Vanni Relief 14-6-2011

Visit to Jaffna and Kilinochchi 27-5-2011 to 29-5-2011

Gift of Laser Printer and Scanner –

to Sri Lanka National Federation of the Visually Handicapped.

219, Adiapatham Road, Nallur – Jaffna.

Sri Ramakrishna Samity, Thavady

Met the children of Sunday Religious School.

Vocational Training Centre – Funded by Ramakrishna Mission, Colombo

Organizing Support for Women in Vulnerable Situation. To enable the beneficiaries to attain self-sufficiency and financial independence by providing residents with the opportunity to find employment or run their own business

A Vocational Training Centre was stated at Krishanapuram, Kilinochchi, for the benefit of unemployed girls and widows.

Gifted clothes for teaching purposes

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Visited Malayalapuram, Kilinochchi, Religious School on 29-5-2011

Met the children and teachers – distributed sweets and gifted uniform clothes to 38 children of the schools.

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Bharatipuram, Visvamadu, Kali Temple Sunday Religious School.

Teachers from Bharatipuram Visvamadu met the Swamiji and volunteers.

Monetary aid was given to them to buy sweets for the children.

Supply of Food Packets to Needy School Children – IDPs and War affected.

Visvamadu, Bharatipuram, Kali Temple Sunday Religious School. (Mullaitivu).

Classes are being held under trees.

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Support for Economically Needy Students.

War affected and poor students are being given monthly monetary aid.

Enable the Disabled to live a decent life – Follow Up.

A request from a disabled person – Support for Self Employment

Funded by Ramakrishna Mission Artificial Limbs was given to him on 30-8-2010.

Sivaratri 02-03-2011

Sivaratri Programme
Ramakrishna Mission
(Ceylon Branch)
Colombo 6.

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Holy Five Syllables - Panchakshara Mantra

namah shivaaya.

The core of the vedas

It is the core of the very famous chapter of vedas that stands in the middle of the vedas

- Rudra suktam.

This great mantra of veda samhita while hailing the God as the Lord of everything of the worlds, salutes the God as Namah shivaya cha shivataraya cha.

Meaning of the panchakshara mantra

The word shiva means auspiciousness and perfection. It refers to the God who is Perfect without any kind of dependency on anything external to make It complete. Naturally because of this self-perfection, It is completely blissful and ever auspicious. (All other auspicious things are in one way or the other dependent on the external circumstances etc.) The prefix namah is the mantra of salutation. The mantra namahshivaya salutationally invoke the Perfect God shiva.

The subtle meaning of this very holy mantra is: namaH - not mine; shivaya - belongs to shiva. It is negating the ahankara (ego) and realizing everything to belong to Lord shiva.

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Ways of chanting the panchAkshari

While many mantras have restrictions as to when and how it can be chanted etc., there is no such restriction to the panchakshara mantra.

The great prodigy sambandhar says in thevaram, "When you sleep as well as when you do not sleep, think of the Holy Five Syllables with heartful of devotion ! This is the mantra that terribly kicked out the death when chanted (by markandeya) with sincerity."

Whoever you are, whenever be the time, whatever be the situation chant the Holy Five Syllables. There are no restrictions of color, creed, caste, gender or any other restrictions. All it requires is sincerity.

This mantra could be chanted as it is as panchakshara

or could be chanted along with the pranava (aum) as shadakshara mantra (om namahshivAya).

In fact it is to be noted that pranava itself is panchakshara mantra (akara, ukara, makara, bindhu, natham).

Benefit of chanting the mantra

The thoughts make the person. The one who has the positive thoughts is happier and the one full of worries is the sad one. The thoughts not only have effect at that moment but they definitely make impression on the personality of the individual, which could have a very long lasting impact. In this background while the good thoughts itself would be making things better, what needs to be said about the super-powered mantras that are rich in meaning as well as energy !

Given the fact that "we tend to become what we keep thinking about", when one chants the Sacred panchakshara that hails the God as Perfection and Auspicious, it would take one towards that Blissful Perfection. It takes to the union with the Supreme God. What else can be more rewarding ! Even the worst sinner would get corrected and get to the glorious states if chants this mantra piously.

The supreme mantra very simple to chant and comes with no restrictions attached in order for everybody to chant and get benefitted. With no inertia in mind chant and keep chanting as much as possible namahshivaya.

Full of love, with melting heart, tears brimming, one who chants leading them to the Glorious path, the name that is the real essence of the four vedas is the mantra namaccivaya.

Flood Relief in Batticaloa

Flood Relief  - Feb 2011

by Ramakrishna Mission (Ceylon Branch) through Batticaloa Centre

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The relief work is being done with the help of local people and volunteers. The Mission is providing Food, Sanitation, Clothing and Medical facilities to the flood victims . There are more than 500,000 people displeaced / Livelihood affected / housing affected in Batticaloa. Rs.5 million has been already spent for

1. To provide dry food to 220 families in Kallady

2. To provide cooked food to the people in Camps at Sakthi Vidyalayam, Vellor,

Vipulananda Vidyalayam, Nochimunai, Shivananda Vidyalaya, and Vinayaka Vidyalaya, etc,.

3. To provide biscuits and Milk Powder to Pregnant Women.

4 Purchased Goods worth 1.7 million - Milk Powder, Detol Soap, Bottled Water, Medicines, Water Purification Tablets were sent to Batticalao for distribution.

Ramakrishna Mission (Ceylon Branch) earnestly appeal to the generous public and donor agencies to come forward to help us in the Flood Relief Work for these people who faced the worst Floods in the recent history of the Eastern Province.

Thanking You,

Yours in the Lord, Swami Sarvarupananda

Swami In Charge &

Vice-President / Chairman

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Project 7 - Completed - 12-9-2009

Ramakrishna Mission (Ceylon Branch) Vanni IDP Relief Work. ================================================= 

Project 7 Completed - 

Supply of Essential Items to 2000 families in Vavunia IDP Camps. Budget US$ 50,000/- Distributed on 12-9-2009 in Cheddykulam Refugee Camps. Project 6 In Progress - More Funds needed - To Enable the Disabled - in IDP Camps.

Vanni Relief

Relief	Date	Refugee Camp Location	Families	US$
Project 1	27-May-2009	Kodikamam GTMS, Jaffna	331	15,517
Project 2	11-Jun-2009	Menic Farm, Anandakumaraswami Zone	1000	23,276
Project 3	4-Jul-2009	Zone 4, Vavunia	1000	26,724
		Sinking 6 Tube wells		12,931
Project 4	26-Jul-2009	Pulmoddai, Trincomalle.	1225	26,724
Project 5	12-Aug-2009	Vavunia, Dharmapuram, Ulukkulam - Medical Aid through Hospitals	4000	20,690
Project 6	30-Aug-2010	Distribution of Aritificial Limbs	25 persons	6,000
Project 7	12-Sep-2009	In Cheddykulam Refugee Camps	2000	49,500
Project 8	31-Oct-2009	In Cheddykulam Refugee Camps	1500	33,750
Project 9	31-Dec-2012	RAMAKRISHNA MISSION WELFARE CENTRE , 17, Maruthanamadam Road, Urumpirai Junction, Jaffna.		31,500
Project 10	30-Oct-2010	Deepavali Festival - Support to 80 Familites in Malayalapuram, Kilinochchi	80	6,300
Project 11	16th & 17th -11-2010	Two Free Medical Camps in Vadamarachchi East & Aid to Cancer Patients	565 Patients	1,950
Vocational Education and IDP Aid	12-Feb-2011	To Bharati Vidyalayam, Bharatipuram Malayalapuram Religious School Sewing Classes Centre in Krishnapuram – Organised by Ramakrishna Mission, Colombo. (Including 2 Singer Sewing Machines).	500 people	1,546
Meet IDP Beneficiaries & Planning  for future projects	26-Mar-2011	To Bharati Vidyalayam, Bharatipuram Malayalapuram Religious School Sewing Classes Centre in Krishnapuram	400 students	985
Visit to Kilinochchi	29-05-11	Gift of Clothes to Tailering Centre & Religious Schools. Food items to IDPs	225 Students	920
Kilinocchi House Reparis	05-04-12	Supply of Roofing Sheets	5 families	800
Visit to Jaipuram	9-Apr-2012	Employment Aid, Aid to Patients in Mulankavil, Gift of Generator, etc	2 Villages	850
Project 12	12-Apr-2012	New Year Aid - Cheddykulam & Kilinochchi	250 families	7,200
Project 13	31-Dec-2012	Swami Vivekananda Welfare Centre, Kilinochchi - In Progress		47,300
Project 14	31-Dec-2012	Swami Vivekananda Educational Centre - Visuvamadu - In Progress		5,900
Project 15	24-Oct-2012	Aid 165 Resettled Families in Mullaitivu		16,440
Project 16	5-Jan-2013	Flood Relief among 204 Resettled Families		10,700
		Total		347,503
Educational Aid
Rs. 1500/- per month is being provided to IDP University Students.			96 IDP Students	US$ 1300 per month
Free Tailoring Classes - for Widows & Unemployed			20 IDP Students	US$ 100 per month

Feeding in Visuvamadu - 2013\

Project 7. Box of Essential Items - given to each family.