What does DSN mean?

The full form of DSN is Divya Samaj ka Nirman (Creating a Divine Society). The other full forms are - Do Something Now, Don't Say No. As some tough proecesses are done to break barrier, some people say it - Door se Namaskar

DSN is a rigorous and transformational course which empowers participants to break through personal inhibitions and barriers of all kinds. Dropping whatever does not serve your best interests is a completely liberating experience - it makes you so strong that nothing in this world can shake you.

We all have personal barriers, old habits, or inhibitions that hold us back and keep us from fully participating in life. Yet we all have a deep desire to be the best we can be - for ourselves, our families, our communities and even the world around us.

The truth is that those old emotional wounds, self-concepts, attitudes and fears create a barrier between you and the ability to live your heart's desire.

DSN - Divya Samajka Nirmaan (literally translated means creation of a divine society) uses a powerful combination of yoga practise, special meditations, breathing techniques and group processes to break through those personal barriers and experience the power of one's inner strength and also inspire greater social activism and responsibility.

When you are ready for true freedom and personal empowerment, then you are ready for the power of DSN!

This four-day, full-time course, is open to all those who have completed the Art of Living PartI Course.

My Experience

I've attended DSN at Dwarka, New Delhi from 25th Nov - 28th Nov 2010. I was so excited to attain this course with such a great teacher like Anandji (Anand Rajendran). As I expected, it was superb. I'm explaining my experience as belows.

• Dr Ching Pong (Doctor knows how to do treatment)
• Zak.zak..zak...zak....zakkaasss!!!
• You can get down only before the plane takes off. Once the plane takes off, you can only get down at the destination.
• Extension of an individual is the family. Extension of the family is the society. Extension of the society is the Divine Society (the Divya Samaj).
• Rock Solid (ghatnayen aati hai, ghatnayen jaati hai. Per hum to rock solid hai)
• Share karo, sher bano
• Share with EAF (E-Enthusiasm, A-Action, F-Feelings)
• Circle of comfort/courage (We always want to stay in our comfort zone)
• Pressing the "buttons" and distributing "remote controls"!
  Television has only one remote control. But We have created so many numbers of remote controls of our own life & give it to others to manage us.
• Label (We always moving with our label i.e. I'm a doctor, engineer etc)
• The simple question to be used when making any difficult decision - is it good for me in the long run?
• waain-waain waain-waain
• sochne ka nahi...bas karne ka. Munna Circuit example i.e. Bhai ne bola hai na, toh dimaag nahi lagane ka!
• Pappu log bas sochte hain...winner log karke dikhate hain. Pappu log excuse dete hain, winner log results dete hain
• bina charge ka cellphone!!!???
• Smiling person - product complete.
  Non smiling person - work in progress.
  Sad person - manufacturing defect.
• Andar YES hai to baahar bhi YES hai...andar NO hai to baahar bhi NO hai.
• A question mark becomes a hook in your mind. Once you replace the question mark with an exclamation mark, it becomes a pillar, of strength! So the 6th Sutra of AOL is "Oho! Aise bhi log hote hain!!!!".
• Before DSN - Oh God, why me?? Why not my neighbour??
  After DSN - Oh God! Try me!!!!
• 3 tips for losing weight (Kapalbhati, No sweets)
• Thinking of past brings tears, Thinking of future brings fears, That is why present is so dear
• Guruji's explanation on the reason for depression
• Importance of seva / service
• Sadhana gives energy, energy makes more seva, more seva makes deeper sadhana, which inturn gives more energy...
• A course that gives you Padma, Sadhana, and Shanti - what reason to not do this course!!!
• Importance of Ashtavakra Gita, and the right procedure for its study
• Take over a role, give 100% and let go
• LG = LG
• What you want to be? Engine or Bogie? (Leader or Papu!!!)
• Knowledge should be taken in the way it is conveyed; Not in the way it is convenient
• Results are 1% technique, and 99% grace of the Master
• If you respect the technique, the technique will respect you
• Case study of the person with Trigeminal Neuralgia
• Power of "Om Namah Shivay" - Ravan's throne was on a dias, which could be reached by climbing 9 steps - each step indicating one of the navagraha.
• Padma Sadhana - password to the internal energy
• The concept of collective intelligence (which comes into play when you had made your 100% efforts, and then you surrender)
• The architect knows his design well!
• Having is one thing, realizing what we have is another!
• Yeh dharti kisi ka rin naheen rakhti - tum ek daana doge, woh 100 dana waapis degi. Tun 100 dana doge, woh 10 hazaar dana waapis degi!
• Aska lakdi lakda lakda. Hupta lakdi lakda lakda
• Guru stories:
  - tujhe dekha to yeh jaana sanam
  - are those models more beautiful than me
  - 25th silver jubilee celebrations - awesome!
  - Guruji, will you sleep with me?
  - Guruji, will you marry me?
  - Oh ho! Now people are using me as a transport coordinator also!
  - India in 2016
  - Guruji washed utensils (bartan) in kitchen of a devotee
• The stories:
  - The story about the cruise
  - Madan Mohan Malviya - Sharm to mujhe is baat ki aati hai ki woh marne wala bhi jaate jaate kuchh deke gaya...aur is jinda aadmi ne kuchh nahee diya!
  - Honda company of Japan
  - One devotee has 50% disabled on his right side (paralysis). He told that, he got cured after second day of doing Sudarsan Kriya.

I couldn't remember the exact year when I know about this great singer. It may about 2002 or 2003. I got admission for B.E. in SIET, dhenkanal. I was going for Math tuition to Santosh Sir (Mr Santosh Kumar Nayak). One day I came across his room. I heard a very heavy & sweet voice coming out from his room. I went to his room & saw that sir was not there. His brother was listening song. That song was "Madhuban khusboo deta hai ...". I sat & listened the whole song. His first song touched my heart. I borrowed that cassette from him. From that first day, I became a big fan of him.

His most famous songs which I love, are -

• Madhuban khusboo deta hai
• Gori Tera Gaon
• Jaaneman Jaaneman Tere Do Nayan
• Khushiyan Hi Khushiyan
• Chand Jaise Mukhde Pe
• Ka Karoon Sajni
• Koi Gata Main So Jata

He has recorded more than 55,000 songs in many languages including Malayalam, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Oriya, Marathi, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tulu, Malay, Russian, Arabic, Latin and English.

Career

Yesudas began his career in playback singing in the Malayalam movie Kaalpadukal and Kollywood movies in the early '60s (He sang for 'Bommai' first (Music : K.Balachandar), but the first released movie was 'Konjum Kumari'(Music : Veda))and by '70s he entered Bollywood. The first Hindi song was for the movie 'Jai Jawan Jai Kissan' (1971), but the first released movie was 'Chhoti Si Baat'. He has sung Hindi songs for many leading actors in Hindi cinema including Amitabh Bachchan, Amol Palekar, Jeetendra and so on. He has sung many evergreen Hindi film songs for many popular music directors including Ravindra Jain, Bappi Lahiri, Khayyam, Rajkamal and Salil Chowdhury Almost all of the Hindi movie songs that he sang are popular even today. He has bagged seven National Film Awards for the best singer in the Indian film industry which is a record no singer has equalled, let alone surpassed. In 2006, he sang 16 film songs in four South Indian languages on the same day at AVM Studio, Chennai.

Yesudas has performed in many major cities around the world. In 1965, he was invited by the Soviet Union government to perform at music concerts in various cities in the USSR and also sang a Russian song over Radio Kazakhstan. In 2001 he sang for album Ahimsa in Sanskrit, Latin and English and in a mix of styles including New-Age and Carnatic. In his music concerts in the Middle East he sings Arabic songs in the Carnatic style. He frequently did the role of a cultural ambassador of India through his numerable performances abroad by promoting Indian Music.

In 1970, he was nominated to head the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy and was the youngest person ever to occupy the post. In 1971, during the Indo-Pakistani War, Yesudas traveled all around Kerala with his musical troupe to raise funds for the Indian Prime Minister's National Defense Fund. He also became Senate member of International Parliament for Safety and Peace. On 14 November 1999, UNESCO presented Yesudas with an honorary award for "Outstanding Achievements in Music and Peace" at the "Music for Peace" event in Paris, a concert held to mark the dawn of the new millennium and whose attendees included artistes such as Lionel Richie, Ray Charles, Montserrat Caballé, and Zubin Mehta. In 2009 Yesudas began a cross-country musical campaign against terrorism in Thiruvananthapuram, with the motto 'Music For Peace'. Kavita Karkare, wife of Hemant Karkare, handed over the torch to Yesudas to mark the launch of the ' Shanthi Sangeetha Yatra'.

Because of his immense talent and popularity he is often preferred by music directors/producers to render the songs which require the power factor and extreme variations in ragas mainly in the big budget movies. The song "Aadiyusha sandhya" from the movie Pazhassi Raja is an example for his voice clarity even at the age of 69.Thiruvarur Bakthavathsalam, a well known mridangam maestro, has accompanied him in many concerts.

Admirers

• Oscar winner A.R. Rahman has publicly quoted as saying that Yesudas is his favourite singer and the most beautiful voice in the world is that of Yesudas.
• Multi National Award winner Kamal Hasan has said recently I'm probably one of the earliest fans of Dr KJ Yesudas. When he was staying in Chennai, around the time he had just sung his first Tamil song for the film 'Bommai' in 1963. I used to visit him and his group of friends. I sang songs and played the guitar with them. I would go back to my friends and tell them I am friends with Mr Yesudas - I was a small boy then, I still am a small boy in front of his talent. He is one of the greatest artist India has produced, his body might be 70 years old, but his voice and mind-set is somewhere in the 20's. He has been a hero for me for more than one reason.
• Veteran blind music composer Ravindra Jain bestowed Yesudas the title 'Voice of India' and Yesudas' face was the first he wanted to see if he ever received his vision.
• Late Music composer Raveendran master and close friend, whose 95% of male compositions tunes was sang by Yesudas once said Yesudas has the voice of God, I am a devotee of his voice.
• Playback singer P. Susheela was quoted as saying Yesudas is an ocean of Music, he looks like a saint in his appearance and behaviour, but when he sings its like thunderstorm.
• Playback singer S. Janaki on being asked to comment on Yesudas replied,how high is the sky, Yesudas is beyond that.
• Playback singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam has credited that Yesudas is his second favourite singer, after the late Mohammed Rafi.
• Playback singing National Award record holder K.S. Chitra has publicly quoted saying that to sing along with Yesudas sir is still the biggest challenge of my life, even after working with him for such a long time. To sing on a stage where there is presence of Yesudas sir, either as a performer or among the audience, makes me nervous because I am always aware of the fact that I am singing in front of the living God of Music.
• Notable carnatic and playback singer P. Unnikrishnan has said that Yesudas is the first example of a person who can sing both light and classical music with equal ease. Further, most people in the music industry do other thing's in their spare time, Yesudas is always immersed in music - a true role model for us all.
• Actor Mammootty has said I am not a fan of Yesudas, I am a devotee. He lives and breathes music. I am not conceited enough to say that Yesudas has sung 95% of my song's in films, but rather, I have been lucky that 95% of the song's I sung in film's were sung by him.
• Renowned Indian film maker Adoor Gopalakrishnan said of Yesudas, beyond his music, which no-one can deny, through blessed musical abilities, through dedicated hard-work and practice, through simplistic/humble way of life and his feel for the common man, he is a man who stand's alone on a pedestal.
• Renowned Malayalam poet O. N. V. Kurup commented, his god given pure, sweet voice is what make's Yesudas special. Further, his hard-work ethic along with practice and dedication and with the grounded knowledge that he is fated to sing on this earth the way only he can.
• Ghazal and playback singer Hariharan once said that Yesudasji is a part of the life of people in Kerala. From early morning devotionals to late night lullaby, from FM radios to televisions, any street, any house, any hotel or restaurant, even in the buses you go, you will hear his voice being played. He connects Kerala from north to south.

Awards and honours

• Padma Shri(1975)
• Padma Bhushan(2002)
• National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer a record seven times by the Government of India.
• Kerala State Film Awards a record twenty four times for the best Playback singer by the Government of Kerala.
• Tamil Nadu State Film Awards eight times for the best Playback singer by the Government of Tamil Nadu.
• Andhra Pradesh State Film Awards six times for the best Playback singer by the Government of Andra Pradesh.
• Karnataka State Film Awards Five Times for the best Playback singer by the Government of Karnataka.
• West Bengal State Film Awards One time for the best Playback singer by the Government of West Bengal.
• Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1992)
• D. Phil by Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu (1989)
• D. Litt by Kerala University, Kerala (2003)
• D. Litt by Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala (2009)
• Swaralaya - Eenam Awards 2010 - Decade's Best Talent in Malayalam Music

A Talk By - Sri Sri Ravi Sankar


May This Diwali - The Festival of Lights, Bring more Peace,Light and Joy in our inner world and outer world


Diwali, the festival of lights as it is known the world over, celebrates the victory of good over evil, light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance. Lights are lit on this day not just to decorate homes, but also to communicate a profound truth about life. Light dispels darkness and when the darkness within you is dispelled through the light of wisdom, the good wins over the evil in you.

Though there are many legends about the festival, Diwali is essentially celebrated to lit the light of wisdom in every heart, the light of life in every home and bring a smile on every face. Diwali is the shortened form of Deepavali, which literally means rows of lights. Life has many facets and stages to it. It is important that you throw light on all of them, for if one aspect of your life is in darkness, there can be no complete expression of life. That’s why rows of lights are lit on Diwali to remind you that every aspect of life needs your attention and the light of knowledge.

Every lamp that you light is symbolic of a good quality. There are good qualities in every human being. Some have forbearance, love, strength, generosity; others have the ability to unite people. The latent values in you are like a lamp. When they are lit, awakened, that is Diwali. Don’t be satisfied with lighting one lamp; light a thousand. If you have the value of service in you, don’t be satisfied only with that. Lit the lamp of wisdom in you, acquire knowledge. Awaken all the facets of your being.

Another profound symbolism is wrapped in the firecrackers that go off during Diwali. In life, you often become like a firecracker, waiting to explode with your pent-up emotions, frustration and anger. When you continue to suppress your emotions such as cravings, aversions and hatred, they are bound to reach a bursting point. Bursting crackers is like a psychological exercise created by ancient people to release bottled-up emotions. When you see an explosion outside, you feel similar sensations within you as well. Along with the explosion, there is so much light. So when you let go of the suppressed emotions, you become hollow and empty and the light of knowledge dawns.

Wisdom is needed everywhere. Even if one member of the family is shrouded in darkness, you cannot be happy. So, you need to lit the light of wisdom in every member of your family. Extend it to every member of society, every person on the planet. When true wisdom dawns, it gives rise to celebration. Often in celebrations, you tend to lose focus or awareness. To maintain awareness in the midst of celebrations, the ancient rishis (saints) brought sacredness and puja (rituals) to every celebration. For the same reason, Diwali is also a time for pujas. The spiritual aspects of Diwali add depth to the celebrations. Any celebration has to be spiritual as a celebration without spirituality
has no depth.

Celebration is the nature of the spirit and every excuse to celebrate is good. In celebration, you should not only have a party; you must remind yourself of the wisdom. For the one who is not in knowledge, Diwali comes only once a year, but for the wise, Diwali is every moment and every day. Be wise and celebrate Diwali every moment and everyday of your life.

On 22nd Oct 10, at about 5PM I got a call from my friend that, Guruji (Sri Sri Ravi Sankar) has already arrived in Delhi. Then I was very much eager to meet him. I'm looking for time, when will be 6PM & I'll go !!! Finally I went & reached there (where Guruji stays). Then after 10 minutes of waiting, we all people got a chance to met him. He was joking with us, giving prasad (laddu) to us. And after that, I got a chance to touch his feet. And I hugged him. I'm so lucky to get this chance. I'm blessed.


On 1st Nov 10, Guruji wishes for public darshan to all devotees. When 1 & 1/2 hr time get finished, we couldn't know. There was so much fun. Around two-three thousand people gathered there. There was a smile on every one's face. That was so amazing.