October 2008 Annual Subscription Rs. 60 - Swaminarayan Sanstha
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Swamishri performs the<br />
Janmashtami Celebration arti, Atladra<br />
In Atladra Swamishri performs the<br />
murti-pratishtha arti for Dudhvada mandir<br />
24 August, Atladra; Janmashtami Celebration<br />
The Janmashtami celebration was held in the<br />
mandir assembly hall in the evening. Viveksagar<br />
Swami talked about spiritual equanimity, Dr.<br />
Swami and Mahant Swami discoursed upon the<br />
need of firm faith in God. The assembly programme<br />
was interspersed with kirtans, a traditional dance<br />
and honouring of Swamishri with garlands.<br />
In conclusion, Swamishri blessed the assembly,<br />
“The power generated through having firm<br />
faith in God protects one from the consequences<br />
after death. Wealth and bungalows do not protect<br />
oneself. Our philosophy says that the body<br />
dies and one will leave everything that has been<br />
attained behind. The atma, by having refuge in<br />
God, attains the abode of God.”<br />
26 August, Atladra<br />
Swamishri performed the murti-pratishtha<br />
rituals of murtis for the BAPS hari mandir in<br />
Dudhvada.<br />
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(Highlights translated from Gujarati report<br />
by Sadhu Priyadarshandas)<br />
Living With Swamishri<br />
MOULDING A SUCCESSFUL LIFE<br />
24 August <strong>2008</strong>, Atladra<br />
During a personal meeting session Swamishri advised a teenager regarding his life, “At present<br />
give priority to studying well at school. Take care of your life: observe rules of moral conduct and<br />
be a vegetarian. You have to take care of these aspects now. Do not eat outside (in restaurants) and<br />
do not surf the net. Do satsang and inspire values in others. This will increase your firmness. Otherwise<br />
if you get entangled in kusang then you will decline and you will be<br />
sidetracked from your studies. You have to make your life. It is your<br />
responsibility that you do not spoil it. So your studies should be the<br />
priority. If you stray then you will be miserable and unhappy later.<br />
One’s mind is such that it leads one astray. Therefore adhere to satsang<br />
properly and study hard to achieve the best academic degree.”<br />
Swamishri inspired a turning point<br />
in the life of the teenager.<br />
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