[Chidananda] Divya Jivan Newsletter, April 2017

Sat Apr 1 01:32:11 EDT 2017

Divya Jivan Newsletter
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad
April 2017
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OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!
OM Namo Narayanaya!
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"Glory to Sri Rama and HIS Name!" On auspicious Ramnavami Utsav (April 
4, 2016)

"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.........."

"Ram-Nam burns ignorance, passion and sin. With or without knowledge, 
correctly or incorrectly, when the word "Rama" is pronounced it showers 
a rain of good upon the devotee. Sri Rama is Brahman who takes one 
across the ocean of worldly existence. Rama is one in across whom the 
Yogis sport, that is, the Self within".

"I call this the anti-gossip tonic. When you find that you are wasting 
your time in gossip, repeat His Name several times. You can make up for 
the time lost, and the mind will be slowly weaned away from the habit of 
gossiping".

"The seat of all good things, the destroyer of all impurities of this 
age of darkness, purer than purity itself, the food for the journey of 
aspirants on the path to salvation, their only resting place, the very 
life-breath of virtuous men, is the Divine Name of Sri Rama. So say the 
sages".

Swami Sivananda << Read  More>> <http://divyajivan.org/ramanavami/index.htm>

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Sri Hanuman Jayanti  ( April 25, 2013)

Hanuman was the living embodiment of the power of Ram-Nam. He was an 
ideal selfless worker, a true Karma Yogi who worked desirelessly. He was 
a great devotee and an exceptional Brahmachari or celibate. He served 
Sri Rama with pure love and devotion, without expecting any fruit in 
return. He lived only to serve Sri Rama."

"Hanuman ranks first amongst the heroes of the world. His heroic deeds, 
wonderful exploits and marvelous feats of strength and bravery cannot be 
adequately described.He is a Chiranjeevi. He is everywhere. He who has 
eyes and devotion beholds him and receives his blessing" Swami Sivananda
  << Read More>> <http://divyajivan.org/hanuman/index.htm>

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Early Morning Meditation Talks from Ponder These Truths by Sri Swami 
Chidananda

"The Divine Name" : The rupa of Bhagavan (the form of God) is beyond our 
comprehension. But here is something, an aspect of God identical with 
Him, discovered in ancient times. It is the mantra (sacred syllable or 
word) of the supreme absolute Being. Here is a “being” that is name, and 
yet it is formless. Therefore it has contact with the formless world. 
Itself being devoid of rupa (form), being nirakara (formless), it has 
contact with the nirakara parabrahma tattva (formless supreme Reality). 
Parabrahma is nirakara, nirguna (without form, without attributes), but 
here It is nirakara but saguna (formless but with attributes). It is in 
the form of sabda (sound). It is in the form of nama. It has vibration. 
It has a tangible sound form which we can hear with our gross ear.

"Jagat Guru Lord Krishna says: “He who repeats My Name at the time of 
leaving the body attains Me. He does not return once again into this 
mortal world.” Abheda, abhedata of nama and nami (The non-difference, 
identity of the Lord and His Name) has been established by the direct 
experience of those who have practised this path and attained perfection."

"The path of the Divine Name in this Kali Yuga is the supreme, the least 
complicated, the most efficacious, unfailing, simple and powerful path." 
- Swami Chidananda << Read More>>
<http://divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm>
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Learning of  "Jeevan Yog" from a Yoga Acharya Swami Adhyatmananda
Through TV episodes of "Jeevan Yoga" Series 
<http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Index.htm> by Doordarshan Girnar

Obesity : Yes, one can surely control hunger, thirst, sleep, behavior, 
thoughts and work by performance of Yogasanas and Pranayama. One can 
live with least consumption of food, water and sleep by practice of 
Shitali and Shitkari Pranayama. Practice of Bhujangasana reduces hunger.
Action taken to reduce the weight by compulsory dieting makes the body 
tired, sorrowful and depressed, whereas food consumed with proper 
understanding and practice of regular exercise as well as Yoga-abhyasa 
endows one with a balanced life. -Swami Adhyatmananda << Read More>> 
<http://divyajivan.org/yoga&health/index.htm>  / Jeevan Yoga Episode # 6
<http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Index.htm>
Upcoming Yoga Teachers Training Course ( 38^th YTTC) 
<http://divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm> is organized from May 11, 2017 - 
May 30, 2017 : You can still enroll
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.  Contact the ashram for the details - 
sivananda_ashram at yahoo.com / Registration form
<http://divyajivan.org/misc/April%202017%20YTTC_2_38th%20YTTC%20form.pdf>
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Highlighting the news and upcoming events

Join with us inUtsav Ganga at the Sivananda Ashram 
<http://divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm>starting from Chitra 
Navaratri (March 28, 201 - April 5, 2017), Ramnavami Utsav on April 5, 
2016 (10 am - 12 pm), Maruti Yajna on Sri Hanuman Jayanti (April 11, 
2017), Navchandi yajana on Patotsav of Sri Maa Ashtalaxmi Adishakti 
Peeth Utsav (April 29, 2016), Divya Jeevan Sangh Annual Meeting  on 
April 30, 2017, Bhakti Sangeet and............... Srimad Bhagawat Katha 
by H.H. Swami Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj on Vyasapeeth ( April 21, 2017 to 
April 27, 2017 (4.30pm to 8.00pm) -  It is a blessed occasion to listen 
to Srimad Bhagawata through Pujya Swamiji's Maharaj.

News and Activity Report for the Month of March 2017 
<http://divyajivan.org/News%202017/News_March%202017.htm>
Upcoming Utsav & Satsang <http://divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm>
Divya Jivan <http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm>/ April 2017 
<http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_April2017/DJ_april%202017.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)

To those whose minds areset on Me, O Arjuna, verily I become ere long 
the saviour out of the ocean of the mortal Samsara!(12:7)

Fix thy mind on Me, be devoted to Me, sacrifice to Me, bow down to Me. 
Thou shalt come even to Me; truly do I promise unto thee, (for) thou art 
dear to Me.(18:65)

17^th Patotsav of Maa Sri Ashtalaxmi 
<http://divyajivan.org/ashtalakshmi/index.htm>

Gurudevarpanmastu!
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