[Sivananda] Divya Jivan Newsletter, February 2016

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Divya Jivan Newsletter
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad
February 2016
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OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!
OM Namo Narayanaya!
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" Start Sadhana Now" - Swami Sivananda

"Act now. Live now. Know now. Realize now. Be happy now.
Every death is a reminder. Every bell that rings says, "The end is 
near". Every day robs off from you one part of your precious life. 
Therefore, you should be very earnest in plunging yourself in constant 
Sadhana.
Never fall a victim to fruitless regret. Today is the best day. Today is 
the day of your new birth. Start Sadhana now. With folded palms, bid 
good-bye to past mistakes and faults. You have learnt your lessons. 
March forward now with new hope, determination, and vigilance".........

"Waver not. Fear not. Doubt not. Do something substantial in the path of 
Sadhana instead of wasting your time in idle pursuits and lethargy. You 
have infinite strength within you. There is a vast reservoir of power 
within you. Therefore, do not lose heart. Obstacles are stepping stones 
to success. They will develop your will. Do not allow yourself to be 
crushed by them. Defects remind you of perfection. Sin reminds you of 
virtue. Chose the positive path"............

Sadhana is spiritual movement consciously systematized. Sadhana is the 
purpose for which we have come to this place. Abhyasa and Sadhana are 
synonymous terms. The object of Sadhana is to release life from the 
limitations with which it is bound.
Sadhana is a lifelong process. Every day, every hour, every minute, is 
an onward march. Obstacles are innumerable in this great voyage. But, so 
long as you hold God as thy guide, there is nothing to worry about. You 
are sure to reach the other shore." ........- Swami Sivananda << More>> 
<http://divyajivan.org/sivananda/index.htm>

GURUDEV'S TWENTY SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTIONS 
<http://divyajivan.org/20_important_spiritual_inst.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>
" Work Is Worship "  : During those early days Sivananda Ashram was a 
veritable hermitage. Sridhar used to share the work of sweeping the 
floors, looking after guests and patients, help filling the tank with 
water from the Ganges, spreading carpet on the floor, getting firewood 
from the forest, washing vessels and serving in the kitchen, conducting 
worship in the temple and also writing letters, typing manuscripts and 
delivering elevating talks in the evening Satsangs and other religious 
functions. With all these duties he remained serene and spiritually 
vibrant all the time, for work itself was his manner of offering worship.

"Genius Lives the Beginners' way" : Sridhar always remembered the famous 
expression of Totapuri that in order that its lustre is maintained the 
brass pot has to be rubbed everyday. Like Gurudev he used to emphasize, 
"The body is always a donkey and the mind a monkey to the last. So the 
Adhyatmic whip and the cane of Titiksha, Tapasya etc. must be kept in 
readiness always". Similarly he was one in opinion with Gurudev who 
would frequently warn, "Even if you are a Jivanmukta, you must be 
careful." Rao Swamiji, so ran the verdict of Gurudev, was a born Siddha. 
Yet he always thought of himself as only a beginner, just stepping into 
the spiritual field. So he took resort to periodical fasts, sudden acts 
of personal denial and endurance. Endurance was a quality that Sridhara 
had assiduously cultivated and possessed in abundance even before he 
came to the Ashram. Yet not a day elapsed when he did not expose himself 
to some gruelling test or the other, for Titiksha is the real wealth of 
an ascetic. In Gita the Lord exhorts the aspirant to put up with 
pleasure and pain, heat and cold with equanimity, for they are equally 
transitory. << More>>. 
<http://divyajivan.org/Chidananda%20Centenary%20celebration/Gurudarshan.htm>

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Yoga Learning from a Yoga GURU, Swami Adhyatmananda

"Yoga way of Life brings Happiness of sound mind in sound body. Yogic 
living implies discriminative living. Yoga is equanimity, equipoise or 
equilibrium. It is skill in the performance of actions. Yoga is 
disconnection from union with pain and freedom from attachment and 
desires it is turning away of the senses from the objective universe and 
concentrating of the mind within."-   Swami Adhyatmananda

  Learn */"Jeevan Yoga" 
<http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Jeevan%20Yoga_live.pdf>/ *(Yoga way 
of Life) from Sri Swamiji Maharaj through 52 episodes of Television 
series by /TV Durdarshan Girnar <http://www.ddgirnar.com/> /of  Govt. of 
India. Do not miss opportunity to learn Yoga from a Master. It is on 
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 7.00 am - 7.30 am (Indian time).


"Backache" :  Principle causes of Backache, Treatment & Precautions .......
Bhujangasana, Baddha-Naukasana, Kati -Utthanasana, Ushtrasana, Bharmari 
Pranayama & Shavasana are very helpful.
Practice of Shalabhasana at the end of Bhujang­asana and practice of 
Dhanurasana on completion of Ushtrasana are found very beneficial for 
the backache. Therefore, without any type of hurry, with perfect quiet 
attitude & balance state of mind, practise Asanas, Bhramari as well as 
Omkar Pranayamas. <<More>> 
<http://divyajivan.org/yoga&health/index.htm>on "Health Topics" from a 
Book " Yoga & Health " by Swami Adhyatmananda



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Highlighting the News & Upcoming events
Chidananda Birth Centenary Celebrations continues 
<http://divyajivan.org/Chidananda%20Centenary%20celebration/index.htm> 
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Updating the progress Chidananda Memorial Yoga Bhawan; 
<http://divyajivan.org/Chidananda%20Centenary%20celebration/index.htm> 
Construction of Sri Chidananda Yoga Bhavan is in a full swing. Working 
committee at the ashram thanks to all for the generous donation and seek 
continued support for this Divine project .

Sivananda Yoga DVD 
<http://divyajivan.org/Chidananda%20Centenary%20celebration/Chidananda%20Centenary%20Yoga%20DVD.htm>  
: Sri Chidananda Birth Centenary Yoga DVD is a creation of Divya Jivan 
Sanskrutik Sangh to commemorate Birth Centenary celebration of Guru 
Maharaj Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj. It is a complete guide for  the 
beginners as well as experts. It contains 84 Yoga postures. It is like 
Yoga Teachers comes to your home.

For purchase of Yoga DVD-contact Ashram  # 079-2686234 or 
sivanandaashram at gmail.com

News & Activity Report for the Month of January 2016 
<http://divyajivan.org/News%202016/News%20_January%202016.htm>
Divya Jivan <http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm> / January 2016 
<http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_Jan2016/DJ_Jan2016.pdf>/February 
2016 <http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_Feb2016/DJ_Feb2016.pdf>
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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)


Thus, always keeping the mind balanced, the Yogi, with the mind 
controlled, attains to the peace abiding in Me, which culminates in 
liberation.(6:15)


Supreme bliss verily comes to this Yogi whose mind is quite peaceful, 
whose passion is quieted, who has become Brahman, and who is free from 
sin (6:27)


Gurudevarpanmastu!
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