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<div align="center"><font size="-1">Divya Jivan Newsletter<br>
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad<br>
May 2017<br>
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<font size="-1"> OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Narayanaya!<br>
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Biography of Buddha by Swami Sivananda on Buddha Jayanti
(May 15, 2017)<br>
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<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/sivananda.jpg"
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width="139">Lord Buddha preached: "We will have to find
out the cause of sorrow and the way to escape from it. The
desire for sensual enjoyment and clinging to earthly life
is the cause of sorrow. If we can eradicate desire, all
sorrows and pains will come to an end. We will enjoy
Nirvana or eternal peace. Those who follow the Noble
Eightfold Path strictly, viz., right opinion, right
resolve, right speech, right conduct, right employment,
right exertion, right thought and right self-concentration
will be free from sorrow. This indeed, O mendicants, is
that middle course which the Tathagata has thoroughly
comprehended, which produces insight, which produces
knowledge, which leads to calmness or serenity, to
supernatural knowledge, to perfect Buddhahood, to Nirvana
-Swami Sivananda <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/articles/siva/biography_Buddha.htm">
<< Read More>> </a><br>
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" Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so
virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a
pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of
human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance
of virtue."<br>
<br>
"To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's
family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline
and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind
he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and
virtue will naturally come to him." - Buddha<br>
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</font><font size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1">Early
Morning Meditation Talks from Ponder These Truths by
Sri Swami Chidananda<br>
<br>
</font></font></font><img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/chidananda.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" height="155" align="left"
width="133">"All Things are Possible"<br>
"Beloved Immortal Atman! Blessed children of the Divine! The
ways of the Lord are mysterious. But one fact is certain: no
matter how other things might change, the Divine Reality,
the Cosmic Being, the supreme Universal Spirit is always the
same, the unchanging. He is always the ever-full, the
all-perfect. He is always all-merciful. He is always the
ocean of compassion, the ocean of love, an ocean of grace.
And He is always sarva-samartha—omnipotent, all-powerful,
capable of instantly doing anything and everything that He
divinely wills." <br>
<br>
"And what a great thought, that we belong to Him. He belongs
to us; we have a claim over Him. And He is all that you
desire in the form of a life’s companion, a helper, a
partner. When you contemplate this truth, that we have such
a great Being, such an all-perfect, omnipotent Being, such a
sympathetic, understanding and compassionate Being as our
best friend, as our life partner, as our constant companion,
as our ever-ready helper, you can do nothing but rejoice,
rejoice and rejoice. You can do nothing but rejoice. It is
the truth of our life, and that Being is the One who is
closest to us, closer than anything else." - Swami
Chidananda <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm"><<
Read More>> </a><br>
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Learning of <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Index.htm">"Jeevan
Yog"</a> from a Yoga Acharya Swami Adhyatmananda<br>
Through TV episodes of "Jeevan Yoga" Series by Doordarshan
Girnar<br>
<br>
Can those having High Blood Pressure practice Asanas? <br>
"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.<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/yoga&health/index.htm"><<
Read more>></a> <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Index.htm"><<
Jeevan Yoga Episode 7 >> </a><br>
<br>
<a href="http://divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm">Upcoming
Yoga Teachers Training Course (38th YTTC)</a> is
organized from May 11, 2017 - May 30, 2017 : You can still
enroll <br>
Transform your life to Yoga way of Living. Enhance your
skill in Yoga, be a teacher and spread the knowledge to
others. 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. For further details - </font><font
size="-1"><font size="-1"><a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/contact.htm">Contact
the ashram</a></font> <a
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</font><font size="-1"><font size="-1">Highlighting the news
and upcoming events</font></font><br>
<font size="-1"><font size="-1"><a
href="http://divyajivan.org/ashtalakshmi/index.htm">17
<sup>th</sup> Brahmotsav of Sri Sri Ashtalaxmi Bahvan
& Sri Chidananda Dhyana Mandir/Sri Ashtalaxmi
Darshan</a> (April 29, 2017)</font></font><font
size="-1"><font size="-1"> : You are invited to join with
us in Navachandi Yajna <br>
</font></font><br>
<font size="-1"><font size="-1"><a
href="http://divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm">A
Birthday Greetings</a> : Join with us in "Aayush
Homam" & satsang with Mahatmas organized on happy
occasion of 73rd Birthday Celebration of Pujya Sri Swami
Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj on May 3, 2017.</font></font><font
size="-1"><font size="-1"> <br>
</font></font><font size="-1"><font size="-1">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>
</font></font><font size="-1"><font size="-1"><br>
</font></font><a
href="http://divyajivan.org/News%202017/News_April2017%20.htm">News
& Activity Report for the Month of May 2017</a><br>
<font size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1"><a
href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm">Divya
Jivan</a>/ <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/Divya%20Jivan%20_March%202017/DJ_March2017.pdf">March
2017 / </a><a
href="http://divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm">April
2017</a><br>
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Gitamrutam<br>
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initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">He
who knows Me as unborn and beginningless, as the great
Lord of the worlds, he, among mortals, is undeluded; he
is liberated from all sins.( 10:3)<br>
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</span></font><font size="-1"><span style="color: rgb(0,
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initial; display: inline !important; float: none;"><span
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times
New Roman", Times; font-size: medium; font-style:
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rgb(255, 255, 204); text-decoration-style: initial;
text-decoration-color: initial; display: inline
!important; float: none;">He who in truth knows these
manifold manifestations of My Being and (this)
Yoga-power of Mine, becomes established in the
unshakeable Yoga; there is no doubt about it. (10:7)<br>
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<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/10_8.gif"
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</span></span></font><font size="-1"><span style="color:
rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman",
Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal;
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normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
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initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">I am
the source of all; from Me everything evolves;
understanding thus, the wise, endowed with meditation,
worship Me.(10: 8)<br>
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</span></font><font size="-1"><span style="color: rgb(0,
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initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">To
them who are ever steadfast, worshipping Me with love, I
give the Yoga of discrimination by which they come to
Me.( 10:10)<br>
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