Self Effort to Elevate Yourself

Swami Bhoomananda Tirth commences this talk with the famous verse from Bhagavad Gita Chapter 6, where Sri Krishna inspires us to raise ourselves by our own mind and not to be a victim of mental traits that weaken us. Swamiji quotes several other scriptures and exhorts us to yearn to change ourselves, eliminate bad habits however deep rooted they may be, yearn for correction, and yearn for improvement.

The best spiritual exercise is to be aware of one’s own inherent traits, eliminate the bad traits and concurrently keep increasing the good traits by self effort, guided by the Scriptures and the Guru. One should be patiently elevating oneself by self effort, which is what Spirituality asks us to focus on. Building this Knowledge is the greatest wealth for transforming the inner personality and changing deep rooted habits.

Shlokas chanted in the Track:
उद्धरेदात्मनात्मानं नात्मानमवसादयेत् ।
आत्मैव ह्यात्मनो बन्धुरात्मैव रिपुरात्मनः ।। ६.५ ।। विद्या नाम नरस्य रूपमधिकं प्रच्छन्नगुप्तं धनम्
विद्या भोगकरी यशः सुखकरी विद्या गुरूणां गुरुः ।
विद्या बन्धुजनो विदेशगमने विद्या परं दैवतम्
विद्या राजसु पूज्यते न हि धनं विद्याविहीनः पशुः ॥
Subhashitam
मत्कर्मकृन्मत्परमो मद्भक्तः सङ्गवर्जितः ।
निर्वैरः सर्वभूतेषु यः स मामेति पाण्डव ।।
Bhagavad Gita 11.55 अद्वेष्टा सर्वभूतानां…

(Bhagavad Gita 12.13)

PR 27 Jan 2016