On the third day, he said, "Baba, I want to sleep one night with you." He told Rustom to pick me up and take me to his cabin so that I may pass the night with him there. Look at his heart! Before leaving, he told me: "Baba, you say you are the Ancient One and assert your greatness; you may be. But I want to know why you don't wear a khadi cap and dress?" I just smiled, embraced him and explained in a few words.
Later on, Chanji became so intimate with Gandhi that he used to pay him frequent visits. During one such visit, Gandhi told Chanji that he was imitating Baba and using an alphabet board every seventh day [during his day of silence].
During the same trip, Shaukat Ali passed my cabin, and after Gandhi left, he came in. He told Rustom he wanted to kiss my hand. He kissed it and tried to sit on a small chair which, due to his weight, broke and he fell on the floor. It was a strange sight, and afterwards, we had a good laugh about it. Myself, Rustom and Chanji were all trying to help him to his feet.
Now again, about the manner and habits of the five Perfect Masters. I have told you that in Divine Experience they were all One, but their ways varied. My ways and habits are a mixture of those of the Five. I will tell you how. Take for example Sai Baba. When he left his body, Gustadji was with him at the time. He was staying in his ashram at Shirdi. Very few used to go to him then, and there were no such crowds as we find in Shirdi today. He was sucking a chillum [pipe] and passing it on to whomsoever happened to be by his side. Whenever anyone approached him, he would ask for money, and would hand it over to one fat man residing there named Barra Baba. When Buty Saheb, a wealthy devotee from Nagpur, went to Sai Baba, Sai would ask him for Rs.1,000, which Buty Saheb would immediately pay. No talk ever took place about spirituality. Sai Baba's arti would be performed five times in the course of the day. One day he would sleep in the mosque, the second day in the tomb and the third day in the chowky [small hut].