Interaction with Swami, 28 Dec 2009
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Swami spends an hour interacting
with the devotees from croatia after their musical
performance --talking to them, taking letters,
handing out vibuthi materializing vibuthi. The
editors of the video have put wonderful music with
this video. |
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Joy of Serving,
28 Dec 2009
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Swami distributeed vibuthi to a
large contingent of devotees from Croatia,
Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
They then presented their musical program, with
songs from each country. Swami asked them to sing
bhajans, and he had clothes distributed to them.
Swami asked Anil Kumar to announce that He was
pleased with their performance. |
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Children's choir
and play, 26 Dec 2009
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The international children's
choir, under the theme "Christmas in Prasanthi is
Pure Grace", sang a number of songs.
This was followed by a drama
titled "Christmas Comes to My Heart", based on
Bhagawan’s teachings and the biblical gospels of
Saint Luke and Saint Matthew. |
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Christmas
evening, 25 Dec 2009
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After some singing, Christmas
Committee Chair John Behner gives a speech and then
introduces the two others speakers: Yuliana
Stephanie Pulgar Monge, a medical student from Cost
Rica, and Douglas Saunders, chair of the Sathya Sai
Seva Organizations in New Zealand. |
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Christmas morning, 25 Dec 2009
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After Bhagawan makes the rounds,
comes on the verandah, and cuts Christmas cakes, the
University Brass Band plays popular Christmas
numbers. Then Christmas Carols are sung, tied
together by a dialogue sequences involving Uncle
John and Little David, talking about the birth of
Baby Jesus. |
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Christmas
eve, 24 Dec 2009
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The International Sai Choir, with
over 950 people, sang 18 hymns, for an hour, with
accompaniment from many musical instruments. Silvia
Alden directed, with support from Gisela Sebastian
of Germany
At the end, Bhagawan had a student
announce that the songs sung by the choir were
touching and made Him very happy. |
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Birthday
evening, 23 Nov 2009
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Dana Gillespie, from the UK,
offers a medly of old and new songs, all with
spiritual meaning and addressed to Bhagawan.
The Malladi Brothers again offer
songs with a perfect mix of Bhava, Raga, and Tala
(feeling, tune, and beat). Bhagawan materializes
necklaces for the brothers. |
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Birthday morning, 23 Nov 2009
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Bhagawan enters Sai Kulwant Hall,
following several bands and Vedic chanting groups.
Once on the stage, He asks the famous Carnatic
musical artists, the Malladi brothers, to perform.
After the performance and Arathi,
we see Bhagawan lighting candles and cutting several
Birthday Cakes, on the verandah and in the mandir. |
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Tamilnadu Dance Drama, 15 Nov 2009
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Sathya Kathalu.
After Bhagawan's darshan round, the Tamil Nadu youth
presented a dance-drama titled Sathya Kathulu.
Aftwerward, some small girls who
took part in it came to Him with a card, and he
created a necklace for one of them.
Clothes were given to all
participants, and group pictures were taken with
Bhagawan. |
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African Choir, 9 July 2009
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Victor Kanu introduces this group
of 45 Africans, who have come to sing before Swami.
Using local (African) instruments for accompaniment,
as well as a keyboard, they performed 9 compositions
in languages such as Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo.
During the performance, Swami went
among the singers, and afterward, he handed out
gifts individually to the choir members. |
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Brazilian singing, 8 July 2009
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Brazilian Singing
About 300 Brazilians sing before
Swami in Sai Kulwant Hall. The 8 bhajans in
Portuguese kept the audience tapping to the decidely
South American beat. They also sang Bhagawan’s own
Manasa Bhajare Guru Charanam. |
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Holi
After Swami comes to the verandah,
the bal vikas and youth wing of Bihar and Jharkhand
perform a play about education, intemingled with
dancing, based about Swami's message on Sathya Sai
Educare.
After the performance, Swami goes
among the actors and dancers, taking letters. The
video ends with Arathi and Samastalokah. |
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Holi
The bal vikas and youth wing (women)
of Bihar and Jharkhand perform music and beautifully
choreographed dancing, specially prepared for the
Holi celebrations. After the performance, Swami goes
among the dancers, taking letters. The video ends
with Samastalokah.
(Holi is a 2-5 day spring festival
associated with the worship of Krishna and his
friendship with the gopis (cowherd maidens). It is
named after Holika, the sister of Hiranyakasipu.) |
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Sivarathri speeches, 23 Feb 2009
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Sivarathri speeches Former Vice
Chancellor Sri SV Giri dwelled upon the significance
of the sacred night, calling the festivity a
cultural representation of the country,
Bharath. Sri. V. Srinivasan, All
India President, Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations,
expressed the greater benediction that befell the
people assembled to celebrate the festivity in His
Divine Presence.
Mr. Ajith Popat gave an
electrifying speech, an appetizer warming up for the
lofty Divine Discourse that was in waiting. |
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Sivarathri darshan, 23 Feb 2009
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Darshan
Swami gives darshan in the morning
and evening on Sivarathri.
Special Shivarathri Cakes,
prepared by the overseas group of devotees as well
as by the students, were blessed and cut by Bhagawan
before He came to the front of the verandah and sat,
for a long while, granting blissful darshan. |
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Sivarathri bhajans, 23 Feb 2009
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Bhajans
We see Swami on the verandah as
bhajans go on.
For part of the bhjans, Swami
makes the rounds of Sai Kulwant Hall, mostly the
college boys, talking letters and talking to a few
people. |
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Sivarathri rudram chanting, 23 Feb 2009
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Rudram
chanting Over a thousand Youth from
Karnataka, well trained in Rudram chanting, were
blessed by Bhagawan to chant Rudram in the Divine
Presence on the auspicious morning.
During the chanting, we see Swami
on the verandah, as well as college boys passing out
prasad. |
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Hungarian Songs, 20 Feb 2009
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The
Hungarian Choir is asked to sing
again. And sing the choir does, beautifully. In what
appears to be the end of the performance, Swami
materializes a necklace for one of the performers.
Then, after some conversation, the choir sings
again.
At the end, Swami moves amng the
choir. |
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Hungarian Choir, 16 Feb 2009
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The
Hungarian Choir, consisting of
140-odd men and women, treat us to a wide variety of
songs, including many with the musical taste of
Hungary and Eastern Europe.
After the performance, clothes are
handed out to the singers while the College Boys
sing. |
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Sports Festival evening, 11 Jan 2009
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Sports
festival! The evening is devoted to
performances by the students of the Primary School,
giving us a riot of colour and song in the form of
dances, balancing acts, floor exercises --even
gymnastics on roller skates.
At the end, after Arati, we are
treated to closeups of Bhagavan as He leaves.
In this Annual Sports Festival,
everyone wins, for the game is not to compete but to
create innovative and entertaining presentations
that show what people can do when they work together
for the benefit of all. |
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Sports
Festival morning, 11 Jan 2009
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Sports
festival! After Bhagavan arrives at
Hillview Stadium, the students of the University and
Schools parade in. We are then treated to
magnificent, beautiful, and breathtaking
performances, from students on trampolines (calling
themselves the "trampolions") to acrobatic feats on
motorcycles, creative percussionists, feats on
stilt-ladders, exquisite presentations depiciting
the elements by the women of the Anantapur campus,
ancient defensive arts, and more. |
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