[Chidananda] Divya Jivan Neewsletter, May 2017

Fri Apr 28 00:34:39 EDT 2017

Divya Jivan Newsletter
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad
May  2017
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OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!
OM Namo Narayanaya!
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Biography of Buddha by Swami Sivananda on Buddha Jayanti (May 15, 2017)

Lord Buddha preached: "We will have to find out the cause of sorrow and 
the way to escape from it. The desire for sensual enjoyment and clinging 
to earthly life is the cause of sorrow. If we can eradicate desire, all 
sorrows and pains will come to an end. We will enjoy Nirvana or eternal 
peace. Those who follow the Noble Eightfold Path strictly, viz., right 
opinion, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right employment, 
right exertion, right thought and right self-concentration will be free 
from sorrow. This indeed, O mendicants, is that middle course which the 
Tathagata has thoroughly comprehended, which produces insight, which 
produces knowledge, which leads to calmness or serenity, to supernatural 
knowledge, to perfect Buddhahood, to Nirvana -Swami Sivananda <<  Read 
More>> <http://divyajivan.org/articles/siva/biography_Buddha.htm>

" Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from 
good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk 
safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and 
the guidance of virtue."

"To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring 
peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a 
man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all 
wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him." - Buddha

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

"All Things are Possible"
"Beloved Immortal Atman! Blessed children of the Divine! The ways of the 
Lord are mysterious. But one fact is certain: no matter how other things 
might change, the Divine Reality, the Cosmic Being, the supreme 
Universal Spirit is always the same, the unchanging. He is always the 
ever-full, the all-perfect. He is always all-merciful. He is always the 
ocean of compassion, the ocean of love, an ocean of grace. And He is 
always sarva-samartha—omnipotent, all-powerful, capable of instantly 
doing anything and everything that He divinely wills."

"And what a great thought, that we belong to Him. He belongs to us; we 
have a claim over Him. And He is all that you desire in the form of a 
life’s companion, a helper, a partner. When you contemplate this truth, 
that we have such a great Being, such an all-perfect, omnipotent Being, 
such a sympathetic, understanding and compassionate Being as our best 
friend, as our life partner, as our constant companion, as our 
ever-ready helper, you can do nothing but rejoice, rejoice and rejoice. 
You can do nothing but rejoice. It is the truth of our life, and that 
Being is the One who is closest to us, closer than anything else." - 
Swami Chidananda << Read More>> 
<http://divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm>

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Learning of "Jeevan Yog" <http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Index.htm> 
from a Yoga Acharya Swami Adhyatmananda
Through TV episodes of "Jeevan Yoga" Series by Doordarshan Girnar

Can those having High Blood Pressure practice Asanas?
"Yes, they can practice Asanas; in fact they must surely practice them. 
All the Asanas excepting Shirsasana can be practiced. All the Asanas can 
be performed without any fear. But the special Asanas and Pranayama that 
can offer benefits are: Shashankasana, Shavasana and Pranayama carried 
out with ease.<< Read more>> 
<http://divyajivan.org/yoga&health/index.htm> << Jeevan Yoga Episode 7 
 >> <http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Index.htm>

Upcoming Yoga Teachers Training Course (38th 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.  For further details - Contact the 
ashram <http://www.divyajivan.org/contact.htm> /sivananda_ashram at yahoo.com

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Highlighting the news and upcoming events
17 ^th Brahmotsav of Sri Sri Ashtalaxmi Bahvan & Sri Chidananda Dhyana 
Mandir/Sri Ashtalaxmi Darshan 
<http://divyajivan.org/ashtalakshmi/index.htm> (April 29, 2017): You are 
invited to join with us in Navachandi  Yajna

A Birthday Greetings <http://divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm> : Join 
with us in  "Aayush Homam" & satsang with Mahatmas organized on happy 
occasion of 73^rd Birthday Celebration of Pujya Sri Swami 
Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj on May 3, 2017.
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 light to spiritual 
aspirants all over.

News & Activity Report for the Month of May 2017 
<http://divyajivan.org/News%202017/News_April2017%20.htm>
Divya Jivan <http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm>/ March 2017 / 
<http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/Divya%20Jivan%20_March%202017/DJ_March2017.pdf>April 
2017 <http://divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm>
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Gitamrutam

He who knows Me as unborn and beginningless, as the great Lord of the 
worlds, he, among mortals, is undeluded; he is liberated from all sins.( 
10:3)

He who in truth knows these manifold manifestations of My Being and 
(this) Yoga-power of Mine, becomes established in the unshakeable Yoga; 
there is no doubt about it. (10:7)

I am the source of all; from Me everything evolves; understanding thus, 
the wise, endowed with meditation, worship Me.(10: 8)

To them who are ever steadfast, worshipping Me with love, I give the 
Yoga of discrimination by which they come to Me.( 10:10)

Gurudevarpanmastu!

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