Under the guidance of Br. Atharvana Chaitanya, Chinmaya Setukaris of Ahmedabad organized a half day movie workshop with an interesting title of “One-Two Ka Four, Four Two Ka One” on 26th November 2017. The workshop was based on a Hindi feature film “Manjhi” and focused on one’s four personality layers namely – Physical, Emotional, Intellectual and Spiritual. The seemingly mundane act of watching a movie turned out to be an intense thought-provoking Sadhana for the participants. Enjoying the fun time together, setukaris reflected on the subtle nexus among these four personality layers and learnt different techniques of integrating them in every transaction with the world and thereby leading a happy and successful life through.

Chinmaya Yuva Kendra, Delhi organized DROP-PART 2 a One Day Youth Workshop, on 12th November. About 25 youths participated in the program conducted by
Swami Prakarshananda.

Swami Ji in his unique style elaborately explained each aspect of DROP, Dependency, Regrets, Obsession and Pessimism and how we can drop these.

Our beloved Gurudev Pujya Swami Chinmayananda’smotto -“Maximum happiness to maximum people for maximum time” is what Singapore witnessed as a living breathing reality over one of the most memorable weekends of Swamini Supriyanandaji’s visit here in the Tropics!

From enlightening women about their true Divine potential in Her houseful talk, Goddess Diaries – to helping new and advanced Meditators sink deeply into present awareness with some soulful guided meditations through a morning dedicated to Mindfreeness – Swaminiji reached out to touch people of all walks in life, all on a quest for Truth albeit each adapting very different ways towards it.

Swamini Supriyanandaji had not a moment to spare as in between these two massive events organised by Chinmaya Seva Centre, Singapore – she spent all of Her time conducting in-house workshops for Shishu Vihaar – aged 0 to 4, held confidence building and self improvement sessions for our Junior Chyks and Chyks and also made time to conduct a very interesting workshop on “The Art of Story Telling” for Balavihar sevikas.

Fulfilling and adhering to Gurudev’s prophecy and advice from ages ago, Swaminiji truly swept very new and unfamiliar masses of crowds off their feet. We quote Gurudev here

“When the fundamentals forming the foundation are to be kept sacredly the same, the only adjustment that is possible for the EXPANSION OF A SCIENCE OF LIFE, is to discover a more liberal means of application, and to annotate the same in the language of the conflict and struggle available in that period. To a large extent, an Interpreter of a philosophy will have to dance to the rhythm of the inundations and the direction of the current of thought and life in His age.”

We at Chinmaya Seva Centre extend our heartfelt gratitude to Swamini Supriyananda for Her loving presence, timeless wisdom and unbridled enthusiasm – and cannot wait to have Her back amongst us again!

Resilience Workshop at Chinmaya Ganapati, Minneapolis-St. Paul: submitted by Prashant Nene I’m so stressed out! Take a chill pill … These are some of the phrases that are so common among our society now, that it seems ‘odd’ if one isn’t stressed in life. The norm today is to be constantly busy and with that, stress is a natural byproduct and many have a hard time coping with it. Chinmaya Mission Twin Cities had the opportunity to organize an event on “Developing Resilience in a Stressful World”. The all-day workshop saw an audience of 50 ranging from High school students to adults. Two unique speakers lead the audience down the path of knowledge and scientific research to develop resilience in today’s ever changing and competitive world.

Vivekji from Chinmaya Mission Niagara and Dr. Amit Sood from the Mayo Clinic presented their views on the subject from their own field of experiences.
Dr. Amit Sood, a Professor of Medicine from the Mayo Clinic provided his insights from the field of neuroscience of emotions and pain. Highlighting his scientific findings on the
functioning of the mind, the mind requires uplifting emotions and not irrational fears. Dr. Sood provided simple exercises of how one can be more mindful daily, which helps one to be steady during rough challenges, and have an appreciation for life as a whole.

Vivekji approached the discussion on a more philosophical level, diving deep into the very causes and sources of stress, while providing actionable solutions. If one is able to locate and remove the very causes of stress and do so while performing ones’ duties in the spirit of dedication towards the Higher, one develops the resilience towards anything that life throws at him. The audience was captured by a guided meditation session which allowed one to experience a stress-free world. Life always brings new challenges, some are easy while some are more difficult. It is how one faces those challenges that define who we are.

Dear All,

Hari Om!

Swami Sacchidananda of our Chinmaya Mission attained Samadhi on 12 November, 2017 in Sandeepany Sadhanalaya, Mumbai

Swamiji worked tirelessly with the Mission for nearly 30 years.

Following completion of the Vedanta Course at Sandeepany Sadhanalya in 1988 he became known as Brahmachari Sarwatma Chaitanya and was initiated into Sannyasa on Shivaratri in February 1999 at Hyderabad.

He served various Chinmaya Mission centres including Mulund, Hong Kong, Bangalore and Hubli.

Our respectful homage to Swami Sacchidananda.

At His Feet,

Swami Swaroopananda