Most Memorable Buddha Poornima Day Celebrated

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Jai Sairam,

 

Swami continued to play His "Love my uncertainty" drama. He arrived very

early at 7.10 AM catching everyone by surprise. He walked along the

Ladies side, direct through the student wing to the center stage and took

His seat.

 

Much to the delight of all, there was sanction from the Lord for conduct

of bhajans by students. On this most auspicious day of Buddha Poornima,

the Boys of the college, poured their heart out to the Lord, through their

devotional Bhajans singing. It was fantastic and lasted for almost one

full hour.

 

At the end of Bhajans, Prasadam in the form of a Laddu was distributed to

all, and Bhagavan personally supervised the same before leaving the Hall

via the back stage.

 

Thus the morning session ended as early as 8.15 AM.

 

The afternoon session was eqully thrilling. Swami again took everyone by

surprise by arriving at 3.15 PM, the first of its kind in the last one

month that He is here. As soon as He took His seat on the center stage,

Bhajans which started a little earlier, continued and until for another 2

or 3 Bhajans. Then it was observed that a mic and podium was set up and we

were all excited thinking that there is going to be a discourse from Swami

today. But I saw from far, Swami signalling to someone, and later I came

to know that it was a teacher from the College whom Swami had called on to

the stage to speak. And what this lecturer told the august assembly was

fantastic.

 

Thanking the Lord for His compassion to select him to talk to the

audience, the Lecturer commenced the talk by stating that Lord's

compassion needs to be experienced by Sadhana. He stated that the Lord has

come amongst us to give, give and give only, and it is for us to grab, by

going closer to the Lord.

 

The teacher spoke about the significance of Buddha Poornima, the full moon

day. He said that during this auspicious day, one can find peace and

plenty by contemplating on the Lord. He recounted how the Lord had created

a Buddha statue from thin air, last year at Kodaikanal, on this very day,

stating that the statue was made from a particular clay called "Lambini

clay" and is best suited for meditation.

 

Thereafter, the teacher also stated that the Lord is the Lord of the

Universe and is none other than Krishna Himself. He then recounted how the

LOrd during the sixties had materialised a ring for John Hislop, and how

John Hislop was once wearing the ring around his neck tied to a thread,

and Swami questioned him as to why He is wearing it there, to which John

Hislop stated that the ring had chipped. Swami I believe took it from him

and blew on it and lo and behond, the ring was remade with Shirdi Baba's

icon. The Lord thereafter asked John Hislop whether he would now like the

ring with Shirdi Baba (whom the LOrd referred to as the old man) or he

wanted a younger person. When John Hislop kept quiet, Swami again took the

ring and blew on it right in front of everyone, and lo and behold, now the

ring had the icon of a new face, whom Swami told John Hislop was the face

of "Prema Sai" - an avatar still to be born in the future.

 

Next speaker to day afternoon was the principal of the college (that is

what I was told), who narrated some of his experiences with Bhagavan. He

brought out the significance of Buddha Poornima and then went on to

explain the meaning of

 

Buddam charanam Gacchami, Dharmama Charanam Gacchami and Sangam Charanam

Gacchami.

 

He stated that "Buddam Charanam Gacchami" meant surrendering to the Buddam

which is referred to "Buddhi(intellect)" - Buddhi is closest to the Lord

and gets His vision on it all the time and so surrendering oneself to the

Buddhi on the Intellect would help progress on the spiritual path through

discrimination.

 

Next is "Dharmam Charanam Gacchami" meant that "carrying out righteous

action" as dictated by the discrimated aspect of Buddhi because this will

help you to stick on to the right path always.

 

Next was "Sangam Charanam Gacchami" which meant that one should get into

the habit of taking the Lord's name to the community by speaking about the

Lord to as many homes of the society as possible.

 

The Principal also narranted that right now few Buddhists have come to

have the Darshan of our beloved Lord, and how one of them had a vision of

Lord Sai in the form of Lord Vishnu. He also went on to state that Buddha

had forecasted about the arrival of Lord Sai in Buddha's days. Swami

Himself had told these interesting aspects of Buddha to these fortunate

teachers and faculty.

 

Thereafter Swami took Aarti and left via the back stage.

 

Thus ended a most fantastic day celebrating "Buddha Poornima"

 

Jai sairam

 

 

Raja