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<div align="center">Divya Jivan Newsletter<br>
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad<br>
January 2020<br>
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OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya! <br>
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Narayanaya!</div>
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<div align="left">"New Year Message" by Swami Sivananda</div>
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alt="" width="135" height="172" align="left">On this
glorious New Year’s day make a strong resolve to wipe away
all the old worldly Vasanas or tendencies and bad
impressions and to control the senses and the mind.<br>
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<div align="left">Know the value of time. Time is most
precious. Utilize every second profitably. Live every
moment of your life for the realization of your ideal and
goal. Do not procrastinate. That "tomorrow" will never
come. Now or never. Abandon idle gossiping. Kill egoism,
laziness and inertia. Forget the past. A glorious and
brilliant future is awaiting you.</div>
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<div align="left">Equal vision is the touchstone of
knowledge. Unselfishness is the touchstone of virtue.
Brahmacharya is the touchstone of ethics. Oneness is the
touchstone of Self-realization. Humility is the touchstone
of devotion. Therefore, be unselfish, humble and pure.
Develop equal vision. Be in tune with the Infinite. -Swami
Sivananda <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Morning Meditation talks from" Ponder These Truths" by
Sri Swami Chidananda</span></div>
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<div align="left">"This Moment" </div>
<div align="left">This moment is God. God comes to you as
this moment. He does not descend in some sort of
supramundane shape and size with lights flashing and sound
emanating. He comes silently as this moment. Now is God.
He constantly keeps coming to you as now, as this moment.
We have to help God to help us when He comes as kaloham—I
am time, I am life. <br>
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<div align="left">And what is life and what is time if it is
not now, if it is not this moment? Without any distinction
of age or sex or caste or creed or race it is given to
everyone, saint or sinner. That is the equal vision of the
Divine. It is not withheld from anyone. It is given to
everyone. God comes to everyone as this moment. This is
life. This is the I AM God—here, now. That is the greatest
thing. This moment is the most tremendous thing that can
happen to you. It is the greatest thing that can be given
to you. Be wise. Make use of this moment and bless
yourself eternally. - Swami Chidananda<a
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<div align="left">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" Serie</a>s by Doordarshan Girnar </div>
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<p><img moz-do-not-send="true"
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alt="" width="178" height="156" align="left">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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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Amrut Mahotsav Celebration Continues..................
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Bhagavat Katha at Rishikesh (October 31, 2019, to - Nov
6, 2019): How fortunate and blessed are those who could
attend Srimad Bhagawat Katha by His Holiness Sri Swami
Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj adorning on Vyasasan! It was
indeed a grand and memorable event for one and all. This
was attended by more than 700 devotees from all over
India, as well as from Taiwan and the USA. It was
organized as a part of Amrut Mahotsav celebrations of H.H.
Sri Swami Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj at Parmarth Niketan,
Rishikesh.<br>
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initial;" align="left"> Pujya Swamiji discourses on
Bhagavat Kathamrut was enlightening, Krishna Janmotsav,
narrating Krishna Lilla, Goverdhan Puja, Rukhmini Vivah,
the teachings given by Lord Krishna to Uddhava on the
eve of His departure, the Soul-stirring Kirtan ... all
were a Divine experience for all. <a
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Jnan Yajana - Prasthan Trayee Parayan ( Nov 24, 2019,
to Dec 6, 2019): A grand starting session of Prasthan
Trayee Parayan on Nov 24, 2019, was in the holy presence
of Paramadrsh Vedanta Peethathiswar Sri Swami
Bhaskarananda Saraswati Ji at Chidananda Dhyan Mandir,
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad. Pujya Swami Adhyatmanandaji
Maharaj gave an inaugural speech and enlightened all.
About more than fifty Saints, Mahatmas,
Mahamandleshwers, and Bhramcharis as well devotees
attended this sacred JnanYajana. Pujya Sri Swami
Sarvananda Giriji was the Pramukh Acharya and had led
the entire Jana Yajana. It was full twelve hours of
daily program schedule that included recitation of
Brahma Sutras, Ten Principal Upanishad namely; Isha,
Kena, and Katha, Prashan, Mundaka, Mandukya, Tattiriya,
Aitareya, Chhandogya and Brihadaranyaka, Bhagavat Gita
and Sri Vishnu Sahsranama and two hours of discourses on
“MANDUKYA UPANISHAD” and Mandukya Karikas by learned
scholars from 4.30 pm to 6.30 pm. The Prasthan Trayee
parayan concluded on Dec 6, 2019.<br>
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It was a spiritual feast for the devotees to listen to
great MANDUKYA UPANISHAD and its explanatory treatise
Mandukya Karika by Acharya Gaudapada. The Mandukya
Upanishad mantras provide us with the staple food for
our intellect by enunciating the Truth while the Karika
graphically reveals to us a line of inquiry and thinking
with logic and reason to find out that Truth. <a
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& Activity Report for the Month of December 2019</a><br>
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Canada & UK</a><br>
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Jivan</a> / <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div align="left">Chidananda Darshan - through Life
incidence of Guru Maharaj <br>
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<div align="left">Swamiji was to go to Calcutta. On the
way to the station the party had to cross an
overbridge. It was already time and they moved briskly
when the other members of his party reached the
platform, the train had already arrived, but Swamiji
was still on the other side of the overbridge. When
some devotees, anxiously ran to locate him, they found
him by the side of a blind person. It so happened that
the blind man had begged Swamiji to give him something
but Swamiji could not give him anything because his
bag had already been taken to the platform - nor could
he go away without giving him something. The moment
the devotees saw him they<br>
requested him to kindly make haste for the train might
leave any moment. Swamiji did not comment; he only
spread his upper garment and begged them all on behalf
of the blindman. The devotees poured into the apron,
notes and coins. Swamiji collected everything and gave
the large amount to the blind man whispering
confidentially in his ears that he should be careful
with the money. After that he calmly crossed the
overbridge, got into his compartment and did a little
Divya Nam Kirtan. Only then did the train start.
Swamiji's unruffled state of mind and his compassion
which overpower all considerations of personal
difficulty are<br>
beautifully illustrated by this incident.<br>
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Vivekananda Jayanti </a>( Jan 12, 2019) <br>
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