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April 25, 2009<br>
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<h1><font color="#cc6600">Divya Jivan Newsletter</font></h1>
<address><b><big><font color="#cc6600">April 25, 2009 </font></big></b>
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff">Biography
of Sri
Adishankaracharya by Swami Sivananda<br>
( Shankaracharya Jayanti April 28, 2009)</font></b> </td>
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<p><img alt="" src="cid:part2.00090004.06050405@divyajivan.org"
align="left" height="181" width="126">“I am the Self of all; I am the
all; I
am
transcendent; I am one without a second; I am the Absolute; I am<img
alt="" src="cid:part3.01090406.06020202@divyajivan.org" align="right"
height="172" width="142"> the
infinite
Consciousness; I am homogeneous bliss” - Sri Adisankaracharya <br>
This is the assertion of
Shankara, India’s greatest philosopher-saint, the
incarnation of Lord Shiva, reverently known as Srimath Adi
Shankaracharya. What can we take him for
except the Lord Himself, who proclaims
authoritatively and undauntedly: <br>
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<p>Sankara is the foremost among the master-minds and the giant
souls which Mother India has produced. He was the expounder of the
Advaita philosophy. Sankara was a giant metaphysician, a practical
philosopher, an infallible logician, a dynamic personality and a
stupendous moral and spiritual force. His grasping and elucidating
powers knew no bounds. He was a fully developed Yogi, Jnani and Bhakta.
He was a Karma Yogin of no mean order. He was a powerful magnet.</p>
<p>Sankara was an intellectual genius, a profound philosopher, an
able propagandist, a matchless preacher, a gifted poet and a great
religious reformer. Perhaps, never in the history of any literature, a
stupendous writer like him has been found. - Swami Sivananda " <a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/Adishankaracharya/index.htm"><<
More>> </a><br>
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<p><a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/realaudio/nirvana_shatakam.ram">Nirvana
Shatkam</a> - Audio Clip<font><font size="4"><br>
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff"><font
size="4">J</font>oin us to celebrate Anand Utsav at the Ashram </font></b><b><font
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<font color="#000000"><b><br>
<img alt="" src="cid:part4.09010904.05000601@divyajivan.org"
align="left" height="135" width="200">8th "Brahmotsav" </b><b>(
April 29, 2009) of </b></font><br>
<font color="#000000"><b><a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/ashtalakshmi/index.htm"> Sri
Asthalaxmi Bhavan & Sri Chidnanda Dhyan Yoga Mandir</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/ashtalakshmi/mahalakshmi_stuti.htm">Sri
Mahalaxmi Stuti<br>
</a><br>
</b></font><font color="#000000"><b><a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/Swamiji_65bday_1.jpg"> 65th Birthday
Celebration</a> of <a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/adhyatmananda/index.htm">H.H. Sri
Swami Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj</a></b></font><br>
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff">Early
Morning Meditation talks from "Ponder These Truths" by<br>
Swami Chidananda</font></b><b> </b></td>
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<b><img alt="" src="cid:part5.09080404.00020202@divyajivan.org"
align="left" height="149" width="128">"God is Love" </b><br>
Love is the central fact of this universe. Without it the universe will
not stand; it will disintegrate and fall away, because it is love that
upholds. It is present even in inert, gross matter as a power that
scientists know as cohesion. Cohesion is the outermost manifestation of
His love. It is that which holds everything together. <br>
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God’s love is boundless, motiveless, and it is available in abundance
to each and every one of His creatures, man and animal, all forms of
life. And more so to the human beings whom He made in His own image,
who are a part of His own Being. They are all a manifestation of the
supreme principle of love that is the innermost essence of God. Thus in
this world of change, in this world of phenomena, if there is at all
anything that is unchanging, ever-constant, ever-present, most
dependable, it is that God is love and God’s love is available to you.
This is the one great fact of your own life. “Anpe Sivam! God is
love!”
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Chidananda <a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm"><<
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff"><i> </i></font></b><font
color="#ffffff"><b>"Divya
Tour
2009" of H. H. Sri Swami Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj</b></font></td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><o:p> </o:p><font
color="#000000"><a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/Divya_Tour2009/index.htm">"Divya Tour
2009" </a>of Pujya Swamiji has
taken the shape with the Grsce and Blessings of Holy Master Sri Swami
Sivanandaji<img alt="" src="cid:part6.05060902.01080200@divyajivan.org"
align="right" height="121" width="125"> Maharaj & Gurumaharaj Sri
Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj.
Past couple of months of communication ( through emails & phones)
has brought a <b><a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/Divya_Tour2009/itinerary.htm">"Tentative
Program Schedule"</a> </b>of Swamiji's Tour.</font><font
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<p align="left">We are sure that there are many more devotees
wishing to have Satsang and Darshan of Sri Swamiji Maharaj at various
places. So, involved yourself in organizing the program in your area
and get benefited from His holy presence and wisdom teachings. Join in
His Mission of Service to Mankind and evolve in your Spiritual Sadhana
to achieve higher Goal in Life.<br>
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<p align="left">for the details regarding the tour is available on<a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/Divya_Tour2009/index.htm"> "Divya
Tour 2009" </a><br>
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<p><b>“Serve all. Love all. Service of humanity is
worship of God. There is no greater yoga than service of Mankind."
These are the sterling utterances of Gurudev. He was an embodiment of
karma yoga."- Swami Chidananda</b> </p>
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff">Highlighting
the News</font></b><br>
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<b><br>
</b><a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm"><b>Upcoming
18th YTTC ( May 11, May 30, 2009) - You can still enroll </b></a><br>
Enhance your skill in Yoga, be a teacher and spread the knowledge to
others. You can accomplish all that by joining YTTC at Sivananda
Ashram, Ahmedabad. It is organized under the guidance & leadership
of H. H. Sri Swami Adhyartmanandaji, who has conducted over 700 Yoga
camps in the East & the West. Ashram's holy atmosphere is ideal for
enhancing your spiritual growth as well as the skill in the field
of science of Yoga.<br>
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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 and will be able
to teach Yogasana and pranayama to others. During your stay at the
Ashram, you will be provided a comfortable room and yogic diet ( three
meals / day). - contact the ashram for the details - <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:sivananda_ashram@yahoo.com">sivananda_ashram@yahoo.com</a>
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<a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/misc/YTTC_May09.pdf">Please
download the registration form- </a><br>
<br>
<span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: 700;"></span><a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm"> Upcoming Satsang
at Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad</a><span
style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-weight: 700;"><br>
</span><a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/News2009/news_mar09.htm">News
& Activity Report for the Month of March 2009</a><br>
<a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm">Divya
Jivan
(Gujarati)</a>/April 2009 <br>
<small><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/divya.tour2006/NL_April09#slideshow/5319940297547879490"><big>News
in Slide Show</big></a></small>
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