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Smoking Behind The Barn No More
"Where are you going Bangaru?" asked Baba
of a boy in his school, and then made a motion
of smoking, for He knew that the boy had
been smoking behind the barn in violation of
the school rules. Bangaru is Baba's affectionate
term for many of His devotees and means 'raw gold'.
The boy denied he had been smoking, until Baba
held out His palm and materialized a photo
of the boy smoking near the barn.
Baba in His incarnation as Shirdi Sai Baba
smoked a cigar, but does not in this life.
As Krishna He washed horses for the righteous
side in a war, but He teaches universal nonviolence.
Baba in His incarnation as Krishna was a lacto
fruitarian.. eating dairy products and fruit.
But in this incarnation Baba advises the
avoidance of dairy and the avoidance of cooked food
as well as abstinence from eggs, meat, and fish.
