Bhoomananda Foundation

Bhoomananda Foundation

By Narayanashrama Tapovanam, An abode of BrahmavidyaReligion & SpiritualitySpirituality
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  • Appreciate Good Qualities of Others - Prabhatha Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Poojya Swamiji emphasises how it is important to appreciate the qualities and virtues in others. Not only it will make us want to have the virtue in ourselves, but the mere sight of good virtues will give us joy.

    Slokas chanted in the track
    वाञ्छा सज्जनसङ्गमे परगुणे प्रीतिर्गुरौ नम्रता
    (Niti Shatakam 62)
    PR 01 Apr 2015

    9 min
  • 'I' is always a non-doer | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Poojya Swamiji enlightens us that the core of our personality, the 'I', is always a non-actor and a non-doer. The inner presence not just fills the body, but it fills the entire creation. It is like the space which supports all planets and stars. All actions are done only at the bodily and sensory level; the inner presence ever remains a witness of all.

    5 min
  • Develop Qualities of Mind and Intelligence - Prabhatha Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Sri Krishna says that the kind of person who merges with Him is one who does everything for God, who thinks of God as supreme in his life, who is an exclusive devotee of God, and devoid of all attachments. Poojya Swamiji says that the entire sadhana is related to acquiring these qualities in the mind and intelligence by which we gain the true identity of ourselves.

    Slokas chanted in the track:
    (Timestamp: 00:02:11)
    मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्तः सङ्गवर्जितः ।
    निर्वैरः सर्वभूतेषु यः स मामेति पाण्डव ।।
    mat-karma-kṛn-mat-paramo mad-bhaktaḥ saṅga-varjitaḥ |
    nirvairaḥ sarva-bhūteṣu yaḥ sa mām-eti pāṇḍava ||
    (Bhagavad Gita 11.55)
    PR 06 July 2015

    9 min
  • Understanding a Good Quality will automatically Generate love for it - Prabhatha Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Poojya Swamiji explains what is meant by a quality and gives two definitions, one is an inherent constituent or definition of an object, and another is something that qualifies the object/person. A good quality strengthens the personality, makes it more functional. Is there any alternative but to love it, asks Swamiji. This fondness for the quality is what helps in cultivating the quality.

    Slokas chanted in the track:
    (Timestamp: 00:09:53)
    मुनिः प्रसन्नगम्भीरो दुर्विगाह्यो दुरत्ययः ।
    अनन्तापारो अक्षोभ्यः स्तिमितोद इवार्णवः ॥
    muniḥ prasanna-gambhīro durvigāhyo duratyayaḥ |
    ananta-pāro hy akṣobhyaḥ stimitoda ivārṇavaḥ ||
    (Srimad Bhagavatam 11.8.5)
    PR 05 Dec 2013

    14 min
  • Qualities of a Knower - Prabhatha Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Poojya Swamiji explains the difference between pratyaksha (directly perceptible to the senses) and paroksha (inferential). Then he goes on to explain how we need to expand our mind so that we can embrace the entire world and not just the immediate family. With this expansion, the mind becomes pure, and the seeker starts gaining the qualities of a knower, a mahatma. That leads to the transcendental experience.

    Slokas chanted in the track:
    (Timestamp: 00:03:48)
    निरस्तरागा विनिरस्तभोगाः शान्ताः सुदान्ता यतयो महान्तः ।
    विज्ञाय तत्त्वं परमेतदन्ते प्राप्ताः परां निर्वृतिमात्मयोगात् ॥
    nirasta-rāgā vinirasta-bhogāh śāntāh sudāntā yatayo mahāntah ।
    vijnāya tattvam parametad-ante prāptāh parām nirvṛtim-ātmayogāt ॥
    PR 02 Feb 2017

    11 min
  • Renunciation is of the Mind - Prabhatha Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Bhagavad Gita speaks about Renunciation. Tyaga and Sannyasa are the main two subjects of the Bhagavad Gita. The questions thus arises as to how to accomplish this Tyaga and Sannyasa? How does it reflect in our Interactions? Can Interactional Sadhana accomplish it?

    The entire world is designed by God, preserved by God. We play no part in it. But we still feel a sense of doership and enjoyership. A seeker must completely abandon the feeling of doership, enjoyership and sufferership. When all the activities performed are renounced attitudinally by the mind, it becomes the yoga for the buddhi.
    A seeker must introspect about God who has created and preserved everything and wholesomely surrender to the Lord. Sri Krishna says: “Mentally renouncing all actions to Me (the Supreme), regarding Me as the Supreme, let your mind, resorting to Buddhi Yoga (anchoring the intelligence in the Inmost Reality), abide constantly in Me.”
    Shlokas chanted in the Track:
    चेतसा सर्वकर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्परः ।
    बुद्धियोगमुपाश्रित्य मच्चित्तः सततं भव ॥
    Bhagavad Gita 18.57
    PR 23 Aug 2018

    15 min
  • Renunciation is of the Mind - Prabhatha Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Bhagavad Gita speaks about Renunciation. Tyaga and Sannyasa are the main two subjects of the Bhagavad Gita. The questions thus arises as to how to accomplish this Tyaga and Sannyasa? How does it reflect in our Interactions? Can Interactional Sadhana accomplish it?

    The entire world is designed by God, preserved by God. We play no part in it. But we still feel a sense of doership and enjoyership. A seeker must completely abandon the feeling of doership, enjoyership and sufferership. When all the activities performed are renounced attitudinally by the mind, it becomes the yoga for the buddhi.
    A seeker must introspect about God who has created and preserved everything and wholesomely surrender to the Lord. Sri Krishna says: “Mentally renouncing all actions to Me (the Supreme), regarding Me as the Supreme, let your mind, resorting to Buddhi Yoga (anchoring the intelligence in the Inmost Reality), abide constantly in Me.”
    Shlokas chanted in the Track:
    चेतसा सर्वकर्माणि मयि संन्यस्य मत्परः ।
    बुद्धियोगमुपाश्रित्य मच्चित्तः सततं भव ॥
    Bhagavad Gita 18.57
    PR 23 Aug 2018

    15 min
  • Every Exhortation in Bhagavad Gita relates to the Mind and Intelligence - Prabhatha Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Discussing some verses from the Bhagavad Gita, Swamiji discusses Yoga in great depth and detail.

    We interact with the world and everything that follows is an outcome of interactions.The sense organs on their own do not have the power to function, without the guidance of the mind. So, our entire life is based on the mind. This mind can be acted upon only by the intelligence which has knowledge as the quest.
    Our entire life is an expression and extension of the mind, and all our problems are mind problems, which can be resolved by the intelligence alone. Our intelligence must generate whatever is needed to enrich and empower the mind consistently. This conjugation between mind and intelligence is what is termed as Yoga. Yoga is never external, nor sensory and physical. It is always inner, bearing upon the mind and intelligence.
    Krishna also discusses Bhakti as a Yoga, which is based upon the mind and intelligence. A true devotee is one who is able to remain contented and joyful always. Contentment and joy are created and generated by the mind. Swamiji points out, that, if joy is a creation of the mind, then we must make our mind generate as much joy as one wants. This is called Yoga. Surrender also is another aspect of devotion. A seeker must offer his mind and intelligence to the Guru or the Lord.
    So, all the exhortations of Sri Krishna are Sadhana relating to the mind and intelligence.
    Shlokas chanted in the Track:
    सन्तुष्टः सततं योगी यतात्मा दृढनिश्चयः ।
    मय्यर्पितमनोबुद्धिर्यो मद्भक्तः स मे प्रियः ।।
    Bhagavad Gita 12.14
    PR 25 Jul 2015

    9 min
  • World Experiences are Only Mental Imprints - III - Prabhatha Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Swamiji urges us to think about the propositions of saakara, niraraka and nischala, spending time to understand them. It is by this that we will be able to increase our devotion.

    Explaining a verse from Ashtavakra Samhita, Swamiji says that anything that has a shape or a form is to be considered as untrue, unreal. That which is devoid of shape is niścala, immovable, motionless. Only when one has spiritual instructions (Tattva Upadesha), one will not be born again.
    Swamiji urges seekers to introspect on this one verse repeatedly.
    Shlokas chanted in the Track:
    साकारमनृतं विद्धि निराकारं तु निश्चलम् ।
    एतत्तत्वोपदेशेन न पुनर्भवसम्भवः ॥
    Ashtavakra Samhita 1.18
    PR 20 Jan 2016

    9 min
  • Upanishadic solution for Social Strife | Words of Wisdom | Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha

    In this enlightening talk, Nutan Swamiji tells us that all strife we find in the society is due to our own selfishness, comptetition, jealousy etc. We think 'I' is a body limited personality. That 'I' is a ficticious 'I', we assume a certain image of ourselves. We have a bias and partiality in our vision. This constricted vision brings all strife in the society.

    But when we try to understand this 'I', looking within, we finally reach a state where there is nothing different from I. We find that the whole universe is floating in the I, sustained by the Consciousness. This experience is important in our life to remove all our misconceptions in a complete and wholesome manner.

    9 min

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A series of talks from Narayanashrama Tapovanam.