[Chidananda] Divya Jivan Newsletter , December 2013
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Divya Jivan Newsletter
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad
December 2013
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OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!
OM Namo Narayanaya!
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"Light of Yoga " by Swami Sivananda
YOGA is a perfect, practical system of self-culture. You can attain
harmonious development of your mind, body and soul by the practice of
Yoga. Yoga is an exact science. You can acquire absolute control over
the whole nature by its practice. It helps the student to attain ethical
perfection, perfect concentration of the mind and to unfold various
psychic powers. It teaches applied psychology. It helps the practitioner
to enter into conscious communion with the Lord through Samadhi, to
separate himself from the three Gunas and to attain Kaivalya or
independence eventually.
Yoga is the discipline of the mind, senses and the physical body. Yoga
helps in the co-ordination and control of the subtle forces within the
body. Yoga brings in perfection, peace and everlasting happiness. Yoga
can help you in your business and in your daily life. You can have
calmness of mind at all times by the practice of Yoga. You can have
restful sleep. You can have increased energy, vigour, vitality,
longevity and a high standard of health. You can turn out efficient,
work within a short space of time. You can have success in every walk of
life. Yoga will infuse in you new strength, confidence and
self-reliance. Through Yoga you can have complete mastery over the mind,
passions, emotions, impulses, temper and tongue. The body and mind will
be ever at your beck and call.
Yoga aims at restraining the mind and its modifications. The practice of
Yoga disentangles the Jiva from the phenomenal world of sense objects.
The Jivatma becomes identical with Paramatma. This union with Paramatma
is the goal of human existence - Swami Sivananda. << More>>
<http://divyajivan.org/sivananda/index.htm>
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Glories of Srimad Bhagawad Gita on Gita Jayanti ( Dec 13, 2013)*i ( Dec
17, 2010)*
Divya Jivan Newsletter , December 2013
"The /Gita /is the cream of the /Vedas. /It is the essence of the
soul-elevating /Upanishads. /It is a universal scripture applicable to
people of all temperaments and for all times. It is a wonderful book
with sublime thoughts and practical instructions on Yoga, devotion,
Vedanta and action. It is a marvelous book, profound in thought and
sublime in heights of vision. It brings peace and solace to souls that
are afflicted by the three fires of mortal existence, namely,
afflictions caused by one's own body, those caused by beings around one,
and those caused by the gods."
"The Gita is not merely a book or just a scripture. It is a living voice
carrying an eternally indispensable and vital message to mankind. Its
verses embody words of wisdom coming from the infinite ocean of
knowledge, the Absolute Itself."
"The /Gita /is a source of power and wisdom. It strengthens you when you
are weak, and inspires you when you feel dejected and feeble. It teaches
you to embrace righteousness and to resist unrighteousness." - Swami
Sivananda << More>> <http://divyajivan.org/bhagawad_gita/index.htm>
Quotes on Bhagavad Gita
<http://www.divyajivan.org/bhagawad_gita/quotes_gita.htm>
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Early Morning Meditation Talk from "Ponder These Truths" of Swami
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"Yoga and Vedanta "
Vedanta is divine wisdom, knowledge of the Divine Reality, the great
Reality.The heart of Vedanta is your divinity, that you are unborn,
imperishable, all-perfect. You are of the nature of existence,
consciousness, bliss absolute---/sat-chit-ananda atman/. Yoga is the
science of entering into a conscious relationship with that knowledge,
experiencing that knowledge, realising that knowledge.
HTML clipboard Yoga and Vedanta form the two ingredients that go to make
up the divine life of service, devotion, meditation and
Self-realisation. Boldly Vedanta proclaims and wants you to know:
"/ahamatma nirakarah sarvavyapi svabhavatah /(I am the Atman that is
formless, all-pervading by nature)." "Beyond sense, beyond mind, I am
the quintessence of luminous wisdom consciousness"---this is the
awareness that Vedanta grants you and wants you to practise. And Yoga is
continuous, unbroken, conscious, purposeful contact and relationship,
ever progressive relationship with the Divine.
- Swami Chidananda << More>>
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On Health Topics from a book "Yoga and Health" by Swami Adhyatmananda
HTML clipboard *Asthma: *Asthma is a chronic disease that affects your
airways. Your airways are tubes that carry air in and out of your lungs.
If you have asthma, the inside walls of your airways become sore and
swollen. That makes them very sensitive, and they may react strongly to
things that you are allergic to or find irritating. When your airways
react, they get narrower and your lungs get less air. This can cause
wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and trouble breathing, especially
early in the morning or at night.Regular practice of Bhujangasana,
Dhanurasana, Shavasana, Ujjai, Kapalbhati, Bhastrika, Omkar, Jalneti,
Sutraneti and Kunjal processes can be very beneficial in managing the
disease of asthma but proper medical consultation should be obtained.
Management includes avoiding asthma triggers and tracking your symptoms.
You may need to regularly take long-term control medications to prevent
flare-ups and Short term "rescue" medications to control symptoms once
they start. << More>> <http://www.divyajivan.org/yoga&health/index.htm>
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Highlighting the News & Upcoming Events
<http://divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm>Upcoming 30 th Yoga Teachers
Training course ( Dec 11, 2013 - Dec 30, 2013):
<http://divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm> Yoga Teacher Training Course at
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad is designed to offer you the experience of
living, Yoga way of Life and to present the necessary techniques that
will enable you to pass these great teachings on to others.
HTML clipboard Our comprehensive Yoga Teachers Training Course provide a
strong foundation for personal and spiritual development. The course is
available to student, who has completed basic and advanced Yoga classes
at Sivananda Ashram or from equivalent courses at other institutes. And
students, who wish to enhance their knowledge of Yoga Science or become
a teacher in the field of Yoga. The course will be 220 hours.
You can still enroll. For more details, Contact
Sivananda_ashram at yahoo.com <mailto:Sivananda_ashram at yahoo.com> / # 079-
26861234
Dattatreya Jayanti
<http://www.divyajivan.org/chidananda/dattatreya/index.htm>- Sri Datta
Yajna ( Dec 16, 2013 )
Sri Gita Jayanti satsang <http://divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm>(
Dec 13, 2013)
News & Activity Report for the Month of November 2013
<http://divyajivan.org/News2013/News_Nov2013.htm>
Divya Jivan <http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm>/December 2013
<http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_Dec%202013/DJ_December2013.pdf>
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Gitamrutam
Perform action, O Arjuna, being steadfast in Yoga, abandoning attachment
and balanced in success and failure! Evenness of mind is called Yoga. (2:48)
Endowed with wisdom (evenness of mind), one casts off in this life
both good and evil deeds; therefore, devote thyself to Yoga; Yoga is
skill in action. (2:50)
Let that be known by the name of Yoga, the severance from union with
pain. This Yoga should be practised with determination and with an
undesponding mind. (6:23)
That place which is reached by the Sankhyas or the Jnanis is reached by
the (Karma) Yogis. He sees who sees knowledge and the performance of
action (Karma Yoga) as one. (5: 5)
The Yogi is thought to be superior to the ascetics and even superior to
men of knowledge (obtained through the study of scriptures); he is also
superior to men of action; therefore, be thou a Yogi, O Arjuna! (6:46)
Christmas - Its Spiritual Meaning
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