Prashanthi Bulletin, August 1st - 3rd, 2005

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August 3rd, 2005 Once again Bhagawan came to the Sai Kulwant Hall before 8

o'clock, and went for two rounds of the village in His car. He returned to the

Ashram around 9.10 am. The evening session was similar to yesterday's. By 3

o'clock Swami came to the Hall where the UK devotees were ready with a Quawwali

programme, took a round and then went outside, returning after nearly an hour.

Then He went inside the interview room, and asked for the programme to begin

after a few minutes. The programme started with the UK group chanting Vedam and

then there was the chanting of some verses from the Koran also. This was

followed by Mr. Popat chanting the al Fatiha prayer - the famous Sura from the

Koran - in Urdu, and then the Quawwwali songs began. Bhagawan came onstage

after the songs commenced. The devotees showed commendable spirit in rendering

the difficult lyrics and music of the Quawwalis. After half an hour of

Quawwalis,

Bhagawan asked for bhajans, which were again sung by the UK group. At 5.10 pm,

Bhagawan asked for the Arati and returned to His abode. August 2nd, 2005 This

morning, Bhagawan came early to Sai Kulwant Hall - at 7.30 am. But He did not

remain there - after a round of the Hall, He left for a round of the Ashram in

the car. And after a complete round of Prashanthi Nilayam, instead of returning

to the Sai Kulwant Hall, Bhagawan went to the College! There, the students were

just starting the prayer assembly in the foyer before their classes. Bhagawan

arrived in the Institute Auditorium, so the venue of the prayer session was

shifted to the Auditorium. A visiting professor, Mr. Ram Aneja, was slated to

give a talk in the foyer. Swami told him to go ahead and give his talk! So, he

had the good fortune of speaking in Bhagawan's immediate Divine Presence.

Bhagawan sat right next to him and spoke to him for quite some time. And after

the

talk, Swami materialized a ring for him too! At 9.15 am, Bhagawan returned from

the Institute Auditorium to the Ashram. In the evening, the UK group led by Mr.

Ajit Poppat was sitting in the centre of the Hall, ready for a musical

presentation. Bhagawan came into the Hall at 3.10 pm in the car, and directly

went outside for a round. He returned only after an hour, and went into the

interview room. In a few minutes, He came onstage, and listening for the Vedam

for a while, called up Mr. Popat and asked him to speak. Mr. Popat narrated

some experiences of the devotees who had come with him. After his talk, he

asked Bhagawan if the music programme could begin, and Bhagawan gave His

assent. The programme started with a few minutes of Vedam chanting by the UK

group, which they did very well. The music which followed went on for more than

45 minutes, after which Swami asked for the Arati and returned to the

Poornachandra. August 1st,

2005 This evening, Bhagawan sat for some time onstage in the car, and then asked

for a programme by a group of US devotees. They did not have the instruments

ready - some of them ran to their rooms to get the instruments. Swami was

waiting in the car all the while. Finally, the instruments and the children who

were supposed to sing arrived. They were asked to sit on the ladies' side of the

Hall, since the students were already seated in front of the stage area. The

songs began at 4.05 pm. The group sang choir songs in English, and ended after

nearly 45 minutes with "Hum ko Tum se pyar kitna". After the US programme,

Swami asked the students to sing group songs. They started with "There is

something special in Your Love..." and went on to sing the familiar group songs

like "O Maa..." and so on. Prasadam was also being distributed - chocolate

wafers! Swami gestured something and the US group's conductor went up to Him.

Swami materialized a chain for her,

and she attempted to give the wafer to Swami! Bhagawan persuaded her to keep the

wafer with herself... Next, another musician from the US group got a chance to

come near Swami. Swami spoke to him and gave him a ring. After some more songs,

Swami asked for Arati and retired for the day.

You can see an illustrated version of happenings at Prashanthi Nilayam in the

Prashanthi Diary of our monthly e-Journal Heart to Heart. The previous issue of

Prashanthi Bulletin is available here. The Photo album contains photos of events

of past Prashanthi Bulletins. Index of past Prashanthi Bulletins... Source:

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