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<div align="center"><font size="-1">Divya Jivan Newsletter<br>
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad<br>
July 2016<br>
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<div align="left"><font size="-1">OM Namo Bhagawate
Sivanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Narayanaya!</font><br>
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<font size="-1">On the subject of <i>"Guru Tattva"</i>
on auspicious Gurupurniama ( July 19, 2016) <br>
<br>
<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/sivananda.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" height="137" align="left"
width="108">"The Sadguru is Brahman Himself. He is
an ocean of bliss, knowledge, and mercy. He is the
captain of your soul. He is he fountain of joy. He
removes all your troubles, sorrows, and obstacles. He
shows you the right divine path.<br>
<br>
"The Guru is the boat, To cross this ocean of
Samsara; The Guru is the passport , To the kingdom of
Eternal bliss;The Guru is the ladder , To lift you to
the peak of perfection.Serve your Guru well with
Bhakti. You will obtain his grace and reach the goal
of life."<br>
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"Guru is the Moksha-dvara (door to liberation). He is
the gateway to the transcendental Truth-Consciousness.
But, it is the aspirant who has to enter through it.
The, Guru is a help, but the actual task of practical
Sadhana (spiritual practice) falls on the aspirant
himself"<br>
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" Worship the Guru with the flowers of faith and
devotion. Satsanga with the Guru is the first pillar
in the temple of Self-realisation. Grace of God takes
the form of Guru. To see the Guru is to see God. Blind
is the man who has not seen the divine Master. There
is but one religion, the religion of devotion and love
to Guru." - Sri Swami Sivananda <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/gurupurnima/index.htm"><<
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" Chidananda Darshan" - through HIS Teaching <br>
<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Chidananda%20Centenary%20celebration/index.htm">Birth
Centenary Celebration of Guru Bhagawan Sri Swami
Chidanandaji Maharaj</a> (Sept 24, 2015 -Sept 24, 2016)<br>
<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/chidananda/chida_108names.htm">108
Names of GuruMaharaj Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj<br>
</a><br>
<font size="-1"><img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/chidananda.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" height="144" align="left"
width="125">"A living awareness of the here-and-now
presence of the great Master makes one a real follower of
the great Master. If you are conscious and aware of this
presence, His presence is hundredfold more. If you are in
a state of forgetfulness with your thoughts elsewhere, you
deprive yourself of His presence, Therefore, cultivate the
consciousness of the permanent and perennial presence of
the Master." He pervades all my life. He is with me
wherever I go. In and through me He continues to live and
to shine."<br>
<br>
"You are never alone , even for a split second of time.
You are always under the gracious protecting presence of
your Guru. The Guru never leaves the soul He has called.
He walks with you when you walk. He rests with you when
you rest. He broods over you while you slumber. He is the
one Being Who is unfailing. He is the one Being Who is
eternally yours and always with you."<br>
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"Just as the Guru is channel for the individual soul to
re-link itself with the universal Soul, even so, a channel
between our Guru and ourselves is called Guru- bhakti.
True Guru-bhakti is divine power, it is divine force."<br>
<br>
"The more adverse the circumstances, the greater the
manifestation of grace; the greater the manifestation of
Guru kripa. God's grace and Guru Kripa are the obverse and
reverse of the same coin. Guru Kripa is God's grace
manifesting in and through the Guru."<br>
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"It is the Guru that points out the path and makes us see
the path clearly. He points out the pitfalls and dangers
upon the path, makes us alert, vigilant jagrit. And, even
as the sun initiates activity, so the Guru inspires us to
arise awake, seek knowledge, attain illumination and
become forever blessed. All this and more the Guru does."
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" What is the sun if not its light? The sun is no sun if
there is no light. The sun is the sun because it radiates
perennial light, an inexhaustible, unbroken supply of
light even so, the Guru is His jnana upadesa."</font> -
Swami Chidananda <br>
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<font size="-1">Learning of "Jeevan Yog" from a Yoga
Acharya Swami Adhyatmananda<br>
Through TV episodes of Jeevan Yoga Series by Doordarshan
Girnar <br>
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<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/jeevan_yog.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" height="168" align="left"
width="131">Prana - "The true meaning of Prana is not
only breath. The Prana is energy. It is universal power,
brightness, light and intelligence. All these cosmic
energies are named as Prana."Yatkinchit Jagat Sarvam
Drishyate Shruyatepiva......." This Prana 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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The Prana is the source of all capabilities and the power
in the universe. Prana 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://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Jeevan%20yog_%20introduction.htm"><<
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<font size="-1">Highlighting News & Upcoming Events <br>
<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Chidananda%20Centenary%20celebration/index.htm">Birth
Centenary Celebration of Guru Bhagawan Sri Swami
Chidanandaji Mahara j continues</a>........ <br>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pma44JziFQI">Yoga
Day Celebration at Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad (June 21,
2016) :</a> 2nd International Yoga day was celebrated at
Sivananda Ashram with great enthusiasm. Early morning
session commenced at 5.30am with<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/mp3audio/Yog%20Divas.mp3">
"Yog divas hey" song (audio</a>) composed by Sri Swami
Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj. After a main yoga class, a
special yoga session was also conducted by Revered Swamiji
Maharaj for bind, handicapped and socially underprivileged
Children. A grand breakfast & tea was served to
all.The entire <a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pma44JziFQI">morning
yoga session was video recorded by TV channel DD Girnar</a>
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<br>
<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Chidananda%20Centenary%20celebration/index.htm"><img
alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/Siva_Chida_Adhyt.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" height="174" align="left"
border="0" width="112"></a><a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Chidananda%20Centenary%20celebration/index.htm">Chidananda
Centenary Celebration Tour 2016 ( June 22, 2016 - July
31, 2016), of Pujya Swami Adhyatmanandaji</a> has
commenced from Chicago. As always, with joy Pujya Swamiji
was received by Naik's. There was a severe tornado warning
that day and we were a bit tense and got ready with a big
umbrella to receive Sri Swamiji but at the time of the
landing of the plane every thing got cleared, smiling rays
of the Sun God came out and then as, we reached home and
were on the driveway Rain God sprinkled <i>"Ami-chatna"</i>
(auspicious nectar drops) and welcomed Sri Swamiji
Maharaj. All the grace & blessings of God Gurudev Sri
Swami Sivannadaji Maharaj & GuruMaharaj Sri Swami
Chidanandaji Maharaj ! <br>
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Next stop at Detroit, Sri Anil Lal, president of Divya
Jivan Sanskrutik Sangh( USA) received Pujya Swamiji.
Satsang & Mandir Mahotsav for establishing flag post
at Bharatiya Temple, Troy( MI) and program at Hindu Temple
of Toledo are completed. Tour Continues.....to Charlotte,
Atlanta, Bloomington (IN), Chicago, New Jersey, Toronto
(Canada), Houston, Reading (PA) and to UK. <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Chidananda%20Centenary%20celebration/index.htm"><<
More>></a><br>
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<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Chidananda%20Centenary%20celebration/Sri%20Chidananda%20Centenarary%20Yoga%20bhawan.htm">Construction
of Chidananda Yoga Bhawan at Sivananda Ashram,
Ahmedabad</a> is in full gear. Inauguration Ceremony is
planned on GuruMaharaj's Birthday Anniversary Sept 24,
2016. </font><font size="-1">Working committee at the
ashram thanks to all for the generous donation and seeking
continued support for this Divine project . <br>
<br>
<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/News%202016/News_june2016.htm">News
& Activity Report for the Month of June 2016</a><br>
</font><a href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm">Divya
Jivan </a>/<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_june2016/DJ_June2016.pdf">June
2016</a><br>
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Gitamrutam <br>
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<font size="-1">Humility, unpretentiousness, non-injury,
forgiveness, uprightness, service of the teacher, purity,
steadfastness, self-control(13:7)<br>
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<font size="-1">Know that by long prostration, by question
and by service, the wise who have realised the Truth will
instruct thee in (that) knowledge.(4:34)<br>
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<font size="-1"> Knowing that, thou shalt not, O Arjuna,
again become deluded like this; and by that thou shalt see
all beings in thy Self and also in Me!(4:35)<br>
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<div align="center"><a
href="http://divyajivan.org/sivananda/Siva_108_names.htm">108
name of Gurudev Sri Swami Sivananda</a><br>
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Gurudevarpanmastu!<br>
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