This is the 183rd video in the playlist containing the ongoing weekly online Global Satsang series by Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha based on Bhagavad Gita. In this satsang, Poojya Swamiji explains that any seeker has to progressively grow from the Atma stithi, (remaining absorbed in Self) to Brahmi stithi, where everything appears as the same omnipresent spirit.
Dispassion and Guru-Bhakti to Strengthen Your Pursuit
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
What Constitutes Spiritual Wisdom
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
The theme of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam is clearly set forth right at the beginning of the text; it is jñāna, knowledge. True, everything is given a devotional touch. But what Śrīmad Bhāgavatam proposes to bring about is spiritual wisdom and wisdom alone.
Read MoreDoes not viveka, therefore, demand that between the short-living and everlasting goals, the discreet mind should choose the everlasting, not the short-living? Is not then one courting inferiority, downfall, if he refuses to accept buddhi-yoga and prefers to stick to the elusive path of desire-based ritualistic and secular actions?
Read MoreTrue seeker should be given to self-restraint, self-regulation and self-harmony. Mind should be under the sovereign, sublime guidance of intelligence. Intelligence should relentlessly reflect upon the blissful Self. This kind of inner attunement and steadfastness in it, makes one verily an Ātmavān.
Read MoreFostering equality and impartiality towards sukha and duhkha alike is the only option for the wise, to live in this world and move forward steadily and gloriously. Every time you do so, you become more and more spiritual, sublime and expansive. The practice is in the mind, guided by intelligence. But, the benefits are to one’s life as a whole.
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