I don’t know if those few people attending the talk of swamiji in the yoga festival realized how fortunate they were. They just had the opportunity to hear a life conference of one of the greatest Vedantic teacher in all history
I dont mean to be off topic but does anybody know a method to log back into an instagram account? I was dumb lost the login password. I would love any help you can give me!
I had no idea Swarmi Sarvapriyananda was visiting the UK. Had i known i would have been right there in the first row! Hope Swarmi Sarvapriyananda will visit again. Thanks Swarmi Sarvapriyananda so much
Understanding your Mind For positive thinking to work you have to understand your mind. And the first things you must learn are: You are not your mind. You are not your thoughts. You are not your feelings. Your mind is a tool for thinking. Your thoughts are visitors to your mind. And you experience your feelings - they are not you.
A very holy man. He knows truth. What the holy Buddhists call emptiness is the "beyond-self" as described by Advaita Vedanta yogis. I see no difference. Just two paths that lead to the same result. Peace and enlightenment to all.
Well Buddhism is an extension of Sanatana Dharma. It is a branch of the same tree. Sanatana Dharma/Hinduism are the roots and trunk of the tree. They are of the same family.
With 1400 people, the festival is one of the largest yoga festivals in the world with four parallel streams. I think your comment was about his audience size. I agree with you and that is why we have to continue to promote the best speakers to the world to increase awareness.
World Yoga Festival Thanks for the response. Yes, I meant the audience. Good to know such a large gathering for the festival. Thank you for taking the initiative to invite swamiji for talks on Advaitha.
I wonder how many people missed the talks of Jesus while he was on this earth 2000 years ago swamiji is one of the best Vedantic teachers after Vivekananda
According to Bhagavan Buddha, after realizing the impermanent nature of the body [kaaya] and the mind [vinyana (reflected consciousness- the first phase of cognition), sanya (power of cognition and evaluation of the intellect), vedana (feelings and sensations) and samskara {the drives and impulses) and after crossing the boundaries of mind and matter, "one" establishes oneself firmly in "Jnana mattaaya, patisati mattaaya; anissitocha viharathi; na cha kinchi loke upadiyathi"- which means- after realizing THAT, which is beyond person and personality, "one" establishes oneself in "mere Knowledge [Jnaana], mere Awareness [sathi], with nothing to cling on [as everything becomes impersonal] and free from all the conditioning of the mind. This exactly matches with Advaitha Truth. This proves that Bhagavan Buddha was a strong proponent [not an opponent] of Advaitha Tattva.
i like how you address the buddhism vs advaita vedanta issue and it clears all my doubts, i always thought this was the case and everytime i brought it up in secular buddhist circles (mainstream western buddhist online communities), I was scoffed at... but from my own reading, I knew it, it all pointed to it, every single thing you pointed out (or most of those things, especially in regards to what Buddha said), I had read and which moved me towards knowing that Buddhism does in fact teach that there is a "God", indirectly, with silence etc.
No where in the Pali Canon nor in any sutra does Buddha teach the existence of “God” or “gods”. Some sutras make reference to bodhisattvas, such as Avalokiteshvara (Kannon in South Korea) and other deities, but they are by no means “gods”. In actuality, such deities are not real.
@@EMon-gh8cm your understanding is of lower order... there are "gods", higher spiritual beings (devas, ashuras, etc.), but these are not literal beings - they are aspects of the subconscious mind... as such, there is no personal god. buddha-nature or bodhi mind or whatever its called (dharmakaya body), is "God". its the base substratum of such-ness or beingness, its undifferentiate, pristine consciousness, its the "Light" of the darkness or the void. its emptiness. it is beyond concepts / language and is not an object of the senses and can never be, therefore it can not be captured by such things, so its a pointless endeavour to talk about it - hence why Buddha did not waste time talking about it - Buddha never denied it, re-read these texts very closely. this impersonal "thing" - is God. its the God of ALL religions, there are just different modes of worship or different POVs (anthropomorphized personal & dual view or the much more accurate non-dual, impersonal view) its been anthropomorphized in most traditions and a personage was put to it, to make it more approachable. and you got caught up in that. listen to what this zen master is saying about the "self" vs "Self".. there is a "Self" in buddhism, at least in various traditions, like zen: ua-cam.com/video/EBN9YFpvpFI/v-deo.html
@E Mon the "nothingness", "void" or "emptiness" of buddhism is not the emptiness of containing nothing. consider this: ua-cam.com/video/rPtHCCT1SZM/v-deo.html thats a misconception or a misinterpretation, the whole thing is much more nuanced. the void of buddhism holds infinite potential - after all, everything comes out of it and returns back to it. during meditation, you see for example how that random thoughts you observe, come out of nowhere and go back to nowhere. in fact, the whole big bang theory also rests on this idea. something out of "nothing". that "nothing" = God. make it a father figure and you got the "Father in heaven", an anthropomorphized and personalized entity.. which is nothing but a skillful means. if you discredit duality or the process of anthropomorphization, you do not get rid of "it".. it is still there. you still got "God". call it void or emptiness or budhanature of pure pristine indifferentiated consciousness.. call it Tao.. call it whatever you want.. you can not discredit its existence, because its the base of all Existence (sattchitananda comes to mind). it is the driving principle of suchness or beingness.. it is responsible for everything, it creates and destroys everything! and you are fundamentally it, as there is nothing but it, everything else is a delusion! wondering about "it" is a pointless endeavor, its much better to invest all the little time you got into getting rid of the fetters that bind you into delusion/samsara.. once you do, you will see "it" anyway (non-dual awareness where all polarities are extinguished and you perceive the unity of all or the oneness of all, seeing how there is nothing but "You" - note, its not "you", its "You"..) you western atheists have infiltrated and desecrated buddhism... this is the state of western buddhism thanks to you guys: i.redd.it/mx31bwyjakx21.png a sick shock and a damn shame.
A spiritual experience is one thing, the theological framework that we use to contextualize it is quite another. The core of all spiritual epistemology is a kind of 'cleansing', in Christianity from sin, in Buddhism and Hinduism from karma/impressions. This cleansing should make sure that we learn to discern real knowledge and insight from those forces within that can hinder the inquiry (karma, sin, desires, bias, etc.). By being free of those, we know that the knowledge and insight we gained isn't informed by our biases, wishful thinking, intellectualization, etc. Sometimes, experience and context happen at the same time, that is the gained insight IS part of the experience, not a posthoc rationalization. The insight/knowledge is usually non-verbal, non-visual, just a whole lot of information contained in one second, which takes a second to understand and sink in, but a long time to explain and put into words. That kind of knowledge transcends known epistemology, and it is by nature something that cannot be known unless by Grace, as a kind of revelation, a gift that cannot be grasped by the usual trajectory of human inquiry (bottom to top) but only by enlightenment, from above, as a gift of Grace (Grace exclusively descends, so the trajectory of that information is always top-to-bottom). I had this experience, and the insight was clear: Man is not God. Man cannot embody God. The human body cannot do this, it wasn't made to do this, this would absolutely, 100% kill it. There was one, and only one body that could embody God, and that is the body of Christ, the son of God. Our bodies cannot do this. The body of Christ is a metaphysical mystery, one of a kind, it is the only body that can contain within itself infinity, eternity. Every other body would be killed. We as humans, bound by flesh, come to infinity only through Christ, whom God made only so that this communion between man and God would be metaphysically possible so that we can commune with God in flesh, while the body of Christ, still a body, still in Heaven, can soak the impact of the clash between the physical, bound man and the uncreated, boundless, Father. God isn't a force, it's not 'all that is, it's not some form of energy, He is A PERSON. Think of it as - infinity as a PERSON. This is how He introduced himself to me, this is how I know Him. If you are really interested in psychonautics - read the early church fathers, far superior psychonauts, and theological minds than any Buddhist and Hindu monks. The Orthodox theology is so deeply seeped in mysticism, in my opinion much more mature. Surrender and opening up are very important and vulnerable movements of the soul, and if you do it in an unsafe environment it is very dangerous. I know that now.
Continuing Prabhushri Swami Amar Jyoti said, The greatest austerity is truthfulness and the greatest journey is through your mind. Await your talk on 'Clearing Samskaras'. Pranams.
I have been into devotion since childhood as family background was the same but last three years I am listening to Swamy ji , I was never inclined from my childhood on rituals but i was always curious to know who I am and where will I go after death if the body dies who is then now alive ? all these questions used to haunt me at morning 2 am .for years , but is it necessary to do rituals , I light lamp and that stays the whole day and night in the altar. Is that enough ? People who do devotion say I am an impersonalist
I had a Guru and sometimes he would say in Tamil and I translate "I am in a speechless state". Buddha may have been like that. And when people asked him question like self, non-self, this, that - he would have just remained quiet, so that people dont distracted. The one truth is nameless formless and only pointers apply.
IMHO, with due respect to Swami ji, and as an honest inquirer general anaesthesia proves Advaita Vedanta wrong. In all cases, person once unconscious awakes just a second later on the recovery table. There is no stream of consciousness in between (even for hours!) Can anyone explain this phenomenon? EDIT: I received the answer yesterday after a thorough research. However, I will not delete this comment, because, if someone has the doubt, they can refer the answer as below. General anaesthesia has a stack of drugs (usually four) that is administered. One of them is used to induce amnesia, i.e. to distort memory formation of the events that occurred during the operative procedure. This doesn't mean that something is painful while being sedated and aware, they (sounds etc) are just unpleasant. Due to that, a person doesn't remember anything and just wakes up 'a second later' in the recovery room. Consciousness is probably present during general anaesthesia, however pain, ego, memory formation etc. are absent. Thank you Swamiji for wonderful, exposition 🙏🙏
Hear this series on Mandukya Upanishad by Swamiji. Or if you want to go direct, hear this particular one on deep-sleep (& anaesthesia, knockout, trance due to being high on drugs or tantrik practices) ua-cam.com/video/o_uj86CgwRI/v-deo.html All the 3 states (& many more that you can think of) are just helpers to point to the only one real 'Atman' (ever the Subject), everything else is unreal, just projections in Atman.
Another point: Please try to distinguish 'medical' (un)consciousness (mostly related to mind; the subtle body) as against The Eternal Consciousness: Atman/Brahman : Omnipresent, Omniscient ... PLEASE HEAR MORE FROM THE SWAMI, and it will be clearer. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Although I understand that thoughts are witnessed by consciousness - which I have experienced during meditation however, I still feel like I'm generating thoughts especially if I make myself think of something...what is that that is 'generating' the thought? I guess it must be the mind, and I'm still mostly identifying with it as if (the mind) is me...
If I see you ( - you with your eyes ! ) and ( in the same time ) you, watching yourself ( : you with your eyes ) in selfy or mirror, I can confirm ( after both checking it proprietly ), that those eyes are yours !!... ;-) Swami ? ? ?
If everything is part of same athman and we haven't realised it as because of Maya (because of body and mind) then after death why does the athman get a new body with incarnation ,since death which is liberating the athman from the body, like a water of glass poured back into the sea?if agyana is bound to a drop of athman and it can get rid of it only in state of Maya (having body and mind) then isint it dependent on Maya for getting rid of agyana if it doesn't have it's own ability to attain knoledge without Maya (having a body). (Question is with no malace just a jignase that occurred after the talk )
A spiritual experience is one thing, the theological framework that we use to contextualize it is quite another. The core of all spiritual epistemology is a kind of 'cleansing', in Christianity from sin, in Buddhism and Hinduism from karma/impressions. This cleansing should make sure that we learn to discern real knowledge and insight from those forces within that can hinder the inquiry (karma, sin, desires, bias, etc.). By being free of those, we know that the knowledge and insight we gained isn't informed by our biases, wishful thinking, intellectualization, etc. Sometimes, experience and context happen at the same time, that is the gained insight IS part of the experience, not a posthoc rationalization. The insight/knowledge is usually non-verbal, non-visual, just a whole lot of information contained in one second, which takes a second to understand and sink in, but a long time to explain and put into words. That kind of knowledge transcends known epistemology, and it is by nature something that cannot be known unless by Grace, as a kind of revelation, a gift that cannot be grasped by the usual trajectory of human inquiry (bottom to top) but only by enlightenment, from above, as a gift of Grace (Grace exclusively descends, so the trajectory of that information is always top-to-bottom). I had this experience, and the insight was clear: Man is not God. Man cannot embody God. The human body cannot do this, it wasn't made to do this, this would absolutely, 100% kill it. There was one, and only one body that could embody God, and that is the body of Christ, the son of God. Our bodies cannot do this. The body of Christ is a metaphysical mystery, one of a kind, it is the only body that can contain within itself infinity, eternity. Every other body would be killed. We as humans, bound by flesh, come to infinity only through Christ, whom God made only so that this communion between man and God would be metaphysically possible so that we can commune with God in flesh, while the body of Christ, still a body, still in Heaven, can soak the impact of the clash between the physical, bound man and the uncreated, boundless, Father. God isn't a force, it's not 'all that is, it's not some form of energy, He is A PERSON. Think of it as - infinity as a PERSON. This is how He introduced himself to me, this is how I know Him. If you are really interested in psychonautics - read the early church fathers, far superior psychonauts, and theological minds than any Buddhist and Hindu monks. The Orthodox theology is so deeply seeped in mysticism, in my opinion much more mature. Surrender and opening up are very important and vulnerable movements of the soul, and if you do it in an unsafe environment it is very dangerous. I know that now.
enlightened to have heard this talk on You Tube. If the quote/saying 'nothing is permanent' is true then it itself denies its own philosophy. let me explain - If we believe that nothing is permanent then at least we will have to accept the permanence (eternity) of this law of impermanence meaning thereby that the message of this saying is permanent in nature and therefore contradicts its own message of impermanence. For believing 'nothing is permanent' we will have to admit that atleast one thig is permanent i.e. this quote/saying. And i think this was the reason of Buddha's great silence. By keeping silence, Buddha endorsed Astavakra's philosophy of permanence
A spiritual experience is one thing, the theological framework that we use to contextualize it is quite another. The core of all spiritual epistemology is a kind of 'cleansing', in Christianity from sin, in Buddhism and Hinduism from karma/impressions. This cleansing should make sure that we learn to discern real knowledge and insight from those forces within that can hinder the inquiry (karma, sin, desires, bias, etc.). By being free of those, we know that the knowledge and insight we gained isn't informed by our biases, wishful thinking, intellectualization, etc. Sometimes, experience and context happen at the same time, that is the gained insight IS part of the experience, not a posthoc rationalization. The insight/knowledge is usually non-verbal, non-visual, just a whole lot of information contained in one second, which takes a second to understand and sink in, but a long time to explain and put into words. That kind of knowledge transcends known epistemology, and it is by nature something that cannot be known unless by Grace, as a kind of revelation, a gift that cannot be grasped by the usual trajectory of human inquiry (bottom to top) but only by enlightenment, from above, as a gift of Grace (Grace exclusively descends, so the trajectory of that information is always top-to-bottom). I had this experience, and the insight was clear: Man is not God. Man cannot embody God. The human body cannot do this, it wasn't made to do this, this would absolutely, 100% kill it. There was one, and only one body that could embody God, and that is the body of Christ, the son of God. Our bodies cannot do this. The body of Christ is a metaphysical mystery, one of a kind, it is the only body that can contain within itself infinity, eternity. Every other body would be killed. We as humans, bound by flesh, come to infinity only through Christ, whom God made only so that this communion between man and God would be metaphysically possible so that we can commune with God in flesh, while the body of Christ, still a body, still in Heaven, can soak the impact of the clash between the physical, bound man and the uncreated, boundless, Father. God isn't a force, it's not 'all that is, it's not some form of energy, He is A PERSON. Think of it as - infinity as a PERSON. This is how He introduced himself to me, this is how I know Him. If you are really interested in psychonautics - read the early church fathers, far superior psychonauts, and theological minds than any Buddhist and Hindu monks. The Orthodox theology is so deeply seeped in mysticism, in my opinion much more mature. Surrender and opening up are very important and vulnerable movements of the soul, and if you do it in an unsafe environment it is very dangerous. I know that now.
Modern science is quite far behind in terms of defining what the brain is. There are several parts to the brain ( not the physical aspect of the brain) like Manas, buddhi, chit etc
In Sanskrit , brain is divided into two parts mind and intellect. That is equal to Manas and Buddi in Sanskrit. The mind is that part of the brain which received the input from the sense organs( jnanendriyas). It is the lower part of the brain. From here the information is passed on to the intellect( Buddi) and conscious decision is taken and the information is passed on to the karmendriyas. The first step for a spiritual journey is control of sense organs, this is nothing but control of mind. The mind has to be stilled, that is there should be no agitations in the mind.
@@vageeshakm6872 YOUR STUPID ADVAITA SAYS EVERYTHING IS BRAHMAN & EVERYTHING IS CAPTURED BY MAAYA (IGNORANCE). SO IT IS YOUR ADVAITA WHICH IS NONSENSE.
@@vageeshakm6872 May he be blessed with clarity. Advaita is complicated to understand for someone who has been deeply conditioned to think that he is separate from the absolute. He clearly identifies himself as the object and not the subject.
I don’t know if those few people attending the talk of swamiji in the yoga festival realized how fortunate they were. They just had the opportunity to hear a life conference of one of the greatest Vedantic teacher in all history
Dont worry i was so so grateful and also chatted with him. He hopefully will be coming this year
I dont mean to be off topic but does anybody know a method to log back into an instagram account?
I was dumb lost the login password. I would love any help you can give me!
Yes.. no words
I had no idea Swarmi Sarvapriyananda was visiting the UK. Had i known i would have been right there in the first row! Hope Swarmi Sarvapriyananda will visit again. Thanks Swarmi Sarvapriyananda so much
Hi,the word is "Swami" not "Swarmi".Love from the land of Swami Vivekananda
@@soumyaadhikari9842 Many apologies for my slip up. Just proves I am not perfect
@@101weirdfish I am sorry Ma'am but no one is perfect quantitatively but qualitatively we all are perfect.Love
@@soumyaadhikari9842 :)
Every one wants to win nobody wants to lose .
Understanding your Mind
For positive thinking to work you have to understand your mind. And the first things you must learn are:
You are not your mind.
You are not your thoughts.
You are not your feelings.
Your mind is a tool for thinking.
Your thoughts are visitors to your mind.
And you experience your feelings - they are not you.
WHAT ALL HEAR IN THE HEAD IS BODY BRAIN, HEART IS REAL SUBCONSCIOUSNESS, CONSCIOUSNESS AND MIND ............
3 ways to spiritual journey approach ... Through bhakti(faith), through mystical experiences(yoga), through knowledge (advaita vedanta).
Through action too
Only through knowledge others are delusional
Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna
Wow, this is so deeply philosophical. I have never come across such an amazing work before!
A very holy man. He knows truth. What the holy Buddhists call emptiness is the "beyond-self" as described by Advaita Vedanta yogis. I see no difference. Just two paths that lead to the same result. Peace and enlightenment to all.
Well Buddhism is an extension of Sanatana Dharma. It is a branch of the same tree. Sanatana Dharma/Hinduism are the roots and trunk of the tree. They are of the same family.
I dont react to them because love is the basic necessity for wisdom and I AM that love and life in me is love that can never fade its always there
Love swamiji talks..but sad to see very few people in the festival
With 1400 people, the festival is one of the largest yoga festivals in the world with four parallel streams. I think your comment was about his audience size. I agree with you and that is why we have to continue to promote the best speakers to the world to increase awareness.
World Yoga Festival Thanks for the response. Yes, I meant the audience. Good to know such a large gathering for the festival. Thank you for taking the initiative to invite swamiji for talks on Advaitha.
I wonder how many people missed the talks of Jesus while he was on this earth 2000 years ago swamiji is one of the best Vedantic teachers after Vivekananda
But we’re so lucky to be able to listen to the talk on video. This will reach many more people than those who were able to attend.
Excellent talk! All thanks for this video.
OM SHANTI OM 🙏🕉️✨
The best speaker on advaita Vedanta in the western world, include eckhar tolle and Mooji,
According to Bhagavan Buddha, after realizing the impermanent nature of the body [kaaya] and the mind [vinyana (reflected consciousness- the first phase of cognition), sanya (power of cognition and evaluation of the intellect), vedana (feelings and sensations) and samskara {the drives and impulses) and after crossing the boundaries of mind and matter, "one" establishes oneself firmly in "Jnana mattaaya, patisati mattaaya; anissitocha viharathi; na cha kinchi loke upadiyathi"- which means- after realizing THAT, which is beyond person and personality, "one" establishes oneself in "mere Knowledge [Jnaana], mere Awareness [sathi], with nothing to cling on [as everything becomes impersonal] and free from all the conditioning of the mind. This exactly matches with Advaitha Truth. This proves that Bhagavan Buddha was a strong proponent [not an opponent] of Advaitha Tattva.
Yes you get it right brother namaste love from india
Thanks Swamiji
Wonderful wonderful simply wonderful
i like how you address the buddhism vs advaita vedanta issue and it clears all my doubts, i always thought this was the case and everytime i brought it up in secular buddhist circles (mainstream western buddhist online communities), I was scoffed at...
but from my own reading, I knew it, it all pointed to it, every single thing you pointed out (or most of those things, especially in regards to what Buddha said), I had read and which moved me towards knowing that Buddhism does in fact teach that there is a "God", indirectly, with silence etc.
No where in the Pali Canon nor in any sutra does Buddha teach the existence of “God” or “gods”. Some sutras make reference to bodhisattvas, such as Avalokiteshvara (Kannon in South Korea) and other deities, but they are by no means “gods”. In actuality, such deities are not real.
@@EMon-gh8cm your understanding is of lower order...
there are "gods", higher spiritual beings (devas, ashuras, etc.), but these are not literal beings - they are aspects of the subconscious mind...
as such, there is no personal god.
buddha-nature or bodhi mind or whatever its called (dharmakaya body), is "God".
its the base substratum of such-ness or beingness, its undifferentiate, pristine consciousness, its the "Light" of the darkness or the void.
its emptiness. it is beyond concepts / language and is not an object of the senses and can never be, therefore it can not be captured by such things, so its a pointless endeavour to talk about it - hence why Buddha did not waste time talking about it - Buddha never denied it, re-read these texts very closely.
this impersonal "thing" - is God.
its the God of ALL religions, there are just different modes of worship or different POVs (anthropomorphized personal & dual view or the much more accurate non-dual, impersonal view)
its been anthropomorphized in most traditions and a personage was put to it, to make it more approachable. and you got caught up in that.
listen to what this zen master is saying about the "self" vs "Self".. there is a "Self" in buddhism, at least in various traditions, like zen:
ua-cam.com/video/EBN9YFpvpFI/v-deo.html
@E Mon the "nothingness", "void" or "emptiness" of buddhism is not the emptiness of containing nothing.
consider this: ua-cam.com/video/rPtHCCT1SZM/v-deo.html
thats a misconception or a misinterpretation, the whole thing is much more nuanced.
the void of buddhism holds infinite potential - after all, everything comes out of it and returns back to it.
during meditation, you see for example how that random thoughts you observe, come out of nowhere and go back to nowhere.
in fact, the whole big bang theory also rests on this idea.
something out of "nothing".
that "nothing" = God.
make it a father figure and you got the "Father in heaven", an anthropomorphized and personalized entity..
which is nothing but a skillful means.
if you discredit duality or the process of anthropomorphization, you do not get rid of "it".. it is still there.
you still got "God". call it void or emptiness or budhanature of pure pristine indifferentiated consciousness.. call it Tao.. call it whatever you want.. you can not discredit its existence, because its the base of all Existence (sattchitananda comes to mind). it is the driving principle of suchness or beingness.. it is responsible for everything, it creates and destroys everything! and you are fundamentally it, as there is nothing but it, everything else is a delusion! wondering about "it" is a pointless endeavor, its much better to invest all the little time you got into getting rid of the fetters that bind you into delusion/samsara.. once you do, you will see "it" anyway (non-dual awareness where all polarities are extinguished and you perceive the unity of all or the oneness of all, seeing how there is nothing but "You" - note, its not "you", its "You"..)
you western atheists have infiltrated and desecrated buddhism... this is the state of western buddhism thanks to you guys:
i.redd.it/mx31bwyjakx21.png
a sick shock and a damn shame.
Thank you so much Swamy.
Great explanation about ethics. Thank you.
Very engrossing talk...my regards Swamiji
This is a fantastic talk.
A spiritual experience is one thing, the theological framework that we use to contextualize it is quite another. The core of all spiritual epistemology is a kind of 'cleansing', in Christianity from sin, in Buddhism and Hinduism from karma/impressions. This cleansing should make sure that we learn to discern real knowledge and insight from those forces within that can hinder the inquiry (karma, sin, desires, bias, etc.). By being free of those, we know that the knowledge and insight we gained isn't informed by our biases, wishful thinking, intellectualization, etc.
Sometimes, experience and context happen at the same time, that is the gained insight IS part of the experience, not a posthoc rationalization. The insight/knowledge is usually non-verbal, non-visual, just a whole lot of information contained in one second, which takes a second to understand and sink in, but a long time to explain and put into words. That kind of knowledge transcends known epistemology, and it is by nature something that cannot be known unless by Grace, as a kind of revelation, a gift that cannot be grasped by the usual trajectory of human inquiry (bottom to top) but only by enlightenment, from above, as a gift of Grace (Grace exclusively descends, so the trajectory of that information is always top-to-bottom). I had this experience, and the insight was clear: Man is not God. Man cannot embody God.
The human body cannot do this, it wasn't made to do this, this would absolutely, 100% kill it. There was one, and only one body that could embody God, and that is the body of Christ, the son of God. Our bodies cannot do this. The body of Christ is a metaphysical mystery, one of a kind, it is the only body that can contain within itself infinity, eternity. Every other body would be killed. We as humans, bound by flesh, come to infinity only through Christ, whom God made only so that this communion between man and God would be metaphysically possible so that we can commune with God in flesh, while the body of Christ, still a body, still in Heaven, can soak the impact of the clash between the physical, bound man and the uncreated, boundless, Father. God isn't a force, it's not 'all that is, it's not some form of energy, He is A PERSON. Think of it as - infinity as a PERSON. This is how He introduced himself to me, this is how I know Him.
If you are really interested in psychonautics - read the early church fathers, far superior psychonauts, and theological minds than any Buddhist and Hindu monks. The Orthodox theology is so deeply seeped in mysticism, in my opinion much more mature. Surrender and opening up are very important and vulnerable movements of the soul, and if you do it in an unsafe environment it is very dangerous. I know that now.
thankyou :)
Pranam 🙏swamiji
Hi Tanuja, r u fm Uttarakhand ?
Kamal Oli My father was from Himachal Pradesh my mother was from Uttar Pradesh and my husband is from Uttarakhand 😀🙏
@@tanujamanral1123 ha ha ha... Very interesting
Thank you for sharing teachings on Advaita by Swami Sarvapriyananda, very clear and empowering lecture.
Continuing
Prabhushri Swami Amar Jyoti said, The greatest austerity is truthfulness and the greatest journey is through your mind.
Await your talk on 'Clearing Samskaras'. Pranams.
Thank you - with love humility and gratitude for the kind distillation of infinite wisdom. Please let us know when you are next here in the UK.
I have been into devotion since childhood as family background was the same but last three years I am listening to Swamy ji , I was never inclined from my childhood on rituals but i was always curious to know who I am and where will I go after death if the body dies who is then now alive ? all these questions used to haunt me at morning 2 am .for years , but is it necessary to do rituals , I light lamp and that stays the whole day and night in the altar. Is that enough ? People who do devotion say I am an impersonalist
Namaste
"Enquire who am I? Sink deep within and abide as Self.
That is God as being"
Sri Ramana Maharishi
Om
Parmenides : Heraklitos = Advaita Vedanta : Buddhism ; am I right, Swami ?
Does anyone have a link to the article on ethics that he mentioned at the end?
swamijee according to you is adwaita vedanta is static not dynamic but an internal transformation within from ignorance to knowledge
I had a Guru and sometimes he would say in Tamil and I translate "I am in a speechless state". Buddha may have been like that. And when people asked him question like self, non-self, this, that - he would have just remained quiet, so that people dont distracted. The one truth is nameless formless and only pointers apply.
The Buddha is speaking, being showcased for you ( in you, As You ) in this very video, in the name and form, appearance of Swami Sarvapriyananda :)
Does anyone know the name of the therapist who uses Vedanta in his practice?
Me myself
Master
IMHO, with due respect to Swami ji, and as an honest inquirer
general anaesthesia proves Advaita Vedanta wrong.
In all cases, person once unconscious awakes just a second later on the recovery table. There is no stream of consciousness in between (even for hours!)
Can anyone explain this phenomenon?
EDIT: I received the answer yesterday after a thorough research. However, I will not delete this comment, because, if someone has the doubt, they can refer the answer as below.
General anaesthesia has a stack of drugs (usually four) that is administered. One of them is used to induce amnesia, i.e. to distort memory formation of the events that occurred during the operative procedure. This doesn't mean that something is painful while being sedated and aware, they (sounds etc) are just unpleasant. Due to that, a person doesn't remember anything and just wakes up 'a second later' in the recovery room. Consciousness is probably present during general anaesthesia, however pain, ego, memory formation etc. are absent.
Thank you Swamiji for wonderful, exposition 🙏🙏
How do you differentiate between sleep consciousness and anesthesia consciousness?
Hear this series on Mandukya Upanishad by Swamiji. Or if you want to go direct, hear this particular one on deep-sleep (& anaesthesia, knockout, trance due to being high on drugs or tantrik practices)
ua-cam.com/video/o_uj86CgwRI/v-deo.html
All the 3 states (& many more that you can think of) are just helpers to point to the only one real 'Atman' (ever the Subject), everything else is unreal, just projections in Atman.
Another point:
Please try to distinguish 'medical' (un)consciousness (mostly related to mind; the subtle body) as against The Eternal Consciousness: Atman/Brahman : Omnipresent, Omniscient ... PLEASE HEAR MORE FROM THE SWAMI, and it will be clearer. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
How we can make the thought conscious of its own evil side ?
Although I understand that thoughts are witnessed by consciousness - which I have experienced during meditation however, I still feel like I'm generating thoughts especially if I make myself think of something...what is that that is 'generating' the thought? I guess it must be the mind, and I'm still mostly identifying with it as if (the mind) is me...
You are conscious of the mind thats generating the thoughts
Where is the rest of this video?
The other talks plus a lot more to be found at the World Yoga festival UA-cam channel ua-cam.com/channels/VlJyQN4eakcQ57uVrcATMA.html
ua-cam.com/video/tehPPtmrz2s/v-deo.html
Hari Sarvottma
Vayu Jeevottma
Everything is that. You are none other than that
Is life force a consciousness?
No.
If I see you ( - you with your eyes ! ) and ( in the same time ) you, watching yourself ( : you with your eyes ) in selfy or mirror, I can confirm ( after both checking it proprietly ), that those eyes are yours !!... ;-) Swami ? ? ?
If everything is part of same athman and we haven't realised it as because of Maya (because of body and mind) then after death why does the athman get a new body with incarnation ,since death which is liberating the athman from the body, like a water of glass poured back into the sea?if agyana is bound to a drop of athman and it can get rid of it only in state of Maya (having body and mind) then isint it dependent on Maya for getting rid of agyana if it doesn't have it's own ability to attain knoledge without Maya (having a body). (Question is with no malace just a jignase that occurred after the talk )
A spiritual experience is one thing, the theological framework that we use to contextualize it is quite another. The core of all spiritual epistemology is a kind of 'cleansing', in Christianity from sin, in Buddhism and Hinduism from karma/impressions. This cleansing should make sure that we learn to discern real knowledge and insight from those forces within that can hinder the inquiry (karma, sin, desires, bias, etc.). By being free of those, we know that the knowledge and insight we gained isn't informed by our biases, wishful thinking, intellectualization, etc.
Sometimes, experience and context happen at the same time, that is the gained insight IS part of the experience, not a posthoc rationalization. The insight/knowledge is usually non-verbal, non-visual, just a whole lot of information contained in one second, which takes a second to understand and sink in, but a long time to explain and put into words. That kind of knowledge transcends known epistemology, and it is by nature something that cannot be known unless by Grace, as a kind of revelation, a gift that cannot be grasped by the usual trajectory of human inquiry (bottom to top) but only by enlightenment, from above, as a gift of Grace (Grace exclusively descends, so the trajectory of that information is always top-to-bottom). I had this experience, and the insight was clear: Man is not God. Man cannot embody God.
The human body cannot do this, it wasn't made to do this, this would absolutely, 100% kill it. There was one, and only one body that could embody God, and that is the body of Christ, the son of God. Our bodies cannot do this. The body of Christ is a metaphysical mystery, one of a kind, it is the only body that can contain within itself infinity, eternity. Every other body would be killed. We as humans, bound by flesh, come to infinity only through Christ, whom God made only so that this communion between man and God would be metaphysically possible so that we can commune with God in flesh, while the body of Christ, still a body, still in Heaven, can soak the impact of the clash between the physical, bound man and the uncreated, boundless, Father. God isn't a force, it's not 'all that is, it's not some form of energy, He is A PERSON. Think of it as - infinity as a PERSON. This is how He introduced himself to me, this is how I know Him.
If you are really interested in psychonautics - read the early church fathers, far superior psychonauts, and theological minds than any Buddhist and Hindu monks. The Orthodox theology is so deeply seeped in mysticism, in my opinion much more mature. Surrender and opening up are very important and vulnerable movements of the soul, and if you do it in an unsafe environment it is very dangerous. I know that now.
enlightened to have heard this talk on You Tube. If the quote/saying 'nothing is permanent' is true then it itself denies its own philosophy. let me explain - If we believe that nothing is permanent then at least we will have to accept the permanence (eternity) of this law of impermanence meaning thereby that the message of this saying is permanent in nature and therefore contradicts its own message of impermanence. For believing 'nothing is permanent' we will have to admit that atleast one thig is permanent i.e. this quote/saying. And i think this was the reason of Buddha's great silence. By keeping silence, Buddha endorsed Astavakra's philosophy of permanence
A spiritual experience is one thing, the theological framework that we use to contextualize it is quite another. The core of all spiritual epistemology is a kind of 'cleansing', in Christianity from sin, in Buddhism and Hinduism from karma/impressions. This cleansing should make sure that we learn to discern real knowledge and insight from those forces within that can hinder the inquiry (karma, sin, desires, bias, etc.). By being free of those, we know that the knowledge and insight we gained isn't informed by our biases, wishful thinking, intellectualization, etc.
Sometimes, experience and context happen at the same time, that is the gained insight IS part of the experience, not a posthoc rationalization. The insight/knowledge is usually non-verbal, non-visual, just a whole lot of information contained in one second, which takes a second to understand and sink in, but a long time to explain and put into words. That kind of knowledge transcends known epistemology, and it is by nature something that cannot be known unless by Grace, as a kind of revelation, a gift that cannot be grasped by the usual trajectory of human inquiry (bottom to top) but only by enlightenment, from above, as a gift of Grace (Grace exclusively descends, so the trajectory of that information is always top-to-bottom). I had this experience, and the insight was clear: Man is not God. Man cannot embody God.
The human body cannot do this, it wasn't made to do this, this would absolutely, 100% kill it. There was one, and only one body that could embody God, and that is the body of Christ, the son of God. Our bodies cannot do this. The body of Christ is a metaphysical mystery, one of a kind, it is the only body that can contain within itself infinity, eternity. Every other body would be killed. We as humans, bound by flesh, come to infinity only through Christ, whom God made only so that this communion between man and God would be metaphysically possible so that we can commune with God in flesh, while the body of Christ, still a body, still in Heaven, can soak the impact of the clash between the physical, bound man and the uncreated, boundless, Father. God isn't a force, it's not 'all that is, it's not some form of energy, He is A PERSON. Think of it as - infinity as a PERSON. This is how He introduced himself to me, this is how I know Him.
If you are really interested in psychonautics - read the early church fathers, far superior psychonauts, and theological minds than any Buddhist and Hindu monks. The Orthodox theology is so deeply seeped in mysticism, in my opinion much more mature. Surrender and opening up are very important and vulnerable movements of the soul, and if you do it in an unsafe environment it is very dangerous. I know that now.
Is the mind the same as the brain?
Modern science is quite far behind in terms of defining what the brain is. There are several parts to the brain ( not the physical aspect of the brain) like Manas, buddhi, chit etc
In Sanskrit , brain is divided into two parts mind and intellect. That is equal to Manas and Buddi in Sanskrit. The mind is that part of the brain which received the input from the sense organs( jnanendriyas). It is the lower part of the brain. From here the information is passed on to the intellect( Buddi) and conscious decision is taken and the information is passed on to the karmendriyas. The first step for a spiritual journey is control of sense organs, this is nothing but control of mind. The mind has to be stilled, that is there should be no agitations in the mind.
No, it is not
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He took the shawl off. Wth
All the Spiritual Teachers are Con Men: UG Krishnamurthi
And what was U.G. Someone wrote it well: UG obviously has a very confused mind and seeks attention through being controversial.
කබුලුමුල්ලේ වෙදගෙදර he is not a spiritual guru he is from a monastic order
Man what you are talking? When Adi Shankaracharya came. It's 1200 years ago or maximum 1250 years.
Our quality of education is very Low.
In advaita, everything is God & so ignorance entered God but in Christianity ignorance did not enter God. So advaita is absolute nonsense!!
In Advaita ignorance doesn't exist. It may exist only in your Christianity. So Christianity is nonsense. Isn't it
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YOUR STUPID ADVAITA SAYS EVERYTHING IS BRAHMAN & EVERYTHING IS CAPTURED BY MAAYA (IGNORANCE). SO IT IS YOUR ADVAITA WHICH IS NONSENSE.
@@vageeshakm6872 May he be blessed with clarity. Advaita is complicated to understand for someone who has been deeply conditioned to think that he is separate from the absolute. He clearly identifies himself as the object and not the subject.
all abrahamic religions are stupid, only the igorant don't realise it
Ignorant brother first study deep about Advait Vedanta
Judaism came much earlier to Lord Budha.
Not really. Buddha was born in around 600BC & Judaism came in 450-500BC.
Pranam Swamiji 🙏