Miracle

In Marathi there is a saying 'the meaning of which is "No body bows down unless he sees a miracle". This saying is true to a great extent. If anything is done, which puzzles you for which you are not able to argue with cause and effect, then you are apt to call that act as a miracle. This act then makes you attribute some supernatural power to the person, who performs the miracle and then naturally what follows is that you honour the person and bow down to him.
If we look at the biographies of so many saints in different parts of the world, then at some stage or the other, they are said to have performed miracles in some form or the other. These miracles are legendary and usually there are no means to verify them by actually contacting the persons referred to in the legend as most of them, are usually out of this world, where no one-can approach them. If we review the biography of Shri Sai Baba as depicted in Sai Satcharita, we will come across the following incidents, which may be classed as miracles.
1. Driving the Cholera epidemic out of Shirdi by grinding wheat in a hand-mill
(Chapter 1 )
2 Baba's reference to the discussion that took place at Sathe's Wada and asking the question "What did this Hemadpant say?" (Chapter 2 )
3. Advice to Bhagwantrao Kshirsagar and reminding him about the worship of Vithoba in the family (Chapter 4.).
4. Streams of Ganga-Yamuna water flowed from both the toes of Shri Baba (Chapter IV).
5. Appearance of Shri Baba under the neem tree (Chapter 4).
6. Shri Baba traced out Chand Patil's mare ( Chapter 5 )
7. Shri Baba brought out a live burning coal by thrusting His prong in the ground. (Chapter 5)
8. Water started oozing from Baba's Satka, when He dashed it on the ground. (Chapter 5)
9. Lighting lamps with water. ( Chapter 5 )
10. Shri Baba saves the child of a blacksmith by thrusting His arms into the Dhuni. (Chapter 7 )
11. Shri Baba takes over the Bubonic plague, from which the son of Shri Dadasaheb Khaparde was suffering. (Chapter 7)
more leelas (miracles) to follow....................