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<div align="center">Divya Jivan Newsletter<br>
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad<br>
October 2017<br>
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OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Narayanaya!<br>
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"Foundation of Yoga" - By Sri Swami Sivananda <br>
<br>
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src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/sivananda.jpg"
alt="" 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>
Every activity - from the rearing of children to the
management of the home - can be readily converted into Yoga.
Kindly study the first six chapters of the Gita again and
again. Merely running away from crowds is not a sign of
Yoga. The performance of all actions as an instrument in His
hands, and with the consciousness that this world is
pervaded by Him, the Supreme Spirit, is called Yoga". -
Swami Sivananda <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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" Song Celestial" -Bhagawad Gita on sacred Sri Bhagavad
Gita Jayanti (November 29, 2017)<br>
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"Though engaged in the performance of worldly duties, one
who is regular in the study of the Gita becomes free. He is
the happy man in this world. He is not bound by Karma. Just
as the water stains not the lotus leaf, even so sins do not
taint him who is regular in the recitation of the Gita. All
the sacred centers of pilgrimage, like Prayag and other
places, dwell in that place where the Gita is kept, and
where the Gita is read. All the gods, sages, Yogins, divine
serpents, Gopalas, Gopikas (friends and devotees of Lord
Krishna), Narada, Uddhava and others (dwell here). Help
comes quickly where the Gita is recited and, O Earth, I ever
dwell where it is read, heard, taught and contemplated upon!<br>
<br>
"I take refuge in the Gita, and the Gita is My best abode. I
protect the three worlds with the knowledge of the Gita. The
Gita is My highest science, which is doubtless of the form
of Brahman, the Eternal, the Ardhamatra (of the Pranava Om),
the ineffable splendor of the Self. It was spoken by the
blessed Lord Krishna, the all-knowing, through His own
mouth, to Arjuna. It contains the essence of the Vedas—the
knowledge of the Reality. It is full of supreme bliss."<br>
<br>
"The Gita is the most beautiful and the only truly
philosophical song. It contains sublime lessons on wisdom
and philosophy. It is the “Song Celestial”. It is the
universal gospel. It contains the message of life that
appeals to all, irrespective of race, creed, age or
religion. The Gita contains the divine nectar. It is the
wish-fulfilling gem, tree and cow. You can milk anything
from it. It is a book for eternity. It is a vade-mecum for
all. Peace, bliss, wisdom, Brahman, Nirvana, Param Padam
and Gita are all synonymous terms." - Sri Swami Sivananda <a
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Early Morning Meditation Talk from " Ponder These truths" by
Swami Chidananda <br>
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<img moz-do-not-send="true"
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alt="" align="left" height="174" width="150">"Yoga &
Vedanta" :
<!--StyleSheet Link-->Blessed Divinities! <i>Sadhaks </i>and
seekers! From your ancient, effulgent past, as your heritage
and birthright, you have inherited two great treasures—Yoga
and Vedanta. Vedanta is divine wisdom, knowledge of the
Divine Reality, the great Reality. Yoga is the science of
entering into a conscious relationship with that knowledge,
experiencing that knowledge, realising that knowledge. <br>
Yoga and Vedanta form the two ingredients that go to make up
the divine life of service, devotion, meditation and
Self-realisation. Boldly Vedanta proclaims and wants you to
know: “ahamatma nirakarah sarvavyapi svabhavatah (I am the
Atman that is formless, all-pervading by nature).” “Beyond
sense, beyond mind, I am the quintessence of luminous wisdom
consciousness”—this is the awareness that Vedanta grants you
and wants you to practise. And Yoga is continuous, unbroken,
conscious, purposeful contact and relationship, ever
progressive relationship with the Divine. <br>
<br>
Gurudev’s concept of divine life combines both the practice
of Yoga and the spirit of Vedanta. Live in the awareness of
your divinity, and live to utilise every conscious moment,
every breath to be continuously, unbrokenly in close contact
with the cosmic source of your divinity, with your divine
origin, with your eternal divine ground, your divine abode.
- Swami Chidananda<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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Learning of <a
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"Jeevan Yog"</a> from a Yoga Acharya Swami Adhyatmananda<br>
Through TV episodes of "Jeevan Yoga" Series by Doordarshan
Girnar<br>
<p>Regular practice of simple and gentle flexibility
exercises will improve stamina and strength, reduce aches
and pains, improve posture and body alignment , improve
immune system, awaken body and energize the mind and
finally leads one to evolve spiritually. <a
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with the Fuel of Motivation" </a>- by Pujya Swami
Adhyatmanandaji at 25<sup> th</sup> AMA (Amadavad
Managment Association) week (Video clips)</p>
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Highlighting the news and upcoming events<br>
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alt="" align="left" height="176" width="200"> "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>
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YTTC (Dec 11, 2017 - Dec 30, 2017) </a>: Yoga
Teacher Training Course at Sivananda Ashram,
Ahmedabada is designed to offer you the experience of
living Yoga way of Life and to present the necessary
techniques that will enable you to pass these great
teachings on to others. <br>
<br>
This training program includes both lectures and
practical components from respected experts in the
fields of cardiology, gynecology, anatomy ,
physiology , Yoga, meditation, spirituality and
psychology. The program syllabus includes detailed
instructions for each posture with their benefits.
Also, in depth practice of different pranayama
(breathing exercises), meditation, relaxation (Yoga
Nidra) techniques are taught based on Patanjali Yoga
philosophy. At the concluding of the program and
passing the test graduate receives certificate
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Jivan </a>/ November Issue <br>
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<b>Q & A on Spiritual Life and Sadhana from “May I
Answer That?”- by Holy Master Sri Swami Sivanandaji
Maharaj. </b><br>
<br>
I am doing vigorous Tapas and meditation for the last
five years. With all that, my troubles and
difficulties are multiplying. I have lost my job. I am
starving now. What shall I do? Is this the Grace of
the Lord? How can I continue my Sadhana when I have
nothing to eat?<br>
<br>
It is said that the Lord gives food even to the frog
that lives between the strata of rocks. Why has He
failed in your case alone? This is a great wonder! Has
He failed in His duty? This cannot be. He is
all-merciful, all benevolent! Is it because He wants
to develop in you the constructive qualities— courage,
presence of mind, endurance, strong will, fortitude,
more mercy and love— and make His instrument more fit
for His Divine Lila? Yes, this must be the case.<br>
The struggling and sincere aspirant also gets more
troubles and difficulties, because he has to march
quickly on the path to reach the portals of the
Kingdom of Supreme Peace and Unalloyed Bliss.<br>
<br>
Princess Mira renounced the pomp and glory of the
Palace and walked in the burning sands of Rajputana.
She starved on her way to Brindavan. She slept on the
ground. She lived on alms. The Pandavas underwent
countless sufferings even when Lord Krishna was at
their back. Draupadi was placed in a very bad plight
even though she had Bhima, Arjuna and Dharmaputra to
fight for her. Our sufferings are nothing, when
compared to the persecutions underwent by the five
Pandavas, Sri Rama and Mira. Look at the sufferings of
Raja Harischandra and his wife! He had to serve in the
cremation ground and do the work of a Chandala to keep
up truthfulness. It is suffering that develops the
will. It is suffering alone that moulds a man on the
spiritual path. Be not troubled. Feel Lord Siva’s
grace and mercy at every step. All difficulties will
melt away like mist before the sun. Have perfect
unswerving faith in His grace.<br>
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<div align="center"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://divyajivan.org/bhagawad_gita/index.htm">Glory
of Bhagawad Gita on sacred Gita Jayanti</a> ( Nov
29, 2017)<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://divyajivan.org/bhagawad_gita/quotes_on_gita.htm">Quotes
on Bhagawad Gita</a><br>
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