Chapter 35 outlines the specific arguments made by skeptical visitors regarding the practice of offering Dakshina. These individuals believed that saints should not accumulate wealth and that a desire for money diminishes a person's saintliness, making them unworthy of salutation. They considered the act of bowing or giving money to such a person a "mockery of devotion." Based on this reasoning, as the chapter explains, they would resolve to go for a viewing (darshan) out of curiosity but were determined not to offer any Dakshina or even bow their heads, preferring to test their own experience rather than rely on blind faith.
What were the specific arguments some visitors had against offering Dakshina to Sai Baba, as mentioned in Chapter 35?
📖 Chapter 35