Bhoomananda Foundation

The repeated contemplation on the Self brings about the fall of desires. During that process, our understanding of the Self grows that the Self is everything including the body. Swamiji explains the fundamental process of jnana-sadhana.

Slokas chanted in the track

सम्यगालोकनात्सत्यात् वासना प्रविलीयते ।

वासनाविलये चेतः शाम्यत्यस्नेहदीपवत् ॥

(Yoga Vasistha Ramayana 4.34.28)

चिदेव देहस्तु चिदेव लोका-

श्चिदेव भूतानि चिदिन्द्रियाणि।

कर्ता चिदन्तःकरणं चिदेव

चिदेव सत्यं परमार्थरूपम्॥

(Svatmaprakashika 79)

PR 04 Mar 2017

In this short talk, Poojya Swamiji describes the nature of the Self through two slokas drawn from the Kaivalya Navaneetam and Srimad Bhagavatam.

Slokas chanted in the track

देहादन्यो नास्ति देहीति चेत्त्वं

स्वप्ने को वा वेत्ति सर्वं विकारम् ।

सुप्तौ को वा शून्यवेत्ता प्रबोधे

गृह्णात्यक्षैर्दृश्यजातं वदस्व ॥

(Kaivalya Navaneetam 23)

स्थित्युद्भवप्रलयहेतुरहेतुरस्य

यत्स्वप्नजागरसुषुप्तिषु सद्बहिश्च ।

देहेन्द्रियासुहृदयानि चरन्ति येन

सञ्जीवितानि तदवेहि परं नरेन्द्र ॥

(Srimad Bhagavatam 11.3.35)

PR 04 June 2018

Based on the Upanishads, Poojya Swamiji explains the nature of this Ultimate Knowledge, which alone has the power to give us supreme fulfillment and peace.

Slokas chanted in the track

कस्मिन्नु भगवो विज्ञाते सर्वमिदं विज्ञातं भवतीति ॥

(Mundakopanishad 1.1.3)

परा तु यया तदक्षरमधिगम्यते ॥

(Mundakopanishad 5)

यत्तदद्रेश्यमग्राह्यमगोत्रमवर्ण-

मचक्षुःश्रोत्रं तदपाणिपादम् ।

नित्यं विभुं सर्वगतं सुसूक्ष्मं

तदव्ययं यद्भूतयोनिं परिपश्यन्ति धीराः ॥

(Mundakopanishad 6)

PR 13 Dec 2011

There is only one substance which goes by the name of sentience or consciousness. It is what makes one conscious of other things as well as itself. Thinking, analyzing, etc. are only its functions. Knowing that nothing else exists but this gives us the necessary strength to deal with all mental products.

Slokas chanted in the track

अन्तर्बहिश्च बहुधा व्यवहार्यमाणम् ।

(Poojya Swamiji)

भक्तोऽसि मे सखा चेति रहस्यं ह्येतदुत्तमम् ॥

(Bhagavad Gita 4.3)

PR 13 Aug 2012

The Upanishad teaches us that there is inter and mutual dependence everywhere in this earth. If we start thinking on this, we realize the Upanishadic truth that It is for the sake of one’s own self that all things in this world become dear to us.

Slokas chanted in the track

न वा अरे पत्युः कामाय पतिः प्रियो भवति ।

न वा अरे जायायै कामाय जाया प्रिया भवति ।

(Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 2.4.5)

आत्मनस्तु कामाय सर्वं प्रियं भवति ।

(Brihadaranyaka Upanishad 2.4.5)

PR 13 Apr 2015

The whole success of sādhanā lies in knowing about sentience, the presence different from matter and energy. When we understand it, we become free. We are able to make life a sport, something very light and harmonious.

Slokas chanted in the track:

विशुद्धसत्त्वस्य गुणाः प्रसादः

स्वात्मानुभूतिः परमा प्रशान्तिः ।

तृप्तिः प्रहर्षः परमात्मनिष्ठा

यया सदानन्दरसं समृच्छति ॥

(Vivekachudamani 119)

अतीताननुसन्धानं भविष्यदविचारणम् ।

औदासीन्यमपि प्राप्तं जीवन्मुक्तस्य लक्षणम् ॥

(Vivekachudamani 433)

साधुभि: पूज्यमानेऽस्मिन् पीड्यमानेऽपि दुर्जनै: ।

समभावो भवेद्यस्य स जीवन्मुक्तलक्षणः ॥

(Vivekachudamani 440)

PR 09 Aug 2018

Swamiji says, we generally say the world exists. Does the world exist or is the existence of the world experienced by oneself? “Does the existence come first or the experience arises first?” is, thus, a very crucial question. Swamiji discusses what he has named the philosophy of experientialism.

PR 04 Sep 2015

The entire world, including the body and senses, is produced by the presence within. This presence is what we consider divine, supra-worldly. Carrying such a presence within, can we feel anything other than being a divine person? Can we miss the divinity within, anytime? Poojya Swamiji explains.

When the intelligence enquires to find out the truth behind this variegated existence, it begins to understand it is the power and presence called sentience, consciousness which makes one conscious of the body, conscious of the world, conscious of the mind, intelligence and ego, it is that supreme power and that is the all-controller – that is what produces everything, the multiple, the manifold. And the intelligence understands that the same Reality is within one’s own heart.

The world that we refer to is a world which we experience within us. In other words, it is a world caused by and sustained by the consciousness that we are. When we are steadfast in this knowledge, the mind will overwhelm all kinds of interactional impacts and inputs from the world.