107th Birthday Anniversary of Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj (2023)

 
From: "Sivananda" <pannir@PROTECTED>
Subject: 107th Birthday Anniversary of Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj (2023)
Date: September 24th 2023

Om Namo Bhagavate Sivanandaya!
Om Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya!

Namaste!

Epilogue - To This Monk From India (Swami Chidananda)
by Yvonne Lebeau

We know words are powerless to describe the glory of his perfection. Yet we try again and again. It is an outlet for our overflowing heart.

His constant and total adherence to the ideal, his utter spontaneity in all his actions, utter disregard for praise or blame, his supreme simplicity as well as complete absence of egoism, make all realise the great saint that he is.

He is all powerful and yet he behaves like any one of us. He loves all of us alike, whether we are worthy or not.

He can take on the severe, serious, noble look of the Guru with a devotee, and in the next minute he can look free and young, joke and laugh like an ordinary man with someone else, and talk of very ordinary topics, and suddenly again change and be all-compassion and tenderness to some suffering soul, his very face and body showing how much he is suffering their suffering, his face suddenly drawn and older.

His ceaseless activity, every hour of every day of the year, is such that it would be beyond our understanding, and for us to try to emulate him a source of despair, if we did not realise that it is the universal life that is pulsating within him.

In his presence our problems find a solution. He gives us an understanding heart. In the beauty of his smile we find peace. The love in his eyes fills our heart to overflowing so that we share it with all and get all the richer for it. He is the untarnishable source.

He is the hand that holds the light to those who lose their way.

His reaction is the same in the face of praise, approval or blame. Even if we go to thank him for his wondrous guidance, he just says, “You have only got what you deserve” or he points his finger to the sky and says, “He is the doer.”

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September 24th is the 107th Birthday Anniversary of Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj.

 

Yours in the service of Gurudev,

Pannirselvam


BOOK SYNOPSIS

This Monk From India
by Yvonne Lebeau

This book by Yvonne Lebeau, a spiritual seeker from France, is in the nature of a tribute to her Guru or spiritual mentor, Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj.

An interesting aspect of the book is the light it throws on the encounter between the occidental mind and oriental philosophy.

Another aspect of the book—and an equally significant one—is the insight it gives into the various struggles which every spiritual seeker has to undergo in traversing the path of Yoga or conscious spiritual evolution.

It speaks volumes for the magnanimity of the author that she has been motivated by an earnest desire that the message of this book, viz., the message of Yoga-Vedanta, should be broadcast far and wide, especially in the Western world. May God bless her with health, long life and many more years of spiritual service and illumination too!

The present edition is enriched with fresh matter that the writer felt would add to the value of the book.

For more information, please see: This Monk From India


SPECIAL ARADHANA CONCESSION

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20% on Orders Upto Rs. 300/-
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40% on Orders Above Rs. 25,000/-

40% Special Discount on the following Pictorial Volumes of Worshipful Gurudev Sri Swami Sivanandaji and Worshipful Sri Swami Chidanandaji:

1. ES8 Glorious Vision                Rs. 650
2. ES4 Gurudev Sivananda        Rs. 250 
3. EC70 Ultimate Journey           Rs. 500
4. EC71 Divine Vision                 Rs. 300

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“Chidananda is a Jivanmukta, a great Saint, an ideal Yogi, a Para-Bhakta and a great sage. Swami Chidananda is all this and much more. He was a great Yogi and Saint in his previous birth. His lectures are the outpourng of his saintly heart, the revelations of intuitive wisdom. And he is a practical Vedantin, his words have tremendous power. He is born to fulfill a great mission.” - Swami Sivananda


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