Prashanthi Bulletin - August 5th to 7th, 2005

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August 7th, 2005 This Sunday morning, Bhagawan came to the Sai Kulwant Hall at

8.20 and sat onstage after His darshan round. Vedam went on with the Primary

School children chanting with great gusto. 20 minutes of listening to this,

then Bhagawan went inside the interview room. Bhajans began at 9 o'clock,

Bhagawan came to the Bhajan Hall around 9.15, a few minutes later He took Arati

and retired for the morning. In the evening also, Swami sat onstage for a few

minutes before going into the interview room. Bhajans were at 5 pm and Arati

was at 5.30, but Bhagawan had gone to His abode at 5.20 pm. August 6th, 2005 In

the morning, after Bhajans, Bhagawan made a surprise round of Puttaparthi at the

unexpected hour of 9.45 am. In the evening, He gave an interview for some

devotees instead of going on rounds in His car. And after that, He went into

the Bhajan Hall - it was only

4.15 pm or so. He asked the USA group to sing Bhajans today. So, all of them

trooped into the Bhajan Hall with Swami watching all the while. The ladies sang

very well and led all the Bhajans, which were the usual Sanskrit-Hindi Bhajans

except for "Love is My form..." Bhagawan listened to the Bhajans for nearly 50

minutes before taking Arati and retiring to the Poornachandra. August 5th, 2005

This morning, Bhagawan caught many people unawares by coming to the Sai Kulwant

Hall by 6.40 am! After a darshan round of the Hall, He moved out and went on a

round outside in the car, after which He returned to the Poornachandra directly

before 8 o'clock. The Economics Department of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of

Higher Learning is hosting an all-India conference on 'Modelling Economic

Policy and Behaviour' from 6th to 8th August. In the evening, Bhagawan blessed

the senior professors and students of the department who showed Him

the programme sheet and a card. Bhagawan had come to the Sai Kulwant Hall, gone

on a round outside and returned, going inside the interview room. At 3.50 pm,

Swami came onstage, and the Vice Chancellor announced that Bhagawan was giving

an opportunity for some of the students to present their ideas on the five

human values of Sathya Dharma Shanthi Prema and Ahimsa - Truth, Righteous

conduct, Peace, Love and Non-violence. The first talk was by Dr. Deepak Anand,

who had completed his PhD in the Management Department last year. He spoke on

Sathya and Dharma. The next talk was on Shanthi and Ahimsa, by Sai Giridhar of

the MSc class. The third talk was by Vishnu Bhan of the 1st year MBA, and

covered the topic of Prema. The Vice Chancellor Sri Anil Vinayak Gokak

concluded the proceedings by making some connecting links between Prema and

Seva - selfless service - as enunciated by Bhagawan. Bhajans were then sung for

a few minutes, and Bhagawan went back to His residence at 5.10 pm.

You can see an illustrated version of happenings at Prashanthi Nilayam in the

Prashanthi Diary of our monthly e-Journal Heart to Heart. The previous issue of

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Source: Radio Sai WebsiteAugust 8, 2005http://radiosai.org/pages/PB.htm