SATHYA SAI BABA'S DRAMATIC
COLLAPSE AFTER THE SHIVARTHRI 'MIRACLE'
Confusion while worried devotee onlookers watch Sai Baba
collapse, spewing and staggering away,
having transparently palmed a 'Shiva lingam' out of a towel after throwing
up a quantity of plain water.
(View the collapse (file size 1.6 Mb), which
was censored out by other film-makers present, but not by the BBC!
The self-styled "omnipotent God avatar" had to give some
kind of explanation of this startling episode, as he had found necessary
also the year before when his hip joint was giving way and he staggered
during darshan He then claimed it was the earth which was attracted to
the enormous magnetisim of his feet!! Something not mentioned since he
collapsed and had to have a hip-joint replacement - a straightforward
modern medical operation elsewhere which was nonetheless evidently very
badly botched too by the six 'super-speciality' doctors who were involved!
But how could he explain this latest collapse? The fraud of the 'lingam
materialisation' was so patently evident that he needed some dramatic
mystical explanation. The collapse could well have been a play-acting
frauds (he is an accomplished actor) as, a means to earn sympathy and
keep his followers praying for him. But he exceeded all expectations with
the following "explanation":-
(view actual brief video clip)
TRANSCRIPT
Tanya Datta:- There's always an explanation for
everything.
(Anil Kumar's translation of
Sai Baba's words in Telugu): "Out of the stomach emanated
Shiva Lingas of the weight
of three tonnes. That's the reason why some strain on the face and the
body."
Tanya Datta:-Sai Baba went on to explain
his love and compassion for his students.
(Anil Kumar's translation) "All boys
are golden. Therefore the Bhagwan will protect
them at any time, any where. Don't worry. Past is past, forget the past."
(Applause)
(Comment: In short, Sai Baba also seems
to be insisting 'forget all that I have said, especially if it conflicts
with what I do or say now!'
Far from all student boys wanted to be so 'golden', for it is clear from
the allegations that his 'love' for them was mainly sexually inspired)