This is the 202nd video in the playlist containing the ongoing weekly online Global Satsang series by Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha based on Bhagavad Gita. Discussing the concluding verse (5.29) of the fifth chapter of Bhagavad Gita, Swamiji speaks about the instructions of Sri Krishna, given from the transcendental position of the universal consciousness.
How to Handle Interactions
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Renunciation is of the Mind
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
The Quality of Avoiding Desires
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Renunciation of Desires is moksha
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Interactional Sadhana is an extension of Absorptional Sadhana - 4
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Sadhana through Interactions is as effective as Meditation
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Passion can never be fulfilled. It is like blazing fire. By feeding it, it will only blaze forth with increased vigour. On this ground it is insatiable. This factor is what makes the display of desire and passion problematic, sometimes a huge monster. Nonetheless, seekers cannot refrain from dealing with passion effectively. What should then be done becomes a challenge for the seeker.
Read MoreUnderstand that for Self-experience or for Self- realization to take place, the mind should be pure. It should be rid of stinginess, small-mindedness and desires. You must be liberal and generous in heart.
Read MoreAcceptance 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.
Read MoreIt is wrong to think that we cannot work without desires. Desire need not be a motivating force at all if one learns to live naturally. Does the earth need any desire to go around the sun? Do the trees grow and blossom motivated by any desire? In fact, desires hinder our natural efficiency and perfection.
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