Prasanthi Bulletin , Monday, April 7, 2008

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Monday, April 7, 2008

Sai Kulwant Hall was decked for Yugadi with cloth decorations.

Auspicious kumbhams and other materials lined Bhagawan's path through

the hall. Swami came in His chair just after nine o'clock, and the

music programme by the students began as He was going around the Hall.

The music programme was interspersed with brief interludes of talks and

enactments, bringing out the significance of the festival and

highlighting Bhagawan's message. As the programme concluded at 10.30

with the song "Barso re", Bhagawan came down from the stage and started

sprinking sacred water on the singers! Swami moved till the Vedam

students doing the "Prokshanam", then asked the Pujari to continue for

the rest of the devotees. Bhagawan then moved to the verandah, and

after Prasadam was distributed, accepted Arati and left for His

residence. In the evening, devotees from Andhra Pradesh presented a

musical programme. Bhagawan arrived in Sai Kulwant Hall at 4.30 pm, and

after His darshan round in the chair, moved to the interview room.

After an hour, He asked for the music programme to begin, and soon

emerged to sit onstage for the 45-minute song presentation which had

short Telugu commentaries between the songs. A few bhajans followed the

songs, and Bhagawan accepted Arati to return to His residence at 6.30

pm.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Bhagawan has been graciously coming in His chair instead of the car on

many occasions over the past few days. This morning, He arrived as the

Bhajans went on at 9.20, and went into the Bhajan Hall after reaching

the verandah. A couple of Bhajans later, He moved out in His chair and

went on another full round of Sai Kulwant Hall, coming to the stage

area and sitting there for a while before accepting Arati there itself

at 10 am. In the evening, the Prasanthi Nilayam students were to

present a dance-drama "Bala Ramam" on the story of the Ramayana upto

Sita-kalyanam. Bhagawan arrived in His chair and came to the Bhajan

Hall just before five o'clock, and interacted with the students in

costumes there for nearly ten minutes before asking them to go out and

present their programme. The fifty-minute dance drama had music and

dialogues in Telugu, drawing inspiration from Bhagawan's "Ramakatha

Rasavahini". After the presentation, Swami went down from the stage and

Blessed the participants with group photographs before accepting Arati

at 6.30 pm.

 

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