[Sivananda] Newsletter February 2013

Fri Feb 1 22:17:20 EST 2013

Divya Jivan Newsletter
Sivananda Ashram , Ahmedabad
February 2013
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OM Namo Narayanaya!
OM Namo Bhagavate  Sivanandaya!
OM Namo Bhagavate  Chidanandaya!
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*"Serve Humanity  And Seek Divinity "*
"Life is Sadhana. Living is spiritual process. All actions---mental, 
verbal and physical---constitute Yajna. Yajna or self-giving is the 
fundamental principle and /PAROPAKARA/ (doing good to others) is the 
Mulamantra (the basic sacred formula) of this life."

"Live with understanding and wisdom. Understand the meaning and purpose 
of life. Understand your real nature and why you are here. Here on earth 
you are but a passing traveler. Here all things are temporary. All 
things pass. Therefore seek the eternal. Your real nature is not 
earthly. It is /spiritual /and /deathless. /To realise your Reality, 
your eternal identity is the purpose of your life. While you strive 
diligently for this inner experience cultivate Ideal Relationship with 
the world around you. To all beings relate yourself with nobility, 
sympathy, kindness, love, selflessness and the desire to serve all. - 
Swami Sivananda<<More>> <http://divyajivan.org/sivananda/index.htm>

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*Early Meditation Talk from "Ponder These Truths by Sri Swami Chidananda*

"Spiritual Life"
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"Spiritual life means growing in godliness. Sadhana in its various forms 
such as japa, kirtan, puja, svadhyaya, asana, pranayama and meditation 
is a process of purifying and transforming your normal human nature into 
godly divine nature. And to ensure that your outer life of day-to-day 
living---speaking, acting, interacting with others and all life around 
you---to ensure that it supports your inner sadhana, you are admonished 
by Gurudev to transform your present outer life into a divine process, a 
divine life, not the life that you have been leading in the past, but a 
divine life. You have to make your life a divine life by bringing into 
it ingredients and qualities that belong to God, incorporating into it 
divinity, godliness, qualities that we do not normally associate with 
man, that we do not normally associate with this world, this earth 
plane." - Swami Chidananda<< More>> 
<http://divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm>

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HTML clipboard *Yoga Learning from a book "Yoga, A way of life" by Sri 
Swami Adhyatmananda**
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*Surya Namaskara* or *Sun Salutation* ("salute to the sun"), is a common 
sequence of Hatha Yoga asanas. Its origins lie in a worship of Surya, 
the Hindu Solar deity. This sequence of movements and poses can be 
practised on varying levels of awareness, ranging from that of physical 
exercise in various styles, to a complete sadhana, which incorporates 
asana, pranayama, mantra and chakra meditation.

The physical base of the practice links together twelve /asanas/ in a 
dynamically performed series. These /asanas/ are ordered so that they 
alternately stretch the spine backwards and forwards. When performed in 
the usual way, each /asana/ is moved into with alternate inhalation and 
exhalation (except for the sixth /asana/ where the breath is held in 
external suspension). A full round of /Surya namaskara/ is considered to 
be two sets of the twelve poses with a change in the second set to 
moving the opposite leg first through the series.<< More>> 
<http://www.divyajivan.org/Yoga_Book/Sun_salutation.pdf>

Yogasana Postures 
<http://divyajivan.org/video_clips/yogasana_%20posture.htm> ( video Clip )

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*Highlighting the publications *
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Divya Jivan Sanskrutik Sangh has established a special publishing 
division named /"Sivananda Jnana Yajna Nidhi"/ to facilitate spiritual 
publications. Holy Master Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj has written a 
wealth of literature for the upliftment of mankind, and additionally, 
there is so much knowledge to be gained from his disciples and 
organizations the world over. /The Sivananda Jnana Yajna Nidhi /has been 
doing absolutely wonderful job to bring bulk of the literature in local 
Gujarati language. It has received grace & blessings of Gurumaharaj Sri 
Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj.

*"Divya Jivan" 
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*is a monthly magazine in Gujarati language from the Sivananda Ashram, 
Ahmedabad, that has been published regularly for the past forty five 
years and running. Apart from bringing out various articles of great 
spiritual imports from various saints of the present and past regardless 
of their affiliations to organizations, it has also served well to 
communicate with spiritual aspirants all over. Subscribe to this 
magazine and be benefited.
Divya Jivan <http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm> /January 2013 
<http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_jan2013/Jan_2013.pdf>
Publication List <http://divyajivan.org/publications.htm>/Please contact 
ashram for the purchase of  books, tapes, video. 
sivanana_ashram at hotmail.com # 079-26861234

News & Activity Report for the Month of January 2013 
<http://divyajivan.org/News2013/News_jan2013.htm>
Divya Darshan of the Lord <http://divyajivan.org/video_clips/index.htm> 
(video clip)

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*GitaMrutam*

Free from pride and delusion, victorious over the evil of attachment, 
dwelling constantly in the Self, their desires having completely turned 
away, freed from the pairs of opposites known as pleasure and pain, the 
undeluded reach the eternal goal. (15 : 5)

He who is ever happy within, who rejoices within, who is illumined 
within, such a Yogi attains absolute freedom or Moksha, himself becoming 
Brahman. (5:24)

The sages obtain absolute freedom or Moksha---they whose sins have been 
destroyed, whose dualities (perception of dualities or experience of the 
pairs of opposites) are torn asunder, who are self-controlled, and 
intent on the welfare of all beings.(5:25)

The man attains peace, who, abandoning all desires, moves about without 
longing, without the sense of mine and without egoism.(2:71)

This is the Brahmic seat (eternal state), O son of Pritha! Attaining to 
this, none is deluded. Being established therein, even at the end of 
life one attains to oneness with Brahman.(2:72)

Gurudevarpanmastu
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