1.Om Sri SivanandayaSERVEMEDITATELOVE REALISEGIVE BE GOODPURIFY DO GOODSEE GOD IN EVRY FACE SWAMI SIVANANDA 26th jan 2011 Sivananda Tapovanam Madurai.

2. SWAMI SIVANANDA Born on 08.09.1887 Pattamadai -Tamilnadu. Father: Vengu Iyer Mother: Parvathi Ammal Lineage: Sri AppayyaDheekshithar 16thcentury.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 3. Childhood Realised God Very Bold. Learnt fencing & obedient to Guru. 11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 4. Childhood Boy Kuppuswamy was intelligent andmischievous. Showed signs of Tyaga (renunciation) andlove for fellow-beings. Cakes and sweetmeats - distributed themliberally to his younger companions, dogs,cats, crows, and sparrows, himself noteating a bit.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 5. Education STUDIED Rajahs High School,ETTAYAPURAM WELCOME ADDRESS WASGIVEN BY HIM TO HisExcellency Lord Ampthil, theGovernor of Madras 1903 : SPG CHRISTIANCOLLEGE TANJORE MEDICAL COLLEGE.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 6. DOCTOR KUPPUSWAMI WHOLE HEARTED WORK AS A DOCTOR AT TRICHY. Started a medical journal called "The Ambrosia".11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 7. AT MALAYA AS A DOCTOR. LEFT MADRAS BY A SHIPS.S.TARA DURING 1913. &JOINED AS A DOCTOR IN ARUBBER ESTATE HOSPITAL. TREATMENT ANDMEDICINE - MIXING WITHPRAYER.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 8. AT MALAYA AS A DOCTORSELFLESS SERVICE HELPED THE PATIENTS WITH MONEY ALSO.NAME AND FAME SPREAD IN MALAYA.TREATED THE COOK NARASIMA IYER AS COLEAGUE.WROTE A BOOK - HOME REMEDIES11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 9. Dr. Kuppuswamy used toattend to the poor and oftennot charge them evenvisiting or consulting fees.Instead he would give themmoney for special diet or tocover their own expensesafter discharge fromhospital. He gave money like11/7/2012water. SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 10. DR. KUPPUSWAMI1.ALWAYS GAVE PLENTY2.NEVER WASTED THE TIME.3.FOND OF PHYSICALEXCERCISES.4.TRUTHFULLNESS.5. AHIMSA.6.PURITY. 11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 11. LEFT MALAYA 1923TREATED A SADHU . HE BLESSED.GAVE A BOOK JEEVA BRAHMA IKKIYA VEDANTA RAHASYAM - BY KADAPPAI SACHIDANANDA SWAMIGAL.PHYSICAL AILMENTS CAUSE IS MIND.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 12. RENOUNCED THE JOBDr. Kuppuswamy, enjoying a lucrative practice, renounced the world like Prince Siddartha, in 1923. He left Malaya for India. REACHED MADRAS TO MEET A FRIENDTHE THINGS, WHICH HE BROUGHT HANDED OVER THERE LEFT FOR BENARAS KASI.11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 13. REACHED RISHIKESH KASI IS NOT TO HIS LIKING. ADOPTED AS A WANDERING MONK BEGGING DILUTES EGO. WORKED AS A COOK FOR SOME MONTHS. 08.05.1924 27 YEARS REACHED HARIDWAR RISHIKESH - SLPET IN THE PLATFORM.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 14. TOOK SANYASA. 01.06.1924 SWAMIVISVANANDASARASWATHI GAVESANYASA & NAMEDAS SIVANANDASARASWATHI..11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 15. SADHANA BY SWAMI SIVANANDA SwamiSivananda dressed to clothe himself, ate to live, and lived to servehumanity. He would spend more thantwelve hoursindaily11/7/2012 meditationSIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 16. SADHANA BY SWAMI SIVANANDAINTENSE TAPAS IN THEFOREST.SWARGASHRAM ROTTIWITH GANGES WATER ISTHE FOOD.SERVED THE SAINTS ANDSAGES.11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 17. SADHANA BY SWAMI SIVANANDA INSURANCEAMOUNT: Rs. 5000/- 1925: SATYA SEVAASHRAMDISPENSARY. 1925: Lot ofAusterity, tapas, meditation11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 18. SADHANA BY SWAMI SIVANANDA He used to gather bits of paper and usedenvelopes, and stitch them into littlenotebooks. He entered some self-instructions in them. Some of the instructions found in themread thus: "Give up salt, give up sugar,give up spices, give up vegetables, giveup chutnies, give up tamarind".11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 19. SADHANA BY SWAMI SIVANANDA In another we read: Serve Bhangis, serverogues, serve inferiors, remove faecalmatter, clean clothes of Sadhus - takedelight, carry water". In another page: "Do not revenge, resistnot evil, return good for evil, bear insultand injury".11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 20. SADHANA BY SWAMI SIVANANDA On some neat little pageswe again read: "Forgetlike a child any injurydone by somebodyimmediately. Never keepit in the heart. It kindleshatred.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 21. SADHANA BY SWAMI SIVANANDA Cultivate Maitri(friendship),Karuna(compassion),Daya (mercy),Prema (love),Kshama(forgiveness)".11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 22. SADHANA BY SWAMI SIVANANDA Inanother paragraphwe see: "Developgood manners,extreme politeness,courtesy, etiquette,good demeanour,nobility, gentleness,mildness.11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 23. SADHANA BY SWAMI SIVANANDA Never be rude, harsh, orcruel. There is nothing tobe hated in the world.Hatred is ignorance. Allcontempt for anything orbeing must be removedthrough love and Vichara(enquiry)".11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 24. Nirvikalpa Samadhi. Swamiji practiced allthe various Yogas andstudied the scriptures.After years of intenseand unbrokenSadhana, he enjoyedthe bliss of NirvikalpaSamadhi. He hadcome to the end ofhis spiritual journey.11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 25. REALISED1929 30 HIGHEST GOAL OF LIFE ATTAINED - PEOPLE JUDGED AND TOLD.1934 AT THE AGE OF 37 A DILIPADATED COW SHED 4 ROOMS- STARTED A SEPARATE ASHRAM ANADA KUTIR.TEHRI MAHARAJA OFFERED THE LAND. 11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 26. DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY ONETYPE WRITTER ONE CYCLOSTYLE MACHINE DONATED BY A PUBLISHER OF MADRAS. 13.1.1936 DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY REGISTERED.11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 27. DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY The publication of the monthlyjournal, The Divine Life, wascommenced in September 1938, 1938: SIVANANDA PUBLICATIONof BOOKS STARTED The Yoga-Vedanta ForestAcademy Press was established inSeptember 1951.11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 28. 2ND WORLD WAR TIME He started the AkhandaMahamantra Kirtan (non-stop chanting of theMahamantra, Hare RamaHare Rama; Rama RamaHare Hare; Hare KrishnaHare Krishna; KrishnaKrishna Hare Hare, round-the-clock) on the 3rd ofDecember 1943.11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 29. MANDHIR AT ASHRAM Instituted the Lord SriVisvanath Mandir withthree-time regularworship, daily, on the31st December 1943. Instituted the SivanandaAyurvedic Pharmacy in194511/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 30. ALL INDIA TOUR 19501948: YOGA VEDANTAFOREST ACADEMY 1950: ALL INDIA TOURINCLUDING SRI LANKA.8000 MILES TRAVELED. The Societys Silver Jubileewas celebrated in 1961, bywhich time the Master sawthe fulfillment of his missionin his own lifetime.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 31. SWAMI SIVANANDA Swami Sivananda radiated his divine andlofty message of service, meditation andGod-realization to all parts of the worldthrough his books, running to more thanthree hundred, through periodicals andletters. His devoted disciples are drawnfrom all religions, cults and creeds in theworld.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 32. GURUDEV 14TH JULY 1963 ATTAINED SAMADHI.LEFT THE PHYSICAL FRAME. SAMADHI HALL ON 16TH JULY 1963.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 33. Growth of Sivananda Ashram With Swami Sivananda Ashram met somany hurdles swami never dejected always served served to animals, birds,disabled sadhus saints laddies gents and all. Written 300 more books on Spirituality Yoga medicine mind Gita upanishads etc. etc11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 34. SIVANANDA ASHRAM - NOW SPENDING Rs. 60 LAKHSPER YEAR NOW. DAILY ANNADHAN THREE TIMES A DAY 550 PEOPLES ARESERVED. FREE ACCOMADATION.11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 35. SIVANANDA ASHRAM 250 TO 400 OUT PATIENTS ARE TREATEDDAILY. MORE THAN 100 SADHUS ARE DOINGSADHANA. PUBLISHING LOT OF BOOKS ON VARIOUSSUBJECTS. HAVING BRANCHES OF DIVINE LIFESOCIETY ALL OVER THE WORLD.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 36. SIVANANDA ASHRAM Every continent is having a Yoga Centre run by Disciples of Swami Sivananda. SWAMI CHIDANANDA 1963 2009 SWAMI KRISHNANDA AS GENERALSECRETARY. SWAMI VIMALANANDA NOWPRESIDENT.11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 37. BASIC NEEDS OF ANINDIVIDUAL GOOD HEALTH DISEASE FREE BODY.MORE ALERT MORE ENERGY. INSPIRATION. DR. DIET. DR. QUITE DR. CHEER. DAILY PRATISE OF YOGA ASANAS. LIGHT PHYSICAL EXERCISE. SATVIC DIET CHEERFULL POSITIVEMOOD CONSERVATION OF ENERGY.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 38. TEACHINGS OF GURUDEV DONT TALK MUCH. DONT WALK MUCH- AIMLESS DONT EAT MUCH. DONT SLEEP MUCH11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 39. TEACHINGS OF GURUDEV HAVE CONSTANTREMEMBERANCE OF GOD. ASSOSIATE GOD WITH YOURWORK. ATTITUDE OFWORSHIPFULLNESS. ALWAYS USE YOURCOMMONSENSE IN YOURSADHANA.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 40. Disciples of Swami Sivananda Swami Paramanananda "the Bismarckof Sivanandashram".11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 41. Disciple of Swami Sivananda SwamiChidanandaPresident of theDivine Life Society.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 42. Disciple of Swami Sivananda Swami Krishnananda General Secretary of the Divine Life Society.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 43. Disciple of Swami Sivananda Swami DayanandaTreasurer of the Divine Life Society.11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 44. Disciple of Swami Sivananda Swami MadhavanandaVice-President of the Divine Life Society.11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 45. Disciple of Swami Sivananda SwamiVenkatesananda.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 46. Disciples of Swami Sivananda Swami Vishnudevananda11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 47. Disciples of Swami Sivananda Swami Chinmayananda11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 48. Disciples of Swami Sivananda Swami Satyananda Swami Satchidananda Swami Jyotirmayananda Swami Sivananda-HridayanandaSwami Premananda Swami Devananda Dr. Devaki Kutty Mataji11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 49. UNIVERSAL PRAYER O Adorable Lord of Mercy andLove !Salutations and prostrationsunto Thee.Thou art Omnipresent,Omnipotent and Omniscient.Thou art Existence-Consciousness-Bliss Absolute.Thou art the Indweller of allbeings.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 50. UNIVERSAL PRAYER Grant us an understanding heart,Equal vision, balanced mind,Faith, devotion and wisdom.Grant us inner spiritual strengthTo resist temptation and to control themind.Free us from egoism, lust, greed, hatred,anger and jealousy.Fill our hearts with divine virtues.11/7/2012 contd. SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 51. UNIVERSAL PRAYER Let us behold Thee in all these names andforms.Let us serve Thee in all these names andforms.Let us ever remember Thee.Let us ever sing Thy glories.Let Thy Name be ever on our lips.Let us abide in Thee for ever and ever.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 52. The Eighteen "Ities" Serenity, regularity, absence of vanity, Sincerity, simplicity, veracity, Equanimity, fixity, non-irritability, Adaptability, humility, tenacity,11/7/2012 . contd SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 53. The Eighteen "Ities"Integrity, nobility,magnanimity,Charity, generosity, purity.Practice daily these eighteenities,You will soon attainimmortality. . contd 11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 54. The Eighteen "Ities"Brahman is the only real entity,Mr. So and so is a false non-entity.You will abide in eternity andinfinity;You will behold unity indiversity; . contd11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 55. The Eighteen "Ities" You cannot attainthis in the university. You can attain this inthe Forest University.11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 56. 20 Important Spiritual Instructions These twenty instructions contain the veryessence of all Yoga Sadhana, Karma,Bhakti, Jnana and Yoga will all come toone who follows them whole-heartedly.They are the unfailing keys to quick andeffective development and culture of thephysical, mental, moral and spiritual selfof man.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 57. 20 Important Spiritual Instructions1. BRAHMAMUHURTAGet up at 4 a.m. daily. This isBrahmamuhurta which is extremelyfavourable for Sadhana. Do all your morningspiritual Sadhana during this period from 4a.m. to 6:30 or 7 a.m. Such Sadhana givesquick and maximum11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 58. 20 Important Spiritual Instructions2. ASANA Sit on Padmasana , Siddhasana orSukhasana for your Japa and meditationfor half an hour, facing east or north. Increase the period gradually to threehours. Practice Sirshasana, Sarvangasana formaintenance of health and Brahmacharya.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 59. 20 Important Spiritual Instructions 2. Asana .. Contd. Take light physical exercises as walking,etc., regularly. Do twenty rounds of easy, comfortablePranayama (breathing exercises). Do not strain yourself while doingPranayama11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 60. 20 Important Spiritual Instructions3. JAPA You can repeat any Mantra such as pureOm or Om Namo Narayanaya, Sri Ram,Sita Ram, Sri Ram Jaya Ram Jaya JayaRam, Om Namah Sivaya, Om NamoBhagavate Vasudevaya, OmSaravanabhavaya Namah, Hari Om, orGayatri .11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 61. 20 Important Spiritual Instructions3. JAPAcontd according to your taste or inclination from108 times to 21,600 times daily. Devotees of Christ may repeat the nameJesus or Hail Mary, Mother of Jesus. Parsis, Sikhs and Muslims may select aname or Mantra from the Zend Avesta,Granth Sahib or Koran respectively11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 62. 20 Important Spiritual Instructions4. DIETETIC DISCIPLINE Take Sattvic food. Give up chillies, tamarind, garlic, onion,sour articles, oil, mustard, asafoetida. Observe moderation in diet (Mitahara). Donot overload the stomach. Give up those things which the mind likesbest for a fortnight once or twice in ayear.11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 63. 4. DIETETIC DISCIPLINEEat simple simpleMilk and fruits helpfood.concentration. Eating forGive up salt andenjoyment is sugar for a week or a fortnight.a sin.11/7/2012 SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 64. 4. DIETETIC DISCIPLINE Take food as You must be able to live on rice, dhal medicine to keep and bread withoutthe life going. any pickle.Do not ask for extra salt for dhal, and sugar for tea, coffee and milk.11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI 65. DIETETIC DISCIPLINEPeople taking non-vegetaraian dietshould try their best to gradually giveup flesh-eating as completely aspossible.They will be immensely benefited.11/7/2012SIVANANDA TAPOVANAM - MADURAI