What is Sai Baba's perspective on death, and did he himself actually die?

According to the teachings in Chapter 43, for a great soul like Sai Baba, birth and death are considered false imaginations. Death is defined as the separation of the body and senses, a natural state for the physical form but irrelevant to the soul that has conquered time. The text explains that Sai Samarth is the complete Supreme Brahman, a mass of bliss for whom the concepts of birth and death do not apply. His departure is described not as a conventional death but as a yogic act. He chose to die at will, burning his body in the fire of Yoga and merging into his unmanifest, formless state. Therefore, it is said that he did not truly perish but simply transcended the material state, remaining ever-present in the hearts of his devotees.