Devotees from 11 countries, viz., Afghanistan, Bhutan, Brunei, Indonesia,
Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam came on a
pilgrimage to Prasanthi Nilayam in connection with Buddha Purnima Celebrations
on 17th and 18th May 2011.
The pilgrims had the opportunity to participate in all the activities of
Prasanthi Nilayam from the Omkar and Nagar Sankirtan in the early hours to
Rudram chanting and Bhajan sessions in the morning and evening.
On the morning of 17th May 2011, there were two special talks in the
Conference Hall at the double decker building of the Ashram. Sri V. Srinivasan,
All India President, Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations spoke on the "Way
Forward". Prof. Anil Kumar spoke on the topic "Nirvana - The end of Suffering".
All the devotees were inspired by the talks by these two eminent devotees of
Bhagawan.
On the morning of 18th May 2011, there were another two special talks at
the same venue. Brother Venkatesh, an ardent devotee and resident of Prasanthi
Nilayam spoke on "The Avatar's Mission" whilst Brother Arvind, one of
Bhagawan's students who is now working for Radio Sai spoke on the topic "Sai
and Me".
During noontime on the same day, there was also a Narayana Seva programme
held in Hall No. 38 where about 1,000 poor villagers blessed the pilgrims by
partaking food and accepting gifts of clothing.
Source:
http://www.sssbpt.org/Pages/Prasanthi_Nilayam/darshanupdateMay2011.html
OUR LIFE IS HIS MESSAGE
Sai Ram
