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(DATTA-PARAMPARA)



Dattatreya is the Grand Teacher or "Guru principle" inthe universe. The teachers in various planes are themanifestation of the one teaching principle who is

referred to in the ancient Indian wisdom as Dattatreya.Anasuya in Sanskrit means: "not Asuya". Asuya meansmalice. Dattatreya is said to be born to Anasuya, theMother and Athri, the Father. Athri, the Father, is said

to be the pure consciousness and Anasuya, the Mother,is said to be the state of no malice (jealousy). The stateof Anasuya is depicted as an equilateral triangle andthe state of Athri is depicted as a centre within thecircumference. As pure consciousness he can be like

the Divine Mother and as Pure Existence he can be theGod Absolute.



According to these beliefs,

Dattatreya is an avatar of Vishnu born to RishiAtri and Anasuya. Though an avatar of Vishnu healso possesses the attributes of Brahma andShiva who also were incarnated in the Atri familyas Soma and Durvasa respectively along with

Dattatreya but who left their parents chargingDatta - treya with their attributes. HenceDattatreya is also known as Trimurti.

Rather than a deity, Dattatreya is regardedmore a person, a celibate avadhuta , a wandering

Guru and a king among yogis (Yogiraj ), whotravels on earth showering his grace on worthydevotees.



He is said to sleep at Mahur (Matapur), (about 300 Kmaway from Nagpur), bathes at Varanasi in UP, asks foralms at Kolhapur in Maharashtra and takes his meals atnoon in Panchaleshwar on the banks of Godavari (nearAurangabad famous for the Ajanta Ellora cavepaintings). He uses his yogic powers to travel.

He is believed to have taken four avatars in the recent

centuries, these are: Shripad Shrivallabha, ShriNarasimha Saraswati, Swami Samarth of Akkalkot andShri Manik Prabhu of Humanabad in the old NizamState, now in Maharashtra.

Shri Dattatreya’s birthday is traditionally celebrated onPurnima (Full moon day) of the ninth lunar monthMargashirsha which falls in December.



Dattatreya from the Avadhoot Gita:

With fuel and without fuel, I am always burning; With

smoke and without smoke, I am always glowing; with

flame and without flame, I am always shining; I am

immortality in knowledge, I am equality in essence, I am

like the skyI am fire that burns religion and irreligion, I am fire that

burns merit and sin, I am fire that burns bondage and

privilege, I am immortality in knowledge, I am equality inessence, I am like the sky.



Dattatreya from the Avadhoot Gita:

I burn the faggots of action and inaction; I burn

the faggots of pleasure and pain; I burn the

faggots of him who adores his body, I burn the

faggots of him who ignores his body; I amimmortality in knowledge, I am equality in

essence, I am like the sky.



Baba wandered in the Paithan -Aurangabad region.

Up to the age of 25 or 30



Then he stayed in Aurangabad for twelve yearsduring which period he instructed a fakir

named Bade Baba or Fakir Baba or Fakir PirMohanmmad Yasinmia. From here Sai Babatravelled widely in the Marathwada region andwandered to Dhoopkheda (or Dhoop) in

Aurangabad District. It is this visit to Dhoopvillage that triggered the events that took himagain to Shirdi sometime between 1868 and1872. Baba returned to Shirdi when he wasthen between 25 to 30 years of age.



BABA’S ELEVEN ASSURANCES

1. Whosoever puts their feet on Shirdi soil, theirsufferings will come to an end.2. The wretched and miserable will rise to joy andhappiness as soon as they climb the steps of the

mosque.3. I shall be ever active and vigorous even afterleaving this earthly body.4. My tomb shall bless and speak to the needs of

my devotees.5. I shall be active and vigorous even from mytomb.



6. My mortal remains will speak from my

tomb.

7. I am ever living to help and guide all whocome to me, who surrender to me and whoseek refuge in me.8. If you look to me, I look to you.

9. If you cast your burden on me, I shallsurely bear it.10. If you seek my advice and help, it shall begiven to you at once.

11. There shall be no want in the house of mydevotee.

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