Vedanta Sandesh - Dec 2010

Year 16

Monthly eMagazine of the International Vedanta Mission

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Issue 6

In This Issue

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Vedanta Section:

Atma Bodha - Shloka-25

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Letter Section:

Om Tat Sat

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Festival Section:

Gita Jayanti

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Story Section:

Sage Ashtavakra

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VM Programs:

Mission / Ashram Progs

From Poojya Guruji

Vedanta Sandesh Spreading Love & Light

Hari om!

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Bhagwad Gita is an amazing text. Even though it is a complete text, revealing the complete spiritual journey from a grieving-mind level to the enlightened state of existence, nevertheless the usp of this divine scripture lies in the area of revealing the art of dynamic & holistic living which prepares the mind for the great journey ahead.

Gita tells us that when the painful realization of the fact dawns that basically it is our existing knowledge of the world and ourselves which is erroneous and we need to have a re-look at the whole issue, that we truly become the seekers of truth. The implication of this realization is that we see the fact that the very foundation of our various desires & dreams is erroneous. Till now we believed that we do have a real lack within, and this lack is to be filled up by things & people of the world, and thus the spree of aggrandisements & so called enjoyments. The general response to such a realization is that we tend to to give up all our worldly activities. Gita tells us that even when we clearly see this fact that the real source of fulfillment is within, and the world outside has as much value & capacity as we wish to give to it, yet one should not leave the field of actions & activities, beause it is only in the midst of responsibilities and challenges that we truly come to know our deep-rooted conditionings - fears, insecurities & passions etc. Every response reveals our perceptions, and therefore we need all the possible ups & downs - to know our conditionings & convictions. Earlier the objective of actions was acquisition and enjoyment of things outside, but now the world is basically seen as a mirror for knowing our mind better and also to truly express our faith in the fullness & divinity of our self.

Action is just a medium to express our convictions, so if our convictions about ourselves is of a petty & lacking fellow, so that is what the actions will reveal; while if our faith & conviction about ourself is that of Brahman then actions will be entirely different. So instead of giving up actions, what is really required is equally dynamic living which reveals deep convictions of our nobler self.

Bhagwan Sri Krishna says ‘Sraddhavan Labhate Gyanam’ - you will see it if you really believe it. Let your actions reveal your belief. Not by words, which many a times you also dont really believe in, yet want others to falsely believe.

Drop all that, and silently live a truly magnanimous life of noble values & actions, living your belief of a divine & magnanimous self - as intensely as you lived the life of pettiness. Like Arjuna make Bhagwan Krishna your sarathi too.

Gita Jayanti Greetings and Jai Sri Krishna.

Love & om,

Swami Atmananda

Atma Bodha - Shloka 25 Vedanta Section

Manifestation of Doership In the previous sloka the Acharya described the real nature of the Atman as Existent at all times, self-luminous in all states without the light of another and knowledge that reveals everything.

It is, Bliss without any alloy, Nitya or eternal without any modifications and always full, immaculate and totally free. Also, In the previous slokas it was discussed that the Atman is free of all sense of doership, enjoyership and is also free of any kind of attributes and modifications at any time. If the Atman is of the nature of light and there is nothing that is unknown to the this self-luminous light, how then arises the notion of ‘I know’ and the like. This truth is revealed in the following sloka.

25 Atmanah sachidanshashcha buddhervrittiritidvayam Sanyojya chaaviveken janamiti pravartate Atmanah: Of the Atman; sachidanshashcha: a porton of sat and chit; budhervrittih: the function of the intellect; itidvayam: thus two; sanyojya: mixing; cha aviveken: by indiscrimination; sjanami iti: the notion ‘I know’; pravartate: arises.

By the indiscriminate blending of the two viz. a fraction of the sat, chit aspect of the Atman and the function of the intellect, there arises the notion of ‘I know’.

Atmanah sachidanshashcha: The Atman is of the nature of Sat and Chit.

Sat is that which is pure existence, that which is there at all times and Chit is pure consciousness. It is of the nature of kowledge, of light. The Acharya reveals the fact that it is of the fraction of the sat and chit aspect of the Atman that the intellect is able to know the objects of the world outside. The intellect by itself is inert. Without the light of Consciousness the intellect cannot bring about the awareness of anything. A portion of the immaculate Supreme with its nature of existence and Consciousness is reflected in the indiviual Self. It is with this reflected consciousness that the intellect is able to bring about the knowledge of the objective world and its experiences. Even though it is the light of the Atman, the consciousness which is the source of light but due to ignorance and indiscrimination this is mixed with the function of the intellect and I say ‘I know’, ‘I unVedanta Sandesh - Dec 2010

derstand’, I experience etc.

Buddhervrittiritidvayam.

The innumerable thoughts in the intellect are like the innumerable waves in the ocean. Just as the waves of the ocean dawn into existence with the first ray of sunrise. The sun embraces every particle of the wave to enlighten and enliven its presence. The waves look like a huge carpet of twinkling lights with the reflected light of the sun. So too the existence of the Self dawns into awakening first with the thought that ‘I am’ with the Sat aspect of the Self and the cosnsciousness aspect enlightens all the thoughts of various objects, the sense of doership and enjoyership. I am so and so, I know this and I wish to do this, all these various thoughts come into the mind. This is not done directly by the Atman. The Atman does not directly give life to the thoughts but our instrument, the intellect enlightens

all our thoughts and experiences by the reflected consciousness in the intellect.

ignorance, the glory of Maya that the nature of one is imposed on the other. Just like imposing a snake on the rope.

Sanyojya chaaviveken As the scriptures consistently reveal and here too the Acharya has often explained that the nature of Real Self the Atman is eternal, self lumininous, blissful, that which is free of any kind of attributes like pure, impure, love, hatred, anger, jealousy and the like. It is also free of any kind of modifications and changes like birth, growth, old age, death etc.

At the same time the nature of the Anatman i.e. the objective world, the gross body, the subtle body etc has been revealed as inert which is existent, enlivened and experienced as Joy by the Sat Chit and Blissful nature of the Atman. With this understanding one can clearly see that the nature of both the Atman and the Anatman, the Self and the Non-Self are directly opposite and contradictory to each other.

The Atman is light and the Anatman is darkness, one is sentient and the other is insentient. The blending of the two is never possible, yet it is the glory of

Janamiiti pravartate The Intellect in the subtle body by itself cannot enliven any thoughts. Thoughts in the mind are a mere presence of ripples which come to life by the light of consciousness. Yet with the borrowed reflected light the Jiva superimposes upon itself the sense of the knower, the experiencer and the doer and says I am the knower, I am the doer and I am the enjoyer.

The Real Self is free of any qualities of good and bad, love and hatred, birth and death. All these attributes are a part of the subtle body, yet these are superimposed on the Self and we say I am good I am bad, I am born and I will die. The Acharya kindly explains that this is only a result of igorance that the nature of the Atman is superimposed on the Anatman and likewise the nature of the Anatman is imposed on the Atman. This mutual superimposition creates all the baseless experiences.

VM Resources on ‘Gita’ on Net 1. Online ‘Gita Introduction Study Course’. (‘Online Courses’ link on ‘www.vmission.org.in’ site) 2. Chanting of all the 18 chapters by P. Guruji.

(Check out for link in Downloads > Chants Section) 3. Gita Gyana Yagna discourses of Poojya Guruji on the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17 and 18th chapters. All in Hindi.

(Checkout for links in Downloads >Talks Section) 4. Overview of all the Gita Chapters by P. Guruji.

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House of 1000 Mirrors Long ago in a small, far away village, there was place So there are known as the House of 1000 Mirrors. A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. two things: one is changing and the When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway other is changeless, with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, he found himself staring at 1000 namely the mind and other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1000 I, its witness. See the great smiles just as warm and friendly. As he left the House, nature of each as ithe is, thought to himself, "This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often." neither trying to stop the change of the In this same village, another little dog, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house. changing entity, nor He slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he looked into the door. When he saw the 1000 unfriendly looktrying to change the ing dogs staring back at him, he growled at them and was changeless. horrified to see 1000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, "That is a horrible place, and I will - Poojya Guruji never go back there again."

All the faces in the world are mirrors. What kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet?

Vedanta Sandesh - Dec 2010

Letter of the Month

Om Tat Sat

Hari om K..., Thanks & Aashirwad.

Bhagwan says that you should say this

Om Tat Sat are three words which independently & also together reveal Brahman. It basically means 'Om Tat - That Om (Brahman/ Ishwar) is Sat - Timeless & Permanant'.

mantra once after every karma, so as to supplement for any possible inadvertent omissions in your attitude while performing your

This mantra has been used at the end of 17th chapter of Gita in a different way also. Bhagwan says that you should say this mantra once after every karma, so as to supplement for any possible inadvertent omissions in your attitude while performing your karma's.

It stands for not only Ishwar-arpan but also helps to keep aside all possible abhiman of action & its fruits, helps retain the humility, facilitates the learning curve, and also keeps us hooked on to god thus in short it helps to make every karma truly Sattwic. A good & great mantra.

karma's.

- Poojya Guruji

Love & om Swami Atmananda

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Mokshada Ekadashi: 17th Dec 2010

Gita Jayanti

Gita Saar 1. Never Grieve: Bhagavat Gita is like our Mother. She reveals the Art of healthy, happy and holistic living. She tells us ‘never worry and get despondent’, there is always a way out of grief, however enormous or choking it may appear to be.

2. Pray for Right Knowledge: Always remember that all grief is just because of some wrong understanding, and is never given by God or destny etc. So whenever you come to any crossroads, just approach a wise man and request for the right knowledge.

3. Two Points of views: You can see life either from your personal point of view, or impersonally, from God’s point of view. Individual-centric perception is of a limited and divided world, full of endless misery; while the vision from the point of view of totality is a divine scenario-one, blissful and all embracing. How and what we ‘see’ is always our personal discretion and freedom.

4. Consequences of Egoistic Life: The lives of self-centric people, who are aways driven by their personal likes and dislikes , is very isolating, limiting and above all choking. They live a highly stressed life, with indecisiveness glaring at them at every crossroad. Success binds these ignorant ones as much as their failures do, and the tragedy is that irrespective of what they achieve and experience, they continue to remain condemned as a seeker.

5. Blessed Lives Of Enlightened Ones: The wise see the world factually, they are awake to the truth of themselves and the world which is one. They live an extremey blissful, blessed and also an inspired life. Their cup is full, not beacuase of anything but inspite VedantaSandesh Sandesh- -Dec April2010 2009 Vedanta

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of everything. Their fulness does not manifest in the form of inactivity, but a selfless and dynamic life for the welfare of one and all. World remaining same, it is just their ‘vision shift’ which made all the difference.

6. Karma Yoga is Integrated Yoga: The motherly gita prescribes one integrated approach to prepare our minds for enlightened living, and never suggests any ‘different independent paths’.

She suggests that may ‘all’ your faculties-intellect, heart and actions, get lovingly directed and dedicated to the feet of God. Art of such an inspired, integrated, holistic and selfless living is called Karma Yoga.

7. Blessings of Karma Yoga: Karma Yogi lives an inspired dynamic life. They see themselves as instruments of God. Their entire life along with their deepest motivations are are all seen as the blessing and wish of their beloved and benevolent master, and what ever they do is always their humble offering at HIS feet. Such a ‘connected’ person always lives overwhelmed, getting infinite love and reciprocating as best as they can.

8. Yoga is the door for Brahma Gyana: Gita tells that Yoga, the art of blessed and positive living, prepares us for something more profound and sublime, the ‘Brahma Gyana’, the direct knowledge of the absolute. The journey ahead does not lie in doing or not doing anything whatsoever, but in just opening our eyes, fully. For this we need to humbly approach a knowledgeable and enlightenend guru. The process of subsequent enquiry alone is true meditation.

9. Brahma Gyana is Enlightenment: Brahma Gyana is like fire, it burns off ignorance and all its products. All thoughts and also the very ego drops, and then the timeless and transcendental divinity stands unveiled as our very self. Brahma Gyani is the enlightened one, the free one. He sees himself pervading the whole world, as the very self of all. He is divinity incarnate. He is a blessing for one and all. Love for all is as natural to him as light is to sun, and they never grieve. The motherly Gita coaxes and guides all the portals of such an awakened, magnanimous and enlightened living.

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The Barber Who Didn't Believe A man went to a barber shop to have his hair and his beard cut as always. He started to have a good conversation with the barber who attended him. They talked about so many things and various subjects. Suddenly, they touched the subject of God. The barber said: "Look man, I don't believe that God exists as you say so."

"Why do you say that?" asked the client. "Well, it's so easy, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God does not exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people?

Would there be abandoned children? If God exists, there would be no suffering nor pain. I can't think of a God who permits all of these things."

The client stopped for a moment thinking but he didn't want to respond so as to prevent an argument. The barber finished his job and the client went out of the shop. Just after he left the barber shop he saw a man in the street with a long hair and beard (it seems that it had been a long time since he had his hair cut and he looked so untidy).

Then the client again entered the barber shop and he said to the barber: "know what? Barbers do not exist."

"How come they don't exist?"-asked the barber. "Well I am here and I am a barber."

"No!" the client exclaimed. "They don't exist because if they did there would be no people with long hair and beards like that man who walks in the street."

"Ah, barbers do exist, what happens is that people do not come to us."

"Exactly!"- affirmed the client. "That's the point. God does exist, what happens is people don't go to Him and do not look for Him that's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."

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Stories from Purana’s n o p e u .. c n .

O e m a ti

Sage Ashtavakra Ashtavakra was a sage in ancient India. Ashtavakra, also spelt as Ashtaavakra in Sanskrit: means "eight bends". Ashta means eight. Vakra means bend or deformity.

In ancient India, the sage Ashtavakra was known to be a very intelligent and spiritually well advanced rishi who realized self or Atman. More information about his birth and life comes from the Indian epic Ramayana. Sage Uddalaka ran a school (Ashram) teaching Vedic knowledge. Kahoda was one of his best disciples. Uddalaka was so pleased with him that he had his daughter Sujata married to him. Sujata, eventually got pregnant and in the natural desire of wanting her child to imbibe spirituality and intelligence, began to sit in the classes taught by Uddalaka and Kahoda, listening to their chanting of mantras.

In India, there is a belief that when expectant mothers expose themselves to spiritual teachings, the child in the womb hears it and gathers that knowledge and become a genius in that spiritual area after its birth. It was one day, as Kahoda recited the Vedas, and within hearing distance of the child growing in the womb, that it heard the recitation but, since it was already aware of the correct pronunciation of every syllable since its mother used to attend classes with rapt attention, whenever Kahoda pronounced a syllable wrong, the child in the womb squirmed in distress. Sujata informed Kahoda that he had pronounced the syllable wrongly as indicated by the child in the womb. This happened on eight occasions.

Kahoda perceived this as arrogance on the part of something, yet to manifest itself in the world, and he cursed the foetus with eight deformities. So, when the baby was born, it had eight bends, was crooked in eight places. Naturally, he was named Ashtavakra (Eight Bends).

Around the time Ashtavakra was born, his father was invited to argue with the great philosopher, Bandi. In those days, philosophical arguments were commonplace and the best were invited to argue in the presence of the monarch Janaka. Bandi was supposedly the son of Varuna - the Lord of all water bodies - and was sent incognito to land to get rishes, or sages, to conduct a ritual that his father wanted to perform. Bandi was well known as a philosopher and easily defeated Kahoda. As per the rules of the contest, Bandi's victims had to 'drown' themselves in the river nearby (Ganges?). Nobody knew of Bandi's real identity or his intention in demanding that his victims should submerge in the river. Kahoda, too, lost the argument and had to submerge himself in the river. Ashtavakra was therefore raised by Uddalaka and his disciples and within a short time mastered everything that was expected of a 'Brahmin'. Uddalaka and his disciples took pains to see that Ashtavakra was always kept in the dark about the fate of his father. However, Ashtavakra came to know the truth when his young uncle, Shwetaketu advertently, blurted out that the person who Ashtavakra thought was his father, was, in fact, not his father. Ashtavakra then demanded the truth from his mother and decided to confront Bandi and defeat him in an argument.

Ashtavakra then made his way to the King's palace and presented himself as a challenger. The kind-hearted King could not bear the thought of someone so young losing to Bandi and meeting the same fate as countless other Brahmins and tried to dissuade the young boy. Ashtavakra, was, however adamant, and after an initial test, Janaka decided to let him face Bandi. Ashtavakra won the argument and demanded that Bandi restore to life all the sages and Brahmins he had forced to be drowned. One of the conditions of the contest was that if Bandi loses he would grant any wish of his vanquisher. By this time, Varuna's ritual was also complete and he had rewarded all the sages and Brahmins and so when Bandi was defeated, he revealed his true identity and the reason behind the 'drowning' of his victims. At Bandi's request, Varuna bade the sages and Brahmins farewell and brought them to surface.

Kahoda was extremely pleased with his son's intelligence and knowledge.

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Nov’10 VM / VA Programs Birthday of Sw. Samatanandaji, Indore:

Vedanta Mission / Ashram Programs

Birthdaay of Poojya Swamini Samatanandaji was celebrated at Vedanta Ashram, Indore with love & enthusiasm on 15th Nov.

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Earlier in the day Swaminiji performed the Rudrabhisheka of Bhagwan Gangeshwar Mahadev, and in the evening the place was lovingly decorated by devotees, and after the evening Aarti everyone alongwith the Balvihar children, devotees from UK and local devoteees gatherd for a nice evening program of bhajans & feast. There were prayers, chanting and bhajans.

Swamini Amitanandaji played few numbers on her Casio, children chanted Bhaja Govindam. Later Poojya Swaminiji cut the cake. She was accompanied by Smt Swarna Dass, a devotee from Mhow, whose birthday was also on the same day. Everyone later enjoyed the lovely dishes made lovingly by various devotees.

Talk on Ethics & Values at Mumbai: The Ethics Committee of Rotary Club Mumbai, alongwith 31 other Rotary Clubs organized a Public Discourse on the topic of ‘Ethics in Personal & Business Life’ by Poojya Guruji Sri Atmaanandaji on 2nd Dec at Manik Sabha Gruh at Bandra, Mumbai. The program was nicely organized and attended.

After all the initial formalities of Rotary Club, which included chanting of National Anthem, welcome address by officials, and Rotary Governors address, Poojya Guruji Sri Swami Atmanandaji was invited to address the gathering on the important subject of Ethics. The one hour talk was highly inspiring and everyone listened with awe & silence. Nice question & answers followed. Khichdi from Hare Krishna Mandir was later offered as prasad to all.

Gita Gyana Yagna, Bandra, Mumbai: A Gita Gyana Yagna by Poojya Guruji Sri Swami Atmanandaji was organized at Bandra Hindu Association, Mumbai from 3rd to 9th Dec 2010.

The topic of morning & evening discourses were Gita Chapter 3, and Kathopanishad 1-2.

The whole discourse series was very nicely attended with 90 minutes sessions both in the morning & evenings. In the 3rd chapter of Bhagwad Gita Poojya Guruji revealed as to why it is important to first learn to act properly. Self-Knowledge requires a very subtle, sharp, focussed mind which is integrated and capable of fully living in present. Karma Yoga is that kind of Art of Action which helps to bring about such a mind. Such a mind also excels in one’s respective field of action too, so it is a benefit from all sides, and worhty to be learnt & lived.

Nov’10 VM / VA Programs

Vedanta Mission / Ashram Programs

BHA School Visit, Mumbai: Bandra Hindu Association runs a School in its premises, and taaking advantage of the presence of Vedanta Mission Mahatmas, they requested Poojya Swamini Samatanandaji to adddress their children. The children were divided into two sections. Seniors & Nursery children. She addresses both the groups on two separate days.

Poojya Swamini Samatanandaji who also conducts Balvihar at Indore, has a nice capacity to establish rapport with children. She explained the backdrop of Bhagwad Gita story to children and thus revealed the objective & subject matter of Bhagwad Gita. She told inspiring stories to senior students. Bhajns & shlokas were chanted too. Earlier the School Principal and other teachers welcomed Poojya Swaminiji, and later she distributed prasadd to all the children.

VM Mumbai celebrates P. Guruji’s Birthday: The President of Vedanta Mission, Mumbai Mr Avinash Dutta and his wife Smt Ritu Dutta took initiative to take advantage of the presence of Poojya Guruji in Mumbai a week before his birthday on 15th Dec. Such an occasion becomes instrumental to express the feelings of devotees & disciples for their reverend teachers.

The birth is not of the Atma, which is timeless & eternal; but the celebration is all about a ‘manifestation’, first to get blessed with divine knowledge and later bless all with the same divine knowledge. Guru Parampara is an amazing tradition, and such occasions become instrumental to express their gratitude. Avinash Duttaji also put forward an idea to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Vedanta Misssion next year with a bang. VM Mumbai was established in 1992, so we enter the 20th year next year. The idea was recieved with applause.

Inauguration of Gita Jayanti Celebrations, Indore: Pooojya Guruji formally inaugurated the week-long 13th Mega Celebrations of Gita Jayanti at Agrasen Dham, Sudama Nagar, Indore on 14th Dec 2010 by lightening the lamp.

This annual function is nicely attended and enthusiastically looked forward to by the local residents. In this Mahatmas & Scholars from different parts of the country are invited to speak on the message of Bhagwad Gita.

Poojya Guruji explained the famous Aarti of Gita to the devoteees. He told that this aarti contains the gist of the message of Bhagwad Gita and is worthy to be chanted daily. Later Poojya Swamini Samatanandaji also spoke on the occasion, and briefly explained the famous shloka of Karmanyevadhikaraste.

Check out the detailed Photo Albums of the various functions on VM News Blog at : http://vmissionews.blogspot.com/ Page # 13

Quotes No man was ever wise by chance.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Saint Augustine Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.

Tobias Smollett The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

William James The doors of wisdom are never shut.

Benjamin Franklin To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.

Akhenaton To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Bertrand Russell Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Oprah Winfrey Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.

Khalil GibranNo man was ever wise by chance.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Saint Augustine

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Forthcoming Programs

Birthday Celebrations of Poojya Guruji, Indore: The birthday celebrations of Poojya Guruji will be celebrated at Vedanta Ashram on 17th Dec, alongwith the celebrations of Gita Jayanti. There will be Akhand Chanting of Bhagwad Gita followed by Bhandara.

Pravachan at Gita Bhavan, Indore: Poojya Guruji will give a discourse at the Akhil Bharatiya Gita Jayanti Mahotsav at Gita Bhavan Indore on 19th Dec at 4.00 PM.

Sadhana Camp, Indore: A five days Sadhana Camp is being organized at Vedanta Ashram, Indore from 22nd Jan to 26th Jan 2011. The devotees will reach Ashram on 21st evening andd leave on 27th morning. The subject matter of the discourses will be Laghu-Vakya Vritti, and Gita Chapter 8.

A visit to some nearby place will also be organized.

Gita Gyana Yagna, Lucknow: A Gita Gyana Yagna will be organized at Hari om Mandir, Lucknow a week before Holi, which is on 19th March.

The subject matters of the discourse series will be announced later.

Mahashivratri Celebrations 2011: Mahashivratri will be celebrated at Vedanta Ashram, Indore on 3rd March 2011.

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