May 2010
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*/Sri Adishakaracharya Jayanti /( May 18, 2010 ) *
"Sankara is the foremost among the master-minds and the giant souls
which Mother India has produced. He was the expounder of the Advaita
philosophy. Sankara was a giant metaphysician, a practical philosopher,
an infallible logician, a dynamic personality and a stupendous moral and
spiritual force. His grasping and elucidating powers knew no bounds. He
was a fully developed Yogi, Jnani and Bhakta. He was a Karma Yogin of no
mean order. He was a powerful magnet."
"There is not one branch of knowledge which Sankara has left unexplored
and which has not received the touch, polish and finish of his
superhuman intellect. For Sankara and his works, we have a very high
reverence. The loftiness, calmness and firmness of his mind, the
impartiality with which he deals with various questions, his clearness
of expression-all these make us revere the philosopher more and more.
His teachings will continue to live as long as the sun shines."
"Sankara's scholarly erudition and his masterly way of exposition of
intricate philosophical problems have won the admiration of all the
philosophical schools of the world at the present moment. Sankara was an
intellectual genius, a profound philosopher, an able propagandist, a
matchless preacher, a gifted poet and a great religious reformer.
Perhaps, never in the history of any literature, a stupendous writer
like him has been found." - Swami Sivananda.<< More>>
<http://www.divyajivan.org/Adishankaracharya/index.htm>
*Early Morning Meditation talks from" Ponder These Truths" by Sri Swami
Chidananda * * *
"Radiant Immortal Atman! Blessed seekers, /sadhaks/! Vedanta should be
properly received, properly taken in, to be digested. If food is not
thoroughly chewed in the mouth, it does not get properly digested in the
stomach and intestines. In spite of eating the best of food, one’s
health remains unsatisfactory. It is the same if Vedantic teaching is
not properly received.
If we listen to Vedanta, soon afterwards we get the feeling that we are
/ brahma-jnanis; /we get the feeling that we are well versed in Vedanta.
And it is in developing this feeling that your /ajnana /(ignorance) has
succeeded in deceiving you. /Maya /has attained victory. For this is the
worst type of ignorance, and it means that the more you get the
superficial outer knowledge, /apara vidya/,/ /book knowledge, the deeper
becomes your pride and the deeper becomes your delusion. You think you
are a /jnani/,/ /and thus your pride grows, your delusion increases,
which means you have gone deeper into the darkness of ignorance.
You must be very careful when proceeding upon the path of /sravana/,/
manana /and /nididhyasana/./ /When you do /sravana /(hearing) you must
do it in a proper way. Then only your /manana /(reflection) will yield.
But the vast majority of Vedantic students do sravana and then want to
do /nididhyasana/, attain /nirvikalpa samadhi/,/ brahma-jnana/./ Manana
/is easily bypassed. Very few people do /manana/,/ /very few people do
/sravana /in the right and proper manner, and therefore their knowledge
becomes their great stumbling block. They go into greater darkness". -
Swami Chidananda << More>>
<http://www.divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/reflection.htm>
*A Birthday Greetings to Pujya Sri Swami Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj ( May
3, 2010)
*
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad invites you to join with us in "/Aayush
Homam/" & a special satsang on happy occasion of *66^th Birthday
Celebration of Pujya Sri Swami Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj
<http://www.divyajivan.org/adhyatmananda/index.htm> on May 3, 2010.
<http://www.divyajivan.org/adhyatmananda/index.htm>*
We pray to the Almighty Lord, Gurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj and
Gurumaharaj Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj for Pujya Swamiji’s good
health and long life so that He could be a guiding force to seekers all
over in the path of Yoga way of Living .
“Yoga is eternal life in the soul or spirit. It transmutes a man into
divinity. It brings a message of hope to the forlorn, joy to the
depressed, strength to the weak and knowledge to the ignorant. It is the
secret master-key to open the realms of eternal bliss and deep abiding
peace"
"Yoga way of Life brings happiness of sound mind in sound body. Yogic
living implies discriminative living. Yoga is equanimity, equipoise or
equilibrium. It is skill in the performance of actions. - Swami
Adhyatmananda
Books on Yoga <http://www.divyajivan.org/adhyatmananda/publication.htm>
- by Sri Swami Adhyatmananda
/* */* Upcoming events *
Upcoming Yoga Teachers Training Course (YTTC - May 11, 2010 to May 30,
2010 ) <http://www.divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm> / Download the Form
<http://www.divyajivan.org/misc/YTTC_May10.doc>
*
*Transform your life to Yoga way of Living. Enhance your skill in Yoga,
be a teacher and spread the knowledge to others. On completion of three
weeks residential YTTC and successfully passing the test including
theory and practical, the graduate will receive a diploma certificate
recognized by Gujarat University.
It is organized under the guidance & leadership of Pujya Sri Swami
Adhyartmanandaji Maharaj, who has conducted over 750 Yoga camps in the
East & the West. Ashram's holy atmosphere is ideal for enhancing your
spiritual growth as well as the skill in the science of Yoga. You can
still enroll. Contact the ashram for the details -
sivananda_ashram at yahoo.com
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*So Says Sri Swami Sivananda *
* Be full of Joy always. Joy is the best blood tonic. Joy saves. Joy
cures. Joy elevates. Joy is your essential nature.
* Make life a perpetual joy. Derive joy from Satya. Derive joy from
Tapas. Derive joy from Daya. Derive joy from Dana.
* Give Joy to any living being. You give service and worship to the
Lord.
* Soar high always in the realms of divine pursuit and higher
spiritual knowledge and realize the Lord of life, love and joy.
* Within you is the fountain of Joy and Happiness. Practice; feel;
assert; enjoy the supreme.
/*Gurudevarpanamstu! */
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