Sai Kingdom (UK) Grama Seva Group 2005 – 8th-9th October

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become very familiar for all. The needs of the villagers are simple, that

someone should know their plight. They are therefore very grateful to Bhagawan

Baba for listening to their heartfelt prayers and sending love to them in form

of food and clothing.Afternoon Darshan:To the delight of the eagerly awaiting

devotees, Swami arrived for afternoon darshan at 3.50pm. The vice-chancellor

Professor Gokak introduced the three speakers for today’s Prasanthi Vidhwan

Maha Sabha: Sri Sanjay Sahni, Karthik Ramesh and Sai Giridhar. Swami then

instructed the vice-chancellor to announce that Sri Ajit Poppat would speak

after these three speakers.Sri Sahni spoke eloquently on Swami’s teaching of

the 3 P’s – Purity, Patience and Perseverance ? which leads to Divinity. He

described Purity as a state of desirelessness; Patience as the only strength

that a man needs and Perseverance as the Mother Ganga, who does not relent

until merging with the Ocean.

Karthik Ramesh spoke about many inspiring topics showing love for both our

physical and divine mothers Upon completion of the three chosen speakers,

Professor Gokak introduced Sri Poppat and invited him to address the gathering.

Sri Poppat was ever-ready and inspired us all by narrating experiences from a

group pilgrimage in July and also from last year’s Grama Seva. He spoke about

many incidents, including one regarding a youth who had cataracts in both eyes

since the age of four and who, upon returning from the recent trip in July,

visited the hospital and was informed that his cataracts had disappeared!!

(“Darshanam Paapanashanam…)Lastly, Swami blessed us all with His Divine

Discourse, a continuation of yesterday’s Discourse. The topic was Kunti’s

death, King Parikshit’s coronation and the Pandavas’ last journey. Swami stood

for almost an hourSai Kingdom (UK) Grama Seva Group 2005 – 9th OctoberMorning

Darshan:All the devotees were awaiting the darshan of Swami from the early

hours of the morning. However, Baba kept everyone waiting right up till 8:45am.

The darshan of Bhagawan was very quick as most of the Students left immediately

afterwards for Grama Seva. The UK Group was given two villages to visit today.

These villages were the furthest away from Prasanthi Nilayam. The first was

called Dantalapalli and the second was called Gangotivaripalli. The first

village had only 70 houses, a very quite village. There were no roads from the

main highway leading to the village. However, when we arrived, we saw Swami’s

picture on a chair in the middle of the street with a flower garland around it.

The second village only had 20 houses at most. There was no road leading into

the village apart from a road still under construction, so all the prasadam had

to be carried by hand to the village as the vehicles could not reach the

village. As we

approached the households, we did not find the rush that we found in other

villages. There was a quiet smile on everyone’s faces as welcome. We found

mostly women present at the houses, as the men were most likely working out on

the farms. As usual there were children in the village full of love and joy.As

the vehicles were heading back to Prasanthi Nilayam, there were many stops on

the way. The farmers in the surrounding areas would come out to the main road

and try to stop the vehicles in the hope of receiving Swami’s prasadam.

Finally, the journey came to end at Prasanthi Nilayam, our real home.

Contributed by Arvind Tank

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