CREATIVITY FROM SUMMER CAMPERS
Participants of our Summer Camp - 2009 exhibited their creative skills.
These are but a few examples. A Splatter of colours from their creative
minds were displayed on paper.
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16 The merging of the mind and breath is ‘Dhyana’.
NACHIKETA TAPOVAN
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Volume: 1 25th June, 2009
Issue 12
Nachiketanjali Thursday
Ishavasyam idam sarvam yat kincha jagatyam jagat,
Tena tyaktena bhunjitha ma grdhah kasya svit dhanam.
-Isha 1.
"Everything animate or inanimate that is within the universe is
controlled and owned by the Lord. One should therefore accept only
those things necessary for himself, which are set aside as his quota, and
one should not accept other things, knowing well to whom they belong.”
NACHIKETA TAPOVAN ASHRAM
Gairan Tanda, Kodgal Village, Jadcherla Mandal, Mahaboobnagar Dist-509301
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You do not acquire happiness, Your nature is happiness. 1
 EDITORIAL
It is fascinating when we see all that
we are surrounded by today.
Television which was a wonder fifty
years ago, has become as common
an accessory as a table in every
home. The mobile phone has
completely changed the
communication landscape of this
century. Our lives have changed
when invaded by the Internet.
Thanks to the intellectual exploits
of modern man the whole world is
inside our homes.
But at the same time we are deeply
disturbed and shocked almost on a
daily basis with events that unfold
in our neigbourhood and what the
2 The ever present is the natural state.
CONTENTS Page No. Message by Swamiji Have the desire to know thyself.
Swamiji's Message 3 Spend some of your energy
Message by Mataji 4 inwardly in understanding your self
Wisdom Speaks 6
Upanishad 7 than all of it outwards. This
Tapovan's History 8 wonderful tool called mind can be
Publication 12 purified into heart. Follow your
Upcoming Events 13 heart not hate. Develop deep
Sponsor Options 14
perception so that you can see the
An Appeal 15
absolute truth beyond the external
EDITORIAL BOARD Spiritual Foundation is necessary to body. Express the divinity within
Editor life or it becomes a burden for you and see the divinity in each
Subhadra K. yourself and the society. Spirituality person. Be sincere to yourself.
Editorial Consultants: answers beyond the realms of Have the courage to admit to
Annapurna R. science. Spirituality will help you yourself and your parents even if
Sowja A. make the transition from a citizen you do something bad. Start
to a good citizen and an enlightened walking your own path without
media delivers us. Pick any day’s
citizen. A spiritual person will move following anyone. Don’t lose your
news paper and it can easily depress
around in this world without hurting identity in whatever place or
you.
anyone. A spiritual person will culture you are living in. Be your
Today we have more knowledge but enjoy life from every angle. own Signature. Do not stop, Keep
little wisdom, we have great
In order to become spiritual, you do going; Believe in yourself and your
connectivity but little time, fancier
not have to drop your career, family plans will materialize. Start
houses but broken homes. We have
and luxuries. But you can introduce inspiring people.
added years to life but not life to
Spirituality into your lives by giving
years. A drastic change for the
back a little to the society, without
betterment of humanity is the need
expecting anything in return. Along
of the hour.
with your academics try to do some
Youth are the roots of society. With service from where ever you are in
their selfless service and ideal lives whatever way you can. You have to
they can become harbingers of a take care of your family, society,
future that is filled with hope, nation, universe and lastly yourself.
harmony and goodness. Only then you will succeed in your
Subhadra K. Swami Nachiketananda
life.
Peace is your nature. 3
 DISPEL THE IGNORANCE OF THE SELF
to nature. But if you look at today’s
human being, he wants more than
mere survival, he is greedy. For his
selfish motive he is ready to destroy
the world. He is living against
nature. Today’s man has infinite
ADHYATMIK PRANETA
desires; he is blind with desires.
Dear friends, this world is not true.
Why is he living against
Because as long as you are there in
nature? Man thinks that he is going
this world it exists, the moment you
to live for long in this world. He
leave this world, this world
doesn’t know that, death is waiting
disappears. So this world is not true,
at the doorstep. This is all because
even your own body is not true or
of ignorance. The purpose of
permanent. This world is ignorance,
coming to this world is to dispel
illusory.
the ignorance that we are carrying
Swamiji always tells that whatever
from so many births. Unless we
is limited it is going to perish one
won’t realize or experience the
day. Your body, mind, husband,
truth or the cycle of birth and death
children, relatives, and society it will keep repeating and in order
everything is perishable. Ignorance to discover the self, you need to
is the root of all problems and remove the ignorance. How do we
worries. We always try to blame dispel the ignorance? With the
others for our problems but it is not help of spirituality and with the tool
really true. The problems are of knowledge not with the help of
created by you, because of your information. Information only gives
ignorance. In this world except you intellectual satisfaction
Atman everything is perishable. As not the Realization. Initially
long as you are covered with information helps you on the path
ignorance you are going to live like of spirituality, but just information
an animal that thinks about only its does not make you realize the real
survival without any higher goal in knowledge. Swamiji always says
life. Yet animals are living according
Forgetfulness of your nature is real death;
4 Satsanga will make the mind sink into the heart.
remembrance of it is true birth.
that this entire world is within not
outside. The same way the Real
knowledge is within not outside.
Only thing you need to remove is
the sheaths of ignorance which
covers the self. True and real
knowledge will not be acquired just
by reading books. It is received only
in the holy presence of a real Guru.
If you see Ramakrishna
Paramahamsa, he didn’t read any
Vedas or Upanishads, but whatever
he spoke was real wisdom. When
you experience true knowledge,
wisdom sprouts from with
in. The true self is covered by
ignorance. Wisdom of the self helps
to discover the real self. The
purpose of human birth is not to
neglect the self. The purpose of life
is to discover the self within and
enjoy the eternal happiness. The
purpose of life is not only
experiencing death but to
experience immortality. So discover
the self with the help of grace of the
Guru, because only the Guru can
dispel the ignorance. Experience
your self with the help of true
knowledge and wisdom.
- Swami Shivanandamayi
Yuvanjali
Youth Outlook
The Pre-launch of Yuvanjali that
took place on the 7 th June 2009
culminated in a very energetic and
purposeful exchange of creative
and progressive ideas between the
young participants. We make an
effort to present the exuberance
in the form of words in this issue.
Ramya came up with the program
called “Mission Five”in which
within the college premises the
students will collect a small
amount of Rs 5 which will be easy
on individuals but promising in
good numbers. She also suggested
that youth should make a point to
make organizations as occasional
hang out places.
Kumar felt that after the pre-
launch meet he gained clarity on
what to do. We can come up with
our own solutions for social issues
and try them out, and if they work
the government might help in
implementing them and making
them laws. (What great attitude!)
Hold exhibitions for the crafts and
works created by Summer Campers
which earns more recognition for
the campers and the Organization.
More Yuva Outlook in next Issue.
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 WISDOM SPEAKS
taught the Dos and Don’ts in the
name of religion while Spirituality
offers the logic behind those rules.
Religion tells us what to do whereas
Spirituality lets us choose what we
want to do. No doubt that a toddler
needs the mother who decides
what is nutritious, easily digestible,
yet satiating for him/her? However,
RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY one fine day the baby needs to
Every child is taught to fold hands in wriggle out of the protective wings,
front of a God’s photo. Every parent and start making as well as earning
teaches his/her child to sing small his/her own bread. Only then the
slokas in their mother tongue. All motherhood gets the fulfillment
these disciplines, that were and the credit it deserves for giving
imparted to us from our birth, the essential foundation to the
together with what is learnt as we child. So it is crucial that we fly high
grow, eventually constitute our from the loving hands of our
theistic belief. The crux of this religion.
process is, should we let this We all need to stretch beyond the
become our identity? shade of our religion and bask in the
To me the answer is no. Religion glory of the universal God. To
plays a major role in the early and achieve this freedom we have to
formative years. Religion is like detach from the ties of sex, class,
alphabets to a language. Learning caste, creed, country and religion
the basics has always been the and work towards realizing “one in
logical way of learning a subject all and all in one”. “So long as the
except for prodigies. Religion is like drop remains separate from the
the rocket that launches the satellite ocean, it is small and weak; but
in the infinite space. Religion lays when it is one with the ocean, then
the foundation for the spiritual it has all the strength of the ocean.”
discernment in later years. We are -Annapurna R.
Go to the source direct and do not
6 The source is the heart, the self.
depend on borrowed resources.
ISHOPANISHAD
The upanishad commences with the
word Isha, hence the name. It is,
therefore, called Ishopanishad or
Ishavasya Upanishad and is from Yajur-
Veda. The account is very short that it
consists of only eighteen verses. Isha
Upanishad is the wondrous experience
of a sage put in words. It is the
expression of the indescribable state of
awe that was experienced by him when
he attained the highest state of
Consciousness. The Upanishad is like the
gist of whole Vedanta. The beauty lies
in the simplicity, succinctness and
applicability to modern day life.
The teachings are applicable to both
Spiritual aspirants and the pursuers of
material world. The world that is
perceived by our senses is pervaded
inside out by the God or Brahman just
like a mud pot is pervaded by mud. The
Universe has no existence apart from
God/Brahman. God/Brahman is
identical with Atman, the self-
luminous individual spirit. Thus we can
understand that, Universe=God
=Individual Atman. Based on this
premise, the Spiritual Aspirant shall
see Atman in all beings and renounce
greed and lust. The seeker of Self-
knowledge looks at the world from
this perspective and advances
towards the Oneness of Universe
when Love extends beyond all
partitions and limitations leading to
Bliss. Greed and lust which arise only
when there is multiplicity, keep us
away from our true nature. Thus by
controlling lust for wealth one moves
closer to the true nature which is
Divinity.
A person who is attached to the
physical body and wishes to live a long
life, enjoying the material world
should do so while performing work
within the realm of righteousness
which takes effect as unselfish actions.
Righteous work purifies the heart,
creates desire for Self-Knowledge and
endows one with spiritual discipline
required for such knowledge. Thus the
Self-knowledge is within everyone’s
reach and the knower of the Self
overcomes grief and delusion and
loves all beings.
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 EVOLUTION OF NACHIKETA TAPOVAN
As stated earlier, this year We began believing that
we celebrate Nachiketa anything is possible if you are
Tapovan’s 10th Birthday. We willing to work hard and
would like to take this combine this hard work with
opportunity to give a small Knowledge and a plan. Today
recap of Tapovan’s History. our Tapovan family is serving
Even before its inception, in over 150 underprivileged
the year 1996, Swami children. For us every single
Ranganathananda, Late child is special. No matter
President of Ramakrishna Math and Mission what his background is, we are always ready to
blessed Maa Vasundhara that her house would extend our tender care. Within no time we not
become a Tapovan and later this is where only succeeded in giving quality education to
Tapovan took its genesis. A small but dynamic these children but also provided free medical
group of volunteers under the aegis of Swami aid to people from neighbouring slums.
Nachiketananda successfully launched its
Spiritual and Service activities in the year 1999. (Continued on next page...)

The mind turned inwards is the self; The self exists without the mind,
8 9
turned outward it becomes ego. never the mind without the self.
 Emboldened by our successes we
brought other school children from
the twin cities under our fold. With
enormous effort from our volunteers,
we successfully conducted workshops
and Talent Search programmes and
created a robust team able to move
forward with compassion and
understanding towards our common
goals. Our quality of service was
recognized by many who joined hands
by sponsoring our children’s education
and gave them food, clothes and
medicines on occasions, seasoned
with their love.
We did not stop there. We aimed at
improving the quality of our service
standards and moved on to launch a
development framework plan in the
form of Ashram project at Kodgal
village in Jadcherla Mandal, one of the
largest schemes in the sector. First
phase of construction is fast
progressing and hopefully it will be
inaugurated in the year 2010.
No thought will go in vain. Every
10
thought will produce its effect.
Many Himalayan yogis and other great
Spiritual souls have visited Nachiketa
Tapovan and the year 2007 brought into
focus another great soul, Swami
Shivanandamayi. Moulded and guided
by her Guru Swami Nachiketananda she
has dedicated her life for the cause of
Tapovan.
Swami Nachiketananda has provided
solace to hundreds with His projects on
Free education and Free Medical aid. It
has been a saga of 10 years of service in
action lived by example. His life has been
His message all the way.
It is our pleasure to share these
thoughts with you because now, as we
celebrate our tenth birthday we wish
to move forward even faster to reach
even higher supported by Youth Power.
We honor the sponsors, Donors and Well
wishers for their trust, respect and co-
operation. It gives us strength; it fuels
our passion and provides us with the
stamina to pursue our goals. We will
continue on the steady course we
mapped out together.
Let your standpoint become that of wisdom, 11
then the world will be found to be God.
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April, 2007. The CDs comprise of instructions
given on different yogic techniques based on
an extensive research done by Swami
Nachiketananda assisted by other Swamis and
Volunteers. Venue: Yours in the service of Motherland
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On the rising of the ego everything rises.
12 Tracking the ego is the way to victory. 13
With its subsidence all will subside.
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SPONSOR OPTIONS
Anna daanam maha daanam; vidya daanam mahattaram.

Annena kshanika trupthihi yaavajjeevanthu vidyaya.

Vidya Mandir at Nachiketa Tapovan is currently able to accommodate a family

of about 150 children who receive all-round nourishment from man-making
education to milk-n- meals and basic health- aid in an atmosphere of genuine Dear
love. Kind-hearted Well wishers have been the unseen force behind this offering Atman
to God. We thank you for your continued support. No man is an island. To fight the good classes ranging from LKG through 6th
fight we need help. This has been the grade.
Vidya Daanam (Education ) Rs. 3500/ year/student
basis for the Nachiketa Tapovan’s
It requires additional resources, both
Anna Daanam (Mid-day Meals) Rs. 2800/day inception and ensuing growth over the
monetary as well as human to fund this
last 10 years from a hut into a 3 storied-
progressive step. We hereby make a
Ksheera Daanam (Morning Milk) Rs. 600/day building onto a 40 acre spiritual
fervent appeal for generous donations.
complex. Imparting literacy to children
Please participate in this ‘Vidya Daana
Vastra Daanam (Uniforms) Rs. 600/ 2 pairs from impoverished families was the idea
Yaga’ being performed to benefit the
with which the divine project started
most deserving children and help pass
Dinnerware (Steel Plates & Glasses) Rs. 5000/ 50 sets before it grew into a multifarious
on the legacy of our Cultural heritage,
movement. All along Tapovan’s efforts
Social values and Religious traditions.
Stationery Supplies (Copier Paper) Rs. 5000/ term received great support from you all in
every way bringing fruition to the noble It may kindly be noted that donations
Festivals Celebration Rs. 1500/festival intent.. to Nachiketa Tapovan are exempted
from Income Tax U/S 80 G of IT Act,
The main focus has never shifted from
Oushadhi (Medical Supplies) Rs. 5000/month 1961 of Govt. of India. Donations in
Vidya Mandir. Nachiketa Tapovan has
the form of Cheques/Demand Drafts
become the haven for the
Celebrate your Special Days with the Children may please be drawn in favour of
underprivileged children who have
Nachiketa Tapovan. We acknowledge
at Nachiketa Tapovan! been nourished with not only milk and
the generous contributions made by
food but also good academics
donors.
supplemented by the traditional values
Yours in the service of Motherland
of India. Vidya Mandir will be taking a
big stride this June from offering
Primary Education extending onto
Secondary Education. That is, this
academic year, Vidya Mandir will offer
Swami Nachiketananda
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