Sai Darshan News 24th May 2007- SBOI - www..com

May 25, 2007

May 24 , 2007 - Swami did not come for the morning darshan. In the evening Swami came on His mobile chair at 4.15 p.m. after passing the ladies side Swami went directly towards the mandir vernada and went inside the interview room. At around 4.40 p.m. Swami came out on the veranda again but only for few minutes and went back inside the mandir. The Bhajans started at 5. 00p.m. at 5.30 Swami was offered Aarthi. Here In Puttaparthi the name of Sai Geeta is on every ones lips. Sai Geetha an elephant belonging to the animal kingdom was a perfect example for us humans. People always talk of great devotees who have been with Swami for a long time. But there is one devotee who enjoyed the Lord's proximity for more than four

decades! It was SAI GEETHA Scroll down or to read : excerpt from Swami's discourse on the subject: The elephant symbol . - SBOI Source: http://www..com/darshan_news_2007_4.htm Also read: Sai Geetha Special - Tribute to Sai Geeta A. Sai Geetha…A mystifying tale of unmatched love: "It was on a trip along with few devotees to the Muddumalai forest in 1962 that Swami first noticed the tender and tiny toy of joy that Sai Geetha was then...." Read all about Sai Geetha B. Talks with Pedda Reddy garu, the caretaker Sai Geeta C. Images : Sai Geeta's New Home's ceremonial inaugural by Swami 18th Nov 2006, D. Sai Geetha Wallpapers E. "Sai Gita, her destiny is to be a human person".F. Swami's beloved pet Sai Geetha merged at His lotus feet at around 5pm (local time) on 22nd May, 2007 read all the details, G. Sai Geetha - Eye witness account of : SAI GEETHA'S "FUNERAL"- Entombment THE ELEPHANT SYMBOLThe symbolic significance of Ganesha's elephant head has to be properly understood. The elephant has profound intelligence. For example, yesterday Sai Geetha, (Bhagavan's elephant) came running when it heart the sound of Swami's car approaching. Though many cars were following Swami's Car, Sai-Geetha could unmistakably identify Swami's car from an uncanny recognition of the sound of the car. That is why it is termed "Gaja Thelivi' (elephantine intelligence). One having a sharp brain is descrived as having the intelligence of an elephant. I has "Medha Sakthi' Moreover, the elephant has large ears and it can hear even minute sounds. Sravanam or hearing the glory of the Lord is the first step in

spiritual Sadhana for which ears should be sharp. After hearing one has to ruminate over this and put it into practice (which are termed as Sravana, Manana and Nidhidhyasana). The elephant takes the praise and blame equally (Dooshana and Bhooshana). When it hears something bad, it moves its body this way and that way and shakes off the unwanted things while it retains good things quietly. - Sai Baba Source: From Bhagavan's Discourse in the Poornachandra Auditorium on September 9, 1994 Sanathan Sarathi Vol. 37, No.10, October 1994, pages 263-267 ".....Shiva’s choice of an elephant’s head is to show us that we should be intelligent in our choice. Sai Geeta seems to be smarter than us as she pines incessantly for Swami’s presence. In the olden days when Swami

used to go to Brindavan for the summer, Sai Geeta would shed tears and not eat until she was brought to Brindavan. Recently when the place was being cleared for the indoor stadium in Parthi, the engineers realised that Sai Geeta’s shed would have to be relocated. They went with a proposal to build a shed near gokulam but Swami insisted that Sai Geeta would feel bad and hence she should be relocated nearer to the mandir!".... Source: (From a talk given in the assembly at the Brindavan Campus of Swami's Institute on the 10th of June 2006 by Dr. T. Ravi Kumar, a faculty member in the Department of Chemistry). May 2007: Sai News + latest photosSource: http://www..com/sai_geetha_a_perfect_devotee.htm

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