[Sivananda] Divya Jivan Newsletter, April 2016

Tue Mar 29 23:28:05 EDT 2016

Divya Jivan Newsletter
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad
   April 2016
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OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!
OM Namo Narayanaya!
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"Glory to Sri Rama and HIS Name!" On auspicious Ramnavami Utsav (April 
15, 2016)

"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!.......

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......- Swami Sivananda << More>> 
<http://divyajivan.org/ramanavami/index.htm>

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"Guru Darshan" - through Life incidence of Guru Maharaj Swami 
Chidanandaji Maharaj
Birth Centenary Celebration of Guru Bhagawan Sri Swami Chidanandaji 
Maharaj (Sept 24, 2015 -Sept 24, 2016) 
<http://divyajivan.org/Chidananda%20Centenary%20celebration/index.htm>

Chidananda - Giridhari :  There is the story of Giridhari for whom 
history may not have any time to space. Swamiji looked after Giridhari 
more than what he could have perhaps done for his dearest disciple. For 
twenty years or more, the patient was unable to walk and Swamiji was 
sending him food and looking after him in every possible way all these 
years. He used to send the best available medicines and small little 
presents every now and then from far off America to the poor little hut 
of Giridhari.

Mother Yvonne Lebeau, who chanced to find him in that wretched 
condition, did her best to preserve his life. The patient was so adamant 
that he refused to take even orange juice or grape juice. But the moment 
he was given to understand that Swamiji would return soon and that if he 
wished to remain alive to see Swamiji, he had to take at least the 
liquid fruit juice, he at once yielded. Then a miracle did happen. It so 
happened that Swamiji came back to Ashram two and half months ahead of 
the schedule. Swamiji went to Dhalwala to see Giridhari. He sat nearby 
and softly said "You can leave your body now. You can go in peace." 
Giridhari remained cheerful for sometime and then left his mortal coil.

Surrender And Be Secured : Swami Chidanandaji teaches us how to become 
secure. "If we only knew that what God does is always for our good, we 
would be like the kitten and not like the baby monkey. The baby monkey 
hangs on to the mother, and when the mother jumps from branch to branch, 
sometimes it loses its grip, falls down and dies. But the kitten lies 
down in one corner and cries for the mother. The mother cat comes and 
takes it away. There is no chance of the kitten falling down.

"We would know that self-effort is made only in order to know that no 
self-effort is necessary and we would surrender. 'Thy will be done' 
would always be our prayer
<< More>> 
<http://divyajivan.org/Chidananda%20Centenary%20celebration/Gurudarshan.htm>

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Brahmotsav of Sri Sri Ashtalaxmi Bahvan & Sri Chidananda Dhyana 
Mandir/Sri Ashtalaxmi Darshan

Devi is synonymous with Sakti or the Divine Power that manifests, 
sustains and transforms the universe as the one unifying force of 
Existence. By Devi or Sakti we mean the presupposition of all forms of 
existential power, the power of knowledge, of omniscience. These powers 
are the glorious attributes of God—you may call Him Vishnu or Siva or as 
you like. In other words, Sakti is the very possibility of the 
Absolute’s appearing as many, of God’s causing this universe. Sakti and 
Sakta are one; the Power and the one who possesses the Power cannot be 
separated; God and Sakti are like fire and heat of fire.
Devi-worship or Sakti-worship is therefore worship of God’s glory, of 
God’s greatness and supremacy. It is adoration of the Almighty. - Swami 
Sivananda <<more>> <http://divyajivan.org/ashtalakshmi/index.htm>

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Yoga Learning from a Yoga GURU, Swami Adhyatmananda

Upcoming 37^th YTTC (May 21, 2016 - Jun 9, 2016)
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.

  It is organized under the guidance & leadership of Sri Swami 
Adhyartmanandaji Maharaj, who has conducted over 770 Yoga camps in the 
East & the West. Ashram's holy atmosphere is ideal for enhancing your 
spiritual growth as well as the skill in the science of Yoga. You can 
still enroll. Contact the ashram for the details - 
sivananda_ashram at yahoo.com / Registration form 
<http://divyajivan.org/misc/37th%20YTTC%20_May%2021,%202016%20to%20June%209,%202016.pdf> 
( Please note the change in the dates from earlier post)

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Highlighting News & Upcoming Events
Birth Centenary Celebration of Guru Bhagawan Sri Swami Chidanandaji 
Maharaj  Continues ........ 
<http://divyajivan.org/Chidananda%20Centenary%20celebration/index.htm>"Be a 
Part of the Celebrations and be Blessed"

Prabhu Darshan & /Smarna /is just enough for the true devotee to reach 
HIS beloved .......... Sri Lallaji's daily Sringar darshan during Srimad 
Bhagawat Katha (Feb 29, 2016 - March 6, 2016) by H. H. Swami 
Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj - a part of Chidananda Birth Centenary 
celebration and the most enlightening Meerbai's bhajan ( /Kaisi lagan 
lagai prabhu tose/........../Teri puja Jeevan mera/) by Upali Kar, an 
ardent devotee of Gurumaharaj Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj ! Her heart 
melting singing arousing that bhav in the listener to go in TRANS.(video 
clip) <http://divyajivan.org/video_clips/index.htm>

Utsav Ganga at Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad: 
<http://divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm> Sri Ram Janmotsav ( April 
15, 2016), Sri Hanuman Jayanti ( April 22, 2016)  & Sri Ashtalaxmi 
Patotsav  (April 29, 2016) : All are invited
News & Activity report for the month of March 2016 
<http://divyajivan.org/News%202016/News_March%202016.htm>
Divya Jivan <http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm> / April 2016

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Gitamrutam

For a sage who wishes to attain to Yoga, action is said to be the means; 
for the same sage who has attained to Yoga, inaction (quiescence) is 
said to be the means.(6:3)

When a man is not attached to the sense-objects or to actions, having 
renounced all thoughts, then he is said to have attained to Yoga.(6:4)

Let a man lift himself by his own Self alone; let him not lower himself, 
for this self alone is the friend of oneself and this self alone is the 
enemy of oneself.(6:5)

The self is the friend of the self for him who has conquered himself by 
the Self, but to the unconquered self, this self stands in the position 
of an enemy like the (external) foe.(6:6)

  The Yogi is thought to be superior to the ascetics and even superior 
to men of knowledge (obtained through the study of scriptures); he is 
also superior to men of action; therefore, be thou a Yogi, O Arjuna! (6:46)

Sri Hanuman Jayanti <http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/bloomthat_2.jpg> 
(April 22, 2016)

Gurudevarpanmastu!
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