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May 2009 <br>
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<h1><font color="#cc6600">Divya Jivan Newsletter</font></h1>
<address><b><big><font color="#cc6600">May 2009 </font></big></b>
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><font color="#ffffff"><b>Biography
of Lord Buddha by Sri Swami Sivananda<br>
Buddha Jayanti ( May 9, 2009) <br>
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<img alt="" src="cid:part2.00050605.09030304@divyajivan.org"
align="left" height="217" width="159">Lord Buddha preached: "We will
have to find out the cause of<img
src="cid:part3.05030907.07050507@divyajivan.org" style="float: right;"
border="0" height="163" width="130"> 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<a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/articles/siva/biography_Buddha.htm">
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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:part4.07070004.00050402@divyajivan.org"
align="left" height="166" width="144">"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!” -Swami Chidananda <a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm"><<
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><i><b><font
color="#ffffff">"Yoga , A way of Life" by Swami Adhyatmananda<br>
(New Release book ) <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><b><i> Prana</i> -
</b>"The true meaning of <i>Prana</i> is not
only breath. The <i>Prana </i>is energy. It is universal power,
brightness, light and<img alt=""
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intelligence. All these cosmic energies are named as <i>Prana.</i>"<i>Yatkinchit
Jagat
Sarvam Drishyate Shruyatepiva</i>..This <i>Prana</i> is filled in all
that we see and
hear, the inside and outside of all things, all movement etc. in this
world. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">The
Prana is the source of all capabilities and the power in the universe.<o:p></o:p><br>
<i>Prana</i> is the only power behind
the normal functioning of the system of respiration (inhalation and
exhalation), blood circulation, digestion, excretion of urine and
stool, system
producing semen, structure of our bones and also the nervous system.The
working
abilities of sensory organs and motor organs improve as each cell
gets extra nutrition. The secret of beauty of skin, shining of the
face,
brightness of the eyes, intelligence power and development of mental
power is
the result of the practice of Pranayama. The practice of Pranayama
means
oneness with cosmic energy. Pranayama Sadhana opens the doors of subtle
life
from the gross life "- Swami Adhyatmananda. <a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/Yoga_Book/chapter_3_Prana.pdf"><<More>></a>
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</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="">"Yoga way of Life brings
happiness of sound mind in sound body. Yogic living implies
discriminative
living. Yoga is equanimity, equipoise or equilibrium. It is skill in
the
performance of actions.Yoga is disconnection from union with pain and
freedom
from attachment and desires. It is turning away of the senses from the
objective
universe and concentrating on the mind within."<o:p> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="">“Yoga is eternal life in the soul
or spirit. It transmutes a man into divinity. It brings a message of
hope to
the forlorn, joy to the depressed, strength to the weak and knowledge
to the
ignorant. It is the secret master-key to open the realms of eternal
bliss and
deep abiding peace" - Swami Adhyatmananda</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color: black;">Yes,
countless devotees and yoga lovers here in the West are ready to
receive and to learn Yoga
from a Master. They wish to find a master- key to the realm of Eternal
Bliss through <i>Yogic</i> Life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color: black;"><a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/Divya_Tour2009/index.htm"><span
style="color: blue;">"Divya Tour 2009" </span></a>of Pujya Swami
Adhyatmanandji Maharaj has unfolded beautifully with the Grace and
Blessings
of Holy Master Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj & Gurumaharaj Sri
Swami
Chidanandaji Maharaj. O</span><span style="color: black;">rganizers at
various
centers, </span><span style="color: black;">inspired by Pujya Swamiji
have joined in <i>Karma Yoga Loop</i> of Swamiji Maharaj and
coordinated to
bring <b><a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/Divya_Tour2009/itinerary.htm">Final
Program
Schedule</a> </b>of Swamiji’s Divya Tour to the West. Swamiji's
Itinerary takes Him from India( Ahmedabad)- UK-USA & Canada-UK
-Scotland -Germany and back to India from May 30, 2009 - Sept 18,
2009. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="left"><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><br>
</p>
<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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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff">Highlighting
the News</font></b><br>
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<i><b>follow up of .....Utsav Triveni</b> </i>at the Ashram - Adi
Sankaracharya
Jayanti, Patotsav of Sri Ashtalaxmi Bhavan & Sri Chidananda Dhyan
Yoga Mandir and 65th Birthday celebration of H.H. Sri Swami
Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj. Governor of Gujarat H.E Naval Kishor Sharmaji
graced the occasion. In his valedictory speech , Mr. Governor expressed
his overwhelming feelings for Sri Swamiji Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj and
said
that I always feel delighted with the name of Sivananda Ashram.
Sivananda Ashram is a hub of Sanctity, Peace and Serenity and Swamiji
is a source of inspiration..........<a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/News2009/news_april09.htm"> <<
More>> </a><br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm"><b>Upcoming
18th YTTC ( May 11, 2009 to 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 750 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>
You can still enroll. Contact the ashram for the details - <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:sivananda_ashram@yahoo.com">sivananda_ashram@yahoo.com</a>
<br>
<a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/misc/YTTC_May09.pdf">Please
download the registration form</a><br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/News2009/news_april09.htm">News
& Activity Report for the Month of April 2009 </a><br>
<a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm">Divya
Jivan
(Gujarati)</a>/<a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_final_april09.pdf">April
2009 </a><br>
<small><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/divya.tour2006/NL_May2009#slideshow/5332977728443721890"><big>News
in Slide Show</big></a></small>
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title=""What we are today comes from our thoughts of yesterday and our present thoughts build our life tomorrow. Our life is the creation of our mind.""><span
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title=""Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.""><span
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style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“It
is good to love God for hope of
reward, but it is better to love God for love’s sake; and the prayer
goes: O
Lord, I do not want wealth nor children nor learning. If it be Thy
will, I
shall go from birth to birth. But grant me this, that I may love thee
without
the hope of reward - ’love’ unselfishly for love’s sake.”</span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">-
Swami Vivekananda</span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; 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: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p> "</o:p></span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Love
expects no reward. Love knows
no fear. Love Divine gives - does not demand. Love thinks no evil; To
Love is to share and
serve.<span style="">" </span>- Swami
Sivananda</span></p>
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style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"The
moment you have in your
heart this extraordinary thing called love and feel the depth, the
delight, the
ecstasy of it, you will discover that for you the world is
transformed." - J. Krishnamurti<br>
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"It is not how much we do, but how
much love we put in the doing. It is not how much we give, but how much
love we
put in the giving."- <span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Mother
Teresa</span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="margin-bottom: 12pt; line-height: normal;"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"Love
is patient, love is kind.<br>
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.<br>
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking.<br>
It is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.<br>
Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices with the truth.<br>
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.<br>
Love never fails."<br>
Bible, Corinthians 13:4-8</span><font class="sqq"><br>
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