Puttaparthi - 17th October 2007

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Reprot for October 16th

 

Morning Darshan

 

Today was the auspicious day of Mangala Vaar (Tuesday), a day dedicated to the

worship of the divine mother. The name itself, as described by Swami, was

declared to Hanuman by mother Sita on the day Hanuman reached Sita with Lord

Rama’s message and ring.

 

Swami had given special instructions yesterday for the Grama Seva students to

depart early at 7am. As usual, the Pradakshina of the Mandir took place with

Vedam and Bhajans and made its way towards the vehicles.

 

A special village had been selected for today’s distribution of Love. The

village itself was located 35km from Prashanthi Nilayam and consisted of 1400

houses. The village was noticeably poor and deprived yet the villagers received

all the students with a hearty smile and welcome.

 

Throughout the service the UK

group were joined by a band of joyous children who joined in the chanting of

this year’s Grama Seva mantra. This mantra “Aum Satchitanandaya

Namah” was given to all students by Swami himself the day before Grama

Seva started.

 

Afternoon Darshan

 

For the first time since the beginning of Navratri, Swami came out early at

4.30pm to bless us all with His divine chair darshan. All the grama seva boys

were overjoyed, as they had missed the morning darshan and were now able to get

close to Swami in physical proximity.

 

Swami then proceeded towards the veranda where He blessed the UK Grama Seva

group leader, Sri Ajit Poppat (Puppet) on his birthday. Swami then spent the

remainder of the evening session on the portico, where He interacted with numerous

Sai students and blessed 2 boys with a chain and a ring. He then requested for

Bhajans to begin that lasted for 10 minutes.

 

As part of the Prashanthi Maha Vidhvan Sabha Swami blessed Professor Anil Kumar

to give a talk. Professor Anil Kumar spoke for over 45 minutes in Telugu in his

usual witty and jovial manner. He gave examples of how Swami is the Embodiment

of Divines Skatis, Maha Lakshmi, Drug and Saraswati. Professional Anil Kumar

quoted a number of Telegu Poems written by great Telegu Scholars, in front of

Swami. After the talk Swami accepted aarti at 6pm and retired to Yajur Mandiram

 

 

 

 

Thought

for the Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

God's

grace cannot be had by one who is wavering from moment to moment and whose

heart is not pure. The Lord judges the devotee by the purity of his heart and

not by the kind of worship or Japa (repetition of God's name) he performs. Even

if you do not practise worship or meditation, it is enough if you have cleansed

your heart. The Divine will then enter it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(translated

into Indonesian by Udayo Untarya

Wijaya)

 

Rahmat

Tuhan tidak bisa dimiliki oleh seseorang yang batinnya tidak mantap dan yang

hatinya tidak murni. Tuhan menilai bhakta-Nya dengan berdasarkan murni atau

tidaknya hatinya dan bukan dengan jenis ibadah atau Japa (pengulangan nama-nama

Tuhan) yang dilakukannya. Walaupun engkau tidak mempraktekkan ibadah ataupun

meditasi, namun apabila engkau memiliki hati yang murni dan bersih, maka Divine

akan tinggal di sana.

 

(translated

into Spanish by Equipo Namo)

No puede tener la gracia

de Dios aquel que vacila de un momento a otro y cuyo corazón no es puro. El

señor juzga al devoto por la pureza de su corazón y no por el tipo de adoración

o japa (repetición del

nombre de Dios) que lleva a cabo. Incluso si no haces prácticas de adoración o

meditación, pero has purificado tu corazón, será suficiente. Lo Divino

entrará entonces en él.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

( translated into Italian by Mabatini )

 

La Grazia di Dio non può essere ottenuta

da qualcuno che tentenna da un momento all’altro ed il cui cuore

non è puro. Il Signore giudica il devoto dalla purezza del Suo cuore e

non dal tipo di devozione o di Japa (ripetizione del Nome di Dio) che

pratica. Anche se voi non praticate alcuna devozione o meditazione, è

sufficiente che manteniate pulito il vostro cuore e il Divino penetrerà in

esso.