Long before the music explodes
and the lights come alive
all eyes are trained on the Way.

Eyes of the old and the young,
of women, men and children,
of the parched and the flourishing,
of the curious and the yearning,
look one way, Your Way.

And the music bursts into the
chandeliered hall
announcing Your imminent arrival.

Necks crane, hips rise and
eyes blossom wider.

And You waft in
like a breeze upon a lily pond
causing ripples of bliss!

There is a hush,
moments of stalled movement,
expectation of the unexpected,
a readiness to be engulfed
into the depths of Your
sparkling Eyes!

All expand and shrink!
The breath quickens,
hearts palpitate in the agony of ecstasy.

You walk, looking, ignoring,
smiling, serene,
overflowing with compassion,
chastising and at rare moments, laughing!
Laughing with Your Eyes too.

Your Hands wave and circle.
Suddenly You startle the wind
by writing in it, who knows
what fate you rewrote!

You walked amidst us
Oh Beloved Lord!
for a thousand full moons.

Even now I hear Your gentle Footfall and
look up to catch a glimpse and
You disappear in a jiffy.
I feel Your velvety Hand holding mine
with the Love of a thousand mothers!

You walk with me all the way.
For, The Dharshan never ceases.

II Samastha Lokah Sukhino Bhavantu II

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Emerging at 1730 hrs, Bhagawan, after completing a full round of darshan, went for a repeat round, only to take a detour after finishing the ladies’ side to come onstage at 1752 hrs through the right of Ganesha. As bhajans went on, Bhagawan continued to sit presiding over the session. At 1805 hrs, Bhagawan gestured to stop the bhajans, indicating for the mike, after a pause of 3…4 minutes, at 1810 hrs. An impromptu Divine discourse was in the offing! What a surprising delight and delighting surprise!

Delving on the greatness of Bharat’s ‘celebrated women’, Savitri, Chandramathi, Mother Sita, Draupadi and Damayanthi, Bhagawan discoursed for the next fifty-five minutes, translated by Prof Nanjundaiah, formerly, Controller of Examinations at SSSIHL (who was also His former translator) in the absence of the regular translator.

Everyone is afraid of death; however Yama goes everywhere discharging his duties, said Bhagawan in an apparent reference to Savitri’s victory over the Lord of death, who, with the Power of her Chastity won the Lord’s grace to bring her dead husband back to life. Lavishly Nowhere else in the world, other than in Bharat, one could find such stories of revival of a dead person and hence God’s special love for the land of Bharath. Power of Chastity is equivalent to Power of Penance. Scary Lord of death, Lord Yama is scared of Chaste Woman, thundered Bhagawan emphasising on the Greatness and Power of Chastity.

Shifting to the story of Raja Harischandra, Bhagawan continued in detail emphasising how Lord HimSelf was pleased with Harischandra’s adherence to Truth that finally won him everything. Harishchandra was totally selfless, said Bhagawan, urging one and all that ‘i’ and ‘mine’ should be eschewed to understand the Self.

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Delving on the story of Mother Sita and the Power of Her Chastity followed by mentions from the illustrious lives of Draupadi and Damayanthi, Bhagawan highlighted that, all of them who lived their lives for their ideal husbands were known for their Power of Chastity. With unity between husband and wife anything could be achieved, reminded Bhagawan.

Power of Chastity and Dharma is not confined to women alone, man equally has to follow the same, but women should never transgress their limits, disobeying their husbands. On Bharat’s greatness, Bhagawan sent out a strong message that opting to those who leave the nation, moving out that He termed as a waste.

Bhagawan concluded His Divine discourse at 1905 hrs with a promise to discourse in detail in the following day. A  Rama bhajan followed upon which Mangala Arathi was offered before Bhagawan moved off the stage at 1915 hrs. Spending the next five minutes inside the interview room, Bhagawan retired to Yajur Mandiram at 1920 hrs.

As if celebrating the unexpected ‘bonus’, the Divine discourse, as Bhagawan moved off the stage after ending His Divine discourse, outside Sai Kulwant Hall, Wind God was in a celebrating mood, blowing across the hamlet with unusual enthusiasm.

II Samastha Lokah Sukhino Bhavantu II

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March 4, 2011: Emerging at 1120 hrs, Bhagawan went for a round of Prasanthi Township this forenoon. The Divine caravan moved along the road, passing Yenumanappali cross leading to the Super Speciality Hospital. Taking a detour from the petrol bunk on the way, Bhagawan returned to the Ashram at 12 noon, via the Culvert gate at the western end of the Ashram. Hundreds were lined up en route inside the Ashram, for a precious glimpse of The Lord. Bhagawan, in His outpouring love and compassion, went on blessing the devotees with Abhayahastha.

‘Sweeter and sweeter as the days go by’ is perhaps the right expression to describe Divine Darshan in Prasanthi Nilayam. At a time when Darshan sessions are becoming shorter and shorter, one can find an increasing awareness among the public of the greater importance of Divine Darshan! …And with this increasing awareness, thousands upon thousands are flocking into this Valley Of Peace every day, to catch a precious glimpse of The Lord!

In the evening Bhagawan arrived at 1945 hrs in His car, coming for usual round of Darshan. Completing the round, He He spent awhile with the ‘Alike Team’ of teachers and students. Alighting at the verandah, Bhagawan then came on stage to preside over the session for the next fifteen minutes.

Detached was His demenour all through, yet He was at His amusing best! As some prasadam boys came in with laddu prasadam seeking blessings before distribution, Bhagawan grabbed a few from the box only to toss them next unto a selected lucky few. Accepting a letter from one of the boys, Bhagawan read through the same after blessing the boy with Padanamaskar. Bhajans turned into a higher gear as boys opened up with greater devotional fervour; with the devout pubic responding, erupting with booming chorus.

10 minutes past 20:00 hrs, it was time to recede. At 2010 hrs Bhagawan indicated for Mangala Arathi and soon He left the dais, not before blessing the concourse with a priceless Abhayahastha.

Bhagawan retired to Yajur Mandiram at 2015 hrs, leaving yet another Beauty Beyond Compare Sri Sathya Sai Darshana Mahotsavam!!!

II Samastha Lokah Sukhino Bhavantu II

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Friday, 25^th March 2011.
7.15 pm.

As the Lord’s divine chariot was gently manoeuvred through the hushed spellbound host of devotees…none were aware as regards the heartrending sequence of events that the Beloved One had decided to determine determinedly. Certainly this crucial decision would have a stunning impact and lead to shattering tremors…heartrending for those who adored Him to the exclusion of all else.
No one in that congregation or those tuning in from elsewhere the globe over, had even a tiny, wee bit inkling, not even an iota of an iota of an inkling that this was to be the last public darshan hitherto. None were given a peek into the script of the Supreme Script Writer and Director…for His Cosmic Leela was and is based on the shimmering waves of trust, faith, patience and surrender…and those who yearned to be a part of it needed to sift, wrench and pull apart any lacklustre, unrequired, unnecessary, ‘excess-baggage’ habits, characteristics, biases and attitude.

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What He ultimately chose to inflict upon His Divine Frame…
…for the ultimate benefit and upliftment of the human race…
…is completely beyond any mortal mind to understand…
…or even try to appreciate, gauge, interpret or unravel,
For sure,
…even if one tries to do so…it will remain as mere conjecture.

Of the Universe He is the Cause…He dictates the Decrees and the Codes of the Cosmos…and the Flawless One is beyond any laws…thus, there is none in the created world to decipher His Pause. Sovereign, Indomitable, Almighty is His Resolve and Will.
Still, not getting darshans of the enchanting Physical Form always remains an inexplicable tug, a gnawing unignorable soreness…an incalculable loss that nothing or no one can recompense…which even time does respect…feeling helpless it cannot help heal…it then attempts to help us deal…depending upon our prayerful implore…bringing along many a sweet caress of the Precious One’s omnipresent largesse…opening up episodes, events that wondrously connects and bequeaths an everlasting endorse.

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When we begin to see Bhagawan in everything around us…the visible, the invisible; the sentient, the insentient…when we bless ourselves to feel Him in that soothing wisp of the breeze…or the playful whisper of rustling leaves upon the trees; the dazzling sun rays or the reflection of playful moonbeams upon the ocean waves; the tinkle of some far off temple bells or the mystical sea sound in conch shells; in that wonderful dawn, the soft hues of a sunrise or the spectacular sunsets where each one is a distinct surprise; in those that doubt or those devout; those versatile or those that never smile…in the vulnerable cry of a newborn whether in the humankind or the wild…when awareness arises that in every being…winged, finned, two legged or four…it is Mother Sai Who revels at each one’s core…we commence to manifest the ‘You inside of you…the Me inside of me…the Us inside of us…the Sai beyond the i…’ and thus we comprehend that darshans never end…

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It is that moment now…to rise, arise…to the You within…the Truth within…for the You inside of you is brimming and waiting…for you…to then spill into everything around you.

Come, dear ones…sweet children of Mother Sai…through the intensification of ‘Samastha Lokaah Sukhino Bhavantu…Samastha Jeeva Sukhino Bhavantu…’…through the review and the re-evaluated view of harmonious kindred oneness, let us expressly manifest darshans anew…surge on…soar high with Beloved Sai…revel in a timeless avenue…eternally in a sublime rendezvous. Let us manifest that miracle…let us manifest darshans anew.

II Samastha Lokaah Sukhino Bhavantu II

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The soul knows no separation,
It revels forever in the magnificent bliss of the One,
Is there an isolated existence for glistening sunrays…
…without the matchless brilliance of the Sun…
…or for frolicsome waves sans the mighty Ocean…?
That timeless link with the Creator…
…is intrinsically felt by every bit in creation…
…a zillion impalpable tugs towards a mystical adoration…
Innumerable lifetimes…myriad forms…
…solo rhythms that longed for a duet…
During the ages gone by with Your wondrous Incarnations…
…the core may have rejoiced and celebrated,
For through it all…
…there remains a subtle awareness…
…of Your mellow Silhouette…
But for now…in the present…
…the soul is drenched and caressed…
… by the glory…
…of this…Your timeless Glorious Advent…
Mother Sai…
You Are my Eternal Beloved…

II Samastha Lokah Sukhino Bhavantu II

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24th April 2011…
What does this day mean to you…what does it mean to me…?
What import does it have cosmically…?
Different sentiments felt by different folks…yet, underlying it all is the fact that a colossal void is left behind…quite obvious, totally inescapable and utterly unavoidable is the oft gnashing pain to see the Beloved One again…

That agony of separation that was experienced by Dasharath for Lord Rama…and that painful parting which was the cause of Ma Kaushalya’s supreme grief…so too, during the age of Dwapar…similar was the angst borne by Mother Yashoda and Nand Maharaj…

What about the sorrow and distress that plagued the being of Brindavan…the forests, the trees, tulsi/basil shrubs, the birds, the cows, calves and other animals…along with the woe of the mountain Govardhan and the humble anguish of the river Yamuna…?
…and what about the stinging soreness in the hearts of the gopikas…and their copious tears?
Can any mortal measure the excruciating extent of their ordeal…?

Can anyone count the stars in the sky…or the leaves upon the branches of the evergreen trees…or the drops of water that makeup the mighty oceans or the grains of sand upon the bosom of Mother Earth…? Can one weigh the amount of snow that make up the majestic Himalayas…?

Thus, what each devoted heart feels at the physical separation from the Supreme Being can never be gauged, determined or estimated…? We all are a part of the Source…of Beloved Bhagawan, however, does life have any lustre, any flavour…when we are away and…apart from Him…?

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Inexplicable was the torment in each brijvasi’s soul…ever so colossal…then, where does this partition place us all…? Treta, Dwapar and Kaliyug…Rama, Krishna and Sathya Sai…Who can gauge the woe of a devoted heart…of an aspirant, of a devotee…of any person who was aware of Beloved Bhagawan as the solitary Mother and Father …the sole Parent – a gleeful child…up until 24th April 2011.

His Omnipresence notwithstanding, even in midst of a crowd, surrounded by friends and family…the ‘gleeful child’ now faces life often alone as an orphan alone.
The lines from the qawwali often sung in the Divine Presence – Sai bin raha na jaaye…jabsey hai dekha Tujhko Sai merey…darsh ke pyase nayana saanjh saverey… chaen na aaye mohe chaen na aaye…Sai bin raha na jae…keep resounding…

Oh! Beloved Sai…we can’t live without You… ever since these eyes first rested upon You…they have solely sought glimpses of You through each moment of dusk and day… immensely restless are we…for Thee…do not  turn away from us…Sai, we can’t live without You…

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Having experienced the Lord’s wondrous Presence,
…that mystique,
…that graceful gait,
…that charm,
…that compassion and sweet motherly interaction,
…that stern fatherly concern,
…that exclusive attention,
…that twinkling creative gaze and flow of inspiration,
…that personal loving touch,
…that pat on the back,
…that distinctly made up for any and every kind of lack…
…that Vision of Glory…
…that glorious vision…of the petal soft Lotus Feet…
…of the coveted abhaya hasta…the hand raised in bountiful  blessing…
…that unforgettable voice…the songs He did sing…
…the unparalleled joy it brings…
…that melody that pierces the depths…the core…
…who doesn’t want more…much, much, much, more…?
Unabashedly i do say – i do…i do…i do…want more…!

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Omnipotence, Omniscience, Omnipresence is eternal…it always is and always will be…the intangible does give delight…we all experience it in perhaps every bit that does vibrate around us and that does swirl and surround us…yet, the joy of His Presence is matchless…Beauty Beyond Compare…such is the bliss of the Beloved One’s Darshans.
So have we recovered…? Has Prashanti recovered…can one ever ‘recover’…from an ‘episode’ of such a massive magnitude as this…? So, what does Prashanti’s stoic calm belie…do we ever get to hear her wishful sigh…for the soft footfall of Beloved Sathya Sai…?
…and what of Puttaparthi…?

Mother Devaki and Mother Yashoda…both adored their Krishna. Puttaparthi and Prassanthi…what do these ‘mothers’ feel for their precious ‘Sai…their little Sathya…their Sai Rama…their very own Sathya Sai Krishna…?

So many thoughts…feelings flow on…
…gushing forth like a never-ending stream…
Memories swirl and beam…choosing to remain evergreen…
…and the heart does constantly, continuously reminisce…
Right now, the soul is aware of only this…
…His unfathomable mystery, mystique and mission is known to none…
His charismatic Persona endears Him to all…
His transcendental ways do baffle, amaze and stun…
He is the Creator and…
His script for the benefit of creation is supremely precise…
…intricately…ever so finely spun…
Right now, the soul is aware of only this…
His Will is that indomitable, absolute Power…
…that brought about creation…
…and…
His Word is the word of Sathya…of Truth…
…the Sathya of Sathya Sai always holds true…

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…for His Word, you see, is the Word of God Almighty…
His Will, His Power, His Word…
…propels us on…shepherds us into…
…stimulating, fructifying, inducing a Glorious Genesis…
Right now, the soul is aware of only this…
…though the cosmic realms of the intangible renders bliss…
…without His Darshans…
…there is an invariable ‘something is amiss’…
Right now, the soul is aware of only this…
…the era of Sathya Sai has much more in store…
…a refrain reverberates in the depths of the core…
He is…and we are His…
He is eternal and infinite…and eternally, infinitely we are His…

II Samastha Lokah Sukhino Bhavantu II

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Catching a ‘glimpse’ of His Own saying about the superlative significance of His Darshan will make us ponder over… over and over again…
… He says:

“My walking amongst you is a Gift yearned for by the Gods of the Highest Heaven and here you are receiving this grace. Be Grateful.”

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A Gift yearned for by Gods of the Highest Heaven…and here we are, the folks, who experienced His Divine Love in the minutest detail as well in the monumental designs… Having had Him in the midst, Who chose to be ‘One’ among us, were we disillusioned, believing that we almost had ‘cakewalked’ into Him???

He remained so close… closer than humanity could have ever expected… He moved amongst us, almost like one among… while Being in everyone of us. He did it in His own inimitable style, even excelling His preceding ‘Descends’.

Deliberating on the Divine Descend, strolling down ‘historylane’, down to the ages, we are aware that, Lord Sri Rama’s descend in the Treta gifted mankind with the sacred ‘Ramayana’, a Sacred Lore That runs into eternity, encapsulating the summum bonum of Supreme Truth. …And Lord Sri Krishna’s descend in the Dwapara presented us with the sacred ‘Mahabharata’, again a glorious spiritual marvel encapsulating the Supreme Wisdom… and there born the Song Celestial Bhagavad Gita, The Divine Treatise for everyone in all the worlds.

Human history is replete with Godly ‘advents’, advents full of Supreme Love, Supreme Compassion… packed with tales of Ultimate Wisdom…

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Every single act of Him, be it as Lord Rama… Lord Krishna or Sri Sathya Sai, bore indefinite significance… and thus definitely has His ‘final act’ of disappearance as well…

Let’s leave it for Him alone to answer… for, human understanding is just a mere spark of His Almighty Effulgence Supreme… It is only when the Jeevatma makes an attempt to realise its irrefutable connection, irresistable bondage with the Paramatma, The Suprme Brahmam, that, perhaps the little ‘i’ will get a glimpse of that secret. Until then, when we tread the path towards ‘Prasanthi’, let’s remind ourselves yet again, of the most beautiful Divine act of Sathya Sai Darshan – The Beauty Beyond Compare…

Oh! Lord, The thoughts that flit through the mind upon viewing Thy Beloved Form, makes me realize that Thou Art that vital shade that soothes and refreshes even as life represents scorching rays of the Sun…Yet, when no longer visible, can we fathom what we have lost or comprehend what we have received or gained…?”

The time that was to follow, the unfolding of His Divine plan and what necessitated it, was and is known only to The Beloved One…the unreserved shock, utter anguish and deep pain felt as He chose to hitherto withdraw the Cherished Form, could be overcome only by the downpour and surge of love His very Name brings forth.  As Beloved Bhagawan gave that most loving, lingering, everlasting, decisive and significant erstwhile darshan as yet, He made all know – You are never alone but God’s very own.

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Come, join in, reminisce, recall, relive and seek an encore, of that ultimate public darshan thus far, of the Formless Supreme. Listen to your heart – envisage creatively and receive wholeheartedly.

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…and before we close let’s remind ourselves what He Himself taught us:

The play is His, The role is His gift, The lines are written by Him… He directs, He decides the dress and decoration, the gesture and the tone, the entrance and the exit.  You have to act well to receive His approbation. When the curtain falls earn by your efficiency and enthusiasm, the right to play higher and higher roles…that is the meaning and purpose of life.

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Given below is an excerpt from the ‘Darshan Story’ on 21 August 2010 in Prasanthi Nilayam as chronicled by The Prasanthi Reporter…Let’s read..assimilate…live with it and thus manifest HIM, our Beloved Mother Sai!

Let’s re-connect to PRASANTHI DARSHAN UPDATES to connect to THE BEAUTY BEYOND COMPARE!!!

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Sat, Aug 21, 2010: Today, another day with overcast sky and slight drizzle at the ‘appointed hour’, Bhagawan emerged at 1710 hrs. with a yellow umbrella cover on top coming in granting yet another glorious Divine darshan! A slow, full round ensued with Bhagawan spending awhile at the front block interacting with a group of students before casting His special glance upon the Easwaramma English Medium School children who were into enthusiastic Vedam chanting. After blessing the flocks of children with ‘cards’, Bhagawan moved onto the portico to get into the interview room at 1725 hrs. Bhajans commenced at the appointed hour.

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Emerging just after 1740 hrs., Bhagawan came onstage at 1743 hrs. from the left of Ganesha. Soon, a team of MBA faculties led by Prof. US Rao, Principal, SSSIHL, Prasanthi Nilayam Campus moved unto Bhagawan seeking blessings on the occasion of 24th Anniversary of School of Business Management Accounting and Finance (SBMAF) in Prasanthi Nilayam. Conferring blessings upon them, Bhagawan also blessed some of their publishing endeavors. A new release entitled Value Based Business & Management, a compilation of 45 articles on the subject published in various national and international magazines was blessed and released apart from blessing a doctoral thesis on Corporate Statekeholder Management.

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Even as bhajans continued, nature was playing her best as if engaged in a rejoicing mood. With dark clouds scudding across the sky sending off occasional thunderous roaring accompanied by intermittent flash lightning, the evening was falling off fast bringing in an early twilight.

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Bhajans picked up to greater momentum and soon the heavens opened up, beating up the roof heavily, storming with thunderous roaring…Bhagawan, the ever non-chalant sweet Lord He is, sat through, intermittently glancing through the letters and the assembly, while blessing some boys in between with Vibhuti prasadam, with packets thrown in His most inimitable style.

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At 1822 hrs. Bhagawan looked at the priest indicating for Mangala Arathi. Upon accepting Arathi, there was a huge silence and nature, with her ever exuberant musical shower filling the gap, was readying herself to escort The Lord back unto His ‘Abode’. After blessing the concourse with abhayahastha, Bhagawan moved off the stage to get into His “Sai Vaahan”, moving past the hall at 1835 hrs. bringing curtains down on a beautiful Saturday evening. Prasadam was distributed to the entire assemblage.

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Given below is an excerpt from the ‘Darshan Story’ on 19 August 2010 in Prasanthi Nilayam as chronicled by The Prasanthi Reporter…Let’s read..assimilate…live with it and thus manifest HIM, our Beloved Mother Sai!

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Let’s re-connect to PRASANTHI DARSHAN UPDATES to connect to THE BEAUTY BEYOND COMPARE!!!

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Thu, Aug 19, 2010: Even as the last strains of epochal Vedam chanting filled the air, Prasanthi was gearing up for the Holy Thursday’s Holy Darshan!…and there He emerged to the final strains of the incantations, at 1726 hrs. Gliding past the vast concourse of devotees, casting His benedictory glance upon many, accepting a few letters in between, Bhagawan moved towards the Primary block granting them special attention before ascending the portico, moving into the bhajan hall. Emerging through the rear entrance in a couple of minutes, Bhagawan came onstage at 1745 hrs. marked by a crescendo in bhajans.

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Presiding over the next forty-five minutes, Bhagawan accepted Mangala Arathi just after 1830 hrs. Moving off the dais after a brief pause, Bhagawan blessed some devotees enroute, before gliding into the ladies’ side at 1840 hrs., retiring for the day.

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Given below is an excerpt from the Darshan Story on 18 August 2010 in Prasanthi Nilayam as chronicled by The Prasanthi Reporter…Let’s read..assimilate…live with it and thus manifest HIM, our Beloved Mother Sai!

Let’s re-connect to PRASANTHI DARSHAN UPDATES to connect to THE BEAUTY BEYOND COMPARE!!!

Wed, Aug 18, 2010: Emerging at the stroke of 1800 hrs. “The Lord in Orange Robe” wafted through the vast concourse with His benedictory physical glance falling on many a blessed one who dotted the spacious Sai Kulwant Hall on this blessed evening. Completing a full round of darshan, Bhagawan moved through the lower portico, blessing the visiting Canadian group in-charge enquiring on their schedule, before coming onstage at 1820 hrs.

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As bhajans prolonged beyond the daylight, crossing the twilight, with Bhagawan glittering as the crest jewel adorning the centre-stage, what ensued was a sumptuous feast of Divine Darshan enjoyed every bit by the blessed assembly.

At 1910 hrs. Bhagawan turned to the priest indicating for Mangala Arathi, after exactly 100 minutes of bhajans. Upon accepting Arathi, blessing the concourse with abhayahastha, Bhagawan moved off, interacting with many enroute, before gliding into the ladies’ side at 1922 hrs. retiring for the day. Prasadam was distributed to the entire assemblage.

II Samastha Lokah Sukhino Bhavantu II

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