Guest guest Posted February 26, 2006 Report Share Posted February 26, 2006 Parthi Times 26th Feb 2006, Sunday - Holy Sivaratri - Evening Session It was 4:00 PM, when Bhagawan made His entry into the Kulwant Hall. He took a full round in the car as He usually does and then went into the interview room. After a while a number of trays with blue colour boxes started coming outside in the hands of students. All these were placed on the dais, ready for distribution. Meanwhile, another team of students who had rushed to Poornachandra Auditorium just before Bhagawan’s arrival returned with big carton boxes full of white safari cloth for students. All the cloth pieces were placed on the dais. Few minutes later Swami came out and was wheeled onto the centre of the dais. Swami immediately instructed the students to go ahead and distribute the safaris to all the students. Both college and school students were the lucky recipients of this Blessing from Bhagawan. After a while the blue colour boxes were also distributed to the students. This contained a small calculator that made some sort of music when started. This we came to know since all boys started opening their boxes and switching on the calculators! All the while Swami sat and kept watching the distribution. Now and then, He called the boys and gave them some guidelines for distribution. By 4:35 PM, He was wheeled in again. After around 10 minutes, very surprisingly, we found Swami getting into the car and driving away to PC. We all were eagerly waiting for His Divine Message but here was Swami leaving us in suspense. After some time, Swami again came out into the car and went somewhere outside for a short while. Once again, He was back to PC. Then at 5:15 PM, Bhagawan returned to the Sai Kulwant Hall. He was wheeled onto the dais for a few minutes and then in again. But after a few minutes we saw Him walking on the inner VIP Portico adjacent to the Bhajan Hall, talking to a number of devotees. He then went again towards the interview room and finally at 5:25 PM, Swami came onto the dais walking. He stood holding the railings for some time giving joy to one and all. For a moment He raised His right Hand and gave Abhaya Hasta Blessings to all. Immediately there was loud applause. At 5:30 PM, Swami was seated on His Chair. Mr. A.V.S. Raju, Founder-Chairman of Nagarjuna Construction Company Limited, was also wheeled in and made to sit next to Swami. Swami spoke to him and we knew that he was about to read his poems to us. The Vedic hymn Mantra Pushpam was being chanted and to our joy, Swami also started chanting along with the students. Around 5:45 PM, Swami gave some instructions to brother Nitin. A few minutes later the famous playback singer P. Susheela came onto the scene. Swami spoke to the Music boys giving them some instructions. We thought that it was going to be some musical programme by her. But who can understand Swami’s ways? Swami asked our boys to start with a Ganesha Bhajan followed by some other Bhajan. Then, Swami asked Smt. P. Susheela to sing two Bhajans. She sang Esawramba Priya Tanaya Sai Narayana and Manasa Bhajare Guru Charanam. After these two Bhajans the boys continued the Bhajans. But Swami had other plans. At 6:10 PM, suddenly, Swami asked them to stop singing Bhajans. He instructed Mr. A.V.S. Raju to share some of his poems with the audience. This went on till 6:35 PM when he was asked to conclude. Subsequently, we were almost sure that Swami would ask us to continue singing Bhajans but instead Swami asked for the Discourse mikes to be arranged. Bhagawan stood up and to the delight of all, commenced His Sivaratri Divine Message at 6:30 PM. The whole Universe is in Him. Can you build a temple for Him? When He resides in all beings, what name can you give Him? When all the oceans find refuge in Him, can you give Him a bath? He is not merely Iswara; He is the Iswara of the whole Universe. Prapancha is a combination of the five elements. ‘Pra’ means expression or manifestation or blossoming. ‘Pancha’ stands for the five elements. There are the five elements – earth, water, fire, air and ether. There are also the five senses – Shabda (sound), Sparsha (touch), Rupa (sight), Rasa (taste) and Gandha (smell). The five life breaths are Prana, Apana, Vyana, Udana and Samana. The Lord is the basis for the expression of all these. Is any among these permanent? No, only Brahma Tatva is eternal. What is Brahma – that which represents these five. Man worships a specific form. This is not permanent. We worship with narrow feelings and forget the Cosmic Principle. The Universe is the form of God. Anda, Pinda and Brahmanda. Anda consists of the material world, Pinda consists of the fulfilment of one’s birth and both these occur in Brahmanda. Love is the foundation of the Universe. There can exist neither Nature nor world without Love. The world is sustained by the Love that is distributed in the five elements. Forgetting Love, following any mode of worship is in vain. The five elements express their power through the human life. Prana (life) – why is it given? Human birth is the rarest of all. Man is Divine but running after Kama (desire). God created all – wife, children and friends. It is the duty of man to respect each one accordingly. The wife should be considered as Divine. Children also represent Divinity. Enemies are also Brahmaswarupa. Even those who fought with God were finally given mergence in the almighty. There is no place where there is no God. All eyes and ears are His. Nobody recognizes this Truth. People wonder how God can hear – where are His ears? We must understand that sound itself is God, light itself is God. Therefore, there is nothing that God does not know. God’s creation is highly sacred. Human delusion is on account of attachment to one’s body. Manava – ‘Ma’ stands for Maya, ‘Na’ stands for no or not and ‘Va’ stands for living or conducting oneself. Therefore, we must conduct ourselves such that we do not allow Maya to overpower us. Good and bad are all in your thoughts. Correct your thoughts. If there is any element of hatred, feel ashamed of it. If you are attracted by anybody, it is because of attachment. Understand that it is God who attracts. All forms are His. You have none but one true enemy and that is your own mind. You are the origin of everything. You are all Embodiments of Love. None of you is separate. There is no second at all. Nothing like a 6th element. Your Love represents the Divine Form. Brahma is not away from you. To think that He is away is Brama. Action (Karma) is also Divine. Never accuse or criticize God. All is God. It was 7.10 p.m. and Swami sat down on the sofa and continued. All is Sivam, all is Vishnu, all is Divine. This is the Sivaratri message for all. From a tiny granule to a gigantic tree, Divinity resides in all. There is no need to search for God. You are verily God. You are verily Vishnu and Shiva. It is only your feelings that create a difference. Sometimes you get angry. The same anger gets transformed into love later. Yesterday’s anger becomes today’s love. They are not different. 1 + 1 = 2, 2 + 2 = 4, 4 + 4 = 8 but 5 + 5 is not equal to 10. 5 + 5 = 1 only. Rest all are zeroes. Ekam Sat Viprah Bahuda Vadanti. There is no second at all. This unity is God. Know this Truth. Jeeva and Deva are not different. Your shadow is not different from you. Bliss is your own reflection. Only when we understand this oneness, can we experience Divinity. 1&0 = 10, add a 0 = 100, add another 0 = 1000, add another 0 = 10000, add yet one more 0 = 100000 If you remove the One, nothing is left. Just zeroes. So too in life, we say: My wife, child, land, house…… ‘My’ is like 1 and all the rest are like zeroes. Nothing remains at the end. The whole world is a zero that comes out from God who is the Hero. Doubts and imaginations rob us of our Bliss. Never entertain any doubts. It is like poison. You get doubts about your wife, children…..all this is useless. Why don’t you doubt yourself? Then you will feel so ashamed. Even if doubts come, brush them aside. You can develop strong faith only when you remove all doubts. Doubts can be dangerous and can sometimes prove fatal. A car can ride well only if all the four tyres are in good condition. Even if one tyre gets punctured you can meet with an accident. In our life, Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha are the four tyres. None of them should get punctured. Students, body is the chariot. Mind is the steering. You must control the steering. Until the mind is annihilated, you need to control it very well. This will lead you to Moksha and your life will be fulfilled. When you ride a bicycle, balance is very important. So too in life, balance is very important. Being born as a human being, if you slip into the existence of an animal, it would be so embarrassing. This is the teaching of Shiva. You are a human being. You are not an insect, not a bird or an animal. You can never deny the Atma. Do not claim everything as yours. Ma in Manava stands for mine. Get rid of this Ma Ma Ma – mine, mine, mine. Your goal is to attain Divinity. For this you need Sanmati (good mind). Unity leads to purity, purity leads to Divinity. All must have this unity. We all are humans; brothers and sisters. Students of Satya Sai College must always be united. Only if you are united, you deserve to be called Sai Devotees, else there will be no purity of Sai in you. Love God and it will transform your hate towards others also into love. Therefore, develop Love. It was 7:30 PM. Bhagawan concluded His Divine Sivaratri Message with the Bhajan, Prema Mudita Mana Se Kaho…..After the Bhajan, He once again continued…… The name of Rama has been helping humanity since ages. This is the power of Rama Nama. Everybody chants the name of Rama. Be it in a village or a city, valley or the mountain top. People of all religions should begin with chanting the name of Rama. Rama means that which attracts – Ra Ra – come…come… Then Swami narrated the story of King Krishna Devaraya and his minister Tenali Ramakrishna. Once Tenali Ramakrishna constructed a sentence containing five words which meant the same but in different languages. It was ‘Ye Aao Ra Ba Va?’ Actually it was a question asked by a farmers wife, ‘which cow is it father-in-law?’ in Telugu. But when split up it could also mean ‘Ye’ –come- in Marathi, ‘Aao’ –come- in Hindi, ‘Ra’ –come- in Telugu, ‘Ba’ –come- in Kannada, ‘Va’ –come- in Tamil. The lesson from the story was that words should be used very carefully. Understand small things and then you will be able to understand the bigger things too. All students should develop good qualities, and live an ideal life. Then, Swami will be very happy. Those who make Me happy, I will make them very happy. Gat a good name wherever you go. Conduct yourself as befits a Sai student. This is the message of Sivaratri. When all of you enjoy supreme Bliss, it is Sivaratri for Me. My Blessings to all of you…. Sing the glory of God all night. Do Naama Smarana whole heartedly. Then you will attain Divinity. Am I giving you trouble? (Boys immediately replied – No Swami.) It was 7:50 PM and Bhajans began with the nightingale of Parthi - Ravikumar singing Jaya Shankara. Just two lines were over and Swami again stopped them. He said: Do not sing the word ‘Digambara’ in the Bhajans. Laymen understand this word to mean ‘naked’. But the true meaning is that God has His attire as the eight directions ‘Diks’. Thus He is called Digambara. But avoid this while singing. Bhajans continued. At 8:00 PM, Bhagawan retired for the day. It was such a hectic day for Swami. Morning to evening, He kept giving and giving tirelessly! The mikes for Bhajans were on till 9:30 PM. Later an announcement was made as per instructions of Bhagawan by Prof. Anil Kumar. He announced that Aarti would be at 7:00 AM tomorrow morning and Prasadam (Puliyora and Sakarpongal) would be distributed thereafter. Wishing you once again a very happy Sivaratri.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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