BLAVATSKY LODGE: 7 - French Bridge, Mumbai 400007 Tel: 23685026 (M): 9821459504 (M): 9819334333
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Fri 5
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6.00
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‘Autobiography
of a Yogi’ by Parmahans Yogananda’ - conducted by Bro. Arni Narendran
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Sun 7
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10.00
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Bharat
Samaj Pooja
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Fri 12
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6.00
pm
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Study
of CWL’s book ‘Inner Life’ conducted by Sis. Aban Patel
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Tues 16
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6.00
pm
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Asala
Purnima Meeting
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Fri 19
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6.00
pm
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‘Autobiography
of a Yogi’ by Parmahans Yogananda’ - conducted by Bro. Arni Narendran
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Fri 26
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4.30 pm
6.00
pm
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Blavatsky
Lodge MC Meeting
Study
of CWL’s book ‘Inner Life’ conducted by Sis. Aban Patel
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Sun 28
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10.45
am
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Maitreya
Round Table
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Tues
2, 9, 23, 30
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5.45 pm
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‘Autobiography
of a Yogi’ by Parmahans Yogananda’ - conducted by Bro. Arni Narendran
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THE BTF BULLETIN
JULY 2019
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THE BTF BULLETIN
JULY 2019
CONTENTS
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Quote – Gautama Buddha
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Cover
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News & Notes
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2 - 3
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Sis. Aban Amroliwalla at Toronto
TS Lodge
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3 - 5
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TOS India Appeal for Cyclone FANI
relief
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6
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BTF& Lodge Programmes July
2019
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7 - 8
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NEWS & NOTES
BOMBAY THEOSOPHICAL
FEDERATION JOINED GUJARAT THEOSOPHICAL FEDERATION AT BHOWALI STUDY CAMP FROM 28
TO 30 MAY 2019: BTF President Bro. Vinayak Pandya shares his experience:
Gujarat
Theosophical Federation (GTF) conducted study camp at Bhowali from 28 May to 30
May 2019. Bombay Theosophical Federation (BTF) joined them. Study Camp was
conducted at Indian Section premises known as ‘Himalayan Study Centre’ at Bhowali, District Nainital, Uttarakhand.
From GTF Participants were 6 from Surat, 2 from Vadodara, 4 from Junagadh
and 2 from Ahmedabad. From BTF, Mumbai 6 participants were
Bro. Vinayak Pandya, Sis. Malti Pandya, Mr Chitranjan Vyas, Mrs. Sudha Vyas, Mr Dharmendra Vyas and Mrs. Jasmina
Vyas. From Marathi Theosophical
Federation 3 Participants came from Amravati. Total Participants were 23.
The
camp was conducted by National Lecturer & Senior ********************************************************************
Editor – Bro. Rustom R.
Dalal Cover Page By: Sis. Kashmira Khambatta Editorial
Committee –Sis.Mahazaver Dalal (Reporter & in charge of Mailing
List), Sis. Kashmira Khambatta, Sis.
Aban Patel and Ex-Officio: President
Bro. VinayakPandya. Note:
News, Notes and Programmes to be printed in the Bulletin be forwarded by e-mail
to: rrpdalal@hotmail.com or kashmirakhambatta@yahoo.com
latest by 16th each month. Readers’ Views are invited.
Theosophist
Shri Uma Shankar Pande also a
Secretary of UP Theosophical Federation. He
guided us on ‘Light on the Path’. Daily Five Sessions were conducted.
Morning and Evening half hour meditation was also lead by Shri U. S. Pande. In
the late evenings after dinner members recited Bhajans, Songs, jokes, Poetry
etc.
Overall
it was a great learning experience for participants under the guidance of Shri
U S Pandeji, who lucidly shared his deep knowledge with participants. His
meditation discourses were superb. Participants felt that 3 day camp was too
short a time.
Arrangements
at Bhowali were excellent with supervision and hard work of Brother V.
Narayanan, National Treasurer. He was ably supported by Shri Ganga Singh &
his team to take care of food and housekeeping of the premises. Brother Laxman
Rao, an old Theosophist from Bangalore had set up a Book Stall. Overall it was a great pleasant experience
full of learning for all participants.
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VASANTA LODGE BRETHREN
REACHING OUT TO SENIOR CITIZENS WITH THEOSOPHY: Brother
Bhavesh Pandya gave talk on “Ekant ane Ekalta” for 90 Minutes at Vadlo (Senior
Citizens’ Group) on 17 Feb 2019. Brother Vinayak Pandya gave talk on “Jeevan
Jivavani Kala” for 90 Minutes at Vadlo on 07 April 2019.
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SIS. ABAN AMROLIWALLA AT
TORONTO TS, CANADA FOR WESAK
CELEBRATION – she writes:
“The occasion was an Annual Symposium
over two days for the WESAK celebration and I was quite determined to go for
that. On Saturday the 18th May 2019 the weather had improved and I landed up at
their new premises after a long but easy journey.
“As
we do in our Lodge, so too here they had all pooled in with snacks, fruits,
flowers and of course tea and coffee for all.
My first contact with the Toronto T.S. through email was written by one Svetlana with whom I had exchanged
messages. As I entered the Lodge premises, the first person I encountered was
Nikolai or Niko who looks after the
library! As they had moved to these premises fairly recently, the library is
still in the process of being properly set up and the books to be digitally
catalogued. Niko and Svetlana were happy to hear that I could help with the
library.
“The main speaker for the Symposium was
Mr. Cyrus Ryan, author of “Living on the Inner Edge”. He spoke on “The Ageless
Wisdom – The Next Step Forward, Knowing Your Own Soul”. His book talks of his
own spiritual journey and his travels to Tibet, Darjeeling and many other
spiritual places in India. He had also visited the ashram outside Kolkatta
where Ramakrishna Paramahansa had resided and how the book “Autobiography of a
Yogi” had influenced him in his early years.
“His talk centered around the teachings
of the Tibetan Master Master DK through his disciple RN. The keynote of this
teaching is the synthesis of the new yoga; its objective being conscious
development of the intuitive faculty. This development will fall into two
categories: first the development of the intuition and of true spiritual
perception, and secondly, the trained utilization of the mind as an
interpreting agent. The teacher blended various esoteric and spiritual
teachings into one new form. The teacher also encouraged group study and
meditation, because vital energies of the group radiating outwards increases
the forces in the world. Also, according to the Master, such groups were
exoterically linked with the esoteric ashrams of the Masters and were relevant
to the New Age.
“They
also studied the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali for which they learned Sanskrit so as
not to have to depend upon translations. The second part of the Symposium was
taken by Mr. Robin Armstrong – a noted
astrologer who discussed “Astrology, I -Ching and the Seven Rays”.
“The altar for the WESAK ceremony had
already been set up. As the time for the
full moon was 5.15 p.m. Canada time, Mr. Ryan started the ceremony by lighting
the candles and the sandalwood incense sticks (agarbattis). Then he explained
the WESAK festival and its origins – the blessings of the Buddha and the
bringing down of fresh energies in the world.
After a short talk he led the members
and many first time visitors in a guided meditation and chanting of the
Buddhist prayer “Om Namo Tassa Bhagavato Arahato, Sama Sam Buddha Sa”. After
half an hour of chanting, we finished with distribution of the holy water and
fresh orange slices as “prasadam”. That ended the first day of the Symposium.
“The next day, Sunday was taken up
mainly with meditation and chanting of the same prayer. The second half of the
day, Mr. Ryan discussed with the members and others present what other topics
they would like to be covered and discussed and himself read out few
suggestions.
“On the immediate next Tuesday, I went again for the Weekly Tuesday
Meeting and
this time met Mr. Dhanish Patel, the President of the Lodge - an elderly
gentleman with great knowledge and many travels behind him. One of the members
started reading out from the “Twenty-four Books of Esoteric Philosophy –
Discipleship In The New Age”, by the Tibetan Master (Master DK – Djwal
Kul).
“For the Tuesday meetings two or three
groups have something going on. One group does “Russian Yoga”; a second group
led by Cyrus Ryan do mainly meditation and chanting which has created very good
energies and vibrations in the lodge and
alternately study of Alice Bailey’s books; a third group led by Mr. Patel is
now studying the book above mentioned.”
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“HEALTH IS THE GREATEST GIFT
CONTENTMENT THE GREATEST
WEALTH
FAITHFULNESS THE BEST RELATIONSHIP”
bUDDHA
Odisha
Cyclone ‘fani’ Relief Appeal
by tos india
TOS National Director Shri B. L. Bhattacharya and National
Secretary Shri K. Sivaprasad appeal to TS & TOS Members for Cyclone FANI
Relief: The cyclone FANI has
caused severe damage to East Coast of Bay of Bengal, specifically greater
damage to property in the major cities of Odisha- Bhubaneswar, Puri and
Cuttack. Thousands of big trees have been uprooted causing damage to the
buildings. Thatched roofs of the slum dwellers have been blown off. There are
areas where electricity is yet to be restored. On 13th May TOS Bhubaneswar
region convened an emergency meeting to carry out relief work. Dr. Deepa Padhi,
International Vice-President based in Bhubaneswar shared the update on the
situation. Bhubaneswar TOS region shared action plan of activities including
plantation of 1000 trees with gabions, building repairs of adopted old age home, orphanage and
Federation building and the plan to adopt one colony with poor inhabitants for
rehabilitation. Bro. B.L. Bhattacharya conveyed a contribution of
Rs. 40000 from TOS in India funds for this purpose of cyclone relief by TOS
Bhubaneswar region. But more funds are needed and so Dear Brethren your thoughtful contribution will strengthen the hands of
TOS Bhubaneswar Region.
The contributions may kindly be sent to:
Treasurer, TOS
in India, The Theosophical Society, Kamachha, Varanasi-221 010, U.P.
Bank details for transfer of Money:
Name of the
Bank: Vijaya Bank
Name of
Account: The Theosophical Order of Service in India
Bank Account
No: 718301010005208
IFSC Code: VIJB0007183 MICR code: 221029003
For information E-mail contact: tosvaranasi@gmail.com Website www.indiatos.org (M): 9848291468 / 7680996909
BTF
& LODGE PROGRAMMES JULY 2019
ANANDA LODGE: Theosophical Colony, Juhu, Mumbai 400049. Contact
Ananda Lodge Secretary Sis. Zenobia Khodaiji (M): 9820308163 for Meeting of July 2019
2. BLAVATSKY LODGE: 7 - French Bridge, Mumbai 400007 Tel: 23685026 (M): 9821459504 (M): 9819334333
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DAY
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TIME
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DETAILS
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Fri 5
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6.00
pm
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‘Autobiography
of a Yogi’ by Parmahans Yogananda’ - conducted by Bro. Arni Narendran
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Sun 7
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10.00
am
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Bharat
Samaj Pooja
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Fri 12
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6.00
pm
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Study
of CWL’s book ‘Inner Life’ conducted by Sis. Aban Patel
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Tues 16
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6.00
pm
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Asala
Purnima Meeting
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Fri 19
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6.00
pm
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‘Autobiography
of a Yogi’ by Parmahans Yogananda’ - conducted by Bro. Arni Narendran
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Fri 26
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4.30 pm
6.00
pm
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Blavatsky
Lodge MC Meeting
Study
of CWL’s book ‘Inner Life’ conducted by Sis. Aban Patel
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Sun 28
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10.45
am
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Maitreya
Round Table
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Tues
2, 9, 23, 30
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5.45 pm
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‘Autobiography
of a Yogi’ by Parmahans Yogananda’ - conducted by Bro. Arni Narendran
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3. CENTENARY LODGE:
Please contact
Sis. NajmaDewan (M): 9987204038 for meetings
4. JYOTI LODGE: Contact Bro. Taral Munshi, C/101, Building
No.19, New Mhada, Garden Hill C.H.S., New Mhada Colony, Behind N.P.A., Goregaon
(East), Mumbai 400065 (M): 9820187317
5. SHANTI
LODGE:
C/o Bro. Rustom Dalal, Vijay Niwas, 2nd Floor, Plot 5, Sleater Road, Mumbai 400007 Tel: 23800422 (M): 9833131216 Time: 6.15 p.m.
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Thurs
4
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Study of CWL’s book ‘The Power and Use of
Thought’
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Thurs
11
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Study of CWL’s book ‘The Power and Use of
Thought’
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Thurs
18
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Study of CWL’s book ‘The Power and Use of
Thought’
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Thurs
25
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Study of CWL’s book ‘The Power and Use of
Thought’
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6. UNITY YOUTH LODGE: Sis.
SoonooVesuna (M): 9619339787
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Wed
17
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5.30 pm
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Theosophical
readings guided by Sis. SoonooVesuna at her residence Vijay Niwas, 4th Floor,
Sleater Road
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7 & 8 VASANTA LODGE & GANESH LODGE:C/O Mrs. Padmaben Mehta, Abenezer -102 –
1st Floor, Tagore Road, Santacruz (West), Mumbai 400054
Wednesday 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31 Meetings
at 6.30 pm.
9. VIMADALAL BILIA LODGE:
Family House, Parsi
Colony, Dadar, Mumbai 400014
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Thurs 4
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5.45
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Healing Ritual
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Thurs 11
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6.00
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Talk by Bro.
Rustom Chothia
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Thurs
18
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6.00
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Lodge Members’ Meeting
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Thurs
25
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6.00
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Lodge Members’ Meeting
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God
has created this beautiful World
And
then He created the Creatures
And
then He thought of giving Home to all creatures
But
still He was not satisfied
So
He came in the form of Parents
Creatures without a Teacher - ‘A Guru’? He thought
And
then He came as a Guru
To
guide each creature in the world!
-
By
Yamini of Std.8 of Karnataka School
Courtesy:
‘Ramana Way’ issue of November 2012
Shared
by: Bro. Dinshaw j. Buxey
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Bombay Theosophical Federation, c/o Blavatsky Lodge, 7 – French Bridge,
Chowpatty, Mumbai – 400 007. (Tel: 23685026) and Printed at Vijay Copy Centre,
48/A,Saidunnisa Building, Sleater Road, Opposite Grant Road Station (West),
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