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Prashanthi Bullettin -
August 13th to 18th, 2005
August 18th, 2005
Bhagawan arrived at 7.45 am for morning darshan. After
sitting onstage listening to the Vedic chants for around
half an hour, Bhagawan moved towards some delegates to the
Education conference who had some books on Value-based
Education. Bhagawan blessed the books and went through them
for nearly twenty minutes! Then the Brindavan Warden and
faculty presented an 80th Birthday souvenir volume. Bhagawan
blessed the souvenir also, and then went to the interview
room.
This evening saw the concluding session of the international
Education conference. The Chief Guest for the occassion was
Smt. Kumud Bansal, Secretary to the Government of India,
Department of Elementary education and Literacy. Bhagawan
came onstage at 3.30 pm after ensuring that the Chief Guest
was seated at the centre of the dais, and the proceedings
began shortly thereafter.
The first to speak was the Vice-Chancellor, Sri Gokak, who
welcomed the Chief Guest. Then Sri Sanjay Sahani, Principal
of the Brindavan campus of the Institute, introduced the
speakers for the session. Two students presented summaries
of the conference proceedings. Two student speakers,
Research Scholar Sanjay Mahalingam and Jagdish Chandra of
the M.Phil. class, followed. Thereafter was an address by
the former Vice-chancellor Sri S. V. Giri. Then the Chief
Guest Smt. Kumud Bansal presented her views. The
Vice-Chancellor Sri Gokak wound up the proceedings by
presenting a report of the conclusions of the conference.
Bhajans were sung for a few minutes while prasadam was
distributed to all, following which Bhagawan returned to His
abode after Arati.
August 17th, 2005
The Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning is hosting
an International Conference of eminent educators entitled
'Education in the 21st century - Education to Educare'. This
morning was the inaugural session of the conference in Sai
Kulwant Hall. The Chief Guest was Justice Venkatachallaiah,
former Chief Justice of India and National Human Rights
Commission chairmain. Bhagawan, who is the Chancellor of the
Institute, arrived at 8 o'clock and the proceedings got
underway after He came to the dais at 8.15 am. The
Vice-Chancellor, Sri Anil Vinayak Gokak, made some
introductory remarks, introduced some of the eminent
participants and welcomed them. This was followed by the
Chief Guest's address.
Bhagawan then gave His Divine Message.
After Bhagawan's Discourse, He asked for the Vedam chanting
to resume and laddoo prasadam was distributed. At 10.15 am,
Arati was offered and Swami left for His abode. The
conference continued with it's next session at the
Administrative Block of the Institute.
In the afernoon, Bhagawan sat onstage listening to the Vedam
chanting after His darshan round at 3.15 pm. At 3.40 pm, the
Vice-Chancellor announced the commencement of the evening's
programme. Two students summarised the day's conference
proceedings, and then there was a presentation entitled
'There is only one caste, the caste of Humanity; there is
only one religion, the religion of Love' by the students.
The essential Unity of all faiths was portrayed through
skits relating to Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism and
Islam. After the presentation, Bhagawan had group photos
with the participants, prasadam was distributed, and
Bhagawan returned to His abode accepting the Arati.
August 15th, 2005
The students assembled in the Sai Kulwant Hall this morning
after attending the Independence Day flag hoisting
ceremonies in their respective institutions. After His
Darshan round, Bhagawan came onto the verandah and had a
long interaction with Sri Indulal Shah and a couple of other
guests. They were showing Bhagawan various architectural
drawings. This 'outdoor interview' went on for around half
an hour, concluding a few minutes before Bhajans began at
nine o'clock.
In the evening, the senior students of the Institute put up
a drama with the Independence Day theme. The historic
speeches given by Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subash
Chandra Bose and others were incorported in the drama. The
drama concluded with the message that Bharat has to get
'Swaaraajya' - the rule of the Eternal Spirit - and not mere
political independence. All rose for the National Anthem,
after which Bhagawan returned to His abode accepting the
Arati.
August 14th, 2005
This is a "long weekend" in India - Monday is Independence
Day, a National Holiday - and the Sai Kulwant Hall was full.
In the evening, the students of the Sri Sathya Sai Higher
Secondary School were ready with a program, 'Sai Sandesh' -
the message of Sai. After sitting onstage for an hour,
Bhagawan came inside the Bhajan Hall where the students were
assembled with their costumes. After some interaction with
them, Swami asked them to start the programme and went
inside the interview room. A few minutes after the drama
began, Swami came to the verandah and sat there to watch.
The message of 'Matr Devo Bhava, Pitr Devo Bhava, Acharya
Devo Bhava, Atithi Devo Bhava' - treat the parents, teacher
and guest as God - was conveyed in the drama through the
lives of two boys Nithin and Akash. Nithin teaches values to
Akash by recalling the stories of Shravan Kumar, Pundarika
and so on, which were acted out. The concluding part of the
drama had a song incorporating Bhagawan's social service
activities - educare, medicare and sociocare - represented
in tableaux. The human values of Sathya, Dharma, Shanthi and
Prema - depicted as characters - find a new hope at
Prashanthi Nilayam, at Bhagawan's lotus feet.
August 13th, 2005
This evening, Bhagawan went for an extra long round in His
car outside the Ashram, 2.45 pm to 4 pm. After spending
twenty minutes in the interview room, Bhagawan went to the
Bhajan Hall and remained there till bhajans at 5 pm.
Source:
http://radiosai.org/pages/PB.htm
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