Parthi Update - 29.11.2004

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Parthi Update - 29.11.2004

Om Sri Sai Ram30-11-2004Sairam. After the Birthday Celebrations, days are

passing by as Bhagawan is busy in Blessing the office bearers from various

countries and sending them back home with added enthusiasm and inspiration to

do His Work!!Most of the students have gone home for their vacations that

started on the 25th and will continue till the 5th of December. These days,

Bhagawan comes out at around 7.00 a.m. in the morning. Sometimes He is out even

by 6.50 a.m. He gets down on the dais and slowly walks across the stage towards

the interview room allowing the 100 plus students and devotees to have His

beautiful Darshan - the only Darshan in the morning. After this, He takes some

devotees inside the interview room and He is in, until Bhajan time at 9.00 a.m.

He retires after taking Aarti at 9.30 a.m. This is the morning schedule.

 

In the afternoon, Swami comes out for Darshan between 3.00 p.m. and 3.10 p.m.

Same pattern as in the morning. Either He goes inside the interview room

directly or comes onto the dais and smilingly walks across, towards the

interview room. During these days, several students too have been lucky to get

interviews with their parents.However, amidst this normal schedule, today, we

had a sudden surprise. In the morning, we received the message that in the

afternoon, most likely, there may be a video show for the students and staff

along with Bhagawan. We hurriedly got into the Kulwant Hall by 2.45 p.m.

Bhagawan came for Darshan, took some devotees and disappeared into the

interview room. We thought that the matter was over. It must have been just a

false alarm! But then at 4.00 p.m. our dear Lord comes out and calls for the

golf cart. He got in and went towards Poornachandra after giving some

instructions to brother Prusty.The instructions were communicated to the

Warden. The Warden gave a signal and all boys and staff took their mats and

rushed out of the Kulwant Hall towards the new building opposite Poornachandra.

The video show was to be in the new building opposite Poornachandra, not the

residence of Swami but the one adjacent to it. This building has an auditorium

on the ground floor, possibly twice the size of the Institute Audio Visual

Room, may accommodate around 200 plus people.As we hurried into the auditorium,

Swami was already there, sitting in the golf cart inside the hall. There was

light Darshan Music going on. Beautiful fans decorated the ceiling and there

were bright lights illuminating the hall. We could see a stage at one end,

with a wooden railing leading unto it. There were no chairs, and so all of us

could squeeze in tightly on the floor.Bhagawan waited patiently until all got

in. Meanwhile, the certificate screen of the movie "Bhakta Prahalada" was

already visible on the wall behind the stage. It showed the release date as

1977 and expiry date as 1987. Bhagawan kept watching this. He told the boys

around him that this movie was produced by Smt. Anjali Devi - a famous film

actress and an ardent devotee of Bhagawan. Swami said that she had produced

this movie many years back when she was young. She had prayed fervently to

Swami and Bhagawan had answered her prayers by seeing the movie then.Swami

shifted from the golf cart onto a sofa. He then asked who was in charge of

showing the video. Brother C.G. Sai Prakash of the Prashanti Digital Studio

came forward. Swami smiled and said - "Start - you all watch the film". It was

a real experience - watching a film with Bhagawan. For most of the students it

was a first time experience and they were thrilled!! For some of us, we had

such occasions before in the Institute Auditorium - but that was many years

back. Those days, Swami would come during the Sports Meet time and we had seen

some mythological movies like Bhakta Prahalada and Lava Kusha. (I remember

watching at least 4 or 5 movies with Bhagawan, and the best part was Swami

would continuously narrate the story even as we were watching the movie!)The

movie was well edited to suit the occasion. The famous songs - Narayana

Mantram Sreeman Narayana Bhajanam, Devudu Neeve Kaada, etc.. with their soul

stirring tunes and lyrics made the hall reverberate with the spirit of devotion

and Divine Love! Bhagawan was keeping beat to the songs and verses that

Prahalada sang often in the movie.What struck us most was the immense Love that

Bhagawan has for Prahalada. If only we could please our Lord by developing that

devotion and Love as Prahalada did...In one scene Hiranyakasipu and the teacher

of Prahalada ask him to give up chanting the name of the Lord. To this Prahalada

refuses and upon being asked whether it was right for him to disobey his own

father and teacher, Prahalada replies, "O Father - O Teacher - it is true that

a son must obey the command of the father and a pupil must abide by the command

of the Guru, but is this what you are teaching me. Being a father is it correct

for you to take your son away from God? Being a teacher, is this what you

should be teaching your pupil?" At this point, Swami nodded His head and smiled

- most emphatically approving Prahalada's firm but respectful reply!Scene after

scene passed by. When it came to the point where Prahalada had to be crushed

under the elephant's foot, Bhagawan called for brother Satyajit. He came and

Swami said that it was time to go. The video was stopped and Bhagawan went out

of the Hall. A few minutes later, a message came that we were all supposed to

sit and watch the rest of the movie. The movie continued. A few minutes passed

by and there came the scene where the ministers of the king plan to use

poisonous snakes to kill Prahalada. At that point, another message came in

that we all should move to the Bhajan Hall. We ran and took our seats in the

Mandir. It was 5.20 p.m. Bhajans began and Swami came gliding in his golf

cart.He went into the Bhajan Hall and sat for the Bhajans. At around 5.40 p.m.

He took Aarti and retired to Poorna Chandra. We were all left touched by this

wonderful experience. Even the waiting boys and old students who had come today

were lucky to be part of this experience! How rare it is to get an opportunity

to witness the glory of the Lord being sung in a movie - in the very presence

of the Lord Himself!

 

Posted on 30.11.2004 by Mary S.

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