List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:46 - Why do we need to search for the unchanging self? 13:06 - Is it ok to pray to God to satisfy our desires? 26:48 - If avidya (ignorance) is in Brahman, isn't it real? 32:07 - What is Vedanta's view on vegetarianism? 34:35 - How can I develop pure love? 40:07 - Can pure consciousness change the appearance of reality? 48:13 - Can God be both impersonal and personal? 56:01 - Is the anandamaya kosha (bliss sheath) really blissful? 01:02:19 - How does the concept of dependent origination map into Advaitic concepts? 01:06:46 - How is the cycle of reincarnation possible? 01:16:37 - Is there a concept in Hinduism about a personal God that can suffer? 01:21:15 - If all is Brahman, what is wrong with Maya?
Shankara thought if you are not permanent who can experience the next life happiness and suffering. That is why they force to accept Atman. That is their view. If you go to next life, it has to be you. They don't understand continuation well and when eat by your mouth, it considered you eat,. When walk by your feet, you walk. When your mind continue after death, it is your continuation, but Shankara think since your mind is not you mind continue to next life is doesn't consider as your rebirth.
@@ReverendDr.Thomas hi how could soul inter in mother's blood and father semen. If you are doctor explain it, and how it develop to adult soul from fetus soul. You will know you grow up, you transform fetus to up to birth changes by day or week and months. You will think more.
Going through a very traumatic period in life, listening to Swami Ji gives a little mental peace and feeling of stability. Thankyou :) please keep enlightening
Swami Sarvapriyanada - you are and always will be my living Guru. You are beyond your mind and body - even if you had non-veg a couple times because it was offered to you, that shows your humility and flexibility. That is a true egoless soul - which you are. I agree with you that vegetarianism is better than being non veg because it purifies your mind, body, & soul. But you are enlightened, Swami Ji and you are above these things that people judge about,
I don't know whether he is enlightened or not, but the rest of the things you said is spot on. Its not like Swami is daily eating Meat etc, I know of some Swamis of Ramkrishna Mission who take fish or meat like once or twice an year.
Right, Swamiji eating non veg is not an excuse for anybody else to do so, unless they become monks too, he has given up everything else, are they willing to??
On Veg/Non Veg issue I am quoting Swami Vivekananda from his book Practical Vivekananda. "When I eat meat I know it is wrong. Even if I am bound to eat it under certain circumstances, I know it is cruel. I must not drag my ideal down to the actual and apologise for my weak conduct in this way. The ideal is not to eat flesh, not to injure any being, for all animals are my brothers. If you can think of them as your brothers, you have made a little headway towards the brotherhood of all souls, not to speak of the brotherhood of man!" ❤❤❤ It's incredible , until recently a lot of meat eaters told me Vivekananda even advocated eating meat!!
@@crd3909 Yea but most people don't steal or rape. They clearly know this is a bad habit and it's unethical and cruel and refrain from it. But somehow being careful about not eating meat is "dogma".
@@crd3909 That doesn't answer my question. You can be a very serious thief who enjoying theft or hurting others. Is pointing that out being rigid and dogmatic..especially to people who are on a spiritual path?
@@crd3909 But it's sad the moment someone brings up the issue of giving up meat instead of acknowledging it people immediately bring up fanaticism and dogma.
@@crd3909 Thats the not point I am making. It doesn't matter what part of the world you are from, causing harm to someone is always cruel/unethical and we should move away from it especially if we are on a spiritual path. May peace & COMPASSION be upon all indeed.
That is not HINDUISM. The ..3000 year old is animal sacrificing BRAHMINISM... Don't use word HINDU, it is not mentioned in any scriptures written by BRAHMINS, 4 VEDA, MANUSMRITI, 120 UPANISHADS, 18 PURANA, even in valmiki RAMAYANA & VEDAVYASA MAHABHARATH ..... Word HINDU is not mentioned by even Adi Shankaracharya (8th century A.D) in any of his book and commentaries... When he himself did not mention the word HINDU, How did he unite HINDUISM is a biggest mystery in HINDUISM..... Word Hindu first mentioned in Kitab ul-Hind is the famous book written by the scholar Al-Biruni. Al-Biruni was a Persian historian, mathematician, and astronomer. In 11 th century A.D.... Only Brainless brahmins and their Varna followers say HINDUISM 3000 yrs old ....😂😅😂 SO, I AM A HINDU BUT NON-BRAHMINIC HINDU......
Went through lot of problems, lost control over self, but now regained stability just because of swami sarvapriyananda ji, your spiritual voice and talks has occupied all of my leisure time now, it has now become a kind of relaxation to me. Spiritual help is the highest kind of help that can be offered, and if I say thanks to you for this it would not be worth enough your help to me, still I would thank you for giving purpose to my life
Absolutely amazing Q&A session with the questions being echoes of my own mind. Thanks to Swamiji for the brilliant clarity provided by the answers& the bhaktas who asked them
जब एक जन्म भी नहीं तो अनेक जन्म ऐसे कैसे यह सिद्ध करता है कि पुनर्जन्म है ही नहीं प्रणाम स्वामी जी आपके प्रश्नोत्तर बहुत सारगर्भित हैं बहुत स्पष्टता के साथ हैं धन्यवाद और प्रणाम हमारी चेतना नित्य है अमर है और संसार अनित्य है इसीलिए यह सब माया कह देते हैं अन्यथा प्रकृति भी एक सत्य है और वही संसार है परंतु इसका उद्गम चेतना ही है इसलिए अद्वैत ब्रह्म है
Public comment. Lord Krishna bless you guru gee for sharing your knowledge and inspiration with devotees continues the great message. Words of wisdom guru gee. Thank you so much.
As I understand, the road to self realization goes through Satvik lifestyle. As a Sadhak, what should be my lifestyle? Shouldn't every ounce of my lifestyle directed towards my Sadhana? Tamasik things, aren't they obstacles in my Sadhana? Having said that, I have high regard for RKM teachings and took inspiration all along my life so far. Dear Swamiji, please guide us in this regard. 🙏🙏🙏
All our sadhana has to make us loving, tolerant ,kinder, compassionate towards others and this we can practise thru purity in our thought word n action . Taking up a mantra or chanting daily,introspection n mixing with like minded persons all help on the journey.
Pranam maharaj. well i have been following you lectures since last 7 years, it was an enlightening journey i must say, the progression is phenomenal. what i understand is if i am not wrong and my humble opinion. We are already Brahman and we dont have to seek for one instead just realise it through negation process. namely 1, PanchaKosha 2. Drik Driysa 3. Meditation either ways we will reach emptiness or No thingsness. which is actually translated in completeness or Purnam. although you are in emptiness but you never lost anything.......
For Swami Vivekananda's opinion on food for the stomach, I found detailed discussion in the book "Talks With Swami Vivekananda" in chapter XXVII. He has discussed extensively about ahimsa, meat-eating, sattva, rajas and tamas in man etc. In short, Swami Vivekanada was a strong proponent of mental and physical strength. Food is the primary source of physical strength and disease free body. Weak body talking of Sattva is nothing but deep Tamas. Once you attain physical strength, you are qualified for Sattva. Once you attain Sattva, you naturally detach from lust and wealth, want of pride and egoism. For detailed enquiry into the topic, I let people to read the book. For me, my queries are answered! 🙏
Here are a few verses from the Mahabharata that mention non-vegetarian food eaten by Vyasa and Krishna: In the Adi Parva (Book of Beginning), Chapter 93, it is mentioned that Vyasa, while living in the forest, would eat deer meat and other forest animals: "Thus passing his time, Vyasa of great wisdom, subsisted on herbs and fruits and roots, and occasionally on the flesh of animals of the forest, brought as tribute by the hunters." In the Anushasana Parva (Book of Instructions), Chapter 88, Krishna advises Yudhishthira on the merits of various types of food, including meat: "Meat, again, that is well-cooked and is not tough, is said to be highly beneficial. Indeed, meat is highly beneficial to persons of all ages. It stays longer in the stomach than other kinds of food, and affords high nourishment." In the Shanti Parva (Book of Peace), Chapter 176, Krishna speaks to Yudhishthira about the importance of following dharma, even when it comes to food: "Beef, O king, is highly beneficial to the Brahmanas and kine also are said to be sacred. Even this is the eternal dharma. The virtuous man who eats the flesh of animals, O king, incurs no sin thereby, since everything is dependent on fate." It should be noted, however, that the Mahabharata also emphasizes the importance of ahimsa (non-violence) and vegetarianism in various places.
Are you saying you need to be a meat eater to be strong? See Patrik Baboumian, Venus Williams, Djokovic... For strong vegetarian minds Albert Einstein, Magnus Carlsen. "If God Himself says something illogical, one should not follow it. But if even a kid says something logical, one should follow that." The opinions of a single person are not the ultimate Truth, take in account the opinion also of hundreds or even thousands of strong minded yogis and most importantly your own rationality
You have cleverly suppressed the final statement of. Vivekanandaewihere he says that at long last your interest in meat eating will go away So pl quote in toto
That is not HINDUISM. The ..3000 year old is animal sacrificing BRAHMINISM... Don't use word HINDU, it is not mentioned in any scriptures written by BRAHMINS, 4 VEDA, MANUSMRITI, 120 UPANISHADS, 18 PURANA, even in valmiki RAMAYANA & VEDAVYASA MAHABHARATH ..... Word HINDU is not mentioned by even Adi Shankaracharya (8th century A.D) in any of his book and commentaries... When he himself did not mention the word HINDU, How did he unite HINDUISM is a biggest mystery in HINDUISM..... Word Hindu first mentioned in Kitab ul-Hind is the famous book written by the scholar Al-Biruni. Al-Biruni was a Persian historian, mathematician, and astronomer. In 11 th century A.D.... Only Brainless brahmins and their Varna followers say HINDUISM 3000 yrs old ....😂😅😂 SO, I AM A HINDU BUT NON-BRAHMINIC HINDU......
As a physician by training, I understand reincarnation through my DNA which has come to me from my ancestors in the distant past through multiple births and deaths across generations. Even before my present birth, I must have lived in them in subtle form because the DNA I have now is contributed by them.
As much as this can make sense to you, DNA is part of the physical body and can't be a part of the theory if rebirth....there are 7 lokas i guess and sukshma sharir manifests in different lokas... You must be aware about gene expression and how it varies vastly across generations...so probably the sukshma sharira can influence which gene is expressed and that is how the tendencies get transferred
Thanks Swamiji after listening to your talks and other Swamiji on Advaita on traditional way makes more sense and clarity is much better. In comparison to some of the new spiritual teachings on direct paths .Raman Maharshi and Nisargatda Maharaj teachings are uniqueness. 🙏🙏🙏Thanks
Thank You Swami Ji. For Very Clear and Perfect Guidance. The Topic or Questions are very Deep and Requires A Lot of Attention and Repeated Listening to Your Divine Blissful Talks on Pure Absolute Consciousness. Or Atman or Bramhan. I had never heard about non vegetarian because generally at least in India all temple's or ashram's or spiritual or bhakti, needs outside purifying. But anyway maybe it depends on individual. Once Again great thanks for Crystal Clear Pure and Perfect Guidance On Advait Vedant. Om Peace Purity Happiness. 🙏😊🕉️🏵️🌼💐🕉️🙏
People are more interested on who is eating what rather focusing on how i could be a better person. How can I progress spiritually. One should focus on himself and his duties not others and arguing on others food habit.
No madam, people are more concerned with who is eating "whom" , animals are not food, animals are not "it" they are someone, they have subjective experience, they don't exist to give you a 5 minutes taste pleasure by giving up their entire lives, they don't exist for you to be exploited in the name of food, do you agree with Jeffery Dahmer's food habits?
I read an article where Swami Vivekanada said to an american person who was processing beef that if you cant reverse the process of giving it life then you have no right to kill it. As swami said that vegetarianism is a higher ideal to follow but aren't monks considered the highest in our society who follow strict routines like Bhramacharya/freedom from taste/freedom from greed/and also vegetarianism. Of course I think none of these are strictly necessary to get Moksha like King Janak was a householder, and had children thus not a bhramacharya strictly speaking, but still was considered an enlightened person. So following vegetarianism is definitely a higher ideal and is a great support in having a better mind thus helping us on our path of enlightenment. And yes, food definitely has an effect on our mind. Have a look at drinking coffee, its a physical substance which greatly affects our mind. Thus please follow vegetarianism. 🙏 And I would hope that all monks, especially Hindu monks, were vegeterians. Non-vegeterian and monks don't go well with Hinduism, like non-bhramacharya and being a monk.
That is not HINDUISM. The ..3000 year old is animal sacrificing BRAHMINISM... Don't use word HINDU, it is not mentioned in any scriptures written by BRAHMINS, 4 VEDA, MANUSMRITI, 120 UPANISHADS, 18 PURANA, even in valmiki RAMAYANA & VEDAVYASA MAHABHARATH ..... Word HINDU is not mentioned by even Adi Shankaracharya (8th century A.D) in any of his book and commentaries... When he himself did not mention the word HINDU, How did he unite HINDUISM is a biggest mystery in HINDUISM..... Word Hindu first mentioned in Kitab ul-Hind is the famous book written by the scholar Al-Biruni. Al-Biruni was a Persian historian, mathematician, and astronomer. In 11 th century A.D.... Only Brainless brahmins and their Varna followers say HINDUISM 3000 yrs old ....😂😅😂 SO, I AM A HINDU BUT NON-BRAHMINIC HINDU......
If life (wakening state) is just a movie projected by consciousness, and we all play a character, why to strive to make this world better? Just sit down and accept that all the problems in the world on global or individual level is according to the script of the movie maker. And only he/she can change the script
🙏 Pronam Maharaj. My humble question is that from where and how the highest thought to know oneself, the concept of infinity originated? From Vaidik era or pre Vaidik era. Within this planet or from highly intellectuals from different planet.
Pranam Swamiji. I do not have any question as such but a request or an earnest wish. I really really wish Ramakrishna Math- Vedanta Society can be opened in Luxembourg
1:16:10 The book suggested by the Swami is a remarkable book by an illustrious author (Dr. Reza Shah-Kazemi) where he has astutely compared the 3 Spiritual traditions, viz. Advaita Vedanta, Islamic non-duality and non-dual Christianity. The author is not only a great scholar but also a spiritual adept: a chief disciple of Dr. Martin Lings a.k.a. Shaykh Abu Bakr Sirajuddin, an Islamic Sufi Sage of the late 20th century.
Brilliant Swami Sarva Priyananda should quit the unnatural and anti Vedic monasteries, get married and start a Gurukul Ashram like in Vedic times. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
😂😂😂. A copy of a copy is not original. The more I see it, by comparing, one try to convert more people from x religion into cults. Christians also did that time again again. Sin = Avidya etc. No it is not. Sorry
Respectfully, “to transcend all sorts of suffering instead of how best to avoid suffering & how best to deal with suffering! And what’s the success rate Swami ji🙏🙏
I pray to Thakur that more and more R.K .Ashrams and Vedanta societies spread accross Europe . I am dying to get associated with and be able to do some thing for Thakur. But there is no ashram here in Luxembourg. And I do not know how remotely I can serve.
Swamiji, even if one is interested in enlightenment, the process is so difficult that one loses interest after sometime. Have you heard of the term "FLOW". People stay interested in things that are challenging for them but at the same time they are good enough at it to overcome the challenge. If something is way too easy or way too difficult, the human brain loses interest and is unable to attain a state of FLOW. And that exactly is the problem with enlightenment. The process is long and arduous. And we hardly ever achieve any milestones or bread crumbs to follow the path. It is a long long long journey with barely any incentives or rewards on the way but just a promise of eternal peace and bliss someday.
Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha are all valid pursuits of life. Each pursuit is important in its own way. To pretend that we don't care for these pursuits is dishonest. Ancient India did not have monasteries with monks. Ancient Rishis were married and taught in their homes, which were Gurukuls.
Listen to answer to the question starting 56:01.Sadly, Swami seems to lack direct knowledge of deep sleep. So many "teachers" think they have "got it" and it is simply another story in their ordinary mind. MInd is not in deep sleep. And deep sleep can be known directly. And bliss is good description. It is absolutely not blank. There are those who know the power this knowledge first hand.
Swamiji I am huge bhakt of yours I really feel you should upload some videos in hindi also . Ramkrishna mission should reach to common man in India also. My mother is interested in spirituality, Swami Vivekand and tell me how she will get this content.
There are many Swamis of Ramkrishna Mission who give talks in Hindi too. 1. Swami Nikhileshwarananda who give lecture in Hindi Gujarati and sometimes English 2. Swami Samarpananda with a channel name Indian Spiritual Heritage where some lectures are in English, some in Bengali and some in Hindi 3. Swami Tanmayananda . .. .
Swamiji please accept my humble nomoskar🙏 I have a small request to NY vedanta society if they could share your stayabout information so that we who live far from NY can make a chance to meet you and greet you! Please❤️🙏
Do you have a podcast dedicated to these? Upanishad (6.2.16) and Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (6.2.15) about the sun and moon. I think this death is metaphorical and may be heightened moments for meditation. The moon is about to wax and the sun just past the equinox traveling north. I need to meditate right now.
WHAT ARE THE Exact ATRIBUTES shared between Nirguna and Shaguna Brahman? Can Only Sat influence Omnipresence? and what is or IS the Attribute forementioned?
I have a question about Vegeterian.. what if we eat certain kinds of meat occasionally? Wish one could clearly see what the negative effects are on the pranic energy. One does feel a certain heaviness after eating meat but generally I have always been comfortable with fish and do not feel like giving it up as its well know as a healthy source of protein. Kind of in a conundrum.
There is a need for shifting the paradigm Why do humans always consider about themselves? Even when following vegetarianism, people think what is good for them, rather than about the victim animals? Is this selfishness or spirituality?
It's about thinking beings..if we eat them we are denying them their right to live..n their karma remains unfinished. So if we eat them we absorb their karmic consequences. Besides some animals see serving a life as animals to finish off karma from their human birth in earlier lifetimes. This I had read in a book n heard in a talk.
Brilliant Swami Sarva Priyananda should quit the unnatural and anti Vedic monasteries, get married and start a Gurukul Ashram like in Vedic times. 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
No fot this age its better to remain unmarried for spiritual upliftment Also they are linked to totapuri who is linked to the lineage of Shankara, who himself didn't marry.
In Advaita Vedanta's realm, The Atman and Brahman overwhelm, Individual souls, mere waves of the sea, Infinite consciousness, the only reality. Maya, the illusion, veils our sight, Binding us to the cycle of birth and plight, Detachment from desires, the path to tread, Meditation and self-inquiry, the mind to shed. The Guru's grace, a guiding light, The scriptures, a beacon of insight, Realization of the ultimate truth, The end of suffering, eternal youth. In Advaita Vedanta's embrace, The ego dissolves, leaving no trace, Only pure awareness, infinite bliss, The union of the self with the ultimate, nothing amiss. In this non-dualistic philosophy, The oneness of all is the key, Beyond names and forms, beyond duality, The indivisible, infinite reality.......i hope I get Swamijis comment on this
Just why will he comment, I think tou don't know Swami don't read comments not watch hi own videos, if you want to ask thi question ask to e mail id of Vedanta Society Newyork given in the About Tab of the channel
Disappointed that vedanta society removed the part where swami says "don't ask me I'm a non vegetarian" When swami himself is transparent, why is the channel trying to cut that portion.
@@deedhesi8014 It’s actually good they removed that. Many adherents to other sects miss out on all the wisdom of Advaita Vedanta because they get tripped up by relative trivialities such as our views on meat consumption.
Religion is not about our eating habits. Great beings like Veda Vyasa, Rama and Krishna ate meat. But today, having mostly vegetarian food is good from an environmental point of view which also improves personal health. Red meat is a major source of global warming. But one doesn't have to be fanatical about it. Having predominantly vegetarian food and eating non vegetarian food occasionally is fine.
चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि वत्स्यामि विजने वने । मधु मूल फलैः जीवन् हित्वा मुनिवद् आमिषम् ॥२-२०-२९॥ [Ram to Kausalya ] “I shall live in a solitary forest like a sage for fourteen years, leaving off all means of enjoyment and living with roots, fruits and honey”. हित्वा मुनिवद् आमिषम् = I shall live like an ascetic leaving off all means of enjoyment. आमिषम् means “means of enjoyment.” When आमिषम् is used with the word मुनिवद् it means “objects of enjoyment”. (आमिषम् also means material enjoyment, lust, craving) There is no context to the word meat in this verse. One needs to learn Sanskrit in depth to understand meanings and context before translating the verses of great epics like Ramayan. Nowhere in any translation has Valmiki mentioned that lord Ram actually ate meat. The exact words used are ‘hitva aamishham’. ‘aamisham’ refers to material enjoyment and ‘hitva’ refers to ‘disregarding’ or ‘with the exception of’. A Big Lie :Mother Sita Asked For Deer Meat
Swami Sarvapriyanandaji এখন যদি বেলুড় মঠে আসেন কি করে জানতে পারব? একটি বার উনার সঙ্গে দেখা করার খুব ইচ্ছা আমার এবং আমার 22 বছরের কন্যা যার সাহায্যে এখন রোজ উনার কথা শুনি।
In the "live session" Swami Sarvapriyananda did say that he's not a vegetarian. Why did NYVS edited that, I have no idea. BTW, I am a vegetarian and am sad to learn that Swami Sarvapriyananda is not. It would be more honest if New York Vedanta Society (NYVS) didn't edit what Swami Sarvapriyananda said.
He told that monks at Ramkrishna Mission eat whatever is given to them except for those food which are culturally prohibited. He also quoted Vivekananda saying vegetarianism is a higher truth. I am a vegetarian trying to become vegan. Why be disappointed with someone else's food choices? Compassion is an outcome, shouldn't be a choice or imposition in any way. Bhagavad Gita says in Chapter 5, Verse 18- "vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini śhuni chaiva śhva-pāke cha paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśhinaḥ" which translates to"The truly learned, with the eyes of divine knowledge, see with equal vision a Brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a dog-eater." I am not claiming to be a truly learned. But I try to understand what this verse truly implies. Om Shanti.
@@sarbajitbhattacharyya9255 What do you mean someone else's food choices? Do you respect Jeffery Dahmer's food choices? Animals are not food and their choice to live and exist is to be more respected than someone's choice to murder and eat them for 5 minutes taste pleasure
Being veg or non veg is a personal choice however if someone wants to move forward in spirituality as the central aspect in life then giving up meat is good, it's a silly argument on whether Swami Vivekananda ate meat or not without looking at the main Guru Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Maharaj, Swami Vivekanandaji himself said am just a Messenger but the message to the world is from my Guru...
Personal choice? Did the animal that you just slaughtered want to be killed? When you don't respect the choice of the animal to live, how can you defend your personal choice my friend.
@@Tattvamasii-b4q dude, did you even read my comment? Im not talking about enlightenment- it is not a crash course.. I'm asking you, if you were in that animal's place, would you feel very happy to give up your life for someone's dinner? Think...
@@vigneshs5899 that I know..we should opt minimum violence... everyone cannot afford vegan/vegetarian diet...I also gave up egg and chicken..only fish as of now...and don't tell me by buying packet milk we don't hurt animal...
@@Tattvamasii-b4q vegan diets are the cheapest, soys and beans are very cheap, cheaper than animal dead bodies, also dairy products are not vegan as they come from cruelty and murder of cows
I'm _very upset_ by what the digital team has done with this Q&A session. At 32:07 , in response to the question, Swami himself originally admitted that he is not a vegetarian. The whole point of the answer was that this question is moot... and they've now removed that portion. I honestly don't care what people consume. But sweeping uncomfortable information under the rug erodes trust in the organization. Please upload the recording *in its entirety.*
Don't worry. People back in India know very well that Monks of Ramakrishna Mission are not prohibited to eat non-vegetarian food. Whether they eat it or not that's up to them. So I am afraid to say that noone is missing out on any vital information whether Swami discusses it or not. The case may be different for foreign nationals and one more thing, is it too subtle to acknowledge the obvious? When Swami is the in-charge of the centre, what made you perfectly sure that the video team did it on their own, who knows Swami might have directed to act like that..
@Swarnendu Saha LOL by you "logic" that question should never have even been asked. If everyone is already aware of this, then there shouldn't be any issue retaining that clip. This video is on UA-cam and accessible to a global audience, which means that the information needs to be given keeping a global audience in mind.
@@thebelligerentbostonian7524 That information would be valid for a specific maharaj and not for everyone in the Ramakrishna Mission. As I have said despite no restrictions as such many maharajs do eat vegetarian food only as part of their spiritual practice inside the Ramakrishna Mission organization. Moreover many maharajs who initially eat non-vegetarian food gradually shift to vegetarian food with age. So, there is no one size fits all kind of scenario. And, whether this maharaj eats non-vegetarian food or not, this disclosure wouldn't mean much to Indians as we come across the teachings of many different Saints and after careful consideration, according to our own temperament we choose what's right and best for us. So, in short this maharaj's opinion is just one amongst many opinions. On the other hand if you are non-vegetarian and desperately need validation from this maharaj and want to feel good about your food choice then you are welcome but make sure not to listen to anyone else because if you do so, who knows your conviction about non-vegetarian food might be shaken.
@@Uzumaki_Naruto061 That he is a non-vegetarian, so he is not the right person to answer that question. Now unfollow Swami since you don't like non-vegetarians.
@@sumitdutta7043 Hmm, I thought you are a sensible person but you assumed I don't like non-vegetarians without any assumption so maybe I was wrong about you and your comment is the evidence for that
@@Uzumaki_Naruto061 Well I am vegetarian but I don't have promlem with non-vegetarians. And what I commented is because of your another comment where tou are asking to argue with you reagarding food habits.
Probably veg/non veg issue makes a difference only for those who are beginners/strugglers on the path of spirituality. For the advanced seekers, it would hardly make any difference. Own conscience could be the guide in this matter. I guess Swami Vivekananda would not place a high value on this debate because people get submerged in processes/rituals/do's and don'ts; become excessively rigid, dogmatic, fanatic at times and eventually lose sight of the end goal which is true knowledge of the Absolute.
Religion is not about our eating habits. Today, having mostly vegetarian food is good from environmental point of view and also improve personal health. Red meat is major source of global warming. But one doesn't have to be fanatical about it. Having predominantly vegetarian food and eating non vegetarian food occassionally is fine.
Who is here surviving without consuming a living entity? Only thing is you can't perceive the pain of plants through your five senses. Unfortunately, we only see the cruelty in consumption of livestock. The physical, mental and verbal cruelty that we are continuously throwing towards the world, are enough to end our spiritual endeavours. As far as the spirituality is concerned, all the herbivores would have been enlightened by now had vegetarianism been a criteria for that.
It is just a poetic way of Upanishad to give a cause for the creation as a preliminary understanding. Please refer to Mandukya Karika of Gaudapda on Mandukya Upanishad. Brahman is Karya Karana Vilakshanam meaning free from cause and effect. Your cause is your parents and your parents are effect of your grand parents. So every cause is an effect also. So If I say Brahman is a cause of the world what I am saying is Brahman is an effect. If you tell a child that God created the world, the child will invariably ask what created God. We go in an infinite regress of cause and effect. Brahman is not a cause nor an effect. There is in fact nothing other than Brahman. What about this world. The world is wrongly seen in place of Brahman due to ignorance. It is like a snake mistakenly seen on a rope. There is no snake. Rope alone is. The final conclusion in Advaita is not that there are 2, Brahman and the world as an appearance in Brahman. Appearance can be talked about only from the reference of Ignorance. Brahman alone is.
List of questions with timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:46 - Why do we need to search for the unchanging self?
13:06 - Is it ok to pray to God to satisfy our desires?
26:48 - If avidya (ignorance) is in Brahman, isn't it real?
32:07 - What is Vedanta's view on vegetarianism?
34:35 - How can I develop pure love?
40:07 - Can pure consciousness change the appearance of reality?
48:13 - Can God be both impersonal and personal?
56:01 - Is the anandamaya kosha (bliss sheath) really blissful?
01:02:19 - How does the concept of dependent origination map into Advaitic concepts?
01:06:46 - How is the cycle of reincarnation possible?
01:16:37 - Is there a concept in Hinduism about a personal God that can suffer?
01:21:15 - If all is Brahman, what is wrong with Maya?
In Sankhya, Prakruti is infinite and eternal. In Vedanta, Maya, equivalent of Prakruti is illusory. How do we reconcile this contradiction?
Shankara thought if you are not permanent who can experience the next life happiness and suffering. That is why they force to accept Atman. That is their view. If you go to next life, it has to be you. They don't understand continuation well and when eat by your mouth, it considered you eat,. When walk by your feet, you walk. When your mind continue after death, it is your continuation, but Shankara think since your mind is not you mind continue to next life is doesn't consider as your rebirth.
@@ReverendDr.Thomas hi how could soul inter in mother's blood and father semen. If you are doctor explain it, and how it develop to adult soul from fetus soul. You will know you grow up, you transform fetus to up to birth changes by day or week and months. You will think more.
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I need the mail id pls.
Going through a very traumatic period in life, listening to Swami Ji gives a little mental peace and feeling of stability. Thankyou :) please keep enlightening
Best wishes
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Take care. I pray that all will be well soon.
Swami Sarvapriyanada - you are and always will be my living Guru. You are beyond your mind and body - even if you had non-veg a couple times because it was offered to you, that shows your humility and flexibility. That is a true egoless soul - which you are. I agree with you that vegetarianism is better than being non veg because it purifies your mind, body, & soul. But you are enlightened, Swami Ji and you are above these things that people judge about,
I don't know whether he is enlightened or not, but the rest of the things you said is spot on.
Its not like Swami is daily eating Meat etc, I know of some Swamis of Ramkrishna Mission who take fish or meat like once or twice an year.
Right, Swamiji eating non veg is not an excuse for anybody else to do so, unless they become monks too, he has given up everything else, are they willing to??
On Veg/Non Veg issue I am quoting Swami Vivekananda from his book Practical Vivekananda. "When I eat meat I know it is wrong. Even if I am bound to eat it under certain circumstances, I know it is cruel. I must not drag my ideal down to the actual and apologise for my weak conduct in this way. The ideal is not to eat flesh, not to injure any being, for all animals are my brothers. If you can think of them as your brothers, you have made a little headway towards the brotherhood of all souls, not to speak of the brotherhood of man!" ❤❤❤ It's incredible , until recently a lot of meat eaters told me Vivekananda even advocated eating meat!!
@@crd3909 Yea but most people don't steal or rape. They clearly know this is a bad habit and it's unethical and cruel and refrain from it. But somehow being careful about not eating meat is "dogma".
@@crd3909 That doesn't answer my question. You can be a very serious thief who enjoying theft or hurting others. Is pointing that out being rigid and dogmatic..especially to people who are on a spiritual path?
@@crd3909 But it's sad the moment someone brings up the issue of giving up meat instead of acknowledging it people immediately bring up fanaticism and dogma.
@@crd3909 Thats the not point I am making. It doesn't matter what part of the world you are from, causing harm to someone is always cruel/unethical and we should move away from it especially if we are on a spiritual path. May peace & COMPASSION be upon all indeed.
That is not HINDUISM. The ..3000 year old is animal sacrificing BRAHMINISM...
Don't use word HINDU, it is not mentioned in any scriptures written by BRAHMINS, 4 VEDA, MANUSMRITI, 120 UPANISHADS, 18 PURANA, even in valmiki RAMAYANA & VEDAVYASA MAHABHARATH .....
Word HINDU is not mentioned by even Adi Shankaracharya (8th century A.D) in any of his book and commentaries...
When he himself did not mention the word HINDU, How did he unite HINDUISM is a biggest mystery in HINDUISM.....
Word Hindu first mentioned in
Kitab ul-Hind is the famous book written by the scholar Al-Biruni. Al-Biruni was a Persian historian, mathematician, and astronomer.
In 11 th century A.D....
Only Brainless brahmins and their Varna followers say HINDUISM 3000 yrs old ....😂😅😂
SO, I AM A HINDU BUT NON-BRAHMINIC HINDU......
Very thankful to Swamiji and all volunteers for making this available to many of us thousands of miles away.
Went through lot of problems, lost control over self, but now regained stability just because of swami sarvapriyananda ji, your spiritual voice and talks has occupied all of my leisure time now, it has now become a kind of relaxation to me. Spiritual help is the highest kind of help that can be offered, and if I say thanks to you for this it would not be worth enough your help to me, still I would thank you for giving purpose to my life
Our suffering is due to the identification with every experience where as I am untouched by none
Absolutely amazing Q&A session with the questions being echoes of my own mind. Thanks to Swamiji for the brilliant clarity provided by the answers& the bhaktas who asked them
Thank you swamiji ever grateful
जब एक जन्म भी नहीं तो अनेक जन्म ऐसे कैसे यह सिद्ध करता है कि पुनर्जन्म है ही नहीं प्रणाम स्वामी जी आपके प्रश्नोत्तर बहुत सारगर्भित हैं बहुत स्पष्टता के साथ हैं धन्यवाद और प्रणाम
हमारी चेतना नित्य है अमर है और संसार अनित्य है इसीलिए यह सब माया कह देते हैं अन्यथा प्रकृति भी एक सत्य है और वही संसार है परंतु इसका उद्गम चेतना ही है इसलिए अद्वैत ब्रह्म है
Public comment. Lord Krishna bless you guru gee for sharing your knowledge and inspiration with devotees continues the great message. Words of wisdom guru gee. Thank you so much.
🙏 TO THE PIOUS FEET OF SWAMI JEE 🙏
Pranaam Swami Saravpriyananda ji. Always stay blessed 💞
Thank you, Swami, for your dedication to answering our endless questions. 😊🌺🙏 Jai Thakur Jai Ma Jai Swamiji 🌺🌺🌺
@@ReverendDr.Thomas ok dude so watch his videos ok if he is such an evil person
Pranam Swami ji🙏
Having followed all the discussion on veg/non veg, now only one thing comes to mind
'न बुद्धिभेदं जनयेदज्ञानां - - -'.
Peace!!
Awesome Inc
Pranaam swamyji 🌹🌹🌹🙏🙏🙏
"Aum namo bhagavathe sree ramakrishnaya "
Happy Thoughts...
Wonderful. Many thanks.
Pranaam maharaj 🙏🙏🙏
Get over it, Rev. It is a term of respect. You seem to have difficulties with colloquial statements. Do you have low tolerance for ambiguities?
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Thank you Maharaj 🌹🙏🌹
PRONAM neben 🌹🙏🙏🙏🌹
Guiding / Enlightening / Empowering Session.......
Why does this channel still have only 2.5 lakh subscribers..the message has to be spread..
As I understand, the road to self realization goes through Satvik lifestyle.
As a Sadhak, what should be my lifestyle? Shouldn't every ounce of my lifestyle directed towards my Sadhana?
Tamasik things, aren't they obstacles in my Sadhana?
Having said that, I have high regard for RKM teachings and took inspiration all along my life so far.
Dear Swamiji, please guide us in this regard. 🙏🙏🙏
All our sadhana has to make us loving, tolerant ,kinder, compassionate towards others and this we can practise thru purity in our thought word n action . Taking up a mantra or chanting daily,introspection n mixing with like minded persons all help on the journey.
Pronam Maharaj ji
जय श्री राम
Pranams......
Pranam thakur pranam maa pranam Swamiji pranam Swamiji
Jai sree thakur, jai sree sarada maa and jai sree swamyji 🙏🙏🙏🌹🌹🌹
Pranam maharaj. well i have been following you lectures since last 7 years, it was an enlightening journey i must say, the progression is phenomenal. what i understand is if i am not wrong and my humble opinion. We are already Brahman and we dont have to seek for one instead just realise it through negation process. namely
1, PanchaKosha
2. Drik Driysa
3. Meditation
either ways we will reach emptiness or No thingsness. which is actually translated in completeness or Purnam. although you are in emptiness but you never lost anything.......
Thank you, swamiji 🙏
Of course it makes sense In one life
For Swami Vivekananda's opinion on food for the stomach, I found detailed discussion in the book "Talks With Swami Vivekananda" in chapter XXVII.
He has discussed extensively about ahimsa, meat-eating, sattva, rajas and tamas in man etc.
In short, Swami Vivekanada was a strong proponent of mental and physical strength. Food is the primary source of physical strength and disease free body. Weak body talking of Sattva is nothing but deep Tamas. Once you attain physical strength, you are qualified for Sattva. Once you attain Sattva, you naturally detach from lust and wealth, want of pride and egoism.
For detailed enquiry into the topic, I let people to read the book.
For me, my queries are answered! 🙏
Here are a few verses from the Mahabharata that mention non-vegetarian food eaten by Vyasa and Krishna:
In the Adi Parva (Book of Beginning), Chapter 93, it is mentioned that Vyasa, while living in the forest, would eat deer meat and other forest animals:
"Thus passing his time, Vyasa of great wisdom, subsisted on herbs and fruits and roots, and occasionally on the flesh of animals of the forest, brought as tribute by the hunters."
In the Anushasana Parva (Book of Instructions), Chapter 88, Krishna advises Yudhishthira on the merits of various types of food, including meat:
"Meat, again, that is well-cooked and is not tough, is said to be highly beneficial. Indeed, meat is highly beneficial to persons of all ages. It stays longer in the stomach than other kinds of food, and affords high nourishment."
In the Shanti Parva (Book of Peace), Chapter 176, Krishna speaks to Yudhishthira about the importance of following dharma, even when it comes to food:
"Beef, O king, is highly beneficial to the Brahmanas and kine also are said to be sacred. Even this is the eternal dharma. The virtuous man who eats the flesh of animals, O king, incurs no sin thereby, since everything is dependent on fate."
It should be noted, however, that the Mahabharata also emphasizes the importance of ahimsa (non-violence) and vegetarianism in various places.
Are you saying you need to be a meat eater to be strong? See Patrik Baboumian, Venus Williams, Djokovic... For strong vegetarian minds Albert Einstein, Magnus Carlsen.
"If God Himself says something illogical, one should not follow it. But if even a kid says something logical, one should follow that."
The opinions of a single person are not the ultimate Truth, take in account the opinion also of hundreds or even thousands of strong minded yogis and most importantly your own rationality
@@vasukinagabhushan Can you give the exact prose from the Shanti Parva that you quoted? Thanks.
You have cleverly suppressed the final statement of. Vivekanandaewihere he says that at long last your interest in meat eating will go away So pl quote in toto
That is not HINDUISM. The ..3000 year old is animal sacrificing BRAHMINISM...
Don't use word HINDU, it is not mentioned in any scriptures written by BRAHMINS, 4 VEDA, MANUSMRITI, 120 UPANISHADS, 18 PURANA, even in valmiki RAMAYANA & VEDAVYASA MAHABHARATH .....
Word HINDU is not mentioned by even Adi Shankaracharya (8th century A.D) in any of his book and commentaries...
When he himself did not mention the word HINDU, How did he unite HINDUISM is a biggest mystery in HINDUISM.....
Word Hindu first mentioned in
Kitab ul-Hind is the famous book written by the scholar Al-Biruni. Al-Biruni was a Persian historian, mathematician, and astronomer.
In 11 th century A.D....
Only Brainless brahmins and their Varna followers say HINDUISM 3000 yrs old ....😂😅😂
SO, I AM A HINDU BUT NON-BRAHMINIC HINDU......
As a physician by training, I understand reincarnation through my DNA which has come to me from my ancestors in the distant past through multiple births and deaths across generations. Even before my present birth, I must have lived in them in subtle form because the DNA I have now is contributed by them.
As much as this can make sense to you, DNA is part of the physical body and can't be a part of the theory if rebirth....there are 7 lokas i guess and sukshma sharir manifests in different lokas...
You must be aware about gene expression and how it varies vastly across generations...so probably the sukshma sharira can influence which gene is expressed and that is how the tendencies get transferred
Let alone past lives, Eleach cell in our body contains parts of all the creatures which preceded us.
Pronam Thakur Maa Pronam swamiji Maharaj
Thanks Swamiji after listening to your talks and other Swamiji on Advaita on traditional way makes more sense and clarity is much better. In comparison to some of the new spiritual teachings on direct paths .Raman Maharshi and Nisargatda Maharaj teachings are uniqueness. 🙏🙏🙏Thanks
Thank You Swami Ji. For Very Clear and Perfect Guidance. The Topic or Questions are very Deep and Requires A Lot of Attention and Repeated Listening to Your Divine Blissful Talks on Pure Absolute Consciousness. Or Atman or Bramhan.
I had never heard about non vegetarian because generally at least in India all temple's or ashram's or spiritual or bhakti, needs outside purifying.
But anyway maybe it depends on individual.
Once Again great thanks for Crystal Clear Pure and Perfect Guidance On Advait Vedant.
Om Peace Purity Happiness. 🙏😊🕉️🏵️🌼💐🕉️🙏
People are more interested on who is eating what rather focusing on how i could be a better person. How can I progress spiritually. One should focus on himself and his duties not others and arguing on others food habit.
No madam, people are more concerned with who is eating "whom" , animals are not food, animals are not "it" they are someone, they have subjective experience, they don't exist to give you a 5 minutes taste pleasure by giving up their entire lives, they don't exist for you to be exploited in the name of food, do you agree with Jeffery Dahmer's food habits?
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I think Naruto is Non-vegetarian, most japanese are, inpite of that he was able to do grat techniques etc...😂
@@sumitdutta7043 He is a fictional character for your kind information 😂
@@Uzumaki_Naruto061 I know 😂 but your name suggests you like him so much that you are using his name.
@@sumitdutta7043 OH don't worry, in that sense I like everyone but YT doesn't allow multiple names for a single account
Pranam Swami ji we are undivided concessionance
Pronam Maharaj
I read an article where Swami Vivekanada said to an american person who was processing beef that if you cant reverse the process of giving it life then you have no right to kill it. As swami said that vegetarianism is a higher ideal to follow but aren't monks considered the highest in our society who follow strict routines like Bhramacharya/freedom from taste/freedom from greed/and also vegetarianism. Of course I think none of these are strictly necessary to get Moksha like King Janak was a householder, and had children thus not a bhramacharya strictly speaking, but still was considered an enlightened person. So following vegetarianism is definitely a higher ideal and is a great support in having a better mind thus helping us on our path of enlightenment. And yes, food definitely has an effect on our mind. Have a look at drinking coffee, its a physical substance which greatly affects our mind. Thus please follow vegetarianism. 🙏 And I would hope that all monks, especially Hindu monks, were vegeterians. Non-vegeterian and monks don't go well with Hinduism, like non-bhramacharya and being a monk.
I don't think Swami Vivekananda said that, provide me the source as in Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda.
Finally 😁 I come to know about hidden God of Advait 😊😁....
Asha asked a brilliant question 😊
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Gujar bhai ram ram from jat
That is not HINDUISM. The ..3000 year old is animal sacrificing BRAHMINISM...
Don't use word HINDU, it is not mentioned in any scriptures written by BRAHMINS, 4 VEDA, MANUSMRITI, 120 UPANISHADS, 18 PURANA, even in valmiki RAMAYANA & VEDAVYASA MAHABHARATH .....
Word HINDU is not mentioned by even Adi Shankaracharya (8th century A.D) in any of his book and commentaries...
When he himself did not mention the word HINDU, How did he unite HINDUISM is a biggest mystery in HINDUISM.....
Word Hindu first mentioned in
Kitab ul-Hind is the famous book written by the scholar Al-Biruni. Al-Biruni was a Persian historian, mathematician, and astronomer.
In 11 th century A.D....
Only Brainless brahmins and their Varna followers say HINDUISM 3000 yrs old ....😂😅😂
SO, I AM A HINDU BUT NON-BRAHMINIC HINDU......
If life (wakening state) is just a movie projected by consciousness, and we all play a character, why to strive to make this world better? Just sit down and accept that all the problems in the world on global or individual level is according to the script of the movie maker. And only he/she can change the script
Pronam swamiji 🙏🏻🙏🏻
At last came to know the new fact ,that we have learnt about Veg - non-veg food science thoroughly apart from adwita Vedanta.
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Swamiji 🙏
🙏 Pronam Maharaj. My humble question is that from where and how the highest thought to know oneself, the concept of infinity originated? From Vaidik era or pre Vaidik era. Within this planet or from highly intellectuals from different planet.
Pranam Swamiji.
I do not have any question as such but a request or an earnest wish.
I really really wish Ramakrishna Math- Vedanta Society can be opened in Luxembourg
There must be one nearby.
1:16:10 The book suggested by the Swami is a remarkable book by an illustrious author (Dr. Reza Shah-Kazemi) where he has astutely compared the 3 Spiritual traditions, viz. Advaita Vedanta, Islamic non-duality and non-dual Christianity. The author is not only a great scholar but also a spiritual adept: a chief disciple of Dr. Martin Lings a.k.a. Shaykh Abu Bakr Sirajuddin, an Islamic Sufi Sage of the late 20th century.
Brilliant Swami Sarva Priyananda should quit the unnatural and anti Vedic monasteries, get married and start a Gurukul Ashram like in Vedic times.
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@@vasukinagabhushanfrom sublime to ridiculous?!
The name of the book please. ‘Cause he had written many books.
😂😂😂. A copy of a copy is not original. The more I see it, by comparing, one try to convert more people from x religion into cults. Christians also did that time again again. Sin = Avidya etc. No it is not. Sorry
@@susjhum paths to transcendence
Respectfully,
“to transcend all sorts of suffering instead of how best to avoid suffering & how best to deal with suffering!
And what’s the success rate Swami ji🙏🙏
Pranams.
Swami Maharaj answered the question. Clean out your ears.🕉️🙏
@@pdigrazi harsh? 😅🕉️🙏
Pure consciousness is the raw material of everything Can the screen bother to change the filmprojected on it?
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Sattvic food - Sattvaguna -Bhraman realization
I pray to Thakur that more and more R.K .Ashrams and Vedanta societies spread accross Europe .
I am dying to get associated with and be able to do some thing for Thakur. But there is no ashram here in Luxembourg. And I do not know how remotely I can serve.
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Swamiji, even if one is interested in enlightenment, the process is so difficult that one loses interest after sometime. Have you heard of the term "FLOW". People stay interested in things that are challenging for them but at the same time they are good enough at it to overcome the challenge. If something is way too easy or way too difficult, the human brain loses interest and is unable to attain a state of FLOW. And that exactly is the problem with enlightenment. The process is long and arduous. And we hardly ever achieve any milestones or bread crumbs to follow the path. It is a long long long journey with barely any incentives or rewards on the way but just a promise of eternal peace and bliss someday.
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33:25 hahaha that broke me up completely
I worry about you swami for you are at ground zero for evil destruction .Can I get your take on this Swami .?
Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha are all valid pursuits of life. Each pursuit is important in its own way. To pretend that we don't care for these pursuits is dishonest. Ancient India did not have monasteries with monks. Ancient Rishis were married and taught in their homes, which were Gurukuls.
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Swamiji,
Kindly forgive me. Please bless me.
Listen to answer to the question starting 56:01.Sadly, Swami seems to lack direct knowledge of deep sleep. So many "teachers" think they have "got it" and it is simply another story in their ordinary mind. MInd is not in deep sleep. And deep sleep can be known directly. And bliss is good description. It is absolutely not blank. There are those who know the power this knowledge first hand.
Swamiji I am huge bhakt of yours I really feel you should upload some videos in hindi also . Ramkrishna mission should reach to common man in India also.
My mother is interested in spirituality, Swami Vivekand and tell me how she will get this content.
There are many Swamis of Ramkrishna Mission who give talks in Hindi too.
1. Swami Nikhileshwarananda who give lecture in Hindi Gujarati and sometimes English
2. Swami Samarpananda with a channel name Indian Spiritual Heritage where some lectures are in English, some in Bengali and some in Hindi
3. Swami Tanmayananda
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Swamiji please accept my humble nomoskar🙏
I have a small request to NY vedanta society if they could share your stayabout information so that we who live far from NY can make a chance to meet you and greet you! Please❤️🙏
Do you have a podcast dedicated to these? Upanishad (6.2.16) and Brihadaranyaka Upanishad (6.2.15) about the sun and moon. I think this death is metaphorical and may be heightened moments for meditation. The moon is about to wax and the sun just past the equinox traveling north. I need to meditate right now.
WHAT ARE THE Exact ATRIBUTES shared between Nirguna and Shaguna Brahman? Can Only Sat influence Omnipresence? and what is or IS the Attribute forementioned?
MAHARAJ AMAR ANTORIC NAMASKAR R PRONAM JANAI MAHARAJ
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I have a question about Vegeterian.. what if we eat certain kinds of meat occasionally? Wish one could clearly see what the negative effects are on the pranic energy. One does feel a certain heaviness after eating meat but generally I have always been comfortable with fish and do not feel like giving it up as its well know as a healthy source of protein. Kind of in a conundrum.
There is a need for shifting the paradigm
Why do humans always consider about themselves? Even when following vegetarianism, people think what is good for them, rather than about the victim animals?
Is this selfishness or spirituality?
Yeah fish is really light food its much better than meat etc.
@@sumitdutta7043 Have you seen your light food gasping for breath when they are caught?
@@S_alva no
I am vegetarian why would I even care.
It's about thinking beings..if we eat them we are denying them their right to live..n their karma remains unfinished.
So if we eat them we absorb their karmic consequences. Besides some animals see serving a life as animals to finish off karma from their human birth in earlier lifetimes. This I had read in a book n heard in a talk.
Brilliant Swami Sarva Priyananda should quit the unnatural and anti Vedic monasteries, get married and start a Gurukul Ashram like in Vedic times.
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No fot this age its better to remain unmarried for spiritual upliftment
Also they are linked to totapuri who is linked to the lineage of Shankara, who himself didn't marry.
So you think you know what's best for this Swami? What hubris!
In Advaita Vedanta's realm,
The Atman and Brahman overwhelm,
Individual souls, mere waves of the sea,
Infinite consciousness, the only reality.
Maya, the illusion, veils our sight,
Binding us to the cycle of birth and plight,
Detachment from desires, the path to tread,
Meditation and self-inquiry, the mind to shed.
The Guru's grace, a guiding light,
The scriptures, a beacon of insight,
Realization of the ultimate truth,
The end of suffering, eternal youth.
In Advaita Vedanta's embrace,
The ego dissolves, leaving no trace,
Only pure awareness, infinite bliss,
The union of the self with the ultimate, nothing amiss.
In this non-dualistic philosophy,
The oneness of all is the key,
Beyond names and forms, beyond duality,
The indivisible, infinite reality.......i hope I get Swamijis comment on this
Just why will he comment,
I think tou don't know Swami don't read comments not watch hi own videos, if you want to ask thi question ask to e mail id of Vedanta Society Newyork given in the About Tab of the channel
Disappointed that vedanta society removed the part where swami says "don't ask me I'm a non vegetarian"
When swami himself is transparent, why is the channel trying to cut that portion.
It’s all a hoax.
Yeah its really a wrong thing to do, I don't know why they edited it out.
Avoid unnecessary pointless conflict which adds no value.
@@deedhesi8014 It’s actually good they removed that.
Many adherents to other sects miss out on all the wisdom of Advaita Vedanta because they get tripped up by relative trivialities such as our views on meat consumption.
Bengalis eat fish & rice as a staple food.
If I am not wrong, Swami Vivekananda also used to eat fish. He might have stopped later.
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Remain the Turiya the same after I live the body ? Is "my Jiva´s" Turiya the same of yours, so that is only one Turiya connected or limitless ?
World is not Maaya.
World is lovely Leela.
World is infinite Prakriti.
Monks have misled us.
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Religion is not about our eating habits. Great beings like Veda Vyasa, Rama and Krishna ate meat. But today, having mostly vegetarian food is good from an environmental point of view which also improves personal health. Red meat is a major source of global warming. But one doesn't have to be fanatical about it. Having predominantly vegetarian food and eating non vegetarian food occasionally is fine.
Vivekananda himself has quoted in his book "Practical Vedanta" that eating meat is cruel and we should refrain from eating meat as much as possible.
Let's ask the animal that was just slaughtered if it was ok to be not "fanatical"
For you, it is just one meal, for the animal it's entire life
Rama and Krishna was pure vegetarian
@@surajmonu9718 good joke dude
Read Valmiki Râmâyana and crosscheck with all the 7 translations available
चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि वत्स्यामि विजने वने ।
मधु मूल फलैः जीवन् हित्वा मुनिवद् आमिषम् ॥२-२०-२९॥
[Ram to Kausalya ] “I shall live in a solitary forest like a sage for fourteen years, leaving off all means of enjoyment and living with roots, fruits and honey”.
हित्वा मुनिवद् आमिषम् = I shall live like an ascetic leaving off all means of enjoyment. आमिषम् means “means of enjoyment.” When आमिषम् is used with the word मुनिवद् it means “objects of enjoyment”.
(आमिषम् also means material enjoyment, lust, craving)
There is no context to the word meat in this verse.
One needs to learn Sanskrit in depth to understand meanings and context before translating the verses of great epics like Ramayan.
Nowhere in any translation has Valmiki mentioned that lord Ram actually ate meat.
The exact words used are ‘hitva aamishham’. ‘aamisham’ refers to material enjoyment and ‘hitva’ refers to ‘disregarding’ or ‘with the exception of’.
A Big Lie :Mother Sita Asked For Deer Meat
World does not disappear, when we go to deep sleep. Maaya Vada can make people life negative. That is not what Krishna taught.
Does karma fal be proved?
Swami Sarvapriyanandaji এখন যদি বেলুড় মঠে আসেন কি করে জানতে পারব? একটি বার উনার সঙ্গে দেখা করার খুব ইচ্ছা আমার এবং আমার 22 বছরের কন্যা যার সাহায্যে এখন রোজ উনার কথা শুনি।
When will the newest video be uploaded?
In the "live session" Swami Sarvapriyananda did say that he's not a vegetarian. Why did NYVS edited that, I have no idea. BTW, I am a vegetarian and am sad to learn that Swami Sarvapriyananda is not. It would be more honest if New York Vedanta Society (NYVS) didn't edit what Swami Sarvapriyananda said.
Go vegan if you care about animals, dairy is very cruel towards cows
Hope they will not disable the comment section.
He told that monks at Ramkrishna Mission eat whatever is given to them except for those food which are culturally prohibited. He also quoted Vivekananda saying vegetarianism is a higher truth. I am a vegetarian trying to become vegan. Why be disappointed with someone else's food choices? Compassion is an outcome, shouldn't be a choice or imposition in any way. Bhagavad Gita says in Chapter 5, Verse 18- "vidyā-vinaya-sampanne brāhmaṇe gavi hastini
śhuni chaiva śhva-pāke cha paṇḍitāḥ sama-darśhinaḥ" which translates to"The truly learned, with the eyes of divine knowledge, see with equal vision a Brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a dog-eater." I am not claiming to be a truly learned. But I try to understand what this verse truly implies. Om Shanti.
@@sarbajitbhattacharyya9255 What do you mean someone else's food choices? Do you respect Jeffery Dahmer's food choices? Animals are not food and their choice to live and exist is to be more respected than someone's choice to murder and eat them for 5 minutes taste pleasure
@@S_alva Why not?everything is brahman, brahman eats brahman, if chickens and fishes are brahman, why would the cows not be brahman?
Being veg or non veg is a personal choice however if someone wants to move forward in spirituality as the central aspect in life then giving up meat is good, it's a silly argument on whether Swami Vivekananda ate meat or not without looking at the main Guru Ramakrishna Paramahamsa Maharaj, Swami Vivekanandaji himself said am just a Messenger but the message to the world is from my Guru...
Personal choice? Did the animal that you just slaughtered want to be killed? When you don't respect the choice of the animal to live, how can you defend your personal choice my friend.
@@vigneshs5899 are you got enlighten by vegetarian?
@@Tattvamasii-b4q dude, did you even read my comment? Im not talking about enlightenment- it is not a crash course..
I'm asking you, if you were in that animal's place, would you feel very happy to give up your life for someone's dinner? Think...
@@vigneshs5899 that I know..we should opt minimum violence... everyone cannot afford vegan/vegetarian diet...I also gave up egg and chicken..only fish as of now...and don't tell me by buying packet milk we don't hurt animal...
@@Tattvamasii-b4q vegan diets are the cheapest, soys and beans are very cheap, cheaper than animal dead bodies, also dairy products are not vegan as they come from cruelty and murder of cows
Where should we send our question ?
Don’t Edit swamiji please. If there was only one way then we don’t need to be listening to this channel.
I'm _very upset_ by what the digital team has done with this Q&A session.
At 32:07 , in response to the question, Swami himself originally admitted that he is not a vegetarian.
The whole point of the answer was that this question is moot... and they've now removed that portion.
I honestly don't care what people consume. But sweeping uncomfortable information under the rug erodes trust in the organization.
Please upload the recording *in its entirety.*
Don't worry. People back in India know very well that Monks of Ramakrishna Mission are not prohibited to eat non-vegetarian food. Whether they eat it or not that's up to them. So I am afraid to say that noone is missing out on any vital information whether Swami discusses it or not. The case may be different for foreign nationals and one more thing, is it too subtle to acknowledge the obvious? When Swami is the in-charge of the centre, what made you perfectly sure that the video team did it on their own, who knows Swami might have directed to act like that..
People and even monks from Bengal eat fish. They call it flower of the sea or some such. Everybody knows this.
@@YzorYzor Not monks from all religious organizations which are based out of Bengal, my friend.
@Swarnendu Saha LOL by you "logic" that question should never have even been asked.
If everyone is already aware of this, then there shouldn't be any issue retaining that clip.
This video is on UA-cam and accessible to a global audience, which means that the information needs to be given keeping a global audience in mind.
@@thebelligerentbostonian7524 That information would be valid for a specific maharaj and not for everyone in the Ramakrishna Mission. As I have said despite no restrictions as such many maharajs do eat vegetarian food only as part of their spiritual practice inside the Ramakrishna Mission organization. Moreover many maharajs who initially eat non-vegetarian food gradually shift to vegetarian food with age. So, there is no one size fits all kind of scenario. And, whether this maharaj eats non-vegetarian food or not, this disclosure wouldn't mean much to Indians as we come across the teachings of many different Saints and after careful consideration, according to our own temperament we choose what's right and best for us. So, in short this maharaj's opinion is just one amongst many opinions. On the other hand if you are non-vegetarian and desperately need validation from this maharaj and want to feel good about your food choice then you are welcome but make sure not to listen to anyone else because if you do so, who knows your conviction about non-vegetarian food might be shaken.
32:13 they shouldn't have edited it out
What did he say that was edited out?
@@Uzumaki_Naruto061
That he is a non-vegetarian, so he is not the right person to answer that question.
Now unfollow Swami since you don't like non-vegetarians.
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@@sumitdutta7043 Hmm, I thought you are a sensible person but you assumed I don't like non-vegetarians without any assumption so maybe I was wrong about you and your comment is the evidence for that
@@Uzumaki_Naruto061
Well I am vegetarian but I don't have promlem with non-vegetarians.
And what I commented is because of your another comment where tou are asking to argue with you reagarding food habits.
In Sankhya, Prakruti is infinite and eternal. In Vedanta, Maya, equivalent of Prakruti is illusory. How do we reconcile this contradiction?
Why do we need to reconcile any difference in opinions? Both are from different schools of thought, not the same. Let both stand in their own right.
I think in Vedanta they say Maya is also part of Purusha.
They are two different schools of Indian Darshana. Ofcourse their views will differ
Probably veg/non veg issue makes a difference only for those who are beginners/strugglers on the path of spirituality. For the advanced seekers, it would hardly make any difference. Own conscience could be the guide in this matter. I guess Swami Vivekananda would not place a high value on this debate because people get submerged in processes/rituals/do's and don'ts; become excessively rigid, dogmatic, fanatic at times and eventually lose sight of the end goal which is true knowledge of the Absolute.
Exactly - all is Brahman
Religion is not about our eating habits. Today, having mostly vegetarian food is good from environmental point of view and also improve personal health. Red meat is major source of global warming. But one doesn't have to be fanatical about it. Having predominantly vegetarian food and eating non vegetarian food occassionally is fine.
Vivekananda himself has quoted in his book "Practical Vedanta" that eating meat is cruel and we should refrain from eating meat as much as possible.
@@ish3619 all is brahman
When was the last time you got hurt? Did you feel pain or did you feel brahman?
@@ish3619 Brahman eats Brahman...hahaha
Who is here surviving without consuming a living entity?
Only thing is you can't perceive the pain of plants through your five senses.
Unfortunately, we only see the cruelty in consumption of livestock.
The physical, mental and verbal cruelty that we are continuously throwing towards the world, are enough to end our spiritual endeavours.
As far as the spirituality is concerned, all the herbivores would have been enlightened by now had vegetarianism been a criteria for that.
good point.
Pranav swamiji
I am rajani patwari from Chicago
My question is
How there is desire in Brahman to be many and I don’t want to be alone?
It is just a poetic way of Upanishad to give a cause for the creation as a preliminary understanding. Please refer to Mandukya Karika of Gaudapda on Mandukya Upanishad. Brahman is Karya Karana Vilakshanam meaning free from cause and effect. Your cause is your parents and your parents are effect of your grand parents. So every cause is an effect also. So If I say Brahman is a cause of the world what I am saying is Brahman is an effect. If you tell a child that God created the world, the child will invariably ask what created God. We go in an infinite regress of cause and effect. Brahman is not a cause nor an effect. There is in fact nothing other than Brahman. What about this world. The world is wrongly seen in place of Brahman due to ignorance. It is like a snake mistakenly seen on a rope. There is no snake. Rope alone is. The final conclusion in Advaita is not that there are 2, Brahman and the world as an appearance in Brahman. Appearance can be talked about only from the reference of Ignorance. Brahman alone is.
33:36 that punchline though.
Can we ask our quest (questions) here. Or in an email. Can anybody enlighten
In a new incarnaration I don't remember anything about past lives
Why Vivekananda supported meant eating !?? And said for rajas eneegy we need to eat meant !?
MASTER