They want to look for logic for everything, they don’t go much by feelings. She says that she just 'wanted' to believe in Swami. My mother had a natural affinity towards spirituality. That is how later he did read a few books on Swami too. Whenever he went out my mother used to slip in a book into his suitcase so that he would read a bit on Swami. My father used to work for HMT (Hindustan Machine Tools) and as part of his job, often he used to travel. He had heard that Swami could speak many languages and was very knowledgeable who could discourse on any topic. And I must say that those classes were conducted very well.īut when it came to my faith in Swami, my father was of the opinion that Swami is a ‘great scholar’. However my brother and I were attracted to Bal Vikas because of our interest in the stories of Mahabharatha and the Ramayana. Incidentally my father is an enthusiastic singer. Subsequently my parents started attending the Samithi Bhajans there. As she had some introduction to Swami, she decided to put me and my brother in the Sathya Sai Bal Vikas. Once she had heard a discourse that Bhagawan had delivered in a Mumbai Rotary Club. My mother had heard of Swami before and had also attended a few discourses before her marriage. There were a few places that offered such education then – The Chinmaya Mission Balvihar and Sri Sathya Sai Bal Vikas.
They were always interested in giving us spiritual education – something that will teach us values, religious verses and such. My parents shifted to Mumbai when I was in grade II. When it comes to our relationship with Bhagawan, there is no concept of we coming to Swami or Swami entering our lives, it is only about being aware of Swami’s presence in our lives because He has always been there. Sai Ram! I thank you for the opportunity and I look forward to share some wonderful moments that I had with Swami. Presented below is the edited transcript of a 'Fleeting Moments Lasting Memories' conversation with Radio Sai's Bishu Prusty in June 2014. Currently he is Assistant Vice President, Change Delivery, in HSBC, Hyderabad.
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Venugopal started his professional career in JP Morgan and later worked in Bank of America and Deloitte. In fact today as a senior he mentors and guides the new comers into this ever-expanding and ever-vibrant Sai youth group. In fact as a Sai youth he was blessed with plenty of opportunities to not only bask in His divine physical presence but also receive invaluable advice and guidance from Swami on several aspects of life and living, service and sadhana.Īfter completion of his education in Baba's university once he returned to Hyderabad and started his professional career, simultaneously he promptly went back to being a member of Hyderabad Sai Youth group. As an active member of the Hyderabad Sai Youth group Venugopal was deeply engaged in Bhagawan’s mission even before he became a student of His college. Before joining the institute, he had done his Bachelors in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Venugopal did his Masters in Business Administration in Prasanthi Nilayam in 2002-04.
VenugopalĪ n alumnus of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Mr. How Swami dispelled the delusion of doubts and sowed the seeds of faith