Six months of labour of love in the name of Bhagawan found
its fulfillment on 30th Jan 2010 when the Hyderabad Youth were profusely
blessed by Bhagawan with a an exclusive Divine Discourse at the Poornachandra
Auditorium that lasted for more than 90 minutes. Encouraging the folks for
their selfless service activities changing lives of many, Bhagawan advised them
to continue the good work following the dictates of their conscience.
Starting off in His inimitable style making a mention of the
illustrious life of Savitri, who with her unsullied devotion could win back the
life of her husband Sathyavan from the hands of the Lord of death, Bhagawan
narrated the illustrious sacrificial story of Chandramathi and Harischandra
bringing home the point that Truth wins in the long run. Everything comes out
of Truth and Truth alone comes to our rescue in the long run and finally
everything merges back into Truth, exhorted Bhagawan.
None can escape the consequences of one’s own actions. Pain
and pleasure do not persist for long. Everything is the result of reaction,
reflection and resound. One should do good and remain to be good added
Bhagawan, pressing the point that God is beyond any desire and is the eternal
witness.
Touching upon the Upanishadic Truth that consciousness within
is the Self – the Aham Brahmasmi principle, Tat Tvam Asi and Ayam Atman Brahma,
Bhagawan said that none are born with any name; names are given by parents
after birth; all are essentially Atman. Atma has no definite form. The So-hum,
the process of inhalation and exhalation, goes on throughout one’s life which
indicates that one is supreme consciousness itself.
Dwelling upon the relationships on the physical terrain,
Bhagawan said, relationships are born out of illusion. In fact, there is only
One exists and He is the One, the Supreme Consciousness. Referring to an
incident during the visit of Kanchana Mala, film actor from early Tollywood,
over forty years ago, Bhagawan drew home the point that the whole world is
nothing, but an illusory puppet show. Kanchana Mala who observed long silence
wanted to merge back into the Divine. She openly declared that she was one with
the Divine and thus could not afford to be associated with anyone anymore. She
merged back into the Divine ten days after her departure from Puttaparthi. Life
is a puppet show organized and witnessed in the physical terrain, said Bhagawan
declaring that Bhagawan is not separate from others.
Bhagawan further spoke about the mind, its monkey nature,
meditation, God figures came out of painter’s imagination etc. before calling
upon the two youth speakers for the session to interact with them on the dais.
Taking cue from what He spoke just before, upon calling the
second speaker from the Hyderabad Youth, Ravi Kiran, Bhagawan asked about his
name. Chiding the speaker lovingly for his ‘routine worldly’ answer Bhagawan
said that the name Ravi Kiran was given by his parents for the body and his
true name is Atma. Interacting closely with the speaker Bhagawan materialized a
chain for Ravi Kiran blessing him profusely. “Time waste is life waste, do not
waste time”. “Do not have any more illusion; do not have too many thoughts of
activities, know by yourself the reality and concentrate on the principles of
reaction, reflection and resound. Your own words will come back to you; action
is bound to have reaction” said Bhagawan interacting with the speaker,
apparently advising the assembled youth brigade.
The other speaker for the evening, Sai Gollapudi, was also
called on stage and Bhagawan repeated the same question about his name. This
time, having learnt from the ‘previous’ experience the speaker chose to give a
wise answer. He replied: “Sai Prasad”, literally meaning the same. Upon hearing
his full name “Sai Prasad Gollapudi” Bhagawan repeated the same advice given to
the previous speaker telling that these are names given by parents to the
temporal body and the real eternal name is “Atma” alone. He further assured the
youth, “Call me by any name, I will respond…there is no difference between
names….forms are based on the paintings done by Ravi Varma. To the speaker’s
prayer for benediction to continue his activities with much more vigour,
Bhagawan advised the youngster to go by His conscience as Swami is always
there.
Earlier the session started at 4 pm with Prof. Anil Kumar
starting the proceedings with his eloquent speech in Telugu that lasted for
over 90 minutes until Bhagawan arrived at 5:30 pm.
Anil Kumar who had a distinguished career in the educational
field, served as faculty in Andhra Christian College for 25 years. Later from
1989 to 1995, he served in the Brindavan Campus of Sri Sathya Sai University
(then Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning) as Principal and afterwards
is serving as faculty of Biosciences in Prasanthi Nilayam Campus. He was
introduced as the dynamic speaker and above all as the translator of Bhagawan’s
Discourses. He has written dozens of books on Swami and travelled across the
globe and interacted with over lakhs of devotees.
He began speaking about the predicament of different people
coming to Prasanthi Nilayam. Our visit to Prasanthi Nilayam is not like the
planned visits we make to other places. People who made elaborate arrangements
to visit Prasanthi Nilayam could not do so due to some other preoccupations at
the last moment. At the same time, people who did not have any travel plans to
visit this place were drawn to this place. Our visit to this place is neither
our effort nor election nor nomination, but Swami’s selection, said the learned
speaker. Sri Anil Kumar said that it is the 46th year of his teaching
profession. Please don’t think otherwise, “A teacher has no retirement. A
teacher is an evergreen hero. A teacher needs to update himself constantly.
When he does so, he becomes dear to students.”
Speaking on what is true education, Sri Anil Kumar said, “If
one follows the teachings of Baba, that will suffice, one need not browse
through various books nor listen to speeches by scholars. Once a hamlet, which
did not have even a school or a primary health centre, has now a university, a
super speciality hospital, an airport, and all these has been achieved by a
single individual. Now this place, Puttaparthi is internationally acclaimed.
Only one person is responsible for all this – Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.
Baba led an ideal life right from His childhood. He is a role model for all
students. One should lead a simple life, and not a luxurious life in the
student days. This will surely help him in later life. An Avatar incarnates to
show by His own example, how an ideal life should be led, said the reputed
speaker.
The erudite speaker further elaborated on Bhagawan’s life and
how His life is a message for the entire humanity. Sri Anil Kumar said that
Bhagawan exhorts us to run away from bad company and have the company of the
good and noble to make our life ideal. Bhagawan’s life is a saga of love, we
too should lead a life of love, said the speaker. Seriousness is sickness, so
lead a happy life full of bliss. Religion is love, religion is celebration.
Become recipients of His grace, said Sri Anil Kumar.
Though the speaker dilated at length for almost one and a
half hours, the students and the dignitaries alike were captivated by the
speaker’s unique style of narration of various events and they listened in rapt
attention all through his speech.
Bhagawan Arrives…
Bhagawan arrived at 5:30 pm to the accompaniment of Vedic
chanting. The first speaker for the session was Sai Gollapudi, who completed
his higher secondary education from Easwaramma School and Sri Sathya Sai Vidya
Vihar, Hyderabad. Holding a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Purdue
University, Sai was a member of Scientific Staff at Nortel and had been heading
the R & D Team, Nokia, until 2007. He is currently pursuing his doctoral
programme in Cognitive Science at IIIT, Hyderabad.
The speaker, divulging in detail about the initiatives taken
to organize and motivate the youth, was categorical in expressing his grateful
thanks to Bhagawan on behalf of the Hyderabad Youth. For all that Swami has
given the Youth wanted to share the joy and love with the society. Motivated by
the Hyderabad Youth, the youth who were called in for the preliminary camp were
co-operative and willing to listen, said Gollapudi praying to Swami for further
blessings and guidance. The saga of greater effort that spanned for over six
months with canvassing the youth from various educational institutions, pooling
over seven to eight thousand youth, bringing them under one fold imparting
awareness about value based education and service that finally culminated at
the Lotus Feet with bringing over 1300 Youth were explained in detail by the
speaker.
The next speaker was Sri Ravi Kiran Sripada, an MBA from
Illinois University, US and the Youth co-ordinator of Sri Sathya Sai Seva
Organisations, Hyderabad. Sri Ravi Kiran spoke about the "Sri Sathya Sai
Reprogramming Lives Programme", an initiative by the Sri Sathya Sai Youth of
Hyderabad. Over eight hundred students have been trained with right skills and
thus have been benefitted by earning secured jobs under the scheme. Sai Youth
working with various MNCs would assemble at Shivam Bhajan Hall at 6 pm to
conduct the training programme till 9 in the night. Divulging inspiring
anecdote from the lives of beneficiaries Ravi Kiran highlighted the moral
transformation in many lives that have come into affect once the Reprogramming
programme was initiated. Graduation Ceremony, a new concept that would motivate
these almost forlorn, neglected by the society had greater impact, said the
speaker narrating some heart-touching incidents in the lives of some of the
beneficiaries.
The Educationists’ Conclave, as it was christened, was
attended by eight Vice Chancellors from various universities from Andhra
Pradesh along with scores of senior administrators from various Andhra based
educational Institutions.
Bhagawan, upon coming into the Venue at 5:30 went amidst the
Vice Chancellors for a brief interaction blessing them all. All the Vice
Chancellors greeted Bhagawan with Roses as token of their love and reverence.
The three day Youth programme had other lecture sessions with
various research scholars and faculties from Sri Sathya Sai University
addressing the congregation. The speakers for the 29th evening were Sri
Srinivas Srirangarajan, the Controller of Examinations, Sri Sathya Sai
University, Sri Amey Deshpande and Sri Jagdish Chandra, both research scholars,
and the speakers for 30th January were Sri Sanjay Sahni, Principal, Sri Sathya
Sai College, Brindavan, Sri Shashank Shah and Sri Sai Giridhar, both research
scholars.
On the 31st January morning, the youth were taken to the
Chaitanya Jyothi Musuem giving them a visual experience of many things they
have heard over the months.
In the evening, the Youth completed their three day
pilgrimage with a bouquet of songs entitled “Sri Sathya Sai Sangeeta
Vibhavari”, that contained eight numbers including a patriotic mix. This was
followed by an array of bhajans, typical of Hyderabad Youth flavor. Bhagawan
blessed the youth brigade giving away safari pieces to all the members.
Bhagawan also blessed Y. Srinivas, Convener, Sri Sathya Sai Grama Seva Trust
with a materialized ring. At the end Bhagawan blessed the entire contigent with
a group photo session.
Bhagawan inaugurates Sai Manonmani Nurses’ Residential Complex
Earlier on 30th Jan, Bhagawan inaugurated the second phase of
the Sai Manonmani Nurses’ Residential Complex, built as an extension to the
existing residential complex adjacent to the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher
Medical Sciences, Prasanthigram. The second phase, a three story block, has 48
quarters meant for inhabiting nurses and technicians.
Bhagawan arrived at the Venue at 4:10 pm on the 20th evening
officially inaugurating the block by unveiling the plaque with a remote device.
Later Bhagawan went around the ground floor block blessing the personnel
involved in the Mission before retiring after spending around forty-five
minutes. The extension block is a loving offering from Dr. VKPillay and Family.
Dr. VK Pillay is a renowned Orthopedic Surgeon and a long time devotee of
Bhagawan based in Singapore.
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