[Chidananda] Divya Jivan Newsletter, March 2020
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Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad
March 2020
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OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!
OM Namo Narayanaya!
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Key to Bliss - "Meditation on OM" from Mandukya Upnishad
"All this is verily /Brahman/. This /Atman/ (the Supreme Self) is
/Brahman/. This /Atman/ has four quarters (four feet, portions, aspects
or conditions)."
This /Atman /called Om is/Para (/higher) /Brahman/ as well as /Apara
/(lower) /Brahman/ and has four quarters, four feet, not like those of a
cow, but like the fractions of a coin.
This Atman is Brahman. Brahman cannot be demonstrated. But it is
possible to infer its existence from certain empirical facts. The
existence of Brahman is inferred or known on the ground of its being the
self of everyone. For, everyone is conscious of the existence of his
self and never thinks "l am not." If the existence of the Self were not
known, everyone would think "I am not." And this Self of whose existence
all are conscious, is /Brahman/. That Brahman whose existence is
inferred by certain empirical facts, by the study of the Upanishads, is
now pointed out as being directly cognized or realized by the text,
"Ayam Atma Brahma-this self or jivatma is Brahman." The word Atma means
that which pervades all.
pad: four feet; four quarters;/Pada/ means foot or instrument. /Visva
(/Jagrat Avastha, the waking state),/Taijasa/ (Svapna Avastha, the
dreaming state), /Prajna/ (Sushupti Avastha, the state of deep sleep)
and /Turiya/, super consciousness which is same as /Brahman/, the /Atman./,
/ Visva /is the individual soul who experiences the gross objects in the
waking state. /Visva/ is the reflected intelligence (/Chaitanya,
Chidabhasa/). Taijasa is the reflected Chaitanya, the individual soul
who experiences the dream objects in the dreaming state. Prajna is the
individual soul, the reflected Chaitanya or intelligence who experiences
the bliss of deep sleep state. /Visva, Taijasa and Prajna/ are one. The
experience of /Prajna/ in deep sleep is expressed by /Visva /in the
waking state. It is /Visva/ who says: "l enjoyed sound sleep last night.
I did not know anything." - Sri Swami Sivananda << Read More>>
<https://www.divyajivan.org/Meditation%20on%20OM/index.htm>
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Early Morning Meditation talks from" Ponder These Truths"
"Brahma Satyam Jagan -Mithya"
The highest ultimate declaration, the quintessential truth, declared by
people of the supreme absolute experience is/Brahma Satyam Jagan-Mithya
Jivo-Brahmaiva Naparah/ (Brahman alone is real, the world is unreal.
Jiva is not other than Brahman).
I shall tell you within the compass of half a verse the quintessence,
the heart, the very essence of the teachings expounded in innumerable
scriptures and that is: Brahman alone is real. This phenomenal
appearance before us is only a relative reality, ever-changing,
unstable, unreliable, never dependable, limited, subject to time and
space, subject to decay and dissolution, having a beginning and an end.
Characterized by these defects and shortcomings, everything here seen,
perceived by the human individual consciousness, is but a mere temporary
relative reality. And the individual soul that thinks of itself as the
knower of this, or the seer of this, or the experiencer of this
ever-changing phenomenal flux, which is called samsara or the universe,
is a non-entity, for Brahman alone is real and the jivatman, the
individual, is Brahman plus upadhis (limiting adjuncts or additions).-
Swami Chidananda Swami Chidananda<< Read More>>
<https://www.divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm>
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Learning of "Jeevan Yog" from a Yoga Acharya Sri Swami Adhyatmananda
Through TV episodes of "Jeevan Yoga" Serie
<http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Index.htm>s by Doordarshan Girnar
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. << Read More>>
<https://www.divyajivan.org/Yoga_Book/yoga%20_postures.pdf>
46 ^th Yoga Teachers Training Course (YTTC) May 11, 2020 to May30,
2020: <http://divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm> Enhance your skill in Yoga,
be a teacher and spread the knowledge to others. You can accomplish all
that by systemically learning from a Master. Join YTTC at Sivananda
Ashram, Ahmedabad. For the details, visit
our<https://www.divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm>SIVA Yoga Center
<https://www.divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm> /Guest Info page
<https://www.divyajivan.org/GuestInfo/index.htm>
<https://www.divyajivan.org/Yoga_Book/yoga%20_postures.pdf>
Upcoming 814 ^th Yoga Shibir
<https://www.divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm>(April 20, 2020 - April
29, 2020) by H. H. Sri Swami Adhyatmanandaji : Prior Registration is
required. Please contact the Ashram office by e
mailsivananda_ashram at yahoo.com or by Telephone # 079-26861234 Fax #
079-26862345
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Highlighting upcoming event
<https://www.divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm> and news
Amrut Mahotsav (75 ^th Birth Anniversary) Celebration Year (May 3, 2019
- May 3, 2020 of H.H. Sri Swami Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj.
<http://divyajivan.org/adhyatmananda/index.htm>..........Satsang
programs, Spiritual Retreat, Pilgrimage to holy places, Srimad Bhagawat
Saptah, Jnan Yajana - Prasthan Trayee Parayan , Gita Parayan, Youth
programs, Yoga Retreat, Adhyatma Tour and more.... have been organized
through out the year by the Ashram as well as devotee groups in India
and abroad. Please join us Maa Sri Ashtalaxmi Patotsav in the concluding
of Amrutmahotsav Celebration (April 20, 2020 - May 3, 2020).
<https://www.divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm>
*We bring you just the glimpses of the core feelings of love & gratitude
expressed by devotees, organizers, hosts, yoga attendees, the press
reporters, sick and ailing and more... in so many different words. It is
overwhelming and what could be the better time than now to share them
with all while we are celebrating Pujya Swamiji's Amrut Mahotsav ! *
"With the Grace of Divine, we got the opportunity to host Pujya Swamiji
on His first visit to the USA and thereafter for the past twenty-five
years we are fortunate to receive HIS Satsang and Blessings in
abundance. The peculiar joy that we experience in HIS presence is
inexplicable and difficult to describe. The mere presence of His lifts
us to a different plane of spirituality and enlightenment that lingers
on. We feel being bathed in love and purity. We are touched by His
radiating divinity and the multifaceted magnetic personality. How could
you describe Infinite with finite Words! We feel that Unmanifest has
found an able instrument in Him to manifest His Grace & Divinity." - Naiks
"Detroit, Michigan Community Benefited from Swami Ji’s Guidance on Yoga,
Scriptures, and “Art of Saatvik Living”. We all feel very blessed with
Swami Ji’s presences & guidance, and look forward to many more such
opportunities." - Anil Lal, (President of DJSS, USA)
"We have been and continued to be blessed by His presence in our life
and His teachings. Wherever Swami-Ji goes, Love is there. Peace is
there. Joy is there. God is there. We are better people as a result of
His sharing of the Light."- Sharon (Sudha) Alitt (Founder & Director of
Kula Kamal Yoga Asharam, PA )
"It is always a joy to receive Sri Swami Adhyatmananda ji Maharaj at
Anoopam Mission. To see Him and Revered Sahebdada is to see conflations
of holy rivers Ganga and Yamuna. We have never felt that he comes from a
different organization. He is very much " Anoopam". We wish for his
visits to AMUK, again and again, to inspire us Sadhus' and devotees to
live and lead the pious life to the very core." - Himmat Swami (UK)
"Swami Adhyatmanandaji’s Yoga classes reverberated in Atlanta": Free
Yoga classes conducted by Swami Adhyatmananda attracted many and the way
Swami taught yoga to participants still reverberating in the minds of
all participants. Young, old and children from all walks of life
participated in these yoga classes enthusiastically. People from diverse
nations and cultures attended these classes in big numbers ....Dr
Prakash Desai, facilitator of Swamiji’s yoga classes said to India
Tribune, as a result of the publication in Atlanta Constitution, there
were five to six missing calls while answering a call from one yoga
enthusiastic. Experienced a very hard time to attend phone calls
received from people who wanted to attend these yoga classes, Dr Desai
added, there was an overwhelming response, he said. Each day, morning
and evening couple of hundreds that include householders, office goers,
doctors, lawyers and businessmen throng to the five day free yoga
classes conducted by Swami Adhyatmananda -by Sri. Ravi Ponangi (PR India
Tribune, Atlanta)
"We are fortunate and grateful to have Swamiji in our midst to
"recharge" our mind/body/spirit and look forward to his next visit." -
Sri Rajesh Laugani, Toledo (OH)
"Pujya Swamiji is the embodiment of the teachings of Holy Master Sri
Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj. He is a tireless karma yogi who utilizes
every second of his day in rendering the highest service to Mankind." -
Hari Ragwacharlu (Milwaukee, WI)
"Swamiji had made sure that his visits include my dad in a nursing home,
who has been in recovery from his cancer treatment. My Dad was bedridden
for quite some time but Pujya Swamiji's prayers and HIS healing
blessings brought him to come to Mandir for satsang with us, Amazing!
heart touching for our family! I was impressed by Swamiji's punctuality
and commitment about his time and event. We were blessed to have him." -
Nartan Shah (San Jose, CA)
"Swamiji has truly attuned Happiness at our newly started Happiness yoga
Centre. Moments spent with H. H. Swamiji are most precious and
invaluable to us." - Shaishav & Sunita (Founder of Happiness Yoga Center)
<http://divyajivan.org/Adhyatmananda%20Amrut%20Mahotsav%20Celebrations/Devotees%20sentiments%20of%20Gratitude.htm>
<< Read complete>> *
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<http://divyajivan.org/Adhyatmananda%20Amrut%20Mahotsav%20Celebrations/Devotees%20sentiments%20of%20Gratitude.htm>
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*A request - **"Project READ" (Rural Educational Aid Distribution):
<http://divyajivan.org/services.htm>* Sivananda Ashram, Ahemdavad has
taken up the*"Project READ" *for underprivileged & needy children of
Rural area of Gujarat. It is an extensive program running in its fourth
year that focuses on providing educational aid to the under served
Children in the form of distributing Note-books, Books to junior grade
students ( of 1st through 4th grade) and notebooks of 150 & 200 pages to
higher grade students ( of 5th through 12th grade). This year about one
lakh notebooks have been planned to be distributed free through various
centers of Divya Jivan Sanskrutik Sang of Gujarat. Ashram's team is
doing wonderful work in coordinating, distributing and funding for this
project. Also, many thanks to the selfless workers at various centers
who goes to schools and make it possible to reach to the needy children.
The continuation of such comprehensive programs has been possible only
because of the unstinting devotion and generous donation
<http://divyajivan.org/GuestInfo/Donation.htm> provided by selfless
devotees of the Lord. We believe that offering that comes from within as
an expression of gratitude, love and devotion does a lot of good to the
devotee in his spiritual quest.
/"The first step in the spiritual path is selfless service of humanity.
Selfless service is the watchword along the road to salvation. Selfless
service of humanity prepares the aspirant for the attainment of cosmic
consciousness, or the life of oneness or unity with God. Aspirants
should direct their whole attention in the beginning towards removal of
selfishness by protracted selfless service." - Swami Sivananda/
News & Activity Report for the Month of February 2020
<http://divyajivan.org/News%202020/News_February%202020.htm>
News Through Event Photos
<https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOoX3msf0GEdD8RZIxFH61JhylzoOmIlQTSjYmpUvZ0INGnY6lsW5OAW9IZhcs7og?key=RlQzdTVYY0lxc3p5TGlkNWJMdmU5TVdrTXU0b1hR>
Divya Jivan/ <http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm>March 2020
<https://www.divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_March%202020/Divya%20Jivan%20march%202020.pdf>
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Parables of Sri Swami Sivananda
Parable Of the Ants and Mountain of Sugar
There were thousands of ants living on a hill of salt. Being informed by
an ant that there is a mountain of sugar nearby, some ants went to have
their fill from it. Many of them walked on and on, but throughout the
mountain they could find nothing except salt, because they had in their
mouths salt particles which they were reluctant to leave aside. Some few
left aside the particles of salt and took their mouthfuls of sugar,
thinking that they are carrying the whole of the mountain!
Similar is the case with the ordinary persons of the world, who cannot
find Bliss even if they are informed that the mountain of Bliss lies
with them, or that they are walking upon the mountain itself, for they
are reluctant to leave aside the attachments and selfish ends to which
they are fast bound.
Mind itself is the cause of bondage and liberation. If the
salt-particles of attachment are not renounced, one cannot get abiding
peace anywhere, throughout the universe. Some few are able to practice
renunciation to a small extent. Thereby they experience only a little
reflection of Bliss. Blessed is he who merges himself into Bliss,
thereby becoming Bliss itself, the result of the supreme renunciation of
all desires and attachments.
Holi Festival <https://www.divyajivan.org/articles/siva/holi.htm> (
March 9, 2020)
H.H. Sri Swami Adhyatmanandji Maharaj's Amrut Mahotsav celebrations Year
continues <http://divyajivan.org/adhyatmananda/index.htm>from May 3,
2019 to May 3, 2020 <http://divyajivan.org/adhyatmananda/index.htm>
Gurudevarpanmastu
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