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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 total surrender and humility. In the Guru Parampara tradition, the Knowledge is wholesomely transmitted by...

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 and holy and the seeker must make sincere efforts to preserve it. Spiritual Sadhana consists of three im...

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 humble and proper manner. Raising questions is an important part in the dialogue. From the questions and en...

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 seeker wants to know his defects and improve, the only way is to live with the Guru. Guru bhakti and Gu...

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 able to develop an unflinching reliance, fondness and restfulness on such a teacher. If this takes place,...

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 Scriptures, gives the directions to the shishyas, not as mere academic knowledge, but as an experiential t...

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 personalized touch, as practiced in the North, considering the Guru as a Living God and serving Him lik...

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 for the Guru to expose the Truth, with no restrictions, if the students have restraints, rigidities and...

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 fulfillment. Despite several challenges, criticisms and adversities, he being in total harmony with the Etern...

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 world. If we want to live freely, comfortably, ready to assimilate any worldly impacts as well as read...

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 Deeksha and pursuit, will determine the quality of our spiritual life. Nothing should be a hindrance to...

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 mannerisms and behavior intently. Swamiji was initiated by his Guru and took to sadhana with the fulln...

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 by Kaikeyi. But Uddhava was not ready, whereas Rama went immediately. Our mind can take the necessary de...

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 irresistible thought and concern in the mind of the Guru for his shishya. When a seeker goes to the Guru, h...

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 truth in his own heart. A seeker of Truth may have a goal in mind but he is, usually, not clear about the...

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 influence to the seeker by means of three processes–through sight, touch and words. Through his words, he wi...

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 Acharya (Acharyopasana) is in the form of seeking, knowing, interacting with and serving the Guru. In this...

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 how will we understand it? Without such association, whatever we learn remains theory, or at least there...

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

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 गुरोरङ्घ्रिपद्मे । ततः किं ततः किं ततः किं ततः किं ॥ (Guru Ashtakam by Adi Sankaracharya) PR 12 May 2016

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, Poojya Swamiji says if we have full devotion towards what he says, then his instruction will get absor...

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 direct experience. That person is the Guru. What is Guru Bhakti? Swamiji elaborates that regarding the Guru...

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 on a person, can be seen by interacting with the Guru. PR 04 Mar 2016

(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 explains how to do through karma i.e. doing work to express joy and not to get joy. Such an attitude require...

(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. That joy is missed because of the infinite desires that we nurture within us. Nutan Swamiji guides us that...