SingaSpeaks A PERIODIC NEWSLETTER FROM THE RAMAKRISHNA MISSION, SINGAPORE
ROAR 75 | SINGAPORE | SATURDAY | 28 OCTOBER 2017
Our Shubha Vijaya Greetings! Dear devotees, friends and wellwishers, Please accept our heartiest Shubha Vijaya greetings. Here, as in earlier years, by the grace of Holy Mother, the worship of the Divine Mother Sri Sri Durga was performed with solemnity and gaiety on Saptami, Ashtami and Navami tithis on 27,28 & 29 September with Visarjan Puja on Dashami tithi on 30 September.
दुगेर् स्मृता हरिस भीितमशेषजन्तोः स्वस्थैः स्मृता मितमतीव शुभां ददािस । दािरद्रयदुःखभयहािरिण का त्वदन्या सवोर्पकारकरणाय सदाद्रर् िचत्ता ॥ Besides Nitya Puja to Bhagawan Sri Durge Smrtaa Harasi Bhiitim-Ashesha-Jantoh Ramakrishna, we had Special Puja to Ma Svasthaih Smrtaa Matim-Atiiva Shubhaam Dadaasi | Daaridraya-Duhkha-Bhaya-Haarinni Kaa Tvad-Anyaa Durga. Devi Mahatmyam was recited in Sarvopakaara-Karanaaya Sadaardra Chittaa || three parts. Bhajans, Stotras, Arati and Puspanjali were regular features. There O Devi Durga, when remembered in difficulty, you remove fear for everyone; when remembered in were Special Invited bhajan happiness, you make the mind further pious. Which programmes from 7:30 pm on Saptami Goddess but you, O Dispeller of poverty, pain and and Navami days performed by a fear has an ever sympathetic heart for helping different group of artistes. everyone? –Sri Devi Mahatmyam (Chandi) IV.17
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Vijaya Dashami Day with Sri Ramakrishna –From the Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
Smt Gowri Gokul, Smt Raji Sekara, Smt Sarada Bala, Smt Swarna Kalyan and Smt Tanmayee Anup with Sri Devarajan on the Mridhangam
Guru Smt Shibani Roy with accompaniment Guru Mihir Kundu on Tabla and Guru Nabendu Bhattacharya on Harmonium and Guru Susanta Chowdhury on Sitar
A large number of devotees participated enthusiastically in the 4-day celebration and partook of cooked food as Prasad. We pray that those who attended any of the programmes and those who desired but could not make it, be all blessed by the Divine Mother Sri Sri Durga! May Goddesses Lakshmi and Saraswati and Lords Ganesha and Kartik shower their grace! Swami Vimokshananda Swami Satyalokananda Swami Jitamanasananda Swami Kripatmananda
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Sri Ramakrishna with devotees at the Shyampukur House It is the holy Vijaya Dashami day, 18 October 1885. Thakur is staying at the Shyampukur house. He is unwell. A physician has come from Calcutta to treat him. The devotees stay there to serve him. None of them has yet renounced the world – they come from their family homes. Surendra’s love and devotion to God – ‘Divine Mother must reside in the heart’ It is winter, eight o’clock in the morning. Thakur is not feeling well. He is sitting on his bed acting like a fiveyear-old child who knows nothing but his mother. Surendra arrives and sits down. Navagopal, M. and some other devotees are already present. Surendra has celebrated the Durga Puja at his home. Thakur had not been able to go but had sent his devotees to have the darshan of the image. It is now Vijaya day and Surendra is feeling sad (at the impending separation from the Divine Mother, as on this day Her image will be immersed in the waters of the Ganges.) Surendra — I ran away from the house. Sri Ramakrishna (to M.) — Though the image may be immersed in water, let the Divine Mother reside in the heart. Quietly repeating, “Mother, Mother,” Surendra says a few things about the Supreme Goddess. Thakur looks at him and sheds tears. Looking at M., he says in a voice choked with emotion, “What bhakti! What love and devotion he feels for God!”
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Sri Sri Durga Puja 2017
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Sarada Principal gets SkillsFuture Fellowship Ms N Pushpavalli, Principal of the Ramakrishna Mission Sarada Kindergarten got the SkillsFuture Fellowship on 2 August 2017. Speaking at the inaugural SkillsFuture Fellowships and SkillsFuture Employer Awards held at the Inter-Continental, Singapore, the Minister for Education Mr Ong Ye Kung said: "For crafts in recognised professions like surgeons, IT and increasingly the arts, the transmission has been quite successfully institutionalised in our tertiary institutions. But for many others, including hawker food preparation, if we are not careful, we lose those skills and those traditions.� Specialised skills are as important as academic qualifications, and both individuals and organisations have a part to play in ensuring these skills are passed on to future generations, he added.
 Happy Teachers Day!
Thank you, Teachers and Staff of Sarada for taking care of our lovely Sarada children!
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