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Worshipping The Lord with a bouquet studded with musical notes of
varied hues and fragrances, students and staff from Sri Sathya Sai Educational
Institutions offered a programme of rendering of Kritis this morning on
the auspicious Aradhana Mahotsavam here in Prasanthi Nilayam today.
This was followed by an eloquent, practical speech by noted Economic thinker Sri
Swaminathan Gurumurthy. Earlier, the programme commenced
at 0820 hrs., after regular Vedam chanting, with an introduction by Sri Sai
Prakash on the ensuing Musical Offering. Extolling Bhagawan as Nada Brahma, the
very Source Of Music, sharing some insightful incidents revealing His identity
as Lord Supreme, Sri Sai Prakash then briefly narrated the nature of the twin
Kritis for the morning, introducing the composer and music director.
The twin Kritis in Telugu were composed by Ms Vasantha Lakshmi,
faculty member at Sri Sathya Sai Mirpuri Music College and music was scored by
Sri Rajkumar Bharathi, well known classical singer and music
composer, the great grandson of the renowned renaissance poet Subramanya
Bharathi.
Beginning with “Pranamaamee Sayeesham…” the second and final
number was “Sadabhavayami Sri Sathya Sai…” Extolling His greater glory singing
paeans, the twin compositions offered turned out to be a Solemn Salute to The
Lord, Who loved and encouraged sparks of talents in each and every student all
the time.
All India President of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations Sri V
Srinivasan then introduced the guest speaker for the session, Sri Swaminathan
Gurumurthy, noted economic thinker, a nationalist Indian Scholar, a renowned
travelling journalist and also the co-convener of Swadeshi Jagaran Manch,
an organisation for promoting awareness of Indian tradition-Swadeshi Movement.
Quoting Bhagawan frequently and voluntarily intermittently,
Sri Gurumurthy’s speech was full of practical realities, who chose to speak
about the Relevance Of The Message Of Bhagawan In The Present Context.
How this phenomenon, Bhagawan, is so special to India, asked
Sri Gurumurthy, wondering about Bhagawan and the mammoth organizational work He
has initiated all over the globe. Charity alone does not guarantee successful
commissioning of a project; you need something very special to achieve this,
said Sri Gurumurthy commenting on the extraordinary, superhuman initiatives by
Bhagawan for the welfare of mankind.
Speaking on Dharma, the failure of Dharma and its devastating
effect on society and nation at large, Sri Gurumurthy minced no words, coming
down heavily upon the erring western culture. Projecting India as the emerging
world power in the near future, a truth that was foretold by Swami Vivekananda
long ago, also prophesied by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Himself, Sri Gurumurthy
said it is time for the world to understand India and her role as an emerging
world leader. Whether India’s politicians…political system want it to happen or
not, it is bound to happen, reiterated the scholarly speaker amidst loud cheers.
Earlier, Sri Gurumurthy started off narrating a beautiful
experience, his first ever encounter with Bhagawan, in 2003, that proved Him the
amazing truth that dimensionless reality cannot be understood even if one is
multi-dimensional. It is not to celebrate Him but to internalize Him that is
what is important, summarised the speaker.
All India President of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations Sri V
Srinivasan then spoke about the significance of re-dedication on the Aradhana
Day… Touching upon briefly the initiatives of Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust,
committed to His Mission, the All India President then announced the
commissioning of the next phase of Sri Sathya Sai Water Supply Project for
Anantapur District serving another 50 villages providing pure Drinking Water for
the parched throats.
Bhagawan’s Divine discourse followed next, played on the
public address system. Bhagawan spoke about the importance of divinising
oneself, by detaching from body consciousness. Repeat I am God… I am God… I
am God, echoed Bhagawan exhorting the devotees of the temporal transitory
nature of human vesture. Bhagawan ended His Divine discourse with the bhajan “Bhaja
Govindam… Bhaja Govindam…”
Bhajans continued and ended with Mangala Arathi. Maha Narayana
Seva was arranged in the Sri Sathya Sai Hill View Stadium attended by thousands
of devoted souls from the nearby villages.
II Samastha Lokah Sukhino
Bhavantu II
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