Photo of Kodai picnic from Sathya Sai with Students: Moments with Sri Sathya Sai at Kodaikanal - By Prof. G. Nageswara Rao where there is a mention of Sri Gopal Rao
Morning - Rain marooned You in SRH (Sai Ramesh Hall)! Went around, sat on chair! Finally came to our (amplifier) room, stayed for a while, went in with brolly. Refused brolly while coming from SRH. Rain permitted me to write this till 10:30 too, at Hostel. Didn't use time optimally to study CTP - digressed to pointers - maybe that's why You called me Somberi (lazy fellow) - while returning after changing over to generator, Swami came out, "Po ra, somberi" (Keep going, you lazy fellow) to allow me to cross - with a smile.
In Trayee - quite in front, as interviews for boys + parents + foreigners whose plane was this evening.
"Gopal Rao, Emi Jnaapakam Ostundi? Bharya?" (Gopal Rao, what do you remember? Your wife?)
Tithi, Swami. (Probably his wife's death anniversary)
Pichchi (crazy) etc. "Emi Sadhana Chestunnavu?" (What spiritual practice do you do?)
Sai Ram.
(Sri Gopal Rao's experience with the Andhra Bank strike is detailed at https://www.theprasanthireporter.org/2011/12/how-bhagawan-saved-the-andhra-bank/ )
Sadhana = effort to acquire that which is desired. Matchbox - to get fire, have to rub matchstick - roopa and nama (name and form) have to be rubbed together. Heart is the cup, water is desire, sugar is God, buddhi (intellect) is the spoon, stirring is sadhana, only then it becomes sweet. Not creation, but projection - of that which is already present.
Love it --> Bhakthi
Have faith --> Jnana
Act to get it --> Karma.
Tamarind, chilli and salt - mix them in proportion to get pachadi (pickle).
Anyone has the habit of paan? Cigarette? Beedi? Anyway, nut, leaf, lime --> red.
Listen! Boys! You have faith that so-and-so is your father. The basis of the faith is only your mother's word. Then why not believe Veda Mata? Today people believe newspapers, which are gas-papers. As is life, so is faith. A mirror is given, O madman, to see your face. If you put it on another's face, what is the use? If there is no mirror, you cannot see your own face. Can you say there is no face for you? Can you see the mind? Still, do you say that you have no mind?
Janmaantara Karma (karma persisting over many births) - leads to the same mother's children being either dull or bright. In the same Hostel, eating the same food, some get O grade (Outstanding) while some get B grade.
Paagal - (I believe this is the gentleman Sri Ram Ratnani whom Swami would call Paagal or madman) - Surat mein plague. Government has declared that plague is annihilated. Government's actions will not be fruitful - only God's can be.
Vi --> Vikasa (expansion) + Shwaasa (breath) = Vishwasa (faith) - new leaves, even when laughs, cries = Vishwasa. Krishna said, 'Fight, thinking of Me' - Mind is free, though body works.
Standing in front of the mirror - do you put vibhuti on the mirror or on your forehead? Arjuna didn't use a mirror - he could eat in the dark also - practice. Shabdabheri (aiming with the help of sound alone) - Dasaratha happy by curse, as he was assured of a son?! Not Born to Die - Born so that you will not be born again. Medicine, too. What is the cause of dreams? You dream due to sleep!
Simplest answers to toughest questions. "Athato Brahma Jignasa" - means, cooking, eating, adding salt! Being born, tasting life, adding Divine to make it palatable.
Cooking --> Karma Jignasa.
Taste --> Dharma Jignasa.
Adding salt --> Brahma Jignasa.
Spirituality is easy. Not from books. Nandagopal (Brindavan librarian, also used to sing bhajans) - make your voice smooth - rub it.
Gangadhar Shastri - darshan here is good, better than Parthi. Groundnut - if I don't eat, boys will feel bad. But I eat only a roti, dry, at night. Medicine for hunger. You have come here only for 2 - not toilet! - Swami and study. So, study well for exam.
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