Unity of Faiths

"THERE IS ONLY RELIGION; THE RELIGION OF LOVE;
THERE IS ONLY ONE LANGUAGE; THE  LANGUAGE OF THE HEART;
THERE IS ONLY CASTE; THE CASTE OF HUMANITY;
THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD AND HE IS OMNIPRESENT."

No question is asked and no brow raised by anyone who belongs to the Saifamily, when you declare yourself to be a  Hindu or a Buddhist, a Parsi, a Christian, a Muslim or even an atheist.The only question asked and the only thing with which Baba is concerned is how earnest, how distressed, how compassionate, how self-controlled you are.He created a cross for the pilot of the twin-engined aircraft which took him from Entebbe to the wild life sanctuary at Serengetti in East Africa. In the Bandipur forest He put one dry stalk of grass on another and blowing upon it, converted it into a wooden cross with a silver Christ for Dr. Hislop  He gave Professor Bashiruddin  a silver locket  with Allah inscribed on it in the Arabic.  On Bakrid day, He showed a group of Arab pilgrims at Prasanthi Nilayam, the huge gathering of fellow-Muslims kneeling that very moment before  the Kaaba in Arabia.  He spread His palm before their eyes and they could see the sacred scene on it.   There are   many Jews like   Dr. Sandweiss, paying homage to Him thus, I believe Baba to be an incarnation of God.  It appears to me now that all those stories in Hindu, Christian and Hebrew  literature are not symbolic, there really is a spiritual level of reality that can make itself manifest.
Buddhist monks have built in Ceylon and Malaysia, Sai prayer halls and centres of service.  On some occasions He performed the Navajyoti rite, and through that ceremony initiates Parsi boys into spiritual exercises.
Baba does not try to mould men in the crucible of any cult. He does not prescribe any single spiritual exercise or peddle any patented panacea to cure the ills of men. "Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavily-laden, and I will give you rest" is the message even now. They come with broken hearts, damaged illusions and unfulfilled ambitions.  They bring their burden of real and imagined pain.  After meeting Him, they pray. We cannot ask Thee for aught, for Thou knowest our needs; in fact, Thou art our only need. And having spoken thus they stay.