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<div align="center"><font size="-1">Divya Jivan Newsletter </font><br>
<font size="-1"> Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad </font><br>
October 2016<br>
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OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Narayanaya!<br>
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Deepavali - A festival of Light Joy & Illumination ( Oct
28, 2016 - Oct 31, 2016)<br>
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<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/sivananda.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" height="144" align="left"
width="112">"Celebrate the real Deepavali by living in
Brahman, and enjoy the eternal bliss of the soul. He who
Himself sees all but whom no one beholds, who illumines the
intellect, the sun, the moon and the stars and the whole
universe but whom they cannot illumine, He indeed is
Brahman, He is the inner Self.<br>
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The Sun does not shine there, nor do the moon and the stars,
nor do lightnings shine and much less fire. All the lights
of the world cannot be compared even to a ray of the inner
light of the Self. Merge yourself in this light of lights
and enjoy the supreme Deepavali ".<br>
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"May you all attain full inner illumination! May the supreme
light of lights enlighten your understanding! May you all
attain the inexhaustible spiritual wealth of the Self! May
you all prosper gloriously on the material as well as
spiritual planes!" - Swami Sivananda <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Diwali/index.htm"><<
More>></a><br>
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Early Morning Meditation Talks from Ponder These Truths by
Sri Swami Chidananda<br>
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<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/chidananda.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" height="149" align="left"
width="130">"Yoga & Vedanta"<br>
Blessed Divinities! Sadhaks and seekers! From your ancient,
effulgent past, as your heritage and birthright, you have
inherited two great treasures—Yoga and Vedanta. Vedanta is
divine wisdom, knowledge of the Divine Reality, the great
Reality. Yoga is the science of entering into a conscious
relationship with that knowledge, experiencing that
knowledge, realising that knowledge.<br>
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The quintessence, the principal essence of these two great
treasures is the proclamation of Vedanta that you are
divine. You are not human, you are not limited, you are not
imperfect, you are essentially divine. The truth about you
is divinity. Your human nature is a passing, temporary added
factor to your identity. It is, however, an invaluable added
factor, an unparalleled, unique, most precious added factor.<br>
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Yoga and Vedanta form the two ingredients that go to make up
the divine life of service, devotion, meditation and
Self-realisation. Boldly Vedanta proclaims and wants you to
know: “ahamatma nirakarah sarvavyapi svabhavatah (I am the
Atman that is formless, all-pervading by nature).” “Beyond
sense, beyond mind, I am the quintessence of luminous wisdom
consciousness”—this is the awareness that Vedanta grants you
and wants you to practise. And Yoga is continuous, unbroken,
conscious, purposeful contact and relationship, ever
progressive relationship with the Divine. <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm"><<
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Deepavali Greetings & Jnana-Prasad from H. H. Sri Swami
Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj <br>
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<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Diwali/Diwali%20Prasad%202016%20_Kanakdhara%20stotram%20.htm">"
Kanakdhara Stotram"</a> - a Diwali prasad for you, as
you perform <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/video_clips/Lakshmi%20Pujan_Annakoot%20darshan%20.htm">Laxmi
Pujan</a> /<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/ashtalakshmi/sri-yantra.htm">
Yantra Pujan</a><br>
<br>
<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/Adhyat-6.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" height="132" align="left"
width="151">The hymn was written in the 5th century BC by
Adi Sankara, a revered Hindu philosopher and theologian.
Sankara took Sanyasa (renunciation) at the age of eight. One
day, as a young boy, he was begging for alms to prepare his
lunch and he went to the house of a very poor Brahmin lady
to beg. The lady was upset because there was nothing edible
in the house. After searching the house once again she found
one amla(Amalak, gooseberry) fruit. She hesitantly offered
it to Sankara. He was moved after seeing the plight of the
woman and sang 21 hymns praising Goddess Lakshmi. The
Goddess was so pleased that she appeared before him and
asked him why he has remembered her. He asked the Goddess to
grant riches to the poor woman. The Goddess first refused to
do so because the lady had not done any work for charity in
her previous birth and it is not possible to change one's
fate. Sankara told the Goddess that she is the only one who
is capable of changing the fate of someone by erasing or
changing the writings of the future made by Lord Brahma. The
Goddess was so pleased that she instantly showered the
Brahmin lady's house with goose berries made of pure
gold...........<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Diwali/Diwali%20Prasad%202016%20_Kanakdhara%20stotram%20.htm">Complete
Sanskrit text with meaning (in Gujarati & English) by
Pujya Swami Adhyatmanandaji </a><br>
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Learning of "Jeevan Yog" from a Yoga Acharya Swami
Adhyatmananda<br>
Through TV episodes of<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Index.htm">
"Jeevan Yoga"</a> Series by Doordarshan Girnar <br>
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Primary Yogasana (Yoga Postures) - 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/Jeevan%20Yoga/Index.htm"><<
More>></a><br>
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Highlighting News & Upcoming Events<br>
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<a href="http://divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm">Diwali
Celebration ( Oct 28, 2016 - Oct 31, 2016)</a>: Come,
celebrate Diwali with us. Group <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/video_clips/Lakshmi%20Pujan_Annakoot%20darshan%20.htm">Laxmi
Poojan</a> /<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/ashtalakshmi/sri-yantra.htm">
Yantra Pooja</a> on Dhanteras day, Oct 28, 2016 from 7.30
pm - 9.30 pm at <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/ashtalakshmi/index.htm">Sri
Ashtalaxmi Bhavan</a>. <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/video_clips/Lakshmi%20Pujan_Annakoot%20darshan%20.htm">Deepavali
Annakut darshan</a> on Oct 30, 2016 from 4.00 pm to 8.30
pm and join us in making prasad packages at night to be
distributed to the underprivileged children and families
next morning on New Year day. New Year greetings, blessings
& receiving <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Diwali/Diwali%20Prasad%202016%20_Kanakdhara%20stotram%20.htm">
prasad booklet</a> from Pujya Swamiji Maharaj on Oct 31,
2016 from 7.00am - 9.00 pm <br>
<br>
<a href="http://divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm">38 th YTTC
(Dec 11, 2016 - Dec 30, 2016)</a> /<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/misc/38th%20YTTC%20Reg_form.pdf">
Reg. form</a>, Yoga Teachers Training course (YTTC) at
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad is organized under the guidance
& leadership of H. H. Sri Swami Adhyartmanandaji
Maharaj, who has conducted over 770 Yoga camps in the East
& the West. Ashram's holy atmosphere is ideal for
enhancing your spiritual growth as well as the skill in the
science of Yoga. Contact the ashram for further details - <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:sivananda_ashram@yahoo.com">sivananda_ashram@yahoo.com</a>
/ Registration form. On completion of three weeks
residential YTTC and successfully passing the test including
theory and practical, the graduate will receive a diploma
certificate recognized by Gujarat University. <br>
<br>
<a href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm">News
& Activity Report for the Month of October 2016</a><br>
<a href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm">Divya
Jivan</a> /<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_OCT2016/DJ_Oct2016.pdf">
October 2016</a>/ <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Chidananda%20Centenary%20celebration/CHIDANANDAM.pdf">CHIDANANDAM</a><br>
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Gitamrutam<br>
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Yoga is restraining the mind stuff (chitta) from taking
various forms (vritti)<br>
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Perform action, O Arjuna, being steadfast in Yoga,
abandoning attachment and balanced in success and failure!
Evenness of mind is called Yoga ( 2:48)<br>
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Endowed with wisdom (evenness of mind), one casts off in
this life both good and evil deeds; therefore, devote
thyself to Yoga; Yoga is skill in action. (2:50)<br>
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