Speeches and Musical Bouquet…
Monday, June 10th, 2013
Two speeches and a musical offering by the Anantapur Campus were the highlights of the second and penultimate evening of the ongoing Summer Course in Indian Culture & Spirituality – 2013 here in Prasanthi Nilayam today.
The proceedings for the evening commenced with invocatory Vedam by the students. A brief introduction by one of the faculty members of the Anantapur Campus followed, introducing the speakers and the programme to be followed.
V. Sai Pramod, 12th standard student from Sri Sathya Sai Higher Secondary School, Prasanthi Nilayam had the onus of presenting the report of II Day proceedings from the Summer Course.
The speakers for the evening were Ms Jasmine Rai and Sri Shravan Sai from the Anantapur and Muddenahalli campuses respectively.
Beginning with a mention of the supreme benediction of being His properties, Ms Rai went on narrating the beauty and supreme importance of being at His Lotus Feet as His messengers. She concluded her short but structured speech saying, it is important to lead the life of Jesus, life of God, by Loving and Serving All…as preached and practised by Bhagawan.
The next speaker, Sri Shravan Sai deliberated on the topic “Gratitude”. Punctuating his speech with beautiful anecdotes, narrating experiences with Bhagawan and with tales from epics, the young speaker highlighted importance of being grateful in one’s life, at every juncture. Before coming into the crux of his deliberations, being grateful to Bhagawan, the young speaker stressed on the importance of being grateful to the Five Elements, the ‘essential root’ of existence. Shri Shravan concluded his speech opining that the best way to offer gratitude to Bhagawan, Who has done, is doing everything to everyone is to follow at least some of His teachings.
A musical bouquet, entitled ‘Sai Smaranam’ by the Anantapur Campus followed next. Bhajans continued at the end of the 35 minute concert and ended with ‘Sunday Special’ in Bhagawan’s enchanting voice, “Hari Bhajana Binaa Sukha Shanthi Nahi…”.
Mangala Arathi was offered at 1850 hrs. marking the end of the proceedings.
Earlier, the Summer Course proceedings on the II Day featured panel discussion, talk, study circle, quiz etc.
After the invocatory Vedam chanting, further proceedings began with the Panel Discussion, on the theme “Ideal Sai Students and Their Role in Society”, moderated by Miss Rani PL, Associate Professor, Dept Of English Language & Literature, Anantapur Campus. Four of the former students of SSSIHL, holding prestigious positions in various corporate participated in the discussions.
This was followed by a short video presentation entitled, “The Message I Bring”, on Bhagawan. Next to come was a talk by Sri S Sai Giridhar, Doctoral Research Scholar, Dept Of Chemistry at the Prasanthi Nilayam Campus. Sri Sai Giridhar deliberated on the topic “Lessons From The Bhagavatham For Modern Society”. A Quiz Programme on the theme “Life Of All Avatars” as narrated by Bhagawan followed next, ably hosted by Dr Shashank Shah, Post Doctoral Fellow, Dept Of Management Studies, Prasanthi Nilayam Campus. Post lunch session featured an interactive session, Study Circle, on Selected Summer Course Discourses.
II Samastha Lokah Sukhino Bhavantu II
Posted in Prasanthi News |
