(As Sung At The I.V.S Centres During The Evening Prayer) VEDIC STOTRAM
OM ASATO MA SADGAMAYA TAMASO MA JYOTIRGAMAYA MRITYORMAMRITAM GAMAYA AVIRAVIRMA EDHI RUDRA YATTE DAKSHINAM MUKHAM TENA MAM PAHI NITYAM OM YO BRAHMANAM VIDADHATI PURVAM YO VAI VEDANGSHCHA PRAHINOTI TASMAI TVAM HA DEVATMABUDDHIRPRAKASHAM MUMUKSHURVAI SHARANAMAHAM PRAPADYE
OM NAMO VEDANTAVEDYA GURAVE BUDDHISAKSHINE SACCHIDANANDARUPAYA NIRGUNAYA GUNATMANEH
OM BHADRAM KARNEBHIH SHRINUYAM DEVA BHADRAM PASHYEMAKSHABHIRYAJATRAH STHIRAIRANGAISTUSTUVANSASTANUBHIRVYASHEMA DEVAHITAM YADAYUH OM SHANTIH! SHANTIH! SHANTIH! (Prashnopanishad, Mundakupanishad)
OM SAHANAVAVATU SAHA NAU BHUNAKTU SAHVIRYAM KARAVAVAHAI TEJASVI NAVADHITAMASTU MA VIDVISHAVAHAI OM SHANTIH! SHANTIH! SHANTIH! (Kathopanishad)
OM APYAYANTU MAMANGANI VAK PRANASHCHAKSHUH SHROTRAMATHO BALAMINDRIYANI CHA SARVANI SARVAM BRAHMAUPANISHADAM MAHAM BRAHMANIRAKURYAM MA MA BRAHMANIRAKARODANIRAKARANAMASTWANIRAKARANAM HASTU TADATMANI NIRATE YA UPANISHADSTU DHARMASTE MAYI SANTU TE MAYI SANTU OM SHANTIH! SHANTIH! SHANTIH! (Chandogyaupanishad)
OM BANGME MANASI PRATISHTHITA MANO ME VACHI PRATISHITAM AVIRAVIR MAYEDHI VEDASYA MAA ANISTHA SHRUTAM ME MAA PRAHASIH ANENA DHITENAHORATRN SANGDADHAMI RITAM VADISHYAMI SATYAM VADISHYAMI TANMAMAVATU TAD VAKTARAMAVATU
AVATUMAM AVATU BAKTARAM AVATU BAKTARAM OM SHANTIH! SHANTIH! SHANTIH! (Aithriyoupanishad)
ANENA DHITENAHORATRN SANGDADHAMI RITAM VADISHYAMI SATYAM VADISHYAMI TANMAMAVATU TAD VAKTARAMAVATU AVATUMAM AVATU BAKTARAM AVATU BAKTARAM OM SHANTIH! SHANTIH! SHANTIH! (Aithriyoupanishad)
OM SHANNO MITRA SHAM VARUNA SHANNO BHADATWARYAMA SHANNA INDRA BRIHASPATIH SHANNO VISHNU RURUKRAMAH NAMO BRAHMANE NAMASTE VAYO TWOMEVA PRATYAKSHAM BRAHMASI TWAMEVA PRATYAKSHAM BRAHMA VADISHYAMI RITAM VADISHYAMI SATYAM VADISHAMI TANMAMAVATU TAD VAKTARAMAVATU AVATUMAM AVATU BAKTARAM OM SANTIH! SANTIH! SANTIH! (Taitriyoupanishad)
OM MADHU VATA RITAYATE MADHUKSHARANTI SINDHAVA MADHVIRNA SANTWO SHADHI MADHU NAKTA MUTO SHASO MADHUMATH PARTHIVAM RAJAH MADHU DAURASTU NA PITA MADHUMANNO VANASPATIRMADHUMA ASTU SURYAH MADHVIRGAVO BHAVANTU NAH OM MADHU! OM MADHU! OM MADHU! (Bridharanyakupanishad)
OM PURNAMADAH PURNAMIDAM PURNAT PURNAMUDACHYATE PURNASYA PURNAMADAYA PURNAMEVA VASHISHYATE OM SANTIH! SANTIH! SANTIH! (Ishoupanishad)
JAY SHREE BHAGAVAN PREMI BHAKTA JANO KI – JAY……3 HURRA! GOD LOVING ALL DEVOTES HURRA! VIVA! DIOS AMA A TODOS LOS DEVOTOS VIVA! JAY BHAKTADIN SHRI BHAGAVAN KI – JAY………..3 VIVA! DIOS APARECE CUANDO LOS DEVOTOS LO DESEAN VIVA! JAY INTERNATIONAL VEDANTA SOCIETY KI – JAY……..3 HURRA! INTERNATIONAL VEDANTA SOCIETY HURRA!
We all want to find our own place in this universe and eagerly dream of a world where we have a room for ourselves. We search a world, which is full of Eternal Peace, Love and Compassion, but we find not the way. Bhagavan says- " Expand Thy Heart" By opening our heart we realise that we are not alone in this world. We are of this world. We are of this family. The world is my own. "THE WORLD IS MY FAMILY!"
The time was the regular mahamantra. the devotees were dancing around Bhagavan- The Core and founder of this great organisation called the International Vedanta Society.As the mahamantra begin to unfold itself a curent of joy passed amongst the people around and they were simply absorbed in the mahamantra. Everybody were so full of joy and ecstasy that they were jumping or rather flying around their master!
EKAM NITYAM VIMALACHALAM SARVADHISAKSHIBHUTAM BHAVATITAM TRIGUNARAHITAM SADGURUM TAM NAMAMI SADGURUM TAM NAMAMI SADGURUM TAM NAMAMI
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
AN APPEAL
For twenty-five years now, Bhagavan has been dedicating all his efforts to the spreading of spiritual love to all that would hearThe Vedanta philosophy and the Hare Krishna mantra, which Bhagavan received not from his guru, but from divine revelation, honesty and sincerity are to be the vehicles for carrying out his cherished plan. The life of IVS began in a Guwahati railway colony in 1989 with Bhagavan and a small group of raw young boys. By the grace of Bhagavan’s profound spiritual realisations and enthusiasm, a group of deeply realised sages and highly devoted workers has arisen not just in India, but also abroad, and the society now has ashrams in Guwahati and Varanasi. Bhagavan himself now lives in Kolkata.
The world is now racked by all kinds of injustices and sufferings which man is inflicting onto his fellow man, and hence the world is teetering on the brink of disaster. Politics has not found any lasting answer, and charities, alas, too, cannot. What is required is a spiritual solution, for that is the only solution permanent for a soul and lasting for nations. The history of India, and indeed of the whole world, shows us that whenever society degrades into materialism, the one who steps forth to lead us out of the darkness is always a saint. A spiritual solution always strikes at the root cause of a problem – that is selfishness. A journalist once asked Bhagavan what the most dangerous threat to the world is today. Bhagavan replied that it is not cancer, it is not AIDS, it is not nuclear bombs, rather it is a lack of love. Oh, if we could only comprehend what it really means to love, to feel another’s pain, to have an utterly selfless heart! If but a few strong souls could realise this, the world would be transformed. Bhagavan is one who, in my mind, is without doubt an incarnation of Love itself, capable of delivering the world unto a new and better age, based on wisdom and love alone. This I have realised time and again over so many years. Bhagavan has made the sages. The workers are prepared. The spiritual power is ready to burst forth.
Though we are very well-prepared in a spiritual sense, this has necessarily meant that, to keep the spirituality pure, our society has had to desist from involving itself in material dealings. For this reason, we must rely solely on the pure in heart among those householder devotees and well-wishers that are capable of supporting our works. If our story, if our ideal touches a chord in your heart, we would be delighted if you would join us, but if this is not possible, you would indeed still be doing a great service if you could offer us some financial or any other assistance, not for us, nay, not for our sakes, but for the sake of the downtrodden, the struggling multitude and the spiritually bereft in all strata of society at home and abroad. Our first priority now is to procure an ashram for Bhagavan in Kolkata. His home is in a village called Birati not far from Kolkata, but at present He is living in a rented house in Kolkata itself to make Himself more accessible to His Kolkata devotees. The majority of the devotees come from poor families that are unable to offer any substantial assistance, and as there are always new devotees coming, there is no longer space in the house to accommodate all. Also, there is insufficient space to accommodate devotees that visit from other parts of India and foreign countries, so the access they have to Bhagavan is limited, and therefore so is their immersion in the spiritual environment, thus constricting the quality of what we have to offer. Thereafter, we hope to go from strength to strength.
Cheques/drafts may be sent in favour of the INTERNATIONAL VEDANTA SOCIETY. Donations are exempt from Income-tax under section 80 G of IT ACT ,1961.
Hoping, too, that you will be with us,
Yours faithfully,
In the service of the Lord
Swami Probuddhananda General Secretary International Vedanta Society
NIRVANSATAKAM (Six Stanzas of Nirvana by Adi Sankaracharya))
OM MANOBUDDHA AHANKARA CHITTANI NAHANG, NA CHA SROTRA JIBHYA NA CHA GHRANA NETRE NA CHA VHYOM BHUMIRNA TEJO NA VAYU, SCHIDANDARUPA SHIVOHAM SHIVOHAM.
Om. I am neither the mind, intelligence, ego, nor chitta (the seat of memory),Neither the ears nor the tongue, nor the senses of smell and sight; neither ether nor air, nor fire nor water nor earth; I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness - I am Shiva! I am Shiva!
NA CHA PRANA SANGHYO NA VAI PANCHA VAYURNA VA SAPTA DHATURNA VA PANCHAKOSHAH NA VAKPANI PADANG NA CHOUPASTHAPAYU SCHIDA NANDA RUPA SHIVOHAM SHIVOHAM.
I am neither the prana nor the five vital breaths. Neither the seven elements of the body, nor its five sheathes,Not hands nor feet nor tongue, nor either organs of action; I am eternal Bliss and Awareness - I am Shiva! I am Shiva!
NA ME DWESHARAGO NA ME LOBHOMOHA, MADO NEIVA ME NEIVA MATSCHARGA BHAVA NA DHARMO NA CHARTHANG NA KAMO NA MOKSHA SCIDANANDA RUPAH SHIVOHAM SHIVOHAM.
Neither greed not delusion, loathing nor liking have I; Nothing of pride or ego, of dharma or Libertion; Neither desire of the mind nor object for its desiring: I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness – I am Shiva! I am Shiva!
NA PUNYANG NA PAPANG NA SAUKHANG NA DUKHANG NA MANTRO NA TIRTHANG NA VEDA NA YAGYA AHANG BHOJANANG NAIVA BHAJYANG NA BHOKTA SCHIDANANDA RUPAH SHIVOHAM SHIVOHAM.
Nothing of pleasure and pain, of virtue and vice do I know; Of mantra of sacred place, of Vedas of sacrifice; Neither am I the eater, the food or the act of eating; I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness I am Shiva! I am Shiva!
NA MRITUYARNA SANKA NA ME JATI BHEDAH PITA NAIVA MEIN NEIVA MATA NA JANMA NA BANDHURNA MITRANG GURUR NAIVA SISHYA SCHIDANANDA RUPAH SHIVOHAM SHIVOHAM.
Death or fear I have none, nor any distinction of caste; Neither father nor mother, nor even birth, have I; Neither friend nor comrade, neither disciple nor guru: I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness.. I am Shiva! I am Shiva!
I have no form or fancy: the all pervading am I ; everywhere I exist, and yet I am beyond the senses; neither salvation am I, nor anything to be known: I am Eternal Bliss and Awareness… I am Shiva! I am Shiva!
• INTERNATIONAL VEDANTA SOCIETY Khalispura,Dasaswamedh,Varanasi-01,India www.ivsonline.org
17th April : Mahanam divas. 30th July : Guru Purnima. 7th August : Mahasnan Divas. 3rd September : Krishna Janmastami. 9th November : Annual Kali Puja. 19th November : IVS Foundastion day. 3rd January : Bhagavan's birth Anniversary. 12th February : Guruma's Birth Anniversary. 22nd February : Shiva Ratri. 23rd February : Annandutsav. Note: Other important events observed by IVS;
2nd May : Buddha Purnima 19th October : Maha Durga Astami 21st October : Vijaya Dashami 30th December : Birth Anniversary of Ma Sarada 12th january : Swami Vivekananda's Birth Anniversary 14th January : Birth Anniversary of Swami Krishnananda 9th March : Birth Anniversary of Sri Ramakrishna.
The most precious thing we have in life surely can only be life itself. But now we have this gift, what should we do with it? Lost in the wilderness of the world, men grow old and die without finding out the answer to this question, open which our very destinies hang. For enlightenment we were born, and enlightenment alone. Every soul is the Light Divine; our minds alone cloud this Truth. Cut asunder the knots in the mind, so that Divine Light may blaze forth and envelop all from one who has attained to the very pinnacle of life. This can only be achieved with awesome strength, gigantic will, or else the sweetest love of the purest of hearts. Generating that strength, strengthening that will, gently nourishing that love into flowering, and purifying each and every heart on the planet is the ideal of IVS.
Meditate Read Vedanta Take care of thy health Avoid Misuse Think of others Be self-reliant and true Cultivate Love Expand thy heart Believe on God, Guru,Scriptures and Self Become perfect Give up spiritual ego at last Say 'Hare Krishna' - Bhagavan (The Core and founder of the International Vedanta Society)
(As Sung At The I.V.S Centres During The Evening Prayer)
