Siver Paduka and Swami's Blessings

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SILVER PADUKAS

LAST YEAR WE MADE A TRIP TO PUTTAPARTHI TO SEEK HIS BLESSINGS.

AFTER REACHING IN PUTTAPARTHI, WE GOT OUR FIRST DARSHANS FEELING

FRESH AND PEACE.

AFTER RETURNING FROM DARSHAN LINE. I WAS THINKING OF WHAT SORT

OF BLESSINGS WE CAN TAKE FROM SWAMI AND SHARE OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS HERE IN KOBE.

WE WERE IN PUTTAPARTHI JUST 5 DAYS AND SOMETHING TO BE DONE IN THESE 5 DAYS.

THIS WAS OUR EARNEST WISH FOR ALL OUR DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS

HERE IN JAPAN WHO COULD NOT JOIN US.

WHILE PASSING THROUGH A SHOP, OUR THOUGHTS WERE DIRECTED TOWARDS

A SHOP SELLING SILVER PADUKAS. IT WAS AN IDEA, BUT IMPLANTED BY THE LORD HIMSELF.

NOW THE QUESTION WAS, HOW TO BRING "PADUKAS" INSIDE VERANDA FOR

SWAMI'S BLESSINGS. SO I DECIDED TO MEET THE CHIEF VOLUNTEER, EXPLAINING

HIM, THAT WE ARE CELEBRATING 29TH ANNIVERSARY OF KOBE CENTER AND

I WISH TO GIVE LETTER TO SWAMI AND PRAY TO GET THIS PADUKAS BLESSED.

HE SAID THAT IT IS VERY DIFFICULT, AND EVEN TO GET LETTER ACROSS TO

SWAMI DIFFICULT NOW A DAYS. ANYWAY AFTER SOMETIME HE AGREED AND

ASSIGN ME A SEAT IN VERANDA. HOLDING PADUKAS IN A BIG TRAY, AND

COVERED WITH SAI RAM COVER.

SWAMI CAME AFTER GIVING DARSHANS IN A GOLF CAR, AND CAME STRAIGHT TO

VERANDA STILL IN GOLF CAR...THERE WERE EYE CONTACT SWAMI SAW ME, THEN

SIGNALED ME TO COME AND I IMMEDIATELY GOT UP "PADUKAS" IN A BIG HEAVY TRAY,

BALANCING IT SO IT DID NOT FALL.

AT THAT TIME I DID NOT KNOW HOW I GOT STRENGTH AND WENT TO SWAMI'S CAR.

I THEN OPEN THE COVER AND SWAMI TOUCH "SILVER PADUKAS" AND DID SOMETHING WITH

HIS FINGER. I, THEN GIVE LETTER TO SWAMI... I , WAS IN TOTAL

BLISS. I, BECAME THE INSTRUMENTS FOR THE BLESSINGS, HE HAS SENT FOR ALL OF YOU.

DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS A PERMANENT BLESSINGS IN THE NATURE FOR

THESE "PADUKAS" WILL ALWAYS STAY IN THE KOBE SAI CENTER FOR THE

BENEFIT FOR ALL OF YOU.

PLEASE ACCEPT THIS HUMBLE OFFERING FROM ME, SWAMI OFTEN SAYS THE

FRUITS OF SERVICE WILL BE ETERNAL. WE MUST CONSTANTLY ENGAGE OURSELVES IN SERVING OTHERS.

Jai Sai Ram

Talk by Br.Ram.Chugani in Kobe Sai Center

7.8.2005

Co-Founder of Sathya Sai Center in Kobe,and

founding member of SSOJ Japan

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