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<div align="center">Divya Jivan Newsletter <br>
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad<br>
August 2013 <br>
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<div align="left"><small><font face="Arial">OM Namo
Bhagawate Sivanandaya !<br>
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya !<br>
</font></small><font face="Arial Narrow"><small><font
face="Arial"> OM Namo Narayanaya!</font></small></font><br>
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Lord Sri Krishna- Divine Incarnation, <i>"Purna Avatara"</i><br>
On auspicious Janmashtami ( Aug 28, 2013) <br>
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<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/sivananda.jpg"
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align="left">Bhagavan Sri Krishna is the immortal
manifestation of God in all His splendor, that man was
ever given the fortune to behold. Man! Blessed thou art,
that hast visualized with thy fleshly eyes the mighty
Dignity of the Supreme Sovereign of the Universe! Thou art
purified; thy birthright is to realize Him; thy fortune is
a part of His Greatness! Sri Krishna may be called the
"Collective Man", who represented all beings hungering and
thirsting to gain the Highest Freedom and who voiced forth
their deepest aspirations in the loudest possible tone. He
came to release man from the thraldom of vice and correct
his vision so that he could walk along the ever-illumined
path to perfection. Sri Krishna is the articulation of the
pure longings that are buried in the hearts of people. Sri
Krishna is not merely a historical man who came and went,
like others, but the Eternal Purusha who dwells even now
and shall live in the everlasting future, in the core of
all manifestation. It is the Symbol of the Absolute
descended into relativity that we call Krishna, the
ever-beloved protector of all that breathe and air."<br>
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"So Sri Krishna is called an Avatara, a descent of God in
the world, of the Whole in the parts, of the Absolute in
the relative. An Avatara is different from a Rishi or a
Jivanmukta who represents an ascent of man to God, whereas
the Avatara is a descent of God to man, consciously and
deliberately. Sri Krishna lived the universal life,
laughed a universal laughter, and walked on earth as the
moving Spirit of the universe. To worship Him is to be in
the Presence of God; to know Him is to realize the Self."-
Swami Sivananda <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Janmasthami/index.htm"><<
More>></a><br>
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<a href="http://divyajivan.org/">Shyam Darshan</a> ( Video
clip) <br>
<a href="http://divyajivan.org/video_clips/index.htm">Hari
Kirtan</a> ( Video Clip)<br>
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Early Morning Meditation Talk from " Ponder These truths"
by Swami Chidananda <br>
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align="left"> <br>
"This Moment", this concept, this word, this fact, this
truth is the most tremendous truth of life. Life is made
up of this moment and this moment only—not of dead
yesterdays nor of unborn tomorrows. But your life to each
one of you is not even today. It is this moment. This
moment is what we effectively have. Other aspects of time
are what you imagine you have. Other aspects of time are
present in your mind as ideas and concepts. They are most
deceptive ideas.<br>
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This moment is God. God comes to you as this moment. He
does not descend in some sort of supramundane shape and
size with lights flashing and sound emanating. He comes
silently as this moment. Now is God. He constantly keeps
coming to you as now, as this moment. We have to help God
to help us when He comes as kaloham—I am time, I am
life".- Swami Chidananda<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm"> <<
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On Health Topics from a book " Yoga and health " by Swami
Adhyatmananda <br>
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<p> Can those having High Blood Pressure practice Asanas?
</p>
<p>"Yes, they can practice Asanas; in fact they must
surely practice them. All the Asanas excepting
Shirsasana can be practiced. All the Asanas can be
performed without any fear. But the special Asanas and
Pranayama that can offer benefits are: Shashankasana,
Shavasana and Pranayama carried out with ease.</p>
<p>"Initially practise these three Asanas. When there is
recession in the blood pressure then you can without
fear and without worry perform beginning with
Trikonasana and Suryanamaskara, you can practise
Sarvangasana, Matsyasana, Halasana, Paschimottanasana,
Bhujangasana, Shalabhasana, Dhanurasana or Chakrasana,
Ardhamatsyendrasana, Yogamudra, Mayurasana. All can be
practiced without any fear. <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/yoga&health/index.htm">
<<More>></a><br>
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<p> </p>
<p><a href="http://divyajivan.org/satsang/index.htm">Satsang
with H.H. Swami Adhyatmanandaji</a></p>
<p><a
href="http://divyajivan.org/satsang/Bhagawad%20Gita_chapt8.htm">Chapter
Eight of Bhagwad Gita / The Yoga of Imperishable
Brahman </a>( audio Clip)<br>
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Highlighting the News & upcoming Events<br>
<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/News2013/news_july%202013%20.htm">
Satsang & Seva Activities for the month of July 2013</a>
<br>
<a href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm">Divya
Jivan</a>/ <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_julaug13.pdf">July-
August 2013 </a><br>
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<b>Gitamrutam </b><br>
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"I am the Self, O Gudakesha, seated in the hearts of all
beings! I am the beginning, the middle and also the end of
all beings." (10:20)<br>
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src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/Gita%20verse%2015-18.gif"
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"Having become the fire Vaisvanara, I abide in the body of
living beings and, associated with the Prana and Apana,
digest the fourfold food." (!5:18) <br>
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"And, I am seated in the hearts of all; from Me are
memory, knowledge, as well as their absence. I am verily
that which has to be known by all the Vedas; I am indeed
the author of the Vedanta, and the knower of the Vedas am
I."(15:15)<br>
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src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/Gita%20verse%2018-66.gif"
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"Abandoning all duties, take refuge in Me alone; I will
liberate thee from all sins; grieve not."(18:66) <br>
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<div align="center"> <b>Sri Krishnarpanmastu</b><br>
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<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/video_clips/Shyam%20Darshan.htm">Shyam
Darshan ( video clips)</a><br>
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<div align="center"><font face="Arial Narrow"><b><b>Gurudevarpanmastu</b></b></font><br>
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