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<div align="center">August 28, 2008 <br>
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<h1><font color="#cc6600">Divya Jivan Newsletter</font></h1>
<address><b><big><font color="#cc6600">MahaSamadhi August 28,
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff">Guru
Maharaj Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj attained Mahasamadhi on August </font></b><font><b><font
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style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Most
Worshipful and Revered Guru
Bhagwan, Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj has attained Mahasamadhi and
merged into the bliss
absolute at the age of 94 years </span><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">on
Thursday, 28th August 2008 at 8:12 PM</span><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">.</span><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Disciple
and Successor of H H Sri
Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj and President of the world renowned Divine
Life
Society </span><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">for
the last four decades</span><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">, Sri
Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj was working and serving the Divine Cause of
Sri Gurudev's Mission
tirelessly and spreading His Divine Life Message all over the world. He
was an embodiment of humility, purity and kindness. He lived a life and
ideals of a true renunciate. Service to lepers became His ideal and
worship to Lord Narayana. He
served them with tender love and compassion. </span><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">He
was
inspirer
of CHIPKO movement. His work for the protection of
Himalaya and Ganges will be cherished for ages to come. </span> </p>
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style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"></span><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Revered Saint,
Mother Teresa
considered Him a Living Saint Francis of Assisi. For His own
Guru, Sri Swami Sivanandaji
Maharaj, He was an incarnation of Buddha.Whereas the entire Europe
regarded Him an Uncrowned King. Sri Sri Maa Anandamayi saw in Him
Lord
Narayana Himself. Most Worshipful
and Revered,
Sri Pramukh Swamiji Maharaj of BAP’S, has seen in Him His own Guru
Pujya
Yogiji
Maharaj's Holy Presence. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Linguist,
perfectionist, full of
serenity, divinity, absence of vanity, simplicity, equanimity,
non-irritability,
humility, integrity and nobility were His laudable virtues that earned
Him reverence from the people of all four corners of the world. His
service and sympathy to sick and
downtrodden, poor and needy, birds and beasts were incomparable. He was
oozing love from head to toe to known and unknown.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">His
mortal coil was brought to Rishikesh
at 1:00 AM and was immersed in holy stream of Ganges before
sunrise of 29th August, 2008. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In
His will, He has expressed the
desire not to make any monument in His name, not to be informed anyone
of His
passing away, not to organize even any feast and festival
traditionally performed when a monk cast away the mortal coil. But
in case,
if devotees wish, they can feed the </span><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">poor,
sick and street beggars.</span><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Though
physically, </span><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Beloved
& Worshipful Holy Master H H Sri
Swami
Chidanandaji
Maharaj</span><span
style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> may
not be
with us, but through His Virat Swaroop, He will be inspiring, guiding
and protecting His countless devotees and disciples who are busy
serving
the Mankind and struggling to achieve the realization of the absolute.
OM Shanti ! <br>
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Swami Adhyatmananda</span></p>
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