News from Prashanti Nilayam, Jan 29, 2004

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News from Prashanti Nilayam

Posted on 29th January, 2004

Sai Ram, 1-29-04 Baba is fantastic. Baba once again showed his divinity.

To witness God in action is a privilege but to see his divinity in motion is

Grace. On the 27th and the 28th Baba celebrated the jubilee anniversary of two

of his schools.

One in Alike and the other in Muddenahalli. Both in Karnataka. About a thousand

students came from these schools to dance, play music and put on skits. All of

these required lots of time and effort. The hall was decorated. There was also

two giant pictures on a large frame on each side of the hall showing the two

campuses. There were flowers on the verandah and other decorations. The

driveway in front of the Poornachandra was decorated with gold or yellow that

gave a special effect as you looked up the driveway. For two days - four

darshans - the jubilee was celebrated. It started Tuesday the 27th morning with

the Alike Band leading a procession from the Poornachandra to the center of the

hall, followed by student and regular pundits chanting and Baba walking with

assistance from the Poornachandra Baba walked to the center when he decided it

would be better to get into the red car, which was following him, to

get to the verandah which he did by going through the men's section up the ramp.

The morning was filled with speeches by various people and a low keyed 30

minute discourse in Telegu by Baba, which was not translated into English even

though Kumar was there - ready and able. The next three darshans were filled

with performances. Alike had a band, about 30 people, in a red and white

uniform that played what sounded like some bhajans to a different tune. There

were dancing drummers, several dancers, chanters and performers The finale was

a performance of the life of the avatars including Shirdi. Finally, a tribute

to Sai Baba and his accomplishments. There were flags from around the world and

banners that listed some of the milestones in Baba's Avatarhood. After the

performance on Wednesday morning, Baba walked down the ramp into the midst of

the band so they can have their picture taken with him. Others joined in as he

stood patiently as various groups of performers surrounded him for the picture.

There was much confusion in doing this as it was unplanned. There was little

manuevering room and the two or three people directing the kids where to go had

their hands full. The kids didn't know what to do. After the afternoon

performance, there was a repeat of the same. Baba called the band up to pose

with him on the verandah. After that, groups of about ten kids at a time were

called up. It was confusing. The kids didn't know which way to go when they had

their picture taken. Baba sat down for these pictures. They look at least a half

hour. But as always with Baba at the center of the confusion, it always turns

out well. His love for these kids and was evident. It is Thursday. Many of the

kids have already went home. The rest are going home today. For two days, I saw

divinity in action as Love permeated everywhere

radiating from the source. Gerald

Source: http://pavanaputra.tripod.com/news/pnews-2.htm

 

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