June 23rd 3:30 pm - Sita Rama Kalyanam in Prasanthi Nilayam

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June 23rd 3:30 pm - Sita Rama Kalyanam in Prasanthi Nilayam

 

 

 

Two Tata Winger vans stood parked majestically in front of Yajur Mandir

today afternoon. Quick enquiries revealed that the Sri Sathya Sai

general hospital would be blessed by Swami to receive two fully

equipped state of art ambulances. And the two vans parked there were

actually yet another gift of Love and Grace. Swami came out at about

4:45pm . As soon as He came out, the vans caught His attention. Swami

asked about the vehicles and it was promptly said, "Swami they are Tata

Winger vans to serve as the ambulances." He then went closer to have a

better look. The oxygen cylinders and the stretchable and retractable

bed looked elegant and professionally compact in the vans. Where Swami

is concerned, the unexpected is something that has to be expected.

Swami enquired about the drivers' place. The front door was opened and

Swami was shown the drivers' seat. He scrutinised it carefully. He

seemed fully satisfied with the new powered twins and blessed them for

their "release". As He was moving towards the car, He saw coconuts on

the ground. He told the people and security personnel there to break

them as signs of auspiciousness in front of the van. As they were about

to do so, Swami, with a sweet smile told them, "Wait! I will go for

darshan. Then you break the coconuts."

 

 

That statement from Swami was so wonderful in some very

specific aspects. For ages Swami has been breaking coconuts. One of His

favourite styles is to hold a coconut each in a hand. using one as a

breaking instrument, the other coconut is easily halved. On other

occasions, Swami throws the coconut to the floor and as it shatters,

devotees make a rush to collect the pieces as holy prasad. Nowadays,

Swami often asks people near Him to enjoy the privileged honours of

breaking the coconuts. Many times when this happens and the people

throw the coconuts to the ground, some pieces fly towards the Lord.

Swami is amused but thats not the case with many devotees. Though their

Lord is the most powerful, He is also the sweetest and most delicate

for them. The coconut breakers are rewarded with a smile from Swami and

glares from the devotees! And so when Swami, who was just beside the

vans, said,"Wait till I go for darshan and then break it," one could

not help but supress a smile.

 

Swami moved into the Kulwant hall on the chair itself and there was a surge from all sides. A week long parayanam of the Ramayanam is scheduled to begin tomorrow and devotees had already started filling in.

Added to it, being the "weekend", the devotees numbers get

"strengthened". Swami went about collecting letters and blessing

everyone. His progress was slow and gentle. The bliss on the faces of

the devotees showed that by His touch and smiles and Grace, their

"progress" had been made rapid and huge! As Swami moves amongst the

devotees in the chair, He is often covered by the lapping waves of the

devotees with hearts flooded with devotion. But one can easily see

Swami reflected so beautifully in the faces of these devotees. You want

to know who Swami is, then just look at the devotees' faces. You will

realize that He is an embodiment of Joy, Peace and Love! He collected

letters from all and then moved into the students' zone. Blessing

everyone, He slowly seemed to wade through them. He blessed all the

birthday boys and then went into the interview room. Bhajans began at

5:30 pm and concluded at around 6:05 pm .

 

Written by Eswarachandra Vidyasagar, Sent by Saikrishna Bharadwaj

 

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