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<div align="center">Divya Jivan Newsletter <br>
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad <br>
October 2013 <br>
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<div align="left">OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Narayanaya!<br>
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" Devi Worship" on the occasion of sacred Navaratri
festival( Oct 5, 2013 - Oct 14, 2013 ) <br>
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<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/sivananda.jpg"
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align="left">"DEVI or Maheswari or Parasakti is the
Supreme Sakti or Power of the Supreme Being. When Vishnu
and Mahadeva destroyed various Asuras, the power of Devi
was behind them. Devi took Brahma, Vishnu, and Rudra and
gave them necessary Sakti to proceed with the work of
creation, preservation, and destruction".<br>
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"Devi is the Mother of all. The pious and the wicked,
the rich and the poor, the saint and the sinner—all are
Her children. Devi or Sakti is the Mother of Nature. She
is Nature Itself. The whole world is Her body. Mountains
are Her bones. Rivers are Her veins. Ocean is Her
bladder. Sun, moon are Her eyes. Wind is Her breath.
Agni is Her mouth. She runs this world show."<br>
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"Divine Mother is everywhere triple. She is endowed with
the three Gunas, viz., Sattwa, Rajas, and Tamas. She
manifests as Will or Ichcha Sakti, Action or Kriya
Sakti, and Knowledge or Jnana Sakti. She is Brahma-Sakti
(Saraswati) in conjunction with Brahma, Vishnu-Sakti
(Lakshmi) in conjunction with Lord Vishnu, Siva-Sakti
(Mahakali or Durga) in conjunction with Lord Siva."<br>
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"Saraswati is cosmic intelligence, cosmic consciousness,
cosmic knowledge. Lakshmi does not mean mere material
wealth like gold, cattle, etc. All kinds of prosperity,
glory, magnificence, joy, exaltation, or greatness come
under Lakshmi. Appayya Dikshita calls even final
Liberation as Moksha-Samrajya-Lakshmi. Mahakali is the
transformative power of Divinity, the power that
dissolves multiplicity in unity."<br>
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"The Devi assumes many aspects according to the tasks to
be performed by Her—sometimes, sweet and tender; and at
others, terrible and devouring. But, She is always kind
and gracious to Her devotees. Arjuna, the Pandava hero,
worshipped the Goddess before starting the fight against
the evil-minded Kauravas. Sri Rama worshipped Durga at
the time of the fight with Ravana, to invoke Her aid in
the war. He fought and won through Her grace." - Swami
Sivananda <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/navaratri/index.htm"><<
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Early Morning Meditation Talk from "Ponder These
Truths" of Swami Chidananada <br>
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<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/chidananda.jpg"
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align="left">Worship God as Virtue <br>
"Have no other God. You can contemplate God, you can
contemplate eternity, infinity, ocean of bliss, Light of
lights beyond all darkness—all these things you can
contemplate, think about, reflect over, but you cannot
love and worship peace, or ananda, or jnana. Because
they are abstruse, abstract concepts, and you want
something more, something for which you can live and
something for which you can be prepared to die also.
That is virtue. <br>
Read the sixteenth chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, you
will understand. You may want, you may desire, peace,
joy, light, but you cannot love them, you cannot worship
them. But twenty-four hours of the day and night, with
every breath, you can worship virtue, you can live to
fulfil virtue. That you can do. That is sadhana; that is
supreme Yoga. Thus worship. God will reveal Himself in
His transcendental, concealed form. <br>
Therefore, this great message, this great sadhana that
Gurudev left for us, this inner secret of the spiritual
life that he bestowed upon us as his special legacy, is
that through virtue one can attain the source of all
virtue, which is God. God dwells within your heart and
is the source of all goodness. He is your indwelling
reality, the source of your conduct and character, the
source of your virtue and goodness, the source of your
truth, purity and compassion, the source of the divine
living of your life. <br>
Worship God as Virtue. Worship virtue by practising
virtue. This is a way to spiritual transformation and
realisation." - Swami Chidananda<a
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On Health Topics from a book "Yoga and Health" by
Swami Adhyatmananda<br>
<br>
"Backache": Principle causes of Backache, Treatment
& Precautions<br>
Bhujangasana, Baddha-Naukasana, Kati -Utthanasana,
Ushtrasana, Bharmari Pranayama & Shavasana are very
helpful.<br>
Practice of Shalabhasana at the end of Bhujangasana
and practice of Dhanurasana on completion of Ushtrasana
are found very beneficial for the backache. Therefore,
without any type of hurry, with perfect quiet attitude
& balance state of mind, practise Asanas, Bhramari
as well as Omkar Pranayamas. <a
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Upcoming Events and Highlighting the News <br>
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<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/adhyat-3.jpg"
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align="left"><a
href="http://divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm">Navaratri
Festival</a> - Satsang & Sadhna for entire Nine
days. Plan to attend & be benefited. You are welcome
to stay at the ashram during the Navaratri. Please let
us know ahead. Phone # 079- 26861234<br>
<b><br>
</b><b> </b><a
href="http://divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm">Upcoming
30 th Yoga Teachers Training course ( Dec 11, 2013 -
Dec 30, 2013)</a> Yoga Teachers Training Course
(YTCC) at Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad is organized under
the guidance and leadership of Yogacharya H. H. Sri
Swami Adhyatmanandaj, who has conducted over 760
Yogasana Camps over the globe. Our comprehensive Yoga
Teachers Training Course provide a strong foundation for
personal and spiritual development.<br>
<br>
Prerequisite: The course is available to student, who
has completed basic and advanced Yoga classes at
Sivananda Ashram or from equivalent courses at other
institutes. And students, who wish to enhance their
knowledge of Yoga Science or become a teacher in the
field of Yoga. <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm"><<
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<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/News2013/News_Sept%202013.htm">News
& Activity Report for the Month of September 2013
</a><br>
<a href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm">Divya
Jivan</a>/ <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_Sept2013/DJ_sept13.pdf">September
2013 </a><br>
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Gitamrutam <br>
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Fearlessness, purity of heart, steadfastness in Yoga and
knowledge, alms-giving, control of the senses,
sacrifice, study of scriptures, austerity and
straightforwardness, (16:1)<br>
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src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/Gita%20verse%2016-02.gif"
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Harmlessness, truth, absence of anger, renunciation,
peacefulness, absence of crookedness, compassion towards
beings, uncovetousness, gentleness, modesty, absence of
fickleness, (16:2)<br>
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Vigour, forgiveness, fortitude, purity, absence of
hatred, absence of pride—these belong to one born in a
divine state, O Arjuna! (16:3)<br>
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src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/Gita%20verse%2016-04.gif"
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Hypocrisy, arrogance, self-conceit, harshness and also
anger and ignorance, belong to one who is born in a
demoniacal state, O Arjuna! (16:4)<br>
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The divine nature is deemed for liberation and the
demoniacal for bondage. Grieve not, O Arjuna, for thou
art born with divine properties! (16:5)<br>
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Worship -Video clip</a><br>
<a href="http://divyajivan.org/satsang/index.htm">Durga
Saptsati (audio)<br>
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