physical form is gone, he did not 'die' but rather transcended the material state to attain his previous unmanifest form, remaining ever-present in the hearts of his followers.