PRASANTHI THIS WEEK - 13th July, 2009

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PRASANTHI THIS WEEK

 

DECODING THE MORAL CODE

 

July 12, 2009

 

The week was full! Coming from the glorious Ashadi backdrop and Guru Purnima in the offing, the week evinced greater expectations; and it had a perfect beginning, with a Divine Discourse Bonanza that came out of the blue.

 

On the 6th evening, the preceding day of the scheduled Guru Purnima, Bhagawan, coming after a long wait surprised the audience with an off the cuff ‘Divine Discourse. The Discourse that was more or less thematic, with “Morality in Society†as its crux had a bit of “Hard Talkâ€, with Bhagawan unleashing the consequences of transgressing the moral code. Talking straight Bhagawan said: one should take every care to ensure that no bad looks, no bad actions, no bad thoughts should be committed as consequences have to be faced. Morality in society is of prime importance. Man without morality in society is no human being at all. Discoursing on the three moral principles, namely, Love for God, Fear of Sin and Morality in Society, Bhagawan exhorted one and allto Do Good, Be Good and See Good. You may escape from the sight of the society, but one should not try to escape the eyes of the God…And the Divine Discourse set the perfect ambience

for a Musical Drama presentation by the Bal Vikas and Youth of Tamil Nadu on the same evening.

 

Sai Yugam Swarna Yugam was a journey through time, from the twilight of Dwapara unto the present age of the Kali Yuga Avatar Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Highlighting all the great good happenings, going into the future of Kali to end with the greatest ever happening, the Advent of the Avatar of the age Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, essentially the Timeless Divine Phenomenon the presentation brought onstage an ensemble of past masters portraying their great good teachings to humanity.

 

 

The glorious Guru Purnima morning had its toll of waiting for long to witness the glory of the Lord in physical. The prolonged waiting came to an end when the Lord clad in yellow came out at dot ten blessing the vast concourse of devotees assembled in the Sai Kulwant Hall. Guru Purnima in Prasanthi often assumes a difference as many of the organizational and institutional activities related to Trusts and Institutions are organized during the big occasion. This year it was felicitation time for some of the senior officials who had been serving the institutions most selflessly and the stage was set for the grand occasion. Mr. Appa Rao, formerly Financial Controller, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences at Prasanthigram, Mr. Sathyanarayana Murthy, Senior Engineer, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthigram, Prof. A.V. Lakshminarasimham, formerly Registrar, Sri Sathya Sai University, Prasanthi Nilayam, Prof.

Nanjundaiah, Controller of Examinations, Sri Sathya Sai University, Prasanthi Nilayam were the four distinguished members felicitated on the auspicious morning. After an introductory speech by Prof. Anil Kumar, all the distinguished officials were garlanded that was followed by two speeches by Dr. A.N. Safaya, Director, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences and Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Vishwanath Pandit respectively lauding the yeomen selfless service rendered by these officials. These outgoing officials were presented with silverware – silver plate and tumbler as a token of appreciation by Bhagawan. …And the evening session was an add-on to the morning programme when Bhagawan chose to speak on the wonderful service rendered by the outgoing officials. Discoursing on the greater importance of emulating the ideal lives set by the elders, Bhagawan exhorted the students to follow the path shown by them to come up in

life.

 

Cultural presentations have become the order of the day in Prasanthi Nilayam wherein groups from India and overseas make headway into the Divine Heart by thematic value oriented depiction that verily serves as a tool of transformation. The Brazilians came in large number, over three hundred, and had rigorous practice sessions before producing a Western Bhajan Sandhya on the 8th evening in the Divine Presence. …And what followed was short instrumental music presentation by a small group of twenty seven from Sai Study Group, Bandung, Indonesia. Capitalizing the popularity of Angklung, a famous Indonesian traditional musical instrument, they had set some of the famous Sai Bhajans to tune along with another vernacular piece to recreate the joy of music in the Divine Presence as a token of their love for the Lord.

 

Music continued in the next evening when an ensemble of 45 africans made merry of the immediate Divine Presence by singing their heart out with devotional excellence. The one year old group, Sai African Adults Choir, had the best of the evening turned twilight when Bhagawan made His joy explicit with His greater participation. Sir Jude Nnam, the conductor for the show, the first young man to be ever knighted from the Roman Catholic was the hero of the session; with his unsullied devotion and musical brilliance coupled with able conducting, Bhagawan was drawn towards the conductor to watch him intently, while he was leading the Choir from the front with all-round display. It was indeed an African Twilight in Prasanthi Nilayam, wherein the Africans came and conquered!!!

 

Cricketing Legend, Sunil Gavaskar is not a new face to Prasanthi Nilayam. He has been a long standing devotee and a regular to Prasanthi Nilayam over past few decades. Gavaskar’s recent visit to Prasanthi Nilayam during the week evinced greater interest as the legendary cricketer who had a long list of ‘conquered milestones’ during his cricketing sojourn reached yet another milestone on the 10th July 2009, as he turned 60 on that day. Gavaskar alongwith close family members, which included his brother-in-law, another celebrated face of Indian Cricket, Gundappa Vishwanath and his cricketer son Rohan Gavaskar was in Prasanthi Nilayam seeking Bhagawan’s blessings on the auspicious day of his Shashtipoorthi, as is known in the Hindu tradition. Bhagawan while interacting with him blessed his latest book, “Straight Drive†and the entire family was blessed with an interview on the 11th evening.

 

The week was still on and had much more to come…and the exciting news was that of Bhagawan’s visit to Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Prasanthigram on the 10th evening at 16 Hrs. Bhagawan spent valuable time in the hospital inaugurating and blessing an International Orthopaedic Conference that was attended by eminent medicos, over 120 from all over the globe. Bhagawan also spent time going through an Orthopaedic Exhibition that had rare orthopaedic case studies for display.

 

From the University end, the Bioscience Department in collaboration with Madras Diabetes Research Foundation conducted a two-day International conference on the theme, “Current trends in ultidisciplinary approaches to Diabetes Research†on 9th and 10th of this month. The Guest of Honour was Dr.V.Mohan, from the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation; experts from the MDRF debated on various aspects related to the subject evincing greater interest and participation from the students of the University; it was educative and interesting for the students of the department for they could understand the intricacies of this lethal but common disease.

 

With the big festival Guru Purnima falling in the week, Prasanthi Nilayam experienced a surge of rush and it continued till the week end though with less intensity. A big group of 400 devotees from Pondicherry and another small group of 55 villagers from Amaravathi Camp, Shimoga district, as a part of the SSSVIP camped in Prasanthi Nilayam during the weekend enjoying the bliss of Darshan.

 

Yes, the week lived up to its expectations and Prasanthi had sumptuous presence of the Lord during the week.

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With love and light

Sai Ram

Deepak

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