PRASANTHI THIS WEEK , June 28, 2009(Oh! What a Joy!)

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PRASANTHI THIS WEEK

Oh! What a Joy!

June 28, 2009

Darshanam Paapanashanam, says the scriptures…when

it comes to the physical sight of the Lord walking the earth, one need

not go back any more to the scriptural writings to find out the greater

import. Bhagawan Himself had revealed it not long ago:

My walking amongst you is a gift yearned for

by the Gods of the Highest Heavens; but, here you are receiving this

grace without much effort. Be grateful for what you are getting. The

Blessings you receive would express themselves in due course, when the

time comes.

The most important thing that is happening in

Prasanthi Nilayam and the first and foremost thing a devotee aspires

while embarking on a trip to this home of peace is nothing, but His

Sight, the auspicious sight, as we prefer to call “Divine Darshanâ€.

To be in the Divine presence and to catch a glimpse

of the Lord as He gently ‘glides’ along is the longing of devotees

coming to Prasanthi Nilayam. They come from far, some with hard earned

money, shelving all discomforts tuned to focused attention. One could

see this thirst often in the assembly when among the chunk of devotees,

comes craned necks, to catch a glimpse, to hand over a supplication, to

get a touch of the Divine and to get a glimpse or a smile back from

Him! And this deep yearning yields results, and He comes out to make it

sure that their hunger is satiated. Oh! What a Joy! Knowing well the

greater import and embracing the uncertainty as taught by the Lord

Himself, devotees flocking to Prasanthi Nilayam are ever prepared for

long waiting, to ensure a sumptuous feast to the eye. Ever since

Bhagawan advised to keep the bhajans outside in the Sai Kulwant Hall,

devotees in general are greatly benefitted as Bhagawan would often sit

on the dais ‘enjoying’ the sessions. On the 24th evening, devotees had

a long wait as Bhagawan came out only at 17:25 Hrs. and by the time He

completed the darshan round, as if rejoicing at His sight, came the

showers from the heavens. Coming on stage occupying His seat Bhagawan

had made that evening a virtual Bhajan Sandhya.

A Bhajan with aalap is sung only at His special instance and this evening there were three aalaap

Bhajans, in sequence lifting the minds and hearts to greater spiritual

heights; a sight, worth watching, with the voice reaching its

crescendo, hearts singing it out, and the Lord in physical accepting it

with unique graciousness, pouring benediction. One would wonder whether

the Gods of the highest heaven would also be watching this sight of the

Lord through the holes of heaven, if there be, when He sat onstage

conferring the highest of the boons, His Divine Darshan! Another story,

on the 26th evening, when the Lord again made it bit late, and sung the

hearts, “Aao Pyaare, Nayan Hamare…†and to the merriment of one and all

came the Lord, out in open for yet another feast blissful darshan! The

week had such sessions sumptuously, especially with some days filled up

with evening programmes wherein Lord preferred to sit on stage for

longer sessions.

 

 

 

 

What attracts devotees to Prasanthi Nilayam? We had

answer to this question from Bhagawan Himself. Quite often He had

mentioned that it was Divine Love that attracts devotees to Prasanthi

Nilayam, despite not having any invitation sent. It is the Divine

Magnet that pulls the devotees unto Prasanthi. And many a time He had

urged devotees and organizational office bearers that they should

strive in to bring new devotees to Prasanthi Nilayam; bringing them to

experience the bliss of Divine Darshan. Organisational units across the

world, taking cue from this Divine Guidance have been bringing groups

and the packed Prasanthi Calendar vouch for the same.

The group for this week was a group of over 800

girijans from Godavari region. This three day pilgrimage was an

expression of their love for Bhagawan for providing them pure drinking

water in the upland areas of East and West Godavari districts and for

the service they were receiving from the Organisation …And every

pilgrimage to Prasanthi becomes an occasion to rejoice and the

merriment happens with scheduled performance of cultural programmes in

the Divine Presence. This group had the opportunity to stage two

programmes on Saturday and Sunday and it rained benediction from the

Lord in Prasanthi Nilayam.

There are other groups in waiting, a small

contingent of over forty members, Sai African Adult’s Choir, Nigeria

which is expected to perform on the sidelines of Guru Purnima

celebrations. Another group of over 400 devotees from Chicago have also

arrived on a week’s pilgrimage. A group of over two hundred senior

citizens, from Baroda, most of them coming for the first time to

Prasanthi, was here during the week, a trip organized by the Sri Sathya

Sai Seva Organisation, Gujarat. And another big contingent of devotees

from Brazil has been camping here, earnestly pursuing, perfecting their

choir, to match with the highest standard while expect to show up in

the physical presence of The Lord sometime during the Guru Purnima

week.

In its pursuit for excellence, molding students to

perfection, both academically and in character building, Sri Sathya Sai

University ever stands tall pioneering with greater efforts.

The School of Business Management, Accounting and

Finance of the Sri Sathya Sai University conducted a workshop on

“Predictive Analytics†for students of 1st and 2nd year MBA and MA

Economics. The three-day workshop held in Prasanthi Nilayam drew

eminent industry practitioners and speakers from around the globe.

Senior leaders, executives and industry veterans from organizations

like Dun & Bradstreet TransUnion, Capital One, Sally Mae, IBM etc

engaged the students in highly interactive and demonstrative sessions

in topics ranging from Risk Management, Decision Sciences, Financial

Scoring, Marketing Analytics, Business Data Mining and Data Modelling.

Predictive Analytics is an emerging discipline that

combines the application advanced mathematics, computing &

statistical techniques with economic theories in managing business

risks and complexities in a more predictable and scientific manner.

This field is expected to grow enormously, like the IT industry, and

hence getting added to the skills requirements of business management

and computer science. India is increasingly becoming a destination for

several large global companies to set up analytics centers for

processing and modeling huge amounts of data and this also opens up

career opportunities for students in a big way. This workshop’s

objective was to introduce the students to the concepts and

applications of analytics in business and to get them interested in the

quantitative side of management studies.

The workshop concluded with a special session on

the social application of analytics with a description of how these

tools could be used to help in preventive rural medical care as per

Swami’s Mission. The speakers had wonderful darshans and some

close though brief interactions with Bhagawan in the Mandir portico

where He blessed them..

Sri Shivaraj Patil, formerly Lok Sabha Speaker and

Home Minister during the erstwhile Dr. Manmohan Singh government was in

Prasanthi Nilayam during the weekend and was blessed with an Interview.

The newly appointed collector of Anantapur District, Sri B. Janardan

Reddy was also in Prasanthi Nilayam paying obeisance to Bhagawan.

Much more are expected during the week that follows as Ashadi with

typical Maharashtra flavor is scheduled for the 3rd of July followed by

Guru Purnima celebrations. With the entire week packed with full of

scheduled activity, one could expect more of His presence helping the

mass of devotees to feast their eyes with the best of the happening on

planet earth, Darshan of the Lord in physical!

Oh! What a Joy!

…And let’s be Grateful! It is time we realize how lucky we are to be able to see God walking the Earth!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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