[esatsang] Esatsang digest for Feb 12 2010

The more pressed for time you are, the deeper the rest you must take, and the
more essential is meditation.

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Topics in this edition

1. Meat free Flights and Trains…. Save Environment!

2. Bliss in Bali

3. Astavakra Gita Commentary registrations closed

4. Blessing course @ Gujarat Ashram with Swami Pragyapadji....Dont Miss

5. Sri Sri joins in a cleaning operation in Kolkata

6. Sunday 21 March - Live Maha Sudarshan Kriya with Guruji - Satsang with Rishi
Nitya Pragya - The Netherlands - www.aofl.nl

7. Special night of divine rest and wakefulness - Sri Sri

8. Upanishads with Guruji in Los Angeles Center April 15-17

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From: Manu <manojofpuri@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 10:21 PM
Subject: Meat free Flights and Trains…. Save Environment!

Global warming has reached alarmingly dangerous proportions and governments all
over the world now are taking measures to contain it. It is our collective
responsibility to join in these efforts in all our capacities to save our
precious planet.

Letter Facts: http://www.artoflivingindia.in/NoMeatOnFlights/Facts_Letter.pdf

Paper Petition:
http://www.artoflivingindia.in/NoMeatOnFlights/Paper_Petition.pdf

Online Petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/vvki2010/

Sangchcdhwan...संगच्छध्वं... Lets Move Together...

Jai Gurudev!

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From: Seema.lamba <kaur.seema@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 9:41 PM
Subject: Bliss in Bali

We are very happy to inform you that The Art of Living Foundation and The
Indonesian Ministry of Culture and Tourism will host the 4th International
Women's Conference in Bali, Indonesia at the magnificent Hilton on 27th and
28th March 2010.

The International Women's Conference, "Waves of Beauty" is a landmark
event that celebrates the beauty, dynamism, and pivotal roles of women in
society as social transformers.

Delegates will also have the rare opportunity to join the spectacular evening
sunset cruise in the presence of His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and enjoy
scenic Bali, popularly referred to as 'The Islands of The Gods"

Please feel free to contact us for any further information.

With warm regards,
Seema Lamba
India
9820895629

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From: Bangalore Ashram Courses <courses@vvmvp.org>
Date: Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 2:26 AM
Subject: Astavakra Gita Commentary registrations closed .

As of now the registrations for Astavakra Gita commentaries have been closed
till further information.

SMS "ON ashram-events" to 9870807070 (for Indian numbers only) or subscribe to
ashramcourses@googlegroups.com for latest updates on courses & events at
Bangalore Ashram

Skype ID: Bangalore_Ashram

Jai Gurudev !

Ashram Events Team
+91-80-26080236
www.vvmvp.org

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From: Jagurti-Jhanvi Goswami <goswamij.k@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:56 PM
Subject: Blessing course @ Gujarat Ashram with Swami Pragyapadji....Dont Miss

Really blessed one...Who joins the BLESSING COURSE With SWAMI
PRAGYAPAADJI........
No words to express, to write about Swamiji...
His presence makes a difference ....Be there and feel the grace and presence of
Master....
Date: 26 to 28th March 2010
Reporting on 25th..

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With Regards,

Jagruti (Jhanvi) Goswami
"Life is about contributing, not about achieving"

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From: Art of Living Bureau of Communication <admin@artoflivingmedia.org>
Date: Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:16 PM
Subject: Sri Sri joins in a cleaning operation in Kolkata

Sri Sri joins in a cleaning operation in Kolkata
The Times of India, 12th Feb., 2010

Click to view:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/26756296/Sri-Sri-joins-in-a-cleaning-operation-in-Kolkata

Jai Gurudev

Art of Living Bureau of Communication

Website: http://www.artoflivingmedia.org/
Blog: http://bestofsrisri.blogspot.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/artoflivingmedia
Twitter: https://twitter.com/artoflivingabc

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From: Fred - Shankara Europe <fred@shankaraeu.com>
Date: Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 6:03 PM
Subject: Sunday 21 March - Live Maha Sudarshan Kriya with Guruji - Satsang with
Rishi Nitya Pragya - The Netherlands - www.aofl.nl

It is our great pleasure to invite you to a very special occasion. On Sunday
March 21 Guruji will personally guide the Sudarshan Kriya.
We feel very fortunate to receive him in the Netherlands once more after
last year's visit, and warmly invite you to join this very rare opportunity.

Music and meditation, deep wisdom and humor, joy and celebration
characterize the meetings with Guruji.

Program Highlights

11.00-12.30
Sukshma Vayama Yoga, Pranayama and Sudarshan Kriya, guided by Guruji
12.30-13.00
Knowledge on the theme 'Increasing aggression in society'
13.00-14.30
Delicious vegetarian lunch
14.30-15.30
Swinging Maha Satsang with Rishi Nitya Pragya
15.30
Lottery draw* by Guruji. Your entrance ticket is also your lot number, so
you play for free!

Location:
Grote Kerk
Rond de Grote Kerk 12
The Hague
www.grotekerkdenhaag.nl <http://www.grotekerkdenhaag.nl/>

*
Lottery Prizes
1st Main Prize
All-in Art of Silence part 3 course with Guruji in the beautiful mountains
in Arosa, Switzerland
Dates: May 7-14 2010. The prize includes: plane or train ticket to Zurich,
double room in 4 or 5 star hotel with all-in service, Art of Silence course
part 3 in the presence of Guruji, boat trip at the Vierwaldstätter See,
journey back to Bad Antogast, celebration of Guruji's birthday and stay in
Bad Antogast.

2nd Main Prize
All in Art of Silence part 3 course with Guruji in the green oasis of the
International Art of Living Centre in Bangalore, India
Date: to be determined. The prize includes: return ticket Amsterdam
–Bangalore, Art of Silence part 3 course in the presence of Guruji and
all-in stay at the centre.

Consolation Prize
Art of Silence part 2
All-in course in The Netherlands, date and place to be determined

Price €95, - including delicious lunch

Tickets
You can reserve your tickets by mail: evenement@aofl.nl
More information: 0031 30 6911558
www.aofl.nl <http://www.aofl.nl/>

Warm regards

Art of Living Netherlands

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From: Art of Living Bureau of Communication <admin@artoflivingmedia.org>
Date: Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:32 AM
Subject: Special night of divine rest and wakefulness - Sri Sri

Special night of divine rest and wakefulness - Sri Sri
The Times of India, 12th Feb, 2010

On Shivaratri, the Shiv Shakti merges into the whole universe - Shiva means
your very self, the purest Self, your innermost core. Shiva means good or
benevolent. The word ratri in Sanskrit means that which relieves you from three
types of agony - ethereal, mental and material. At night everything becomes
quiet and peaceful. The body gets tired and goes to sleep. 'Shivaratri'
literally means that night which infuses the Shiva tatva or the transcendental
principle to the three instruments: the body, mind and speech.

Read complete article:
http://bestofsrisri.blogspot.com/2010/02/special-night-of-divine-rest-and.html

Jai Gurudev

Art of Living Bureau of Communication

Website: http://www.artoflivingmedia.org/
Blog: http://bestofsrisri.blogspot.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/artoflivingmedia
Twitter: https://twitter.com/artoflivingabc

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From: RUTWIK VASHI <rut_jgd@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:43 PM
Subject: Upanishads with Guruji in Los Angeles Center April 15-17

Dear Loved ones around the world,

Here is an opportunity to be with GURUJI in Person to experience Upanishad.
What do you mean by experiencing Upanishad? Upanishad means "Sitting Close to
the Master"

Come Sit Close to your Guru at the Divine and Majestic Los Angeles Center from
April 14-15.

Already "325" souls have registered. The seats are limited and it is on first
come first servce basis.
Earlier you register closer you sit......

For details:
www.artoflivingla.orgsecure.artofliving.org

Q: What is Upanishad?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Sitting close and listening is Upanishad. Upanishad is a
collection of discourses of high knowledge, and the manner it was transmitted
from a Master to students is very interesting.
One of the Upanishads beautifully brings this out well. Once a boy went to his
father who was also his Guru and asked, 'What is God?' To which the father
replied, 'Food is God', for everything grows from food, everything is
sustained by food and when there is a lack of it, everything dissolves and
everything again becomes food.
So the boy went and thought about it for several months, understood all about
food and came back to his father, and again asked 'What is God?' The father
said, 'Parana is God'. The boy went, thought and understands all about
prang, how it is going in and out of body, how many types of prang there are
and read all experiments about prang. He again came back to his father and
asked, 'What is God?' The father looked at the child's face, so glowing
and so vibrant. The father said, 'Ok, the mind is Brahman, mind is God'. The
boy went and thought till he found the ultimate bliss.
Notice, that the student didn't complain to the teacher that he was earlier
told 'Food is God' but later something else. He simply came and again asked
the question. So this is an ancient way of teaching, step by step – food,
then prang, then the mind, then the inner spirit, then the universal spirit,
Bliss. Bliss is Divinity, the space. You are like the space. Then he said,
'There is no difference between you, me and the infinite self. We all are one.
The Self, Guru and the universal energy are not different. All are made up of
one substance.'
Today if you talk to scientists who study the string theory, who study quantum
physics, they will say the same thing that is said in Upanishads. In the
Upanishads, it was said thousands of years ago that 'God is not a person,
sitting somewhere up in heaven but God is present everywhere. He is omnipresent
and omnipotent, the energy of which you are also made of, everything is made up
of.' Don't confuse God to be a person, somewhere sitting up in heaven.
Godliness is your own nature.
God is Vibration. God is Love. God is Truth, Existence. God is Beauty.
People right through history have told this. Lord Krishna told Arjuna,
'People think I am a human being but I am not. People confuse the Divine to
be a human being. But God is the force, He is energy. That is Divine and not a
person.'

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