VedantaSandesh Nov15

Poojya Swamini Amitanandaji conducted a week-long ‘Gita Gyana Yagna’ at Hari om Mandir Lucknow from 4th to 10th Oct. The subject matters for the morning & evening discourses were: Kaivalyopanishad & Gita Chapter 8. The program was nicely attended, and on the last day a Bhandara was organized by the Mandir authorities for all the devotees.

The 23rd Sanyas Deeksha Day of Poojya Guruji was celebrated at Vedanta Ashram with sraddha & devotion. Early morning Poojya Guruji did the Rudrabhisheka of Bhagwan Sri Gangeshwar Mahadev himself, and later in the evening a ‘Bhajan & Bhojan’ program was organized for the devotees. The evening program started with prayers and bhajans.

Later Poojya Guruji enlightened everyone about the significance of Sanyas Ashram in our religion & tradition. Later everyone had prasad.

Vedanta Ashram completed its twenty years of existence on the Vijaya Dashami day which this year was on the 22nd Oct. A lovely altar was made & decorated for the occasion and all the Mahatmas did Shivnama Archana with 108 names. Stotras were chanted and the objectives of Vedanta Ashram were brought to mind, which continue to inspire us and everyone re-dedicated themselves to them.

On 25th Oct was the last Sunday of the month, and thus was the day of the monthly Hanuman Chalisa Satsang. Fresh after celebrating Navratras & Dusshera the devotees gathered for the monthly event. Poojya Guruji briefly summarized the last pravachan and then continued further to reveal the significance of the word ‘Tej’ in the 2nd line of the chaupayi ‘Tej pratap sakal Jagvandan’. Later there was aarti & prasad.

On her way to conduct a week=long ‘Gita Gyana Yagna’ at Ramdas Ashram, Bhavnagar, Poojya Swamini Amitanandaji first stopped at Vadodara and inaugurated a Meditation Room at the Atmajyoti Ashram there. This was a room of the Mahatmaji who established the Ashram. She spoke on the significance of ‘Japa & Dhyana’. Later at Bhavnagar she conducted two discourses a day from 25th to 31st Oct - on Bhagwad Gita Chapter 8 and Kaivalyopanishad.

On her way back to Indore, another Satsang was organized at Vadodara, at the residence of Sh Ajitbhai Kalaria.

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