This is the 5th discourse delivered by Poojya Swamiji during the 2024 Guru Poornima Retreat. In this talk, Swamiji continues with the Bhagavad Gita exposition and discusses some revolutionary, independent, revealing verses, where there is no reference to Self or God.
ആത്മീയ വളർച്ചയിൽ ആശ്രമങ്ങളുടെ പ്രാധാന്യം | Importance of Ashrams in Spiritual Growth
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Renunciation is of the Mind
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Renunciation is Renouncing the Mind
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Renunciation is of the Mind
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Renunciation of Desires is moksha
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
Renunciation is of the Mind
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha
So, sannyaasaashrama is a phase of life which one can take up, if necessary, early from Brahmacharya itself, and pursue the ideal of supreme spiritual Wisdom, which alone results in ego-effacement or ‘Sannyaasa’.
Read MoreThe renunciation Krishna enjoins is not at all gross or external. It is only in the mind and intelligence, effected by themselves. Consider all activities as offering to the Teacher. Once all actions stand offered to the Teacher, what can survive to cause ownership or possessiveness? Through renunciation or offering, the whole actions get away from the actor, the one who does them.
Read MoreThroughout the day, during satsangs, Maharaj Ji, through his words, interactions and bhāva, was distributing as ‘prasāda’ manifest lessons of love, humility, renunciation and equal-vision. It was for us seekers to pick up these treasures and enrich ourselves.
Read MoreThis colour also represents earth. Earlier, Sannyasins used to dye their cloth with a special ochre coloured earth called ‘Geri-mitti’.
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