Parthi Update 2nd, 3rd, 4th Feb 2005

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Parthi Update

 

02-02-2005

 

 

Dear Brother

 

 

Sairam. This evening, Swami came out for Darshan at 3.15 p.m. He went inside the

interview room and came out only for the Bhajans at 5.00 p.m. However, Bhajans

concluded early at 5.20 p.m. Swami took Aarti and proceeded towards the

Poornachandra Auditorium.

 

Swami’s Golf Cart turned into the grill gate at the entrance of the PC. All

devotees and we too started dispersing. However, some of us stood in the Hall

discussing about some academic matters. Lucky were those who were delayed for

some reason or the other! Within a few minutes, we heard a lot of hush-hush! We

turned and saw all people running towards the middle of the Kulwant Hall.

Bhagawan was likely to go out somewhere.

 

We hurriedly came and stood adjacent to the pathway with many others peeping

over our shoulders. Within seconds we saw Swami coming out of the Poornachandra

Entrance and getting into the Silver Coloured Benz car. The car proceeded

towards us in a royal mien. We were straining to see Swami’s face but the glare

on the windshield of the car prevented us from having clear Darshan. The car

stopped for a while in the Kulwant Hall near the turning towards the Gopuram.

Swami was expecting the Vice Chancellor to be available at the Institute.

Instructions were given and the car went along further, with devotees getting a

brief glance at Bhagawan now and then, through the windshield.

 

The moment students got a clue that Swami was visiting the Institute, all of

them made a dash to the College. The Athletic spirit manifested itself in full

in every student as he ran to the College premises. As the main gate near the

Ganesha Entrance was closed, students and many others took the other exit from

the Ashram, near the General Hospital. In a few minutes Swami had entered the

College grounds.

 

The Vice-Chancellor and the Registrar had miraculously stationed themselves

there in time! Well, you may be wondering what could be the reason for Swami’s

visit to the College. Let us reveal the secret to you now. Very soon, two new

building complex will be coming up in front of our Institute Library. Possibly,

as the rumour goes, these buildings will look just like the Library building –

circular in shape and will form a trio along with the Library. Once it is

ready, some departments are likely to be shifted over there. Well, the actual

details are not known yet.

 

It was in this context that Swami had come to the College. The car parked in the

empty ground that was already prepared since quite a few days, in front of the

Library. Swami remained seated inside the car. The Vice-Chancellor came forward

and started talking to Swami with a plan of the Building in his hand. It was

nice to watch the dialogue between the Divine Chancellor and the

Vice-Chancellor. High Level Meeting indeed! After around 10 minutes of

discussion, the Vice-Chancellor got into the car next to Swami and they

proceeded back towards the Mandir.

 

All students and teachers were standing along the side of the road and Bhagawan

was waving to them as the car passed by slowly.

 

We eagerly await the commencement of the construction of these buildings as a

part of the Institute’s celebration of the 80th year Festival of the Divine

Advent!

 

 

 

03-02-2005

 

 

 

This evening, Bhagawan came out for Darshan at 3.45 p.m. By 3.50 p.m. He was

walking on the dais. As soon as He came closer to the sofa, Bhagawan spoke to

Prof. Sudhir Bhaskar and instructed him to pass on some message to somebody.

Prof. Sudhir Bhaskar ran to the other side of the dais and communicated the

message to someone over there. We could not see who it was. Maybe, some speaker

for this evening, we thought. But we did not know who it would be.

 

Swami sat down on the sofa and after a few minutes asked the Vedam chanting to

be stopped. And whom do we see coming over to the Podium? Sri A.V.S. Raju Garu

- Chairman of the Nagarjuna Constructions Limited. You would know him better

as the popular poet! He has presented his poems a number of times in the Divine

Presence of Bhagawan. He composes poems extensively, spontaneously and the list

runs to thousands. It has already crossed a ten thousand!! In his own words he

says that just as other devotees are Blessed with rings, chains or Vibhuti;

Bhagawan has Blessed him with the gift of poetry!

 

The next half an hour was a gushing waterfall of Raju Garu’s poetry which we are

sure that Telugu speaking audience would have enjoyed thoroughly. Swami then

called for the Bhajan students. They took their place in the front row and the

Bhajans began at 4.30 p.m. At 5.00 p.m. Swami took Aarti and retired for the

day.

 

 

 

04-02-2005

 

 

 

This morning was a working day and therefore we were not there in the Mandir to

witness the wonderful time that the devotees had. After coming for the normal

Darshan at 7.50 a.m., Swami went back to the Poornachandra Auditorium at 8.00

a.m. Devotees thought that Swami may possibly come back only for Bhajans.

Therefore, most of them had gone out for a while. Suddenly, Swami comes in at

8.30 a.m. and as the Golf Cart came half way through the Sai Kulwant Hall, it

took a left turn and

went outside the main gate. All were taken for a real surprise!

 

Who can ever gauge the mysterious ways of the Lord! Perhaps the thousands of

devotees from Vizianagaram, who had assembled at Prasanthinilayam since two

days, were praying sincerely from their hearts for a closer glimpse of

Bhagawan. Swami went in the Golf Cart along the road beside the South Indian

Canteen. Hundreds of devotees who stood in the queues had a wonderful glimpse

of Bhagawan. A lovely Darshan, but a lovely opportunity for the security people

too! How could they stop the hundreds of devotees from pouring forth their love

and devotion by rushing forward – just to catch a closer glimpse or maybe pass

a letter into His loving hands or just shed tears of joy standing face to face

with God! For them it would be just once in a life time opportunity!

 

The old students who were there in the Mandir came to the aid of the security

men. They all formed a chain around the Golf Cart and facilitated the movement

of the Cart further along the path amidst the tidal waves of devotion!

 

Bhagawan went around the Poornachandra Auditorium and again entered the Sai

Kulwant Hall to be in the Bhajan Hall right in time! What a Leela of the Lord!

He alone knows how to delight His devotees. Truly, businessmen ought to take

clues from Him in the art of ‘Customer Delight’. However, here it is all free

and just Love to Love!!

 

 

This evening again, Swami came out just like yesterday evening, at sharp 3.45

p.m. The Golf Cart took a turn at the centre of the Kulwant Hall towards the

dais. As the Golf Cart reached the centre of the Hall, Swami looked at the four

children standing with a flag in their hands in front of the backdrop presenting

a scene of a gushing waterfall! Yet another two children standing at either end

of the backdrop carried a long banner with an ‘offering message’ written on it.

 

 

Yes, there was to be a presentation this evening by the Balvikas children of

Vizianagaram. By the way, almost six thousand devotes from Vizianagaram

District which is close to Visakhapatnam, have come to Prasanthinilayam to

celebrate the 80th Year of the Avatar. They have been here for the last two or

three days and this evening was their slot for the presentation.

 

Swami climbed down the Golf Cart at the centre of the dais, climbed up the steps

and sat down on the sofa. Instantly there was loud applause – real loud as the

Kulwant Hall was almost fully packed with the Vizianagaram devotees! At 3.55

p.m. the Vedam chanting stopped. Two young girl dancers came forward and

offered a rose to Bhagawan. Swami Blessed the roses and gave it back to them.

 

As the girls moved back facing Swami, our Loving Bhagawan immediately cautioned

them about the steps, which He does every time when children come to offer Him

a card or a rose and go back, walking backwards but facing Him. That is Divine

Sensitivity! Bhagawan gave the command to begin the programme.

 

The presentation – a dance drama in Telugu, was titled “Sarva Matama Sarame Sai

Matamu” – “The essence of all religions is the Sai religion”. The scene began

with a sculptor carving a rock. As he goes about his sculpting work, he hears

the Omkaram sound emanating from the rock. He is surprised. He is also in a

dilemma as he is not able to understand the significance of this. In the next

scene a group of dancers come in along with two Krishna adorers. They tell the

sculptor to sculpt an idol of Krishna as Omkaram was the symbol of the Divine

Lord Krishna.

This is followed by a dance including a short Raas with a little Krishna

standing in front of the rock.

 

In the next scene, the sculptor continues with his work of carving an idol of

Krishna, but now suddenly the chants of the Koran are heard from the rock. What

should he do now – he is puzzled. The Muslims from the village come in and ask

him to build a mosque over there. A short Qawali follows.

 

By now you would know what was to come next! Yes, it was the Christian devotees

from the village listening to the bell sounds coming from the rock. This was

followed by the Buddhist monks and the Zoroastrians. In each case, the

concerned deity or saint would appear in front of the rock. The rock would part

into two and he would appear in front, for that scene.

 

By this time, the sculptor is fully confused and does not know what to do. All

the villagers come into the forefront, there begins a fight amongst them – each

one claiming his ownership over the rock. After a few minutes of clashes with a

song in the background, light dawns on them through little girls coming in with

lighted candles and then follows a song describing the eternal truths of life

revealed by Bhagawan. All religions are one. Every religion teaches us noble

things. If the mind is good, then which religion is bad and so on….

 

The culmination comes with the declaration that the highest religion is the

religion of humanity. Manava Dharmamu. At this point a Sarva Dharma Stupa is

seen standing behind the rock, signifying the unity of all religions. The grand

finale is a song with the lyrics, Manava Jati, Prema Matamu, Sai Daivamu….

 

The presentation came to a close amidst loud claps. The Vizianagaram devotees

were overjoyed witnessing their own district children performing in the Divine

Presence. It was 4.30 p.m. Bhagawan asked the concerned in-charge, “Is it

over?” He nodded and Swami gave a broad smile and got up from the sofa. All the

children had assembled in a neat group half way from the dais. Bhagawan raised

both His hands and Blessed them profusely! He then moved towards the interview

room while the Vizianagaram devotee Bhajan singers started singing Bhajans.

Swami instructed Prasadam to be distributed. Basin Laddus were offered to all.

 

Meanwhile, students rushed inside the Bhajan Hall and our Bhajan boys took over

the singing. We had a long Bhajan session until 5.20 p.m. Then Bhagawan took

Aarti and retired for the day.

 

By the way, for the last two or three days, we have been seeing some village

women in their tribal dresses sitting for Darshan on the Ladies side, right at

the front. We were wondering who they could be. They were so conscious by their

attire! On enquiry, we found that they were the Lambadis (a particular sect of

Tribal folk from the state of Andhra Pradesh). They have come here from

Warangal and are likely to be part of the celebrations on the 10th of February.

Oh! That reminds us, we have not told you anything about the 10th function. So

here we go…

 

You may recall that on 21-12-2005, Bhagawan had asked Prof. Anil Kumar around

3.50 p.m. in the evening, to address the audience in Sai Kulwant Hall. Swami

also gave him some instructions regarding the content of his talk. Following

are the relevant excerpts of that talk as per our earlier update:

 

 

Then came the actual crux of the talk. Prof. Anil Kumar said that there are so

many old people in Prasanthinilayam. They have retired from worldly life but

Bhagawan has re-tyred them!! In fact, Prasanthinilayam is one place where you

will find maximum number of re-tyred people working and offering their services

selflessly. Bhagawan is taking care of all of them.

 

In His Mercy and Compassion, Bhagawan has decided to Bless all these couples in

a very grand way. All the couples in Prasanthinilayam, whose husbands are above

70 and 75 years of age, are requested to register their names in the office and

be present here by January 10th. After the commencement of Uttarayana

(Sankranti), the celebration will take place. Bhagawan will perform the

Shastipoorti ceremony for these couples (Re-Marriage). This is a ritual where

the senior couples will be re-married in a ceremonious manner (just as it is

done in the regular marriage) to mark the entry into a new phase of their life.

This is a spiritual marriage for the couple!!

 

There will be no dearth of the gifts that are going to be showered on them by

Bhagawan. Gold ornaments, silk saris and dhotis and what not…This is the Love

and Compassion of the Lord. When young people run to Swami, Swami runs to

shower His Grace on the old people who are unable to walk. The timing too is so

appropriate as this year is dedicated to old people.

 

Prof. Anil Kumar concluded his talk and took his seat next to Swami. The next

speaker was the Vice Chancellor, Sri S.V. Giri. Sri Giri Garu also expressed

his joy and gratitude at this most benedictory act of Bhagawan. Old age is the

time when people have physical and mental problems. This is the period when

they need support. Bhagawan conducting this ceremony is symbolic of that

support and concern for them!!

 

Today, in the world, old people are ignored. In many families, sons leave their

parents to be on their own, without any hesitation. With nuclear families

proliferating rapidly old age homes have become the need of the hour. Old

people, though may not be deprived of financial assistance, are thirsty for

emotional and psychological support. At such times, Bhagawan’s Blessing in the

form of this ceremony has come as a Divine assurance of His Love and Concern.

Even if there is nobody else, God is always there to take care of all of us.

The talk concluded at 5.15 p.m. There were a few Bhajans after which Bhagawan

retired to PC.

 

Thus the 80th year of the Avataar is going to commence in such a sacred and

wonderful way by way of _expression of gratitude to the septuagenarians who

have moulded and shaped the generation of today!!

 

So, it is this function that is tentatively fixed on the 10th of February. A lot

of groundwork has been done by the organizers in identifying the eligible

couples, other preparations etc. The Lambadi women whom we were talking about,

usually participate in marriage functions by performing a typical folk dance

ahead of the marriage procession. This is a common practice in the Telengana

and Rayalseema areas of Andhra Pradesh. That is possibly the reason why they

are here.

 

We all are eagerly looking forward to that event and hope that Swami will give

us some minor role to play as He deems fit, in the preparations.

 

We will get back to you with details of the celebration. Till then…Goodbye.

 

Sairam

 

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