Prasanthi Bulletin - ..Vijayadasami, the 90th death anniversary of Shirdi Baba

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Thursday, October 9, 2008

 

Today was Vijayadasami, the 90th death anniversary of Shirdi Baba,

the final day of the Dasara celebrations and also the concluding

Poornahuti ceremony of the Veda Purusha Saptaha Jnana Yagna. Bhagawan

arrived at Sai Kulwant Hall at 9.10 am and within ten minutes, the

students moved to the Poornachandra. Just past 9.30. Bhagawan arrived

onstage, and interacting briefly with the priests, moved to the

Western end of the stage and accepted their Arati there. He then

moved to the centre, and the priests chanted mantras and completed

the final offerings into the sacrificial fire. Swami blessed the

priests and the wife of the chief-priest with clothes, and they all

went backstage, changed into the new clothes and returned. At 10.15,

Swami accepted Arati once again and returned to His residence.

 

Bhagawan arrived for darshan in the car at 5.30 this evening. Once He

came onstage, Sri. T. G. Krishnamurthy, former Sai Organisation State

President of Tamil Nadu, was asked to speak. After his half-hour

speech, Prof. G. Venkataraman, former Vice-Chancellor of the Sai

University, spoke for twenty minutes. Bhagawan then indicated that He

would deliver His Vijaya Dasami message and His microphone was

brought up.

 

Swami declared that this " Sathyanarayana Raju " was Sathyanarayana -

the True Lord - moving among men. But many times the people ignore

what He says, or think that He is speaking jokingly. But whether

anyone loves Swami or hates Him, Swami will always love all. All

fruits on a tree do not ripen at the same time. Some take longer than

others, some will fall off before they are ripe. But some day or the

other, all will realize the truth. Nowadays, many people have cell-

phones in their pockets. Though you may think it is a convenience,

actually it causes more problems. Girls and boys develop

inappropriate connections this way. Youngsters especially should

avoid misunderstandings with these phones and should be cautious.

Better not to buy these phones at all. If you have to use them, have

only those numbers which are necessary.

 

After Bhagawan ended His Discourse with 'Bhajan Bina', He accepted

Arati and returned to His residence at 7.45 pm. The Book Trust

website has pictures of the Dasara celebrations. - source:

www.sairadio.org

 

 

see all the photos:

 

http://www..com/sai_baba_latest_darshan_news_photos_upda

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