Science of Inner Redemption: Based on Nirvana Prakarana of Yoga-Vasistha Ramayana (Volume 1)
Book Specification
Item Code: | NAK603 |
Author: | Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha |
Publisher: | Narayanashrama Tapovanam, Kerala |
Language: | Sanskrit Text With English Translation |
Edition: | 2014 |
ISBN: | 9789380695402 |
Pages: | 224 |
Cover: | Hardcover |
Other Details | 9.0 inch x 6.0 inch |
Weight | 260 gm |
Book Description
About the Book
In this book, Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha in his irrefutable style declares that in the whole Universe, Consciousness alone is, and that Consciousness is verily our real nature. Shedding light on the path of actualizing It, he exhorts us to abide in It, attuning our mind to It always. The Knowledge and subsequent realization of this Supreme Reality, sublimates our mind, illumines our intelligence and adorns our personality with peace harmony and fulfilment.
With dexterity, Poojya Swamiji lifts us to that lofty state of supreme delight, where we can remain unaffected by the torments of worldly turmoils. Needless to say, the message is greatly relevant to one and all.
About the Author
Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha, a knower of Supreme Truth, has guided numerous seekers to the invaluable goal of self-realization transforming their life into one of joy and contentment.
Swamiji’s interpretation of Bhagavadgita Srimad Bhagavatam Upanishads and other spiritual texts, coming from his experiential depth and mastery of Self-realization, inspires seekers with the liberating touch of transcendental knowledge. Receiving diksa (spiritual initiation) from Baba Gangadhara Paramhamsa of Dakshinkhada, West Bengal, Swamiji embraced Sannyasa at the age of 23. Dedicating his life for the welfare of mankind, he has been disseminating with rare clarity, practically and openness, spiritual wisdom of Vedanta to the seekers all over the world for over 50 years.
Contents
The Milieu of an Exalted Dialogue | iii | |
An Introduction to Yogavasistha Ramayana |
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- Ma Curupriya |
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1 | Our Ascetic Tradition & Culture | 1 |
Wandering Monks | 1 | |
Yogavasistha Ramayana | 2 | |
Sri Rama's Plight - Dawn of Vairagya | 2 | |
Spiritual Redress | 3 | |
The Essence and the Purpose | 5 | |
The Great Royal Tradition | 7 | |
2 | Sattva - The 'Mind' of the Knower | 11 |
Dispassion through Discrimination | 11 | |
Perception of Oneness | 12 | |
The 'Mind' of the Liberated | 13 | |
Obeisance to Knowledge | 15 | |
3 | The Unity and Universality of Brahman | 19 |
Dissolving desires by knowledge-orientation | 20 | |
You are that Consciousness | 21 | |
When Subject alone is, where is object of desire? | 22 | |
Oneness implies homogeneity | 23 | |
4 | Consciousness Alone Is | 27 |
Inner Expansion of a Knower | 28 | |
Conquer the World by Removing Desires | 29 | |
The Role of Scriptures | 31 | |
5 | The Transforming Power of Self-knowledge | 37 |
Cherishing the Words of Wisdom | 37 | |
Benign effects of spiritual knowledge | 39 | |
Dawning of Wisdom | 42 | |
6 | Soul is Ever Un-affected | 47 |
Relevance of Self-knowledge | 47 | |
Distinguishing the subtle from the gross | 48 | |
'Real' is ever present - 'unreal' can never be | 49 | |
Soul enlivens the body - but is different from it | 52 | |
7 | Transient Nature of the World | 55 |
Deleterious effects of ignorance | 55 | |
Knowledge - the remedy | 57 | |
Relief through dispassion | 58 | |
The desultoriness of prosperity | 59 | |
Transitoriness of Life | 60 | |
8 | The Inscrutable Power of Sentience | 63 |
Enlightenment through Sukha-duhkhas | 63 | |
The all-inhering Presence | 66 | |
Avidya - an off-shoot of Brahman | 68 | |
9 | The Ineffable Source of Knowledge & Ignorance | 71 |
Repetition in scriptural texts | 71 | |
Knowledge & ignorance - the dual notions | 71 | |
The great efficacy of Knowledge-pursuit | 72 | |
The singular Origin of dual notions | 74 | |
The non-acting & non-causal Creative power | 76 | |
The Truth is hidden by its own subtlety | 78 | |
10 | Universe - a Projection of Brahman | 79 |
Nothing in the world has the status of "reality" | 79 | |
Kaivalya padam - absolute "aloneness" | 81 | |
When the umeal appears as the real | 83 | |
Perceiving the Supreme everywhere | 85 | |
11 | Actualizing the Truth | 87 |
Contemplation on Brahman Transforms the Mind | 87 | |
Magnificence of Consciousness | 90 | |
Interactional life of Knowers | 91 | |
Actualizing the lofty vision | 93 | |
Impact of listening on a sincere seeker | 94 | |
12 | Janana and Pranayama - Two-fold Path to Liberation | 97 |
Jnaana-yoga - the direct path | 97 | |
Preparing the mind for Jnana-sadhana | 98 | |
Yoga-sadhana | 98 | |
Yoga is two-fold | 101 | |
Spiritual wisdom is easy to practise | 103 | |
The Importance of Pranayama | 105 | |
Role of allegories in scriptural narrations | 105 | |
Effect of subtle imaginations on gross substance | 106 | |
Breath - an expression of Consciousness | 107 | |
Regulating the mind through breathing-process | 108 | |
Dialogue with Bhusunda | 109 | |
Sadhana of observing breath | 110 | |
How Pranayama leads to Self-abidance | 114 | |
Effect of pranayama in spiritual pursuit | 114 | |
Vedanta is not in conflict with pranayama | 116 | |
The neutral point | 117 | |
The three-fold pursuit | 118 | |
A caution | 119 | |
Self - the ultimate focus | 120 | |
Imagery makes message more interesting | 121 | |
Reaching the subtle through the gross | 122 | |
Equanimity - the auspicious goal | 124 | |
Abiding in the sentient Presence | 125 | |
Signs of a true Knower | 126 | |
Grasping the unreality of the visible world | 127 | |
A tribute to the Knower | 128 | |
13 | The Right Perception | 131 |
Effect of keen listening | 131 | |
Body has no Material Cause | 133 | |
Mind alone the basis for Perceived Phenomena | 135 | |
Samyak-aIokanam - Truthful Perception | 136 | |
How a true disciple gets inundated with sublimity | 138 | |
Sadhana through Listening | 139 | |
Significance of sravana | 139 | |
Puranas are pre-historic | 140 | |
Genesis of Puranas | 141 | |
Puranas deal with the supreme Truth | 142 | |
How Puranas facilitate staunch sadhakas | 143 | |
Spiritual Narration during Modem Times | 144 | |
Cultural legacy is to be blended with devout austerity | 145 | |
Mind - Wheel of Worldliness | 145 | |
14 | Self-effort in Spiritual Pursuit | 149 |
Appreciating the importance of Paurusha | 149 | |
Self is independent of all objects | 152 | |
Sovereign unaffected status of Consciousness | 154 | |
Characteristics (lakshanas) of the Self | 155 | |
15 | Spatial Sentience - the Supreme Reality | 159 |
Limitations of idol worship | 159 | |
Worship through Knowledge | 161 | |
Sentience alone exists | 164 | |
The world is a projection of sentience | 165 | |
16 | Creative Power of Consciousness | 169 |
Supreme Consciousness - the One to be worshipped | 169 | |
Going beyond idol-worship | 172 | |
Approaching the supreme Reality | 173 | |
Creation by Consciousness | 174 | |
Consciousness gives rise to worldliness & jeeva | 176 | |
Manifestation of gross objects from the subtle | 180 | |
Involvement with the gross causes havoc | 181 | |
17 | Consciousness - the Source & the Sole Substance | 185 |
Grasping the inmost Presence | 185 | |
Consciousness cognizes its own creation | 186 | |
Illusoriness in plurality | 188 | |
Perception of an object does not prove its | ||
independent existence | 189 | |
18 | Birth & Death - a Play in Consciousness | 193 |
Consciousness becomes the mind | 193 | |
Knowledge of the Self removes delusion | 196 | |
Dissolution of the body and mind | 198 | |
Understanding ephemerality of the world | 200 | |
Perceiving infinite sentience | 201 |