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PRASANTHI THIS WEEK

An eventful week marked with the Divine Return, Festivities and visits by Political Glitterati

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at 20:10 Hrs. April 10, 2009, Prasanthi Nilayam: With simmering summer

reigning supreme, with days swelter to high over forty, academic year

enjoying summer halt with most of the students staying away from

Prasanthi, the life in Puttaparthi sketches a different picture

altogether during the summer time.

Much against the normal schedule that had been in

place for many a year, Bhagawan, for the past two years has been

spending maximum time in Parthi encouraging and entertaining the

devotees to brave the oddities of summer.

 

This year He stayed away from Parthi for 10 days, from 23rd April to

3rd May, when He moved to His ashram, Sai Shruthi in Kodaikanal. It

was on the 23rd April, He flew in a specially chartered chopper from

Prasanthi Nilayam to Madurai and from Madurai by a special helicopter

to Kodaikanal. An entourage comprising of over forty students along

with some senior staff members were sent in advance who received

Bhagawan at Sai Shruthi for a ceremonial welcome. Ten blissful days of

darshans, both mornings and evenings, packed with Burra Katha sessions,

a folklore art form of Andhra Pradesh by talented students of the

University depicting the lives of Shirdi Sai Baba, Easwaramma etc.,

speeches, Bhajans, Sai Shruti was immersed in bliss enjoying the rarest

privilege of housing and serving the Lord walking on two feet.

 

True to His promise and expectations back in Prasanthi Nilayam,

Bhagawan returned to Parthi on the 4th May, two days in advance of

Easwaramma Day celebrations. From yester year onwards, Prasanthi

Nilayam was fortunate to have this festivity celebrated in the Divine

Presence, which otherwise used to be celebrated either in Brindavan or

in Sai Shurthi, Kodaikanal depending on His physical presence. The day

witnessed Bhagawan visiting His Parents’s Samadhi Mandir, sanctifying

the place and the occasion, symbolically offering Vastram (clothes) to

parents and a beautiful golden necklace to Mother Easwaramma. Bhagawn

spent almost half an hour inside the Samadhi Mandir before returning to

Sai Kulwant Hall. This was followed by Narayana Seva, a regular feature

during the Easwaramma Day celebrations.

 

It was time for Buddha Purnima, the most sacred day in the Buddhist

calendar, as the Buddhists prefer call, “the day that is thrice

blessedâ€. This is the day when Buddhists all over the world commemorate

and celebrate the birth, enlightenment and nirvana of one of the

greatest spiritual masters of all time, Lord Buddha. Over 820 devotees

from Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Bhutan, Nepal and Hong

Kong thronged to Prasanthi Nilayam to celebrate the occasion in the

immediate Divine Presence of the Master of all masters. Cultural

programmes on the theme “Ahimsa Paramo Dharma†was the highlight of the

occasion, an apt commemoration to the master whose life and teachings

inspired millions upon millions over the past two and a half millennia

throughout the world.

 

Joining the gathering of devotees from various parts of the globe, over

thousands devotees from the state of Karnataka have come, joining in a

Parthi Yatra invoking His Divine Benediction.

 

Today, 10th May 2007, after staying indoors in the morning session,

Bhagawan came out in the evening at around 16:20 Hrs. IST for a full

round of blissful darshan. Coming onstage in the pretext to spend time

in the middle listening to Vedam chanting, as usual interacting with

students, Bhagawan, most magnanimously granted His coveted Divine

darshan to those hearts and souls who braved the simmering summer to

travel to Prasanthi Nilayam, the holy abode to have a glimpse of His

Divine Form. A primary school boy from Iran, who was adept in chanting

Vedam was specially called to chant some of the verses and there were

rapturous applause around when the boy successfully chanted the Veda

much to the appreciation of Bhagawan. Bhajans as usual started at 17:00

Hrs. and Bhagawan retired to His residence after accepting Mangala

Arathi at around 18:00 Hrs. IST.

 

It is admission time in the Sri Sathya Sai University and the allied

institutions. And one could see flocks of students with parents moving

around the ashram, vying for a coveted admission in the prestigious

institutions, a rare privilege to be at His Divine Lotus Feet, to learn

under the True Master. After the entrance exam for the girls for UG

program that was over last week, it is the turn of the boys for the UG

program which will be followed by higher secondary entrance

examination. This will be followed by the entrance tests for post

graduate courses in the University, finally to end with, last but not

the least, the first standard entrance exam for the Primary Wing of

Prasanthi Nilayam.

Prasanthi

seems to be constantly attracting political glitterati. This week has

seen the visit of Her Excellency Mrs. Pratibha DevisinghPatil, the

President of India, followed by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Mr.

Ashok Chavan. Today, we had another politico, Mr. Praful Patel, the

Union Civil Aviation Minister here for Bhagawan’s Divine Darshan. All

the three politicos were blessed with special audience by Bhagawna.

Yes,

Prasanthi Nilayam is indeed the most happening place on earth, where

the Lord of the Universe does things in His most inimitable style for

the world to watch, to emulate before experiencing the bliss. An

eventful week during the summer time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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