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<div align="center"><font size="-1">Divya Jivan Newsletter<br>
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad<br>
April 2017<br>
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<font size="-1"> OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Narayanaya!<br>
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"Glory to Sri Rama and HIS Name!" On auspicious Ramnavami
Utsav (April 4, 2016) <br>
<br>
<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/sivananda.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" height="177" align="left"
width="139">"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>
<br>
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.........."<br>
<br>
"Ram-Nam burns ignorance, passion and sin. With or without
knowledge, correctly or incorrectly, when the word "Rama"
is pronounced it showers a rain of good upon the devotee.
Sri Rama is Brahman who takes one across the ocean of
worldly existence. Rama is one in across whom the Yogis
sport, that is, the Self within".<br>
<br>
"I call this the anti-gossip tonic. When you find that you
are wasting your time in gossip, repeat His Name several
times. You can make up for the time lost, and the mind
will be slowly weaned away from the habit of gossiping".<br>
<br>
"The seat of all good things, the destroyer of all
impurities of this age of darkness, purer than purity
itself, the food for the journey of aspirants on the path
to salvation, their only resting place, the very
life-breath of virtuous men, is the Divine Name of Sri
Rama. So say the sages". </font><font size="-1"><br>
<br>
Swami Sivananda <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/ramanavami/index.htm"><<
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</font>Sri Hanuman Jayanti ( April 25, 2013) <br>
<br>
Hanuman was the living embodiment of the power of Ram-Nam.
He was an ideal selfless worker, a true Karma Yogi who
worked desirelessly. He was a great devotee and an
exceptional Brahmachari or celibate. He served Sri Rama
with pure love and devotion, without expecting any fruit
in return. He lived only to serve Sri Rama."<br>
<br>
"Hanuman ranks first amongst the heroes of the world. His
heroic deeds, wonderful exploits and marvelous feats of
strength and bravery cannot be adequately described.He is
a Chiranjeevi. He is everywhere. He who has eyes and
devotion beholds him and receives his blessing" Swami
Sivananda<br>
<a href="http://divyajivan.org/hanuman/index.htm"> <<
Read More>></a><br>
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Early Morning Meditation Talks from Ponder These Truths
by Sri Swami Chidananda<br>
<br>
<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/chidananda.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" height="135" align="left"
width="116">"The Divine Name" : The rupa of Bhagavan
(the form of God) is beyond our comprehension. But here
is something, an aspect of God identical with Him,
discovered in ancient times. It is the mantra (sacred
syllable or word) of the supreme absolute Being. Here is
a “being” that is name, and yet it is formless.
Therefore it has contact with the formless world. Itself
being devoid of rupa (form), being nirakara (formless),
it has contact with the nirakara parabrahma tattva
(formless supreme Reality). Parabrahma is nirakara,
nirguna (without form, without attributes), but here It
is nirakara but saguna (formless but with attributes).
It is in the form of sabda (sound). It is in the form of
nama. It has vibration. It has a tangible sound form
which we can hear with our gross ear. <br>
<br>
"Jagat Guru Lord Krishna says: “He who repeats My Name
at the time of leaving the body attains Me. He does not
return once again into this mortal world.” Abheda,
abhedata of nama and nami (The non-difference, identity
of the Lord and His Name) has been established by the
direct experience of those who have practised this path
and attained perfection."<br>
<br>
"The path of the Divine Name in this Kali Yuga is the
supreme, the least complicated, the most efficacious,
unfailing, simple and powerful path." - Swami
Chidananda <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm"><<
Read More>><br>
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size="-1">==================================================================</font></font><br>
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" Series</a> by Doordarshan Girnar<br>
<br>
<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/Adhyat-6.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" height="116" align="left"
width="132">Obesity : Yes, one can surely control
hunger, thirst, sleep, behavior, thoughts and work by
performance of Yogasanas and Pranayama. One can live
with least consumption of food, water and sleep by
practice of Shitali and Shitkari Pranayama. Practice of
Bhujangasana reduces hunger.<br>
Action taken to reduce the weight by compulsory dieting
makes the body tired, sorrowful and depressed, whereas
food consumed with proper understanding and practice of
regular exercise as well as Yoga-abhyasa endows one with
a balanced life. -Swami Adhyatmananda <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/yoga&health/index.htm"><<
Read More>></a> / <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Index.htm">Jeevan
Yoga Episode # 6 <br>
</a><br>
<a href="http://divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm">Upcoming
Yoga Teachers Training Course ( 38<sup>th</sup> YTTC)</a>
is organized from May 11, 2017 - May 30, 2017 : You can
still enroll <br>
Transform your life to Yoga way of Living. Enhance your
skill in Yoga, be a teacher and spread the knowledge to
others. 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. Contact
the ashram for the details - <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:sivananda_ashram@yahoo.com">sivananda_ashram@yahoo.com</a>
/ <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/misc/April%202017%20YTTC_2_38th%20YTTC%20form.pdf">Registration
form <br>
</a><br>
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Highlighting the news and upcoming events <br>
<br>
Join with us in<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm">
Utsav Ganga at the Sivananda Ashram </a>starting from
Chitra Navaratri (March 28, 201 - April 5, 2017),
Ramnavami Utsav on April 5, 2016 (10 am - 12 pm), </font></font><font
size="-1"><font size="-1">Maruti Yajna on </font></font><font
size="-1"><font size="-1">Sri Hanuman Jayanti (April 11,
2017), </font></font><font size="-1"><font size="-1">
Navchandi yajana on </font></font><font size="-1"><font
size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1">Patotsav of
Sri Maa Ashtalaxmi Adishakti Peeth Utsav (April 29,
2016), </font></font></font></font><font size="-1"><font
size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1"><font
size="-1"><font size="-1">Divya Jeevan Sangh
Annual Meeting on April 30, 2017, Bhakti
Sangeet and............... </font></font></font></font></font></font><font
size="-1"><font size="-1">Srimad Bhagawat Katha by H.H.
Swami Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj on Vyasapeeth ( April 21,
2017 to April 27, 2017 (4.30pm to 8.00pm) - It is a
blessed occasion to listen to Srimad Bhagawata through
Pujya Swamiji's Maharaj. <br>
<br>
<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/News%202017/News_March%202017.htm">News
and Activity Report for the Month of March 2017</a><br>
<a href="http://divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm">Upcoming
Utsav & Satsang</a><br>
<a href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm">Divya
Jivan</a>/ <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_April2017/DJ_april%202017.pdf">April
2017</a><br>
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Gitamrutam<br>
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To those men who worship Me alone, thinking of no
other, of those ever united, I secure what is not
already possessed and preserve what they already
possess. ( 9:22)<br>
<br>
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</font></font></font><font size="-1"><font size="-1"><font
size="-1">To those whose minds are</font></font></font><font
size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1"> set on Me, O
Arjuna, verily I become ere long the saviour out of
the ocean of the mortal Samsara!(12:7)<br>
<br>
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moz-do-not-send="true" height="52" width="343"></font><font
size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1"><br>
Fix thy mind on Me, be devoted to Me, sacrifice to Me,
bow down to Me. Thou shalt come even to Me; truly do I
promise unto thee, (for) thou art dear to Me.(18:65)</font></font></font><font
size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1"> <br>
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<p align="center"><a
href="http://divyajivan.org/ashtalakshmi/index.htm">17<sup>th</sup>
Patotsav of Maa Sri Ashtalaxmi </a><br>
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