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<font face="Arial Narrow"><font face="Arial">Sivananda
Ashram, Ahmedabad<br>
June 2013 </font><br>
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<div align="left"><font face="Arial Narrow"> </font><font
face="Arial Narrow">OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya !</font><br>
<font face="Arial Narrow"> OM Namo Bhagawate
Chidanandaya !</font><br>
<font face="Arial Narrow"> OM Namo Narayanaya!<br>
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<font face="Arial Narrow">June 1, 2013 Marks Sannyasa
Diksha day of Holy Master Swami Sivananadaji Maharaj.
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<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/sivananda.jpg"
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align="left">"Sannyasa, Path to Blessedness".<br>
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style="font-size: 14pt; line-height:
20.799999237060547px; font-family: Garamond, serif;">"Worshipful
and Revered Gurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj’s
Sannyasin life was most ideal and exemplary model to
the Sannyasin of present era. His was the great
Sannyasa. He experienced Brahman everywhere, in
everything, at all times and in all conditions.
Gurudev was unique in own-self and core to the
renunciation; Sivananda Ashram kept on expanding and
number of buildings started springing up but Gurudev
never left His small cowshed where He spent His
whole life in pursuing His spiritual Sadhana. His
was the wonderful and ideal life. His life is worth
knowing. If, possible it is worth<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>practicing."
-Swami Adhyatmananda <a
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</span></font> Guru Darshan( video Clip)</a><br>
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</font><big>Early Meditation Talk from "Ponder These
Truths by Sri Swami Chidananda<br>
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<p><font face="Arial Narrow"><img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/chidananda.jpg"
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width="150" align="left">Faith Hope and
Charity<span class="Apple-style-span"
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</b>" Faith, hope and charity—never let go of
these. Always let them be enshrined within
you—faith in the Supreme, hope for yourself
and charity towards all."</span></font></p>
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<p>"Thus finish your journey and you will attain
the Goal. The journey will take you to your
destiny—your divine destiny, the fulfillment of
which is the most important thing in life. All
other things come afterward; they are secondary.
In this way, understand your life, understand
yourself, understand your relationship to the
Maker, and understand your relationship to the
rest of creation."</p>
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<p><font face="Arial Narrow">"May you ponder these
cardinal points of your life’s journey—charity
towards God’s creatures, absolute hope about
yourself, and absolute faith in the Being Who
has brought you into being, Who has placed you
among His creatures, so that you may become
like Him and you can attain Him as your
supreme Goal!"<i> - </i><small>Swami
Chidananda </small><a
href="http://divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm">
<small><< More>></small></a></font><br>
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</font>Yoga Learning from a book "Yoga, A way of life"
by Sri Swami Adhyatmananda<br>
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<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/adhyat-3.jpg"
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align="left">Primary & Main Yogasana (Yoga
Postures) <br>
The Physical techniques of Yoga are the stepping
stones to meditation. According to Patanjali, Yoga
is the cessation of the modifications of the mind.<br>
<br>
In the beginning the primary prerequisite to
peace of mind is posture. Yogasana practiced to
gain steady posture, health and lightness in the
body. All Yoga postures are intended to directly
or indirectly quiet the mind. The majority of
Asana have been devised to build up different
parts of the body and to develop the strength
required by the more advanced <span style=""> </span>Physical
disciplines. The purpose of the yogasana is to
recondition the system, both mind and body, and to
develop the nervous and glandular systems. The
different Yoga postures have been devised to bring
a rich supply of blood to the brain and to the
various parts of the spinal column. The yogasana
work by stretching, bending and twisting the
spinal column in different directions to promote
the health of the nerves. When the body is
purified, Prana (vital energy) can be conserved
and the individual becomes healthy and conscious.
<a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/Yoga_Book/yoga%20_postures.pdf">
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<font face="Arial Narrow">Upcoming events &
Highlighting the News<br>
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Support "Project READ" (Rural Educational Aid
Distribution):<br>
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Sivananda Ashram, Ahemdavad has taken up the
Project READ for underprivileged & needy
children of rural area of Gujarat. It is an
extensive program running in its fifth year that
focuses on providing educational aid to the
under served Children in the form of
distributing slates, black boards, chalk, chalk
eraser pads to junior grade students ( of 1st
through 4th grade) and notebooks of 150 &
200 pages to higher grade students ( of 5th
through 12th grade).Sri Arunbhai Oza and his
team is doing wonderful work in coordinating,
distributing and funding for this project. Also,
many thanks to the selfless workers at various
centers who goes to schools and make it possible
to reach to the needy children. <br>
The continuation of such comprehensive programs
has been possible only because of the unstinting
devotion and generous financial assistance
provided by selfless devotees of the Lord.</font><font
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<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/News2013/News-%20may2013.htm">News
& Activity Report for the Month of May
2013 </a><br>
<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm">Divya
Jivan </a>/<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_May2013/DJ_May2013.pdf">
May 2013</a></font></font></font></font><font
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Gitamrutam <br>
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The sages understand Sannyas to be the renunciation of
action with desire; the wise declare the abandonment
of the fruits of all actions as Tyaga. ( 18:2)<br>
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Acts of sacrifice, gift and austerity should not be
abandoned, but should be performed; sacrifice, gift
and also austerity are the purifiers of the
wise.(18:5)<br>
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Whatever obligatory action is done, O Arjuna, merely
because it ought to be done, abandoning attachment and
also the desire for reward, that renunciation is
regarded as Sattwic!( 18:9)<br>
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The man of renunciation, pervaded by purity,
intelligent and with his doubts cut asunder, does not
hate a disagreeable work nor is he attached to an
agreeable one.(18:10)<br>
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Verily, it is not possible for an embodied being to
abandon actions entirely; but he who relinquishes the
rewards of actions is verily called a man of
renunciation.(18:11)<br>
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