Sairams to one and all from the abode of our beloved Lord. Today
India celebrated her 60 years of independence. There were many
celebrations, plays and speeches all over India
but
one celebration stood apart and that is the independence day
celebration in Puttaparthi. Our UNIVERSAL Lord,was kind enough to
celebrate India's independence day celebration and
yet
again, He took this opportunity to ignite the Modern Man's brain,
to know His real self..The day, which was supposed to be a normal
festive day turned out to be a memorable day and thanks to Swami,
for all the surprises He had today...This afternoon the Kulwanth
hall was almost full and a large group from West Bengal state
youth is here in Parthi. They were scheduled to perform a drama in
front of Swami and the stage was set for the same..Swami arrived
to grant darshan around 3:30 pm and after taking full round in the
hall, got down from His car near the interview room. It was 3:45
by then and Swami was seen speaking to some devotees in the
verandah, As Swami went into the interview room, Mr.Gokak, the
present Vice-Chancellor of Sathya Sai University, announced that
Swami has blessed three speakers this afternoon, which included
Mr.Venkatraman (my all time favourite), Mr.Giri (former Vice
-Chancellor) and Mr.Srinivasan (President of Sathya Sai Trust in
India) which would be followed by musical programme by the
students of Swami's college and followed by the drama b
y the
west Bengal youth...The three speakers were at their best,
combining patriotism with spirituality and many times reminding
the youth to live the life of our great freedom fighters and
follow the path of
Ahimsa...It was 5:05 pm by then and just then surprising every one
Swami signalled for the discourse table and before all of us could
realise what was going on Swamistarted His divine discourse which
seemed to be emotional and full of Atma Gnana....
It
was not usual discourse where Swami would say a line or two and
wait for Prof.Kumar to translate.. today, Swami spoke in telugu
non stop... The discourse went on exactly for 25 mins..Excerpts
from the discourse..The speakers who spoke before mentioned many
incidents happened in the freedom struggle and many mentioned
names of various freedom fighters but every one forgot to remember
Subhash Chandra Bose (for people who are new to Indian freedom
struggle, Mr.Bose was a freedom fighter, who formed his own army
by name Azak Hind Force to fight the British. He, with his
speeches attracted hardcore fighters, and formed a separate army..
His death was and even today is surrounded with controversies, as
some believed he died in a air crash and some say he is still
alive, but brushing aside all the stories, Swami today said, he
didn't die in a air crash)
back to discourse...Bose is one such a leader who preached and
practiced what he said. Now a days you find many preaching but
none is practicing.... of what use are such
people. All are saying but no body is practicing.. they are saying
crores of things but not practicing even one. Subhash Chandra
Bose's daughter was a great devotee of Swami...She used to come to
Puttaparthi and when I went to Kodai,Whitefield she also came
there. she was with me always. Subhash Chandra Bose sent her to
me... He was also a great devotee. He had come to Bukkapatnam to
meet Me and appreciated the work I was doing in a tender
age. India is a land of such great people. He worked for
independence without any trace of selfishness. He had no
difference of caste, creed. He believed that all are one. all are
one. love all serve all. Atma is present everywhere...there are
many rich people around.. But if any beggar comes to the door step
asking for food, how many are giving food. What for is your
richness, when you can't fill one poor man's stomach. there are so
many such rich men in
India. U say sisters and brothers outwardly but you never consider
any body as brothers and sisters. this country gives more
importance to values.. there are many who were ready to sacrifice
thier lives for values... DONT forget our great values....be like
brothers and sisters and then only you will have swaraj...
all
are doing village service. only when you do service with love, u
will have independence, then only this life will have a value.
Students are studying here, if you don't practice all this there
is no use... i bless you all to lead a more valuable life,
fruitful life as Human life is the RAREST.....
Later
Prof.Anil Kumar, who was seen taking notes fastly while Swami was
speaking, took permission from Swami to give a summary of His 25
minutes discourse, and he finished his job in 10 minutes. after
which followed patriotic and spiritual songs by the students and
then followed the play which was done so well.
Swami blessed 4 children with Vibhuthi and after interacting with
the kids, stood up for a group photo....Arathi was given at 6:30
pm and thus ended a great day full of Sai love...
Also read:
Prasanthi Nilayam News: -"...The 60th anniversary of Indian
Independence dawned with the students of the Sri Sathya Sai
University, the Music College ...."
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