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Monday 04, May 2009 Bhagawan Returns from Kodaikanal... Swami always says that joy and sorrow follow each other so closely. Devotees at Sai Shruti Kodaikanal, bid a rather tearful farewell to Swami as He boarded his chartered helicopter at 9.05 AM this morning. Back home at Prasanthi Nilayam, there was a buzz of activity to welcome Swami in about 2 hours time. Ten days of pure joy of darshan, sparshan and sambhashan for the Kodai devotees will now be followed for deep yearning to see His smiling countenance once more.
At 11.15, the special aircraft touched down at Puttaparthi Airport. Agninakshatram is scorching the rocky terrain but no one seems to care. Devotees are thronging either side of the road as the motorcade passes along, drenching everyone with happiness. At the gates the boys chanting the Vedas received Bhagwan. Quickly followed up by the Bhajan Group who sang, “Swagata Shubha Vandanam, Easwaramba Priya Nanadanam…”and Bhagawan seemed to be happy to be back Home! Prasanthi Nilayam has come alive. And is fast gearing up to celebrate Easwaramma Day with Bhagwan. A day celebrated in remembrance of Bhagwan’s Divine Mother who gifted us this bundle of joy. |
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Sunday 03, May 2009 According to Kodaikanal buzz Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba may leave for Puttaparthi on 4th may after early Morning darshan. Kindly note these are unconfirmed reports, no official information is available regarding this subject. Only Swami Himself knows His exact travel plans. PUTTAPARTHI - ASHRAM - Info | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday
02,May 2009 Bhajans began at 9.45 a.m. and Mangala Aarathi was offered as Bhagawan preferred to stay indoors. In the evening bhajan started round 5.25 p.m. and Bhagawan came in for few minutes before moving out to grand darshan to the thousands assembled in the darshan grounds. Prof. G. was asked to address and the dais was shifted to the verandah as the entire assembly could see Bhagawan and hear the speeches. After the formal introduction by Mr. V.Srinivasan, Prof.Venkatraman started his speech saying that it was Bhagawan’s love & compassion for the thousands & thousands of devotees that made Him to arrange for the speech to be delivered out in the open so that all of them could have His darshan. Just now the bhajan “PREMA EASWAR HAI” was sung which means God is Love. Swami added “LIVE IN LOVE”. The love that Swami talks about is not the romanticized worldly love. The love exhibited by the Lord is an out of the world. It is pure love that knows compassion & sacrifice. Selfless sacrifice issues from the Atman and manifests as pure love. It is not individual, not global but cosmic limitless sacrifice and selfless love is what we see in Bhagawan and then we all say only God can be like that. But Bhagawan says it is possible for us too , since, God is in all of us.
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Friday 01, May,2009
Kodai Darshan Morning The first of May witnessed Narayana Seva and Vastradhaan (giving away clothes). Bhajans began at 10.15 am and Bhagawan went into the bhajan hall and blessed the Prasad and gave instruction that it be distributed to the assembled devotees. BHagawan further proceeded to the darshan grounds where Narayana Seva alongwith Vastradhaan was arranged. Watching the distribution spending sometime Bhagawan blessed the participants. 1000 Sarees, 500 dhoties, 500 towels, 250 blankets and 250 thick bed spreads were distributed to the deserving poor. Altogether over 15000 were fed during the Narayana Seva. At around 11:15 a.m. Mangala Aarathi was offered before He retired to His Divine Abode. |
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1st May 2009 Evening The first of May witnessed Narayana Seva and Vastradhaan (giving away clothes). Bhajans began at 10.15 am and Bhagawan went into the bhajan hall and blessed the Prasad and gave instruction that it be distributed to the assembled devotees. BHagawan further proceeded to the darshan grounds where Narayana Seva alongwith Vastradhaan was arranged. Watching the distribution spending sometime Bhagawan blessed the participants. 1000 Sarees, 500 dhoties, 500 towels, 250 blankets and 250 thick bed spreads were distributed to the deserving poor. Altogether over 15000 were fed during the Narayana Seva. At around 11:15 a.m. Mangala Aarathi was offered before He retired to His Divine Abode. In the evening Bhajans started at 5.15 p.m. Bhagawan went down to the darshan grounds granting drashan to the assembled devotees and proceeded to the place where a statue of Holy Mother was installed in His presence. After coming into the bhajan hall & blessing the assembly with darshan, then it was the turn of Mr. Ajit Poppat to address the gathering. He commented on the auspiciousness of the day and proceeded to elaborate on the significance of the English Alphabets that can sum up Bhagawan’s teachings. ABC-Always be Careful; Always be cautious; Always be Compassionate….D - Devotion, Determination, Dedication, E - Enterprise, Energy; F - Follow the Master , Face the Devil and Finish the game; G – Be greatful; Be Godly; H – Happy, Healthy, Holy etc. He emphasized to practice Bhagawan’s teachings; To bring transformation, watch Bhagawan’s action, gesture & word and make the most of the fortune of having darshan, receiving Prasad all of which bring intangible benefits , said the speaker. Remember that consistency, persistence and intensity in our practice would pay rich dividends in our Sadhana. Remember Him as every second of our lives as Karunamurthy, Premamurthy, kshamamurthy. He had said that His life is His message. If we but follow delightfully the path shown by Him our lives too would shine His message, said Mr. Poppat. Sri V.Srinivasan, the All India president of SRI SATHYA SAI ORGANISATION announced that on this very auspicious day a statue of Mother Easwarama made of PANCHALOHA had been installed in the immediate presence of Bhagawan and that it faces the lake in the Easterly direction enabling the Sun God to have a darshan before starting on his movement. It is an occasion for rejoicing and celebration. He then proceeded to introduce two Sai Student who where to speak .Bhagawan has been giving a holistic education that moulds the students and develops there innate talents like music, acting, speaking among others. They are great achievers in academics too that every student have holds 2 or 3 degrees. R. Siddrath hails from Chennai and has a degree in English and is an MBA. He is an actor and bhajan singer par excellence . He was followed by Sai Shyam Sharma who is an M.sc /M.Tech, having studied from the primary level, he has spent 19 years with Bhagawan. He is the University Brass Band Leader. Siddarth said that his heart was overflowing with love and gratitude & went on to sing the song Jagathodhdhahara, which ends in describing the Lord as present in the microcosm and macrocosm. Even the Vedas failed to describe God. He proceeded to list some of the lessons he had learnt at the feet of Sai. He repeated the story of Krishna asking Narada as to who was the biggest and how everything He mentioned finally led to the Lord Himself. A devotee has to maintain equanimity at all times. As Shakespeare said “All the world’s a stage and we are mere players…”. God has written the script and we act accordingly but the mystery of this drama is that we do not know what comes next. Bhagawan who is ever giving and does not take anything in return once asked a devotee, namely, Mr.Sinclair only one thing in return and that was “BE HAPPY”, He asks for nothing else other than our happiness. Remembering that everything is done by Swami and we are mere puppets should make us smile all the time and offer our happiness to him. He proceeded to quote a tamil poem that says only by space we come to know Him and finally surrender to Him. Sai Shyam Sharma began his speech by expressing his amazement at the number of devotees who come from all the countries in the far corners of the world but swami has not physically gone there. It is His Divine love and Supreme powers that has drawn & continues to draw them. Bhagawan is unique. He is friend, father, Brother…..Shyam Sharma recalled how in 1992-93 ,he was studying in the 2nd standard and his shaky milk tooth was pulled out by a classmate. At darshan time swami noticed the gap in the front teeth & teased that Maruthi car can fit into it. Immediately one would imagine a Maruti car but lord Sai Rama explained that Maruthi is another name for Hanuman. Swami is a teacher always. Very few people could bind themselves to Rama or Krishna but Sai devotees, though far far away are bound to Swami. The whole world is His family. He proceeded to recall another incident when he received punishment for not doing his home work. He sulked and skipped lunch & shifting at darshan thought nobody cares whether he ate or not. Bhagawan came out after interview & walked up to him to ask what he had for lounch. He kept quiet not knowing what to say and the boys next to him said dal & swami father gestured “what Dal “? He realized that Swami was his friend , and that he was there for him always. In 1994 his parents came to swami &his mother who was suffering with intestinal cancer told him that their children belong to Him, since she did not know how long she would live. Swami promised to take charge of them and has been helping ever since. Sister’s marriage was performed by His grace. For his brother studying for the exam in chadigarh , swami directed him in a dream to study certain pages and 80% of the questions came from those pages!!. Swami never leaves us. He sang the song Humko Thumse…and all joined in singing “WE LOVE YOU” and ended with the declaration that there is only one bandham which is prema bandham. He recited a poem to say how he felt when Swami patted his cheek even before he knew Him as God. SRI.V.Srinivasan commented that we all have learnt lesson of love from our brother. He pointed out how so many of them had 2-3 degress but do not want to leave Swami. They want only to continue to stay with him. There is a boy who plays on the tabla who hails from Spain. Bhagawan is the most powerful magnet .Swami then directed them to sing a Meera Katha . The students sang a song on Mother Easwaramma describing her as “RATNAKARA VAMSA RAJAMATHA”. The boys ended with a QAWWALI that says life without you is empty ,you are our heart beat, you are jeevan WE LOVE YOU. Mangala Aarthi was offered at 7.16 p.m. |
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Thursday 30, April ,2009 The dawn of 30th April witnessed devotees pouring in thousands filling the darshan ground spilling over to the grounds outside Sai Shruthi. Bhajans began at 9.30 a.m. and Bhagawan arrived soon afterwards, to move around the darshan grounds and both the slopes and even reach out to those outside the compound. After an hour long bhajan Swami received flowers & blessed the prasad. He was offered Aarathi at 10.30 a.m. The evening bhajans started around 5.20 p.m. Bhagawan went down the aisle and received letters and gave close darshan to all assembled. He received flowers and Aarathi at 5.40 p.m. He blessed everyone repeatedly by raising His benedictory Abhayahasthas. |
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Wednesday, 29, April,2009
Bhagawan came to the scenic Sai Shruti Darshan grounds at 10.00 a.m. In all His compassion, Bhagawan went round the grounds and even down the slopes to bless the devotees. At the end, Bhagawan was offered flower and Aarati and the devotees received Prasadam blessed by Swami. In the evening, Bhajans began at 6.00 p.m in the Bhajan hall. Swami came soon afterwards and went down the aisle receiving letters and blessing devotees. At 6.25, Sri Ajit Popat was asked by Bhagawan to give a talk. His focus was on a Sai formula for day-to-day spiritualised living. He began his talk by saying that we have to pay
rent for the body given to us by expressing love to the creator. We should be
physically healthy and mentally alert and spiritually evolved. Paropakaram (serving
others) is important and one should always be busy and immersed in bliss in constant
awareness of the Lord. Switch off being “busy” otherwise and connect to Sai by
regular prayers. We should go back to the source with the right resources. Keep the
body healthy, neat and tidy. The mind has to be filled with pure thoughts and should
be always happy. Sri Popat ended his short talk at 6.35.p.m.
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Tuesday , April, 28,
2009 In the morning, bhajans commenced at 10:15 a.m. and there was a huge congregation of devotees assembled to have His Divine darshan. Bhagawan came down the aisle went round the darshan grounds blessing the devotees. Arathi was offered at 10:45 a.m. before Bhagawan retired to His Abode. In the evening, bhajans began at 6 p.m. and Bhagawan went down the aisle moving around and collecting letters from the congregation of devotees. After returning to the Bhajan Hall, Bhagawan stayed for two bhajans before receiving arathi at 6:35 p.m. |
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Monday, 27, April,2009 Panoramic Kodai Hills... Photos scroll down
The Burra Katha session began at 6 p.m. with a Vinayaka Strotram and a song pleading
Swami to forgive the faults in the performance. The story evolved after the victory
song “Jayamee Jayamee Easwaramma”. In 1890, a daughter was born to Subbaraju and she
was married at a very early age to Venkama Raju to become daughter-in-law to a pious
couple Kondama Raju and Lakshmamma.
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Sunday, 26, April,2009 Bhajans began at
9.45a.m. and soon afterwards Bhagawan came out to grant darshan. Bhagawan out of His
infinite mercy, went for a long slow round of the devotees whose numbers had swollen
to more than five thousand. Bhagawan graciously accepted a flower of love offered by
the state medical co-ordinator. Prasadam was blessed and distributed to the devotees
as Aarathi was offered by a District President. Evening session commenced with bhajans at 5.45 p.m and upon Bhagawan’s arrival, at His special instructions, Prof. G.Venkataraman presented intricate details of the Burra Katha, a typical andhra folk art. The main singer with the tambura is called Gayapdu & the supporting artists Rajakeeyam.
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Saturday, April 25, 2009 The Sun
God seemed to have prayed to the Lord to grant him permission to bathe His human
form with His rays. 24th & 25th of April saw him make the most of the opportunity
the Lord granted him at Sai Shruti. Before and after giving Darshan to the thousands
of devotees and blessing and receiving their letters,
Bhagawan stationed Himself in the sun, for quite a long while. Later He moved to the
portico continuing to give Darshan as bhajans were being sung from 10.20 a.m. He was
then offered flower and Aarathi by State Seva Co-ordinator and a member of the State
Sri Sathya Sai Trust respectively. Devotees received Prasad blessed by Swami.
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Friday, April 24, 2009 Bhagawan
came to the portico around 10 as His students were singing bhajans. A large number
of devotees had been yearning for His darshan and Bhagawan responded by going down
the aisle moving among them blessing the devotees granting His coveted darshan.
After moving up the aisle He stationed Himself near the portico and stayed there
for quite some time with the sunny rays warming the Lord and His devotees alike
and devotees had the best of their chances to gaze at the Lord to their heart’s
content. After receiving flowers and arathi offered by two members of the Sri
Sathya Sai Trust, He blessed Prasadam that was distributed to everyone.
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Thursday, April, 23 ,2009
Om Sai Ram dearest Sai Family, this morning like in South Africa people of
Puttaparthi were also getting ready to cast their vote and our beloved Lord was
all set to fly to
Kodaikanal via Madurai a small 30 seater flight owned by Raymond
company (a well known suiting shirting company) landed in Puttaparthi last
evening and all arrangements were made for Swami at the airport. A small,
beautifully decorated elevator was placed near the flight. The big names of
Prasanthi Nilayam who were blessed to fly with Swami got in before Swami's
arrival. Exactly at 8am Swami's little Porte car drove into the Sai airport and
Swami got into the elevator and when the elevator came to the door Swami was moved
from His regular car chair into a specially designed chair and was wheeled slowly
into the plane. The pilots and Mr. Sharma, in charge of Swami's airport took
blessings from Swami and the DIVINE flight took off just after 8am.This
year Swami's students selected for Kodai will be going by bus. All the SAI LUCK to
those blessed souls to be with our beloved Lord at the naturally beautiful
Kodaikanal...... source:
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Mangala Arathi to Bhagawan It was summer time in Parthi and in Bhagawan’s physical presence none felt the intensity of the otherwise scorching summer in Puttaparthi. After staying on for almost three weeks after the institutions closed down, Bhagawan left Prasanthi Nilayam on the morning of 23.04.09 by a special aircraft to Madurai. From Madurai He was airlifted the cool heights of Kodaikanal by a helicopter to reach after 10 a.m. As the Lord drove down to Sai Shruthi, the Divine Abode, a large number of devotees thronged to welcome Him on either side of the road, despite the state-wide bandh. Mangaladhwani of Nadaswaram provided the Sonic backdrop as He entered Sai Shruthi. Privileged students from Bhagawan’s University, who arrived a day in advanced sang the song welcoming the Lord. Bhagawan was received at the entrance by the Convener, Sri Sathya Sai Trust, Tamil Nadu. Upon receiving Mangala Arathi, Bhagawan retired to His residence. In the evening Bhagawan came to the bhajan hall and even went down the aisle graciously receiving letters and blessing the devotees. He received Aarathi after an hour-long bhajan sung with fervent devotion by one and all. Bhagawan blessed the prasadam distributed to the devotees.
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