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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    12 | On Bhagavad Gita | A beautiful formula to be a master of the world

    Fostering 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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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    12 | On Bhagavad Gita | A beautiful formula to be a master of the world

    Fostering 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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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    11 | On Bhagavad Gita | Spirituality is not disconnected to life

    True spiritual wisdom as well as the instructions on its basis, is not detached from the facts and truths of our life and its purpose. Spirituality as a science and direct experience is in full harmony with one’s life and seeking, to fulfil his ultimate needs and compulsions.

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    10 | On Bhagavad Gita | Knowledge of Self dissolves all grief

    In the body of all, the indwelling ‘I’, the Self, is always unkillable. Know that all beings have equally the same single Self, which cannot be acted upon by anything whatever. Therefore, you do not deserve to grieve at all, thinking of death and what death brings about.

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    9 | On Bhagavad Gita | Self is unaffected and transcendental

    The Self cannot be reached by mental or intellectual deliberations. As it is indistinct to the senses, it is equally so to the mind and...

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    8 | On Bhagavad Gita | Body to the Soul is like dress to the body

    Soul is all-pervading, hence present in all bodies. By dropping a body, it does not become bodyless. As is the air present in all bodies, so is the presence of ‘I’, the Self, the Soul, in all bodies.

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    7 | On Bhagavad Gita | Exploring the Magnificence of Inner Presence

    Poojya Swamiji exhorts us to employ our intelligence and realize the truth, no matter where we are and what we are out to do! Inner knowledge pursuit is not deterred by any external activity. all-pervading.

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    6 | On Bhagavad Gita | Discovery of inner eternal presence resolves all conflicts

    Swamiji explains that the discovery of inner eternal Presence takes away all sense of conflict and contradiction from the mind and makes one harmonious, even-minded and poised.

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    5 | On Bhagavad Gita | How to remain unaffected amidst joys and sorrows

    In this letter, Poojya Swamiji discusses the art of attaining a deep note of harmony amidst sukha-duhkhas, while tossed around by interactions of all kinds.

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    4 | On Bhagavad Gita | Bhagavad Gita, the Universal Message

    Immortality, moksha, is the goal of human life, especially of a seeker. For, he always aims at freedom (moksha). What is freedom? It is certainly not the physical freedom from anything. The freedom or moksha the seeker aims at is ‘inner’. It is freedom from the shackles our mind and intelligence seemingly impose.

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    3 | On Bhagavad Gita | With Equanimity float in the Sukha-duhkha world

    All the interactions senses have with the world objects do bring about only the sukha-duhkha dvandvas, nothing more or different. When you are able to meet and dissolve the sukha-duhkhas, you can deal with the world as a whole, in full. Is this not a clear, inner victory over the world?

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Bhagavad Gita to overcome overwhelming emotions

    Nourishment for intelligence is Knowledge, for mind is emotions. So, you must develop good emotions – love, sympathy, sacrifice – for the mind, and elevate your intelligence with greater and greater Knowledge.

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    2 | On Bhagavad Gita | Truthful Introspection – The source of strength in any situation

    The Dharmakshetra aggravated Duryodhana’s wickedness and made him behave condescendingly to his elders while Arjuna, though gravely aggrieved, was led to a deep spiritual enquiry which crowned him with supreme inner enlightenment.

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    1 | On Bhagavad Gita | The backdrop of an eternal warfield dialogue

    Bhagavad Gita presents the most puzzling interactional human life, enlightening and enriching you with the knowledge, skills and merits to face and overcome interactional challenges, unhurt and unaffected.

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    A Prelude to ‘On Bhagavad Gita’ Series

    This is a message from Poojya Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha to devotees at the start of the 'On Bhagavad Gita' monthly letter series , in which he will be discussing the great ‘Administrative Treasure Trove’ Bhagavad Gita.

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    Ma Gurupriya

    Equanimity – The Key to Yoga

    For the worldly-minded, siddhi and asiddhi relate to worldly efforts. For the seeker, these relate to his sadhana. Equanimity applies to both alike. So, be indifferent or harmonious, and carry on.

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Mind, meditation and the goal

    It is only to inculcate purity that all the religious and spiritual practices and disciplines have been evolved. Through all these practices, once purity is attained, meditational absorption will become easy and spontaneous.

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    Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha

    Qualities in Bhagavad Gita

    All these qualities basically represent a Knower, call him/her sthita-dhee or bhakta or Jnānee or Gunāteeta.

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Influence of Gunas–Are we helpless?

    Everything is the effect of guṇas. Work, cessation, dream, sleep, wakefulness — all. But within these, the guṇas alone make you think, enquire, seek etc. See all as guṇas and flow with them. Do when you feel like doing. Stop and leave when you feel so. Be natural.

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Fulfillment

    Fulfillment will be had when the mind is properly treated to become pure and the hindrances to fulfillment are removed. And, when the mind is properly developed to have fulfillment, will it need any of these external objects, situations or possessions?

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    Swami Nirviseshananda Tirtha

    Vairāgya

    Vairāgya makes our mind free of possessiveness and selfishness. It liberates us from the fear of losing what we like and facing what we dislike, from preferential clinging and prejudicial intolerance.

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    Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha

    Post-Meditative Sadhana

    For Jnana, meditation is a necessary step. But, for getting the Knowledge established, to become a Jnanin, the seeker has to outlive meditation and practise a continuous and wholesome sadhana.

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