Omm Namo Bhagavate

[Message from Satyachetana Ashram Committee]

The birthday of Swami Sri Atmanandaji Maharaj is on 18th June and many have inquired about how to observe the day. Today Swamiji shared his wish. He said that for whoever wants to observe his birthday, he requests that you read or chant any three chapters of Bhagavad Gita, and also read the fifth chapter of The Mother book.

Gita is Swamiji’s force, his life, his breath, and the foundation of his movement. Keeping Gita in heart, and trying to apply Gita to life, wherever you may be, is the greatest gift that can be given to Swamiji. About contemplation and application of the concepts to life, he has said in the past, “This is all I want!” This year, his request of those who are interested to observe his birthday is to read or chant three chapters of your choice on 18th June.

Secondly, Swamiji’s favorite chapter in The Mother, by Sri Aurobindo, is chapter five. “If you want to be a true doer of divine works…,” Swamiji quoted today with deep fondness as he shared his second wish in detail: for you to read the fifth chapter “very attentively, slowly, trying to feel, not understand, the force that is getting transmitted to you from the fifth chapter.”

Jai Gurudev. May Thy force be manifested through many.