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New Year Celebrations at Delhi.
New Year Celebrations
To bid goodbye to 2016 and welcome the New Year a string of programs were organized at Chinmaya Mission Delhi.
The evening began with a thought provoking play- ‘Ek’ directed by Dr. Ramendra Chakravarty. It carried a crisp message -You leave your Guru and you lose direction and are led by your greed for money and finally pay for your wrong actions.
The play began with the Dance of Death, making one sit up and remembers that death spares no one; time is slipping by …One year to another….
The Bhajans that followed in the evergreen voice of Shri Dayanand transported the audience into the Bhakti Bhav and everyone was set for the grand Panchayatana Puja, which followed. The Tapovan Hall was resplendent and the altar glowed with the light from the shining brass lamps. Swami Prakarshananda in the presence of Swamini Gurupriyananda and assisted by Anand Sharmaji and Ranjna Sharma led the congregation of over
250 people to perform the Puja with proper understanding of each step. The hall reverberated with the Vishu Sahasranama chanting, as the clock struck twelve Aarti was performed both at the altar and at Pujya Gurudev’s Pratima. As the New Year arrived we remembered His words.… Beloved Lord! You had, with infinite patience, in your endless mercy, led us through a busy year, giving certainly more than what we asked for, and often even more than what we perhaps deserved…
New Year’s 2017 Celebrations at Chinmaya Mission San Jose.
Hari Om,
The day started with a beautiful one-hour bhajan program by the Swaranjali groups from San Ramon and San Jose.
Then over 450 people attended the VishnuSahasranam puja led by Pandit Ravichandran and Swami Bodhatmananda, relished the feast prepared by the able kitchen crew and enjoyed the fun Jeopardy game. It was a beautiful way to usher in the New Year at Chinmaya Sandeepany with our minds dwelling on the Upanishadic teachings brought forth by Swami Bodhatmanandaji over the last eight days during the camp on Svetasvatara Upanishad.
Photos are here:
Christmas Non-Residential Family Camp at CMSJ
The 2016 Christmas Non-Residential Family Camp at Chinmaya Sandeepany, conducted by Pujya Swami Bodhatmananda got underway on December 24th.
The camp includes classes for adults, study group sessions for further reflection on the teachings, chanting, special exclusive sessions with Swamiji for our youth (ages 17-35) as well as planned activities for children below the age of 12. Children 13 and above are encouraged to attend Swamiji’s classes. And last but not least, all delegates are being treated daily to a sumptuous lunch and tea prepared by the CMSJ kitchen team.
Day 1: Over 325 people gathered enthusiastically for the Christmas Camp at Sandeepany Sadhanalaya in San Jose. Swami BodhatmanadaJi inaugurated the camp today and gave powerful discourses to introduce the advanced text of Svetasvetara Upanishad. Attendees had a wonderful start with smooth registration process, beautiful weather, nice food, and comfortable facilities of Sandeepany ashram. What a fantastic way to spend the Christmas break – away from the busy bay area routine, in a spiritual environment, pondering over the subtle teachings of Vedanta with like-minded people.
All pictures from Day 1 can be found here:
Day 2: With the second day of the camp, the Upanishadic teachings are now getting deeper. But with his infinite compassion, Swami BodhatmanandaJi in his lucid, captivating and humorous style is breaking down the highest teachings for attendees of all backgrounds and age groups. Here is our loving Swami Ji checking notes of some youngsters. Lot of people, young and adults alike, also got chocolates from Swami Ji today in celebration of Christmas.
More pictures from today (Dec 25th) can be found here:
https://goo.gl/photos/vYoCSCBinw98eqtQ7
Day 3: The original Vedantic scriptures are authored in Samskritam. While we are extremely fortunate to receive this sacred knowledge in English from our Swamins and Brahmacharins right here in bay area, it has also created a thirst among the students to study Samskritam to improve their understanding of scriptures. With Brahmachari YatindraJi’s engaging and humorous style, several Christmas camp attendees are getting a nice introduction to Samskritam and an assurance that everyone can learn Samskritam. Br. YatindraJi says – If someone like me who grew up in Chicago can learn Samskritam in merely 2 years, all of you can certainly get it.
More pictures from today [Mon, Dec 26, 2016]:
https://goo.gl/photos/ToXgMtxyjNzvAtkj9
Day 4: What is the nature of God? How can the same God, the in-dweller of all, be subtler than the subtlest and at the same time bigger than the biggest? Swami BodhatmanadaJi expounded such deeper Upanishadic teachings and engaged the audience with his mastery over Vedanta, passion for spreading the Knowledge and his great sense of humor. In this picture, you can see that even the sun rays along with the shadows of the attendees were reaching out to the altar for receiving the sacred teachings.
Here are some pictures from today (with couple of them from before):
https://goo.gl/photos/DmYWZLPJiH36TdrZ7
Annual Sleeping Bag Distribution Seva – CMSJ
Hari Om,
Every year CMSJ provides sleeping bags to those in the community that need them the most in the coldest time of the year.
This year, 275 sleeping bags were procured. Several enthusiastic volunteers including several children participated in this activity to distribute sleeping bags at the Sunnyvale homeless shelter.
All photos can be found here:
https://goo.gl/photos/
The blurb  on our web-site is here: