An Inquiry into the Doctrines and Teachings of Sri Sathya Sai Baba؛ a Theological Review

This paper provides a brief account of Sri Sathya Sai Baba's religious life and his most important teachings, his movement and its similarities and differences with other Indian denominations and schools, in particular, the Hindu school of Advaita Vedanta and the teachings of its mystics and leader's like Say Baba Sharidi. It seems that most of his teachings have their roots in in Indian ancient schools and the doctrines of well-known figures before him. However they are presented by Sai Baba in a more modern fashion. Studying his important teachings and his claim that he is the reincarnation of Sai Baba of Shirdi and has supernatural powers, it is concluded that none of his teachings correspond with divine teachings from the view point of theology, cosmology and soteriology. Furthermore, his apparently magical actions have been proved to be nothing more than but legerdemain, and even if they were real, they couldnt prove his claim to divinity.