swamibhoomanandatirtha

[swamibhoomanandatirtha]

Pleasant and unpleasant experiences will necessarily take place whenever there is a contact between the senses and the objects. This is the law of nature. Hence, do you have to specially try for sukha? Will not interactions automatically produce sukha and duḥkha? This being the case, can you avoid duḥkha?

Then, what should you do? Nothing! You do not have to court sukha or eschew duḥkha. Simply forbear them, understanding that interactions will produce them and they both will come and go. They are transitory - āgamāpāyinaḥ. Remain stable and firm in your own within.

Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

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[swamibhoomanandatirtha]

Spiritual wisdom has the sole aim of focusing the seeker’s attention on the spiritual Presence within, in place of the gross, physical world around. The distinction between the seeing Subject and the seen object is that the Subject is subtle, spiritual and inner, whereas the object is gross, physical and outer. How to dissuade the mind from the objects around and to bring it to the Subject within – the very source of all objects, nay the entire world? Philosophical thoughts and reasoning have the intrinsic power to reveal how the Subject, the Spirit, is not only superior to the gross, physical world around, but also sovereign in every way.

Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

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[swamibhoomanandatirtha]

Self-realization is realization of the very Self. The Self is not a second or another product; it is yourself. You remain yourself throughout, whether you sleep, dream or wake up. Whether you are miserable or peaceful, joyous or dejected, you remain yourself. It is realization of this Self, which constantly is there, that you should aim at. It is not that the seeker produces a Self and then realizes it.

Your body produces heat. Just as you say, “I feel heat; I am hot”, you must be able to say, “I feel the Self, I am the Self”. The power or presence within you that causes radiation of heat from your body and also that from which spring forth knowledge and doubt, thoughts and emotions – that power or that presence is the Consciousness, the Self. It is to be felt.

Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

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[swamibhoomanandatirtha]

The word vāsanā generally means latent desire. Desire in any form. Expectations, ego, possessiveness — all these are forms of desire. Even the desire for mokṣa is a desire! Any expectation, any desire, any kind of an ego, any note of possessiveness — all are results of vāsanā. When the mind is freed of vāsanās, that mind becomes absolutely free.

A vāsanā-free mind, is a free mind. It is a pure mind. So the purity we are talking about is not a one-faceted development. Purity means, the mind becomes vāsanā-mukta, expectation-mukta, ego-mukta, possessiveness-mukta and also mukta from any other traits. The purity of the mind itself is Self-realization! Purity represents, manifests and reveals Self-realization.

Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

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[swamibhoomanandatirtha]

Acceptance of the world is acceptance of plurality. Acceptance of plurality means being influenced by it. And to be influenced by dvandvas (pairs of opposites) means to be afflicted by desires, ego and possessiveness. These notes alone and nothing but these very notes of your own mind are the source of your afflictions. Their disappearance contributes to spirituality. When these notes begin to fall one by one, the worldliness dissolves and godliness shines forth.

Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

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[swamibhoomanandatirtha]

Spirituality implies making the mind, which is given to interactions with the objects of the world, interact with the Subject Soul, which is boundless, infinite and far greater than the outer world. As much you think of the Soul, so much more the effect will be on your mind. The Subject is what makes the object. It is greater than all the objects. Mind is but an expression of It, the Soul. Understand this and make the mind better, greater, deeper and loftier. Enriching the mind is the only message of spiritual wisdom.

Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

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[swamibhoomanandatirtha]

By chanting the holy name, everything around becomes divine. Nothing seems non-divine any more. The mind, which was scorched by worldliness, becomes calm and cool by the singing of His name. As the cooling radiation from the moon makes the pure white lotus blossom and reflect the cooling rays all around, singing Lord’s name makes the inner lotus bloom and radiate purity and auspiciousness all around.

Swamini Ma Gurupriya

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[swamibhoomanandatirtha]

When the Lord’s name is repeated with a lot of fondness and love, to the exclusion of all other worldly allurements and enjoyments, one is able to feel the presence of the Universal Lord in one’s own heart. As one sings, the mind and heart become full, eyes get filled with tears of joy and the voice gets choked with loving emotions. One feels completely secure and fearless, as if one is on the mother’s lap. Nāma-saṅkīrtana (chanting the holy name) of the Supreme Lord cleanses the mirror of the mind. In a clean and polished mirror alone, we can see our face clearly. In a similar manner, for God to be revealed in one’s own within, the mind must be free of all impurities. When we chant God’s name fondly, relying on Him completely, His presence is felt within the heart. With the Lord’s presence in the heart, all evil thoughts die down. The more we chant His name, deeper becomes the love for Him. As love for God deepens, attraction for worldliness recedes naturally. Swamini Ma Gurupriya Click here to listen to the audio 'Develop Fondness for God': https://www.bhoomananda.org/audios/develop-fondness-for-god/

[swamibhoomanandatirtha]

While carrying on with the worldly activities, fulfilling one’s duties and responsibilities, with every coveted possession that man acquires, he also gathers the burden of discontent and non-fulfillment. The mind becomes scorched with affliction, tormented by lack of hope and confidence.

Every human being seeks unbroken peace and bliss. In order to have everlasting peace and happiness, one must withdraw the mind from the distracting worldly objects and focus it at the holy lotus feet of the Supreme Universal Lord. That is why when we go to temples, or we worship the Lord in our own pooja-room chanting and singing His name, we feel relaxed and relieved, as if all burden has been removed. As much we sing His holy name, so much our love for Him increases. Proportionately, the mind also withdraws from worldliness.

Swamini Ma Gurupriya

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[swamibhoomanandatirtha]

Spiritual pursuit is a call to every human mind, whichever or wherever it is. So, heed it. Arjuna heeded it at the intensity of the plight. You need not wait for a Kurukshetra battlefield or a similar calamity. Rather, you should not wait for such a plight or a confrontation. Be wise and be prepared in advance.

My dear souls, right now you can imbibe the spirit and the knowledge. And the sublimity and enrichment can be your possession from this moment onwards. Don’t deny your mind and intelligence their rightful growth and evolution.

Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

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[swamibhoomanandatirtha]

Your body rests on the earth. Neither the earth nor the air, water, sun, moon or other life-sources, have any sense of ownership. From where do all your actions originate? Where do they proceed? Whatever power or presence has brought the earth on which we live, and is preserving it, to that source alone are all your activities and movements directed, like rivers to the sea. Abide in this fact, nay knowledge, and be rid of all ego, anxiety and agitation.

Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

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[swamibhoomanandatirtha]

The truth is that nothing belongs to anyone at all. The whole of the creation is Creator’s alone. Even your body is not yours. It is born of an endless chain of births and deaths. And it survives on air, water, sunlight, heat and their products, none of which belongs to anyone. This realization coupled with extinction of possessiveness will lead you to immortality. It is indeed the ultimate spiritual attainment.

Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

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[swamibhoomanandatirtha]

You know that perception always proceeds from the perceiver. Whatever may be the object-dimension of the universe, when an individual begins to see it, it simply becomes the perception of the individual. And in that perception you can bring about such a great revolution that ‘everything and all’ will become equal to or alike the Self.

Whether you experience something inside or outside, it should constitute the worship of the all-enfolding Presence. Perceptions, when instrumented by senses, indicate external objects. When effected by mind and intelligence, they are referred to as internal objects. The two do not make any difference, when it comes to the question of worshipping the Supreme all-enfolding Presence.

Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

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[swamibhoomanandatirtha]

A devotee wants to think of God unbrokenly; wants to remember God with all fondness without fail, but he is not able to. His thoughts and worries regarding his house, family, property, profession as well as his own body engage and overpower his mind so much that he forgets God most of the time.

However, when devotion for the Lord in the devotee’s mind becomes intense and deep, when his yearning for the Lord’s association ripens and maturates, he no more waits for specific moments of worship. He is not satisfied by such occasional time-bound worship. Naturally and spontaneously his whole life turns into a worship. He sees divinity in everything around. He worships Lord not through particular devotional actions, but through all actions that he performs.""

Swamini Ma Gurupriya

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[swamibhoomanandatirtha]

When you see an object through the eyes, are the eyes seeing or do the eyes merely help in seeing? Where is this experience of seeing taking place? Where are the experiences stored? The interactions and perceptions proceed from the mind, they subsist on the mind, and they finally terminate in the mind. So where is the focus and fulcrum of your life? Is it not your mind? Are you conscious of this? Are you aware of it?

Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

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[swamibhoomanandatirtha]

Recognize the Supreme Reality as the one string passing through all objective manifestations – mighty as well as minute. The Supreme alone shines through the visible existence. The sensory perceptions are all a display of the Supreme.

This recognition should encompass all your thoughts, attitudes and aims, reigning as a splendid note of spiritual attunement and devotional surrender to the Supreme.

Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

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[swamibhoomanandatirtha]

When will your mind be sufficiently infused with the majesty of the Cause as different from the non-majesty of the effect? One thinker and one thinking-substance producing a number of thoughts! What do you think of the might of the thinker? With this knowledge, can your mind overwhelm bodily identity and subsequent attachments? Can your intelligence along with its findings, overwhelm all other so-called facts that are perceived, along with their influence? Can your ‘ego’ become subtle, glorious and elevated? Now, the question is how soon can you do it! And how well will you find stability in your realization!

Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

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