Sai Kingdom (UK) Grama Seva Group 2005 – 9th-PM/10th-AM October

[Guest guest]

Afternoon Darshan:

 

 

Prasanthi Nilayam on Sundays is always busy and today was no exception. Swami

arrived in His car two minutes before the commencement of Rahu Kalam. After

giving darshan, Swami sat on the Portico while Vedam was being chanted. Swami

called two of the primary school children to the Portico to everybody’s

delight. Swami was interacting with them and asked them to chant Vedam. Sri

Veda Narayana encouraged all primary school children including two boys by

chanting those Vedam that were familiar to them, including Durga Suktam,

Sivopasana Mantra, Gayatri Mantra and Mantra Pushpam. The vibrations generated

by the children was very uplifting and inspiring.

 

Just before 4:30pm Swami called Professor Gokak and agreed the two speakers for

today’s talks. The speakers were Professor Ramamurthy and Sri Sanjay

Mahalingam. Professor Ramamurthy spoke for approximately 30 minutes on his

experiences with Swami and then Sri Sanjay Mahalingam spoke articulately and

inspired us all as per usual. He spoke about many topics, especially how to

celebrate the Navaratri festival. He said that, for the first three days, we

should worship Mother Durga and pray to Her to remove vices such as lust, greed

and anger. For the next three days we should worship Mother Laxmi and pray to

Her for the spiritual wealth of Viveka (discrimination). The last three days

should be spent worshiping Mother Saraswati for Jnana (knowledge).

 

The Divine Discourse commenced at 5:35pm. Swami stressed the importance of

undertaking different types of sadhana to purify the heart. Swami declared that

purity of the heart would result in the vision of God. Swami said that once you

have faith/belief, like the Gopikas, to see God in all living beings, you will

be granted the physical presence of God. Swami also spoke about non-dualism –

seeing everything as one. Swami encouraged us all to foster the spirit of

oneness – “All are One, be alike to everyone”. Swami sat down and sang the

bhajan “Govinda Krishna Jai Gopala Krishna Jai” .

 

To everyone’s surprise, Swami continued talking to everyone present, in an

informal manner, just like a mother would talk to her children. Swami said that

even though He has many programmes, He is always happy. Swami continued to

express His happiness to everyone’s delight and signalled for prasadam to be

distributed. Swami waited for the prasadam distribution to be completed on the

sisters’ side before retiring to the Divine Abode at 7:00pm.

 

Sai Kingdom (UK) Grama Seva Group 2005 – 10th October

 

 

Morning Darshan:

 

 

 

Today is Durga Ashtami, the 8th day of Navarati. This day is marked as very

special during the Navarati festival. This was obvious in Sai Kulwant Hall as

the atmosphere was charged. There was music playing and Vedam chanting as Swami

arrived in His car a few minutes before the commencement of Rahu Kalam, at

7:28am. On this auspicious day, Swami carried out the Vahan (Vehicle) Puja. The

Golden Chariot together with Swami’s cars were parked on the east side of Sai

Kulwant Hall. Swami carried out the puja from His own car immediately after the

usual darshan. The students were singing bhajans while Vedam was being chanted.

Swami sent instructions to begin the Grama Seva after 9:00am, after Rahu Kalam

had finished.

 

Today, a village called Vengalamma charuva was to receive Swami’s blessings in

the form of prasadam. The village is situated 10 km from Puttaparthi, populated

with more than 1,000 houses. The UK Group was allocated certain parts of the

village, which took over three hours to complete. The UK Group was heading back

when, en route, they were asked to help at another village. This was a privilege

blessed upon them by Swami, as this village was the birthplace of Mother

Easwaramma. The village is called KarnatakaNagaPalli. The village is very close

to Puttarparthy and hosts about 400 houses. The distribution was carried out

very quickly and the teams headed back to Prasanthi Nilayam.

 

 

 

 

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