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<div align="center">Divya Jivan Newsletter<br>
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad<br>
February 2016</div>
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OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Narayanaya!<br>
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" Start Sadhana Now" - Swami Sivananda<br>
<br>
<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/sivananda.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" align="left" height="191"
width="150">"Act now. Live now. Know now. Realize now. Be
happy now. <br>
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. <br>
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".........<br>
<br>
"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"............ <br>
<br>
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. <br>
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 <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/sivananda/index.htm"><<
More>></a><br>
<br>
<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/20_important_spiritual_inst.htm">GURUDEV'S
TWENTY SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTIONS</a><br>
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"Guru Darshan" - through Life incidence of Guru Maharaj
Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj<br>
<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Chidananda%20Centenary%20celebration/index.htm">Birth
Centenary Celebration of Guru Bhagawan Sri Swami
Chidanandaji Maharaj (Sept 24, 2015 -Sept 24, 2016)<br>
</a><br>
<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/chidananda.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" align="left" height="174"
width="150">" 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.<br>
<br>
"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. <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Chidananda%20Centenary%20celebration/Gurudarshan.htm"><<
More>>.</a><br>
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Yoga Learning from a Yoga GURU, Swami Adhyatmananda<br>
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<p>"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
<br>
</p>
<p> Learn <b><i><a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Jeevan%20Yoga_live.pdf">"Jeevan
Yoga"</a></i> </b>(Yoga way of Life) from Sri
Swamiji Maharaj through 52 episodes of Television series
by <i><a href="http://www.ddgirnar.com/">TV Durdarshan
Girnar</a> </i>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).<br>
</p>
<br>
"Backache" : Principle causes of Backache, Treatment &
Precautions .......<br>
Bhujangasana, Baddha-Naukasana, Kati -Utthanasana,
Ushtrasana, Bharmari Pranayama & Shavasana are very
helpful.<br>
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. <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/yoga&health/index.htm">
<<More>> </a>on "Health Topics" from a Book
" Yoga & Health " by Swami Adhyatmananda<br>
<br>
<br>
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Highlighting the News & Upcoming events<br>
<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Chidananda%20Centenary%20celebration/index.htm">Chidananda
Birth Centenary Celebrations continues</a>
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swing. Working committee at the ashram thanks to all for the
generous donation and seek continued support for this Divine
project .<br>
<br>
<a
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Yoga DVD</a> : 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.<br>
<br>
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<br>
<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/News%202016/News%20_January%202016.htm">News
& Activity Report for the Month of January 2016</a> <br>
<a href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm">Divya
Jivan</a> / <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_Jan2016/DJ_Jan2016.pdf">January
2016</a>/<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_Feb2016/DJ_Feb2016.pdf">
February 2016</a><br>
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Gitamrutam<br>
<img alt="" src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/6_3.gif"
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New
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!important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
204);">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)<br>
<br>
<img alt="" src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/6_4.gif"
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</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times
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!important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
204);">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)<br>
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!important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
204);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
'Times New Roman', Times; font-size: medium;
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display: inline !important; float: none;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 204);">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)<br>
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!important; float: none; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
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</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);
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display: inline !important; float: none; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 204);">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)<br>
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