Bhoomananda Foundation

This is a discourse series given by Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha during the Gurupoornima Retreat at Narayanashrama Tapovanam, in Kerala. As the name suggests, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is a voluminous text. It is a treatise on Self knowledge and it covers all aspects of human life. Chanting the shanti Mantra of the Upanishad, (ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते।पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवा...

Swamiji begins the talk by sharing about a health situation in his disciple’s life after his wife’s demise. The disciple survived a few serious health situations and turned to Swamiji to accept him as a sannyasi. Swamiji advised him to be a Sadhu and continue to live an austere life. Reciting and explaining a verse from Vivekachudamani, Swamiji says that we are the unbroken, indivisible Consciousn...

In this track, Swamiji discusses the notion of “I” as the all-pervading Presence. The body, composed of Panchabhutas, is animated by consciousness, expressed through the mind and intelligence. By meditating and dissolving mental activity, one can experience the presence of the Consciousness pervading the body. This is a direct experience. The ultimate realization is that this presence permeates ev...

In this Talk, Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha describes meditation as the Summon Bonum of all disciplines leading to the Ultimate Goal of Self Realization / Moksha. He urges all seekers to lovingly, sincerely, and committedly practice meditation for purifying the mind and sharpening the intelligence to embark in the path of discovering the Indwelling Presence. Meditation alone can improve the mind, makin...

“Do not magnify anything in life’, Swamiji says. Whether something good or bad happens, they both constitute life. This assimilation is what is enrichment of the mind. Let everything take its own natural course, and we remain unruffled. मुनि: प्रसन्नगम्भीरो दुर्विगाह्यो दुरत्यय: । muniḥ prasanna-gambhīro durvigāhyo duratyayaḥ Srimad Bhagavatam 11.8.5 विद्या नाम नरस्य रूपमधिकं प्रच्छन्नगुप्तं धनम्...

In this message, Swamiji emphatically states that the Self alone is. If at all anything else is, it is an expression, display and manifestation of the self. A seeker has to identify with the Self, become the Self and have the resultant bliss, contentment and fulfillment. Once he has attained this state, he should ensure that his mind and intelligence never slip or fall from the Truth. When a perso...

This is the sixth in a set of six talks on 'Sadhana Chatushtaya', based on Vivekachoodamani, during the Sadhana Shibiram Jamshedpur held on 13 October 2023. In the concluding talk of this series, Swamiji says that a seeker must develop a sky-like, expansive, and elevated dimension. He must avoid repenting about past actions, and avoid imagining the future. Not being self-centered, he must...

This is the fifth in a set of six talks on 'Sadhana Chatushtaya', based on Vivekachoodamani, during the Sadhana Shibiram Jamshedpur held on 13 October 2023. In this Satsang, Swamiji continues to discuss the Sadhana Chatushtayam—the four-fold pursuit of a spiritual seeker. In this series of talks, Swamiji discusses the four-fold pursuit of a seeker (Sadhana Chatushtaya)--Viveka (Discriminat...

This is the fourth in a set of three talks on 'Sadhana Chatushtaya', based on Vivekachoodamani, during the Sadhana Shibiram Jamshedpur held on 11 October 2023. In this Satsang, Swamiji continues to discuss the Sadhana Chatushtayam—the four-fold pursuit of a spiritual seeker. Titiksha is accepting all situations in life, without complaint or lamentation. When the mind refuses to accept a si...

This is the third in a set of four talks on 'Sadhana Chatushtaya', based on Vivekachoodamani, during the Sadhana Shibiram Jamshedpur held on 10 October 2023. In this Satsang, Swamiji elaborates on the four-fold qualities for Spiritual Pursuit-Viveka (Discrimination between the real and unreal), Vairagya (Impersonality and impartiality), Shat-Sampattih (Six-fold inner treasures or virtues) and Mumu...

Swamiji exhorts seekers to understand their own inner domain–namely the mind, intelligence and the Consciousness. A seeker has to understand the infinite potential of his own inner personality. The mind, intelligence and ego are nothing but functional notes of the Consciousness. Swamiji says that one may have infinite number of possessions, but nothing will make any addition to one’s own personali...

This is the second in a set of four talks on 'Sadhana Chatushtaya', based on Vivekachudamani, during the Sadhana Shibiram Jamshedpur held on 09 October 2023. In this Satsang, Swamiji explains the Sadhana Chatushtaya (the four-fold pursuit of the spiritual seeker.) When the seeker has Viveka, the quality of Vairagya also starts growing in him. A human being is governed by two forces acting on his p...

This is the first in a set of four talks on 'Sadhana Chatushtaya', based on Vivekachudamani, during the Sadhana Shibiram Jamshedpur held on 08 October 2023. In this Satsang, Swamiji discusses the Sadhana Chatushtaya—the four-fold pursuit of a seeker of Truth. They are Viveka (Discrimination), Vairagya (Impersonality), Sama damaadi Shatka Sampattih (the six-fold inner treasures) and Mumuksha (yearn...

In her own unique style, Ma teaches us that we should approach all our activities joyfully, for the pleasure of the Supreme Lord. When we cultivate this feeling of surrender to the Supreme, we are assured of security, protection, and hope while living and interacting in this world. We feel as secure as a child in a mother's lap.

Drawing from her own personal life experiences, Ma shares the secret to effectively handling unwanted and tormenting thoughts. A must-listen!

In this talk, Ma tells the listeners about a daily sublime routine in the Ashram—Prabhata Rashmih (short messages by Poojya Swamiji). During the quiet and meditative hours of the morning, Poojya Swamiji imparts these messages based on Sadhana. They cover a wide gamut of subjects, like Supreme knowledge, the spiritual pursuit, virtues, introspection etc. This practice of Swamiji giving spiritual gu...

Swamiji delves deep into the process of thinking or mentation. There is a presence within us which makes us aware of the body, mind, senses, everything. It animates and activates our body. This presence is the very source of the thought process. But we miss it because we do not enquire about it. Swamiji exhorts seekers to understand and realize this thinking substance. Through a process of deep an...

In this short message, Swamiji discusses the auspicious monosyllable ‘OM’. It is a combination of three syllables- ‘A’, ‘U’ and ‘M’. These three syllables put together represent the entire gamut of knowledge articulated by our mouth. It is the symbol of the Supreme Reality called Brahman or Ātma. A human has three states of awareness-Wakefulness, sleep and dream. In all the three states, the ‘I’ i...

What is sentience? In this track, Swamiji speaks about sentience or Consciousness which animates and activates our body. Because of the Consciousness, the entire magic of creation happens. Mind has got a capacity to generate pleasantness and unpleasantness, sympathy, hatred, jealousy, intolerance, competition etc. Though the mind produces and makes us experience all this, it does not itself become...

In this talk, Swamiji speaks about the nature of Brahmavidya and the hallowed lineage from the Vedic period that preserved it, nurtured it, and spread it across the country. What do the Vedas pronounce about it? They give the gist in the form of the 4 Mahavakyas. The Brahmavidya is a knowledge path, to be walked upon with the help of the intelligence. Swamiji mentions the disciplines that aid us o...

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...

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 ।...

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 सुसूक्ष्...

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 स...

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...