Prasanthi Update - November 6th

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The Learning and Chanting of the Rudram is going on in Prasanthi Nilayam and all around the globe too. Thats what happens when anything receives patronage from the Divine Lord Himself!. It was the fulfillment of a promise that had been made at the very beginning of the Rudram tutorials - when Swami had said,"I will personally give prizes to those who learn the Rudram well." As per His command, 150 members from the staff and students of the Sathya Sai university and the Central Trust who were well versed in the Rudram, sat in the mandir portico by 8:00 am.

 

Swami had said that He would distribute dhoties and angavastrams to all of them. There was an air of eager anticipation and the atmosphere seemed charged. But come 9:00 am, the bhajans began. Grama Seva, that had already begun few days back, was continuing and all the other students left for serving their respective villages. The bhajans also concluded eventually and the special 150 people a few hours ago were the only 150 people now. At about 11:30 am, giving added emphasis and meaning to the statement, "God's delays are not His denials", Swami came out of Yajur Mandir in the car. The cream of the Veda chanting students comprised the 150 seated and so there was a literal Vedic blast of the Rudram. There were no mikes, but the spirited spirits of the energetic youth pining for the Lord more than compensated for that.

 

Swami came to the portico and then had the Dhoties brought. To the delightful amazement of all, Swami was gifting His very own brand new silk dhoties to all! Everyone felt a surge of thrill and as the Rudram chants continued to eclipse any other sound vibrations in the vicinity, Swami began to call the boys one by one and hand delivered the bundles of silken joy. As He was distributing, He openend up many of them and asked as to where the Angavastrams were. He commanded that the Angavastrams too be distributed to those that had already received the dhoties from His hands. The distribution went on for about 20 minutes after which Swami sat listening to the chants. It was a really vibrant abd vibrational feeling to see the Lord amidst the divine chants.

 

As Swami was moving to the car, there was another chant- this time in English as all cried out, "Thank you Swami!" And then, in the perfect silence that ensued after that, Swami said in His sweet gentle voice, "I have the right to give and you have the right to take. Why the thank you?" What Divine Words.

 

Swami then went to the Vidyagiri stadium to check the progress of the stage being built along with the galleries being extended and the kitchen and bathrooms bathrooms for the priests.

 

In the evening, Swami arrived at about 4:50 pm for the darshan round. As the bhajans were on, Swami came out and sat on the stage. So many students had letters and they were showing it to Him.

 

Swami, in the middle of His rhythm tapping, signalled to the boys to put down their letters. But none seemed to obey. They held out with greater desperation and eagerness! After about 10 minutes, Swami called one boy and taking his letter, opened it. It was an A4 sized paper and both sides had been filled with writing. Swami had a shocked expression as He asked, "Why such big letters? Keep writing like mad people. Write only two or three lines enough!" Blessing the boy nevertheless, He once again told towards all the students, "I will not take letters if you write such big ones!" After a while, one more student was called and Swami opened it. It was again a huge one! Swami gave that, "see-I-told-you" look and signalled that He would not take letters.

 

At this point, some of them dropped open the letters to show Swami that theirs were small letters! Swami just smiled and after a while, He went back into the bhajan hall.

 

Om Sai Ram

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