Resources

Gurupoornima Retreat Sessions by Poojya Swamiji on Vivekachoodamani

In this session, explaining Vivekachudamani, Swamiji emphasizes that the Consciousness, Sentience, is very subtle. It cannot be grasped by the gross sense organs. It can be known only when the mind becomes quiet and calm and the intelligence becomes pure and subtle. It can be known when the mind is free of all thoughts, or any movement in the state of Samadhi.

Samadhi is possible only for those who have a high measure of dispassion. Only when grounded in dispassion, spiritual comprehension becomes stable, wholesome, and unshakeable. An aspirant of liberation must be endowed with the qualities of dispassion and discrimination to take him to the subtle dimensions of the Self.

Consciousness is all-pervading. Everything in creation is a manifestation and display of the Consciousness. When one realizes his own real identity, he is liberated and all his actions and interactions express his inner dimension. He has an equal vision and accepts all situations with poise and calmness. He may be adored and respected by noble people or he may be ridiculed by evil people, but he maintains an even vision.

Moving and interacting in the world, the knower will lend himself to various kinds of interactions. But he does not get subdued by anything. Possessed with the Knowledge of the Self, he is able to assimilate all interactional impacts. All objective impacts entering his mind become dissolved, not creating any agitation, conflict, or torment in him.

Shlokas chanted in the Session:
5:17 - अतीव सूक्ष्मं परमात्मतत्त्वं न स्थूलदृष्ट्या…Vivekachudamani 360
27:18 - निर्विकल्पकसमाधिना स्फुटं ब्रह्मतत्त्वमवगम्यते…Vivekachudamani 365
37:29 - वैराग्यबोधौ पुरुषस्य पक्षिवत् पक्षौ…Vivekachudamani 374
42:04 - युक्ताहारविहारस्य युक्तचेष्टस्य कर्मसु…Bhagavad Gita 6.17
45:31 - अत्यन्तवैराग्यवतः समाधिः समाहितस्यैव…Vivekachudamani 375
1:01:19 - अन्तः स्वयं चापि बहिः स्वयं च स्वयं…Vivekachudamani 389
1:12:10 - सर्वभूतस्थमात्मानं सर्वभूतानि… Bhagavad Gita 6.29
1:15:35 - साधुभिः पूज्यमानेऽस्मिन् पीड्यमानेऽपि दुर्जनैः…Vivekachudamani 440
1:24:21 - यत्र प्रविष्टा विषयाः परेरिता नदीप्रवाहा…Vivekachudamani 441

Website: www.bhoomananda.org/
Email: services@bhoomananda.org
Facebook: www.facebook.com/narayanashrama.tapovanam/
Pinterest: in.pinterest.com/bhoomanandafoundation/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/bhoomanandafoundation/
Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/swamibhoomanandatirtha
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/bhoomananda-foundation/recent-activity/all/
Publications: vedanticwisdom.com/shop/ (Email: bookstore@vedanticwisdom.com)
Whatsapp: +91 8547960362
Subscribe to our newsletter: www.bhoomananda.org/#freeeservices-form

About us:
Narayanashrama Tapovanam, an Ashram located in Thrissur, Kerala, embodies the unique tradition of Guru-shishya Parampara, disseminating Brahmavidya (Science of Self-knowledge) through regular classes, satsangs, and above all, through learning in the association of a realized spiritual master.