[Chidananda] Divya Jivan Newsletter , February 2015

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Divya Jivan Newsletter
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad
February 2015
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OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!
OM Namo Narayanaya!
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Worship of Lord Shiva on auspicious Mahashivratri (Feb 17, 2010)

Divya Jivan Newsletter , February 2015 "The formal worship consists of 
bathing the Lord. Lord Shiva is considered to be the Form of Light 
(which the Shiva Lingam represents). He is burning with the fire of 
austerity. He is therefore best propitiated with cool bathing. While 
bathing the Lingam the devotee prays: “O Lord! I will bathe Thee with 
water, milk, etc. Do Thou kindly bathe me with the milk of wisdom. Do 
Thou kindly wash me of all my sins, so that the fire of worldliness 
which is scorching me may be put out once for all, so that I may be one 
with Thee—the One alone without a second.”

Offer this inner worship to Lord Shiva daily: “I worship the jewel of my 
Self, the Shiva residing in the Lotus of my heart. I bathe Him with the 
water of my pure mind brought from the river of faith and devotion. I 
worship Him with the fragrant flowers of Samadhi—all this so that I may 
not be born again in this world.” -Swami Sivananda <<More>> 
<http://divyajivan.org/shivaratri/index.htm>


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Chidananda Darshan - through Life incidence of Guru Maharaj
Birth Centenary Celebration of Guru Bhagawan Sri Swami Chidanandaji 
Maharaj at Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad. 
<http://divyajivan.org/Centenary%20celebration%20of%20GuruMaharaj/program%20schedule_DJSS.pdf>
"Be a part of Celebrations and Be benefited "

*E**ver Ready To Serve The Master*
Induben Bhatt and Mahesh Bhatt of D.L.S. Bhavnagar once arranged a 
puppet show during a night Satsang at the holy Samadhi Shrine of Sri 
Gurudev Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj. With all enthusiasm they staged a 
show of life story of Sri Gurudev. Here they showed SriGurudev starting 
a charitable dispensary near Laxman Jhula and that he needed one servant 
to help the dispensary work. So puppet of Sri Swami Sivanandaji brought 
a signboard for publicity of the dispensary as well as to announce his 
requirement of one servant.
The moment the puppeteer announced -'Servant wanted', at once from the 
audience Swamiji Maharaj rushed to the puppet of Sivananda offering 
himself to become the first servant of the Master.
Though Sri Gurudev Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj was in the form of a 
puppet, Sri Chidanandaji Maharaj sees GURUDEV himself in it and offers 
himself as a servant. Swamiji beholds Gurudev at all times, in all 
conditions, at any place, in any situation.
What a total surrender to the Master !!!

/*Santa-Samagam*///
With all his busy schedule round the year, the itinerary extending to 
distant parts of the globe, Swamiji yet succeeds in wrenching himself 
free every now and then to be in the company of some saint or other. 
That is the atmosphere he longs for; at the mental plane that is the 
world which perhaps he continually inhabits. Nimkaroli Baba, a wonder 
mystic of North India, a Hanuman Siddha, was one such saint for whom 
Swamiji had very high
regard. Swamiji knelt down beside the cot and humbly offered his homage 
to the Baba and after sometime sang a few Bhajans and Stotras in praise 
of Lord Hanuman. At the close of Swamiji's Kirtan the usually reticent 
and severe-looking Baba instructed all his disciples to bow down at the 
feet of Swamiji and declared that if they did not do so, they would miss 
a unique opportunity of prostrating before an illumined sage of high order.
In his inimitable way, Swamiji said that if a person held a flower for a 
considerable length of time it was natural that the fragrance could be 
smelt on the palms. Therefore, it was no wonder if the fragrance of 
Gurudev's virtues was sometimes wafted through him because of his 
fortunate protracted contact.


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HTML clipboard HTML clipboard HTML clipboard Yoga Learning from a book 
"Yoga, A way of life" by Sri Swami Adhyatmananda

Surya Namaskara or Sun Salutation ("salute to the sun"), is a common 
sequence of Hatha Yoga asanas. Its origins lie in a worship of Surya, 
the Hindu Solar deity. This sequence of movements and poses can be 
practised on varying levels of awareness, ranging from that of physical 
exercise in various styles, to a complete sadhana, which incorporates 
asana, pranayama, mantra and chakra meditation.

The physical base of the practice links together twelve asanas in a 
dynamically performed series. These asanas are ordered so that they 
alternately stretch the spine backwards and forwards. When performed in 
the usual way, each asana is moved into with alternate inhalation and 
exhalation (except for the sixth asana where the breath is held in 
external suspension). A full round of Surya namaskara is considered to 
be two sets of the twelve poses with a change in the second set to 
moving the opposite leg first through the series.<< More>> 
<http://www.divyajivan.org/Yoga_Book/Sun_salutation.pdf> / Yogasana 
Postures <http://divyajivan.org/video_clips/yogasana_%20posture.htm> ( 
video Clip )


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Highlighting News & upcoming Events

The New Year 2015 began with a spirit of joy and enthusiasm for 
planningBirth Centenary Celebration of Guru Bhagawan Sri Swami 
Chidanandaji Maharaj 
<http://divyajivan.org/Centenary%20celebration%20of%20GuruMaharaj/program%20schedule_DJSS.pdf>at 
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad. Ashram's working committee members have 
planned various satsang, seva projects & other Divine activities during 
centenary year from Sept 24, 2015 to Sept 24, 2016 for general benefits 
and spiritual uplifting under the guidance & leadership of Revered Sri 
Swami Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj, President of the ashram. And, it has 
started from this very month only. On Jan 24, 2015 vasant panchami day 
ground breaking ceremony (/Bhoomi Pujan/) was performed on proposed spot 
for the construction of  "Sri Swami Chidananda Centenary Memorial Yoga 
Bhavan" at north-east corner of the ashram.For more details....... 
<http://divyajivan.org/Centenary%20celebration%20of%20GuruMaharaj/program%20schedule_DJSS.pdf> 


Mahashivratri Utsav ( Feb 17, 2015 
<http://divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm>*)* - Continuous twenty four 
hours Worship services at Lord Vishvanath Temple.

News & Activity Report for the month of January 2015 
<http://divyajivan.org/News%202015/news_Jan%202015.htm>
Divya Jivan <http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm> / January 2015 
<http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_Jan2015/DivyaJivan_Jan15.pdf>

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Gitamrutam


To those men who worship Me alone, thinking of no other, of those ever 
united, I secure what is not already possessed and preserve what they 
already possess.(9:22)


Fix thy mind on Me; be devoted to Me; sacrifice unto Me; bow down to Me; 
having thus united thy whole self with Me, taking Me as the Supreme 
Goal, thou shalt verily come unto Me.( 9:34)

Fix thy mind on Me only, thy intellect in Me, (then) thou shait no doubt 
live in Me alone hereafter.(12:8)

Abandoning all duties, take refuge in Me alone; I will liberate thee 
from all sins; grieve not.(18:66)


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