Yajna No. 48:
The forty eighth Yajna in the Akhanda Gita Jnana Yajna series to celebrate Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda’s birth centenary celebration in Bangalore was conducted in English by Pujya Swami Ramatmananda, of Indiranagar, Bangalore centre from 29/03/2015 to 05/04/2015 taking Amrita Bindu Upanishad in the evenings at Deenabandhu Temple, Indiranagar. The Yajna was inaugurated by Smt Nirmala Menon, an ardent devotee of Pujya Gurudev.
All our modern gross knowledge is incapable of blessing us with peace and tranquility which is the aim of our entire life. It is the study of our own mind which when controlled and tamed through systematic approach with the help of scriptures under the guidance of a Guru will unleash a tremendous power engulfing itself in a sea of calmness and joy realizing its own true that was hitherto unhidden. We come to realize that it is only through an undisturbed mind that we can understand our real nature and all the wrong notions with respect to our identification with the body and external world disappear enabling us to realize that we are one with the Supreme Truth – Sat Chit Ananda.
Yajna No. 49:
The forty ninth Yajna in the Akhanda Gita Jnana Yajna series to celebrate Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda’s birth centenary celebration in Bangalore was conducted in English by Pujya Br. Sujay Chaitanya, of Mangalore centre from 06/04/2015 to 14/04/2015 taking Bhagavad Gita Chapter 5 in the evenings at Prarthana Mandir, Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Koramangala. The Yajna was inaugurated by Sri B Krishnakumar, president of the Mission.
Sanyasa is not in external behaviour but a mental attitude. It is not necessary to leave the world and go to Himalayas wearing ochre clothes to attain peace of mind. One can be amidst intense activity and yet be detached to the fruits of action thereby attaining tranquility of mind. A true Jnani understands that all activities belong to Ishwara and he is only an instrument through whom the activities are being performed. It is necessary to purify the mind through self-discipline and surrendering at one chosen ideal abandoning all attachment to the fruits of action. Men of realisation are able to rise above the dualities and look at all happenings in the world with equanimity and calmness of mind.
Yajna No. 50:
The fiftieth Yajna in the Akhanda Gita Jnana Yajna series to celebrate Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda’s birth centenary celebration in Bangalore was conducted in Kannada by Pujya Swami Krutatmananda, of Sripaadakshetra, Bangalore centre from 15/04/2015 to 21/04/2015 taking Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12 in the evenings at Kuvempu Kalamantap, B T M. The Yajna was inaugurated by Sri G N R Babu, corporator, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar Palike.
Realisation of the supreme truth is possible either by total surrender at the lotus feet of the Lord in the form of the manifest Ishta Devata or through contemplation on the unmanifest all pervading eternal light that enlivens the entire universe. But for the body oriented persons who comprise a major portion of mankind single pointed devotion is the best form through which all dualities get destroyed and the sadhak is able to see oneness in the entire creation thereby losing body consciousness that helps him to merge with the cosmos.
Yajna No. 51:
The fifty first concluding Yajna – “SHUBHAMANGALA” in the Akhanda Gita Jnana Yajna series to celebrate Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayananda’s birth centenary celebration in Bangalore was conducted in Kannada by Pujya Swami Brahmananda, from 22/04/2015 to 03/05/2015 taking Bhagavad Gita Chapter 18 in the evenings at Sripaadakshetra, J P Nagar. The Yajna was inaugurated by Sri Sakala Narasimhulu Setty, Trustee of the Mission and a very senior ardent devotee of Pujya Gurudev.
Sanyasa is renunciation of kamya karmas and abandonment of the fruits of all actions is tyaga. Such abandonment is deemed as Sattvik. Different kinds of knowledge, action, agent (karta), understanding, firmness of mind and happiness depend upon the three Gunas – Sattvik, Rajasik and Tamasik. The four-fold caste system is just made to have a healthy balance in society. It is the mental attitude that plays an important factor to ascertain where we belong and birth absolutely has no significance. He is a true sanyasi handling a thousand things as they come and go without any modification happening in his mind. He is totally equipoised in all the dwandwas – mentally living in solitude with complete command over the senses and having totally lost all body consciousness. He is a true devotee with unswerving faith in his chosen goal and works his entire life towards it. Gurudev has been a glorious example of such a person who lived amidst all of us setting an example for all to follow. What is extremely important is to perform all actions whatever they may be with utmost dedication forgetting all other thoughts.
Guru Vandana to all Acharyas of Karnataka was performed on 02/05/2015. Pujya Gurudev’s 99th Jayanti was observed on 03/05/2015 with bhajans, Paduka Puja and video coverage of His talks.
All the Yajnas were well attended.