[Sivananda] Divya Jivan Newsletter - August 2013

Sun Aug 4 02:30:37 EDT 2013

Divya Jivan Newsletter
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad
August 2013
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OM Namo Bhagawate  Sivanandaya !
OM Namo Bhagawate  Chidanandaya !
OM Namo Narayanaya!
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Lord Sri  Krishna- Divine Incarnation, /"Purna Avatara"/
On auspicious Janmashtami ( Aug 28, 2013)

Bhagavan Sri Krishna is the immortal manifestation of God in all His 
splendor, that man was ever given the fortune to behold. Man! Blessed 
thou art, that hast visualized with thy fleshly eyes the mighty Dignity 
of the Supreme Sovereign of the Universe! Thou art purified; thy 
birthright is to realize Him; thy fortune is a part of His Greatness! 
Sri Krishna may be called the "Collective Man", who represented all 
beings hungering and thirsting to gain the Highest Freedom and who 
voiced forth their deepest aspirations in the loudest possible tone. He 
came to release man from the thraldom of vice and correct his vision so 
that he could walk along the ever-illumined path to perfection. Sri 
Krishna is the articulation of the pure longings that are buried in the 
hearts of people. Sri Krishna is not merely a historical man who came 
and went, like others, but the Eternal Purusha who dwells even now and 
shall live in the everlasting future, in the core of all manifestation. 
It is the Symbol of the Absolute descended into relativity that we call 
Krishna, the ever-beloved protector of all that breathe and air."

"So Sri Krishna is called an Avatara, a descent of God in the world, of 
the Whole in the parts, of the Absolute in the relative. An Avatara is 
different from a Rishi or a Jivanmukta who represents an ascent of man 
to God, whereas the Avatara is a descent of God to man, consciously and 
deliberately. Sri Krishna lived the universal life, laughed a universal 
laughter, and walked on earth as the moving Spirit of the universe. To 
worship Him is to be in the Presence of God; to know Him is to realize 
the Self."- Swami Sivananda << More>> 
<http://divyajivan.org/Janmasthami/index.htm>

Shyam Darshan <http://divyajivan.org/> ( Video clip)
Hari Kirtan <http://divyajivan.org/video_clips/index.htm> ( Video Clip)

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Early Morning Meditation Talk from " Ponder These truths" by Swami 
Chidananda

   "This Moment", this concept, this word, this fact, this truth is the 
most tremendous truth of life. Life is made up of this moment and this 
moment only---not of dead yesterdays nor of unborn tomorrows. But your 
life to each one of you is not even today. It is this moment. This 
moment is what we effectively have. Other aspects of time are what you 
imagine you have. Other aspects of time are present in your mind as 
ideas and concepts. They are most deceptive ideas.

  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".- Swami 
Chidananda  << More>> <http://divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm>

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On Health Topics from a book " Yoga and health " by Swami Adhyatmananda

Can those having High Blood Pressure practice Asanas?

"Yes, they can practice Asanas; in fact they must surely practice them. 
All the Asanas excepting Shirsasana can be practiced. All the Asanas can 
be performed without any fear. But the special Asanas and Pranayama that 
can offer benefits are: Shashankasana, Shavasana and Pranayama carried 
out with ease.

"Initially practise these three Asanas. When there is recession in the 
blood pressure then you can without fear and without worry perform 
beginning with Trikonasana and Suryanamaskara, you can practise 
Sarvangasana, Matsyasana, Halasana, Paschimottanasana, Bhujangasana, 
Shalabhasana, Dhanurasana or Chakrasana, Ardhamatsyendrasana, 
Yogamudra, Mayurasana. All can be practiced without any fear. <<More>> 
<http://divyajivan.org/yoga&health/index.htm>

Satsang with H.H. Swami Adhyatmanandaji 
<http://divyajivan.org/satsang/index.htm>

Chapter Eight of Bhagwad Gita / The Yoga of Imperishable Brahman 
<http://divyajivan.org/satsang/Bhagawad%20Gita_chapt8.htm>( audio Clip)

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Highlighting the News & upcoming Events
Satsang & Seva Activities for the month of July 2013 
<http://divyajivan.org/News2013/news_july%202013%20.htm>
Divya Jivan <http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm>/ July- August 
2013 <http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_julaug13.pdf>

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*Gitamrutam *

"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." (10:20)

"Having become the fire Vaisvanara, I abide in the body of living beings 
and, associated with the Prana and Apana, digest the fourfold food." 
(!5:18)

"And, I am seated in the hearts of all; from Me are memory, knowledge, 
as well as their absence. I am verily that which has to be known by all 
the Vedas; I am indeed the author of the Vedanta, and the knower of the 
Vedas am I."(15:15)

"Abandoning all duties, take refuge in Me alone; I will liberate thee 
from all sins; grieve not."(18:66)

*Sri Krishnarpanmastu*

Shyam Darshan ( video clips) 
<http://divyajivan.org/video_clips/Shyam%20Darshan.htm>
**Gurudevarpanmastu**
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