[Sivananda] Divya Jivan Newletter, August 2019

[Divya Jivan Newsletter]

Divya Jivan Newsletter
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad
   August 2019
   ====================================

OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!
OM Namo Narayanaya!
==================================================================
Glories of Lord Sri  Krishna - Divine Incarnation, Purna Avatara
On auspicious Janmashtami  (August 24, 2019)

"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 visualised with thy fleshly eyes the mighty Dignity 
of the Supreme Sovereign of the Universe! Thou art purified; thy 
birthright is to realise 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 realise 
the Self."- Swami Sivananda << Read more>> 
<http://divyajivan.org/Janmasthami/index.htm>

==================================================================
Early Morning Meditation Talks from " Ponder These Truths " by  Sri  
Swami Chidananda

Four Powerful Transforming Factors

"Radiant Divinities! Beloved sadhaks and seekers! Today let us consider 
four valuable means of making your life sublime, four valuable factors 
that will keep your life moving towards the grand divine destiny, to 
fulfill which you have been endowed with this human status. For the 
power to feel, think, reason, understand, expand in knowledge and grow 
in wisdom is verily the uniqueness of this privileged status of yours as 
a human being on earth. These factors will enrich your human status, 
adorn your spiritual life, enrich your sadhana and abhyasa, and augment 
your movement towards your grand divine destiny of atma-jnana, 
transcendental experience, God-realization."

".......These four powerful forces, powerful transforming factors, can 
enhance your spiritual life, make it fully God-oriented, give it a push 
in the right direction, take you towards the Goal Supreme—the power of 
the Name which immediately links you up with the Unmanifest, the 
transcendental Reality; constant remembrance of God in the mind; bhav, 
the right feeling, sublime spiritual feeling in your heart; and fourth, 
the right vision, which beholds the Reality everywhere, so that you 
live, move and have your being in God." - Swami Chidananda << Read 
more>> <http://divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm>

==================================================================
Learning of  "Jeevan Yog" from a Yoga Acharya Swami Adhyatmananda
Through TV episodes of "Jeevan Yoga" Serie 
<http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Index.htm>s by Doordarshan Girnar

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 - Swami Adhyatmananda

<< Read More>>  / <http://divyajivan.org/yoga&health/index.htm>Jeevan 
Yoga Series <http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Index.htm>

==============================================================
Highlighting the News and upcoming events

/*Gurupurnima Sadhana Saptah *(July 16, 2019 - July 24, 2019):/ It 
indeed was a spiritual feast for the Devotees at the Ashram to celebrate 
GuruPurnima in the satsang with Mahatmas. /Sadhana Saptah (Spiritual 
retreat) /commenced on Gurupurnima day (July 16, 2019) with a grand 
Paduka Pujan of Holy Master Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj & GuruMaharaj 
Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj........ Each day began with prayers at 6 
am and morning satsang included group chanting of Vishun Sahshranama, 
Bhagawad Gita and spiritual sharing. In the afternoon, chanting of Durga 
Saptasati and evening satsang included spiritual discourses & sharing 
the thoughts on glories of Guru by different speakers namely H. H. Sri 
Swami Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj, Sri Bhagyesh Jha, Dr. Amish Kshtriya, Sri 
Swami Brahmnisthanandjimaharaj from Divya Jivan Sangh (Jagganathpuri), 
Swamini Vidya Prakashananda Mataji, H. H. Sri Swami Asangananadaji 
Maharaj, H. H. Sri Swami Nikhileshwaranandaji Maharaj, H. H. Sri Swami 
Parmatmanandaji Maharaj.....Culmination was on 56th Aradhana day (July 
24, 2019), Mahasamadhi day of worshipful Gurubhagawan Sri Swami 
SivanandaJi Maharaj. A large number of devotees participated in a grand 
Paduka Pujya & Guru worship which was followed by Bhajan and discourse 
by Pujya Sri Swami Brahmanishthanandaji Maharaj (Puri) and Smt. Rupa 
Majmudar, an ardent devotee of Gurudev. It concluded with Narayan Seva 
(poor feeding) and serving Maha prasad to all at mid-day. << read more>> 
<http://divyajivan.org/News_2019/News_July%202019.htmhttp://divyajivan.org/News_2019/News_July%202019.htm>

Join with us in Holy Shravan Month (Aug 3, 2019 - Aug 29, 2019 ) & 
Janmastami Utsav ( Aug 24, 2019) at the Ashram 
<http://divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm>

News & Activity Report for the Month of July 2019
<http://divyajivan.org/News_2019/News_July%202019.htm>

News through the Event photos 
<https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOKgOX3QuT9fXI0TyOQd88bzBPxp_izRdZhwnMkNubQZeG46LjW-dnqqHq9ulukEA?key=bDFyc1VLT1RYeFEwcldmZG1rTDhjWWF0RGRHNVRR>

Amrut Mahotsav Celebrations at the Ashram - Photos 
<https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOmCSQLZHz7QPwIhomG0NfK2GpCk3kGBZ0wpAIp1E2Xct1MIX7vdh9eUQ4FN7rt4A?key=Smd6S1RiYm14NVA1YnphTkgtXzBhb3lnZ05JUkxB>

Divya Jivan <http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm>/ August 2019 
<http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_AUGUST2019/DJ_August2019.pdf>

==================================================================
Q & A on Spiritual Life and Sadhana from “May I Answer That?”- by Holy 
Master Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj.

The Gita touches on many subjects which are useful to an aspirant after 
God-Knowledge, but strangely enough, omits to mention anything about the 
purpose behind creation. Why did God embark on creation at all?

The Lord’s silence, in the Gita, about the purpose of creation, is truly 
a demonstration of His divine wisdom. This very same problem arises in 
various minds in various forms. How did Avidya arise in Brahman? When 
did Karma begin? Why did the Formless assume forms? How could darkness 
or Maya exist in the Supreme Absolute Light? And so on. There can be no 
answer to these questions. It involves the understanding of the Ultimate 
Principle, the Intelligence that is behind and beyond these questions, 
the Cause of all causes, the Subject of all objects. It cannot be known 
as an object. And, when the subject (Self or Atman) knows Itself, speech 
and thought cease. The questioner and question vanish in the quest. The 
doubt disappears in the doubter. In that Supreme Silence, the problem is 
inexpressibly solved! The riddle is solved; but speech is baffled and 
the question remains unanswerable.  Therefore, the Lord is silent about 
the transcendental question in the Gita; but, such is the divine wisdom 
of the Almighty that He gives ways and means of solving the problem.
Don’t bother about why creation came into being, but try to know the 
Creator! Take creation for what it is and try to transcend it. This is 
wisdom. Trying to probe intellectually into the mystery is only buying 
psychological distress. There is no ‘Why?’ in respect of transcendental 
matters. ‘Why?’ is only for worldly things. Reason is finite and frail. 
God only knows the ‘Why?’. Realize the Self. Then you will get the 
answer. Then you will know the origin and nature of Maya and everything

Sri Krishna Darshan (Video clip) 
<http://divyajivan.org/Janmasthami/introduction.htm>


Gurudevarpanmastu!
Home Page:
http://www.divyajivan.org/
  For questions, comments and suggestions:
divyajivan at divyajivan.org
*|Subscribe 
<https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=chidananda-join@divyajivan.org,divyajivan@divyajivan.org&su=Subscribe&body=Just%20press%20the%20%22Send%22%20button.%20You%20will%20get%20the%20confirmation%20link.%20Please%20send%20the%20confirmation%20link%20to%20complete%20the%20subscription.> | 
Unsubscribe 
<https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=chidananda-unsubscribe@divyajivan.org,divyajivan@divyajivan.org&su=Unsubscribe&body=Just%20press%20the%20%22Send%22%20button.%20You%20will%20get%20the%20confirmation%20link.%20Please%20send%20the%20confirmation%20link%20to%20complete%20the%20unsubscription.>| 
Manage Subscription 
<http://divyajivan.org/mailman/listinfo/chidananda_divyajivan.org> |*


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://divyajivan.org/pipermail/sivananda_divyajivan.org/attachments/20190804/5e1c5a33/attachment-0002.html>