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<div align="center">November 2009 </div>
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<h1><font color="#cc6600">Divya Jivan Newsletter</font></h1>
<address><b><big><font color="#cc6600">November 2009 </font></big></b>
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff"> Glory
of Bhagawad Gita on the auspicious Gita Jayanti ( Nov 28,
2009 ) </font></b> </td>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> " In all the spiritual literature of the
world there is no book so elevating and inspiring as the <i>Gita. </i>It
expounds very lucidly the cardinal principles or the fundamentals of
the Hindu religion and Hindu Dharma. It is the source of all wisdom. It
is your great guide. It is your supreme teacher. It is an inexhaustible
spiritual treasure. It is a fountain of bliss. It is an ocean of
knowledge. It is full of divine splendour and grandeur. </p>
The <i>Gita </i>is the cream of the <i>Vedas. </i>It is the essence
of the soul-elevating <i>Upanishads. </i>It is a universal scripture
applicable to people of all temperaments and for all times. It is a
wonderful book with sublime thoughts and practical instructions on
Yoga, devotion, Vedanta and action. <br>
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The <i>Gita </i>contains the divine nectar. It is the wish-fulfilling
gem, tree and cow. You can milk anything from it. It is a book for
eternity. It is not a catch-penny book, with life like that of a
mushroom. It can be one’s constant companion of life. It is a <i>vade-mecum
</i>for all. Peace, bliss, wisdom, Brahman, Nirvana, Param Padam
and <i>Gita </i>are all synonymous terms." <a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/bhagawad_gita/index.htm"><<
More>> </a><br>
<b><a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/bhagawad_gita/quotes_on_gita.htm"><br>
Quotes on Gita </a><br>
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff">Gitamrutam
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<p> Humility, unpretentiousness, non-injury, forgiveness,
uprightness, service of the teacher, purity, steadfastness,
self-control,( 13:7)<br>
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<p> Indifference to the objects of the senses, also absence of
egoism, perception of (or reflection on) the evil in birth, death, old
age, sickness and pain,(13:8) </p>
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<p> Non-attachment, non-identification of the Self with son,
wife, home and the rest, and constant even-mindedness on the attainment
of the desirable and the undesirable,(13:9)<br>
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<p>Unswerving devotion unto Me by the Yoga of non-separation,
resort to solitary places, distaste for the society of men,(13:10) </p>
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<p>Constancy in Self-knowledge, perception of the end of true
knowledge—this is declared to be knowledge, and what is opposed to it
is ignorance.(13:11)<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></small></big><font
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Know Yourself<br>
</b>Anything that is active in your <i>antahkarana</i>,<i> </i>in
your
mind, that is not of the Reality, not of Divinity, not of the Spirit,
that indeed verily<img alt=""
src="cid:part8.09040803.06090204@divyajivan.org" align="right"
height="148" width="127"> constitutes your bondage. Be it emotion or
sentiment, thought or desire, imagination or anticipation, memory or
wish, anything that actively occupies your inner being, your psyche,
and vibrates on that level—this outside universe, yourself and your
life in this outside universe, in this temporary frame of time and
space, name and form—constitutes <i>prapanca</i>,<i> samsara</i>,<i> </i>
your own created bondage, the level of your ignorant “I am the body”
personality. And it is exactly, precisely this that we have to
transcend.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We have to know ourselves. And to that end,
Gurudev said to make resolutions, draw up a daily routine, maintain a
spiritual diary and do self-analysis. See what it reveals. It will tell
you many things about yourself which you did not know at all. A
spiritual diary not only keeps careful note of your morning to evening
spiritual routine, it also keeps careful note of how you were, how you
reacted, what you did: how many times you lost your temper, told lies,
failed in controlling your senses, what virtues you are trying to
develop, what self-punishment you did, etc. So, it tells you a great
deal about this inner being which is the true source of all problems,
all troubles, all vexations, all bondage, all your sorrows. <span
lang="EN-GB"><span style=""></span></span><a
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><i><b><font
color="#ffffff"> </font></b></i><b><font color="#ffffff"> Yoga
Learning through " Yoga way of Life " by Sri Swami
Adhyatmananda</font></b><br>
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alt="" src="cid:part9.05050602.09030207@divyajivan.org" align="left"
height="135" width="89">Kapalbhai
Kriya <br>
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Kapal in Sanskrit means forehead, and Bhati in Sanskrit means Shining.
Practicing Kapalbhati on regular basis leads to shining face with inner
radiance. Kapalbhati is highly energizing abdominal breathing exercise.
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What we do in Kapalbhati Pranayama
? <br>
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In Kapalabhati we do quick exhalation and natural inhalation.
Normally exhalation takes one fourth of the time of inhalation. Quick
exhalation and natural inhalation follow each other. <b><small><a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/Yoga_Book/Kapalbhati.pdf"><<
More>></a><br>
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<a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/Yoga_Book/Kapalbhati.pdf"> </a></small></b>
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the News and upcoming events </font></b> </td>
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<a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm">Upcoming
YTTC
( Dec 11, 2009 - Dec 30, 2009)</a> - Yoga Teacher Training Course at
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabada is designed to offer you the experience of
living Yoga way of Life and to present the necessary techniques that
will enable you to pass these great teachings on to others.The program
syllabus includes detailed instructions for each posture
with their benefits. Also, in depth practice of different pranayama
(breathing exercises), meditation, relaxation (Yoga Nidra) techniques
are taught based on Patanjali Yoga philosophy. At the concluding of the
program and passing the test graduate receives certificate recognized
by Gujarat University.<br>
For more details, Contact <a
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href="mailto:Sivananda_ashram@yahoo.com">Sivananda_ashram@yahoo.com</a>
/ # 079- 26861234<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/News2009/news_oct09.htm">News
& Activity Report for the Month of October 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_Nov09_final.pdf">November
2009</a><br>
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff">So
Says Swami Sivananda</font> </b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Conquer the hurdles. Give a bold front
and continue the
spiritual practice vigorously in right earnest.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Persevere. Plod on your Sadhana, Give up
idle talk, tall
talk, gossiping and back-biting. Save your time.<span style=""> Idle
talks and criticism of others only distract your mind and make you
forgetful of God.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Practice self-analysis,
self-introspection and self -purification. This is the way to final
Emancipation or Eternal Bliss. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Be regular in your Japa, Kirtan and
Meditation. You will
feel refreshed, renewed , rejuvenated, uplifted and inspired.<span
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<li>When you are doing Sadhana regularly, when you are growing
into God, there is no despair. </li>
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