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<div align="center">Divya Jivan Newsletter<br>
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad<br>
March 2015<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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"The Transcendental Divinity That Is Lord Rama"- Swami
Sivananda <br>
Sri Ramnavami ( March 28, 2015)<br>
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<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/sivananda.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" align="left" height="191"
width="150">"The Name of Lord Rama is the greatest
purifier of the heart. It wipes away all one's sins. Not
only this, but it wipes away the sinful tendencies as
well. The Name is sweeter than the sweetest of objects.
It is the haven of peace. It is the very life of pure
souls. It is the purifier of all purifying agencies. It
quenches the consuming fire of worldly desires. It
awakens the knowledge of God. It bathes the aspirant in
the, ocean of divine bliss. Glory to Sri Rama and His
Name!.......<br>
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None but the righteous can be truly happy. None but he
who has the correct sense of duty and the will for its
implementation can be said to live worthily. One must be
imbued with a definite conviction about the supremacy of
moral principles, ethical values and spiritual ideals.
These ought to guide one's day-to-day actions and serve
as powerful means for the culture of the human
personality. That is the purpose of life. That is the
way to Self-realisation. That is the message and the
mission of Lord Rama's Life on earth......" - Swami
Sivananda<a
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Chidananda Darshan - through Life incidence of Guru
Maharaj<br>
<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Centenary%20celebration%20of%20GuruMaharaj/program%20schedule_DJSS.pdf">Birth
Centenary Celebration of Guru Bhagawan Sri Swami
Chidanandaji Maharaj at Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad.</a>
<br>
"Be a part of Celebrations and Be benefited "<br>
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<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/chidananda.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" align="left" height="174"
width="150">Rendering The First Hand Service<br>
Swamiji never missed any occasion of helping the poor
and the sick in course of his Parivrajaka life. Near
Tirukoilur, while traveling in a bus he saw an old lady
who was destitute and blind. He immediately got down
from the bus and enquired about her<br>
difficulties. He approached a Roman Catholic Priest and
some Policemen and ensured for the poor woman the
necessary help before leaving the place. While he was
thus engaged in acts of service it would have been
difficult for one to think that he was a Parivrajaka
Swami from the Himalayas. Such acts of compassion have
been one of the most dazzling hallmarks of his
personality. Whether he was in the New World of America
or engaged in the duties of Sivanandashram or in the far
south moving incognito as a lonely pilgrim, he never
ignored an opportunity of serving God in the poor and
the sick.<br>
Ram-Nam Year<br>
The deep regard of Swamiji for Gandhiji is brought out
from the following lines which he declared on the
occasion of the Gandhi centenary celebrations in 1969:
"It is a blessed year marking the centenary of this
truly great soul's advent upon earth. To me this
Gandhiyear really signifies a Ram-Nam year as well as a
year of truth-speaking, promise-keeping,self-searching,
fasting and praying and selfless serving. To me all
these mean Gandhiji."<br>
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Yoga Learning from a book "Yoga, A way of life" by Sri
Swami Adhyatmananda<br>
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<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/yoga_way%20of%20life.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" align="left" height="167"
width="111">Primary & Main Yogasana (Yoga
Postures) <br>
The Physical techniques of Yoga are the stepping stones
to meditation. According to Patanjali, Yoga is the
cessation of the modifications of the mind. <br>
In the beginning the primary prerequisite to peace of
mind is posture. Yogasana practiced to gain steady
posture, health and lightness in the body. All Yoga
postures are intended to directly or indirectly quiet
the mind. The majority of Asana have been devised to
build up different parts of the body and to develop the
strength required by the more advanced Physical
disciplines. The purpose of the yogasana is to
recondition the system, both mind and body, and to
develop the nervous and glandular systems. The different
Yoga postures have been devised to bring a rich supply
of blood to the brain and to the various parts of the
spinal column. The yogasana work by stretching, bending
and twisting the spinal column in different directions
to promote the health of the nerves. When the body is
purified, Prana (vital energy) can be conserved and the
individual becomes healthy and conscious. <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Yoga_Book/yoga%20_postures.pdf"><<
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Highlighting News & upcoming Events<br>
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"Rama Nama burns ignorance, passion and sin. With
knowledge or without knowledge, correctly or
incorrectly, when the word "Rama" is pronounced, it
showers a rain of good on the devotee. Sri Rama Brahma
Tarakam: Sri Rama is Brahman who takes one across
Samsara. Rama is one in whom yogins sport (Ramante)
i.e., the Self within. Once you take refuge in Him, your
welfare becomes His responsibility."- Swami Sivananda <br>
<a href="http://divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm">Join
with us Chitra Navaratri Sadhana week &
culmination with Ram Janmotsav on March 28, 2015</a><br>
<br>
<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/News%202015/news_feb2015.htm">News
& Activity Report for the month of January 2015</a><br>
<a href="ivyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm">Divya
Jivan</a> /<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_March2015/DJ_March%202015.pdf">
March 2015<br>
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Gitamrutam <br>
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The man attains peace, who, abandoning all desires,
moves about without longing, without the sense of mine
and without egoism. (2:71)<br>
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src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/5_24.gif"
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He who is ever happy within, who rejoices within, who is
illumined within, such a Yogi attains absolute freedom
or Moksha, himself becoming Brahman.(5:24)<br>
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src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/5_25.gif"
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The sages obtain absolute freedom or Moksha—they whose
sins have been destroyed, whose dualities (perception of
dualities or experience of the pairs of opposites) are
torn asunder, who are self-controlled, and intent on the
welfare of all beings. (5:25)<br>
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Those who strive for liberation from old age and death,
taking refuge in Me, realise in full that Brahman, the
whole knowledge of the Self and all action. (7:29)<br>
<div align="center"><a
href="http://divyajivan.org/articles/siva/holi.htm">Significance
of Holi </a>(March 5, 2015)<br>
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