August 2006
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Divya Jivan NewsletterAugust 2006 |
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 "Sri
Krishna is not merely a historical man who came and went,
like others, but the Eternal Purusha
who dwells even now and shall live in the everlasting
future, in the core of all manifestation. It is the Symbol
of the Absolute descended into relativity that we call
Krishna, the ever-beloved protector of all that breathe and
air.""So Sri Krishna is called an Avatara, a descent of God in the world, of the Whole in the parts, of the Absolute in the relative. An Avatara is different from a Rishi or a Jivanmukta who represents an ascent of man to God, whereas the Avatara is a descent of God to man, consciously and deliberately. Sri Krishna lived the universal life, laughed a universal laughter, and walked on earth as the moving Spirit of the universe. To worship Him is to be in the Presence of God; to know Him is to realise the Self." "What a grand life! The householder and the Sannyasin, the great enjoyer and the great renouncer, the child and the sagacious, the sportive and the contemplative, the human and the Divine, melt together in the menstruum of Sri Krishna and exist as One! Truly, God is All, and to God all are one. "He is woman and He is man; He is boy and He is girl; He is the old one tottering with a stick; He exists pervading all things" (Svetasvatara Upanishad, IV-3). Sri Krishna’s life is a standing example of the omnipresence, omniscience and omnipotence of God, of the fact of Divine Grace and of individual instrumentality in the evolution and involution of the universe. His life is a pattern of life perfect, of the attainment of the ideal of the Superman, of the philosopher-statesman, the sage-administrator, the human realisation in life of the divine Transcendental Reality. Sri Krishna, as the ideal Superman, shows in His life the way and the goal of life of all, explains how to live and why to live. Life should aim at the direct knowledge and experience of the Absolute, and it should be lived in a way which does not, at any stage, violate the principle of this eternal Law, but affirms it in every walk of life." -Swami Sivananda <<more>> Sri Janmashthami Page Krishna Janmashthami -Swami Sivananda The Divine Advent - Swami Chidananda Sri Krishna, The Purna Avatara - Swami Krishnananda Sri KrishnaJayanti celebration - Swami Adhyatmananda Sri Krishna Stuti- audio clip
"Abide Beyond the pairs of Opposites" Radiant Immortal Atman! Beloved and blessed children of the
Divine! Sadhaks and spiritual aspirants aspiring after the ideal and
goal of divine perfection, which is the ultimate highest ideal and
goal of all mankind, the purpose of human birth according to the
vision of life conceived by the great, illumined seers and sages of
the Upanishads! The central objective, the supreme goal of life as
conceived by the Vedic vision was that man has not come here to weep
and wail, to laugh a little, weep a little, suffer and die; he has
come here, not for death but for immortality, not for sorrow but for
supreme bliss, not for struggle and restlessness but for supreme
peace, eternal satisfaction, nitya tripti. This was
their great declaration based upon their own personal transcendental
experiences, atma’nubhava, aparoksha’nubhuti. Declaring this, they called man to supreme bliss. They called the individual soul upon its pilgrimage, journey to this goal, to wake up, wake up, and not stop until it reaches its great destination. “It is your birthright. Come, come, why do you unnecessarily prolong your bondage? Why do you delay this great experience which is awaiting you, for which you are meant? Uttisthata jagrata prapya varan nibodhata (Arise, awake, having reached the wise, be enlightened).” Down the centuries, again and again, successive generations of saints and sages, perfect masters, have called upon humanity not to lose sight of the great Goal, but ever to aspire after it, attain it and become blessed. This is, therefore, the global human inheritance and heritage, thanks to the great experiences and to the supreme state of beatitude attained by our Upanishadic sages and seers, which in the fullness of their hearts they declared to all mankind. Nevertheless, they were not unaware that this is a world of pain
and death. They were perfectly aware, but they said this is
incidental to life. What is essential to life, and most important,
is movement towards this great goal of perfection. It is therefore
up to each and every pilgrim soul to keep in view its divine
destiny. We have not come here to live and die as human beings. We
are born as human beings, but we have come here to depart from life
as all-perfect divine beings.
Spreading the message of Holy Master Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj and to live by it, is the constant preoccupation of Sri. Swami Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj. His Life and each breath have been dedicated to spread the ancient wisdom of Yoga and Vedanta through simple and practical teachings of Gurudev Sri. Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj and Gurumaharaj Sri.Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj. He stresses the need for maintaining self-discipline and adherence to daily sadhana. What is Yoga? He says that Yoga is not head down and feet up, it is not to gain mastery over physical postures alone. Yoga is joy, peace, harmony, equilibrium, perfection, beauty, awareness, consciousness and supreme bliss. These qualities make a person perfect and balanced. Pujya Swamiji’s Divya Tour 2006 has
commenced on Details is available at
" Divya Tour 2006"
Divine Grace - Divya Krupa - A booklet with teachings of Sri Sadgurudev Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj’s in HIS own handwritings.( Dec 27, 2005). pdf file of about 4 Mgb, it will take long time to download
Q & A on Spiritual Life and Sadhana from “May I Answer That?”- by Holy Master Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj. The Gita touches on many subjects which are useful to an aspirant after God-Knowledge, but strangely enough, omits to mention anything about the purpose behind creation. Why did God embark on creation at all? The Lord’s silence, in the Gita, about the purpose of creation, is truly a demonstration of His divine wisdom. This very same problem arises in various minds in various forms. How did Avidya arise in Brahman? When did Karma begin? Why did the Formless assume forms? How could darkness or Maya exist in the Supreme Absolute Light? And so on. There can be no answer to these questions. It involves the understanding of the Ultimate Principle, the Intelligence that is behind and beyond these questions, the Cause of all causes, the Subject of all objects. It cannot be known as an object. And, when the subject (Self or Atman) knows Itself, speech and thought cease. The questioner and question vanish in the quest. The doubt disappears in the doubter. In that Supreme Silence, the problem is inexpressibly solved! The riddle is solved; but speech is baffled and the question remains unanswerable. Therefore, the Lord is silent about the transcendental question in the Gita; but, such is the divine wisdom of the Almighty that He gives ways and means of solving the problem. Don’t bother about why creation came into being, but try to know the Creator! Take creation for what it is and try to transcend it. This is wisdom. Trying to probe intellectually into the mystery is only buying psychological distress. There is no ‘Why?’ in respect of transcendental matters. ‘Why?’ is only for worldly things. Reason is finite and frail. God only knows the ‘Why?’. Realize the Self. Then you will get the answer. Then you will know the origin and nature of Maya and everything.
"Swamiji was once travelling in a taxi with two of his colleagues from the Ashram. It so happened that on the way they found some one lying on the road, badly injured all over the body. The taxi driver, of course, would take no notice of it and rushed forward in his usual speed. But Sri Swamiji quickly observed the scene and asked the driver to stop the vehicle. They got down and on enquiry found that the man was injured due to some accident and was lying in a helpless condition. Sri Swamiji was ready immediately to lift the patient into the vehicle so that he might be taken to the nearest hospital. But the driver would not allow it for he feared that the police would regard him as the culprit and haul him up under the impression that his own vehicle might have been the cause of the accident. What was the alternative for Swamiji? He offered the driver the fare due to him and asked him to go his way, preparing himself with his two companions to lift the patient and go walking to the nearest hospital, whatever the distance. The incident needs no comment. The driver was touched to the core and consented to take the patient in the taxi."
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