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Prashanthi Bullettin -
August 1st - 3rd, 2005
August 3rd, 2005
Once again Bhagawan came to the Sai Kulwant Hall before 8
o'clock, and went for two rounds of the village in His car.
He returned to the Ashram around 9.10 am. The evening
session was similar to yesterday's. By 3 o'clock Swami came
to the Hall where the UK devotees were ready with a Quawwali
programme, took a round and then went outside, returning
after nearly an hour. Then He went inside the interview
room, and asked for the programme to begin after a few
minutes. The programme started with the UK group chanting
Vedam and then there was the chanting of some verses from
the Koran also. This was followed by Mr. Popat chanting the
al Fatiha prayer - the famous Sura from the Koran - in Urdu,
and then the Quawwwali songs began. Bhagawan came onstage
after the songs commenced. The devotees showed commendable
spirit in rendering the difficult lyrics and music of the
Quawwalis. After half an hour of Quawwalis, Bhagawan asked
for bhajans, which were again sung by the UK group. At 5.10
pm, Bhagawan asked for the Arati and returned to His abode.
August 2nd, 2005
This morning, Bhagawan came early to Sai Kulwant Hall - at
7.30 am. But He did not remain there - after a round of the
Hall, He left for a round of the Ashram in the car. And
after a complete round of Prashanthi Nilayam, instead of
returning to the Sai Kulwant Hall, Bhagawan went to the
College! There, the students were just starting the prayer
assembly in the foyer before their classes. Bhagawan arrived
in the Institute Auditorium, so the venue of the prayer
session was shifted to the Auditorium. A visiting professor,
Mr. Ram Aneja, was slated to give a talk in the foyer. Swami
told him to go ahead and give his talk! So, he had the good
fortune of speaking in Bhagawan's immediate Divine Presence.
Bhagawan sat right next to him and spoke to him for quite
some time. And after the talk, Swami materialized a ring for
him too! At 9.15 am, Bhagawan returned from the Institute
Auditorium to the Ashram.
In the evening, the UK group led by Mr. Ajit Poppat was
sitting in the centre of the Hall, ready for a musical
presentation. Bhagawan came into the Hall at 3.10 pm in the
car, and directly went outside for a round. He returned only
after an hour, and went into the interview room. In a few
minutes, He came onstage, and listening for the Vedam for a
while, called up Mr. Popat and asked him to speak. Mr. Popat
narrated some experiences of the devotees who had come with
him. After his talk, he asked Bhagawan if the music
programme could begin, and Bhagawan gave His assent. The
programme started with a few minutes of Vedam chanting by
the UK group, which they did very well. The music which
followed went on for more than 45 minutes, after which Swami
asked for the Arati and returned to the Poornachandra.
August 1st, 2005
This evening, Bhagawan sat for some time onstage in the car,
and then asked for a programme by a group of US devotees.
They did not have the instruments ready - some of them ran
to their rooms to get the instruments. Swami was waiting in
the car all the while. Finally, the instruments and the
children who were supposed to sing arrived. They were asked
to sit on the ladies' side of the Hall, since the students
were already seated in front of the stage area. The songs
began at 4.05 pm. The group sang choir songs in English, and
ended after nearly 45 minutes with "Hum ko Tum se pyar
kitna".
After the US programme, Swami asked the students to sing
group songs. They started with "There is something special
in Your Love..." and went on to sing the familiar group
songs like "O Maa..." and so on. Prasadam was also being
distributed - chocolate wafers! Swami gestured something and
the US group's conductor went up to Him. Swami materialized
a chain for her, and she attempted to give the wafer to
Swami! Bhagawan persuaded her to keep the wafer with
herself... Next, another musician from the US group got a
chance to come near Swami. Swami spoke to him and gave him a
ring. After some more songs, Swami asked for Arati and
retired for the day.
Source:
http://radiosai.org/pages/PB.htm
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