Worship of God in Advaita Vedanta | Swami Sarvapriyananda 

No dear, u need to know more

They just have different interpretation of vedanta. Nothing wrong

@@unchangingreality how do we know who's perception is correct??

@@unchangingreality so will i trust him when i don't know him?how that complete faith and surrender will come?...

ISKCON teaches that Advaita Vedanta is Mayavadi Impersonalism taught by deluded fools,rascals and cheaters who mislead people and are envious of Krsna/God. I recall reading and hearing such views in ISKCON literature and lectures. I find Swami Sarvapriyananda's teaching to be enlighting and encouraging. Om Shanti.

I too was scratching my head about this since so long.

He is too good sir

To use dual within non-dual to be blissfully liberated from both. Hari Aum

Yes, a great relief for me too.

What was the doubt people have I am curious? How they personally believe in a god separate from themselves it was clashing 8n your mind or you were concerned of others ?

@@vishveshboswal huh? how will you remove sugar from its taste? that is not possible and also your sentence does not make any sense. Sugars don't have taste buds to know it is sweet :D you can taste the sugar, but you cannot remove its sweetness. you can eat a lot of it and then it will be bitter, but still, it is sweet. hahahaha ... water has three forms, maybe you didn't listen in your science class. water vapor and ice are still water. the chemical composition has not changed. it is still H2O. "Advaita Vedantist are expert in word jugglery only , no substance , no truth , no practicality . Only CONFUSION" - something that you don't understand does not make it false. it only makes it hard for you to understand... hahahaha

@@vishveshboswal it is good that you have doubts and questions. that is the beauty of this philosophy that it encourages conversation and discourages blind faith. your examples are all fine and valid. however, one key thing question that you have yet to understand is that this illusion does not quite appear the same to everyone. yes, you are right. A dog will appear a dog. However, the dog will not appear a dog to the owner of the dog. For him or her or they, that particular dog will appear as a family member. Now, did the dog change? No! dog is the dog. what changed was the relation to the dog. Another example, since your Alias name is Krsna's Servant, I will give from the battle of Kurukshetra. When Lord Krishna revealed his Birat Swaroop to His beloved Arjuna, how many people in the battlefield actually saw this? There were many learned, educated beings like Visma, Drona and even other Pandavas in the battlefield, but only Arjuna and Vidhur (who was not even in Kurukshetra) saw this. So, in conclusion: Maya does not appear the same to us. Objects in this illusion do appear same because they still follow the same physical law bound by the characteristics of illusion, but the perception of these objects by the perceiver is different based on the level of consciousness. That is why the enlightened ones see God in every one of us whereas we see their body only. For example, Duryodhana did not or could not see Swayam Bhagawan in front of Him. Compared to Duryodhana, we are nothing!

I am confused. Because Ramana Maharshi himself said "Is God insentient like sugar? How can one surrender oneself and yet retain one’s individuality for supreme enjoyment?" So if you have realized yourself as the Absolute.. why do you need to imagine yourself as separate to taste your own sweetness ?

Basically 'you' and me don't exist according to Advaita, but they have a confusing name called Vyavaharika Satya. Why there's so much of disparity among people when basically everyone is the same entity ? But if you start looking at the world carefully no two leaves are equal and there's diffrence everywhere even at an electron level. No two things in the world can occupy the same place simultaneously.. Think for yourself.

@@bilbo8338 when you realize yourself in samadhi.. there is no i awareness.. there is no mind.. without mind how can you experience sweetness.. can you enjoy yourself if you dont imagine yourself to be a separate entity..nothing can be enjoyed until it is objectified.. brahman is pure subject.... when you realize brahman or anandam or bliss, you become the bliss as a subject.. you dont objectify that bliss.. for objectifying that bliss you need to retain some I.. when you return from samadhi to I awareness, you get to objectify that bliss.. then you taste the sweetness.. this is what lord sri ramakrishna told.. this is vignana avastha.. which is greater than samadhi..

Sugar can never imagine to be separate from sugar. If you say so Imagination will have more power than sugar to influence sugar to think as apart. Dont be carried away by illogical

Parag Bhattacharya how did god forget that he is sugar, as each individual is god himself 🤔🤔🤔

@@SurashKan From the bramhan point of view there is nothing to forget or remember. It is existence itself awarenes itself. Advaita tells you you are nirguna not saguna. In reality there is only nirguna but that nirguna appears as saguna and jeeva and universe. Advaita doesn't deny existence of a god of religion as it is an appearance like jeeva and the world. As jeeva we are consciousness+body+mind we appear to be limited due to maya. Upanishads tells you to live and perform karma for 100 years as u can't give up life and seek realisation. It's like throwing gold bangle and searching for cold. You can pray to your god. Knowing fully well that the saguna is not you and jeeva is not you but you are the reality of both of them.

@@rockingrishi1407 Jiva is a part and parcel of the Absolute Paramatma and Jiva never becomes the whole...Jiva eternally is a part of the Absolute...

@@SurashKan jiva is nor part or parcel but bramhan itself appearing as jiva.

Brilliant explanation.. Pranams Swamij 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

ajeng maharani really, by humorous example, he described a philosophy so lucid.

Me too, I started listening to all his lectures and they are easy to grasp.

@@sharanagato He is Brainwashing.. Religion is scapegoating at its best..

@@hinduhistory1407 explain. You just can't put a remarks without explanation.

@@sharanagato He talks about Bhakti being rational..but its not coz only seeking knowledge brings enligtenment or realization..Try understanding this way.. If you want to become a great mathematician..then you learn seeking knowledge not worshipping god..second of all..gyaan yoga is superior to bhakti ..and karma yoga is above all..for example..people can talk about god yet commit mistakes or hurt others and themselves..all that is cured by seeking knowledge..we have been practising religion and spirituality yet all we saw was suffering..Aggressive Faiths invaded india and destroyed it..where was god..what did worshipping of god gave us..If we could have just trusted Krishna and his teachings that Karma yoga is the best way then we would have fought the invaders..unfortunately we were more bhakts ..

Iskconian is baised and discriminatory organization.

Advaita doesn't deny it being called Mayavada, because the whole philosophy circles around Mithya and Maya of things other than bramhan. A/c to Advaita at Paramarthika level what you are saying right now is still Maya.. Listen to multiple Indian philosophies and let your inner conscience tell you what is right by experience..

I appreciate your comment. You are fully correct. --- Asit Kr Maiti

Finally one comment that comes from true realisation.

Cleared my doubts as well

Gotta screenshot and save this comment. Thanks for the insights!❤

indeed. worshiping an imagined god is a very helpful tool. I've noticed that bhaktas feel the sweetness of surrender and can let go easily with total trust. without bhakti there is a feeling of dryness. but the challenge is (if you come to advaita vedanta from a non-religious background) to believe in a god that you know is not more real than the ego.

@Hins Sakwen yes, bhakti does sometimes appear idyllic when you can't relate to it.

ilikestarsun Advaita (Brahman) is incomplete without Dvaita (dual forms of nature or the universe mediated by Brahman eg man/woman, summer/winter, birth/death etc). Sankhya darshana combines both advaita and dvaita and beautifully explains that without the observer (brahman/athman) within everyone and everything, the observed (universe) cannot be perceived. Double slit quantum experiment validates sankhya darshana Another problem with advaitian is saying world is unreal. The core energy or prakrithi of the universe can neither be destroyed nor created. First law of thermodynamics came from Sankhya darshan. Energy can be neither destroyed nor created but can change form from one to another. Sankhya darshan (mentioned in Baghavad Gita) says that Shiva or brahman does not produce anything and nothing can produce shiva. Shakthi or the universal energy cannot be produced either but it can produce universal forms when Brahman comes in contact with it. Without shiva there is no shakthi and vice versa. Both shiva and shakthi are both sides of the same coin. Temple worship is based on Dvaita darshana of vedanta.

@@Dharmicaction thank you for the explanation, I believe Adveita and sankya is saying the same thing but with different perspective. Adveita says the world is an appearance because forms are just illusion, what's real is prakrati, the energy, amd prakrati and purusha are one, they are spoken about as two for the sake of understanding but ultimately they are one, it is all Brahman. :)

@@hinssakwen917 yes! I read Ram Dass say something like "love is the lube that helps the transmission flow through easier" otherwise like you said it's very hard to renunciate your desires if it's done in a dry way, it's easier when there is love. A mother renounces her comfort for her child without hesitating or feeling as if it's a sacrifice because of her love. So too it is easier to give up what is in between us and liberation when our heart yerns for God.

True that!! 🕉🙏

@@typingsquirrel27 she is quoting someone bruh

How do you know?

@@samarthbarshi1916 Dear every one is quoting someone or other because there are very few who till date have realized it through own experience.

Really it is superb.

samrat dutta even I had the same thought