In the account from Chapter 3, Sai Baba gives a strong warning to avoid people who have 'abandoned religious conduct,' calling them 'very dangerous' and advising one to not even stay in their shadow. However, the text provides this as a general principle and does not specify who these individuals were. There is no mention of them being a group of moneylenders or that they had been excommunicated from their caste. As Chapter 3 presents it, the advice was a general guideline for spiritual protection, cautioning against associating with anyone whose character and actions are ruined, without naming specific people or groups.
When Baba warned against associating with people of fallen character, did he specifically identify them as a group of moneylenders who had been excommunicated from their caste?
π Chapter 3