Prasanthi Bulletin, 18th-19th February, 2006

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wearing white turbans seated on the gents' side. As Swami's car approached their

area, the coordinators stood up and moved towards Bhagawan. One of them held an

album in his hands and started showing some photographs to Swami. Swami very

keenly watched all the photos and the car remained stationed there for quite

some time until Swami had seen the whole of it. The car moved on and finally

positioned itself as usual in front of the interview room. The door slid open

and the beautiful form of Bhagawan was seen moving out on the chair. After the

chair rolled out, our brothers helped Swami to stand and then catching their

hand, Bhagawan started walking into the middle Portico. As He moved along, He

enquired so many devotees about their personal matters. Slowly, He appeared at

the other end of the middle Portico. From there, He took a turn and started

walking towards the dais. Again, as He moved along quite fast, He spoke to

almost everyone in the front line, including

Prof. Anil Kumar of course. Swami's chair that was kept in the centre of the

dais was shifted towards the gents side as per His instructions. Bhagawan

reached the chair, stood for a while showering His Divine Looks on many and

then sat down. First He spoke to Mr. Chakravarthi and then He interacted with

Prof. Anil Gokak, our Vice-Chancellor. Immediately, the Vice-Chancellor spoke

to Prof. Anil Kumar and a search began. It was clear that Bhagawan wanted some

students to speak to all of us. Within minutes, a number of students were lined

up, as speakers are never in shortage in Bhagawan's college! By 4.50 p.m. the

mike was placed in position along with the podium. Meanwhile, Swami received

letters from a number of students seated in front. He spoke to them, answering

their queries. At 4.55 p.m., Vedam stopped and Prof. Gokak shared with the

audience the great joy that all of us felt at having our dear Lord with us

again. He elaborated on this aspect for some time and then

invited the student speakers too, to share their joy and happiness and also the

agony that we all felt in His absence for the last one month. The first student

speaker was Sri B. Aravind from the I MBA class. He beautifully and very aptly

narrated the story of the Gopikas in Brindavan who were pining for their Lord

when He was away in Mathura. Any amount of consoling would not help them and

finally when the Lord Himself sent Uddhava with the message of His Omnipresence

and Omniscience, that too would not satiate their thirst for the Darshan of the

Lord. Following this, Sri Aravind shared with us an episode of Bhagawan's

Omniscience. In the year 2004, in November, he and a group of students were

involved in writing the script for the Convocation Drama. They had prepared 2

to 3 scripts and finally Swami had chosen one. However, the boys were very

fascinated with another script that they had written. It was about an architect

who also happens to be a student of Swami

(in the story of course). This architect dedicates his whole life to build a

Sarva Dharma temple for Bhagawan. However, owing to ill health he resigns from

the company but then indirectly helps in completion of the project. Bhagawan,

in an interview, pleased with his sincerity and commitment grants him the boon

of making his temple a success and also grants him a long life saying that his

body was Swami's true temple. The boys felt a little disappointed that this

script was not selected. A year passed by and came November 2005. Again the

same group was engaged in preparing a few scripts. They had completely

forgotten about this story. However, Swami Himself reminded them that He had

already given them a script. It took them quite some time to understand what

Swami meant and finally prompted by Him, they dug out the same script which

then happened to be staged recently in November 2005. The second speaker was

Sri Chetan Raman of the I Year MBA(Fin) class. He shared

with all of us the fact that how lucky students are as Bhagawan Himself becomes

their Mother, Father, Guru and even a Guest. Normally, we chant Matru Devo

Bhava, Pitru Devo Bhava, Acharya Devo Bhava and Athithi Devo Bhava. But for the

students, it is just the reverse! Devo Matru Bhava, Devo Pitru Bhava, Devo

Acharya Bhava and Devo Athithi Bhava. He illustrated each point by sharing

experiences from his own life and finally concluded his speech with a Hindi

song - Itni Shakti Hamein Dena Daata .... Give us such strength O Lord that the

faith in our minds does not weaken.... It was 5.25 p.m. and Bhagawan signalled

for the Vedam chanting to start again. At 5.35 p.m., Bhagawan asked the Bhajan

boys to commence the Bhajans. As they stated singing, Swami stood up holding

the railings. As He stood there, tapping with His fingers, from the Gopuram

side entrance, a team walked in. Led by Mr. Rajan of the Ashram and the

Anantapur Collector Smt. Anuradha, was the Governor of Gujarat,

Shri Nawal Kishore Sharma. He walked unto the dais with his aide and Swami

looked at him and smiled. The Governor sat down on a chair placed for him near

the Ganesha idol. After a while, Swami walked back to the Middle Portico

talking to a few devotees as He went along. Watching Swami going towards the

middle Portico, the Governor stood up and hurried to offer the bouquet to

Bhagawan and seek His Blessings. Swami halted, turned around and received the

bouquet and Blessed the Governor and even his aide with a few words and smiles.

Swami continued walking in. After entering into the Middle Portico, He sat down

on the chair. He went into the interview room and at 5.45 p.m. He received

Aarti and retired for the day. February 18th, 2006 This evening, Swami arrived

at Parthi just before 4.30 p.m. after starting from Brindavan Ashram at around

1.00 p.m. There was a brief stopover at Bagepalli, a town on the way where an

old age home and a Sarva Dharma temple has been built by a devotee of Bhagawan.

After entering the Sai Kulwant Hall, He got down at the first pillar on the

ladies side, walked up to the portico holding our brother's hand. The Welcome

song was going on, sung by the music group inside the Bhajan hall with others

joining them. It was a Divine treat to watch Bhagawan after almost a month, and

too walking with such ease! After a few minutes, He took Aarati. As the Aarati

was going on, Swami came into the Bhajan Hall and sat on the throne. After the

Aarati, He asked, "Bagunnara?" - Are you all fine? The boys chorused "Yes,

Swami". Then He walked into the interview room. Swami was smiling and talking

so cheerfully that it sent ripples of joy and ecstasy in all our hearts! After

a few minutes, the Porte car arrived, and the chair was taken inside. Swami

came out on the chair and into the car, and retired to Poornachandra. Bhajans

commenced at 5.00 p.m. and

around 5.35 p.m. our most compassionate Lord, wanting to Bless us once again

came into the Kulwant Hall. He went to the Bhajan Hall, sat on the throne and

was there for around 3 to 4 Bhajans. He then took Aarti once again and retired

to Poornachandra. You can see an illustrated version of happenings at

Prasanthi Nilayam in the Prasanthi Diary of our monthly e-Journal Heart to

Heart. The previous issue of Prasanthi Bulletin is available here. The Photo

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