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Monthly eMagazine of the International Vedanta Mission


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In This Issue

1. Vedanta Section: Atma Bodha - Shloka-28

2. Letter Section: Acceptance & Expectance

3. Devata Section: Bhagwan Sri Rama

4. Katha Section: Atri Rishi

5. VM Programs: Mission / Ashram Progs


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From Poojya Guruji

Vedanta SandeshSpreading Love & Light

Monthly eMagazine of theInternational Vedanta Mission

Sharing the message of Vedanta and Sanatan Dharma

Mar 2011

On the Net since 1995

Started by:

oojya Guruji Sri Swami Atmanandaji

Editor:

Swamini Samatananda

Published from:

Vedanta AshramE/2948-50, Sudama Nagar

Indore-452 009, India

Web:

www.vmission.org.in

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Hari om!

Sense of responsibilty reveals a sensitive and a conscientious mind. Sperson feels gratified & obliged for the love & service of so many around- parents, relatives, teachers, society & even gods, and thus feels inspirserve them to the best of their abilities. Heartfelt gratitude is a great motivto voluntarily take up responsibilties. This is however true for sensitive &less people only, because the selfish ones become blinded and insensititheir self-obsession. They dont bother to even hurt those who love & them, and it is this blind self-centricity which takes away all humanenessman and brings about their fall. The sattwik ones are on the other hand se

because they feel blessed, and are motivated by heartfelt gratitude. Tpeople thankfully do loving & caring sewa for all who have done somethithem. Wherever love is there, there will always be greater purity of mind. Wever makes a mind selfless, blessed and gratified is positive, and facilitatespiritual journey too, apart from a blessed & happy life here. Such peopindeed punyatmas making the world a better place to live, as compared selfish ones, who rather create hell.

However, we also need to see a fine distinction between motivation by tude and motivation by love. Feeling of gratitude etc pertains only to therant ones and not to the wise ones; the enlightened ones are neither grateanyone, nor are they motivated by any sense of responsibility they do

they do just out of pure love. Things like gratitude, a sense of duty, respoity, obligation etc are words in the realm of duality, relevant only when I limited entity, separate from others. Only when someone is basically difffrom others, that they will get obliged by them, and thus need to thanEven though these relatively better jivas seem to serve nicely, but what nto be seen is the fact that they continue to remain limited individuals, and thing is a deliberate act, out of obligation of personal favors rather thanlessness. Those who wake up to the non-dual truth are not only free frolimitations of their body-mind complex etc, but even from all duties, all sobligations & family responsibilities, which are all ego-centric. When thdies, then alone the Atma is realized, so the wise ones dont live like a

mented individual, but as the unfragmented, all-embracing, infinite lifeciple, the Self of all. The whole world is in them, and they are in all. WhenGod is also not seperate from them, then what to talk of people, beings, or devatas. In non-duality, love alone motivates. Motivation by love is deffortless and magnanimous, while motivation by duties & obligations is saand thus is never ending. Self-Knowledge brings about an existential digm shift. It is a new life with an air of total freedom.

Love & om,

Swami Atmananda


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Vedanta Section

Atma Bodha - Shloka 28

Atmaavabhasayatyeko:Life is a flow of experiences. This experienc-

ing implies becoming conscious of a particular ob-ject. We know the existence & nature of a particularthing only when we are conscious of that thing. Bybeing conscious we imply illumining it or seeing it,and this is what is generally called knowing it. Theessence of all experiences is to be conscious ofsomething. Every moment we are experiencingsome thing or the other, so every moment we areillumining something. Now, if we go a bit deeper, wewill realize that this becoming conscious is possiblewhen the subject is of the nature of consciousness,and the object is inert. Subject is like a focus of light.It keeps on exuding light. There is no effort required

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Effulgent reveals the inert, not vice-versa

Atmaavabhasayatyeko buddhyadeenindriyanyapiDeepoghatadivatswatma jadaistainaavabhaasyate

Atma: The Atman; avabhasayati: illumines; eko: alone; Buddhyadeenindriyanyapi:the buddhiand the like, including the sense organs too; deepo: lamp; ghatadivat: just as a pot and the like;

swatma: ones self; jadaistaih: by those inert; naavabhasyate: is not illumined.

The Atman alone illumines the Buddhi and the like and the organs of senses too, just as alamp illumines the pot and other objects, but the Atman is not illumined by those inert objects likeBuddhi and so forth.

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to illumine it. This is what is called as Self-Reveaing or Chit. The Atman or the Self is of the natuconsciousness or Chit. The Self is self-revealingdo not need any other light to know my own preence and I illumine everything effortlessly. This what the Acharya reveals in this sloka that all oexperiences are illumined by the Atman. Enquiry inthe details of an experience reveals the seeffulgent nature of the experiencer. In fact eveexperience is continuously revealing to us the coscious nature of the subject, and the inert natuof objects.

Buddhyadeenindriyanyapi:As a human being we have various facultie

In the previous sloka the Acharya explained the grave consequences brought about by imaginin

the Self to be a Jiva, an individual limited being. All the sufferings of Samsara, fear and anxiety are boonce we see ourselves as a limited Jiva with a sense of doership and enjoyership. Once this realisatiodawns that the Jiva is only born ot of ignorance and imagination and can be effaced with the right knowedge then the truth of the limitless Self is revealed thereby liberating the individual Jiva from the shackleof fear and insecurity.

The following sloka reveals the Atman as being the illuminator of all the faculties the sense organthe mind and the intellect. If the objective world can be percieved by the sense organs and the mind it due to the blessings of the Atman which is of the nature of consciousness. Being the illuminator of all thphysical and mental instruments and these faculties being inert by themselves the Atman can not billuminated by these organs.


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which are our instruments to experience variousthings in life and also respond to them. Our organsof action, our sense organs, the mind and the intel-lect are our gross and subtle instruments to func-tion as a manifested being. But all these instrumentsby themselves are inert and made up of the fiveelements. (the panchamahbhutas). Being inert theycannot enliven or enlighten the objective world, in-

stead they get their power to bring about aware-ness of the world outside from the Atman which isof the nature of pure consciousness. The Atmanalone is truly the source of light that enlivens andenlightens all our experiences. In the Kenopanishadthe shruti says know the Atman as that which isthe ear of the ear, which is the mind of mind, thespeech of speech. The Acharya explains here thatthe apparent luminous nature of the mind and thesense organs is in reality due to the Atman which istheir substratum.

Deepoghatadivatswatma:The body, mind and intellect as our instru-

ments cannot bring about the awareness of objectsand their experiences. It is with the light of the Atmanthat they are able to function, this principle is ex-plained here with a beautiful example of a pot. Justas a pot cannot be illumined by itself, but it is knownwith the light of a lamp. Similarly if you place a potwith holes designed on it and place a lamp insidethe pot, not only does the lamp illumine the pot butthe light reflected out through the holes illuminesthe objects around it. So also one can imagine ourbody in place of the mud pot. The light of the con-sciousness is like the lamp in the pot and our vari-ous sense organs are like the holes in the pot.Throught these sense organs the light of the Atmanis reflected and the sense organs as though be-come the instruments to enlighten and brig aboutthe awareness of the world outside. But in both thecases neither can the presence of the pot itself be

known by itself, nor can the pot illumine the lamp.So too the gross and the subtle bodies cannot en-lighten their own selves, neither can they enlightenthe world of objects around and nor can they en-

lighten the Atman.

Jadaistainaavabhaasyate:As explained just as the pot cannot illum

the lamp because the pot itself is illumine by lamp so also the mind and the intellect being inand dependant on the Atman, they cannot illumthe Atman. In Kenopanishad, the shruti explains - Y

manasa na manute yenahur manor matam, TadeBrahma tad viddhi nedam yadidam upasateThat which s not thought by the mind, but by whthey say, the mind is thought, that verily, know this Brahman; it is not what people here worship.

With the aide of all the sense organs, pranas and the mind, one is able to objectify and perience the external world. But as it is being plained that the source of illumination is Brahmthe Self. The self being the source of light for all meaof experience, the eyes, the ears, the mind, the in

lect, it cannot be objectifiable by these means, Tmind itself with all its functions is pervaded by tlight of intelligence.

The Atman can never become an objectknowledge. To objectify something and gainknowlege it has to seperate from the knower. This a knower , then there is the object of knowledand the experience of having gained that knowledIf the Self were to be known then it would becomeobject other than the objectifier. And secondly athing that needs an illuminater is inert. The Atmanself luminous. It does not need some other lighknow itself. It is the illuminater of everything, senses, the mind. It is the innermost self of all theorgans of experience. Hence the mind etc canreach the Atman. One cannot move towards onown self. Yet it is the glory of the scriptures that true nature of the self is revealed.

Since the Atman cannot be objectified as aother thing, the knowledge of the Self is a very tricthing. That is why this knowledge is never acqui

by ones own self and must be gained very humblythe feet of a Knowledgable Master of vedanta. It science wherein that which is already there is vealed.

Na tatra chakshur gacchati na vaagacchati no manah.Na vidmo na vijanimoh yathaitadanushishyaat. (Kenopanishad)

Not there the eye goes, nor speech goes nor mind. We do not know neither do weunderstand how any one can teach it.


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Hari om H..,

Life is never only a bed of roses, it is indeed at times a carpet of tho

- for everyone. It is important that you learn to deal with both these

& downs with proper viveka, otherwise there is this inevita

despondency & dejection which you are facing right now.

Everyone is as free as you are - to live, think, act and speak as th

feel like. Expecting others to live as you wish is the real cause

dejection, while accepting others as they are is the gateway to lovpeace. If someone is not virtuous or ethical, then be realistic and kn

the limitation of their minds and accept the problem, why expect t

they be better. Such people suffer first and later others around a

suffer. Of course the scenario is not good, but that is what it is. Lik

diseased person, they suffer helplessly, and not by choice. Slowl

steadily work to help them and bring out a better person in them. Ma

they have been denied love earlier, so apply that balm lovingly & forg

them compassionately.

Some people prefer to see such scenes as wish of God, who want

make us tough or wise in some ways; some prefer to associate it w

their past karmas, you get what you need to get, because of some

your past karmas; some see it as a privilege wherein God has bestow

confidence in us to be HIS instrument to help someone in a challeng

situation; astrologers have their own way of providing consolatio

but finally it boils down to realism and accepting the things as they a

In Gita Chapter 2, Bhagwan Krishna tells Arjuna that look upon

whole world as a realm of change, and have some patience, so

enough things shall change by them self. You as a seer is consta

and everything seen is in a state of flux. So learn to patiently b

things also.

Knowledge is all

about being aware

of the truth of what

is, while Yoga and

Bhakti aim to

change the mind for

the better, so

technically they fall

in the category of

karma, working to

change something.

For knowledge even

a sankalpa to

change anything isan impediment,

because then our

priorities change

from knowing what

is to working for

what should be.

- Poojya Guruji

Acceptance & ExpectanceLetter of theMonth

R e m e m b e r ,

eal love is in

ccepting someone

s they are, and notmerely expecting

ersonal cordiality, at

ny cost. That is not

air. Before we free

urselves from our

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mitations and

gnorance, we first

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respective of my

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So learn to first accept things as they are, give freedom to all to be as they are; and w

loving service slowly help to bring positive changes. True wisdom & freedom is only in t

capacity to change our own minds & understanding, not of others - which is rather the wa

of dictators. Let them realize to voluntarily change in their own sweet time, if & when th

wish. The moment you accept others, that very moment they become incapable to hurt yo

because hurt is just a personal reaction because of our non-acceptance. Relationships are

mutually help & serve others, esp in times of pain & need. Remember, real love is in accepti

someone as they are, and not merely expecting personal cordiality, at any cost. That is n

fair. Before we free ourselves from our self-imposed limitations and ignorance, we first ne

to free others to be what they are, irrespective of my conditionings & inconveniences.

Also learn to turn towards yourself and discover the timeless truth.

Blessings & Best Wishes.

Swami Atmananda

Best Wishes to all our readers for the colorful festival of Holi

It is an occasion to celebrate the victory of gooddness over evil.

Let the differences vanish, lets keep aside the walls build by ego, and

embrace one & all with love.

Remember all of us manifestations of one divinity, children of ame God,and all differences are man-made.

Religion always teaches us to remain sensitive to all, so lets see to it thatno one is harmed. Some colors have harmful chemicals, so as far as pos-

sible lets play dry Holi - preferably with flower petals.


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BhagwanSriRama

Poornavata

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Bhagwan Sri Rama

Lord Rama is the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Rama, the perfect av

of the Supreme Protector Vishnu, is divinely worshiped among the Hindu deities.

cording to the Hindu belief, Sri Rama lived in the Treta Yug.

Rama is the symbol of courtesy and virtue, a man of values and mor

Ramachandra is Maryada Purushottama, which means the perfect man. Lord Ram

considered to have taken birth on the earth to destroy the evil forces of the age.

Athough all beings are basically the Supreme Brahma, it is due to ignoranc

their true self they are born and they die of the sense of limitation. They are also compe

to live a life of a limited being constantly seeking from the outside world. But when

Lord takes on an embodiment, his birth is not a result of ignorance and seeking. T

alone is the meaning of being incarnated. He manifests with all the knowledge of

true self shows that he voluntarily is born in a form.

Lord Rama is "the embodiment of truth, of morality, the ideal son, the ideal h

band, and above all, the ideal king". Shri Rama was a paragon of virtues. Rama wasonly kind and affectionate but generous and considerate of feelings for all around h

Lord Rama had a marvelous physique and captivating manners. Shri Ram had a m

nanimous personality. He was extremely noble, generous, chivalrous and fearless

was very simple and absolutely free from flamboyance.

Lord Rama is considered as a son unequalled in the world, and resemb

Dasaratha in each and every aspect of good qualities. He never spoke a lie through

his life. He always offered respect to the scholars and the elders, people loved him

he adored the people. His body was transcendental and outstanding. He was eloqu

attractive and adjustable to circumstances. He knew the heart of each and every hum

being on the earth (being omniscient). He had all the conceivable qualities of a ki

son and was dear to the people as their own hearts.

Lord Rama was endowed with incredible transcendental qualities. The earth

sonified adored him, who was possessor of such virtues, who was indomitable,

was brave, and who was the unequalled Lord of all. To put succinctly, Sri Rama's


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was a life of holy compliance, of stainless purity, of matchless simplicity, praisewo

contentment, commendable self-sacrifice and remarkable renunciation.

The scriptures reveal a life extremely full, intense, sublime of Sri Rama. Sri Rama

played various roles during His stay in the world. Infact in and through the entire life o

Rama the unique message we get is that living in this world and being embodied by

is not an obstacle in awakening in total fulfillment and neither is it an obstacle in livin

total fulfillment. One learns the message of how being in this very world one can transcthe limitations of time and space. Infact this is the main message of the incarnation o

Lord. The Incarnation of Ishwara comes to reveal the divine nature of man and ma

him rise above the sense of a limited individual being, who lives a life of ignorance

misunderstanding.

The personality of Sri Rama is so unique and glorious that he stand as thperfect example of uncompromising goodness. Sri Rama potrayed idealistic pefections in all the roles of life. He was a perfect son, an ideal king, a true husbanda real friend, a devoted brother, and an ideal disciple too.

During one such instance Sri Rama reflects a highly graceful and humbpicture of an ideal disciple surrendered totaly at the Holy Feet of his Master. SagVishwamitra took Sri Ram and Laxmana to the forest to conquer great demonthere who were creating terror and obstacles in the religeous practises of variousaints living the forest. Having completed the task Vishwamitraji was invited bKing Janaka for the swayamvara (where the brides choose their hubands.) of hdaughter, Sitaji. King Janaka had laid a mighty condition that any person who able to lift the great bow of Lord Shiva and tie the string of it, alone shall beligable to marry Sita. Vishwamitraji asked Lord Rama and Laxmana too to comfor the occassion.

During the swayamvara the palace of King Janaka was adorned with grekings known for their valour and might. All these kings had assembled here to wthe hand of Sitaji in marriage, by lifting the glorious and divine bow of Lord ShivOne by one, great many kings stood up and attempted to lift the great bow. Thewalked up to the bow with great flamboyance, showing off their strength and mighBut none of these mighty kings could even stir the bow an inch from its place. Theego crumbling down like a pack of cards. Amidst all this show-off, Sri Rama swith humble and divine grace, untouched by any temptations to show off his valoand strength. Even though here was the Lord himself who was the sustainer of thentire cosmos. For him lifting the bow would be like picking up a blade of grass. B

Sri Rama sat like humility personified.

When a number of kings tried and failed to lift the bow, Rishi Vishwamitsaid, Arise oh Rama!. It was only then that Lord Rama rose, humbly bowing dowto his Guru and King Janaka, proceeding with dignity and yet a lot of humility to lthe divine bow of Lord Shiva. In this story we have a classic example of an idestudent and devotee who inspite of the unlimited strength is untouched by boasing off his strength, but only gets up on the command of his Guru. A dedicateselfless, and humble student or devotee lives every situation selflessly as a command from God or his beloved Guru. He is not pushed by his personal likes andislikes but he serves like a humble flute in the hands of God.


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One day, a poor boy who was selling goods from door to door to pay his waythrough school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. Hedecided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nervewhen a lovely young woman opened the door. Instead of a meal he asked fora drink of water. She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glassof milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, "How much do I owe you?"

"You don't owe me anything," she replied. "Mother has taught us never to

accept pay for a kindness." He said..... "Then I thank you from my heart." AsHoward Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but his faithin God and man was strong also. He had been ready to give up and quit.

Year's later that young woman became critically ill. The local doctors werebaffled. They finally sent her to the big city, where they called in specialists tostudy her rare disease. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for the consultation.When he heard the name of the town she came from, a strange light filled hiseyes. Immediately he rose and went down the hall of the hospital to her room.

Dressed in his doctor's gown he went in to see her. He recognized her atonce. He went back to the consultation room determined to do his best tosave her life. From that day he gave special attention to the case.

After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly requested the businessoffice to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it, then wrotesomething on the edge and the bill was sent to her room. She feared to openit, for she was sure it would take the rest of her life to pay for it all. Finally shelooked, and something caught her attention on the side of the bill.

She read these words....."Paid in full with one glass of milk"

(Signed)Dr. Howard Kelly

Tears of joy flooded her eyes as her happy heart prayed: "Thank You, God,that Your love has spread abroad through human hearts and hands."

The Glass Of Milk


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Rishi Atri

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atime...

Stories from

Puranas

He is among the Sapta Rishi symbolized by the great bear and the sstars around it. Named Megrez in Latin. The star is also considered as d (De

the 4th star in the Great Bear constellation.

Seer of Rig VedaHe is the seer of the fifth Mandala (Book 5) of the Rig Veda. He had

sons and disciples who have also contributed in the compilation of the Rig

and other Vedic texts.

Rishi Atris LifeAtri maharishi is one of the ten sons of Creator Brahma and first

Saptha Rishis, created by just the will of the Almighty and therefore designata Maanasa-putras. There were ten of these. Atri's wife is Anasuya or Anusiyaa daughter of Kardama Prajapati and an embodiment of chastity.

Rishi Atris significant role in MahabharataHe had a close connection with Mahabharatha. We all know that D

was made the head of the Kaurava army after Bhisma's fall. Dronacharya f

ferociously. The wounded and the dead soldiers was thousands. Their cry orented the skies. Blood flowed on the battle field. Dead bodies got piled uprovided the food for the birds of prey. In this carnage which went beyond aman estimation, Drona stood like a mad hero of demonic proportion. Sage At

very much worried of this because if Drona continued this he would cause detion and human misery beyond proportions, Atri and Gowthama came to the field along with their five of their companions. It was at this time Dharmaraj

shouted at the instance of Sri Krishna saying that Ashwathama was killed. ThDrona off completely. He lost all hope in his life. He became mad with angersent danger signal all around.

Sage Atri felt sad for him and talked to him in a friendly manner, con

him, Dear friend, all along you have done everything against Dharma. This waare engaged in is the best proof. It is enough and stop it. Stop this carnage. Yoa good man. This act is not in tune with your status. You are a scholar of Vepar excellence. You have been a Brahman and you have got to practice dh

This cruel act does not befit you. Give up your weapons, fix your mind in ourous Sanathana Dharma. I am sorry, you have wielded the most terrible Brahmasthe innocent soldiers! Put an end to your meaningless killing. When Atri saiDronacharya decided to give up his arms and stop killing. He drove away his

jealousy and sense of revenge and his heart became pure. He sat in a yogicture and started to meditate amidst the cries of pain, killing, flow of blood obattle field. He concentrated on Lord Vishnu and closed his eyes and never op

them again until he left his body and started his journey towards the lord. HSage Atri's kind nature helped to save man.

Atri GotraAtri Gotra is from the lineage of Brahmarshi Atri and Anasuya Devi. H

many sons, including Soma, Datta, and Durvasa, who are the incarnations Divine Trinity Brahma, Vishnu, and Rudra. The trimurti channeled through BrahAtri when they granted boons to his wife Devi Anusuya for helping the Sun to

the east everyday.


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Kathopanishad Classes at Ashram:

Poojya Guruji is conducting discourses on the first valli of the sec

chapter of Kathopanishad for the ashram inmates. These discourses h

been going on from Oct 2009, and are detailed study of this Yajurve

Upanishad based on the Sankara Bhashya.

This section starts with the discussion of the obstacle in the pursu

self-knowledge. The Sruti tells that it is just the helpless and almost hyp

tized extrovertedness which is the real problem, or rather the evident m

festation of the core obstacle. Because of that we neither have the time

the disposition to observe or analyse our self-perceptions. The delusion a

our sense of limitation & impermanance, and on the other hand the real

permanance of the world keeps us helplessly extrovert. One who quest

this and turns inwards alone truly starts the journey.

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Kathopanishad Classes for Senior Citizens:A senior citizen study group which had been regularly study

Bhagwad Gita from Poojya Swamini Amitanandaji have now taken up

study of Upanishad, and have started with Kathopanishad. Most have th

are hearing the Upanishad for the first time, and are awed by them. T

inspiring student of Lord Yama, the young Nachiketa is an ideal emb

ment of Sadhana Chatushtaya Sampatti, the four-fold qualities of a stud

of Vedanta. He is intelligent and also selfless. He got three boons, the

he asked for the well-being of his father, second he requested for the kno

edge for a heavenly life, and the final for the knowledge of truth. A gr

dialogue followed thereafter.

Every Monday Swamini Samatanandaji conducts classes on Atm

Bodha for the same group.

Gita Classes for Youth:

A new program of Gita Classes for Youth has been started at

Vedanta Ashram. This weekly study group is conducted every Sunday

Poojya Swamini Amitanandaji from 11.30 onwards. After the Gita lect

there is time for questions and the session concludes with a short sessioMeditation.

The students included some old Balvihar students also, who are n

college students pursuing professional studies. Their Balvihar stint had e

lier been very beneficial in the studies and even selection processes

their professional career. They feel a profound difference in their self-co

dence and self-esteem. Awareness of ones heritage, absence of stage-fr

by their regular exposure to crowds proved to to be a great booster, so t

are generally full of gratitude & respect for the contribution of Vedanta Ash

in their lives.


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Check out the detailed Photo Albums of the various functions on

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New Website Updates:

The vmission.org.in website of our International Vedanta Mission

few important updates and changes. The first one was regarding the che

ing and re-organization of our Download Page. Some download links w

giving trouble, so all of them were checked or changed, and have be

presented in a new convenient manner. Now all the Yagna discourses, ta

meditations, chants or bhajans of Poojya Guruji have been given on

page itself.

Another major update was regarding the Gita Section. A new In

Page and re-organization of links, incorporating all the Gita links on o

page have been made. We are sure these efforts will prove to be helpfu

all our visitors & devotees.

Birthday of Sw. Poornananda, Indore:

The birthday of Poojya Swamini Poornanandaji was celebrated a

Ashram on 28th Feb. On this date Poojya Swamini Amitanandaji was

given Sanyas Deeksha on the banks of Narmadaji at Kheri Ghat. From

point of view the Sanyas Deeksha day of Swamini Amitanandaji and SwaPoornanandaji is Mahashivratri day, which will be celebrated on 2nd of

this year, and not 3rd as earlier announced.

Birthdays as occasion for thanking God, parents and all conne

with our existence, and also remembering the objective of our life, so a

re-affirm our resolve to pursue it with all possible dedication, enthusi

and persevereance. A Rudrabhisheka of Bhagwan Gangeshwar Maha

was performed by her on that day, alongwith special Bhandara for ashram

New Hall is ready before Mahashivratri:After two months of hard work by the entire team the new Ha

Vedanta Ashram was finally completed just before Mahashivratri Celeb

tions, just as the new Dining Hall was ready just before the Sadhana Ca

in Jan. With profile sheet roof and polycarbonate multiwall sheets as w

the new Hall has really come out very nicely. It is therefore well-lighted, h

ceiling, spacious convenience.

Apart from using it for special programs, the Hall will be regula

used for exercises for ashramites devotees. All the exercise equipme

have been shifted up, alongwith making of a badminton court too. VedaMission aims for holistic health of everyone - spiritual, emotional, intell

tual & also physical, and we propose to set a good example at our train

center for all this.


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Quotes

We have to be able to grow up. Our wrinkles are our medals of the pas-sage of life. They are what we have been through and who we want to be.-

- Lauren Hutton

When I was little I thought, isn't it nice that everybody celebrates on mybirthday? Because it's July 4th.

- Gloria Stuart

Your children need your presence more than your presents.- Jesse Jackson

All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.- George Harrison

If you can give your child only one gift, let it be enthusiasm.- Bruce Barton

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of livingwell.

- Voltaire

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, hebelieved in me.

- Jim Valvano

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Forthcoming Programs

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Gita Gyana Yagna, Lucknow:A Gita Gyana Yagna will be organized at Hari om Mandir, from 10th to 17th Mar, a

week before Holi, which is on 19th March. The subject matters of the discourse series will beGita Chapter 2, and Kathopanishad 1-2.

Gita Gyana Yagna, Dehradun:A Gita Gyana Yagna will be organized at Dehradun in the last week of April at the

residence of Dr Bhatia by Poojya Swamini Amitanandaji. The subject matters of the dis-course series will be Gita Chapter 2, and Kathopanishad.

Gita Gyana Yagna, Mumbai:A Gita Gyana Yagna will be organized at BHA Hall Mumbai in the first week of May.

The subject matters of the discourse series will be Gita Chapter 4, and continuity of theKathopanishad.

Sadhana Camp, Rishikesh:A Sadhana Camp will be organized at Swami Dayananda Ashram, Rishikesh from 6th

to 11th June 2011. The subject matters of the discourse series will be Gita Chapter 4, andIshavasyopanishad.

Gita Gyana Yagna, Bhavnagar:A Gita Gyana Yagna will be organized at Ramdas Ashram, Bhavnagar from 23rd Mar

to 29th Mar 2011. The subject matters of the discourse series will be Gita Chapter 3, andcontinuity of the Kathopanishad 1-2.


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