Swami Bhuteshananda - The Five Sheaths of the Soul - Hollywood - 8/18/1988

Here is rare video of Swami Bhuteshananda from the Archive of the Vedanta Society of Southern California. This talk on the Five Sheaths of the Soul was given at the Hollywood Temple.
Swami Bhuteshananda, the twelfth President of the Ramakrishna Order, was born on 8 September 1901 at Somsar in Bankura district of West Bengal. His pre-monastic name was Vijay Chandra Roy. His parents were Purna Chandra Roy and Charubala Devi. As a student in Kolkata, he met Brahmachari Jnan Maharaj, a disciple of Swami Vivekananda. Under his guidance, he along with a group of other young boys started frequenting the Belur Math and met many of the direct disciples of Sri Ramakrishna.
In 1921, Swami Saradananda initiated Vijay with Mantradiksha. He was bestowed with the vows of brahmacharya by Swami Shivananda on 30 December 1923 and was named ‘Priyachaitanya’. Swami Gambhirananda was among the others who were initiated into brahmacharya on the same day. He served at the Belur Math in the temple of Sri Ramakrishna and got scriptural lessons from a pandit. For some time he served Mahapurush Maharaj also. On 23 February 1928, Swami Shivananda initiated him into sannyasa.
Thereafter, Swami Bhuteshananda set out for tapasya and spent about two years in the Himalayas. On his return, he was sent to the Dhaka Centre where he served till 1932. Then he went to Mysore to join the study circle for studying scriptures. There he taught his brother-monks the Brahmasutra.
In 1936, Swami Bhuteshananda was made the head of the centre at Shillong. There he got the opportunity to serve the hill-tribes. In 1945, he was made the head of the Rajkot Math. During his tenure there, the ashrama thrived remarkably. He took much pain for getting the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda literature translated into Gujarati. He rendered untiring service in the relief operations organized by the Order in the flooded areas of West Bengal in 1926, as the Camp-in-charge of the Burma Evacuee Relief in 1942 and many others.
In 1965, Swami Bhuteshananda was made a Trustee of the Ramakrishna Math and a member of the Governing Body of the Ramakrishna Mission. In 1966, he joined at the Belur Math as an Assistant Secretary. In 1975, he became one of the Vice Presidents of the Order and moved over to Yogodyan Math, Kankurgachhi at Kolkata. Following the ‘Mahasamadhi’ of Swami Gambhirananda, he took the onus of the President of the Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission, on 24 January 1989.
Though Swami Bhuteshananda was an extraordinary scholar and could speak untiringly on scriptural subjects, yet he did not author a book. However, his class lectures were transcribed and brought out as books which are very popular for the lucid expositions of profound thoughts.
During the long period of twenty-three years as the Vice President and also as the President of the Order, he traveled to many countries including Singapore, Fiji, Japan, Australia, America, Canada, England, France, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He carried the ideals and ideas of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Movement to innumerable people.
Swami Bhuteshananda was austere yet jovial in nature. His extraordinary scholarship, simplicity and humanity made him an extraordinary monk. He was easily approachable and had motherly affection towards all. His erudition and total surrender to the Supreme Will were deeply ingrained in him and never were manifested externally, except under compelling situations. His personality beamed with universal love. He left his mortal body for his heavenly abode on 10 August 1998 at the age of 97.
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Koti koti pranam Maharaj ji! I am immensely blessed to have seen you and initiated by you in my life time. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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I have not come across such a humble knowledgeable person with so much of simplicity and divinity I am eternally grateful to become his disciple

[@biswarupgangopadhyay3113]

Pranam to my Gurudev first of all. He was addressed by Swami Gambhiranandaji Mj as living dictionary of Shastras. He was very humourous. All the junior monks and Brahmacharins were fond of him and would encircle him for hearing of his jokes. He had more attachment to Holy Mother though she was no more in the mortal world. Naturally when I met him for the first time in 1985 at Yogodyan as a casual visitor, one of my friends pushed before his feet when he was in a room filled with lot of devotees. The freind told Swamiji that I intended to take initiation from him though I had no plan before. I felt nervous and fumblingly told him involuntarily about my desire to get initiated from him. He asked me about the books I had read. I simply him that I had read first part of Kathamrita and The Mother as I saw her written by Swami Saradeshananandaji Maharaj . Instantly he told me to fill up the form for taking initiation. I got initiated on 07.01 1986. I can never forget his fatherly affection for all the devotees. Jai Ramskridhna

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😊🙏🏼 Beautiful memory

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One of the rare divine beings that can ever be seen by mortals

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গুরুদেবের নিজমুখে ব্যক্তিগত জীবনী ,সাধক জীবনের বিশেষত্ব ও গৃহীভক্তদের কর্তব্য কী জেনে খুব ভালো লাগলো। যখন উনার বয়স 87 তখন এই আলোচনায় যোগ দিয়েছেন,অথচ অনায়াসে সহজভাবে তিনি যে কথাগুলো বলে গেলেন সেটি ইংরেজি ভাষায় হলেও সকলের মন ছুঁয়ে গেছে। উনার চরণে প্রণাম। জয় রামকৃষ্ণ।

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Pranams.. Gurudev..

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Pronam to my beloved Gurudev! What a humble knowledgeable speech! Miss you! Love you! 👏

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Jay Gurudeva

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Pronam Gurudeb

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❤❤❤ Pronam Maharaj

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I became familiar with Swami Bhutesanandaji Maharaj through his book in Bangla 'MAHARAJER RASOBODH'. It is simply great book to read. Pranam 🙏 Maharaj.

[@urvashigadekar1313]

So humble and unassuming Swamiji Shat koti pranams

[@indranilbhattacharyya347]

I have listen from my parents about their Guru Shrimat Swami Bhutesananda Ji Maharaj about his simplicity.Koti Koti Pranam.Today I have realised.

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প্রনাম গুরুদের।

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My Father's Guru🙏🙏🙏🌷🌷🌷

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শ্রীগুরু শরনম নমঃ।

[@ankuracharya9638]

Thank you for uploading this. He is still there, Gurudeva Swami Bhuteshananda ji, I mean. Ankur

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জয় মহারাজের জয়

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Pronum Probhu

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Pronam my beloved Gurudev! Feeling you are still here! What a humble, knowledgeable speech! Miss you Gurudev! Thank you for downloading this video

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⚘प्रणाम स्वामी और उन भाग्यवान लोगों को जिन्हें ऐसे संत के सानिध्य में रहने का अवसर प्राप्त है। 🙏

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Swami ji , puro mon ar sharradhar sathe apna ke ponam janai

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Pranam to revered Swami Bhutesananda.

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Pronam Gurudev apnar choronjugle shoto koti pronam

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Thanks a lot for such invaluable gift of new year. Respectful pranams Jai gurudev. 🙏🙏🙏

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🙏🌻🙏Pranams Gurudev!! 👏

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Thakur maa swamijir shrichorone ojosro koti pronam

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Radhe radhe🙏🙏🙏

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How fortunate I feel to know him and be close to him , so fortunate to see him - Rishi, the seer of god 🙏

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Koti pronam gurudev

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Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna

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Pranam guru dev.

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প্রণাম মহারাজ । আপনাকে দর্শন ও শ্রবণ যেন ঠাকুর কে পাওয়া ,কী সহজ , কী গভীর !

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Joy shri Gurudeb, Joy Maa

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54:10 minutes That's the most important point to me in this video .. The balance between the dedication for self evolution and to contribute towards the world in whichever way possible, small or big. Thank you for the upload

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Gurudev anar Live dekhe Mone holo jeno tobo Sri Chorone Bose omrit pan korchi

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Amar ontorer ontosthol shoro sohosro pronam kori

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Baba you have given me new birth.I feel deeply that this is my new birth

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Pronam gurudev🙏🙏

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Pranam Swamiji

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Pronam Thakur maa swamiji maharaji

[@tapasichatterjee908]

Very nice post

[@ShuddhabhaktiChatterjee]

Five sheaths

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[@sbmmailbox]

Unfortunately swamy has not talked any thing about five sheaths or Vedanta in this video. He talked only his experience in monastic life. Please give the title as his experience as monk instead of five sheaths... It will mislead.

[@sudipkumarmitra]

The title of this video is wrong.

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58:38 to 58:42 🙏

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Apurva, Demonstration of Ideal in real life

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Thank you for uploading this. He is still there, Gurudeva Swami Bhuteshananda ji, I mean. Ankur

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Pronam Gurudeb

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