Chinese New Year Celebrations(Mantra Chanting by Tibetan Monks)

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Chinese New Year Celebrations

Mantra Chanting by Tibetan Monks

February 12, 2008

Hundreds

of Chinese devotees from Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, Canada,

Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Peoples Republic of

China assembled in Prasanthi Nilayam to celebrate their New Year in the

Divine Presence. On the afternoon of 12th February, after Bhagawan

granted Darshan and was seated on the dais, some devotees and monks

offered Him traditional gifts and sought His blessings to commence

their programme. Thirty six Tibetan Buddhist monks then chanted mantras

for good health of Bhagawan and welfare of the world. This was followed

by the chanting of Gayathri mantra by the Chinese devotees and Arati to

Bhagawan.

 

 

 

Lion Dance, Chinese Hymns, Traditional Chinese Instrumental Musics, "As the Eye lid protects the Eye", a skit

February 13, 2008

On

13th afternoon, at 4.05 p.m., Bhagawan arrived in Sai Kulwant Hall lead

by a procession of children chanting the holy mantra “Om Mani Padme

Hum†and lion dance troupe from Indonesia. After Bhagawan lit the

ceremonial lamp, a group of children from the ‘Education in Human

Values’ group chanted “Da Bei Jouâ€. They also offered Chinese New Year

delicacies to Bhagawan and He blessed them all graciously.

 

 

 

 

 

Mr.

Billy Fong, Chinese New Year Coordinator and the President of the

Sathya Sai Baba Central Council of Malaysia delivered the welcome

address. He quoted from Bhagawan’s discourse regarding the importance

of His Darshan and expressed gratitude to Bhagawan for the wonderful

gift of Darshan He had bestowed on so many Chinese devotees this New

Year. He also revealed the theme of this year’s celebrations as “Zhong

Xiao†meaning “Cherish our motherland and respect our parents and

eldersâ€. He delineated the objectives of the celebrations as follows:

 

To enable Chinese devotees throughout the world to get the opportunity of getting Divine Darshan of Bhagawan Baba.To

motivate all Chinese devotees to make a commitment to affirm the great

values of Chinese tradition, religion and culture as an ongoing process

in their lives, and as a dedication to the omnipresent Sai, His vision

and mission.

 

Mr. Fong also mentioned the eight

important Chinese values of Propriety, Righteousness, Integrity, Sense

of Shame, Filial Piety, Brotherhood, Devotion and Truthfulness which

everyone should practise, preserve and pass on to the younger

generations. He also reported the progress made in fulfilling the

pledge made during last year’s Chinese New Year celebrations and the

rapid manner in which Bhagawan’s message was spreading in their region.

Stating an instance, he said Bhagawan’s teachings and articles on

Education in Human Values (EHV), Educare, Parenting, etc. appear in the

See Hua Press, a Chinese Daily with a readership of over 80,000 in the

Sarawak, the largest state of Malaysia.

 

The next item was a solo performance

by Sister Fera from Indonesia on a traditional Chinese musical

instrument called “Gu Chengâ€. This was followed by a medley of Bhajan

melodies played on traditional Chinese musical instruments called “Yang

Zhingâ€, “Er Huâ€, “Ching’ to the accompaniment of keyboard by four

Chinese devotees from a village called Kwangtung in mainland China. One

noteworthy feature of their performance was that one of them was

playing on a Chinese wind instrument with his hands and simultaneously

playing on the keyboard with his toes in perfect synchronization.

 

The final item for the evening was a

drama entitled ‘The Eyelids Protect the Eye’ that depicted the true

story of Tan Ah Lek, a Malaysian devotee of Bhagawan Baba who embodied

the values of courage, love and filial piety towards his mother and

firm faith and love for God. Even as a child, Ah Lek lost his father

and his mother brought him up according to the ancient Chinese

traditions and instilled in him many values by narrating inspiring

stories of great persons of Chinese heritage. The drama beautifully

portrayed three such stories as flashbacks.

 

One day, Ah Lek’s mother is injured

when the gas tank in their house bursts in to flames. Upon hearing his

mother’s cries for help, Ah Lek rushes to the kitchen and rescues his

mother, but in the process, sustains fatal burns. After a few days, Ah

Lek’s mother recovers, but Ah Lek is still in a critical condition in

the hospital. This news soon spreads all over the country and all the

Sai devotees come together to pray fervently to their Lord Bhagawan Sri

Sathya Sai Baba for succor. And by Bhagawan’s miraculous intervention,

Ah Lek recovers and lives to tell this moving story of how Bhagawan

protected him and granted him a new lease of life. The drama was well

directed. The costumes, music and well–choreographed dances added great

appeal to the presentation. Display of acrobatics during the course of

the drama was spectacular to say the least. At the end of the drama,

Bhagawan came down from the dais and granted photographs to all the

participants. He also materialized gold chains for two boys.

Thereafter, there were Chinese Bhajans and the programme concluded with

Arati.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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