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2016/05

第十位神化身(16)

摘自：斯里沙迪亚赛峇峇（Kalki Avatar，即白马神化身或第十位神化身）的一个简明传记
编者：Col.S.K.Bose (Retd)

。。。承接第十五部

Ati Rudra Mahayagnya（至高无上的湿婆大祭）

从2006年8月9日到20日，一个历史性的事件发生于百善地尼乐园。一个深具威力，为世界和平的祈祷，Ati Rudra Mahayagnya（至高无上的湿婆大祭），在斯瓦米（Rudra湿婆的化身）亲自现身下执行。这Yagnya（献祭）是为世界的福祉而进行的。它保护和培育神圣德性于人类之中，同时拒绝和减低恶魔本质，因此，它可谓是为人类福祉而服务的。这就是斯瓦米为这殊胜事件所给予的信息。

Lingodbhava（变现林伽）

2006年湿婆之夜（Shivaratri）是最后一次，斯瓦米在众人面前从祂的口里拿出一颗林伽来。第一次的变现林伽（lingodbhava）是在1947年3月2日，在这吉祥的日子里集合于布达峇地的信徒大概少于12人。斯瓦米持续这做法直到1977年2月16日，而从那天开始直到1999年祂停止变现林伽。令大家感到讶异的是，祂在1999年又恢复这做法直到2006年，而这一次祂终于完全停止了变现林伽，迁就于所有信徒的祈求，不要让祂那衰老的身体受到更进一步的折磨。从2000年起，变现林伽已开始吸引广大的群众，管理他们成了一个大问题。

2006年斯瓦米因臀部骨折而必须以轮椅代步，并开始从祂的车子上或从一张精致的轮椅上赐予‘达瞻’。纵使行动不便斯瓦米的活动照旧进行，丝毫不受到影响。祂还是一样的忙碌。所有例常事务继续执行如旧，除了斯瓦米的讲道由于健康每况愈下而不得不完全停止外。

室内体育场

‘国际体育中心’或更为人所知的‘室内体育场’，于2006年11月22日举行落成典礼。为了纪念这历史性的时刻，第25届大学（斯里沙迪亚赛高等学府）毕业典礼就选在室内体育场举行。主要贵宾是印度总统阿都拉卡拉姆博士（Dr A P J Abdul Kalam）。出席的其他贵宾有安得拉邦州长，斯里拉美施瓦拉塔固（Sri Rameshwar Thakur），卡纳塔克邦州长，斯里查杜韦迪（Sri T N Chaturvedi），以及马哈拉施特拉邦首席部长，斯里维拉斯劳德斯穆克（Sri Vilasrao Deskmukh）。大会向罗姆舍迪博士（Dr Ram Shetty）和乌沙舍迪女士（Smt Usha Shetty）致以特别的欢迎，由于他们的慷慨解囊，这座室内体育场始得完成。

访问真奈

2007年1月20日至30日斯瓦米访问真奈。在这短短的期间举办了许多活动，而很多显要都来接受斯瓦米的达瞻。他们包括来自泰米尔纳德邦及安德拉邦的州长，首席部长，联邦部长和州级部长。在这么繁多的活动中，有两项是最引人注目的。它们就是‘Ati Rudra Mahayagnya’（Ati，至高无上；Rudra，湿婆；Mahayagnya，大献祭）及，泰米尔纳德邦政府和人民向斯瓦米表达感激之情而举行的庆贺仪式；斯瓦米建设干达乐鲁-普恩地运河从而提高干达乐鲁蓄水池的容量高达三倍之多，使真奈获得食水的供应。

Sahasra Poorna Chandra Darshan Mahayagnya（一千次满月达瞻大祭）

2008年11月15日至17日庆祝一个隆重的事件。那是一个标志性事件，被称为Sahasra Poorna Chandra Darshan Shanti Mahayagnya（Sahasra 千，Poorna 圆满，Chandra 月，Darshan 达瞻，Mahayagnya 大献祭），以标志伽利期神化身（Kali Yuga Avatar）完成目睹第一千次的满月。这在一个人的83岁的那一年才会出现。这三天来，在Shantivedika（山蒂维蒂卡，体育场的有盖看台）前面举行了一个大祭。一般上，这样的庆典是由一个人的亲戚们为他主办。在百善地尼乐园举办的献祭是为了表扬宇宙之主，为了给世界带来平和与福乐以及救渡众生脱离生死轮回的更大的目的。

到马哈拉施特拉邦的神圣访问

平静了一段长时间，斯瓦米于2009年10月28日至11月2日又启程访问普那（Pune），接着访问坐落在被森林环抱的哈士（Hadshi）村里的一座宏伟的庙宇建筑群，名叫斯里沙迪亚赛般度愣伽雪特罗（Sri Sathya Sai Panduranga Kshetra）。2009年10月29日斯瓦米为分布在这座寺庙群里的三个寺庙的神像开光，那就是西提维纳雅克（Siddhi Vinayak），舍尔地赛峇峇（Shirdi Sai Baba）以及维塔尔鲁克米尼（Vittal Rukmini）。祂上一次到该地区是在2001年到查古尔（Chakur）的访问。

2009年10月31日，斯瓦米到孟买去。祂在几个集会上发表演讲，然后于11月2日返回百善地尼乐园。

最后一次的访问

为了回应德里（Delhi）与喜玛查尔邦（Himachal Pradesh）信徒的热诚祈求，斯瓦米从2010年4月9日至18日以现身来祝福这两个地方。祂于4月9日下午抵达德里。4月15日祂启程前往新姆拉（Shimla）。斯瓦米从机场直接到为祂新建的住所，叫阿南维拉斯（Anand Vilas）。接下来的两天，祂恩赐达瞻予渴望的信徒，并于4月17日回去德里，接着在4月18日下午4点回到百善地尼乐园。这是斯瓦米在布达峇地之外的最后旅程。

隆重庄严的85岁生日庆典

斯瓦米的85岁生日于2010年11月15日至23日隆重举行。庆典期间有多项节目。众多达官显要，包括印度总统，普拉蒂巴帕迪尔（Smt Pratibha Patil）及总理，曼莫汉辛格博士（Dr Manmohan Singh）都前来参与其盛。除此之外，还有州长，联邦部长，以及TVS汽车公司的斯里拉丹达达（Sri Ratan Tata）和维努斯里尼瓦桑（Venu Srinivasan）等行业领袖。

当时没有人知道这是在祂现身之下的最后一个生日庆典。回想起来不禁令人对之充满怀念，遗憾和不可磨灭的回忆。往者已矣，时不可再。

落幕

2010年的下半年，祂的健康每况愈下。2011年3月28日，祂被送往位于百善地格拉姆（Prasanthi Gram）的高等专科医院。2011年4月24日，祂离开了祂的肉身，留下无数在世界各地沉痛悼念的人。

祂留下一个巨大的灵性遗产。祂展示，若对神深具信心并且尽力而为，无论什么都可以实现。祂的一生和教导激励了成千上万的人，当祂在世时如此，以后也继续会如此。我们不要认为祂从此离开了我们而到其他地方去了。祂继续会留在我们当中，只是祂已从人相转化为无相而已，就像改变为水蒸气的水一样。我们不能用肉眼看到祂，那是真的，然而，我们必须学习在我们的内心里去体验祂。到布达峇地来仍然像以前一样重要，因为斯瓦米说过这里的灵性能量比起世界其他地方要强大得多，而在此所执行的服务是一种最崇高的服务。

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教育的目的在于培养人格
知识的目的在于培养爱心
文化的目的在于达到完美
智慧的目的在于达到超脱

- 峇峇

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The Tenth Avatar

(A Concise Biography of Sri Sathya Sai Baba, The Kalki Avatar)
By: Col S.K Bose (Retd)

… Continue from Part 15

Ati Rudra Mahayagnya

From 9 to 20 August 2006, a historic event took place at Prasanthi Nilayam. A powerful prayer for universal peace, the Ati Rudra Mahayagnya, was performed in the presence of Rudra Himself. This yagnya was conducted for the welfare of the world. It protects and fosters the divine nature in human beings, while rejecting and diminishing the demonic qualities, thus it can be said to work for the welfare of humanity. This was the message given by Swami on the occasion of this unique event.

Lingodbhava

Shivaratri 2006 was the last occasion when Swami took out a linga from His mouth, at least in public. The first lingodbhava took place on 2 March 1947. There were less than a dozen devotees gathered in Puttaparthi on this auspicious day. Swami continued this practice till 16 Feb 1977. There was no further lingodbhava till 1999, when to the surprise of all, He resumed the practice till 2006, when He finally stopped lingodbhava, yielding to the prayers of all devotees not to subject His ageing body to further stress. The lingodbhava from 2000 onwards had begun to attract huge crowds. Managing them became a major issue.

In 2006 Swami sustained a hip fracture and was confined to a wheelchair and began giving darshan from His car or from a decorated wheel chair. Despite this physical handicap, there was no let up in Swami’s activities. He remained as busy as ever. All the routine continued as before except that Swami’s discourses came to a complete stop as His health started declining.

The Indoor Stadium

The International Sports Centre, better known as the Indoor Stadium was inaugurated on 22 November 2006. To mark the historic occasion, the 25th Annual Convocation of the University (Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning) was held in this Indoor Stadium. The Chief Guest was Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, the President of India. Other dignitaries present were Sri Rameshwar Thakur, Governor of Andhra Pradesh, Sri T N Chaturvedi, Governor of Karnataka and Sri Vilasrao Deskmukh, Chief Minister of Maharastra. A special welcome was offered to Dr Ram Shetty and Smt Usha Shetty, by whose munificence this was built.

Chennai Visit

Swami visited Chennai from 20 to 30 January 2007. Many events took place during this short period and many dignitaries came for Swami’s darshan. They included Governors, Chief Ministers, Union Ministers and ministers from Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Two events stand out from this plethora of events. They were the Ati Rudra Mahayagnya and the Felicitation Function organized in Swami’s honour to show gratitude of the Government and people of Tamil Nadu for providing drinking water to Chennai by constructing the Kandaleru-Poondi Canal and trebling the capacity of the Kandaleru reservoir.

Sahasra Poorna Chandra Darshan Mahayagnya

A grand event was celebrated from 15 to 17 November 2008. It was a landmark event known as Sahasra Poorna Chandra Darshan Shanti Mahayagnya to mark the Kali Yuga Avatar completing gazing at the full moon for the 1000th time. This happens during the 83rd year of one’s life. During these 3 days a Mahayagnya was held in front of the Shantivedika. Generally such an event is organized by the relatives for a person’s benefit. The yagnya at Prasanthi Nilayam was held to glorify the Lord of the Universe for the greater purpose of bringing peace and happiness in the world and redeem man from the cycle of birth and death.

Divine Visit to Maharashtra

After a long lull, Swami again embarked upon one more visit to Pune and then to Sri Sathya Sai Panduranga Kshetra, a grand Temple complex in the sylvan surroundings of Hadshi village, from 28 October 2009 to 2 November 2009. On 29 October 2009 Swami consecrated the idols in the three temples that adorn this temple complex, Siddhi Vinayak, Shirdi Sai Baba and Vittal Rukmini. His last visit had been to Chakur in 2001.

On 31 October 2009, Swami left for Mumbai. He addressed a number of gatherings and returned to Prasanthi Nilayam on 2 November 2009.

The Last Visits

In response to earnest prayers of the devotees of Delhi and Himachal Pradesh, Swami graced these two places with his physical presence from 9 April 2010 to 18 April 2010, reaching Delhi on the afternoon of 9 April 2010. On 15 April 2010 He left for Shimla. From the airport He went to Anand Vilas, the newly constructed residence for Swami. For the next two days He gave darshan to eager devotees and returned to Delhi on 17 April 2010 and reached Prasanthi Nilayam at 4pm on 18 April 2010. This was to be the very last journey by Swami outside Puttaparthi.

The Grand 85th Birthday Celebrations

Swami’s 85th Birthday Celebrations were held on a grand scale from 15 to 23 November 2010. Many functions formed part of these celebrations. A host of dignitaries, including the President of India, Smt Pratibha Patil and Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh came to participate. In addition, there were Governors, Union Ministers and captains of industry like Sri Ratan Tata and Venu Srinivasan of TVS Motors also in attendance.

At the time nobody realized that this would be the last time that His Birthday Celebrations would be held in His physical presence. Looking back one is filled with nostalgia, regret and wistful memory of an event, the like of which one will never again see.

The Curtain Falls

In the latter half of 2010, His health kept becoming worse and on 28 March 2011, He was admitted to the Super Speciality Hospital at Prasanthi Gram. On 24 April 2011, He left His physical body, leaving behind a mass of grieving humanity all over the world.

He left behind a tremendous spiritual legacy. He showed that with faith in God and self-effort, anything could be achieved. His life and teachings inspired millions during His life time and will continue to do so in future. Let us not think that He has left us and gone somewhere. He continues to be in our midst, only He has transformed from the human form to the formless, much like water changing state to water vapour. We cannot see Him with our physical eyes, it is true, but we have to learn to experience Him in our hearts. Coming to Puttaparthi remains as important as ever, because Swami said that the spiritual energy here was more powerful than anywhere in the world and seva done here was the highest kind of seva.

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The end of Education is Character
The end of Knowledge is Love
The end of Culture is Perfection
The end of Wisdom is Freedom

- Baba

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