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<div align="center">Divya Jivan Newsletter<br>
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad<br>
May 2016<br>
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<br>
<div align="left">OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Narayanaya!<br>
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"Foundation of Yoga" - By 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">"Develop virtues like generosity,
forgiveness and love. Mere Yogic Kriyas alone will not
help you much. Do self-analysis daily and eradicate your
faults and evil, slavish habits. Rectify your defects
such as selfishness, pride, jealousy and hatred. You
must cultivate a compassionate and loving heart first.
At all times you must share what you have with others
and practice selfless service. Then only will you get
purity of heart.<br>
<br>
Yoga is unity, identity, homogeneity, oneness and
sameness with God. <br>
<br>
Many aspirants neglect these preliminaries and jump, out
of curiosity, to Yogic Kriyas for getting psychic
powers. It is really a serious blunder. They will have a
hopeless downfall. Therefore, be careful. Mere Yogic
Kriyas cannot bring about the desired results. The
purification of the heart is of paramount importance.<br>
<br>
It is a blessing to be a Yogi. Practice Yoga and preach.
Hatha Yoga ensures good physical and mental health. You
must utilize this to the best advantage by deep
meditation on the Atman or inner Self. Self-realization
should be your goal. This should be achieved by the
constant remembrance of God, by righteousness, by a life
of virtue and by the practice of Yoga.<br>
<br>
It is a blessing to be a Yogi. Practice Yoga and preach.
Hatha Yoga ensures good physical and mental health. You
must utilize this to the best advantage by deep
meditation on the Atman or inner Self. Self-realization
should be your goal. This should be achieved by the
constant remembrance of God, by righteousness, by a life
of virtue and by the practice of Yoga." - Swami
Sivananda <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/sivananda/index.htm"><<
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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</a> (Sept 24, 2015 -Sept 24,
2016)<br>
<br>
<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/chidananda.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" align="left" height="148"
width="131">"Hail Hail Swami Chidananda" <br>
<br>
The sun was up today and the cloudless open blue sky was
gazing at the cosmic panorama. The murmuring sound of
the Bhagirathi was simply soothing the environment. Sky
touching trees of Deodar and Pine were singing the glory
of purity and ringing bells like; the blowing breeze was
very firm in its message “ March Forward, you will
obtain your aim”. Now and then a holy sound of blowing
conch was only a little amusement in the absolute
silence of Gangotri. We were just sitting surrounding
Swamiji Maharaj at our Ashram’s small little Kutir at
Gangotri. <br>
<br>
It was just after our All India Tour that he wanted us
to have a little physical rest and rejuvenate ourselves,
to boost up once again for the holy Birth Centenary
Celebrations of our Pujya Gurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji
Maharaj. <br>
Like the external surrounding environment, the revered
Swamiji’s health and mood were simply illuminating and
vibrating with supreme bliss. <br>
<br>
In this blessed mood he narrated this episode: " It was
winter. With the kind permission of revered Guru Maharaj
I decided to go on a pilgrimage of Sri Tungnath.
En-route, I arrived at Rudraprayag at the very late
dusk, when practically all persons had gone inside their
small huts and were confined to retirement or to warming
up in front of little wood or charcoal fires. But the
old pujari of the small little temple was busy winding
up his evening service to get back to his home. At that
moment I entered the temple where only 2 or 3 kids were
present in the hope of receiving a little prasad from
the temple worship............................" <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/adhyatmananda/index.htm"><<
More>> </a><br>
<br>
- From the diary of Swami Adhyatmannda <br>
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A Birthday Greetings to H. H. Sri Swami Adhyatmanandaji
Maharaj ( May 3, 2016) <br>
<br>
<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/Adhyat-6.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" align="left" height="143"
width="163">Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad invites you to
join with us in "Aayush Homam" & satsanga with
Mahatmas organized on happy occasion of 72 <sup>nd</sup>
Birthday Celebration of Pujya Sri Swami Adhyatmanandaji
Maharaj on May 3, 2016.<br>
"A great son (sun) of India Adhyatma-Jyoti Sri Swami
Adhyatmananda Saraswati an "adarsh" yati & Saint of
holy Matrubhoomi Bharatvarsha." - H. H. Sri Swami
Chidanandaji Maharaj <br>
<br>
These are the words of His Master. Pujya Swamiji's
devotion, loyalty and obedience to the HIS Master is
unparallel. He is a tireless karma yogi who utilizes
every second of His day in rendering the highest service
to Mankind. Pujya Swamiji is the embodiment of the
teachings of Holy Master Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj.
He is a yogi, vedantin & devotee all in one.<br>
<br>
We pray to the Almighty Lord, Gurudev Sri Swami
Sivanandaji Maharaj and Gurumaharaj Sri Swami
Chidanandaji Maharaj for Pujya Swamiji’s good health and
long life so that He could be a guiding light to
spiritual aspirants all over.<br>
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Learning of "Jeevan Yog" from a Yoga Acharya Swami
Adhyatmananda<br>
<br>
<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/jeevan_yog.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" align="left" height="241"
width="191">Doordarshan Girnar has been telecasting
the <b><a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Jeevan%20yog_%20introduction.htm">‘Jeevan
Yog Series"</a></b> on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
at 7.00 am -7.30 am from Jan 18, 2016. Team of yoga
teachers of Sivananda Ashram has demonstrated yoga
postures and Smt. Rupa Majmudar has coordinated the
program. Here, we bring you for the benefits of our
website viewers. <br>
<br>
"We are born, death is inevitable. Journey between birth
and death is not Life, it is a slow journey towards
death. Life we have to find. Life lived in the pursuit
of SELF realization is the Goal of Life and can be
achieved, that is the Yoga way of LIFE or Jeevan Yoga.
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>
<br>
Doordarshan Girnar has done wonderful Seva to Mankind by
organizing and Video recording of " Jeevan Yoga Series"
(of 65 episodes) by Sri Swami Adhyatmanandaji. People
will be greatly benefited. Pujya Swamiji has beautifully
and step by step covered a new dimension of Yoga
learning, not just the Yoga postures but a key to
integrate all aspects of life physical, intellectual and
spiritual through Yogic living to maintain sound body
and peaceful mind that enables sincere students to go
deeper and subtler aspect of their being there by live
and lead harmonious, purposeful & Divine Life. It is
a complete guide to Yogic Life and filled with systemic,
scientific and yet simple very useful methods of yoga
teaching . It is like Yoga Teacher comes to your home, a
"must watch series" for not only Yoga lovers but for
everyone. <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Jeevan%20yog_%20introduction.htm">
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Highlighting News & Upcoming Events <br>
<a
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Centenary Celebration of Guru Bhagawan Sri Swami
Chidanandaji Mahara j continues</a>........ <br>
<a href="http://divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm"><br>
Upcoming 37th YTTC (May 21, 2016 - Jun 9, 2016)</a> :
<title>Divya Jivan Newsletter, May 2016</title>
YTTC at Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad is organized under
the guidance & leadership of Pujya 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 - <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:sivananda_ashram@yahoo.com"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:sivananda_ashram@yahoo.com">sivananda_ashram@yahoo.com</a></a>
/ Registration form ( Please note the change in the
dates from earlier post). 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.<br>
<br>
<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/News%202016/News_April2016.htm">News
& Activity report for the Month of April 2016</a><br>
<a href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm">Divya
Jivan </a>/<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_April%202016/DJ_April%202016.pdf">
April 2016</a><br>
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Gitamrutam<br>
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Perform action, O Arjuna, being steadfast in Yoga,
abandoning attachment and balanced in success and
failure! Evenness of mind is called Yoga ( 2:48)<br>
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Endowed with wisdom (evenness of mind), one casts off in
this life both good and evil deeds; therefore, devote
thyself to Yoga; Yoga is skill in action. (2:50)<br>
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Let that be known by the name of Yoga, the severance
from union with pain. This Yoga should be practiced with
determination and with an undesponding mind. (6:23)<br>
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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)<br>
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