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Ramanavami- discourse
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Kodaikanal news: At the foothills of Kodaikanal (19-04-05)
Swami's Flight - Reports from Madurai (Sai Baba Kodaikanal
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|PRASANTHI NEWS (11th -14th April 2005) & Parthi
Update (15th - 19th 04 2005)|
In this issue of Prasanthi News, we give you a glimpse of Sri
Rama Navami celebrations at Prasanthi Nilayam and Bhagawan’s departure to
Kodaikanal with an entourage of students, staff and devotees.
In His Sri Rama Navami Message, Bhagavan narrated some
incidents from the life of Sri Rama, the Avatar of Treta Yuga (aeon). Swami began by saying
that Rama’s name is sweeter than sugar, tastier than curd, sweeter indeed than
honey and constant repetition of the sweet Name of Rama will give one the taste
of divine nectar itself. (Full text of the Discourse will be given separately.)
Bhagawan is visiting Kodaikanal after a hiatus of two years.
The flight to Madurai took off from Sri Sathya Sai Airport precisely at 12.30
p.m. Details of Bhagawan’s departure follows in our news on 19th April 2005.
18th April 2005
We
wish everyone a very happy Sri Rama Navami. Bhagawan entered Sai Kulwant in the
golf cart at 7.45 a.m. Swami got down near the interview room and came walking
to the dais. At 8.00 a.m. Bhagawan asked the Veda chanting to stop and called a
small group of students to chant the Veda from the dais. The students chanted in
unison the Narayanopanishad. This was followed by a brief talk by Sri S.V. Giri.
Sri Giri gave some insights from the Ramayana. He said that Sage Viswamitra
taught the Divine brothers Bala and Atibala Mantras, since foregoing food and
sleep was a prerequisite to guard the Yajna against demons, who made every
attempt to disrupt the Yajna. After his talk, at 8.10 a.m., Bhagawan gave His
nectarous Sri Rama Navami Message.
Deep red apples, sweet puris and chocolates were distributed
as Prasadam to all at the conclusion of the Discourse. At 9.45 a.m. Swami was
offered Arati after which He retired for the morning. In the evening, Bhagawan
came out a few minutes after 3.00 p.m. He spent the full session in talking to
the boys whom He had selected to accompany Him to Kodaikanal.
19th April 2005
This morning, Swami came out for Darshan at 7.30 a.m. All the
Kodaikanal bound members
assembled in the Bhajan Hall, where Swami gave them some final instructions. By
8.45 a.m. the students group left for the Hostel to proceed to the Airport.
Bhajans were held as usual from 9.00 a.m. to 9.25 a.m. after which Bhagawan was
offered Arati and then He proceeded to the Poornachandra. Most of the devotees,
students and staff continued to sit in the Hall to have the Darshan of Bhagawan
as He left for the Airport. At 10.45 a.m. Bhagawan’s car glided into Sai Kulwant
Hall. Coconuts were broken,
Arati was offered and Jai Jai Kar filled the air!
All along the route to the airport, devotees lovingly broke
coconuts and offered Arati to Bhagawan. Swami’s car passed by them very slowly
so that the devotees could catch a glimpse of the Lord. It took more than 30
minutes for Swami to reach the Airport. Even outside the airport, large groups
of devotees, students and staff had gathered to have the Darshan of the Lord
ignoring the hot sun. The flight to Madurai took off at 12.30 p.m. From Madurai,
Swami, and the entire group of students and devotees selected by Bhagawan
proceeded towards Kodaikanal by road.
JAI SAI RAM
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This morning, Bhagawan left with 34 students and many others to
Kodaikanal. He left the Mandir at 10.45 a.m. and the flight took off at 12.30
p.m. from the Prasanthinilayam Airport. He is likely to return in the first
week of May.
Ramanavami was celebrated in the Divine Presence. Swami gave His
Ramanavami Message to all. Parthi Update is as follows:
Parthi Update
15-04-2005
Swami came out for Darshan at
7.20 a.m. and went into the interview room. Bhajans were held from
8.45 a.m. to
9.15 a.m. followed by Aarti. In the evening, Bhagawan came out at
3.10 p.m. He got down and went walking across the dais to the
interview room. He came out only at
4.40 p.m. and went into the Bhajan Hall. Swami retired by
5.15 p.m.
16-04-2005
Morning Darshan was at
7.30 a.m. followed by interviews and Bhajans from
9.00 a.m. to
9.25 a.m. In the evening, Darshan was at
2.30 p.m. followed by interviews and then Swami came into the
Bhajan Hall at
4.30 p.m. Bhajans were sung from
4.45 p.m. to 5.25 p.m., followed by Aarti.
17-04-2005
This morning, Darshan was at
7.40 a.m. Bhagawan got down on the dais and went walking across, to
the interview room. He stood for a long time on the dais, listening to the
Vedam chanting by the few Primary School children who had stayed back during
the vacation. He called one of the boys and materialized a chain for him.
Bhajans started at
9.00 a.m.
18-04-2005
We wish all of you a very Happy Ramanavami. At
7.45 a.m. our dear Lord Sai Rama entered the Kulwant Hall in the
Golf Cart. Swami got down near the interview room and came walking onto the
dais. At
8.00 a.m. Bhagawan asked the general Vedam chanting to stop and
called a small group to come and chant on the dais, as the practice was in
earlier years. A few students went over to the mike and chanted
Narayanopanishad. This was followed by a talk by
Sri S.V. Giri. At
8.10 a.m., Swami gave His Divine Ramanavami Message.
Bhagawan said that the name of Rama is sweeter than
sugar, tastier than butter, sweeter than honey and in fact the sweetest of
all. Therefore sing the Glory of the name of Rama. Ramayana, Swami said,
represents a sacred path, a door to Divinity. It is not the biography of just
one individual but every character has a very significant role.
Bhagawan went on to elaborately describe the
Putra Kameshti
Yajnam, the manifestation of the
Payasam (pudding), the episode of Queen
Sumitra losing her cup and the other two queens
sharing their pudding with her. He then spoke about the birth of the four
sons, their naming ceremony and moved on to Sage
Viswamitra taking Rama and Lakshmana for
protection of the Yajnas. Following this came the picturesque description of
Lord Rama’s wedding with Mother
Sita.
Swami’s narration was so vivid that it literally
transported us to the
kingdom of
Ayodhya and we felt as though we
lived the entire story. As usual, Swami sang the songs describing the marriage
of Rama and Sita. Bhagawan concluded saying that
Rama Kalyanam actually meant Atma
Kalyanam, i.e. the mergence of the Atma with the
Paramatma.
It was
9.30 a.m. Deep red apples, sweet puris
and chocolates were distributed to all as Prasadam. At
9.45 a.m. Swami took Aarti and retired for the morning. In the
evening, Bhagawan came out a few minutes after
3.00 p.m. He spent the full session in talking to the boys whom He
had selected to accompany Him to Kodaikanal. A lot of preparation was on since
a few days. Around 34 students have been Blessed by
Swami to go with Him to Kodaikanal.
19-04-2005
This morning, Swami came out for Darshan at
7.30 a.m. All the Kodai members
assembled in the Bhajan Hall, where Swami gave them some final instructions.
By
8.45 a.m. the group left for the Hostel to proceed to the Airport.
Bhajans were as usual from
9.00 a.m. to
9.25 a.m. Swami took Aarti and proceeded towards PC. Most of the
devotees continued sitting. Many of us also stayed back to have Bhagawan’s
Darshan as He left for the Airport. At
10.45 a.m. the
Toyota car glided into the Kulwant Hall. Coconuts were broken,
Aarti was offered and Jai Jai
Kar filled the air!
As we are typing this update, it is
12.30 p.m. and we just heard the fight take off. The flight will
take the party to
Madurai from where Swami and the boys
will proceed to Kodaikanal by road.
We hope that we will be able to update you with some
brief about the happenings at Kodaikanal. Till
then….Sairam.
Regards
A Anantha Vijaya
Source:sssbpt.org
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