25 April Pune Community News from Nayaswami Nirmala

(letter below photos)

Dear Ones:

This evening, at the Le Meridien hotel in Pune, Swamiji addressed the
graduation convocation of the Sadhana Centre of Management and Leadership.
There were probably a thousand people there, and Swamiji gave a dynamic talk
that was very well received and appreciated.

He stood for his entire talk, and then stood for an additional 40 minutes
while he handed out diplomas to the 250 graduates!

At the end of the evening, our Ananda India choir of 17 of us sang 5 of
Swamiji's songs, and they, also, were well received.

Swamiji said that he enjoyed the energy and enthusiasm of the students and
their obvious support for each other, and their respect for the head and
founder of the school and the other teachers.

Afterwards there was a banquet, and so we in the choir were amply rewarded!
One of the many beautiful thoughts that Swamiji shared was "Reason observes;
feeling absorbs. Wisdom is a blending of the two."

Aum, n.