[Chidananda] Divya Jivan Newsletter , March 2015

Tue Mar 3 01:37:40 EST 2015

Divya Jivan Newsletter
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad
March 2015
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OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!
OM Namo Narayanaya!
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"The Transcendental Divinity  That Is Lord Rama"- Swami Sivananda
Sri Ramnavami ( March 28, 2015)

"The Name of Lord Rama is the greatest purifier of the heart. It wipes 
away all one's sins. Not only this, but it wipes away the sinful 
tendencies as well. The Name is sweeter than the sweetest of objects. It 
is the haven of peace. It is the very life of pure souls. It is the 
purifier of all purifying agencies. It quenches the consuming fire of 
worldly desires. It awakens the knowledge of God. It bathes the aspirant 
in the, ocean of divine bliss. Glory to Sri Rama and His Name!.......

None but the righteous can be truly happy. None but he who has the 
correct sense of duty and the will for its implementation can be said to 
live worthily. One must be imbued with a definite conviction about the 
supremacy of moral principles, ethical values and spiritual ideals. 
These ought to guide one's day-to-day actions and serve as powerful 
means for the culture of the human personality. That is the purpose of 
life. That is the way to Self-realisation. That is the message and the 
mission of Lord Rama's Life on earth......"     - Swami Sivananda<< 
More>> <http://divyajivan.org/ramanavami/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 "

Rendering The First Hand Service
Swamiji never missed any occasion of helping the poor and the sick in 
course of his Parivrajaka life. Near Tirukoilur, while traveling in a 
bus he saw an old lady who was destitute and blind. He immediately got 
down from the bus and enquired about her
difficulties. He approached a Roman Catholic Priest and some Policemen 
and ensured for the poor woman the necessary help before leaving the 
place. While he was thus engaged in acts of service it would have been 
difficult for one to think that he was a Parivrajaka Swami from the 
Himalayas. Such acts of compassion have been one of the most dazzling 
hallmarks of his personality. Whether he was in the New World of America 
or engaged in the duties of Sivanandashram or in the far south moving 
incognito as a lonely pilgrim, he never ignored an opportunity of 
serving God in the poor and the sick.
Ram-Nam Year
The deep regard of Swamiji for Gandhiji is brought out from the 
following lines which he declared on the occasion of the Gandhi 
centenary celebrations in 1969: "It is a blessed year marking the 
centenary of this truly great soul's advent upon earth. To me this 
Gandhiyear really signifies a Ram-Nam year as well as a year of 
truth-speaking, promise-keeping,self-searching, fasting and praying and 
selfless serving. To me all these mean Gandhiji."

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

Primary & Main Yogasana (Yoga Postures)
The Physical techniques of Yoga are the stepping stones to meditation. 
According to Patanjali, Yoga is the cessation of the modifications of 
the mind.
  In the beginning the primary prerequisite to peace of mind is posture. 
Yogasana practiced to gain steady posture, health and lightness in the 
body. All Yoga postures are intended to directly or indirectly quiet the 
mind. The majority of Asana have been devised to build up different 
parts of the body and to develop the strength required by the more 
advanced  Physical disciplines. The purpose of the yogasana is to 
recondition the system, both mind and body, and to develop the nervous 
and glandular systems. The different Yoga postures have been devised to 
bring a rich supply of blood to the brain and to the various parts of 
the spinal column. The yogasana work by stretching, bending and twisting 
the spinal column in different directions to promote the health of the 
nerves. When the body is purified, Prana (vital energy) can be conserved 
and the individual becomes healthy and conscious. << More>> 
<http://divyajivan.org/Yoga_Book/yoga%20_postures.pdf>

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Highlighting News & upcoming Events

"Rama Nama burns ignorance, passion and sin. With knowledge or without 
knowledge, correctly or incorrectly, when the word "Rama" is pronounced, 
it showers a rain of good on the devotee. Sri Rama Brahma Tarakam: Sri 
Rama is Brahman who takes one across Samsara. Rama is one in whom yogins 
sport (Ramante) i.e., the Self within. Once you take refuge in Him, your 
welfare becomes His responsibility."- Swami Sivananda
Join with us Chitra Navaratri Sadhana week & culmination with Ram 
Janmotsav on March 28, 2015 <http://divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm>

News & Activity Report for the month of January 2015 
<http://divyajivan.org/News%202015/news_feb2015.htm>
Divya Jivan <ivyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm> /March 2015
<http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_March2015/DJ_March%202015.pdf>
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Gitamrutam

The man attains peace, who, abandoning all desires, moves about without 
longing, without the sense of mine and without egoism. (2:71)

He who is ever happy within, who rejoices within, who is illumined 
within, such a Yogi attains absolute freedom or Moksha, himself becoming 
Brahman.(5:24)

The sages obtain absolute freedom or Moksha—they whose sins have been 
destroyed, whose dualities (perception of dualities or experience of the 
pairs of opposites) are torn asunder, who are self-controlled, and 
intent on the welfare of all beings. (5:25)

Those who strive for liberation from old age and death, taking refuge in 
Me, realise in full that Brahman, the whole knowledge of the Self and 
all action. (7:29)
Significance of Holi 
<http://divyajivan.org/articles/siva/holi.htm>(March 5, 2015)

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