Parthi Update 12-12-2004

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Parthi Update

12-12-2004

 

 

Dear Brother

Sairam. Thousands of devotees from Tamilnadu – Chennai – to be specific, flocked

into the Sai Kulwant Hall this morning to seek the Blessings of Bhagawan Baba

and to express their heart felt gratitude to Him for letting His Love flow unto

them in the form of Sai Ganga through the Kandaleru – Poondi Canal. As you may

know, water was released from river Krishna into the Kandaleru – Poondi canal

on the 23rd of November, with the Blessings of Bhagawan. Earlier it would take

almost 10 days for the water to reach Poondi (Chennai) from Kandaleru (Nellore

in A.P.) – not to mention the quantity of water that would reach after all the

seepage etc.

 

Now the water released reached the dry end of Poondi at zero point in Chennai in

just 4 days!! From here, the water moves on to quench the thirsty and parched

throats of the Chennaites!! The devotees had assembled in the Sai Kulwant Hall

yesterday itself for Darshan in the afternoon. But Swami did not give Darshan

yesterday full day. In fact, in the past few days, Bhagawan had not come out on

two mornings.

 

Therefore, we all sat expectantly in the Kulwant Hall this morning. Many of us

felt that it was very unlikely that Bhagawan would come out. We are not very

sure of the reason, but obviously it must be some suffering that our Lord has

chosen to take upon Himself for the benefit of humanity!! Lord Christ carried

the Cross just once at the end of His life but His Divine Father carries the

Cross every moment for redeeming mankind from the clutches of his own doings!!

 

However, our doubts were baseless. Can anything ever come between the Lord and

His devotees? The prayers of the thousands of Chennaites were answered as our

beautiful Lord entered the Sai Kulwant Hall at around 7.15 a.m. in the

Lamburgini. He took a full round of the hall, reached the interview room and

continued further. So we thought that Swami will be going back to PC. But

though the cart took a turn towards PC, Swami indicated to brother Satyajit to

turn again into the Kulwant Hall. All were delighted to see Swami again!!

 

This time the Lamburgini stationed itself in the inner portico. Bhagawan was

talking to an elderly man and gave him some instructions. This elderly person

was Sri Arjun Raja, Member on the Board of RAMCO, from Chennai. Brother Nitin

Acharya led him to the podium which was already stationed on the dais. The

Sundaram Bhajan singers were seated in the front row, just next to our core

Vedam group. Therefore, some prior intimation would have been there for these

arrangements to be made.

 

Sri Arjun Raja took his position behind the podium as the Lamburgini maneuvered

itself to be stationed next to the podium, facing the devotees. All could have

a clear Darshan of Bhagawan! It was very difficult to describe how Bhagawan

looked. There was the Divine Glow of His Majesty but there was also some

evidence of the ‘suffering’ that possibly His body would have gone through…...

Well, this could be just our imagination too. He appears to each one as they

feel. Yad Bhavam Tad Bhavati!!

 

It was 7.30 a.m. Sri Arjun Raja offered his Pranaams to Bhagawan and on behalf

of all assembled over there, he expressed his deep sense of gratitude to

Bhagawan for the Love showered by Him in the form of Sai Ganga for Chennai. He

was followed by Sri G.K. Raman, Tamilnadu Sri Sathya Sai Trust Convenor (and

Chairman of Royal Sundaram Insurance), who introduced the two speakers for the

morning.

 

The first speaker was Prof. G. Venkataraman whom we all know very well. Prof.

G.V. spoke in Tamil so that most of the devotees would be able to follow. He

gave all the statistics and the details of the entire project in a very

meticulous manner. The devotees were in a very exalted state and any reference

to the Water project attracted loud applauds from them. From this, one could

understand the deep sense of joy and happiness that these devotees had as a

result of their intense need for water being fulfilled by Bhagawan!!

 

When Prof. G.V. started speaking at 7.45 a.m., the Lamburgini maneuvered itself

out of the dais and proceeded towards the PC. All devotees turned towards Swami

and kept watching Him as the cart glided towards the PC Hall. Prof. G.V.

however, kept the audience gripped with his heart felt and revealing coverage

of this Labour of Love!!

 

The second speaker was Sri Mohan Rangan, Chairman of the Cauvery Water Tribunal

Committee and Advisor to the Sai Ganga Project and Advisor to the Government

for Water Resource Management. Mr. Mohan spoke initially in Telugu and then in

English covering almost the same aspects as Prof. G. Venkataraman but in

English, especially for the benefit of the students, as he indicated. Mr. Mohan

was associated with this Project right from its start on the 11th of March 2002,

when his team went to this canal for the first time to make a survey and submit

a report to the Central Trust.

 

Amidst all the striking details that they covered, which you can surely hear on

the Radio Sai Global harmony in a few days, the most striking one was that the

water was released from Kandaleru on 23rd November which happens to be the

Birth date of Bhagawan. The water then reached zero point at Poondi on the 27th

of November which happened to be the star Birthday of Bhagawan!! That is His

Leela!! The Canal as you know has been named by the Andhra Pradesh Government

as the Sai Ganga

14pt; COLOR: red">Canal instead of the erstwhile name of Telugu Ganga Canal.

 

By the time both the speakers completed their talks, it was 8.30 a.m. This was

the first time that we had some programme in the Sai Kulwant Hall, especially

talks by eminent people in Swami’s physical absence. It seemed strange, but

then we are now getting used to everything. As He Wills!!

 

Bhajans started at 8.30 a.m. Laddu Prasadam was distributed to all staff,

students and devotees. Aarti was offered at 9.00 a.m.

 

Came afternoon and even as we hurried into the Kulwant Hall at 3.00 p.m. our

most dear Lord was already seated on the sofa and the Sundaram Bhajan group

were playing the violin with all gaiety! We were truly taken by surprise!! What

a sudden change!! Swami looked absolutely normal, back to His usual Self!! That

is our Lord! Can we ever understand Him?? Should we even try to??

 

After the violin recital we had a few devotional songs and then Bhagawan got up,

took Aarti and went towards the golf cart. Prasadam was distributed. Bhagawan

got into the cart and moved inside the PC complex. All devotees got up to go

out. It was just 3.50 p.m. and we too hesitantly got up when there was a sudden

hush! Bhagawan was coming in again, but this time through the main gate in front

of the Gopuram. All the devotees rushed towards the side wall to catch a glimpse

of Bhagawan. Swami came in smiling in the golf cart. There was a twinkle in His

eyes that said it all!! The Leelas of

God!!

 

As the golf act moved towards the Ladies side, the women devotees clapped in a

frenzy!! Who on earth could make the masses so enthralled with just a sight?

Anybody other then the Divine? Impossible!! The golf cart moved into the PC

complex. This time, we sat down being wiser! Again there was a hush, but this

time the cart did not appear.

 

However, we all kept sitting as news came that there would be regular Bhajans at

5.00 p.m. Around 4.30 p.m., there was some commotion and again devotees rushed

towards the side wall of the Mandir. After a few minutes we saw Bhagawan coming

in the White Benz car into the Kulwant Hall. Later we discovered from the core

Vedam group who had gone behind Swami, that Bhagawan had been to the

Deenajanodarana Padakam (Orphanage) to see His dear children over there. The

Mother is always concerned about her children!! The Core Vedam group teachers

and staff accompany Swami whenever He moves around like this, within the

Ashram.

 

The Benz car went past the Ladies side, again amidst a loud clapping, towards

the Poornachandra Hall. Bhagawan retired for the day. Bhajans started at 5.00

p.m. and at 5.10 p.m. Aarti was offered and we all got back to our regular

chores. We are sure that the Chennai devotees would never forget this memorable

experience with Swami. Bhagawan makes these moments memorable for us by doing

something like this out of the way. We may possibly forget the experience of a

regular Darshan but not an ‘out of the way’ one like this!!

 

Let us all express gratitude to our Lord for this great act of compassion and

Love that He has showered on the Chaennai residents and let us all pray for

peace in the World!!

Sairam

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sairam and tks brother for your updates. Your message is like hot link for me to

reach Parthi in my mind eyes and darshan of my beloved and sweet LORD. Thanks

brother for your nice service for the people like me,whom Swami dont want to

have HIS physical darshan.

 

Sairam

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