List of questions with timestamps: 02:03 - Is the awakening of the Kundalini and the recognition of our real nature as the spirit the same as Aparokshanubhuti? 11:08 - If you are already Brahman, what is the purpose of a appearing as a sentient being and finding Brahman? 18:35 - How do I know that this awareness that I am is the infinite? 29:00 - [Part 1] How do we have duality in experience when reality is non-dual? 37:54 - [Part 2] If Brahman is neutral, why does Brahman manifest? 47:28 - If Brahman cannot be experienced as an object, what kind of experience is there in Nirvikalpa Samadhi? 55:45 - Why do we believe there is one awareness and not many awarenesses?
Someone ask everything is a only awareness then why this bodymind and world and then swamiji told that's a Maya of awareness or Maya in awareness but I guess many more still can't recognize it So this is a final explanation of it please read And someone in touched with Swamiji please send this to him You have eyes but nothings have to see , you have ears but nothings have to hear , you have nose but nothings have to smell , you have skin but nothings have to feel , you have test but nothings have to eat or testing , you have mind but nothings have to thinking or working , you have legs but no space for use it , you have hands but nothings have to lift or work It is also apply for the awareness You have awareness but nothings have to use it So because of the bodymind and world you can feel or use the awareness for it functions Or because of the awareness you can feel or use bodymind and world And that's called non duality One things is present because of the other things is present but without one there is no other things And that's one is non other then The Awareness
Enlightenment not for Braman. it's for Jeeva. When I understand I am brahman it's in my mind. it's impermanent. It's a thought. when I fall asleep I forgot that thought with out body with out mind how is aham bramma asmy possible forever. bramman have not a memory is its puer chith. then how muthi possible forever.
2:3 No 11:8 To serve or serve yourself 18:35 Can't answer as answer can be dangerous for world 29:00 All is dual, just you are not knowing 37:54 No it's not neutral, there is new life after that 47:28 Don't know yet have to think on it 55:45 Why do we believe light is white, or we ink is dark
@@spiritualseeker. I am not saying bhakti is dangerous, I am saying I know particular answers but can't share as it may lead to danger, so it's my responsibility.
Hello Vedanta NY Team, just a small suggestion: In the description box before the first timestamp i.e. 02:03, if you simply add 00:00 Intro, the time-stamps will be visible and help navigating the video more easily. It's a new RU-vid feature called Chapters. Thank you for putting these wonderful videos together 🙏🏻
the question and answer at 37:54 is exactly what i needed. advaita is a beautiful journey that teaches you to distrust your perceived reality, but then once understood, you come back to trusting and loving your reality in joy. thank you swami, and thank you to those who upload these videos and provide excellent titles, time stamps, and resources. i am eternally grateful ❤️
@@ColorMyWorld250 when did you start meditation and how you came to know about sprituality ? I am born in Indian and didn't know about it much until recently in lockdown , though it has be origin of it ?
@@deependrarathore283 i was opened up to the ideas of hindu spirituality by listening to duncan trussel, who referenced the bhagavad gita in one of his podcasts. what he said had really resonated with me so i began researching the gita, the upanishads, and then stumbled across advaita vedanta, and then all of swami sarvapriyananda's videos on youtube! i was 18 when this started and i'm 21 now. i've only sat down to meditate a handful of times and need to do it more. swami is a great teacher, and his ability to translate concepts is phenomenal so i spend a lot of time listening to him.
Unknowingly, I came across with first video of swami sarvpriyanada, the very first video was who am I -IIT kanpur 2 parts. Till now it's the best ,top most wisdom where it really separate soul from all objects. Do see that, if not yet.
Swami Sarvapriyanand’s explanation is so amazing! He explains like, we audiences are students and he is our professor. He gives such an examples so mind is no left with any doubts! So powerful teaching, amazing knowledge and best Techniques to clear mind!
😇 Perfect answers to questions we all have! Thank you Swami-ji. What is amazing is that we can listen to the same explanation over & over again for many years but our understanding is a Spiritual journey that takes time & effort. We experience some progress, then some lapses. More effort in trying to understand, 'I am Sat, Cit, Ananda'. Almost there! Then like in a game of snakes & ladders we find ourselves back to SQUARE ONE! Then one day, suddenly, almost without effort there is clarity! Will this clarity diminish or disappear? One can only hope that ignorance has been totally removed by the GURU!
Yes he is very very well spoken, I have heard him talk about some Adviata subjects that never interested me, that was super clear and was great to hear about. I think he could talk about anything and I would listen 😁🙏♥️🕊
@@larsstougaard7097 I told a friend that I could listen to him read the telephone directory. She pointed out that they no longer exist. I said, Perfect!
@@amanitamuscaria7500 Ha ha so funny Amanita, I was about to write that first in my comment, but thought hey maybe nobody knows what that is in 2020. Well seems like we are on the same page ...in the phonebook 😁🙏❤🌻🐈
Upnisheda, all are these being explained. From scripture thousands of years old. There would be a progm in TV 'Upnisheda ganga' RU-vid have video ,not sure in English it's there or not. But really beautifully picturised form of teachings.
Swami , I recently came across your talks in you tube but I feel it is predetermined that I need to watch now and only something says inside me that this is true , this is only true 🙏🙏🙏🙏
So typical! "Brahman offers you both "[nothing] and [something], why are you complaining? " Well, if your wife or daughter were gang raped by 5 thugs and then committed suicide, would you still prefer [something], or perhaps by telling yourself "that was nothing but a dream", would help? Or telling yourself it is but God's Lila (Game) will make that person feel alright!? If this [something] is manifested and enjoyed by Brahman, then to me "IT" is but a perverted child, or even worst, EVIL! ( Rest in peace all the million of people who passed from Covic-19. Brahman did enjoyed the show.)
I wish I get a Guru like Swami Sarvapriyananda. But I live in India and he is in NY. Is there any possibility or method of becoming a disciple of Swamiji virtually? I know this would be the same wish in the minds of thousands of people worldwide. Thank you for your profound answers. 🙏🏻
I am an ardent follower, of swamiji, who is so very lucid in the examples and answers. This question swamiji, is completely different. While watching the Ashtami Pooja at Belur math, i witnessed the Kumari puja and then read all about it. Could not accept or come to terms with such a ritual, and was surprised that swami Vivekananda started the tradition. How does Advaitha Vedanta explain this?
🙏🙏🙏🙏 always waiting for guruji video every time it gives wisdom . Thank you so much. May divine blessing be with you so that we can get help to live better by your guidance.
so thankful. prajna is the wisdom that is able to extinguish all afflictions and bring about enlightenment. may all abide in equanimity, free from attachment and aversion, that holds some close and others distant. your explanation of maya is a true diamond uncuttable but cuts through all delusion.
Who is asking questions??..... I'm .... again our mind asks what is this " I'm"....so the mind cannot cannot find the root cause for it, so that without any argument let us keep our mind perfectly steady......then and then only all thoughts which are hiding this "I'm" revealed it self ..... which cannot be discriminated and which cannot be expressed... because only that that is existing.... That is truth...
Pranam swamiji.. your words are wisdom.. i have a confusion though you rightly said if we keep listening to all the other questions and answers we might get cleared with doubts. So far i have understood that everything is chetan , the bramh.. which is advait , that means there is no other thing in universe then the one bramh .. everything else is superimposed on it, nothing is real like in dream , ... my confusion is... from where did the maya ( superimposed world ) come , the panch tatvas , along side keeping in mind that no vikaar(change ) can happen in bramh...
Answering in case this helps: The Maya and the panch tattvas are also a manifestation of Brahman itself. In our everyday world, everything happens because of causality. The effect is produced because of a cause, the table (effect) exists because of the wood (cause) but however in the case of Brahman if everything is one, i.e. (if the table is no different from the wood), the cause and the effect are one - which means that there is no effect and no cause, only being/presence* (the wood only is, in this case) Coming to the question, if you ask how Maya has come about, that is simply to where why is there causality? Why is there a why? Brahman exceeds or is beyond causality, it is not bound by questions and answers or cause and effect, therefore, it is not something that is reasonable to find, simply the trick of a mind that views the world through the lens of cause and effect, that wants to know the answer. The truth is, it is the manifestation is an illusion, Brahman is all there is. Hope this helps :)
@@pranavsivakumar5338 thank you very much .. i am eternally grateful for replying to my non ending confusion by which i mean it did help to some extent but i m not finding it easy to gulp ... no question further is a full stop to know more and i am sure i have not known all that i want to know , to learn , to experience.. definitely my inability.. i ll keep trying. Having said that i still want to question that everything else about bramhan is I could understand , now after 5 years of study .. could little bit relate also but this one thing of non duality as in there is no other thing then brahman and then having, experiencing maya, agyan all the time doesn’t fit into my thick head .. bramhan tatva we can not perceive .. understood , its menifestation in everything understood it is being nirlipt understood , akarta also is understandable .. and maya being illusion is also relatable but why at all it happened ..how if not why .. this question will bother me until great gyani beings like you will not find a way more befitting . Thank you 🙏🏻
Maharaj you left everything but you enjoj we have everything but we don't have real enjoyment !! Till then we don't understand how to have permanent enjoyment !! THAT'S THE PARADOX !!
59.40... Swamiji mentions about His rev Shankaracharya of Puri, Swami Nishchalananda Saraswati. A great mind indeed and a great proponent of Shankara Vedanta. His talks are mostly in Hindi, with lots of Q&A. Google him, watch his website/ youtube site Govardhan Math, Puri.
I can't help contemplating that Brahman (Consciousness) has decided to wake up and speeding it up, the fact that Swami is here and so many people are seeking and able to receive Swami's teachings are the best proof. Forever grateful 🙏🙏🙏
Hi Vedanta NY Team! Is there any way you can also upload the videos in 1080p30 (full HD in 30 frames per second)? I like the high resolution, but my laptop (which is normally relatively fast) struggles with playing 60 frames/second while also doing other things, it uses more power, and I really don't need 60 frames per second. To avoid 60 frames per second, I have to use 720p, but that makes the picture blurry on a full HD screen.
Spirituality is essential for everyone for a family man or sadhu if want to live peacefully & happily. As lord Krishna declared a non- spiritual path will never give us peace & if there is no peace where is happiness ?? But MAYA makes us to follow contrary path & most of us are fully governed by maya but we falsely think we are the doers !!
What a powerful session, मज़ा आ गया । It is so funny the Swami mentioned the Shankaracharya of Puri math. I watch and listen to only these two sadhus, बाक़ी में दम नहीं है । He also breathes fire like this swami. He talks in Hindi so a good resource for हिंदी भाषा भाषी । His every answer is quoted from a scripture, it is incredible. He sometimes also talks about hiring Indra as his door keeper, that is a true non-dual vedanti. :) Jai sriramakrishna.
Kundalinin Yoga is too dangerous a path. One only has to read Gopi Krishna's account to realise this. Advaita Vedanta is the harmonious, steady , philosophical inquiry into the ground of the true Self.
My dear pujya Swamiji!😊 Thank you for setting me free! Please accept my namaskarams to your holy feet 🙏🌼💐🌷🌹🌺🍁🌹🌷 Namo Namah Shri Gurupaadukabhyam 🙏🌼💐🌷🍁🍀🌷😊
Swami ji, Pranaam, I have been reading Gita, Patanjali Yoga, UPANISHADS, VEDAS since last few years, have faith in Dualism and Non Dualism and everything, but hearing the same from you is absolutely BLISS. Millions of doubts washed out of the mind each time I listen you. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Sri Ramakrishna has all the answers. It is sad that the sadhus don't try to find answers there. He has said that only in "vigyana" state one properly experiences that everything is God or pure consciousness. Just samadhi is not enough. He says that in Samadhi you only know that "it exists".
Swami it would our blessings if you can enlighten us on Ramana Maharishi kriti Upadesa Saram. हृदयकुहरमध्ये केवलं ब्रह्ममात्रं ह्यहमहमिति साक्षादात्मरूपेण भाति |
To some people the idea of "knowing the ultimate reality" sounds strange, even absurd; I think it is sort of pretentious. If someone knew what the "Ultimate Reality" is, that person should give a speech at the UN. In my case, if I knew what the U.R. is all about, I would be living in a wooden cabin in the middle of a forest growing my own food, without the need to get checks from the Vedanta Society of New York. Neurologists say the brain needs to make sense of the world, of what it perceives, and since this "ultimate reality" could be a mystery, people create religions, philosophies, spiritual movements -- and follow gurus, popes and "teachers": something to hold on to (what some refer to as "anchorage"). One could think also that this "mystery" is a partial one, since we can see the results that emerges from such mystery (beings existing on top of a planet, loving or hating each other). The desire that we have to explain things creates fantasies, and the need to find solid ground transforms those fantasies in "realities".
Yes swamiji, duality is an illusion…because whatever one experiences ought to be oneself… in other words, experience outside oneself(awareness) doesn’t exist
My dear brother, Dada maharaj stay safe and take care of your health. I really enjoy and grasp your ability to making understand to us in such a way. Live long. Jai maa
I got answer to my first question. As you told when eyes see 'x' and 'y', it is proof of x or y as well as existence of eyes, though eyes are not directly visible.
Swami if I am bhraman , can I change the world or the whole universe. I am asking this because all is in brahman. I want answer in yes/no format so that I can research on this?
Sri Ramakrishna has clearly said that everything is God or consciousness but it can not be experienced by almost all people. Many gurus and others say their spiritual experience of feeling united with everything around them. They are LYING and MISLEADING people, blind leading a blind you know. When you are in that state you are just you, your eyes are looking at trees and tables etc but no thought is formed in the mind because your mind is shut down. So how would one feel unity with that tree or the table. Did you understand this? Don't be fooled and lose your peace of mind.
Just saying that this universe appears in your awareness just like dream you see in sleeping state is not a way to liberation. If u grab this 1sided perspective as the complete truth, then u will be in bondage of knowing a limited sense. ■ This world is as real as Brahman. The world is seen as world only to our senses, the whole thing is architected in that way. But this world is inherently Brahman, the self.
Dear Swamiji, thank you for your answers. For 2nd and 3rd question, it's a cyclic universe. It manifests and goes back to potential. When it goes back to potential, the samsara exists in a seed state waiting to spring back into a manifestation. This answers "why" part of the question. This process is explained by swami vivekananda in great detail.
I found Swami Saravpriyananda's answers to both those questions logically sound. The explanation you are proposing as an alternative begs the question "why is it a cyclic universe?" i.e., what is the cause of its cyclic nature?
@@rsr9200 As per cosmology in Sanathana Dharma, the samsara goes through the process of creation, expansion, recession and finally dissolution. Samsara here includes both the material and non-material world's. The material universe manifested is the effect for which the cause is the sum total of all jiva's karmas, samskaras. The material universe solely exists for experience of the jiva's past karmas. Lesser the samskara's, lesser do we "experience" the world and it's effects. The expansion is directly proportional to the sum total of ignorance in the world. When it reaches a point where there is no possibility of a single Jiva to be liberated, universe recession begins and ends with a dissolution where all material, mental forces go back to potential. This is called as the night of Brahma. After a night of Brahma, this potential strikes on what is known as "aaksha" to create the non-material universe first and the the material universe. This cycle continues infinitely until each and every Jiva is free.
@@sharauro As a practicing Advaitin, I have no problems accepting the cosmology you describe from the empirical level of reality we experience. However, the outstanding question which remains unaddressed with this cosmology is "What is the cause of the very first cycle?". This is not a new question since this has been raised and discussed in various Advaitic texts and the answers that Swami Sarvapriyananda provided address this question logically, but from the perspective of absolute reality.
Jeev koti, ordinary humans, will never experience the vigyana state (living above the aagyan chakra), or that everything is consciousness because they will not return to body, death, after samadhi. Only the avatars and ishwar kotis have the body to be able to return. Every body is not made the same way. So while Vedanta states the absolute truth it also force feeds it into the mind using logic which is why all these questions arise in people's mind as it remains unsatisfied. Jai Sriramakrishna
I absolutely disagree with u, Vedanta is the process of enquiry and obviously enquiry will contain questions, it’s ur previous samsara s which are distracting you from the true path.
Even to be able to understand advaita ,we need body and a functioning mind , what good is advaita for a dead man ,and to survive we need to fulfill all physical needs of this body for which we constantly have to struggle unless you are born with a silver spoon in your mouth. Its a vicious circle.
You are right, one needs to fulfill his basic physical and emotional needs and have a functioning mind to enquire, reason and ultimately reach this non dual awakening. However, the benefit of this knowledge is it relieves you of your suffering and your everyday struggles need not be suffering. Fulfillment of your body and mind is why most of us struggle every day but advaita takes us one level above I.e. fulfillment of soul which is ultimate fulfillment of one's life after which nothing else remains to be achieved or struggle for..even if our physical and mental needs are not fulfilled, it's still fine !!
Swamiji, you are not answering one question which is fundamental. What is the purpose of this Mayabic experience. Why do we go through this manifestation in consciousness? Who benefits from this enormous orchestration and what is the benefit ?
Your question is presented very nicely - crisp and pointed. It prompted me to answer. Answer: The Swami has answered it very well. But your mind will not accept it or understand it because your mind is designed to do so. If your mind accepted that answer then "the maya will breakdown" and "the game will be over". The Maya is not so weak. You should hold on to your frustration constructively to act as a catalyst for your spiritual quest. The answer that your mind will not accept: It is "you" as pure consciousness has created this world purely for fun, as a child's play. "you" have put on the blinds so you could work. If you knew your true nature you would not move a needle because you would have absolutely no desire. Pleasures offset the pains, like working out to look good. Sri RamaKrishna says it is "your mart of joy". So who is "you"? you are this pure joy which is fully conscious but has no mind or memory. so it does not worry about birth , death, space, time, desires etc because they do not exist there. Your mind will not comprehend this until you are fully enlightened. Why should you try for enlightenment "you"? After a while one feels like taking off the blinds, it becomes uncomfortable. You will be compelled to find the true "you" as mind is designed to pursue the maximum joy which is essentially "the true you", something like a self destructing time bomb underneath the maya. So you should absolutely keep working on moving towards that goal. Develop an affectionate relationship with Sri Ramakrishna, he will help. His power is tremendous, we puny humans can not imagine it. Hope it helps. Best. Jai Sri Ramakrishna.
@@human.spirit where did Swamiji said pure consciousness created world just for fun. 1st listen carefully, then grasp by urself before going to teach others. Don't play with kids.😊
@@theperfectcelibate8669 - Frankly speaking, I have no interest in teaching. If one can not get enlightened by having a teacher like Swami SPN then that person needs to clean up mind and heart. I only replied because dubs20000 has a very satvik mind and a sincere question. I prefer to stay a million miles away from a tamasik mind like yours, and a billion miles away from the cult sadhu and "brahmchary". Because your mind is fickle you did not pay attention - by swami i referred to Swami SPN who is a gem; I did not refer to your cult leader. Good bye.
@@human.spirit your rajasik mind is in play 1st fix that. You make too much imaginative assumption. I am also saying of sarvapriyanandaji. Where did he say that which u r saying?
Enlightenment not for Braman. it's for Jeeva. When I understand I am brahman it's in my mind. it's impermanent. It's a thought. when I fall asleep I forgot that thought with out body with out mind how is aham bramma asmy possible forever. bramman have not a memory is its puer chith. then how muthi possible forever.
Today is ekadashi - the 11th day of the lunar fortnight. It is a good day to worship and have joy in Shree Narayan = Bhagwan Vishnu = Shree Ram = Shree Krishna = Shree Ramakrishna. Shree Ramakrishna is the closest to us. He won't even have to snap his fingers to give us full liberation and all the knowledge. He is incredibly powerful. In fact a suitable aarti for Sri Ramakrishna is "Om jai jagadish hare". You see, the cult leader never understood, or had faith in Sri Ramakrishna, so he started with a shiva aarti, om jai shiv omkara, and later wrote the current non-dual mumbo-jambo one that makes one all asleep. Jai Sri Ramakrishna.
All separation is based on images. There are images about myself, about the universe and about God. Image, concept, idea, reprsentation, is not the thing itself. There is no division between the form and the non-form.There is no division in the appearances - trees, birds, humans. I evaluate each one of them, using knowlwdge, which is always incomplete. Based on these evaluations, measurementes, I imaginarily separate the indivisible. "Maya" means "to measure, to evaluate". When I confound the evaluation for the thing itself, I am living in illusion.
Why we go through the cycle of being Jiva and experiencing Jiva Mukti. I think the simple answer is Brahma / Pursha / Paramatman / Iswar wants to express himself through this drama by the help of Maya. Nature of Paramatman is Nirguna. Nirguna cannot express ownself. Nirguna cannot enjoy the drama played by the Maya. Nirguna Brahaman which is Neti neti .. needed to change by lending energy to become Trihunatwik Prakriti. Prakriti can play the drama of the Universe and allow Paramatman / Brahaman / Iswar to manifest himself in different forms to play the drama to engage and enjoy Param-Ananda of Jivamukti. Iswar is the cause of this drama. Iswar / Paramatman is beyond causality because he is infinite. Cause and effect only can be referred to Finite. This is my understanding of Advaita, Beloved Swamiji could you please help me if my understanding is wrong? I always feel there is something missing which bothers me continuously. Namaste Swamiji.
My interpretation of Advaita is that from the perspective of absolute reality (paramarthika) one's true self is identical to Brahman. Since Brahman is unborn the question of rebirth doesn't arise and hence one doesn't really go through the cycle of birth and rebirth. It only appears that way from the perspective of empirical reality (vyavaharika) that we operate in as ignorant beings conditioned by avidhya at the individual level and maya at the cosmic level. So the doctrine of karma and reincarnation only applies at the empirical level of reality in Advaita. Non-dual Brahman has no sense of agency or doership and hence does not perform any actions.
It seems that we say many things "feel" as though they are real. Is "feeling" real? It has a beginning, changes and then disappears. Advaita Vedenta says Brahman is unborn undying and unchanging and is real therefore we the Self Brahman are real and feelings are unreal, is this so?
