Today morning, there was no Divine Darshan and Arathi was offered at 0940 hrs.
Yesterday evening on the Auspicious Buddha Purnima Evening, Bhagawan emerged from Yajur Mandir at around 1720hrs and turned left (opposite to the Sai Kulwant Hall) and proceeded towards the adjacent building. All the teachers of Bhagawan's University (including the Anantapur, Brindavan and Prasanthi Nilayam campuses) were seated in the hall of this Annexe to Yajur Mandir. Bhagawan interacted with many of the teachers and collected all their letters. Bhagawan then proceeded towards the Sai Kulwant Hall. A procession of small children led the group followed by another group wearing traditional dresses for the occasion. Behind them were a group of drummers from Srilanka who provided a rhythmic drum and dance presentation while moving ahead in front of Bhagawan. Bhagawan went for a complete round and came onto the stage where he lit a lamp to mark the commencement of the celebrations. Various works of Sai Literature both original works and translations were released by Bhagawan on this Sacred day. The zonal chairperson, Sri Ravindran introduced the speakers for the evening, Dr. Art-Ong Jumsai, the Sai educator from Thailand and Mr. Sudhamek of Garuda Food Indonesia. After their succinct talks, there was a presentation of a 35 minute skit titled "Yashodhara". The skit detailed the sacrifice of the princess Yashodhara who after being stranded by her husband Siddhartha (who later becomes Gautama Buddha), lived the life of a renunciant. The skit went on to describe the return of Buddha who recognises her penance and blesses her. She later becomes one of the principal disciples of Buddha attaining supernatural prowess. Bhagawan blessed the participants with clothes and a group photograph. Prasadam was distributed to the entire gathering. Bhagawan accepted Arathi and retired by 1930hrs. Source: http://www.sssbpt.org/Pages/Prasanthi_Nilayam/darshanupdateMay2010.html Om Sai Ram
