October 23, 1998
After interview…
Swami : (To a Student) Sister Vachara?(Has sister come?) (The boy did not reply). Sister ra?
Student : Yes, Swami.
M.Tech students : Swami , please give us Padanamaskar… blessings for starting the project.
Swami : Padanamaskar? Us Din Maine Diyaa. (I gave that day)
Students : No, Swami.
Swami : You showed a card and I blessed that day!
Students : Swami, you saw the card but you did not give Padanamaskar.
Swami : Teesko (take) (To a student) What project?
Student : Hospital…Cath-Lab…Images. Swami, we are doing project on the hospital and planetarium.
Swami : What is the connection between hospital and planetarium?
Student : Swami, they are separate projects.
Swami : (To newly joined research scholars) How many research scholars from English?
Re.Sch.1 : Three, Swami.
Swami : Bioscience?
Re.Sch.2 : Two, Swami.
Swami : Physics?
Re.Sch.3 : Swami, no one from Physics. I am doing in Mathematics.
Swami : Chemistry? (Another research scholar got up) What specialisation in Chemistry?
Re.Sch.4 : Swami, no specialisation, general topic.
Swami : No, some specialisation must be there.
Re.Sch.4 : Swami, Organic Chemistry.
Swami : (To an English research scholar) In English?
Re.Sch.1 : Common Wealth Literature.
Swami : In Mathematics?
Re.Sch.3 : Decision-making.
Swami : Good. Who is the guide?
Re. Sch.3 : Jagan Mohan Rao sir. (Professor at the Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning; formerly from the Indian Institute of Technology)
Swami : Where is the boy with Naamam who studied MBA?
Students : He went home, Swami
Swami : Why?
Students : Chicken pox, Swami.
Students : Swami… Poornachandra session.
Swami : (In Tamil) Nera Paaru Terium. (Look straight, you can see).
Students : Please Swami.
Swami : (Jokingly) Inge Irundu Teriyalaina, Ange Poyi Paaru (if you cannot see from here, go there and see from there).
Students : Please Swami.
Swami : (To a teacher) Do you still sing in class?
Teacher : Yes, Swami.
Swami : In the classroom, you have to teach subjects. Why do you sing?
Teacher : Swami, that is the subject.
Swami : (To another teacher) Is there any music subject in our college? (The teacher smiled and nodded no)
Swami : (To the first teacher) Then, what subject?
Teacher : Awareness.
Swami : What is Awareness?
Teacher : Constant experience of Non-dual Existence.
Swami : No, total understanding is Awareness. But, why do you sing in the class?
Teacher : Swami, I sing your glory.
Swami : Sing in Bhajan hall, not in class. In which language do you sing?
Teacher : Hindi and Urdu.
Swami : Do you sing well?
Teacher : Yes, Swami.
Swami : (To an MBA boy) How does he sing?
Student : Swami, He sings well.
Swami : If you don’t tell like that, he won’t give you marks! (Smiling)
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