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“We live in an age wherein despite immense scientific and technological advancements, we are witnessing the disintegration of many other important aspects of our lives. Therefore our focus today should neither be on dependence nor non-dependence, but on interdependence. This is because humans, animals, plants, the earth, the sky, the atmosphere, the sun, the moon and all the planets are all interdependent.”
Amma

Sydney MA Centre Newsletter

October - December 2014

Dear Friends,

It is with great joy that we are able to announce that Br. Shraddhamrita will be back in Sydney from Nov 4 to 9. Check the tour blog or calendar below for all the details. Swamiji again will be giving talks as he has done on previous tours. This time the talks will be based on the text Drig Drish Viveka and subtitled “Discovering Your Infinite Potential.” There will also be a retreat in the beautiful surrounds of Bulli national park. To complete the tour Swamiji will also be conducting the Bhagavati Seva Puja on Sun 9.

Amma has sent Swamiji to Australia to inaugurate the newly completed hall at the Melbourne Ashram. This celebration will be held on the 4 October. Through Amma’s grace the Melbourne Ashram continues to evolve, develop and grow. It is very much the jewel in the crown of Amma’s Australian satsang.

Please come and join us for Amma’s Christmas satsang on the evening of the 20 December. Our final program for the year will be the Eco Meditation in Centennial Park.

AYUDH Australia

AYUDH Australia is for people under 30 who are interested in personal development, social services and environmental protection. If you are interested in being involved please click here for details >

GreenFriends

Amma has been continuing to stress the importance of the environment and to that end Green Friends is of vital importance to our local environment and our global one. Get involved locally. Click here for more details >

Mother's Kitchen

Throughout the year Mother's Kitchen Sydney has continued to flourish and many thanks go to all the regular and occasional volunteers that keep this great work happening. Click here for more details >

Regular IAM courses taught throughout the year

The IAM Integrated Amrita Meditation Technique® is a powerful way to reconnect with our real centre, our inner Self, and thereby experience true joy and peace in life. Born out of Amma's Divine inspiration, the Technique, when practiced with dedication, is designed to bring about integration in our lives - an integration of body, mind, intellect and heart; an integration of our True Self with God. Click here to go to IAM Meditation page online >

ARCHANA (Worship through the repetition of the names of God)

Amma has always given great importance to the chanting of the Sri Lalita Sahasranama (the thousand names of Devi). It is one of the most sacred texts for the worship of the Absolute as the Mother of the Universe, rich in meaning.

Amma says that when the Lalita Sahasranama is chanted daily, with devotion, all obstacles are removed towards the path to liberation. The power gained by this archana cannot be achieved by any “priest or mantravadin in a thousand years of worship”.

Chanting of the Lalita Sahasranama on a regular basis can lead to material and spiritual benefits, such as:

Prosperity to family and peace to the world
Removal of the effects of past mistakes
An awakening of the energy in every nerve of the body
Provision of the basic necessities, including food
Reduction in the intensity of suffering

Amma emphasises that the main purpose, however, of chanting the Thousand Names of Devi is “to awaken the divine essence in ourselves, not to propitiate some divinity up above”. She says that when we chant each mantra of the Lalita Sahasranama, that quality is awakened in us (for example, Sri Matre Namah, the first mantra: Salutations to the Mother, nurtures in us the qualities of patience and forgiveness).

“Each of the thousand names is as important as the mantras in the Upanishads. When we chant them we are unconsciously elevated to a more expansive nature. The Sahasranama is for elevating us from the culture of a housefly to divine. That is true satsang.”

See the calendar for details

Calendar of Events
October – December 2014

“May my children be messengers of love and peace in the world.” Amma

Saturday, October 4th 7.15pm – 9.15pm Free program	Satsang 48 Holmwood Street Newtown	Dayal and Jenny 9590 7935
Sunday, October 5^th PROGRAM CANCELLED FOR THIS MONTH	Archana (Chanting the sacred names of the Divine Mother) 7/7 Brunton Place Marsfield	Veena and Sagar 9876 1259
Saturday, October 11th 7.15pm – 9.15pm Free program	Satsang 7/2 Birriga Road Bellevue Hill	Sangeeta 9365 2084
Saturday, October 18th 6.30pm-8.30pm Cost $20 pp (Free for children 16 years and younger)	Fundraising Dinner 6 Elliott Ave East Ryde	Deepa and Vijay 9887 4849 email: marat.deepa@gmail.com *Please RSVP for catering purposes*
Sunday, October 19th 10.00am- 11.30am Free program	Archana (Chanting the sacred names of the Divine Mother) 3/67 Ocean Avenue Double Bay (Entry via Marathon Mews)	Shivanand and Selvarani 0427 320 225 (Phone to confirm)
Saturday, October 25th 8.00 am Free program	Eco-meditation Centennial Parklands Education Centre Centennial Park (via Dickens Road)	Thankam 0413 597 556
Sunday, October 26^th Satsang 5.30pm – 7.30pm Light supper provided By donation	Satsang 7/7 Brunton Place Marsfield	Veena and Sagar 9876 1259
Saturday, November 1^st Satsang 7.15pm – 9.15pm Free program	Satsang 48 Holmwood Street Newtown	Dayal and Jenny 9590 7935
Sunday, November 2^rd 10.00am- 11.30am Free program	Archana (Chanting the sacred names of the Divine Mother) 7/7 Brunton Place, Marsfield	Veena and Sagar 9876 1259
*NOVEMBER 4-9 (inclusive) Special programs with Br. Shraddhamrita Chaitanya.* *Talks - Drig Drishya Viveka (Tuesday 4^th to Friday 7^th); Retreat (Saturday 8^th); Puja (Sunday 9^th). See below for details*
Tuesday, November 4^th 7.30pm-8.45 pm Free program	Talk- Drig Drishya Viveka 7/7 Brunton Place, Marsfield	Veena and Sagar 9876 1259
Wednesday, November 5^th 7.30pm-8.45 pm Free program	Talk- Drig Drishya Viveka 7/2 Birriga Road Bellevue Hill	Sangeeta 9365 2084
Thursday, November 6^th 7.30pm-8.45 pm Free program	Talk- Drig Drishya Viveka 8 Pembroke Street Bronte	Ranjini 0403 892844
Friday, November 7^th 7.30pm-8.45 pm Free program	Talk- Drig Drishya Viveka 48 Holmwood Street Newtown	Dayal and Jenny 9590 7935
Saturday, November 8th 10 am- 5pm Cost $40 Lunch included	RETREAT: Discover Your Infinite Potential 3 Cope Place Bulli	BOOKINGS: 0425 366807 (Dayal) Dharatri: 0407 469405 (contact for directions to venue if needed)
Sunday, November 9^th 7.30pm Free to attend $100 for individual puja (registration essential) Dinner provided at 6pm (Cost: $10)	BHAGAVATI SEVA PUJA Glebe Town Hall 160 St. John’s Road Glebe	PUJA REGISTRATION & ENQUIRIES: 0425 366807 (Dayal)
Sunday, November 16th 10.00am- 11.30am Free program	Archana (Chanting the sacred names of the Divine Mother) 3/67 Ocean Avenue Double Bay (Entry via Marathon Mews)	Shivanand and Selvarani 0427 320 225 (Phone to confirm)
Saturday, November 22nd 8.00am Free program	Eco-meditation Centennial Parklands Education Centre Centennial Park (via Dickens Road)	Thankam 0413 597 556
Saturday, December 6th 7.15pm – 9.15pm Free program	Satsang 48 Holmwood Street Newtown	Dayal and Jenny 9590 7935
Saturday, December 13th 7.15pm – 9.15pm Free program	Satsang 7/2 Birriga Road Bellevue Hill	Sangeeta 9365 2084
Saturday, December 20th 6.30pm – 8.30pm Cost $20 pp (Free for children 16 years and younger)	Christmas Fundraising Dinner	*Details to be advertised*
Sunday, December 21st 10.00am- 11.30am Free program	Archana (Chanting the sacred names of the Divine Mother) 3/67 Ocean Avenue (entry via Marathon Mews) Double Bay	Shivanand and Selvarani 0427 320 225 Phone to confirm
Saturday, December 27^th 8.00 am Free program	Eco-meditation Centennial Parklands Education Centre Centennial Park (via Dickens Road)	Thankam 0413 597 556

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD PDF CALENDAR >

PLEASE NOTE: There will be no satsang in Bellevue Hill in November. There will be no Marsfield satsang at the end of November, or any programs there in December. Programs at Marsfield will resume January.

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Sydney MA Centre Newsletter

October - December 2014 Dear Friends,

AYUDH Australia

GreenFriends

Mother's Kitchen

Regular IAM courses taught throughout the year

ARCHANA (Worship through the repetition of the names of God)

Calendar of Events October – December 2014

October - December 2014

Dear Friends,

Calendar of Events
October – December 2014