Bhoomananda Foundation

Bhoomananda Foundation

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

  • You Are The Sentience - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    The ultimate dosha within us is the ego, which is to be eliminated. The differential notion is to be dropped and the whole life is to be converted into a yajna instead of doing piecemeal activities in the form of yajnas. The focus of the sadhana must become the sentience that animates the body.

    Slokas chanted in the track
    सत्येन लभ्यस्तपसा ह्येष आत्मा
    सम्यग्ज्ञानेन ब्रह्मचर्येण नित्यम् ।
    अन्तःशरीरे ज्योतिर्मयो हि शुभ्रो
    यं पश्यन्ति यतयः क्षीणदोषाः ।
    (Mundakopanishad 3.1.5)
    तस्मादसक्तः सततं कार्यं कर्म समाचर।
    असक्तो ह्याचरन्कर्म परमाप्नोति पूरुषः।।
    (Bhagavad Gita 3.19)

    PR 1 Feb 2016

    10 min
  • The Great Culture of India - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Swamiji initiates the topic by mentioning how our ancient thinkers started by praising the natural orbs, planets, and elements in the form of prayers. They were treated as superhuman powers. But the thinkers did not stop there until they reached the Upanishadic stage where their enquiries became internal and subjective. Ultimately, they arrived at very stable and internal conclusions. Thereafter they thought how to make these things accessible to the ordinary people. This is how they started writing the Epic literature.

    यच्चक्षुषा न पश्यति येन चक्षूँषि पश्यति ।
    तदेव ब्रह्म त्वं विद्धि नेदं यदिदमुपासते ॥
    yaccakṣuṣā na paśyati yena cakṣūmṣi paśyati ।
    tadeva brahma tvaṃ viddhi nedaṃ yadidamupāsate ॥
    kenopaniṣat 1.7
    PR 10 Apr 2012

    14 min
  • How to find joy in Karma Yoga - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Poojya Swamiji says that the success of a sādhaka’s life consists in having joy right from the commencement of the work. The karma-yogic joy does not wait for the completion of the work or the attainment of the objective. Another point Swamiji makes is that joy is a creation of the mind. If that is so, we should be able to ask the mind to generate joy always, instead of thinking ‘I will become joyous only when my work fruitions.’ Let the work be a flow like that of a river.

    एवं प्रवर्तितं चक्रं नानुवर्तयतीह य: |
    evaṁ pravartitaṁ chakraṁ nānuvartayatīha yaḥ – Bhagavad Gita 3.16
    PR 30 Mar 2016

    9 min
  • How to Lead a Good Family Life - Prabhatha Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Poojya Swamiji talks about the basic human values that are necessary to live a married life happily and without conflict. He explains what togetherness and mutuality mean, what trust means, between the different members of the family.

    स्वीयं साम्यं विधत्ते भवति निरुपमस्तेन वाऽलौकिकोऽपि ॥
    svīyaṃ sāmyaṃ vidhatte bhavati nirupamastena vā’laukiko’pi … Shatashloki.
    PR 17 May 2016

    14 min
  • What is Meditation - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Meditation is a process, which one has to imbibe in the form of a Deeksha from a realized teacher, a Sadguru, who is competent enough to clarify whatever doubts a seeker has.

    The mind is the source of all activities. Every activity is first of all thought of, wished or willed in the mind. When one sits for meditation, the mind and its functions becomes the focus. Only by meditation, one will be able to get a touch of the sentience within. When meditation becomes absorbing, then the very thought process and the emotional process, enquiry, everything comes to a stop and one gets an experience of the Consciousness.
    In this talk, Swamiji asks us to take a plunge in the mind to improve the quality of thought and emotional processes. By this one comes to know how potent and magnificent the mind is and how to improve, refine and elevate it.
    PR 29 May 2012

    13 min
  • Post Meditational Sadhana - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    In this track, Swamiji speaks about what meditation is and what is post-meditational Sadhana.

    One cannot always be in meditation. Swamiji says that we meditate because we are unhappy in the wakeful state due to some disturbances or agitations. So, we try to lead the mind to a state of mental absorption and self-restingness whereby this trouble is not there. But the moment we wake up from samadhi, the same old troubles of the world catch up with us and grip us.
    In the post-meditational times, during the active and interactive hours we must be able to tackle our mind and make it disturbance free. We must be able to dissolve all agitations and disturbances. One must take away the Dehabhimana and lead oneself to a fulness and absoluteness of Self wisdom, whereby all afflictions, conflicts and obstructions would vanish.
    Scriptures speak about the state of Yoga, where one remains untouched by sukha and duhkha, just like a lotus leaf in water. Reflecting upon this, the seeker should treat the affectations at the very moment, making it expansive and spatial, light and airy. Developing this quality of Tattva Vichara and treating the mind of its vagaries right in the very start, one must live one’s life joyfully. One may enjoy meditation, but one must never forget the inner examination and inner integration, which is the real essence of Spirituality.
    Shlokas chanted in the Track:
    देहाभिमाने गळिते विज्ञाते परमात्मनि ।
    यत्र यत्र मनो याति तत्र तत्र समाधयः ।।
    Drg Drishya Viveka 30
    यं लब्ध्वा चापरं लाभं मन्यते नाधिकं ततः ।
    यस्मिन्स्थितो न दुःखेन गुरुणापि विचाल्यते ।।
    तं विद्याद् दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योगसञ्ज्ञितम् ।
    स निश्चयेन योक्तव्यो योगोऽनिर्विण्णचेतसा ।।
    Bhagavad Gita 6.22. & 23
    यदृच्छालाभसन्तुष्टो द्वन्द्वातीतो विमत्सरः ।
    समः सिद्धावसिधौ च कृत्वापि न निबध्यते ।।
    तं विद्याद् दुःखसंयोगवियोगं योगसञ्ज्ञितम् ।
    PR 25 Jul 2012

    16 min

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A series of talks from Narayanashrama Tapovanam.