07/20/2024
https://www.bhoomananda.org/videos/02-by-swami-bhoomananda-tirtha-what-is-life/ - What is life? Poojya Swamiji says that while everyone is leading a life, one is unable to define exactly what it is.
The sentience within our body, which animates the body, is totally different from it and what it experiences through the senses. Drawing upon verses from Srimad Bhagavatam, Poojya Swamiji delves into the mystery and grandeur of this sentience, the Self, which inhabits, nay, gives birth to this entire universe. This sentience, which is at the centre of our experiences, and also the focus of our sadhana, is what we call life.
The talk delivered during the Gurupoornima retreat of 2022, is a wonderful exposition of what constitutes life and what its purpose is.