Brindavan Update 4, 5 and 6th of May 2004

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Dear brothers,

 

This mail is from a student in Bhagavan's Institute

 

Brindavan Update 4, 5 and 6th of May 2004

 

04-05-2004

 

In the morning Bhagawan came out for Darshan and walked upto the 2nd

block. Here all the Sri Lankan devotees and other Buddhist devotees

were seated. As you may know, 4th of May was the festival of Buddha

Jayanti. Swami blessed these devotees and then turning back towards

the first block, He asked the boys to start Bhajans. Being a

Tuesday, the Bhajan boys were not prepared for singing Bhajans.

Budhha Jayanti celebrations were as such not on the cards.

Therefore, there was a crisis management to be done! The instruments

were immediately procured and in a few minutes Bhajans began.

 

Meanwhile, Swami went over the stage and sat on the chair. He sat

for 19 Bhajans!! The Bhajan boys and their coordinator had a real

tough time to keep 19 Bhajans going without a predefined schedule!!

To add to the test, Swami got up in the middle of a Bhajan and

started walking towards Trayee!! For a moment, they thought Swami

may want to continue Bhajans till evening – Akhanda Bhajans!! You

can imagine their plight. However, Mr. Padmanabhan slowly approached

Swami and indicated about Aarti. Swami was still not very inclined

but then He gave permission – the ever compassionate Lord!!

 

In the evening, Swami unexpectedly came out very early. Instead of

the usual `post 4.00 p.m.' Darshan, He came out at around 3.35 p.m.

Bhajans started. After a while, Bhagawan indicated to two faculty

members to come up onto the stage. They were Dr. Ravi Kumar and Sri

Sanjay Sahni (Principal). Swami asked them to speak.

 

Dr. Ravi Kumar narrated some of his experiences, including the

incident in Kodaikanal last year, where Swami had materialized an

idol of Buddha, which Swami said, had been made from the actual soil

of Lumbini.

 

Sri Sanjay Sahni also spoke about the teachings and episodes of Lord

Buddha. One episode was about a disciple of Buddha who comes out to

the gathering and declares that Buddha was the greatest and there

was none such before, or none would come later. Lord Buddha

reprimands the disciple for speaking like that and says, "Endero

Mahanubhavulu..." There are so many great one's in this world.

 

 

05-05-2004

 

As you all may know by now, 5th was a day of uncertainty and

suspense. Swami did not come out for morning Darshan. Same thing

happened even in the evening. However, in the evening, there was an

announcement that the next day, all devotees would assemble inside

the Trayee complex itself and Bhagawan will give Darshan from the

new Balcony of Trayee Brindavan. No one was sure what happened. But

at least they were sure of Darshan the next day.

 

 

06-05-2004

 

Happy Eswaramma Day. Let us all pay respects to the Holy and Sacred

Mother who gave us our beautiful Lord!!

 

Possibly for the first time in the history of the Trayee Brindavan,

devotees were seated inside the Trayee complex. As you may know,

there is a Krishna idol inside the Trayee gardens. Gents were seated

to the right of it (i.e. towards Sai Ramesh Hall) and Ladies were

seated to the left of the Krishna idol (towards the guest house

side).

 

On the cemented pathway, chairs were arranged for the VIP's. Boys

were seated in the lawns immediately facing the Trayee building.

Around 600 Balvikas children had come for the Eswaramma Day

celebrations. They were seated on the lawns opposite to the one

where boys were seated.

 

As all sat expectantly, around 8.30 a.m. the lights in the balcony

of Trayee went on. All eyes instantly focused up. The door opened

and there was Bhagawan seated on a sofa (on wheels). Brother

Satyajit wheeled out the sofa into the balcony, until Swami was

right next to the grill of the balcony. There was a maroon shawl

wrapped around Swami's chest and the robe was visible below.

 

(Before going further, let me first tell you what happened. Of

course, later in the Discourse Swami will Himself reveal the story.

Swami had a injury on His right hand, either on 4th evening or 5th

morning. The injury seems to have caused a hair line fracture (??)

in Swami's right hand (between shoulder and elbow). They have put a

strap and a sling that holds His hand in the folded

position.)

 

Swami's face was in full Bliss. No indication of any pain

whatsoever! He asked for Bhajans to start and the Balvikas children

started singing Bhajans. Swami then briefly spoke to brother

Satyajit and indicated something. Soon there was some commotion and

it was clear that Swami wanted to come down. A few minutes later,

the Trayee `rose wood' doors opened and there was our Lord on the

sofa. Swami smilingly indicated to two students to come closer. What

happened next was unimaginable. A lesson for us on transcendence of

mind and matter!! With all that discomfort, Swami got up from the

sofa and believe it or not, He came walking down the steps of Trayee

to the front garden. Boys held Swami helping Him get down the steps.

 

The sofa was brought and placed on the cemented pathway, outside the

front entrance. Swami came and sat down on the sofa. After a while

He indicated to two students to speak. A few Balvikas children stood

up and chanted Vedam. Subsequently, the first talk was given by Sri

Sanjay Mahalingam and the second by Sri Jaipreet Singh (both

being `just passed out' MBA students). They spoke on the

significance of Easwaramma Day and the importance of worship to the

Mother.

 

Swami then asked for the Discourse Table to be arranged. It was

around 9.20 a.m. Bhagawan stood up. The shawl still around Him. He

could not place His hands as He usually does on the Discourse table.

He waved (Swami's typical hand movement) His left hand often and

many a times even waved slightly with the folded right hand too!!

 

The highlights of the Discourse follows:

 

- Matru Devo Bhavaa, Pitru Devo Bhavaa, Acharya Devo Bhavaa, Athiti

Devo Bhavaa...

 

- Swami narrated the entire story of Eswara Chandra Vidyasagar. He

spoke about his difficult childhood, how he studied under the street

lights... Later, he became a highly educated person. When he

returned home, his mother had three wishes. The first was to build a

clinic in their village, the second was to build a school and the

third a well for water. Of course she prayed for each of these at

different points of time, one after the other and Eswara Chandra

Vidya Sagar fulfilled each of these wishes.

 

- Swami also narrated the incident where Vidya Sagar was once going

to give a talk. He gets down the railway station. He sees another

gentleman, an IAS officer who was looking for a Coolie. Vidya Sagar

approaches him seeking to help him. This man mistakes Vidya Sagar

for a Coolie and asks him to carry his luggage. In fact, this IAS

officer was going to attend a talk to be given by

Vidya Sagar himself. It is only in the auditorium, when he sees

Vidya Sagar delivering his talk, that the IAS officer realizes his

folly. Such was the humility and nobility of Vidya Sagar.

 

- Swami then switched over to the story of Mother Eswaramma who had

made similar prayers to Swami to build a school, dispensary and a

well for providing water. Mother Eswaramma had seen ladies suffering

to carry water from far off wells, she had seen children burdened

with carrying slates and pencils for long distances and also ladies

with sick children deprived of medical facilities. She kept all this

in her mind and at an appropriate moment made these requests to Her

son. Swami then said that Sathya Sai has not just fulfilled her

wishes but has done much more!!

 

- One must fulfill one's Mother's wishes, however difficult it may

be.

 

- Swami then narrated the story of how He had fractured His hip last

year. One day, there was a boy tying a mango leaf toranam onto one

of the doors in Trayee. He was standing on a long stool. Suddenly

Swami opened the door. The boy was so startled to see Swami that he

lost his balance and fell down. The stool on which he was standing

fell on Swami. This is how the hip got a fracture.

 

- Swami then went on to explain the recent fracture(?). He said that

inside Trayee, in His room, one brick was loose because of which

there was some protrusion which caused the injury. He clearly stated

that this was not on account of any Karmic consequences. He said

that it was a "Chinna Paripatu – a small mistake".

 

- After this the rest of the Discourse was an uninterrupted flow of

praise for His students. It was so overwhelming that one could not

contain it. Swami said that the boys who were with Him were taking

care of Him so well. He said that, overnight, they had stitched a

special robe for Swami, making it very easy to wear the robe.

Although they do small small things. These are so valuable!!

 

- Students who have gone outside are all working in big companies.

They are all doing so much of service.

 

- In fact the only purpose of giving a Discourse today is to make

you all aware of the glory of My students. They may look small but

all of them are double PG's. You all devotees should take care of My

students.

 

- My goal is to make such students of noble character.

 

- Swami also praised the two speaker students and said that they

were so keen to serve Swami.

 

He brought His Discourse to a close at around 10.10 a.m. Aarti was

given. He indicated for Prasadam to be distributed. He then went

inside Trayee, climbing the steps again!! Just after this there were

heavy rains in Brindavan. As though the clouds were just waiting for

Bhagawan to retire!!

 

(A personal note: One really wonders why Swami is taking over so

much of suffering on His body. He is beyond all this, but to see His

body going through all this is so tough. However, what most of us

here feel is that Swami is demonstrating what it means to transcend

body and mind. Come what may, He is not stopping any of His regular

activities. You see Him and He is always Blissful. Not a streak of

strain on His face. There is a very very great lesson for the entire

humanity to learn from this most selfless sacrifice of our dear dear

Swami. Let us pray to Him to help us too, in overcoming the feeling

of body consciousness and raise ourselves to Divine consciousness).

 

jai sai ram

 

Posted by Raghavender Balaji on 10.05.2004

 

Source: http://jaisairam1.tripod.com/060504/040506.htm