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Issue 106

Praṇāma

Fortnightly reading
and news of the centres

The full reading
from the library

People seated together in a class

Seva Dharma Mission

Praṇāma18 November–1 December 2030

Fasting

Upavāsa

  • Krishna EkadashiThursday 21 November 2030
  • AmavasyaMonday 25 November 2030

No food is eaten from sunrise until the next sunrise. On a fast day, water is not taken.

Gatherings

This fortnight

Ananda Marga Summer Retreat 2027
Four days of spiritual inspiration, kiirtan and meditation in the Gold Coast Hinterland. Vegetarian meals, and a child-friendly retreat.

Meditation, kiirtan and Dharma Cakra
Sunday at 6:00 pm at 44 Marylyn Place, Cranbourne North.

Yoga class
Saturday 8:00–9:30 am and Monday 7:00–8:00 pm at Sankat Mochan Temple, 4 Margaret Street, Oakleigh South.

Food distribution
Sunday from 7:00 am at the Adra Community Centre car park, Woodridge.

Service

Service

Narayana Seva is the mission's food sharing. Volunteers prepare meals and offer them to people who need them. Sunday food distribution in Brisbane is from 7:00 am at the Adra Community Centre car park, Woodridge. Relief work and the volunteer rota sit with the same service.

See the projects · Join the rota

This fortnight's article

The Neohumanism of Sadvipras

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

Affection often stops at the edge of a group. It warms the people who look familiar and goes cool when the face, the language, or the species changes. Neohumanism is the widening of that affection until it can rest on every living being, not only on one's own kind.

A sadvipra is not a title one claims. It is a person whose thinking stays awake while their hands stay useful. Intellect without service becomes a private hobby. Service without a clear mind repeats the old exclusions and calls them duty.

The work starts close to home. Notice which beings are left out of the sentence 'we'. A neighbour. A stranger on the train. The animals at the edge of a suburb. The trees cut so a car park can grow. Each omission is a place where affection has not yet travelled.

Centres can practise this without a speech. Share food with whoever is hungry. Teach a newcomer with the same care given to an old friend. Speak of the land as something held in trust. The idea becomes real only when the circle of care is larger at the end of the week than it was at the start.

Meditation

Meditation

A person seated in meditation

Sunday at 6:00 pm the Cranbourne North centre sits for meditation, kiirtan and Dharma Cakra, at 44 Marylyn Place. Learn personalised Meditation and Mantra from a qualified Acharya. The practice is given in person, and it is not printed in this letter.

See the class

Health & Yoga

Boils

The talk headed Boils in Yogic Treatments and Natural Remedies is this fortnight's health and yoga note. Samanvit Cikitsa belongs with the same field of care. Beside it, Shabda Cayanika follows the words Ka to Kandara. The treatment is not printed here. A qualified teacher explains what the body needs.

Yogic Treatments and Natural Remedies, Samanvit Cikitsa, Shabda Cayanika

Grammar

Phonetics

This fortnight's grammar note is headed Phonetics, from Varna Vijinana. Varna Vicitra sits with the same study of letters, beside Varna Vijinana, Shabda Cayanika, and Sarkar's English Grammar. The lesson stays in the book. This letter only names the talk.

Varna Vijinana, Varna Vicitra, Shabda Cayanika, Sarkar's English Grammar

Health

Blood Pressure Diseases

A second health note this fortnight is the talk headed Blood Pressure Diseases. It comes from the same published field of yogic treatment and natural care. The steps are not printed in Praṇāma. Read the book with a teacher if you want to study it.

Yogic Treatments and Natural Remedies, Samanvit Cikitsa, Shabda Cayanika

Story

The Signs of a Great Man

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

Sarkar's Short Stories

Sarkar's Short Stories

10 · Activities

From the centres

People seated together in a class
Class
A person seated in meditation
Meditation

Gatherings and photographs are posted on the mission Facebook group and on Instagram. This letter links there.

Praṇāma · Seva Dharma Mission18 November–1 December 2030

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