Prasanthi Dairy Recent Updates - 18.02.2010 to 21.02.2010

February 21, 2010

Sunday, Feb 21, 2010

The penultimate batch of staff from the two hospitals at Whitefield had come to Prasanthi Nilayam on pilgrimage. This evening, they were seated in the Bhajan hall. Swami arrived for darshan ten minutes after the bhajans began in Sai Kulwant hall. After His darshan round, He moved on the verandah and entered the bhajan hall from the rear door. Moving among the staff and their family members, Swami interacted with them for ten minutes before moving onstage as the bhajans went on. Just before six o'clock, He blessed prasadam for distribution and accepted Arati before returning to His residence.

Saturday, Feb 20, 2010

Bhagavan came for darshan at a quarter to nine this morning. During His darshan round, He blessed one of the Chinese devotees with a chain. He sat onstage for the bhajans for more than fifty minutes before accepting Arati. He then had another interaction with one of the Tibetan monks before moving to the interview room. From there, He sent word for the monks to move to the bhajan hall. There, He interacted with them for a while, returning to His residence after 10.45 am. In the evening, Swami arrived at ten to six, escorted into Sai Kulwant Hall by a procession led by Chinese lion dancers. Once He finished His darshan round, He lit a lamp onstage and began the proceedings. Offerings by the devotees and chants were followed by a speech, a Burrakatha in English and a forty-minute play highlighting filial piety. As the play concluded at 7.30, Swami went down among them for group photographs and the devotees

sang devotional songs and bhajans. Once Bhagavan came onstage, He accepted Arati and blessed prasadam for distribution. He then asked the students to sing some bhajans before accepting Arati again at ten to eight. Moving to the interview room, Bhagavan sent clothes for distribution to the participants in the programme and later came onstage, asking some of them if they had received the clothes. It was 8.10 when He returned to His residence after this interaction.

Friday, Feb 19, 2010

The Chinese New Year celebrations at Prasanthi Nilayam commenced today. Bhagavan came for morning darshan by half-past seven, and came onstage an hour later from the interview room. He called up the Tibetan monks who were seated in the centre of the hall, and asked them to commence their chanting. After fifteen minutes of chants, Swami asked for the bhajans to commence at nine. Half an hour later, He accepted Arati. Interacting for a few more minutes with one of the monks and the organisers, He left for His residence. In the evening, Swami sent word for the chanting by the devotees to begin at 5.50 pm. Twenty minutes later, He arrived in Sai Kulwant hall, and sat onstage as the Tibetan monks chanted till 6.30 pm. The devotees then offered some items to Bhagavan, and commenced their programme of chanting accompanied by instruments. Their half-hour of chanting was followed by bhajans, including some bhajans in

Mandarin and English. At ten to eight, Swami asked Prof Anil Kumar to announce the drama to be staged tomorrow. With a dedication to all sentient beings, the evening session drew to a close with Arati and Bhagavan returned to His residence at eight o'clock.

Thursday, Feb 18, 2010

Bhagavan did not come for evening darshan on Monday - instructions were sent to offer Arati and conclude the bhajans at 6 o'clock. On Tuesday and Wednesday He spent much of the evening sessions in the interview room, coming for darshan at 5.20 and 6.10 respectively. It was nearly a quarter to eight when He returned to His residence yesterday after Arati. This afternoon He went for a drive at half-past noon, and came for darshan at ten to five. During His round of the hall, He interacted with some of the devotees and monks who have started gathering here for the Chinese New Year celebrations. After blessing the 'Birthday boys', Swami blessed prasadam for distribution and moved to the interview room at 5.45. At six o'clock He emerged, accepted Arati and returned to His residence.sourced:

http://media.radiosai.org/Journals/Portal/pd-recent/ps20100201.htm#20100221