June 15, 2008(source:http://saistudents.org/alumni/home/news.php)

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June 15, 2008

"The greatest fruition of any talent is, it being offered to the Lord",

said a wise man once. He must have been really wise because that is

exactly what even our Swami says. When on one occasion in Trayee

Brindavan a teacher said, "Talent is a gift of God", Swami corrected

him telling, "No! Talent is God." And so, it can be easily understood

why each and every bit of talent latent in anyone tries its best to

become patent in front of the Lord. The talent bustling in the students

of the University is no exception to this!

 

Today, the students were all ready and geared up with a Bhangra dance

programme to present before Swami. The bhajan hall was filled with

students in their costumes awaiting the command to go out and dance to

their and Lord's hearts content! Swami came for darshan at about 4:10

pm and drove straight out of the main gate into the Puttaparthi

township. He came back and then went straight to the bhajan hall even

without going for the complete darshan round. In the bhajan hall, He

collected letters and spoke to the participants. When Swami enquires

into the details of the programme, it is definitely not His

inquisitiveness to know about the programme. What is there that He does

not know? It is only an enthusing dose of Love and affection that

charges the participants to give better than their best for the

programme. After the short interaction, Swami told the boys to go and

start the programme. He too moved to the stage.

 

As soon as Swami asked for the Veda chanting to be stopped, two

students came to Swami with card and the planned programme proceedings.

Swami blessed them and they took the much sought after Paadanamaskar.

The programme began with a Nagar Sankeertan where the holy Guru Granth

Sahib was carried in a procession of singing Sikhs. Two comperes held

the show together with the teachings of Guru Nanak and the other Sikh

gurus. One of the comperes was a disciple of the Sikh gurus while the

other was a disciple of Swami! So beautiful comparisons and blend in

the teachings were brought about. The atmosphere in a Gurudwara was

also very well depicted and the sheer numbers of the participants - 64

in all - was enough to make all feel as if they were seated in the

heart of Punjab. There was a singer and an accompanying person who

provided the audio for the entire programme. But that was only the

audio over the PA system. The chorus of the 64 students energetically

exercising their lungs in the heights of excitement and feverish

devotion was so loud that at times it overpowered the blast of the Bose

speakers hanging high above in the hall.

 

Bhangra is a dance with a lot of colour, energy and life. The swirling

turbans added the colour, the boys gave the energy and a sweetly

smiling and engrossed Swami lent Life to the performance. The tempo and

rhythm went on building up as is the wont of a Bhangra performance.

Huge formations, criss crosses and human pyramids came up. Various

instruments and tools used in Punjab were on display too. Swirling

wheels, wooden stretches, poles and bare hands and legs combined in an

amazing array of sequences to add spice to the fervour of the dances.

Many of the more visually attractive steps and items were performed

right in front of Swami, close to the stage. Once the dance concluded,

all of them came right up in the front and collected in front of Swami.

Swami was all smiles as He watched them.

 

Any art form needs patronage to survive and more importantly thrive.

Who can give better patronage than the mother? And what more loving

mother than the Divine Mother? Swami said that He would come down to be

with all the boys. And what more, He stood up and walked down the

stage. All the students thronged around Him. Like a lotus surrounded by

buzzing bees, Swami blossomed as cameras clicked and videos whirred. He

told all of them more than once, "Very very good programme." When in a

burst of emotion, the boys thundered, "Swami we Love you.", He smiled

and whispered back, "I love you too." One was reminded of the

statement, "In the depths of silence, the voice of God is heard." And

here, in the deafening enthusiasm of the boys too, the sweet

mellifluous voice, "I love you too" was heard so well. Clearly, the

silence in that statement refers to something deeper than mere absence

of sound! It is more a 'sound' state of perfect harmony with oneself -

the way one is when in the Presence of Swami.

 

Swami spoke to the boys as He posed for pictures and went up back on

the stage. He took letters from a few other boys. He also called and

spoke to some of the freshers. The end result of the interaction was 64

beaming faces after receiving the divine outpouring and so many other

happy faces after witnessing the divine outpour! Swami then moved into

the bhajan hall for the bhajans. At about 6:10 pm He received Aarthi

and left.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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