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Bhoomananda Foundation
by Narayanashrama Tapovanam, An abode of Brahmavidya
A series of talks from Narayanashrama Tapovanam.
Episodes
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The Fulfilling Guru-Shishya Relationship - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
In this talk, Swamiji glorifies the most sublime of all relationships – that of the Guru and Shishya. Just as for objective learning one goes to the academic centers and learns from the teachers, in the subjective knowledge also, to attain fulfillment and harmony, one has to go to a Guru with…
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Guru-shishya Relationship - Drop your ego and preserve it - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
The subject of Guru-Shishya relationship is discussed in this track. When the enquiry dawns in the mind about the world, life and oneself, one goes in search of a Guru. The Guru guides the seeker in the spiritual path, by initiating him. This relationship between the Guru and shishya is sublime…
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Expectations of The Guru from a Disciple - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
What does Swamiji expect from his disciples? In this talk, Swamiji speaks on this subject. A teacher imparts the best knowledge to a student. He expects the student to have receptivity, absorb whatever he is being told. The student may have doubts, but he should raise the questions in a very…
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Importance of Guru-Sanga - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Swamiji speaks about Brahmavidya Deeksha that he gives to seekers. It is the same Deeksha he got from his guru, Baba. His proximity with Baba strengthened his aspiration for dispassion, to know the truth and live by it. Swamiji emphasizes the importance of living in the company of the guru. If a...
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Right Guidance from a Sadguru - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Interaction and association with the Guru is crucial for a seeker, says Swamiji. The Guru or teacher has the capacity to guide the seeker, and to remove the last doubt in his mind. This guidance will be necessary from a Sadguru, who has realized the truth. And the seeker, on his part, must be…
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Spirituality and Role of Guru - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Guru Bhakti is most essential in spiritual quest, in order to harness the infinite potential, possibilities and magnitude of the mind. This is the truth that has been progressively disseminated from the ancient times. Swamiji stresses that the Guru who is a Knower of Truth and exponent of the...
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Message on Ma's Birthday - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
This is a special message given by Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha, on the request from a Brahmacharini, for the birthday of Ma Gurupriya. After Swami Nirviseshananda and Ma Gurupriya came to Narayanashrama Tapovanam, Kerala, their Guru Bhakti, Guru Seva in Guru Sannidhi, reflected great elegance and a...
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Come to a Guru to Lay Your Mind Open - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
In this talk, Swamiji addresses students who had come for a Sadhana Retreat to Narayanashrama Tapovanam, Kerala. Swamiji, expresses that he is not freely expressing His love, fondness and endearment to the students, as they are not open with their thoughts and emotions to him. It is not possible...
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Spiritual Growth under a Guru - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
In this talk, Swamiji recounts his life’s journey, which led him to the grandeur of Sannyasa. All blood relations were dropped, to expand into a higher supra-worldly relation, which is the Source of all relations. Swamiji describes his life of joy, pleasantness, sincerity, zeal, beauty and...
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mumuksutva - the Driver for Liberation, and how Guru-Bhakti enhances it severalfold - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Poojya Swamiji speaks about the prerequisites, qualifications and traits for seeking the supreme truth. To seek and know the supreme truth is to have a glorious gain in our life. Swamiji speaks of the aspiration for liberation – mumukshutva. Liberation is an inevitable factor for our life in this...
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Deeksha Sadhana - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Swamiji addresses a very pertinent question posed by a devotee about what should be done once they have taken initiation or Deeksha. Firstly, we must feel from the depth of our hearts that we are an initiated disciple. How much Guru bhakti we have, in addition to the value we give to Brahmavidya...
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How to Generate and Preserve Inspiration for Sadhana - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Swamiji speaks about the post Deeksha life in this wonderful talk. Reflecting on his early years, he speaks of his Gurudev, meeting and observing whom brought about a lot of knowledge, enlightenment and inspiration. Dispassion was strong in Swamiji’s mind, and he observed his Gurudev’s day to day...
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The Last Message of Krishna - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Referring to the Mukti Skandha of the Bhagavatam, Swamiji shares the last message of Krishna to Uddhava, a message in which he persuades Uddhava to leave Dwarka and Krishna. Krishna asks Uddhava to drop all his attachments and leave. Sri Rama was also asked to leave for 14 years of forest exile…
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Fondness for the Guru -2 - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Swamiji says that meeting the Guru for the first time and the contact with the Guru, is the most important thing for a seeker of Truth. If one has struck a relationship with the Sadguru, he will be the first and last person to think of his disciple’s welfare. There will be a very natural and...
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The Need for Guru in Spirituality - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Is it necessary to have a Guru? Swamiji answers this commonly asked question very clearly. The Guru explains Brahmavidya to the disciple, gives deeksha which the seeker can practice. That practice will purify his mind and heart and enlighten his intelligence and he will be able to realize the…
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Spiritual Initiation - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
In this short message, Poojya Swamiji speaks about the three kinds of Deeksha (initiation) in Spirituality. He explains śāmbava Deeksha which is the highest of all forms of deekshas in which the Guru creates a kind of a spiritual influence and vibration in the seeker. He conveys a spiritual...
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Significance of Acharyopaasana - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
In this audio, Poojya Swamiji speaks about what Acharyopasana is and how significant it is in the life of a seeker of Truth. Acharya (the teacher) is a vibrant, sentient and articulate God. A seeker has to be in his association with him, absorb and assimilate his teachings. The worship of an...
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Why is a Guru important for a seeker? - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Why should a good seeker have a sadguru? Taking examples from his sadhana life and his relationship with his Guru, Poojya Swamiji tells us how he is unparalleled today only because of that association with the Guru. Swamiji says that to understand jeevanmukti, we need to see a jeevanmukta, else…
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Guru-Sanga and Guru-Bhakti - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
The Guru-Sishya relationship is unique in that it not only bestows spiritual enlightenment on the sishya, but transforms him into another like his Guru. Swamiji delves into his own past, referring to his relationship with his own Guru, to explain what Guru-bhakti is. PR 05 Apr 2016
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The Importance of Guru-bhakti - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Guru-bhakti shines as the topmost quality in a seeker, in the absence of which, all other austerities lose their sheen. That fondness, humility and weddedness to the Guru, this is the only attainment worth having in human life, Poojya Swamiji says. Slokas chanted in the track मनश्चेन लग्नं...
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Guru Bhakti and Sraddha - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Poojya Swamiji reiterates Shankara’s definition of sraddha as the devotion one has towards scriptures and Guru’s words. If we are able to listen to the Guru with full attention, application and wholesomeness, then we are said to have sraddha towards the Guru. Whenever someone says something true,...
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The Importance of Guru Bhakti - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Poojya Swamiji says that while we are in the process of worshipping God, there comes a stage when we feel the impersonal God we worship is not sufficient for our devotional growth and fruition. That is when we look for someone who has experienced God and can show us the path towards our own…
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Fondness for the Guru - 1 - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Poojya Swamiji starts this short talk, explaining the need for a Guru. Explaining the pivotal role of a Guru in the disciple’s spiritual progress, he declares that the progress depends on the degree of fondness the disciple has for the Guru. God is invisible, but what effect God-realization has…
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Bhagavadgeeta – Sattva-Rajas-Tamas & Their Transcendence Ch.14 - 04 | Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha
(From the discourse series titled: Bhagavad Gita – A comprehensive guide for living, given by Nutan Swamiji during the Jamshedpur Retreat in Oct-Nov 2013) Nutan Swamiji begins the discourse revealing Arjuna’s desire-motivated mindset which is in stark contrast to a yoga-oriented mindset. He...
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Bhagavadgeeta – Sattva-Rajas-Tamas & Their Transcendence Ch.14 - 03 | Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha
(From the discourse series titled: Bhagavad Gita – A comprehensive guide for living, given by Nutan Swamiji during the Jamshedpur Retreat in Oct-Nov 2013) The Bhagavad Gita declares that the joy in life is missed because joy does not come from external objects, but from expansion of the mind.…
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Bhagavadgeeta – Sattva-Rajas-Tamas & Their Transcendence Ch.14 - 02 | Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha
(From the discourse series titled: Bhagavad Gita – A comprehensive guide for living, given by Nutan Swamiji during the Jamshedpur Retreat in Oct-Nov 2013) The human being is always running in pursuit of happiness. But this happiness is always sought from the multiplicity of the outside world…
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Bhagavadgeeta – Sattva-Rajas-Tamas & Their Transcendence Ch.14 - 01 | Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha
(From the discourse series titled: Bhagavad Gita – A comprehensive guide for living, given by Nutan Swamiji during the Jamshedpur Retreat in Oct-Nov 2013) Nutan Swamiji reveals why Vyasa deva chose the background of a warfield for the Bhagavad Gita instead of a peaceful setting. This scientific...
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Know the Consciousness II - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Poojya Swamiji emphasizes that in the object hemisphere there are only two factors–matter and energy. The conscious factor is the third and can be traced only in one’s own living body. Consciousness is different from matter and energy. Consciousness constitutes the subject and manifests as the...
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Focus on the Subject - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha elaborates on the simple and comprehensive nature of spirituality. When we get up in the morning, we start interacting with objects. These interactions are because of the interacting subject. Because our focus is on the objects, we miss the subject. Any action rests,...
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You cannot miss the Self - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha speaks about how in meditation one is aware of one’s own mind, thoughts. In this state one is aware of even nothingness. Swamiji exhorts us to know the inmost presence as the sentience, self luminous Source, non divided into concepts of subject and object. Such a…
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You Are What You Seek - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
In this audio, Swamiji says that the one that we refer to ‘I’ is itself what we seek in spirituality. So do we have to seek it? No! It is already there, we are always saying “I am”. There is no time when one is disconnected from the ‘I’, even in the state of unconsciousness. When we know it, the...
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Triputi - The Threefold Distinction of the One Presence - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Mind is capable of producing a variety of emotions, all of which can be enquired into. In Bhagavad Gita, Sri Krishna says that all emotions can be made subject of spiritual enquiry. An enquirer usually starts enquiring into three things–what is this world? Who am I? Who is God? Hindu dharma…
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Philosophy of Experientialism- Avastha-traya - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Our entire life is based on the three different states of mind or consciousness–the wakeful state, sleep and dream state. In the wakeful state, the sensory organs perceive and interact with sensory objects. The whole world is there only when one wakes up. When the mind wakes up, a number of…
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Experiences are in the Mind - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
In this track, Swamiji says that all our experiences are in the level of the mind. Both the body and the world are experienced by the mind. All experiences belong to and are created by the mind. Mind is unlike matter and energy. Being consciousness, sentience, it has got the inscrutable power of...
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Know the Consciousness - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Our body is an aggregate of matter and energy, and it does not have the power and potential to know, think, or decide. Our thinkers realized that rituals, prayers and hymns could not give them the answers they were seeking and therefore they took to contemplation and enquiry with the mind and...
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The Spiritual Dimension - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
In this track, Swamiji speaks about the unimaginable spiritual dimension in us. There is a dimension within us which does not belong to either matter or energy. It belongs to something called Consciousness. Consciousness is that which is capable of being Conscious of itself and of others. The...
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The Majesty of 'I' - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
An exalted subjective worship and prostration is described by Swamiji in this talk. After listening with all sincerity and fidelity to Sage Ashtavakra, King Janaka declares the magnitude, magnificence and potential of the immortal spiritual Presence ‘I’. The body, thoughts, emotions…
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07- Brihadarayanka Upanishad | Yajnavalkya-Maitreyi Dialogue | Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha
In this beautiful talk, Swamiji again recapitulates the concise and rare statements of Yajnavalkya. When the Consciousness or Brahman manifests through the body-mind personality, then we have the awareness. When the body falls, the individual Self gets merged in the Universal…
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06- Brihadarayanka Upanishad | Yajnavalkya-Maitreyi Dialogue | Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha
In this talk, Swamiji continues to discuss the verses where Yajnavalkya is trying to help Maitreyi understand the Supreme Truth with the help of various examples. Swamiji makes us understand the difficult and profound verses and helps us grasp the core message in each of them. Discussing various...
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05- Brihadarayanka Upanishad | Yajnavalkya-Maitreyi Dialogue | Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha
In this talk, Swamiji continues to unravel the loftiest and most beautiful truths exposed by Sage Yajnavalkya to Maitreyi. Swamiji says all problems of our existence arise due to our identity crisis. We feel that we are the limited body-mind personality. This constriction makes us small and...
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04 - Brihadarayanka Upanishad | Yajnavalkya-Maitreyi Dialogue | Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha
Swamiji continues to discuss Brihadaranyaka Upanishad which takes us to a lofty level of understanding. Yajnavalkya through his first message treats Maitreyi’s attachment for him (her husband) and her fear of the impending separation. He says that we love our spouse, children and other worldly...
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03 - Brihadarayanka Upanishad | Yajnavalkya-Maitreyi Dialogue | Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha
In this talk, Swamiji continues with the discussion of the conversation between Sage Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi. Yajnavalkya took a decision to take up a life of renunciation. Before his departure, Maitreyi, being a true seeker, sought the knowledge of the Truth. Observing Matreyi’s dispassion and...
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02 - Brihadarayanka Upanishad | Yajnavalkya-Maitreyi Dialogue | Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha
In this discourse, Swamiji takes up a very significant portion of Brihadaranyaka Upanishad--the conversation between Sage Yajnavalkya and Maitreyi. Swamiji introduces us to the couple who are about to have the most erudite and profound discussion. Yajnavalkya wants to renounce household life and...
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Liberation is understanding the 'I' - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Quoting a verse from Ashtavakra Samhita, Swamiji, establishes us in the knowledge that was imparted to King Janaka by Sage Ashtavakra. A seeker must abide in the changeless, non-differential ‘I’ which is the singular Subject, the Witness, the seer of all. All the external world of objects, sense...
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Realize that you are Taintless - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha, in this talk, reveals the essence of the message of Ashtavakra Samhita. After sage Ashtavakra imparted to him the knowledge of the Soul, King Janaka sincerely grasped and assimilated it. King Janaka, then, started relating his own direct, intuitive experience. He…
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The All-pervading I - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Swamiji says that a seeker must evaluate the role of mind and intelligence in the spiritual pursuit. He quotes a verse from Ashtavakra Samhita, which says: You are the ‘drashta’ (the seer) of all. The seer of the entire infinitude is only one. If you are the seer or witness, how can you have...
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Consciousness is Everything - Good or Bad - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Swamiji details how only by application of the Supreme Transcendental Wisdom of Consciousness, can the mind become flexible, resilient, reconciling and be in perfect harmony with all the conflicts and contradictions that the world presents – be they pure or impure. To elucidate this topic…
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Where exactly does the Universe Shine? - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
In this track, Swamiji speaks about the all-encompassing Consciousness. The whole universe is shining in one’s own consciousness within! Our consciousness doesn’t have a colour, shape or weight. The whole universe is shining within this. We are the untransforming, all-reflecting, blissful...
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World Experiences are Only Mental Imprints - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Spiritual truths are those which are based on one’s inmost being. Our mind is not a part of the body, as it is neither material nor energial. This is the mystery of creation, reveals Poojya Swamiji. The whole world is an illusion, and the Self alone is the reality. Every experience is inner and...
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Prajnanam Brahma - Prabhata Rashmih | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Poojya Swamiji begins this talk by referring to the Upanishadic age wherein our predecessors evolved the knowledge and wisdom of the Upanishads by their thought process. The attention that was on the world gradually turned inward with the realization that it is all revealed by our own mind....
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