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Prashanthi Bulletin

July 3rd evening, 2005

This evening, Bhagawan came out at 3.30 p.m. It was the final chance for the

Alumni students to make their prayer. Of course, they had sent a card inside

the Poornachandra which was Blessed by Bhagawan but nothing can substitute a

personal interaction with Swami. Once again, the car came gliding by. To their

joy, this evening, unlike other days, the car window glass was open. Swami was

receiving letters from devotees too. So there was a great chance for some

interaction. Their prayers were finally answered. All of them knelt down and

literally peeped into the window. The car halted. Some of the boys told Swami

about the Meet and also showed the Card. Swami looked at the card, heard their

prayers and said, "Chaala Santosham" - Very Happy. The car moved forward,

crossed the portico and came onto the stage as is the practice now. Swami sat

on the dais for a long while. Around 4.00 p.m. Bhagawan

started calling boys with letters. He spent considerable time with each one of

them answering their questions and giving them some loving advice and message.

After a while He signaled to the Birthday boys. They too went in a line and one

by one sought His Blessings. Taking this chance, two representatives from the

Institute Alumni Group too, joined the queue. They once again showed the card

to Bhagawan. They mentioned the details and also showed a tentative programme

list. Swami took the sheet and went through it very keenly. He said, "Very

Happy, Very Happy". At 4.35 p.m. Prasadam was distributed to all devotees,

students and staff. Bhajans began at 4.45 p.m. and at 5.15 p.m. Swami took

Aarti and retired to His abode. July 3rd morning, 2005 This morning - a Sunday

- all of us were seated in the Mandir by 7.30 a.m. Bhagawan came out at

8.00 a.m. Once again, the Alumni students were seated along the pathway opposite

to the students. As the car glided by, Bhagawan looked at them and the card and

smiled, but no conversation! He moved and reached the dais. For the last two

days, the car moves through the Portico and instead of halting along the path,

Bhagawan asks Sri Padmanabhan to take the car onto the stage. That's a great

task for him. However, with the precise accuracy of a surgeon, he manoeuvers

the car along the ramp and parks it on the stage. Next, the sofa glides out and

is moved to the centre of the dais. Today, as Swami sat on the dais, we noticed

a very special thing. All these days, Bhagawan was using His left hand very

frequently while there was difficulty in moving the right hand. However, this

morning, He was moving even His right hand very frequently; to open the letters

and even to hold the kerchief. He was also waving with His right Hand. This made

us all very happy. After a

while, at 8.45 a.m., Swami called one of the Vedam teachers and gave some

instructions. Bhagawan wanted the meaning of the Vedic chant to be spelt out.

Brother Sudhindran was asked to handle the task. The Mantram chosen was

Narayanopanishad. The core group would chant a line at a time and Sudhindran

would give the translation with add-on footnotes wherever necessary. Bhagawan

was very keenly listening to the translation. When the word Vaikunta was used

while translating the line 'Vaikunta Bhuvana Lokam Gamishyati', Swami asked him

what the meaning of Vaikuntam was. Brother Sudhindran then spelt out the meaning

of Vaikuntam as that which is all pervasive. After the whole Mantram was recited

with explanation, Bhagawan called brother Sudhindran forward. Even as we were

watching him come forward, Swami's right Hand moved with a jerk and out sprang

a beautiful gold necklace! Not a chain as He usually materializes, but this was

an ornamental broad and thick necklace with so many

designs on it. Bhagawan handed over the necklace to brother Sudhindran and spoke

to him and Dr. K. Anil Kumar - a Vedam Teacher - for quite some time. We were

wondering what Swami was telling them. Out of His Love, Swami asked Sudhindran

to repeat the message to the audience. He took the Vedam mike and said, "This

gold necklace that Swami has created now has the power of the Narayana Mantram

in it". Just before this, towards the end of the Mantram, the Upanishad

explains that 'Om' is a single lettered word, 'Namo' is a two lettered word and

'Narayanaya' is a five lettered word. Therefore, this Mantram 'Om Namo

Narayanaya' is an eight lettered Mantram. The power of this Mantram is

contained in the necklace. Brother Sudhindran continued, "All the Beejaksharas

(root letters) of this Mantram are potentially present in this artifact. The

aspect of Purusha (Jnana) and Prakriti (Daya - Compassion) are contained in it.

This necklace represents the Love of Mother (Sai) and

Father (Baba)". After this, again Bhagawan spoke to them for a while and later

he once again conveyed the message to all of us, "This Mantram is the

quintessence of all the scriptures. All scriptures guide mankind to Divinity.

This Mantram is chanted in praise to the Lord - our Mother and Father. But at

the ultimate level, there is no Father and no Mother. There exists only the

Supreme One!" The whole episode was literally like a Mantropadesham for all

devotees at one go! The Sadguru seated on the dais and all of us seated at His

Feet and He was giving us the initiation into the Narayanopanishad with all its

nuances and potencies! Bhajans started at 9.10 a.m. and by 9.20 a.m. Swami

retired for the morning. July 2nd, 2005 Being the 80th year of the Avataar, a

number of programmes are being scheduled in the Divine Presence.

This year also happens to be the eve of the 20th anniversary of the School of

Business Management, Accounting and Finance of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of

Higher Learning. To celebrate this occasion, all the alumni of the School of

Business Management, starting from the 1986 batch when the programme made its

beginning by the Divine command; are planning to come over to Prasanthinilayam

on the 20th and 21st of August and offer their collective gratitude to

Bhagawan. 21st of August is the Anniversary Day of the School of Business

Management and hence has been chosen for the celebration. The 27th quarterly

medical camp of the Institute Alumni is also being held on the same day.

Therefore, these two days are very special for the Alumni of the Institute this

year. In this regard, a number of Management Alumni from the cities of Chennai,

Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mumbai had come to Parthi on the 1st night. This

morning, they were all seated on the steps across the Brass Railings

next to the dais, to pray to Bhagawan to Bless the Meet. They wanted to place

this idea at His Lotus Feet and seek His permission for the same. As Bhagawan's

car glided along the path, they all knelt down and prayed to Bhagawan. Swami

looked and smiled at them but did not converse with them. In the evening, Swami

came out at 3.50 p.m. Once again the car went past the old students and Swami

looked at all of them. As He sat on the stage, He again looked at the Alumni

students and gave a smile. This evening was set out exclusively for students

with letters. Bhagawan accepted letters from so many students. As He would

signal to one student, a number of them would line up. Very patiently the

Loving Mother in Bhagawan would receive each letter, open the envelope, pull

out the letter, unfold it and start reading the contents. All along the student

would kneel down just next to Bhagawan looking right into His face! What a great

and unique opportunity of praying to God and being just

next to Him looking at Him even as He answers the prayers! Then Bhagawan would

give some answer to the student with a loving pat on his back or an assuring

grip on his hand. All the students were overjoyed! At 5.00 p.m. Swami went

inside the Bhajan Hall. Bhajans began and Aarti was given at 5.45 p.m. June

27th to July 1st, 2005 On the 27th, Bhagawan came out for Darshan around 3.40

p.m. He spent the entire evening session inside the interview room. On the 29th

morning, Swami came out close to the morning Bhajans time at around 8.55 a.m.

However, He sat for a full 50 minutes listening to the wonderful Bhajans sung

by the singers. 29th evening, He was out by 3.30 p.m. and sat down on the dais.

After a while, some woman on the Ladies side created a little commotion – crying

out to Swami loudly. Bhagawan asked our brother to take His

Chair towards the Ladies side of the Portico. What happened next was a great

event for all of us! Swami asked His Sofa to be wheeled all along the Darshan

line. For the first time after arriving at Prasanthinilayam, Bhagawan gave

Darshan in the sofa moving along the normal Darshan route. All were delighted

and many offered their letters to Bhagawan. After the round, once again He came

and sat down on the dais and later received letters from students and profusely

Blessed all the Birthday boys. 30th Thursday, Bhagawan was out in the evening

at 3.40 p.m. He sat outside until 4.40 p.m. and then as He went inside there

was a heavy downpour which unfortunately did not last long enough to raise the

water table level and bring succor to the water scarce people. On the 1st,

Friday, in the morning, Swami came during the bhajans, and went around the

Kulwant Hall in the car - an extra round - much to the delight of the devotees.

In the evening, after coming to

Sai Kulwant hall for darshan, Swami asked the car to move to the front of the

stage. Then He again entered the car and went out of the hall, on a round

outside the ashram, in the village. The escorts could not catch up in time, and

when Swami's car reached the Ganesh gate, it was surrounded by the devotees

craning to have His darshan. June 26th, 2005 Yesterday evening there was no

Darshan. Today being Sunday, we all had come for morning Darshan. Bhagawan came

out at 8.25 a.m. By 8.30 a.m., He was seated on the dais and we had the good

fortune of feasting on His Divine Form for a long while. He sat there amidst

Vedam Chanting which went on till 10.10 a.m. Very rarely does Swami sit outside

so long. Bhajans started only at 10.10 a.m. and went on till 10.25 a.m. He then

took Aarti and went inside the interview room for a while, before retiring for

the morning. In the evening Swami was out by 3.30 p.m. Bhajans started as usual

at 5.00 p.m. and by 5.15 p.m. Swami took Aarti and proceeded towards the PC

Auditorium. June 24th, 2005 This morning there was no Darshan but in the

evening Swami came out at 3.55 p.m. He cut across on the Ladies side and came

on to the stage. He sat on the dais amidst Vedic Chanting until 5.00 p.m., when

He started receiving letters from students. A number of them were Blessed with

the opportunity of offering their letters and receiving some reply from Swami.

At 5.30 p.m. Bhagawan went inside. Bhajans started at 5.40 p.m. and Aarti was

offered at 6.05 p.m.

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