Gurugram October 2023 | Preface
Om Namah Sivaya
Blessed Self
May you stay well and focused on the Divine source.
Om and prem
Swami Kailasananda on behalf of the Acharyas of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta centres
Join us for the monthly Sivananda “Meditation for a Peaceful Planet” on Sunday 5th of November, 2023 at 2pm CET. Check our website for information. https://sivanandaorleans.org/unite-for-a-healthy-planet
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Nothing will die. All things will change. This is the fundamental truth. – Sri Swami Sivananda
Upcoming Courses
2023 Update
SIVANANDA YOGA Teachers’ Training Courses are available both Online (TTCOL) and in-person in residence. Please check with each TTC/ATTC location for any TTCOLs.
Please check with each TTC/ATTC location whether COVID-19 has affected your selected course.
The SIVANANDA YOGA Teachers’ Training Courses are available either online (TTCOL) or in residence, depending on the location. Please check with each TTC/ATTC location whether your selected Teacher Training Course is available online or in residence as some Ashrams have opened, while others remain closed. Thank you for your patience as schedules change during COVID.
To view all 2023/2024 TTC/ATTC/SI courses on the Sivananda website: https://sivananda.org/teachers-training/programme-calendar/
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Production or destruction are only phenomena. In reality, there is nothing produced or destroyed. – Sri Swami Sivananda
Raja Yoga
From Discourse IV: “Kaivalya Pada – On Realisation”
IV.13 te vyakta-sūkṣmāḥ guṇātmānaḥ
They, whether manifest or unmanifest, exist in the three gunas.
Commentary:
The properties or characteristics of the world, as man sees them, are actually manifestations of the qualities of Prakriti – sattwa, rajas and tamas.
Deep, deep is that supreme Silence. Peace of the Soul is Infinite, Immeasurable. – Sri Swami Sivananda
Bhagavad Gita Quote
Chapter VI: The Yoga of Meditation
VI.31 sarva-bhūta-sthitaṁ yo māṁ bhajatyekatvam āsthitaḥ
sarvathā vartamāno ’pi sa yogī mayi vartate
He who, being established in unity, worships Me who dwells in all beings – that yogi abides in Me, whatever may be his mode of living.
Commentary:
He who dissolved all duality in the underlying unity, who is thus established in unity, who worships Me (that is, who has realised Me as the Self of all), always dwells in Me, whatever his mode of living may be. He is evewr liberated.
Sadhana lived in God though he was a butcher, because his mind was ever fixed at the Lotus Feet of the Lord.
The nearer one approaches the Truth, the happier one becomes. For the essential nature of Truth is positive, Absolute Bliss. – Sri Swami Sivananda
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Spiritual Calendar
| OCTOBER 2023 10 Ekadasi 15 New Moon 15 Navaratri begins 24 Dussera (Vijaya Dasami) 25 Ekadasi 29 Full Moon NOVEMBER 2023 Do not bother about spiritual experiences. Go ahead with your Sadhana. Knowledge dawns of its own accord. – Sri Swami Sivananda |
Glossary
JAPA
Japa is the repetition of any Mantra or Name of the Lord. Dhyana is meditation on the form of the Lord with His attributes. This is the difference between Japa and Dhyana. There is meditation or Dhyana with Japa (Japa-Sahita); there is meditation or Dhyana without Japa (Japa-Rahita). In the beginning you should combine Dhyana with Japa. As you advance the Japa drops by itself; meditation only remains. It is an advanced stage. You can then practise concentration separately. You can do whatever you like best in this respect.
Name (Nama) and the object (Rupa) signified by the Name are inseparable. Thought and word are inseparable. Therefore, Japa and Dhyana go together. They are inseparable.
One must take to Japa or Nama-Smarana (remembering the Name of the Lord) very seriously and sincerely with full faith. The chanting of his name is but serving Him. You must have the same flow of love and respect (devotion) in your heart at the time of thinking of or remembering His Name as that you naturally may have in your heart at the time when you really see Him. You should have full faith and belief in the eternity of the Name.