January 29, 2010 – Sri Sathya Sai Hyderabad Youth Conference – Day One
The Sai revolution is a silent one. It does not sweep one off their feet;
it actually ensures that one's feet are placed firmly on the ground. It does
not come as a thunder from the vast skies; it breezes as a soft whisper from
within.
It does not move across lands like a conquering army; it merely sprouts
like a tender sapling and grows into a mighty tree! And Swami, the divine
gardener, just invests in "seeds" and more seeds! One part of this revolution
is happening in the city of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh.
The Sai Youth, by practice and precept, have shown to thousands in this
city the way to enrich their lives, making them more meaningful. As a result of
these seminars and service activities, more than a thousand inspired youth made
the pilgrimage to Puttaparthi to have the darshan of Swami.
1100 youth were thus the audience to inspiring talks by the venerable
Prof. G. Venkataraman and the All India President, V. Srinivasan in the
Poornachandra auditorium in the afternoon. For the evening, Swami had permitted
the youth to put up a drama “Namami Bharateeyam”. By 4:30 p.m., the backdrops
were ready and a contingent of Veda chanting youth were waiting at the divine
residence.
It was at 5:10 p.m. that Swami arrived. He blessed the poornakumbham and
flagged the Vedam procession to begin. Bhagavan then followed and as has become
the practice of late, threw vibhuti packets to those devotees whom He knew
needed it. As soon as He passed across the ladies' side, He cut and moved
towards the interview room. Taking a round in the veranda, He arrived on the
stage.
The Veda chanting was on and once Swami told the programme to begin, it
was stopped. The youth coordinator prayed to Swami for blessings and various
members came forward to show Swami cards which contained the work they were
doing. Swami blessed them all and finally the drama began.
The presentation started with two commanders from the army lamenting to
their grandfather about the state of affairs in India today. They use the
example of one student to depict how people are ready to go abroad and do even
menial jobs as being abroad is considered prestigious.
The grandfather narrates anecdotes from the freedom struggle, reliving
the inspiration and patriotism of the times. The discussion meanders about
Values and finds fulfillment in the faith that Sai is here to lead the youth.
The drama was interspersed with patriotic dances and quotes from Swami, and
lasted about 45 minutes. Finally, all the participants made a formation.
Swami asked whether the programme was over before moving down the ramp.
The youth had organized themselves wonderfully in a disciplined manner. Swami
posed with all the actors. Then one of the coordinators asked Swami whether the
dancers too could take a picture with Him. He agreed and the dancers came
ahead. After those pictures were taken, Swami moved back up the stage. He
blessed prasadam to be distributed to all as instrumental patriotic music from
the PA system filled the air.
Swami asked the students to sing bhajans and slowly the youth who had
come first time to Swami also began to participate. Swami now asked for the
famous alaap bhajans. As these were sung, the clapping and decibel levels went
high. The bhajans after them too seemed to benefit from the enthusiasm that had
been generated! After a few more bhajans, Swami received aarthi and retired for
the day.
sourced:
http://media.radiosai.org/Journals/Portal/pd-articles/PD-29_01_2010.htm
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