` CHARANAM SHARANAM RAMAMBIKE CHARANAM SHARANAM TRAYAMBAKE. (WEEKLY BULLETIN) BULLETIN NO 632/20-12-2015(EVERY SUNDAY) TOTAL PAGES 4 RAMA SAKTHI MISSION TRICHUR SREE RAMADEVI MANDIR, POONKUNNAM, TRICHUR, KERALA.INDIA 680002 1.SMT.GAYATHRI VISWANATHAN (PRESIDENT) 2.SRI.C.KRISHNAN (SECRETARY) CONTENTS 1..AMRUTHAVANI 2. BHAGAWAN’S TEACHINGS. 3. Did you let go? 4.WORDS OF WISDOM 5.MANDIR NEWS AMRUTHAVANI Even the feeling that one is suffering miseries, should not come to your mind. There should not be the least sense of anguish or feeling of helplessness or despair on account of life’s tests and trials. Without lamenting over one’s lot without entertaining worries, without harboring ill will towards others, without even trying to overcome such miseries one should lift the mind to a state of poise and equanimity. This is ‘Thithiksha’.Naturally such a state can come only in the wake of knowledge. But Sadhaka should cultivate forbearance as best as they can. --Bhagavad-Gita-18/59 Flashes from Mother She, the imperious Mother, will not leave you, children, to your fate. She has lifted the sword. Come forward. Listen to this word . If rationalizing due to false ego,you resolve not to fight of Truth. Open the doors of your such a decision is only in vain;yourown nature will compel you. heart. Website:ramasaktimissiontrichur.org . Telephone:Mandir 0487-2382406 Scretary :( res.)-04872305500,9446323355 . DIVINE MOTHER Divine Mother made Her descent for merely to preach spirituality but to highlight the need for excellent ethical living. She set an example for all by Her glorious life of renunciation and purity,a life full of contentment with minimum desires loving one and all and showing respect to elders .She infused into everyone a hope that one can evolve to Godhead as a super human being. TEACHINGS OF POOJYA SREE BHAGAWAN Did you let go? (Sunday, August 15th, 2010) Last week Mingyur Rinopoche spoke at Google. He is a highly respected teacher and master of Tibetan Buddhism and the author of the Joy of Living. He asked if there was anyone in the audience without problems. And of course no hand went up. That he said is the suchness of life, the essential humanity. In fact without problems, our life would be uninteresting. How do we then deal with our every day problems of life? Divine Mother tells us “Be tranquil. Be patient. Never curse your fate when trials and tribulations visit you. Adverse circumstances, trying situations, difficulties and stupendous problems may come. What of that! They are part of life. Dynamism and vitality are the nature of life. The wall has no problem. A corpse has no problem. You are Siva, not Shava. Be up and doing. Remain unpertrubed. That is the strength of bhakti. Your dutifulness and dharma should turn your face to God.” (from Whispers from Solitude, Mother’s teachings in her own words) Today is Guru Purnima. The supreme duty of a disciple is to have trust in the Guru’s words, have faith, and let go. It is not blind faith that Divine Mother is asking from us. She encourages us to question and push back. But once that deep conviction comes to us our faith becomes unshakeable. I want to leave you with a quote I saw in a Lululemon (yoga clothing) store. That is an unlikely source of divine inspiration. But your lessons for life can come from anywhere. In the end what matters is did you live well did you love well did you let go………………….. Put your faith in your Guru, receive his or her grace, and learn to let go……… ------------RAMA SAKTHI MISSION TRICHUR BULLETIN 632 WONDERFUL ACTS WORDS OF WISDOM 1. If you have done good, set your mind upon it so that it may be repeated over and over again. Allow yourself to be pleased by good. Accumulating good is joyful. ----Buddha 2. To make one good action succeed another is the perfection of goodness. ----Ali Ibn-Abi-Talib 3. Meditation is a constant remembrance (of the thing meditated upon) flowing like an unbroken stream of oil poured out from one vessel to another.When this kind of remembrance has been attained (in relation to God) all bondages break. Swami Vivekananda- 4.Every soul is destined to be perfect, and every being, in the end, will attain the state of perfection Swami Vivekananda When Mother leaves a house She always gives presents of new clothes to servants, etc. What a wonderful act? Simple in attire and habits, ever smiling with nobility and speaking soft words are attributes of Hers to be remembered and followed. Let us bear this in mind and march forth to spread Her gospel with confidence and truth. ---ByBollamma Appanna PEARLS FROM MOTHER’S LIPS 1. Posssess God in the chamber of your consecrated heart .This is the highest gain, the inexhaustible wealth. 2. Look upon the universe as Divine Mother’s form, life as Her self expression, your body and mind as instruments designed for Her play and you yourselves as Her moving images on earth. 3. The humbler you become, the greater will be the respect you command. Humility is born of wisdom and strength and not of ignorance and weakness. RAMA SAKTHI MISSION TRICHUR BULLETIN 632 DEVIMAHATMYA- (Chapter-2) Some were split into two by the sharp slashes of her sword, and others, smashed by the blows of her mace, lay down on the ground; and some severely hammered by club vomited forth blood. 59-61. Pierced in the breast by her trident, some fell on the ground. Pierced all over by her arrows and resembling porcupines, some of the enemies of devas gave up their lives on that field of battle MANDIR NEWS. POOJA OFFERINGS:AswathyNamajapa-Rs 6000/-for special Samaradhana and ordinary Samaradhana-Rs 4000/Those who wish to offer Pooja Offerings can send email to ramadevimandir@gmail.com Alanakara Pooja-Rs.700/. REMEMBERING ANJALI SHIRALKER KELLE (In 2010, Anjali had some conversation with me.She had asked me to do some poojas in Trichur Mandir.Some execerpts. We deeply grieve with her family in her demise---.K.N.K ) 11:53 anjali.kalle: Jai Matha! 11:55 anjali.kalle: Is this Trichur Mandali? I am from San Francisco area What a coincidence, we are preparing for our first Akhandanama Japa tomorrow 11:58 anjali.kalle: It is only a 6 hour japa though. anjali.kalle: My grandparents are very old devotees of Mother were . We are Konkani But my grandmother grew up in Kasargod Vimal and Srinath Shiralkar anjali.kalle: They passed away 12:02 But my great grandmother met Divine Mother on a train in Kerala And thereafter we are so infinitely blessed anjali.kalle: SHE has done such great miracles in our life OK 12:03 It is a great bulletin...thank you very much. CHARANAM SHARANAM RAMAMBIKE CHARANAM SHARANAM TRAYAMBAKE