Cat Vibhuti

One story related by Dr. Eruch Fanibunda, a Bombay oral surgeon who wrote the Parsi book
A VISION OF THE DIVINE about Baba: a woman had been cooking fish (in violation of Hindu nonviolence ) for dinner.. her cat jumped up on the table.. she was upset and started slapping the cat... immediately every picture of Baba on the house walls began to sway.. and the cat's fur began to pour forth vibhuti.. sometime later she went to the ashram.. Baba passed her and tossed back a couple packets of vibhuti.. and said to her in Telugu: "these are for the cat".

Baba causes His vibhuti (ash.. usually grey.. but in many other colors as well) to appear on His pictures in tens of thousands of places around the world. The writer has seen this at Dr Pani's home in Bethesda, at Hari A's home in Riverdale, Maryland, and in Kamakura Japan... on His picture near the Amita Buddha. She was told about a 3 foot mound of vibhuti in Wembly in the UK and about one in Nairobi. Vibhuti is a symbol of desirelessness, whatis left when the fires of desire have burned away. Through it He does countless miracles,although no matter is necessary for the healings He wills.


When EKB was studying for a law exam in Ohio, she smelled vibhuti. She was not at that time a devotee..but recognized the smell havingbeen exposed to vibhuti before.