Advaita, Consciousness and Ramakrishna: A Conversation with Swami Sarvapriyananda 

This is the first time I have seeing Swamiji speaking more about his childhood and background. I met his holiness in Bangalore, the aura vibration around him was so immense....i cried in front of him and couldn't speak

Alan Watts said, "True religion is the transformation of anxiety into laughter."

Could not have listened to a better conversation on Swamiji's birthday. Thank you for this.

Kudos Mukunda and Krishna this interview was brilliant, both of you have quite in-depth understanding of the subject and commendable as you both seem to have been brought up in the west, so kudos to your parents as well 👏 Swamiji as amazing as always 🙏

What a wonderful discussion. So joyful, so full of wisdom.

Swamiji, just Loads and loads of Love at your feet.

What a fascinating discussion. Every time I got scared that the discourse would fly above my head, I got to see Swamiji's expertise as a teacher and in keeping his explanations comprehensible

Listening to Swami ji is always so grounding and nourishing ✨

one ofthe best conversations so honest and genuine

A wonderful session, so thought-provoking and engaging. Great questions, and Swami S was wonderful as always. Many thanks for sharing this!

Pranams Swami !Blessed to hear this discussion . Grateful

Such a beautiful conversation ! Everything is done thru you but not by u ! Everything is bestowed upon u creativity whatever however nothing can outsmart what body does and translates into energy for functionality of what u can do and can’t do , without battery on key even car can’t start

🕉️🙏🕊️🕊️🕊️ One of the finest assets to us, directly from Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa, Sri Sarada Devi and Swami Vivekananda is Swami Sarvapriyananda. How rare is a being like Him? Extremely so. He exudes all the qualities of a Realised Soul AND He's clearly living, working and teaching in the world as a renunciate Monk. His nickname is RU-vid Swami and He is, arguably, the most popular Monk of the Order in this modern, contemporary world. I am struck by His humility, generosity, compassion, wisdom and joy that is clearly transendant. So, is He a truly realised soul??? His answer to this direct question in this video is very telling. It is in His refusal to answer the question. Beyond gratitude and Pranams to You, dear, beloved Swamiji and to Sri Ramakrishna, Holy Mother and Swami Vivekananda. With PremAnanda, Swami Markandeya Bharathi Hari Om Hari Om Hari Om Hari Om Hari Om Hari Om HariH Om Tat Sat 🕉️

So thankful to find swami s on your podcast, most pleasant surprise ! His gentleness, humble demeanour, down to earthness, a sly light humour makes him such an engaging teacher (saw the no. of views, many must find him a great teacher too!). It's not easy to go thru your usual 1hr podcasts, but this 2hr can be listened to over & over again ! You are so fortunate to have this easy friendly chat with swamiji, we listeners are thankful also to listen in; feels like a Sunday afternoon chat over coffee with an intelligent & knowledgeable friend so generous to share, it's packed with so so many interesting aspects..... Very grateful indeed guys, swamiji kindof papered over the cracks in the discussion & presentation, lifted it to a different level ; )

The following fixes the "consciousness", "mind", and "Awareness" problem: Awareness is the frame of reference; the Absolute Consciousness is the content of Awareness. It is Awareness of something, whether it be a sensation or a thought (the voice in the head). The Awareness does not require content but the content requires context. Dreamless sleep is and example of Awareness without content. Mind is the voice in consciousness (thoughts). If this language is acceptable between two deliberating parties, some actual progress can be made. In order to come to an obvious, accurate and simple model, as much ambiguity and uncertainty as possible must be removed. This model works to accomplish such 🙏

This is the most enjoyable and informative conversation I've heard Swamiji participate in on RU-vid. Mukunda and Krishna brought out the best of Swamiji . Seeing all 3 on screen invited me to feel like I was part of the conversation too.

Lovely conversation, love how the young person was playful with Swamiji, never seen anybody asking questions like did you grow a beard or you love dogs 🤭

Beautiful discussion 👌🙌🏻

Mukunda ji and krishna ji, please try to bring "Acharya Prashant" to have a discussion purely on Advaita Vedanta. You and all of us will be blown. 🙏🔱

fascinating interview. loved it.

Thanks for a very interesting session. 🙏🙏

wow. 8 billion people in the world. but only 10K people has watched this video

I adore Swamiji and his profound knowledge. Mr Mukund Raghavan seems to be familiar with our ancient texts although he is a practicing Attorney. Mr Krishna Parthasarathy’s smile although looked like he is sarcastic on our Religious texts, seems to be knowledgeable too. But his over reaction of laughter probably looks sarcastic.

Swami ji it was really fascinating to listen to you about how there were no wars in the name of religion particularly within the various sects of Hinduism or even between Buddhist, Jains ! Swami ji what was Kalinga War for ? Didn't it have any religious connotations ? Didn't the early Buddhist destroy symbols of sanatans ?

The third point of sri arindam chakrabortys freewill is just beautiful and awesome... What a well behaved gsd there....❤❤❤ To him/ her...good baby.. The conversation is very entiching...😊😊 I have twelve..ten are just indian street dogs...rescued as one month orphan pups...and they have different personalities... But i have one queenly golden..and her single born daughter..the purest hearted golden...pinjori..who came in my dream to tell she is from pinjar planet n knows highest mathematics...😂😂😂

There are many Hindu and Buddhist gurus and they have monastic students all over the world.

Pronaams!🙏 Namashkaars to all!🙏

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Enjoyed the interview. If speaker view had been enabled, then audience would be spared from getting distracted by the nonspeakers. Please consider doing it next time. Proper editing would have muted out the interruptions.

Thank you for this great conversation which I just opened and I'm already excited about. You begin with such valid questions: the connection between (broadly) Eastern and Western thought which the Swami is invaluable in making, and why the avenue of a monastic life isn't readily open for Westerners. Also, how is it that the Swami has made the choice of a life which may seem "strange" for most. I'm open to many interpretations of life, and I also glimpse at astrology: being Pisces like the Swami, I never felt much attached to the world and aspired to the spiritual. Being celibate and pursuing such avenues seems the only way. I went to University to study Philosophy and graduated with a Master's degree. The course was extensive, but covered predominantly the Western tradition, the Eastern being perused as something exotic. From Swami's lectures I learned about the philosopher Jay Garfield, who makes the point that such an exclusion is the same as, say, women philosophers being excluded. Anyhow, I was expected to pursue an academic career, which I didn't. The only philosopher who really, truly appealed to me, was Bishop Berkeley. I of course admire Plato and find validity in his and Neoplatonic philosophy; however, it is laden with symbolism which I find burdensome. I felt more and more burdened by the whole conceptualism of the curriculum. Only recently did I come across Advaita: I was drawn by Nisargadatta Maharaj, and then discovered the invaluable input of Swami Sarvapriyananda. The first video I came across was a conversation with Donald Hoffman, a rare scientist/philosopher who hits the nail on the head so to speak. Finally more clarity...

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How amazing is Hinduism. How humane. When belief is replaced by knowing magic happens. 🙏🏾📢✅🙏🔔🥂🙈👍🏽❤️☯️🕉️🙊😇🦋👌🏽🙉🚽🆒

Amazing conversation, may I know the track which is playing the background please? Gayathi Vanamali by whom?

Invite Sri Sri Ravishankar to this platform and u experience your true nature thru sadhana!

Hi, that was a very enjoyable conversation! I like that it's a long one, usually such ones are very short and restricted, and everyone except the speaker is thoroughly confused! If I may suggest, Sri M might be a really good guest to bring on. Very interesting man, who seems to have actually experienced the very pinnacle of Advaitic understanding through his sadhana.

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Biswarup Mitra - is the name of Swami Sarvapriyananda :)

I guess when you use the language that you do when you break down and are at your most vulnerable is the language of your heart. That is when it is most apparent that you aren’t trying to trick others …

Chit is sarva vyapti, and manifests where there is an appropriate reflecting medium, according to the properties of that medium. The standard way to assess sentience is by the Turing test. Infants and very small children attribute sentience to insentient dolls, etc. without a Turing test. Unwitting and abbreviated Turing tests are a common way to identify sentience.

Please invite professor Arindam Chakraborty

Is there a link for the music at the start ?

The host asks so Surface level questions and tries to break Shoved in laughter. It's irritating

Nice.... IF there is a program on Advaita, then pls ask this Q, what is the locus of Maya ? Difference b/w Vivarna and Bhamati Advaitic school.

you should bring Rajarshi nandy to talk about Tantra

Krisna ...why are you moving so much man? 😂😂😂 Sit tight man!

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He wanted to fly an airplane and to find God. Reminds me of a skit on SNL with "Aerolinas Via Condias".

One of the other institutions that is doing amazing work in India and outside (like the UK) is the Sai schools. Here in the UK they conduct Balavikas where they teach vedas and Indian scriptures to kids. I was surprised it did not come up in the discussion…

I prefer the interview taking people should take it from a proper office rather than from home and being too casual...often getting up and going or getting distracted during the serious discussion.....

I think AI is a bigblow to the human ego, thats why the panic😂..at least now the human mind should stop strutting around thinking we can rule the world walking over everyone else, including animals trees and other beings.

Unbelievable that India a cradle of debate is being lectured to by barbarians of colonialism on democracy. Shameful to know it and not react in this might is right world..

If you see a god, it's not God.

What are you suggesting? A murderer should not be jailed for committing a murder 😮 classic case of overdose of philosophy. Swamiji was kind enough to point out the error.

Nobody here is enlightened