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<div align="center"><font size="-1">Divya Jivan Newsletter </font><br>
<font size="-1"> Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad </font><br>
December 2016<br>
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OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Narayanaya!<br>
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Gita Mahatmaya on sacred Gita Jayanti (Dec 10, 2016)<br>
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width="127"><a
href="http://divyajivan.org/bhagawad_gita/gita_mahatmaya.htm">Gita
Mahatmaya </a><br>
"Though engaged in the performance of worldly duties, one
who is regular in the study of the Gita becomes free. He is
the happy man in this world. He is not bound by Karma. Just
as the water stains not the lotus leaf, even so sins do not
taint him who is regular in the recitation of the Gita. All
the sacred centers of pilgrimage, like Prayag and other
places, dwell in that place where the Gita is kept, and
where the Gita is read. All the gods, sages, Yogins, divine
serpents, Gopalas, Gopikas (friends and devotees of Lord
Krishna), Narada, Uddhava and others (dwell here). Help
comes quickly where the Gita is recited and, O Earth, I ever
dwell where it is read, heard, taught and contemplated upon!<br>
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I take refuge in the Gita, and the Gita is My best abode. I
protect the three worlds with the knowledge of the Gita. The
Gita is My highest science, which is doubtless of the form
of Brahman, the Eternal, the Ardhamatra (of the Pranava Om),
the ineffable splendour of the Self. It was spoken by the
blessed Lord Krishna, the all-knowing, through His own
mouth, to Arjuna. It contains the essence of the Vedas—the
knowledge of the Reality. It is full of supreme bliss." -
Swami Sivananda <a
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The Teachings of Lord Sri Dattatreya <br>
on auspicious Sri Dattatreya Jayanti (Dec 13, 2016) <br>
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"Lord Dattatreya - He was a supreme yogi. Like
Dakshinamurti, He was the adi guru, the primal world
teacher. Contemplate His life. Meditate upon Him. Feel His
divine presence. Evoke in your mind the sacred memory of
Sati Anasuya and Atri Maharshi, the power of chastity, and
divine grace in the form of Divinity taking birth at the
earnest supplication and prayer of a heart filled with
devotion. The earnest prayer of a heart filled with devotion
never goes unanswered or unfulfilled. This is what the
advent, the avatara of Dattatreya represents or proves." <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/dattatreya/index.htm"><<
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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"
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width="116">Faith Hope and Charity <br>
" Faith, hope and charity—never let go of these. Always let
them be enshrined within you—faith in the Supreme, hope for
yourself and charity towards all."<br>
"Thus finish your journey and you will attain the Goal. The
journey will take you to your destiny—your divine destiny,
the fulfillment of which is the most important thing in
life. All other things come afterward; they are secondary.
In this way, understand your life, understand yourself,
understand your relationship to the Maker, and understand
your relationship to the rest of creation."<br>
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"May you ponder these cardinal points of your life’s
journey—charity towards God’s creatures, absolute hope about
yourself, and absolute faith in the Being Who has brought
you into being, Who has placed you among His creatures, so
that you may become like Him and you can attain Him as your
supreme Goal!" - Swami Chidananda <a
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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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OMKAR - "Omkar Sadhana is the Prana of Spiritual Sadhana.
Omkar is the best Pranayam." <br>
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"The practice of Omkar destroys Tamasik thoughts and
converts the Rajasik thoughts into Sattvik thoughts. In long
term if the people living in all four directions on the
earth start practising Omkar regularly, the mental conflicts
can be eliminated. Selfishness will retire. Benevolence
will be originated. The whole world can become a family. The
contradiction will decrease and smooth conversation will be
possible. The wind of pure selfless life will flow. Omkar is
the highway of world peace and welfare. Let us practice
Omkar and make our life successful"- Swami Adhyatmananda <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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<img alt=""
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width="131">"Yoga is eternal life in the soul or spirit.
It transforms a man into divinity. It brings a message of
hope to the forlorn, joy to the depressed, strength to the
weak and knowledge to the ignorant. Yoga way of Life brings
happiness of sound mind in sound body. Yogic living implies
discriminative living. Yoga is equanimity, equipoise or
equilibrium. It is the secret master-key to open the realms
of eternal bliss and deep abiding peace" - Swami
Adhyatmananda<br>
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more than 1000 yoga teachers. These teachers render both
preventive and curative aspects of yoga teaching for
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and are instrumental in spreading ancient Indian Culture and
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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.<br>
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thinking of no other, of those ever united, I secure
what is not already possessed and preserve what they
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To them who are ever steadfast, worshipping Me with
love, I give the Yoga of discrimination by which they
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