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Chinmaya Arupadai Velan Yatra to Tirunindravur

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Chinmaya Mission Thamaraipakkam is organising the Velan Yatra program in Tiruvallur district for the past few weeks. Yesterday (August 25th, 2018 Saturday) the venue was Tirunindravur Krishna temple. Around 100 villagers took part in the worship and collectively did archana and abhishegam to Arupadai Velan. Swami Sakalananda ji, Full-time sevaks Arun Vishwanathan & Priya Arun addressed the gathering about Lord Muruga, His Leelas and also the need for regular satsang.

Courses at Sarveshvara

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Sw. Shridharananda Chinmaya Mission Thamaraipakkam, Chinmaya Sarveshwara has always been a place of knowledge dissemination to various categories of the society. The Ashram runs a free English medium Matriculation school for the rural children. Currently there are 350 students studying in this school. Apart from the school, Balavihar for children & Chyk classes for youth happens weekly. The Ashram has also been the home for various courses. Two Thamaizh Vedanta courses were conducted here. Three YEP courses were conducted here (2nd batch, 3rd batch and 9th batch) Sw. Mitrananda Chinmaya Mission Swamijies and  Brahmacharies who studied in Thamaraipakkam Sw. Aksharananda (Kodaikanal) Sw. Ramakrishnananda (Nagapattinam) Sw. Sakalananda (Polur district) Sw. Anuttamananda (Karur) Sw. Sureshananda (Chennai) Br.Sudheer Chaitanya (Kerala) S.No Course Name Time period Acharya    1  Thamizh Vedanta Course  1992 – 1995   Swami Shridharananda    2  Thamizh Vedanta Course  1996 – 1999   Swami S

Chinmaya Arupadai Velan

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Chinmaya Arpadai Velan resides at Chinmaya Mission Tiruvallur located at Sarveshwara Dhyana Nilayam, Thamaraipakkam. The utsava-murthi has been placed in the sanctum sanctorum of all the 6 major houses of Lord Muruga namely Swami malai, pazhanai, pazhamudhircholai, Tiruthani, Thiruparangkundram and Tiruchendur. Also abhishegam and archana was done to the Arupadai Velan in the six houses. Because of this uniqueness and speciality, it is believed that the worship of Arupadai Velan will bestow the benefits of worshiping Lord Muruga in all 6 locations. To increase devotion in the hearts of the devotees and also for them to be benefited both materially and spiritually, Chinmaya Mission Tiruvallur is organizing " Chinmaya Arupadai Velan Yatra " in the villages in & around Tiruvallur district. Devotees can take the  vigraham  on a saturday evening, gather all village people, do the abhishegam and return the vigraham the next day. Note: This requires pre registration (free of co

Bhagavad Gita yajna - 12th chapter day 2 notes

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Verse 12.1 अर्जुन उवाच | एवं सततयुक्ता ये भक्तास्त्वां पर्युपासते | ये चाप्यक्षरमव्यक्तं तेषां के योगवित्तमा: || 1 || arjuna uvāca eva ṁ satata-yukt ā ye bhakt ā s tv ā ṁ paryup ā sate ye ch ā py ak ṣ haram avyakta ṁ te ṣ h ā ṁ ke yoga-vittam ā ḥ Arjuna’s question Amongst the devotees, who is greater? The seeker who worships the Lord with the form or the one who worships the Lord as nameless & formless? Nirguna upAsakAs or saguna upAsakAs? This question of Arjuna makes us think whether the Lord is with form or without form. To understand this, let us start from ourselves. Are we with form or without form? When asked thus, we say that we are both. i.e. we exist as form when seen at the gross level, but also, we exist without form as in the state of sleep or deep thinking. Hinduism embraces both ways of worship. i.e. worshipping the supreme reality in form and also without any form and attributes. Reference from kandar anubhuti உருவாய் அருவாய், உளதாய் இலதாய் மருவாய் மலராய், மணிய

Bhagavad Gita Yajna 12th chapter - day 1 notes

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Bhagavad Gita Gnana Yajna on 12th chapter " Bhakthi Yogam ". Discourses by Pujya Swami Sureshananda ji Talks in Thamizh. Swami Sureshananda ji Yajna on Bhagavad Gita 12 th chapter. Day 1 summary Before entering into the text, the following aspects of bhakti was explained. 5 questions What is bhakti? Bhakti is of how many types? What is the yard stick for measuring bhakti?   How to develop bhakti?   Results of bhakti?   What is bhakti? We all have love. When this love is expressed towards family it is called paasam ( பாசம் or attachment). The more we share, the more we get. (just like knowledge). When expressed towards friends, it becomes friendship. When love expressed towards the Lord , it is called bhakti. Love towards the Lord is expressed as service to all creatures. In the case of attachment, there is selfishness involved. In friendship also, there is selfishness involved – usually sustains on the foundation of give and take policy. In bhakti – there is only giving and

Retired, not Tired

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All phases of life comes and goes. Only old age comes and stays with us forever. A 1 day workshop for senior citizens was organised by Chinmaya Mission Tiruvallur. Date - August 19th, 2018. Venue - Chinmaya Mission Tiruvallur. Fifteen members attended the program. The day was filled with session by Swami Sureshananda ji, chanting, chair yoga tips by TruptiYoga proprietor Nithiyan, q&a by Dr.Kamala amma. Also the movie "On a Quest" was screened in Thamizh. Special thanks to VGN Chinmaya Vidyalaya management for promoting this event and helping us reach out to the vanaprasthas.

College Culturals 2018

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Event date : August 4th, 2018, Saturday. Last date for registration: July 25th, Wednesday Programme for college students to exhibit their talent and love for India. Events include singing, dancing, skit, street play, mime, oratorical, quiz, drawing, talent expo - all associated with India Programme to manifest youth potential, a day to celebrate mother India. She always gives Her best. Lets give our best unto Her. Post event update : The 13th inter college cultural event titled “Indivisible Bharath” organized by the youth wing of Chinmaya Mission (CHYK) went on very well. The event was held on August 4th, Saturday at Chinmaya Mission Tiruvallur. 250 Students from around 15 colleges took part in the event. Shri Nedumaran, former RTO officer addressed the students and also distributed prizes. He created awareness on road safety and also some simple effective measures.The below listed colleges performed well and were awarded with special memento to appreciate their participation. Annai Vi