ONAM 2009 DARSHAN UPDATE FROM PRASANTHI NILAYAM

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Om Sri Sairam dearest Sai Family,

The beautiful state of Kerala, where many of our overseas Sai Devotees make it a point to visit for its refreshingly natural serene atmosphere, for its vast knowledge in ayurveda, for its excellence in upholding the Indian culture is also famous for its beautiful festival Onam, which brings joy and happiness in every Keralite's family. Onam in Prasanthi Nilayam is always a special occassion. It is the day when Maha Vishnu, our Lord Sai explains the circumstances by which He had to descend on the earth in the form of dwarf Vamana to emperor Bali who was ruling the beautiful state of Kerala. Emperor Bali was lauded for his charity. God wanted to test his charity and came in the form of Vamana, who looked like a poor priest and asks for three foot steps of land.Emperor Bali, thinks, I own a big emperor and this three steps is NOTHING and asks Vamana to take the land. When Vamana puts one foot the whole

earth, is covered and the next foot was covered by the sky and there was no place to put the third foot for which Emperor Bali asks to put it on his head which signifies total surrender, sheddingof ego.Appreciating His noble character, God confers the boon to Emperor Bali, to visit his kingdom (kerala) once a year and this is the time of the year when Kerala's yesteryears' emperor Bali visits this beautiful place on the earth and Keralites' welcome their emperor with utmost devotion and faith irrespective of caste, creed or religion or faith.

We all know, the first monsoon enters India through Kerala and every one eagerly awaits the arrival of monsoon. Kerala is a land of plenty and prosperity due to abundant rainfall all through the year.Rain God, seems like has accompanied the Keralites' and thus Puttaparthi is witnessing heavy rainfall for the past 3 days and thanks to Swami, this place is getting cooler and cooler..The second day of Onam celebrations witnessed an excellent drama On Bhaktha Thukaramand there was also a musical programme by Mrs. Chitra, the famous play back singer who has been blessed with a very sweet voice and has sang 18,000 songs till date in 9 different languages. Born in Trivandrum, Kerala, Mrs.Chitra speaks six languagesand has been in Sai's fold for about 18 years now from the days of Spirit of Unity concert. After the programme, Swami had a lengthy talk with her and Swami called upon her little daughter

Nandana, who was born after 12 years of prayers to Swami.Just a year before her birth, it seems Swami told her that next year she will have a good news and needless to say, little Nandana came into her life. The same year, Swami gave her the name Nandana. As she is the chosen one, Swami preferred to specially bless her and Swami even materialised a little chain to little Nandana for which she smiled back with an innocent smile.It was a rare blessing for a family which was spiritually charged and it was a treat to watch Swami interacting with the blessed family..

2nd Septemeber 2009.This morning,the beautifully decorated Sai Kulwanth hall was eagerly awaiting the arrival of our beloved Lord. Though the crowd was bit less compared to last year, but the spirit and grandeour of this holy festival was the same. Bhajans commenced at 9am and Swami blessed the august gathering at 9:30am amidst louds cheers from the devotees gathered in the hall.Swami was given a traditional welcome in Kerala style and after taking a full round Swami came on to the dais, which had two little hut like things one each on the lions. Swami had a keen look at the huts and stayed on stage till 10:15am listening to bhajans. While the bhajans were still on, Swami called upon Prof.Anil Kumar and it was announced later that Swami would be delivering His Onam divine discourse at 4pm later in the evening which was received with loud applause from the devotees. Like a loving mother Swami again asked to

announce for every one to go and have their breakfast which brought smiles to every body.

In the evening, Swami in His discourse, praised the land of Kerala and appreciated the people of Kerala for safeguarding the spiritual riches of this land. Swami said Kerala is a land of plenty and prosperity and there is so much of love among people there.They have pure heart and on this special day, they make 12 different kind of dishes just with plaintain. This is very unique and every dish tastes very good and this is because there is so much of love in preparing those dishes. They offer it to God and prepare it with pure heart. Swami also said a person without Neethi(morality) doesn't belong to any Jathi,(can't be called a human). Swami in His divine discourse asked all of us to respect one's own mother and father and God at the end. If mother and father are happy God also will be happy. He gave the example of Kerala, where elders are treated very well and especially on this Onam day, they are

given new clothes and every one seek their blessings which shows how well elders are taken care.Swami asked not to hate any one. Even if you come across your enemy say hello and he will respond with the same tempo..Swami asked all of us to have sacred thoughts and noble intentions.Seated in His car chair Swami spoke for good 45 minutes and later asked students to clear the middle area of the hall for the drama Bhaktha Nandana to commense. Swami was given arathi around 7pm.There were also some anxious faces in the devotees who were thinking of Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh Dr.Y.S.Raja Sekhar Reddy and his family, whose helicopter went missing at 10am and 9 hours since then there was no trace of his where abouts. Dr.Reddy who visited Swami many a times to seek His blessings and suggestions on the various irrigation projects which his government was involved with is very much liked by Swami. Swami was very much impressed with the

idea of building irrigation projects instead of wasting the river water to flow into oceans..Dr.Reddy an excellent leader and good administrator also brought back congress party into power second time. He has done many good things for the state of Andhra Pradesh and is liked by many even in Puttaparthi and let us all pray and hope that he comes back home safely and let him be a humble instrument of Swami in the years to come..

With Humble prayers and Pranams at the lotus feet of our beloved Lord,

R. Satish Naik

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--- On Wed, 2/9/09, Satish Naik <satishfromparthi wrote:Satish Naik <satishfromparthiONAM 2009 DARSHAN UPDATE FROM PRASANTHI NILAYAMWednesday, 2 September, 2009, 8:27 PMOm Sri Sairam dearest Sai Family,

The beautiful state of Kerala, where many of our overseas Sai Devotees make it a point to visit for its refreshingly natural serene atmosphere, for its vast knowledge in ayurveda, for its excellence in upholding the Indian culture is also famous for its beautiful festival Onam, which brings joy and happiness in every Keralite's family. Onam in Prasanthi Nilayam is always a special occassion. It is the day when Maha Vishnu, our Lord Sai explains the circumstances by which He had to descend on the earth in the form of dwarf Vamana to emperor Bali who was ruling the beautiful state of Kerala. Emperor Bali was lauded for his charity. God wanted to test his charity and came in the form of Vamana, who looked like a poor priest and asks for three foot steps of land.Emperor Bali, thinks, I own a big emperor and this three steps is NOTHING and asks Vamana to take the land. When Vamana puts one foot the

whole

earth, is covered and the next foot was covered by the sky and there was no place to put the third foot for which Emperor Bali asks to put it on his head which signifies total surrender, sheddingof ego.Appreciating His noble character, God confers the boon to Emperor Bali, to visit his kingdom (kerala) once a year and this is the time of the year when Kerala's yesteryears' emperor Bali visits this beautiful place on the earth and Keralites' welcome their emperor with utmost devotion and faith irrespective of caste, creed or religion or faith.

We all know, the first monsoon enters India through Kerala and every one eagerly awaits the arrival of monsoon. Kerala is a land of plenty and prosperity due to abundant rainfall all through the year.Rain God, seems like has accompanied the Keralites' and thus Puttaparthi is witnessing heavy rainfall for the past 3 days and thanks to Swami, this place is getting cooler and cooler..The second day of Onam celebrations witnessed an excellent drama On Bhaktha Thukaramand there was also a musical programme by Mrs. Chitra, the famous play back singer who has been blessed with a very sweet voice and has sang 18,000 songs till date in 9 different languages. Born in Trivandrum, Kerala, Mrs.Chitra speaks six languagesand has been in Sai's fold for about 18 years now from the days of Spirit of Unity concert. After the programme, Swami had a lengthy talk with her and Swami called upon her little daughter

Nandana, who was born after 12 years of prayers to Swami.Just a year before her birth, it seems Swami told her that next year she will have a good news and needless to say, little Nandana came into her life. The same year, Swami gave her the name Nandana. As she is the chosen one, Swami preferred to specially bless her and Swami even materialised a little chain to little Nandana for which she smiled back with an innocent smile.It was a rare blessing for a family which was spiritually charged and it was a treat to watch Swami interacting with the blessed family..

2nd Septemeber 2009.This morning,the beautifully decorated Sai Kulwanth hall was eagerly awaiting the arrival of our beloved Lord. Though the crowd was bit less compared to last year, but the spirit and grandeour of this holy festival was the same. Bhajans commenced at 9am and Swami blessed the august gathering at 9:30am amidst louds cheers from the devotees gathered in the hall.Swami was given a traditional welcome in Kerala style and after taking a full round Swami came on to the dais, which had two little hut like things one each on the lions. Swami had a keen look at the huts and stayed on stage till 10:15am listening to bhajans. While the bhajans were still on, Swami called upon Prof.Anil Kumar and it was announced later that Swami would be delivering His Onam divine discourse at 4pm later in the evening which was received with loud applause from the devotees. Like a loving mother Swami again asked to

announce for every one to go and have their breakfast which brought smiles to every body.

In the evening, Swami in His discourse, praised the land of Kerala and appreciated the people of Kerala for safeguarding the spiritual riches of this land. Swami said Kerala is a land of plenty and prosperity and there is so much of love among people there.They have pure heart and on this special day, they make 12 different kind of dishes just with plaintain. This is very unique and every dish tastes very good and this is because there is so much of love in preparing those dishes. They offer it to God and prepare it with pure heart. Swami also said a person without Neethi(morality) doesn't belong to any Jathi,(can't be called a human). Swami in His divine discourse asked all of us to respect one's own mother and father and God at the end. If mother and father are happy God also will be happy. He gave the example of Kerala, where elders are treated very well and especially on this Onam day, they are

given new clothes and every one seek their blessings which shows how well elders are taken care.Swami asked not to hate any one. Even if you come across your enemy say hello and he will respond with the same tempo..Swami asked all of us to have sacred thoughts and noble intentions.Seated in His car chair Swami spoke for good 45 minutes and later asked students to clear the middle area of the hall for the drama Bhaktha Nandana to commense. Swami was given arathi around 7pm.There were also some anxious faces in the devotees who were thinking of Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh Dr.Y.S.Raja Sekhar Reddy and his family, whose helicopter went missing at 10am and 9 hours since then there was no trace of his where abouts. Dr.Reddy who visited Swami many a times to seek His blessings and suggestions on the various irrigation projects which his government was involved with is very much liked by Swami. Swami was very much impressed with the

idea of building irrigation projects instead of wasting the river water to flow into oceans..Dr.Reddy an excellent leader and good administrator also brought back congress party into power second time. He has done many good things for the state of Andhra Pradesh and is liked by many even in Puttaparthi and let us all pray and hope that he comes back home safely and let him be a humble instrument of Swami in the years to come..

With Humble prayers and Pranams at the lotus feet of our beloved Lord,

R. Satish Naik

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New Delhi--- On Wed, 2/9/09, satish naik <satishnaik22mba wrote:

satish naik <satishnaik22mba ONAM 2009 DARSHAN UPDATE FROM PRASANTHI NILAYAMWednesday, 2 September, 2009, 8:09 PM

 

 

 

 

 

Om Sri Sairam dearest Sai Family,

The beautiful state of Kerala, where many of our overseas Sai Devotees make it a point to visit for its refreshingly natural serene atmosphere, for its vast knowledge in ayurveda, for its excellence in upholding the Indian culture is also famous for its beautiful festival Onam, which brings joy and happiness in every Keralite's family. Onam in Prasanthi Nilayam is always a special occassion. It is the day when Maha Vishnu, our Lord Sai explains the circumstances by which He had to descend on the earth in the form of dwarf Vamana to emperor Bali who was ruling the beautiful state of Kerala. Emperor Bali was lauded for his charity. God wanted to test his charity and came in the form of Vamana, who looked like a poor priest and asks for three foot steps of land.Emperor Bali, thinks, I own a big emperor and this three steps is NOTHING and asks Vamana to take the land. When Vamana puts one foot the whole

earth, is covered and the next foot was covered by the sky and there was no place to put the third foot for which Emperor Bali asks to put it on his head which signifies total surrender, sheddingof ego.Appreciating His noble character, God confers the boon to Emperor Bali, to visit his kingdom (kerala) once a year and this is the time of the year when Kerala's yesteryears' emperor Bali visits this beautiful place on the earth and Keralites' welcome their emperor with utmost devotion and faith irrespective of caste, creed or religion or faith.

We all know, the first monsoon enters India through Kerala and every one eagerly awaits the arrival of monsoon. Kerala is a land of plenty and prosperity due to abundant rainfall all through the year.Rain God, seems like has accompanied the Keralites' and thus Puttaparthi is witnessing heavy rainfall for the past 3 days and thanks to Swami, this place is getting cooler and cooler..The second day of Onam celebrations witnessed an excellent drama On Bhaktha Thukaramand there was also a musical programme by Mrs. Chitra, the famous play back singer who has been blessed with a very sweet voice and has sang 18,000 songs till date in 9 different languages. Born in Trivandrum, Kerala, Mrs.Chitra speaks six languagesand has been in Sai's fold for about 18 years now from the days of Spirit of Unity concert. After the programme, Swami had a lengthy talk with her and Swami called upon her little daughter

Nandana, who was born after 12 years of prayers to Swami.Just a year before her birth, it seems Swami told her that next year she will have a good news and needless to say, little Nandana came into her life. The same year, Swami gave her the name Nandana. As she is the chosen one, Swami preferred to specially bless her and Swami even materialised a little chain to little Nandana for which she smiled back with an innocent smile.It was a rare blessing for a family which was spiritually charged and it was a treat to watch Swami interacting with the blessed family..

2nd Septemeber 2009.This morning,the beautifully decorated Sai Kulwanth hall was eagerly awaiting the arrival of our beloved Lord. Though the crowd was bit less compared to last year, but the spirit and grandeour of this holy festival was the same. Bhajans commenced at 9am and Swami blessed the august gathering at 9:30am amidst louds cheers from the devotees gathered in the hall.Swami was given a traditional welcome in Kerala style and after taking a full round Swami came on to the dais, which had two little hut like things one each on the lions. Swami had a keen look at the huts and stayed on stage till 10:15am listening to bhajans. While the bhajans were still on, Swami called upon Prof.Anil Kumar and it was announced later that Swami would be delivering His Onam divine discourse at 4pm later in the evening which was received with loud applause from the devotees. Like a loving mother Swami again asked to

announce for every one to go and have their breakfast which brought smiles to every body.

In the evening, Swami in His discourse, praised the land of Kerala and appreciated the people of Kerala for safeguarding the spiritual riches of this land. Swami said Kerala is a land of plenty and prosperity and there is so much of love among people there.They have pure heart and on this special day, they make 12 different kind of dishes just with plaintain. This is very unique and every dish tastes very good and this is because there is so much of love in preparing those dishes. They offer it to God and prepare it with pure heart. Swami also said a person without Neethi(morality) doesn't belong to any Jathi,(can't be called a human). Swami in His divine discourse asked all of us to respect one's own mother and father and God at the end. If mother and father are happy God also will be happy. He gave the example of Kerala, where elders are treated very well and especially on this Onam day, they are

given new clothes and every one seek their blessings which shows how well elders are taken care.Swami asked not to hate any one. Even if you come across your enemy say hello and he will respond with the same tempo...Swami asked all of us to have sacred thoughts and noble intentions.Seated in His car chair Swami spoke for good 45 minutes and later asked students to clear the middle area of the hall for the drama Bhaktha Nandana to commense. Swami was given arathi around 7pm.There were also some anxious faces in the devotees who were thinking of Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh Dr.Y.S.Raja Sekhar Reddy and his family, whose helicopter went missing at 10am and 9 hours since then there was no trace of his where abouts. Dr.Reddy who visited Swami many a times to seek His blessings and suggestions on the various irrigation projects which his government was involved with is very much liked by Swami. Swami was very much impressed with the

idea of building irrigation projects instead of wasting the river water to flow into oceans..Dr.Reddy an excellent leader and good administrator also brought back congress party into power second time. He has done many good things for the state of Andhra Pradesh and is liked by many even in Puttaparthi and let us all pray and hope that he comes back home safely and let him be a humble instrument of Swami in the years to come..

With Humble prayers and Pranams at the lotus feet of our beloved Lord,

R. Satish Naik

 

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