The end of this tutorial by Sarvapriyananda Maharaaj is so beautiful!! This Universe is an unending verse composed by the Ultimate Reality. In Swami Sarvapriyananda Maharaaj ji's words I find great amount of courage and consolation shedding tears, knowing deep down that this is not weakness of any kind. God knows it all.
🙏 Swamiji , Vedanta NY team and everyone , we always listen Gaurpada Ji's version or Shankaracharya Ji's version commentry on Mandukya or Advitya Vedanta teaching , now we want Swami Sarvapriyananda Ji's own version of commentry on same Mandukya or vedanta teaching and most importantly, Swamiji's own so long spiritual experience on knowing Brahman - the ultimate Truth and how do Swamiji convey his own understanding of this ultimate truth to us that would be a big prize for this generation and I personally request to NY Vedanta admin please, pass this request to Swamiji as you people are very fortunate to access Swamiji and we just could request through you only and we are also very fortunate to access NY Vedanta team through RU-vid , so big Thankyou to RU-vid and Internet service provider... please do confirm and reply . Lot of thanks for everything ❤️🙏
Seeking liberation is a constant factor determining our thoughts and actions. Thank you swamiji for this sharing this talk to bring light on the subject with so much clarity and lightness.
Taught One (Advaita) taught (Swamiji) by the Taught One (his Guru) as one and the same revealed the inexplicable explicably! Any appreciation is ignorance but being that One is the real appreciation. Transactionally, Great!
Not knowing Sat we have desire to exist in limited being Jijivisha Not knowing Chit we have desire to know about little things Jidhyasa Not knowing Anand we have desire to seek happiness in outer world Bhubhukasha
Swami ji, I would like to tell you that I relate to everything that you say. I am thankful to God (Awareness) that I am able to listen to what vedant has to say in your Devine voice. Please give a chance to meet you someday.
Grateful to Swamyji for leading us on with a fluency and flow of the teachings of Vedanta even in this late stage of my life giving hope that moksha or at least the alleviation of human ignorance is within even my reach. Hari Om.
9:58 - chutz·pah - /ˈho͝otspə,ˈKHo͝otspə/ - "that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his mother and father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan." - Leo Rosten
Apart from Vedanta what I have learned is that there is always place right in front of you 😁. You have been such a great influence on my life. Onek dhonnobad apnake Swami.
Buddha's words , Majimma Nikaya 026: "And what is the noble search? There is the case where a person, himself being subject to birth, seeing the drawbacks of birth, seeks the unborn, unexcelled rest from the yoke: Unbinding. Himself being subject to aging... illness... death... sorrow... defilement, seeing the drawbacks of aging... illness... death... sorrow... defilement, seeks the aging-less, illness-less, deathless, sorrow-less, undefiled, unexcelled rest from the yoke: Unbinding. This is the noble search.
Another excellent video. Why is there something and not "nothing"? Because "nothing" is an absolute impossibility. The word exists, but it has no counterpart in reality; it's like "a triangle without an angle", "a ball that isn't round", "1 + 1 = 3"... In other words, if "nothing" existed, it would be something. Therefore, something has existed forever. What? Existence itself. The real question everyone wants to know is this: what is existence?
In Q&A series the first question was Diane about her experience during the anesthesia. I had something similar but I don’t remember about it but my life and my vision about life are completely changed after the operation. Maybe somebody has something similar or may somebody from Vedanta Society knows this lady Diane and can put me in communication with her? I wish so much to understand what really happened with me during this anesthesia?
I am suryanarayan, from Chennai, India. I have N been listening to your lectures on Vedantha particularly On Mandukya Upanishad. That CONSCIOUSNESS exists throughout the first three stages of Waking , Dream Sleep, Deep Slip, and the Last Stage of Turiya is though may be known as the Fourth, it is Turiya which reveals itself through the first three stages also. This illustration throws further light on my understanding till now. Now, my question is this . Just as we sleep and during dream we see all those things which we have been interacting with while walking including we, ourselves, taking a part in their transactions, and after waking up, we could definitely say, Oh! That was all a dream !.....Just like that, is it all possible, that THIS WAKING STAGE itselfcould be visualised as a Brhmaanda Dream spanning as many as 60 to 80 years, and when human life is over, we wake up in OUR CONSCIOUSNESS stage, to feel, Oh! this is one more birth ! My question arises because, as per law of karma, humans, as we are, governed by Law of Karma and destined to have series of births and deaths. Why not this WAKEFUL STAGE OF ONE FULL LIFE itself could be construed as a very long dream, in ONE SINGLE LIFE OF A JEEVATHMA, SPANNING INTO SEVERAL BIRTHS AND DEATHS. !! I HOPE I HAVE BEEN TO EXPLAIN MY QUESTION. PLEASE ENLIGHTEN. meenasury@gmail.com
Swami Sarvapriyanandaji...you are an unbelievably brilliant teacher, calm, childlike, intelligent & good looking...it is indeed deeply saddening that you are not in India. Please please do organize a talk in New Delhi....
I have developed addiction to your lecturers. At time of listening I tried my best to understand the each word, but after that it seems I have not been able to realize that I am BRAHMAN.
You have such a skill and calmness while answering the poor question after such a deep talk ...even in that answer you point towards ultimate truth ...bulls eye !!! _/\_ ramkrusna Hari :)
Swami Ji Pranam.. In this birth I followed many spiritual and yogic practices which helped me to be more focused and aware. However, the non dualistic teachings from you was a totaly new knowledge for me. I understand that I am pure conciousness and this body I took as per my past Karmas and will eventually leave this body. But my question is when I will take the next body will I have to follow the same process of inventing that I am pure conciousness ? or will my soul be a wiser soul. How does that work ? these are some stupid questions I have been searching for long. Gustaakhi maaf karna :)
Have u studied I Am That of Nisargadatta Maharaj? He says the body is a dream! You can google the pdf copy it's free. Also search ken wapnick on youtube. He's a teacher of A Course in Miracles which was another book. It says the world and body are a dream too.
Pay attention to his lectures. I don't think he mentions anything about karma. If he does, then i'm wrong. However, i can tell you, there is no karma. It's part of a belief system, but it's not a truth or a reality. Your next body is up to you. You may even experience in realms and dimensions you're presently not even aware they exist. Life does not start here nor does it end here. You are an infinite being generating all types of experiences in all types of realities. Life here on Earth is but a spec compared to the infinite possibilities out there that you generate as your experience. Maybe you'll experience as an alien being living in a dimension or universe not know to man? Will you be wiser? Again, it's up to you what you want to experience next. You're not being dictated by anything and no one but your own self. Remember, you are one with Consciousness. Isn't this what the monk on this video teaches? There is no separation but in our limited perception and understanding of such thing. It is you generating all of your realities from birth to death, to after death through the infinity of your existence. On the other hand, i can tell you; within you, you are already wise and you possess all knowledge. This is perception you're experiencing. It's been your choice to experience with a limited awareness of your Self. Everything is a choice for experiencing. Doing so we generate contrast. Was there not contrast we'd not be able to experience anything other than the same continual experience - and this is not how Consciousness work. Nothing is ever static. Limitation is contrast. In another reality, you may choose to experience with a more expanded awareness. Dude, there are no stupid questions.
Revered Sir,my doubt about non dualistic approach is, if it is the consciousness alone that exists in all of the four states of awakening,dreaming,deep sleep etc,what is the purpose of such consciousness and where does that consciousness dwell if it is both birthdays and deathless?
Despite my best efforts i am unable to transcend the step towards ultimate reality Consciousness...till snake and rope i am able to move but beyond that I understand the concept but cannot translate it to am experience...Can someone help..??
Honored Swami Sarvapriyananda, In fact, in the book "Mandukya Upanishad with Gaudapada's Karika and Shankara's Commentary" written by Swami Nikhilananda, it says in Chapter III, Vers 33 "The birthless is known by the birthless". Merriam Webster's Online dictionary says that "birthless" is an adjective and that there are two meanings: 1) "ABORTIVE, FRUITLESS" and 2) "having unknown or unimportant parents or ancestors". In addition, Macmillam, Cambridge, Oxford, Pons (from English to German) don't know that word at all. Langenscheidt (English to German) says in the German language just the same as Merriam Webster's dictionary does. Helpfully, Professor Paul Deussen has translatetd the Manduky Upanishad as well as Gaudapada's Karika from the Sanskrit language to the German language in 1905 (see www.forgottenbooks.com). Professor Deussen was a philosopher and he wanted to make the Indian philosophy available for the German students of philosophy. Yet, they would have had to learn the Sanskrit first. To avoid for his students that additional burden, he has gone for timeless, perfect translations of all major scriptures of Indian philsophy. So, he has taken efforts for best translations. Now, his translation of that fourth line of Chapter III's Vers 33 says: "Vom Ew'gen Ew'ges wird gewußt"; This means in the English language: "The Eternal is know from the Eternal". Consequently, Professor Deussen's translation for that what Swami Nikhilananda has translated wrongly - according to the rules and word-meanings in the English language - as "birthless" is "eternal". Admitted, it's your understanding of that verses' meaning, too. Unfortunately, you also have used that wrong word "birthless". According to Professor Deussen, the right translation of that Sankrit's word into the English language would just be: "eternal". "Eternal" means without beginning and without end. "Eternal" doesn't mean anything but "without beginning and without end". Best wishes, namaste, adios, Franz Rickinger, Munich (Remark: I've found that because I've translated the Mandukya Upanishad together with Gaudapada's Karika - as given by Swami Nikhilananda in English language - into the German language in the context of my homepage and I'm trying to avoid any spreading of wrong translations and wrong pieces of information.)
The 3.33, 4th Line is: ब्रह्म ज्ञेयम् अजम् नित्यम् अजेन अजम् विबुध्यते। Transliteration is: Brahma jñeyam ajam nityam ajena ajam vibudhyate. You have raised the doubt about the authenticity of the translation of the word ‘aja’. You want to say that the translation ‘birth-less’ is wrong. The reason you have given is: According to the dictionaries you have mentioned that it means something else. Your Point is right. Because if any person depending on those dictionaries or resources will be mislead. It should be categorically stated that it means ‘having no birth, one without birth, one who has no birth’ etc. This will be the direct meaning and closest to what the word ‘aja’ wants to say. However, if ‘aja’ is translated as ‘eternal’ it will be a wrong ‘translation’. By logical deduction, it may mean ‘eternal’ or many not mean so. That is best left to the readers to conclude what the purported meaning of the word is. I don’t think that the translator should give the deduced meaning or purported meaning as ‘translation’. Since you are dealing the translations of Upanishad, I hope you must be familiar with the Indian Logic too. In Nyaya system, there is one ‘absence’ named as ‘praagabhaava’. It means the absence which has no beginning or which has no birth. Hence, it is ‘aja’. But, it ends once the counter-positive substance is created. Like, a pot has its ‘praagabhaava’ only until the pot is produced. Hence, though having no birth, that absence has end. It renders that absence as non eternal. Hence, a thing ‘aja’ or ‘having no birth’ is not necessarily ‘eternal’. Pl refer to Sanskrit to English Dictionary by V S Apte or Amarakosha’s English translation. And search for the word ‘aja’. Etymologically, ‘jan’ is the verbal root of Sanskrit. It means: to happen, to take birth, to sprout etc. ‘ja’ is the word coming from ‘jan’ verbal root. ‘ja’ has 13 meanings as per ‘vachaspatyam’. One of them is ‘birth’. From this ‘ja’ a bahuvrihi compound is formed. ‘na jah yasya sah ajah’ ‘न जः यस्य सः अजः’ This directly means the one who has no birth. Therefore, instead of going to Shankara or Ananada Giri or Abhinava Gupta better to go to the root and derive the meaning. If they agree to the meaning, well and good. If not, then will be questioned. No one will be taken for granted just because the names are big. You have eulogized Paul Deussen and you don’t have any doubt about his sincerity and hence authenticity of his translation. Therefore, you feel he must be true while translating. Why connect sincerity with authenticity? Sincerity has little to do with accuracy. Yes, there won’t be intentional mistakes by a sincere person. However, mistakes due to lack of competence or training in a particular discipline of knowledge are always possible. Without knowing Sanskrit if one dares to translate any text of Sanskrit, the translations will be little worth. More ignorant than the author or speaker only will find that work of some value.
Hello Swami ji... I have a question. You say I am Bramhan and I attain enlightenment may be this janma or I keep on taking rebirths until I attain enlightenment...My question is ...what about the animals....will they attain enlightenment ever. If they don't attain enlightenment will they keep on being reborn as animals in the next janma and next to next janma until they attain enlightenment
To say that the universe doesn't exist or it just appears in awareness doesn't answer the big question of why something exist at all. Still the question remains... Why there is in the first place something, some appairence of forms, sensations? Saying that there is nothing does not solve the question....
TS B what evidence is there that anything exist? Awareness, right? The actor, the acting and the action are all in awareness. It is awareness that is aware of awareness. Can u think of anything outside this?
there cannot be a question of why before causation itself !! logical fallacy an infinte recursive .. you search your question and look for answer in vedanta . Swamiji has described it in other lectures .. look it up !! and vedanta takes time ..listen absorb and meditate slowly slowly !! :)
I think the question of "why something at all exist?" still remains. Saying "Nothing exists therefore there is nothing" is not true at least in our senses. I understand logically and scientifically that there is in fact nothing physical and everything physical comes from a void (quantum physics). But anyway, we feel this world, we see , we hear, we touch, therefore something exists. It doesn't help to say "nothing exist". Even only awareness exist. The question is why it (the awareness, one, and ultimate awareness) exists? Why it appeared from the first place?
@@tamy815 well ..you should listen to his Ashtavakra lecture ... And have u ever realised like actually the deep sleep phenomenon which is referred in Vedanta ..??
It's very normal that we ask questions wanting to figure out the source and reason for many things including our own source. One thing i know. When i'm deeply connected and feeling one with the whole, i have no questions. Everything simply makes sense. I experience a sense and feeling of completion within me. My soul is completely satisfied, so to speak. Thus, naturally, without any type of logic or intellectualization, i accept that all and everything simply is. Weird, but that's what it is, what i experience when in that state....the mind is no longer there to ask the questions we usually, naturally tend to ask.
The only difference is that shri ramakrishna is presently choosing to have a different experience than you are having right now. That is all the difference. However, you and him are no different from each other. For within you, you all have same wisdom, same knowledge and understanding. It is only perception _(duality)_that makes you think that you are both different....until you wake up to your own Self to realize this i'm saying.
Madam Chitra vivekananda has given an answer. Both a clay mouse and a clay elephant are made up of clay but Amosa can never be equal to an elephant ramakrishna is the elephant were the mice jai ma kali
Someone only recently told me about this Swami & so i have only started to listen to these talks. What a find! His knowledge of the ancient texts is so vast & his manner of explaining them so clear! Plus, an immense gentleness & compassion pervades all. Thank you dear Swami. I am so grateful you have found me. Much love to you for your great service to all, 💖
here is my understanding of human suffering, purpose of life and maya : imagine we create a movie that has drama, horror, tragedy, humor etc. in it. Then we watch it and we feel the emotions of joy, sadness, fear and laughter. Now, one could say why the hell we put horror and tragedy in our movie. Basically, its the same thing when we ask why the hell god created suffering in this life. Consciousness enjoy suffering the same way we enjoy a dramatic movie. Consciousness has to consider all the possibilities (or possible states). If there is light, there has to be darkness. Logically there is no other way around it. and to top it all, we are the consciousness like the droplets of water are the ocean. So it's up to us to decide the purpose of life. Or in other words, we as consciousness are creating this movie of life. If we so chose, we can simply drop the drama and chose to make it a comedy.
I imagine Swamiji would answer your question using the example of dreamless sleep. Dreamless sleep is the continuation of Awareness in the absence of objects, i.e., the absence of any thoughts or perceptions generated by the brain, because it has shut down. This means Awareness is constant, while the brain is intermittent. Unfortunately, even in dreamless sleep, electrical activity continues in the brain, but at its lowest frequency (Delta Waves), presumably in order to keep the heart pumping, the GI tract contracting, the kidneys excreting, etc., even though the brain has stopped generating thoughts or perceiving sensations. Therefore, the best scientific answer to your question probably comes from Near Death Experiences following cardiac arrest. After the heart stops, the brain's electrical activity quickly drops down to zero, which is the very definition of clinical death. However, after the person is revived, they are able to relate continuous out-of-body experiences that occurred throughout the entire period of their clinical death. Some people even describe the events that took place in the hospital room during the period of their clinical death. This represents scientific proof that Awareness or Consciousness is not a function or product of the brain, but is independent of the brain.
Thanks Brad. Dreamless sleep may not complete explain the true nature. If i'm the awareness then without the body n mind which are in deep sleep, i should still be able to experience the world ! but start experiencing the world again only after only after waking as a body n mind.
Channaveera Swamy Sir Consciousness / Wisdom Is A Gift of God. Quran 2-269 >> He gives wisdom To whom He wills & Whoever has been given wisdom has certainly been given much good. & None will remember except those of understanding.
Khan Afghan, ▪ Religion feeds on fear. ▪ Spirituality feeds on trust and faith. ▪ Religion makes us renounce the world to follow a god. ▪ Spirituality makes us live in God, without renouncing us. ▪ Religion lives in thought. ▪ Spirituality lives in Consciousness.
Vaikunth Shenoy Thanks - 😊 Spirituality Comes - After True Believe & Praying. [With His own will] Quran 24-35 >> God is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The example of His light is like a niche within which is a lamp - The lamp is within glass The glass As if it were a pearly star lit from a blessed olive tree Neither of the east Nor of the west whose oil would almost glow even if untouched by fire. Light upon light. God guides to His light whom He wills. & God presents examples for the people & God is Knowing of all things.
I was like if something is born, it has to die, say a rain... It comes and goes, we can say it takes birth and dies, so essentially all starts, planets take birth and so has to die someday... So, what if there is something which is eternal, it has to be unborn, later realised upon seeing many videos of Swami, its called Chaitanya or Consciousness... So, in that way, we must be unborn... Well, am also not realised through experience, have to let go and realise...
