Bhoomananda Foundation

Bhoomananda Foundation

By Narayanashrama Tapovanam, An abode of BrahmavidyaReligion & SpiritualitySpirituality
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Bhoomananda Foundation episodes

  • The Middle Position - Prabhatha Rashmih

    Quoting a verse from Adi Shankaracharya’s Vivekachudamani, Poojya Swamiji speaks about the interactive life of a Self-Realized person. His will be a public life, he would meet and interact with many people, places and situations. In all his interactions, he neither gets attached to anything nor does he get detached from anything. He is established in the middle position.

    Swamiji exhorts listerners to stay focussed on the middle position. This middle position, self-postion, is so beautiful that one starts becoming harmonious with the world, integral with the world. Our spiritual attainment is not something to be had by being away from the world but by practicing ‘away-ness’ in the world itself.
    Shlokas chanted in the audio:
    न खिद्यते नो विषयैः प्रमोदते
    न सज्जते नापि विरज्यते च ।
    स्वस्मिन्सदा क्रीडति नन्दति स्वयं
    निरन्तरानन्दरसेन तृप्तः ।।
    (Vivekacūḍāmaṇiḥ 536)

    13 min
  • Sanatana Dharma

    What is Sanatana Dharma? What is its meaning and purpose? Poojya Swamiji in his usual rational and eloquent manner explains the much-debated subject. Swamiji elucidates that Sanatana Dharma is an eternal power of sustenance, understanding and pursuing which, anyone can derive the necessary poise, freedom, welfare and strength to face any situation in life and realize one’s eternal nature.

    10 min
  • Seek Contentment from the Mind Alone - Prabhatha Rashmih

    It is foolishness to think that any object can create joy. Is joy not an inner creation of the mind alone? If we churn our mind with this knowledge, then undue elation and undue depression will both fled, and the contentment we seek, becomes ours.

    Slokas chanted in the track:
    मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः ।
    आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ।।
    (Bhagavad Gita 2.14)
    इन्द्रियस्येन्द्रियस्यार्थे रागद्वेषौ व्यवस्थितौ ।
    तयोर्न वशमागच्छेत्तौ ह्यस्य परिपन्थिनौ ।।
    (Bhagavad Gita 3.34)
    न प्रहृष्येत्प्रियं प्राप्य नोद्विजेत्प्राप्य चाप्रियम् ।
    स्थिरबुद्धिरसम्मूढो ब्रह्मविद् ब्रह्मणि स्थितः ।।
    (Bhagavad Gita 5.20)
    कामक्रोधवियुक्तानां यतीनां यतचेतसाम् ।
    अभितो ब्रह्मनिर्वाणं वर्तते विदितात्मनाम् ।।
    (Bhagavad Gita 5.26)

    16 min
  • Myth of Desire | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Generally, our lives are influenced and driven by various desires, like desires for wealth, luxury, partner, power etc. But are desires really necessary to become happy? In this short talk, Poojya Swamiji impresses upon us the myth of desire.

    5 min
  • What is Growth for a Spiritual Seeker? - Prabhata Rashmih

    In this talk, Poojya Swamiji tells us about a seeker’s growth in life. The seeker must look for an inner felicity growth, and such a growth happens in the mind and the intelligence. Of the many virtues that elevate a seeker on the way are love, sympathy and sacrifice. What is the final point of such a growth? Swamiji explains it is a total purity in the being, and a supreme peace and quietude.

    Slokas chanted in the track
    मुक्तिमिच्छसि चेत्तात विषयान् विषवत्त्यज।
    क्षमार्जवदयातोषसत्यं पीयूषवद्भज॥
    (Ashtāvakra Samhitā 1.2)
    विशुद्धसत्त्वस्य गुणाः प्रसादः
    स्वात्मानुभूतिः परमा प्रशान्तिः ।
    तृप्तिः प्रहर्षः परमात्मनिष्ठा
    यया सदानन्दरसं समृच्छति॥
    (Vivekachudamani 119)

    12 min
  • Peace, Joy and Fulfillment - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    In this audio, Swamiji explains how to practice the Sadhana of attaining peace, joy and fulfilment.

    This sadhana of enriching the mind and intelligence will make the mind better and the intelligence sharper and more subtle. With qualitative thinking and introspection, the inner personality gets transformed and the whole life becomes peaceful, joyous and fulfilled.

    12 min

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A series of talks from Narayanashrama Tapovanam.