Mr. Gordhandas Patel invited "this Das" (the author of this article) to attend one of the weekly bhajan sessions at his house in Harrow near London. Just before the day in question, he called me and asked, "Can we also peform laksharchana (i.e. repetition of mantra 100,000 times with offering of rice grains}? I readily agreed.
A beautiful altar was set up and about a hundred devotees took part in the laksharchana which was conducted in the usual way. I then spoke of Swami's miracles and teachings and about his "visiting cards".
No specific leela was visible and after Arati, everybody left to go home. Five youngsters were sitting in the shrine room with their backs to the altar and one of them said, "This man with the tie {i.e. the author) spoke about many things, but a single miracle happened here today. Yet they all consider Sathya Sai Baba as God."
Swami heard this statement and decided to remove the ignorance of these five youngsters. Suddenly there was a sound and horizontal cracks appeared in the middle of all five coconuts that were on the altar.
At first, the youngsters wee scared and then they had tears in their eyes and fell at Swami's feet, saying,"Please forgive us for doubting the man with the tie! We now realise that You are God!". One of them prayed and asked, "Baba, give us a little vibhuti and we will be under your Lotus Feet forever." When they went upstairs they saw another miracle. A coconut placed on a copper vessel had also cracked and vibhuti appeared on it.
More vibhuti and kumkum (red powder) appeared on a framed photo of Shiva and Shakti. The youngsters were blessed to witness these miracles and thus developed faith in Beloved Baba.
(From the book "Sai Smaran" by Dr. D. J. Gadhia)
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