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Questions and Answers
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
FOLLOWING IS an extended interview given by Sri Sathya Sai Baba to the Senior Editor, Mr. R.K. Karanjia of Blitz news magazine in September of 1976.1
Q: At the outset, Swamiji, we would like to know something about your triple incarnation—past, present and future—that is, from Shirdi Sai Baba to Sathya Sai Baba and the Prema Sai Baba to come, according to your prophecy.
Baba: First of all, you must grasp the complete oneness of the three incarnations of contemporary times with those of the past like Rama and Krishna. This is a difficult task. When people cannot understand the present, how can they comprehend the past? Every incarnation is full and complete in relation to the time, the environment and the task. There is no distinction between the various appearances of God as Rama, Krishna or Sai. Rama came to feed the roots of truth and righteousness, Krishna followed to foster the plant of peace and love. Now these sacred principles are in danger of wholesale destruction by reason of human weakness under the onslaught of evil forces. They are overcoming the good,
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