Bhoomananda Foundation

Quoting a verse from Adi Shankaracharya’s Vivekachudamani, Poojya Swamiji speaks about the interactive life of a Self-Realized person. His will be a public life, he would meet and interact with many people, places and situations. In all his interactions, he neither gets attached to anything nor does he get detached from anything. He is established in the middle position. Swamiji exhorts listerners...

What is Sanatana Dharma? What is its meaning and purpose? Poojya Swamiji in his usual rational and eloquent manner explains the much-debated subject. Swamiji elucidates that Sanatana Dharma is an eternal power of sustenance, understanding and pursuing which, anyone can derive the necessary poise, freedom, welfare and strength to face any situation in life and realize one’s eternal nature.

It is foolishness to think that any object can create joy. Is joy not an inner creation of the mind alone? If we churn our mind with this knowledge, then undue elation and undue depression will both fled, and the contentment we seek, becomes ours. Slokas chanted in the track: मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः । आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक्षस्व भारत ।। (Bhagavad Gita 2.14) इन्द्रियस्येन...

Ma narrates an incident where an old wandering sannyasin arrived at the Ashram, his conversation with Poojya Swamiji and the thought-provoking advice he gave to all present there.

Generally, our lives are influenced and driven by various desires, like desires for wealth, luxury, partner, power etc. But are desires really necessary to become happy? In this short talk, Poojya Swamiji impresses upon us the myth of desire.

Nutan Swamiji reveals to us the secret to achieving maximum efficiency of performance, fulfilment and joy in whatever we do in our life.

How to decide which spiritual path one should follow in their life? Is there a fitness criterion? Nutan Swamiji answers this question in a ludic manner in this talk.

Ma narrates a sweet conversation between Yashoda and Krishna, wherein the little boy asks the mother for milk. Krishna as always enchants us with his playful act and fills our heart with joy. The sloka is from the text " Srikrishnakarnamrutam "

In this talk, Poojya Swamiji tells us about a seeker’s growth in life. The seeker must look for an inner felicity growth, and such a growth happens in the mind and the intelligence. Of the many virtues that elevate a seeker on the way are love, sympathy and sacrifice. What is the final point of such a growth? Swamiji explains it is a total purity in the being, and a supreme peace and quietude. Slo...

In this audio, Swamiji explains how to practice the Sadhana of attaining peace, joy and fulfilment. This sadhana of enriching the mind and intelligence will make the mind better and the intelligence sharper and more subtle. With qualitative thinking and introspection, the inner personality gets transformed and the whole life becomes peaceful, joyous and fulfilled.

In this short message, Swamiji asks the listeners to do all activities joyfully. When one has this attitude towards work, one will go closer to the Ultimate knowledge. The activities maybe in the domestic, professional or the social field but one must make all activities spiritual and divine. The formula is to drop all aspirations, desires, ideals and values and focus on doing all activities joyfu...

Desires are the the blocks in the path of liberation. By desiring, the mind is constricted and the constricted mind will never deliver the peace we want. Absence of desires is liberation itself. Slokas chanted in the track बद्धो हि वासनाबद्धो मोक्षः स्यात् वासनाक्षयः । (Yoga-vasistha Ramayana 4.57.19) ज्ञाते वस्तुन्यपि बलवती वासनाऽनादिरेषा कर्ता भोक्ताप्यहमिति दृढा याऽस्य संसारहेतुः । (Vivekachuda...

Poojya Swamiji gives the listener a fresh insight into the subject of liberation. When one is free, light and unaffected, it is liberation. Liberation does not mean that one has to get liberated. Liberation is in feeling that the ‘I’ in me has been ever-liberated. One has to feel one’s own liberated nature. It is not to attain any particular state but to know what is already there. Quoting a verse...