Parthi (Dasara) News

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Parthi (Dasara) News

 

Lovingly forwarded by Manoj Govindraj

 

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GaneshKumar

 

Sairam,

 

Swami gave the dassera discourse yesterday to the joy of entire

universe. Recvd a mail from one of the brother in Parthi,

 

Let me give you a brief about happenings at Parthi. Last week was a

very busy one here for us as we had one week of Grama Seva. As

usual, it was a very wonderful experience. We covered around 50

villages in Puttaparthi and Kothacheruvu Mandals. Swami was fully

involved in the programme. Every morning He would come to Sai

Kulwant Hall by 7.00 a.m. itself to bless all the staff and

students. We would then circumambulate the Mandir and start on our

journey to the villages. The people at the villages were ecstatic to

receive Bhagawan's Prasadam. In the afternoon we would be back in

Kulwant Hall by 3.30 p.m. There used to be talks by two to three

students and faculty. Some days we had beautiful music programme by

the Music College students. Swami would come to Kulwant Hall either

in the golf car or on the sofa-on-wheels.

 

Dussera celebration went on as every year. Yajnam started on the

29th of September and concluded today. Half of the students would

stay back for the Yajnam while the other half would go for Grama

Seva. Swami would sit in the Poornachandra Hall everyday watching

the Yajnam. He would be wheeled onto the stage on a normal sofa on

wheels. On two days, Bhagawan insisted that the sofa be wheeled all

along the stage and even below so that He could give Darshan to the

students and others from close quarters.

 

Ayudha pooja was celebrated on Ashtami, i.e. on Friday. Swami spent

almost an hour blessing all the vehicles, giving photographs to His

chauffeurs, and distributing sweets and chocolates to students and

devotees as He usually does. (Photographs in the album).

 

Yesterday was the climax of all the celebrations. Poornahuti of the

Yajnam was performed by Swami at around 9.45 a.m. He sat on the sofa

with wheels. Later during Poornahuti, He stood up and blessed the

Yajnam. He materialized a beautiful chain for the main Pandit. He

then went to the corner of the stage where the Devi Pooja is

performed. Aarti was offered and Swami blessed the Pandits with the

sacred water. However, sprinkling of water was limited only to the

Pandits. Even after this Swami sat on the stage for quite some time.

Music College boys sang some Devi songs. The Pandits chanted Vedic

Mantras in Ghana Patham style. Swami was lost in Bliss!!

 

In the evening, Sri Ajit Popat from U.K., Dr. Narendranath Reddy

from U.S. and our dear Prof. K. Anil Kumar shared their experiences

with the assembly. After this, suddenly Swami consented to give His

Divine Discourse. Believe it or not, He stood up and gave a full

fledged Discourse with Bhajan and all that. A brief about His talk…

 

During His talk He mentioned that all of us feel that He is not

keeping good health because we look at Him from the physical body

point of view. He declared that He is keeping very good health, very

good health!! He said that He was not the body but the indweller of

our hearts and that nothing could happen to Him. In fact He revealed

that He would remain perfectly fine until the age of 96 years. He

said that because we feel that Swami is having a problem, He appears

to us in that way. "Yad Bhavam Tad Bhavati". If we feel He is beyond

the body and is perfectly fine, He will be so. Then He spoke about

the significance of Devi Navatri. The key points He covered were:

 

a) The main message of Swami to all is Love.

b) When you get up early in the morning, remind yourself that

you are the embodiment of Love. Then the Love will manifest through

you.

c) You and I are one. Remove all differences.

d) Tell yourself `I am God' all the time.

 

There are several photos of the Dussera celebrations in the album.

 

Well, this was in brief the excerpt of the Discourse. Today evening

there was a programme by the students of Swami's school in New

Delhi. We all enjoyed it. Swami materialized a beautiful chain for a

young child who performed excellent Bhangra dance.

 

Jai Sai Ram.