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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><font color="#ffffff"><big>Holy
Month of Shravana - Dedicated to Lord Siva and His worship( Aug 13,
2007 - Sept 9, 2007) "Siva Tattva" and Philosophy of Symbols by Sri
Swami Sivananda </big><br>
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<p><a
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alt="" src="cid:part2.03050707.04010708@divyajivan.org" align="left"
border="0" height="125" width="125"></a>"Salutations to Lord Siva, the
vanquisher of Cupid, the
bestower of eternal bliss and immortality, the protector of all beings,
destroyer of sins, the Lord of
the gods, who wears a tiger-skin, the
best among objects of worship, through whose matted hair the Ganga
flows. </p>
<p>Lord Siva is the pure, changeless, attributeless,
all-pervading transcendental consciousness. He is the inactive
(Nishkriya) Purusha. Prakriti is dancing on His breast and performing
the creative, preservative and destructive processes."..... Swami
Sivananda <a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/sivananda/index.htm"><<More>></a><br>
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of Sri Goswami Tulsidas by Sri Swami Sivananda on the occasion of Sri
Tulsidas Jayanthi (August 20, 2007)</font></b><br>
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"Tulsidas wrote twelve books. The most famous book is his Ramayan—<i>Ram-charit-manas</i>—in
Hindi. He wrote this book under the directions of Hanuman. This Ramayan
is read and worshipped with great reverence in every Hindu home in
Northern India. It is an inspiring book. It contains sweet couplets in
beautiful rhyme. <i>Vinaya Patrika </i>is another important book
written by Tulsidas....." <br>
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color="#ffffff"><big><small>Early Morning Meditation talks from"
Ponder These Truths" by Sri Swami Chidananda</small></big></font></small></big></small></big></small></big></font></small></big></font></small></big></small></big><font><big><small><font><big><small><font
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<b>Mind- Your Greatest Friend</b><img alt=""
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"Guard your mind from the lower
self, from these dark, negative
tendencies, from bad company, from idleness and from the assailment of
old <i>
samskaras </i>(mental impressions). Keep it occupied, keep it
positive, take it into good company. Try to keep it in an elevated
state. Do not allow the lower mind to drag it down. Be your own best
friend. Be the best friend of your mind; befriend it".....<br>
"Think deeply. Then you will realise what the mind is to you. It is to
be utilized, channelled; it is to be educated, strengthened, and
supported in every way. You must nurture it and make it your greatest
asset. This requires clear perception, wisdom and active effort. It is
laziness that ruins the mind. Take pains, be willing to take the
trouble. You will not regret it. It will repay you a thousandfold.
Ponder well this inner situation of yours. Ponder well this fact: how
great a thing the mind is, how much you owe it.......Swami
Chidananda<a
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff">Celebrating
Golden Jubilee of 'Divya Jivan' - A Monthly Spiritual Journal</font></b><br>
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<a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/News/Newsletters/golden_jubileeDJ.pdf">Golden
Jubilee Issue of Gujarati </a><a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/News/Newsletters/golden_jubileeDJ.pdf">Monthly
Spiritual Journal</a><a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/News/Newsletters/golden_jubileeDJ.pdf">
" Divya Jivan "</a><b> </b>- <span style="">We are pleased to bring
the Golden jubilee issue of "Divya Jivan" </span>with
selective articles of saints and sages full of wisdom, messages of well
wishers and much more <span style="">to all our readers. As you know,
Most Rev.
Brahmalin
Sri Swami Yagnavalkyanandaji Maharaj - Dr. Sivananda Adhvaryooji (our
beloved
Pujya Bapuji) commenced publication of <small><small><b>“DIVYA JIVAN”</b></small></small>
monthly(Gujarati)
in August 1957 to spread the spiritual messages of Sadgurudev Sri Swami
Sivanandaji Maharaj to uplift the mankind under the banner of </span>Gujarat
Divya Jivan Sangh is catering service to the Gujarati speaking and
reading
community in the same pattern and foot steps of Sadgurudev Sri Swami
Sivanandaji Maharaj, again with the motto of Serve, Love, Give, Purify,
Meditate and Realize.<br>
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of the upcoming events at Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad</font></b><br>
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<div align="left"><a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/adhyatmananda/index.htm">Holy Shravan
Month Celebration (Aug 13, 2007-
Set 9, 2007 )</a><br>
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<li><b>Shiv Mahapuran Jnana Yajna</b><b> ( in Hindi) Aug 15,
2007 to Sept 13, 2007 - </b>During the holy Shravana month discourses
on Shiva Purana by Pujya Sri Swami Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj have been
organized at Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad daily from 5.30 pm- 7.00pm<br>
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<li>During the entire month, worship services will be available
to
devotees, who wish to offer to the Lord Sri Vishwanath<a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm"><img alt=""
src="cid:part5.09040400.04020005@divyajivan.org" align="right"
border="0" height="125" width="189"></a> Mahadev. <i><b>Worship
Services</b></i> Abhishekatmak Laghurudra (every Monday), Sava Lakh
Bilipatra Archana, Abhishekatmak Laghurudra (any day), Rudrabhishek
Pooja,<i><b> Special Pooja </b></i>Sri Parthiveshwar Pooja,
Shivashottar Archana, Shiv Bhog Prasad, Brahman Bhojan, Homatmak
Laghurudra (Shravani Amavashya)- Please contact Ashram for the details,
Phone # 079-26861234 Telefax # 079-26862345 Email <a
href="mailto:-sivanandaashram@gmail">
-sivanandaashram@gmail.com</a><br>
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<li><a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/misc/yttc_dec07.htm">Upcoming
Yoga Teachers Training Course (YTTC) Dec 11, 2007 - Dec 30,
2007</a>. Plan Ahead and Enroll in advance. </li>
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<span style=""></span><b><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/divya.tour2006/NewsletterAugust2007/photo?authkey=lvL5m-ISZQc#s5093825167196211442">News
in Slide
Show for
July 2007 </a>&<a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/News/Newsletters/july07_news.htm">
Report of Spiritual Tour to Taiwan</a> <big><big><small><small><small>
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<p><b>Parable Of The Gardener And The Shep Herd<br>
</b>A gardener was proceeding towards his master's house one
morning, with a flower-pot on
his head; and in the flower-pot was a beautiful, green plant, for
growing which the
gardener had taken immense pains. On the way he met his friend, the
shepherd, who was
going to his house with a sheep slung on his shoulders. The gardener
had not met the
shepherd for some time. He greeted the shepherd with a big smile and
the two began to
talk. When the exchange of news came to an end, they went their way.
The gardener wanted
to take a look at the plant, before he entered the master's house. He
lowered the pot from
his head. To his horror, he discovered that there was not a leaf left
in it, and that it
was all but a naked stem. The sheep which his friend had around his
shoulders had eaten
away all the leaves while he was busy talking to him. How could he
enter his master's
house without the plant? He, therefore, returned to the garden, sorely
disappointed. </p>
<p>A Sadhaka cultivates divine virtues in the garden of his
heart. He has to struggle hard
and exert much in order to cultivate even a single virtue. The virtue
is a passport for
him to enter his Master's House, the Kingdom of God. He carries the pot
of his virtues, as
it were, while proceeding to the Kingdom of God. But during his journey
of life here, he
meets a 'friend', who has with him the eater of virtue, viz., vice.
Contact with this
friend seems to be amusing to the man of virtue. But this is costly
friendship. Very soon,
the virtuous man discovers that the company of the 'friend' has denuded
him of his
virtues. He has lost the passport to the kingdom of God. He has to
return to this world of
pain and death, sorely disappointed. </p>
<p>O man, beware of wrong company. Have Satsanga. You will be
spiritually elevated. </p>
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<font face="Garamond" size="4"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><span
style="font-weight: bold;">Meditation</span><br>
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<li><font face="Garamond" size="4"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Not
even
the deepest sleep will give you such a rest as meditation can. The mind
goes on jumping even in deepest sleep. Just those few moments in
meditation your brain has almost stopped. … You forget the body. … You
feel such pleasure in it. You become so light. This perfect rest we
will get in meditation.</font></font><br>
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<li><font face="Garamond" size="4"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Meditation
means the mind is turned back upon itself. The mind stops all the
thought-waves and the world stops. Your consciousness expands. Every
time you meditate you will keep your growth.</font></font></li>
<li><font face="Garamond" size="4"><font face="Verdana" size="2">The
greatest help to spiritual life is meditation. In meditation we divest
ourselves of all material conditions and feel our divine nature. We do
not depend upon any external help in meditation.</font></font></li>
<li><font face="Garamond" size="4"><font face="Verdana" size="2">The
meditative state is the highest state of existence. So long as there is
desire, no real happiness can come. It is only the contemplative,
witness-like study of objects that brings to us real enjoyment and
happiness.</font></font></li>
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<font face="Garamond" size="4"><font face="Verdana" size="2">Swami
Vivekananda<br>
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<i><b>PS: We apologize for delay in sending this August 2007
newsletter because of technical problem.</b></i><br>
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