Guest guest Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Sairam dear members of the Sai family,5th Feb 2006 Today is a Sunday on a cold, foggy & misty morning at Brindavan Whitefield..... Its 6 am and already the lines outside the ashram gate begin to swell as most people want to make the most of this holiday for the darshan of our beloved swami. Its 8.30 am the SAIRAMESH hall is almost full, with every inch of space occupied,the sevadal volunteers are busy making additional space to fit in more devotees by asking all to sit closer. The time is 9:30am when we hear the music start, followed by the chanting of OM... OM......OM....... followed by bhajan on LORD GANESH after which its the turn of the ladies singers alternately to sing. Amid singing of the bhajans all eyes are on stage for the entry of SWAMI, however till about 10:25am there is no sign of the stage lights coming on signalling the arrival of swami. At 10:30am a vip devotee, who happens to be a former chief minister, former primeminister and father of the chief minister of Karnataka Mr Devegowda enters the hall and is seated in the vip section of the hall. Just as everyone feels that today we may not get darshan as its almost 10:35 am- the stage lights are just switched on & within 5 minutes we see movement behind the curtain on the stage...Lo & behold...our dear Swami walks through the curtain till the railing bringing relief to the parched eyes of all the people in the jampacked hall. Standing for about a minute before sitting on his sofa and enjoying the bhajans for about 20 minutes swami gets up a little ,prompting the lady singer to stop,but swami signals her to continue the bhajans.Strange are the ways of the lord in keeping his devotees happy,swami signals to come down dose'nt sit on the sofa but walks till the elevator on the gents side comes down and walks to a devotee blessing even Mr Devegowda for a while. Supported on both sides of his arms swami prefers to walk amongst his students seated in the front,blessing them along the way towards the ladies side, taking letters from quite a few too..he moves towards the entrance on the ladies side followed by his close devotees wheeling the empty chair ...... but swami prefers to instead walk!! it looks as though swami may go back from there itself but he prefers to walk back to the elevator on the ladies side, is brought up and walks to the centre of the stage,the empty chair is soon brought up behind swami and he sits down on the stage enjoying the bhajans,blessing us again. He was beginning to leave when a bhajan on nanda gopala starts swami sits again this time amid loud clapping ,we all are transported back to Vrundavan ,during the time of lord Krishna playing his pranks with his gopis and friends.this is followed by a bhajan on lord Shiva taking us to kailash parvat amidst the singing,swami is engrossed totally enjoying the last bhajan.Its 11:30 am swami gets up and stands up against the railing blessing all again. AARTI is taken and amidst loud singing of the aarti our beloved swami hesitatingly walks back to the curtained door..... followed by vip devotees...retireing for the morning.. truly a wonderfull walking darshan experience..... sent by sanjay to SBOI group/website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 What a beautiful exposition about the days happenings! May such explanations flow from your pen!or(mind) Teras flowed down my eyes when I viualized the whole scene! We are far away physically from our SAI !But our souls long for the DARSHAN of BABA.Blessed you are that you are so near physically and mentally! Conrinue to send such depatches to quench our thirst!--SAIPREMI >"SBOI Group" < > > >[sBOI-post] Sai Darshan news sent by Sanjay >Mon, 06 Feb 2006 06:51:48 -0000 > >Sairam dear members of the Sai family,5th Feb 2006 > >Today is a Sunday on a cold, foggy & misty morning at Brindavan >Whitefield..... > >Its 6 am and already the lines outside the ashram gate begin to >swell as most people want to make the most of this holiday for the >darshan of our beloved swami. > >Its 8.30 am the SAIRAMESH hall is almost full, with every inch of >space occupied,the sevadal volunteers are busy making additional >space to fit in more devotees by asking all to sit closer. The time >is 9:30am when we hear the music start, followed by the chanting of > >OM... OM......OM....... > >followed by bhajan on LORD GANESH after which its the turn of the >ladies singers alternately to sing. > >Amid singing of the bhajans all eyes are on stage for the entry of >SWAMI, however till about 10:25am there is no sign of the stage >lights coming on signalling the arrival of swami. At 10:30am a vip >devotee, who happens to be a former chief minister, former >primeminister and father of the chief minister of Karnataka Mr >Devegowda enters the hall and is seated in the vip section of the >hall. > >Just as everyone feels that today we may not get darshan as its >almost 10:35 am- the stage lights are just switched on & within 5 >minutes we see movement behind the curtain on the stage...Lo & >behold...our dear Swami walks through the curtain till the railing >bringing relief to the parched eyes of all the people in the >jampacked hall. > >Standing for about a minute before sitting on his sofa and enjoying >the bhajans for about 20 minutes swami gets up a little ,prompting >the lady singer to stop,but swami signals her to continue the >bhajans.Strange are the ways of the lord in keeping his devotees >happy,swami signals to come down dose'nt sit on the sofa but walks >till the elevator on the gents side comes down and walks to a >devotee blessing even Mr Devegowda for a while. > >Supported on both sides of his arms swami prefers to walk amongst >his students seated in the front,blessing them along the way towards >the ladies side, taking letters from quite a few too..he moves >towards the entrance on the ladies side followed by his close >devotees wheeling the empty chair ...... but swami prefers to >instead walk!! it looks as though swami may go back from there >itself but he prefers to walk back to the elevator on the ladies >side, is brought up and walks to the centre of the stage,the empty >chair is soon brought up behind swami and he sits down on the stage >enjoying the bhajans,blessing us again. > >He was beginning to leave when a bhajan on nanda gopala starts swami >sits again this time amid loud clapping ,we all are transported back >to Vrundavan ,during the time of lord Krishna playing his pranks >with his gopis and friends.this is followed by a bhajan on lord >Shiva taking us to kailash parvat amidst the singing,swami is >engrossed totally enjoying the last bhajan.Its 11:30 am swami gets >up and stands up against the railing blessing all again. AARTI is >taken and amidst loud singing of the aarti our beloved swami >hesitatingly walks back to the curtained door..... followed by vip >devotees...retireing for the morning.. truly a wonderfull walking >darshan experience..... sent by sanjay to SBOI group/website > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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