Joint statement released by theSri Sathya Sai Central Trust,Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisation of India, andSathya Sai International Organisation
Background
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba was born in the small village of Puttaparthi in
the Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh State in Southern India on 23.11.1926.
Very early in his life, he demonstrated rare qualities of a Divine Being and in his 14thyear, he declared that He had to come to redeem the world, that He was not a part ofany family and that the whole world and all the beings in this world are indeed divineand constitute a speck of the universal Godhead.

His Message
He showed to humanity the royal path to realise one’s divine nature, respecting
the universal spiritual teachings common to all religions. The selfless and pristine
love shown naturally and spontaneously by Sathya Sai Baba attracted thousands ofpeople daily from all parts of the world. His greatest miracle, recognised by hisfollowers, is the transformation of the human heart.

His Mission
His mission, while recognising the validity of all religious traditions, goesbeyond all religions, and helps one realise his or her innate divinity, latent in every
human being. It ensures that the values of Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Love andNon- Violence are preserved and nurtured in every human relationship. This spiritualtransformation results in the manifestation of greater love, peace, tolerance, harmony,honesty and righteousness in thought, word and action. His universal message has
been conveyed directly through thousands of discourses and writings.

His Works• Free Healthcare: Primary to tertiary, state-of-the-art, medical care isprovided completely free of charge, to the needy with love and compassion. Inaddition, preventive healthcare and mobile health services are also provided. Based onthese principles, a small general hospital started by Sathya Sai Baba in 1956, sprawled
into a huge global healthcare system in many countries around the world.
• Free education: Sathya Sai Baba founded educational institutions whereprimary to doctoral level education is provided free of charge. In addition to seculareducation, spirituality and service to society is emphasised.
1• Free drinking water: Pure drinking water is provided to millions of people
in South India, where drinking water has always been in short supply. Inspired bythis, similar projects have been commissioned in many parts of the world, including
Africa, Indonesia, Nepal and El Salvador.
• Free community services: Sathya Sai Baba inspired millions of people
around the world to serve society through many humanitarian projects, including freefood, clothing, shelter, supplies and other services. In addition, volunteers participate
in disaster relief efforts in many countries, including India, Fiji, Nepal, Philippines,Haiti and USA.
Many political and religious leaders, scientists, scholars, from all over theworld sought advice from Sri Sathya Sai Baba on social, political and spiritual topics,
and were inspired.
Bhagawan Baba unceasingly spoke and wrote throughout his sojourn in thisworld which lasted up to 24.04.2011. Baba spoke the universal language of love andimpressed on his devotees that the only salvation is to “Love All and Serve All” andthis was the means for spiritual advancement. He emphasized that the universal
divine power would become apparent to those who practised “sadhana” or thespiritual pursuit by helping others and making their life better. He preached that wemust always Help Ever and Hurt Never.

Sri Sathya Sai Organisations
Bhagawan Baba set up the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, a public charity, duly
registered under the laws in India in the year 1973. This Trust was founded, nurtured
and managed entirely by Bhagawan Baba and he was its sole Trustee till the year
2010 when he appointed four trustees.
In order to give effect to Baba's constant exhortation to do selfless service,
Baba set up Sathya Sai Organisations, which are open to all human beings without
any restrictions of religion, gender, country, language or State. These organisations
are the Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisation of India and the Sathya Sai InternationalOrganisation. The Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisation of India is headed by the All
India President and it has State Units, District Units and Samithis (Centres) located in
all the States in India. The Sathya Sai International Organisation is headed by theChairman of the Prasanthi Council set up by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba and has
activities in over 120 countries in the world.
Both the Sai Organisations are well structured to carry out the teachings ofBhagawan Baba and guide and help devotees and seekers of higher truth. The path ofservice is the means to achieve fulfilment in life and ultimately to realise God.

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Heart-to-Heart Connection
Though the devotees of Bhagawan Baba number several millions and arescattered all over the world, Baba had the unique ability to build a personal rapportand connection with all His devotees through his public appearances called“Darshan,” private interactions called “Interviews”, public discourses, private
conversations and a large volume of writings on every conceivable facet ofspirituality. Therefore, during the lifetime of Bhagawan Baba all devotees foundfulfilment in coming to Him, seeing Him, sharing with Him their joys and sorrows
and seeking His Divine Guidance and Blessings. It is astonishing that Bhagawan
Baba was able to singlehandedly handle and steer the lives of millions of devotees, inperson, and many times through his own means of communication.
Baba emphasized on more than one occasion in very categorical terms that His
connection and relationship was heart to heart and love-to-love with all His devotees.
He declared “Our relationship is only heart to heart and love to love and nothingelse.”

Be Aware of Detractors & Frauds
He repeatedly asserted that the people who collected money using Swami'sname were not authorized by Him and should not be encouraged. He evenspecifically advised that a set of people would try to trade on the faith of devotees byclaiming that Baba was talking through them. He stated categorically that such
persons should be treated as agents or brokers who were trying to cheat the devotees.
He stated that the devotees who believed them would become accomplices in theprocess of cheating. He warned: “Many people are collecting money in various
places using my name for various purposes like arranging receptions, building
temples, doing poojas etc. That is unauthorised and against my command. Do
not yield to such requests and encourage this practice, which I condemn.” Healso explained that He does not speak through anyone, either in person or throughdreams, and advised devotees to shun such people and not fall prey to them. He also
clearly stated that when someone claimed that Baba was coming upon them or enteredthem, it would be totally false and deceitful. He cautioned devotees not to fall prey tosuch charlatans and be vigilant. He declared: “There is another set of people whotrade on your faith. They advertise that I am talking through a medium or someother thing. Treat all such people and their agents or brokers as you treatcheats”

Background Information about Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Trust
One of the Trusts set up by Bhagawan Baba is called Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva
Trust. A small society called Loka Seva Vrinda was running two schools in the Stateof Karnataka. In the year 1978 the Founder of the schools passed away and thesociety, which owned the schools, prayed to Baba to take over the schools and run3

them, as they were not financially capable to manage these schools. Bhagawan Baba
in his munificence acceded to their prayer and out of His compassion for the students
who were studying in these schools, Bhagawan Baba agreed to become the Sole
Trustee of the Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Trust which was formed in 1978. In thatcapacity the two schools in Alike and Muddenahalli were managed, developed andimproved by Bhagawan Baba's efforts and thousands of students got education of ahigh order in these two schools, both situated in rural areas of the Karnataka State.
In the year 2008, Bhagawan Baba decided to amend the Deed of Trust of theSri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Trust thereby conferring upon the Trustees of the Sri Sathya
Sai Central Trust the power to appoint the Trustees of the Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva
Trust after the lifetime of Bhagawan Baba. Accordingly, in the year 2011 just afterthe Maha Samadhi, the Trustees of the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust consulted withpersons running the schools and appointed three persons namely Sri U Gangadhara
Bhat, Sri S S Naganand and Sri B R Vasuki as Trustees of the Sri Sathya Sai Loka
Seva Trust. On a request made by the administrators of the schools, the number ofTrustees was increased to five by the appointment of additional Trustees by the SriSathya Sai Central Trust Sri BN Narasimha Murthy and Sri Iswara Bhat.

Illegal Activities of Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Trust
About one year after the Maha Samadhi, certain individuals started claimingthat Bhagawan Baba was sending them “instructions” to start other Institutions. Suchclaims are fanciful and incredulous. An attempt was made to introduce a code ofconduct for all Trustees of Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Trust. At this juncture, a group,
headed by B.N. Narasimha Murthy who was then a Trustee of the Sri Sathya Sai Loka
Seva Trust (earlier he was the warden of the boys hostel at the Brindavan Whitefield
campus of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning which is a Deemed University
set up by Bhagawan Baba) in cahoots with a few others, executed a Deed ofAmendment to amend the Deed of the Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Trust to take away
the power given by Bhagawan Baba to the Trustees of the Sri Sathya Sai Central
Trust. This action was deeply objectionable, apart from being illegal. Several
attempts were made to impress upon the wrongdoers that their actions had to be
retraced to restore harmony. The efforts went on, in vain, for two years but theposition of the detractors was intractable, which led to the filing of a Civil Suit by theSri Sathya Sai Central Trust and its Trustees against those who had acted illegally.
The main relief in the suit is to restore the Trust deed to its original position as
documented by Bhagawan Baba in 2008. After an initial setback in the legal
proceedings, the Appellate Court has held that the Suit was wrongly dismissed by theTrial Court and must be allowed to run its normal course.

Sacrilegious Behaviour of the Impostors
To right thinking devotees of Bhagawan Baba, the claims being made by one
Sri Madhusudan Naidu, a former student of Sri Sathya Sai University (now known as4

Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning) and Sri Narasimha Murthy, a former
hostel warden of its Brindavan campus, that Bhagawan Baba was in communication
with them in a subtle form and progressively that Bhagawan Baba had entered thebody of Madhusudan Naidu, who is now claimed to be Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai
Baba himself, is unacceptable. It is mind-boggling that such claims are supported by
all their cohorts, by pretending reverence and bowing down to Madhusudan Naidu
and even referring to him as “Swami.” To add colour and credence to these falseclaims, Madhusudan Naidu has now started donning ochre colour clothes and on the23rd of November 2018, in a public function held at Muddenahalli, a declaration wasmade that Baba has entered the body of Madhusudan Naidu and he started taking hisseat in Baba’s chair, which is reverentially placed in all congregations of devotees allover the world as well as in Prasanthi Nilayam. This has offended the sentiments of alarge number of devotees.

Unethical and Adharmic Use of Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s NameUnderstandably a well scripted and carefully planned media strategy has been
put in place by the caucus at Muddenahalli, and every attempt is being made, to use
Swami’s name and to give the impression that their activities are indeed the activitiesof the Trust set up by Bhagawan Baba. They have even gone to the extent of trying toset up a University called the Sri Sathya Sai University of Human Excellence byevidently misleading the Karnataka State Legislature, even though the applicable laws
have not been fulfilled.

Apparent Abuse of Funds Donated by Innocent Devotees
An extravagant lifestyle which includes travel in luxury cars, business and firstclass air travel and chartered flights, chartered helicopters and wide publicity to thepresence of dignitaries who occupied high positions in life and who were devotees of
Bhagawan Baba is scripted out in an attempt to create an aura of Swami’s presence.
This is misleading devotees and is creating confusion. In many countries, attempts
have been made to disrupt the Sathya Sai International Organisation – with limited
success. In many families, husband and wife are torn apart and children are left
confused as to where to go. All tenets propounded by Bhagawan Baba are violatedwith impunity. Open appeals are being made to devotees to contribute funds, which
Bhagawan Baba never permitted. The caucus at Muddenahalli has also illegally
occupied a property built by and belonging to the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust in
Muddenahalli, which has been christened by them as “Sai Anandam,” which was built
as the Chancellor’s residence by the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust for Bhagawan SriSathya Sai Baba when a campus of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning
founded by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba , was built at Muddenahalli during theyear 2010-11.
The misrepresentations are continuing unabated.
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Cautionary Advice – Always Be Careful (ABC)The above are true facts. This advisory is being issued by three major
institutions, all founded and set up by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba in order, tocaution devotees not to be misled by Social Media, print and electronic media, public
media and advertisements being issued by the caucus at Muddenahalli which now
calls itself as “Sai Vrinda,” operating under their domain name as “saivrinda.org.”
Devotees are cautioned, in their own interest, not to engage themselves with thecaucus at Muddenahalli or be misled by any false claims being made by anyone that
Bhagawan Baba is now living in the body of Madhusudan Naidu and that
Madhusudan Naidu is the very embodiment of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.

Lovingly in the Service of Sai
for and on behalf of The Trustees
GSRCV Prasada Rao
Member - Secretary
Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust

Nimish Pandya
All India President
Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisation of India

Dr. Narendranath Reddy
Chairman, Prasanthi Council
Sathya Sai International OrganisationPrasanthi Nilayam
January 17, 20196