|| Maya || by Swami Sarvapriyananda
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- Опубліковано 23 бер 2019
- Swami Sarvapriyananda gives a discourse on the nature of Maya (Illusion or Ignorance). This lecture is part of a series of talks inspired by Swami Vivekananda's Jnana Yoga.
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Vedanta is one of the world’s most ancient religious philosophies and one of its broadest. Based on the Vedas, the sacred scriptures of India, Vedanta affirms the oneness of existence, the divinity of the soul, and the harmony of religions.
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Vedanta Society of New York is affiliated with the Ramakrishna Order of India. In fact, this is the Order's first Center started by Swami Vivekananda, in 1894. It was a historic event, for the seed of the world-wide Ramakrishna Movement was sown here in New York over a century ago. Swami Sarvapriyananda is the present Resident Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York.
I have met many people who have studied philosophy at top universities but they know nothing about Vedanta . Hence they are still baffled by some questions that are easily answered by Vedanta . This eloquent swami is soaked in Vedanta but also is very well versed in western philosophy . What a living resource ! He has done the hard miles on our behalf . Thank you Swami . Thank you Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi . Happy Easter to one and all ✝️🕉️🙏
@Inner Peace Thank you and God Bless🙏🕊️
We shud push more on the truth that all religions are same...the central core message is the same yet we have people trying to go tribal on this...
God is one 🙏🚩
@@imneverwrongsometimestruthlies For sure 🙏🕉️
Correct.
My dear brother, where are you from?
Vivekanand is overrated person he was so confused.....
"What was hidden by Maya? You were hidden by Maya. Maya did not hide the truth from you. You are the truth. So the play of Maya was your own play."
This took my mind into complete silence for couple of minutes, which usually never happens. And when I rethink the last line again & again, it gives such a strange feeling I can't describe.
It was an outstanding talk by Swami ji. What a valuable asset he has provided through this lecture. Thank you so much 🙏
Absolutely! I had the same feeling but went into deep thought about reality. Is it like a game we all play with ourselves to experience finite feelings as we all are infinite! Such a wonderful speech.
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my friend on what basis you said that
we all are infinite
There is no existence of many
We ( i mean all jivatmas) exist because of ahankar /false egos ( for an example
We had no name before birth after birth parents gives us name
We think that name and body and other relatives are associated with us
But where were all of this when we were born we have no ideo about all these things
Another example is
When we were child that time i was exist
When we were teenager, young I was existed(
I means the real self which didi not changed remain unchanged irrespective of changes in gross body exterbal world )
and mahamaya( forgetting real self)
Only one pure sadchidanadghan Parbramhan Paramatma Parmeshwar Bhagwan Atma exist
Please read and try to understand autgentic Sanatani
Ishavasya Upnishad
Mandukya upnishad
Those, like me, who missed the illuminating talks by Swami Vivekananda, by being born late by a century, can now find solace in the talks of Swamy Sarvapriyananda. We are blessed indeed!!!
Very nice lacture. Thanks a lot for such true facts of maya
Vinayak Prabhu I know, right?!
He's Swami Vivekananda reborn for uplifting humanity 💓
@@anithapandit852 Swami Vivekananda must've attained moksha. How can he be reborn?
He must have taken compassion on souls like you and me and reborn to uplift us
I am so grateful for this man's existence. Stay healthy, Swami. We love you and need you.
Thank you Swami Ji.
Pranam pravuji Mind and Maya never dies its only our body dies then what is the relation of atma or antma with mind and maya
@@dr.tarunkumardanda8702 Shiva (athma) and Maya or Shakthi or intelligent energy (thoughts/body/world/universe) always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen. Maya is the cause of experience of subject/object split and athma's confusion and identification with thoughts and body (due to ego) which disappears in samadhi or non dual state. But it does not mean maya = illusion. Maya is the creative shakthi of Shiva and it is absolutely real. Even after the pralaya of the universe, maya or prakriti exists in its subtlest form as a state of potentiality within Shiva at the juncture of concealment/manifestation duality cycle of the universe.
Outstanding explanation.
@@Dharmicaction So this is play of shivshakti subject objectwhich merges during samadhik/sunya sunya mahasunya then what is shajsamadhi
Now here's a first - he's convinced me that holiness, sanctity - is also funny! Its the one quality I'd never associated with that level of serious confrontation with reality. Just brilliant! Thank you India for preserving the wisdom, beauty and strength of these insights! Yours is a world heritage culture indeed!
sadly we are loosing it at an alarming rate
@@nikithanayaer6302 its a transition dear it comes in every covilization don't worry about it
India is gaining Rajo Guna after that Satva will come then.
नमस्ते swagatam .love bro hari oom tat sat
It is available to all , all over the world Earth. There may be different Forms , species in different parts of world. But the Truth , godliness is available to all. Only the conditions of living , geographical, social etc. are conducive in different degrees in different regions.
In fact , humanity has to rethink , revisit the conventional idea , thought that man was primitive and by now has " Progressed ". The Scriptures and great seers have told that Man was Full , or spiritually Complete , even when he was created , having come from God
@@nikithanayaer6302 loosing or losing ?
The ancient Indian sages ( Rishis) encountered these truths in the depth of their samadhis and passed it down to posterity in the form of the vedas , Upanishads and Vedantic teachings. Buddhism is an integral part of this dharmic civilization.
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@Greg LeJacques you do not understand this system of philosophy so stop denigrating it.
Is there a better teacher out there? I cannot imagine a more captivating and highly informed speaker with a lovely sense of humour. Thank you so much for your selfless service!
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Every speech I have heard by Swami Sarvapriyananda is like the most Precious Gem, Pure Eternal Nectar directly from the Source. Thank You Swamiji! 🌹🙏🌹🕉🌹🙏🌹
I agree, wonderful and light bringing
Great learning
This is most lucid comprehensive and entertaining
Good ex plantation on maya
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Wow! What a golden vessel of Realization! My mind is overwhelmed and humbled at his depth of understanding. Such a gift to us all.
This is like bread butter and daily egg to hindus.
@@usc4405 you are right I’m sure. The western world is a spiritual desert as attested to by many Yogis.
@@mayukhpurkayastha2649 thank you for sharing your insights and wisdom! Blessed be!🙏
@@mayukhpurkayastha2649 and love in return from Southern Oregon, USA.
@@usc4405 It is true that a lot of these concepts are embedded in the Indic culture and way of thinking about things, but most Indians are like anyone else, deeply mired in Maya, and stumbling through their mortal existence.
I love that the Swami has the solid understanding of hundreds of years of philosophical thought and has cultivated an escape from the worldly mirage and then takes his time to hang out and give lectures and teach the rationale. He could just as easily meditate all day. But then again, probably not. He seems to very clearly understand what he is called to do in this manifestation and that is incredibly wonderful.
I can listen his speech whole day 🙏
How to u feel
same here
Me too. So much wisdom
Same here. It's a beautiful flow of flowering of sublime illumination of self discovery. Thank you so much.
Absolutely
I Thank to rishis who wrote veda. I Thank to Hindu encients who practiced so long. I Thank to Ramakrishna who taught to Vivekananda. I Thank to Vivekananda for seting up the Vedantha society. I thank to the swamiji for interpring the same. I thank to UA-cam for make me watch this. Thanks for all souls who made feel this I (aham) thank full and greatfull.
Swamiji has an excellent memory, quoting from so many great men and their books. One of the best read men in this present times and an exceptional teacher....Maya gets a good dissection in his class room 😆😅 thank you so much Swamiji.🙏..it is a treat listening to you ...
Never seen a more intellectual human being, truly.
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I love this guy. I have done inner engineering with Sadhguru. But still I have so many questions which he answered.
I find Sadhguru’s talks very superficial compared to swamiji ‘s. We get pure Advaitha knowledge here. Real gen is listening to self enquiry method of Ramana Maharshi, which is very practical
Sadhguru is no good. be careful!
Namaskar everyone! I'm no scholar but I've been around for nigh on 75 yrs, ( this time ) and I cannot think of having listened to a more profound, enlightening talk than this one, ever. Thanks Swami ji. Namaskar
Couldn't agree more. I am 75 too. Love from the Dehradun, India in theHimalayas.
Hearing Swamiji for 10mins.. He will make you busy for the next 6 months by referring to all these external philosophers and their books... I wanna read all!
True..
Mandukya Upanishad is enough
Yes
@@AmitSharma1703 are you in the path of self realisation?
We all are reaping the fruits of his labour...thank you swamiji 🙏🙏
6:00 Maya in Other Schools
7:10 - 8:20 Maya in Vedanta
8:40 Three periods of glorious developments in Indian Philosophy
Age of Sutrakaras - Revealing of Darshanas
Emergence of Buddhism - Poorva Paksha - 1000 Year Debate on two issues - Atma (Immortal Soul) and God - Birth of Nyaya and Poorva Mimansa School
After Shankaracharya - Dualists v. Non Dualists - 500 Years after Sankara - Subject of Debate : Maya
12:05 What is Maya as per Advaita?
13:15 Definition of Maya
Characteristics in Vedanta Sara
a) Sad asad bhyaam anir vachaneeyam - Is - Is not
b) Trigunaatmakam - Made of Three Gunas
c) Gyana Virodhi - Is opposed to Knowledge, Absence of Knowledge
d) Bhava Roopam - Veils Reality; Not just absence of something, Something positive if present too
Two funtions of Maya
Aavarana - Veils the reality
Vikshepa - Error - Projects reality as it is not
e)Yath Kinchit - Mysterious Something
17:17 Story from Ramayana as Example
18:10 Ramakrishna on Maya - Cobra's Poison, Muddy Water, Creepers on Village Pond
27:00 Ramanuja's Seven Fold Objection to Maya
1. Aashray Anupavatthi
2. Swaroopa Anupavatthi
3. Anirvachaniya Anupavatthi
4. Tirodhaana Anupavatthi
5. Bhava rupatva Anuavatthi
6. Nivart aka Anupavatthi
7. Nivritti Anupavatthi
35:20 Seven Great Untenables by Prof John Grimes in Alberta, Canada
36:05 Vivekananda Shows Maya 17 Times in our lives through love
38:17 - 41:00 Ernst Becker Denial of Death
42:05 Kurt Godel - Theories of Physics: Relativity, Uncertainty, Incompleteness
42:55 John Barrows book Impossibility - Insoluble contradictions upon advancement
43:53 Marcus du Sautoy - What we cannot know!
44:50 Somerset Maugham on Pleasure
45:30 THIS WAS SCARY!! I NEED MOE EXPLANATION. SO THERE'S NO GOD AND JUST A USLESS BRAHMAN AND MY NON-ENLIGHTENED SELF THAT HAS TO LIVE ITS FATE?????????????????
46:40 Pursuit of Happiness leading to increased suffering
50:00 Japanese Fishing Story
53:06 Dutch Monk Story
54:00 - 56:20 Krshna on Maya to Naarada
56:20 - Ramakrishna's Story of Monk in Dakshineshwar
57:50 Vivekananda's Approach to Maya - Not an explanation to the world, Sheer paradoxical nature of being
59:30 Hegel's philosophy primitive to better manifestation
1:01:01 Stephen Moder from Slovenia says Hegel stole from Advaita Vedanta
1:03:15 Slavoj Zizek says Gandhi is actually more violent than Hitler, Hegel studied Indian philosophy from secondary sources, didn't do justice to Indian philosophy
1:05:45 Schopenhauer : I consider no other study in the world as beneficial as the study of the Upanishads for translation except perhaps the original. These Upanishads have been the solace of my life and will be the solace of my death.
First chapter of The world as will and Idea (Schopenhauer's book) reads, 'What I shall say in these volumes was best known to the ancient Hindus. They called it Maya.'
1:06:42 Slavoj Zizek on Schopenhauer: Schopenhauer westernized Indian thought.
1:07:24 Vivekananda's objection on expression of Infinite
1:08:48 Pravritti and Nivritti
1:09:48 Flaw in Agnosticism
1:13:22 Spinoza's God, Rebecca Glodstein, Albert Einstein, Vishishta Advaita
1:15:54 Mary Hale's confusion and poem to Vivekananda
1:17:52 The shloka
Thank you❤️🙏🏻
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Thanks man I knew somebody might have done this and here you are
Thank you
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Whenever Swamiji says "This is Maya". ... My inner soul : Smiles.
Finest punchline in the whole Universe!
Swami Sarvapriyananda is such an amazing Vedic scholar and philosopher ; and also an amazing teacher ! Swami-ji really knows his stuff ! I love listening to him . We are very fortunate to have his classes on you tube .
the way out of maya is also through maya(understanding/realization)🙏
Using a thorn to remove a thorn!
Swami Vivekananda,a living Vedanta !!!
The Sutras and the Vedas are the Ultimate treasures of wisdom, thanks to the Hindu (Sanatana Dharma) seers and sages. We need Sanatana Dharma to be realised in the world today more than ever to bring peace and love for all life . Om tat sat
This never goes old Thank you Swami J
Swamiji is unsurpassed. We are so blessed to have this from him.
Exactly I saw him in NY 2 weeks ago. I consider myself so fortunate!
Really? Don’t you have an intellect of your own?
He's such a wonderful man of knowledge and humour 💟
@@menonhm you don’t require intellect but rather intelligence to understand this teaching.
now we understand how Swami Vivekananda hsd delivered his speeches. You are a true Guru
These talks are illuminating. They have opened to gates of my Panchakosha. How I like this talk on Maya. Especially the end when he invokes the shlokas from Shwetashvatara Upanishad and the prayer to let this awakening come to all of us in this life itself. Fortunate are those who have listened to him.
What an incredible memory to recite so many stories and quote passages from books and scriptures without hesitation! Wowed by your gift to seamlessly share your tremendous spiritual knowledge that is so enticing. 🙏🏼 Thank you 😊
Swamigy, every talk of yours, Vedanta, is taking so many people to enlightenment..
So am I..
Yesterday only I was struggling with this query in my mind & today i found Swamiji's video addressing my query.I feel blessed by hearing him.Pranam..🙏
Thank you Guru Ji old friend.
I've noticed great fun in Focusing Attention on another while they Speak, in person, recording, what ever- and they stumble and stutter as if This Interdimensional Cable TV Show Knows It Is Being Watched.
Yours Truly, OM
Swamiji's moral are the last thought in my mind before I drift off to sleep and the first thought when I wake up each morning
Sadananda UTube -সদানন্দ ইউটিউব love and blessings to you from USA
No words to express my gratitude. Thank God, Shri Ramakrishna, Swami Vivekananda and Swamiji.
*EXCELLENT EXPLANATION*.
INSPIRING & CALMING
"MAYA"
SHIR SASTANG NAMASKAR TO
SWAMIJI.
JAY RAMAKRISHNA.
That was some heavy lifting in 120 minutes...wow incredible job...and thanks Swami Sarvapriyananda !
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Swamiji you are the best teacher in this so called modern times. There seems no question which you do not have answer to. You are an epitome of wisdom and knowledge. It's blessing of the Lord that I get to view your talks. Koti koti pranaam Swamiji.
One of Swami Sarvapriananda’s best talks. Thank you!
I second on this.
He , after every talk one has the same feeling ☺️☺️
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So true🙏🏽
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44:01 the more we try, the more our hunger and barrenness increases, yet we are drawn again and again like moths to a fire and this is Maya ... until crippled, we are swept away by death, and this is Maya
What a beautiful finish to a splendid talk! Shrinvantu vishwe amritasya putra! Restores courage into my heart...
Sarvapriynandas appearance before us is enough for people like us to be in peace.His words are inspiring.God bless
Beautiful talk and thanks for introducing the book by Prof. Grimes. At 33:46 the crowd laughs when swamiji says the parents came to fight. These parents have to exercise the same bravado when their kids do it to them. This is a great path... The Hindu world needs more swamijis and swaminis to go to the interiors of India. My pranams to swamiji.
If we are honest we all know that we never see a world but are always only looking at our own mind. Somehow we tend to forget and ignore this fact. But when we honestly look without assuming anything it will be seen for what it really is: Maya. 😘
Oh my god ! This is amazing .
We think that this person may be judging us , he may be abusing us , they hates us , they loves us . The world is nothing but a mind
What a profound lecture on a difficult concept of Maya! He presented opposing views with grace! Respect!
वेदान्तः विषयकम् आलोचनां श्रुत्वा आनन्दः अनुभवामि।🙏
What a wonderful presence and wisdom . As clear as the sky.
The great and profound discourse on Advait philosophy by great swamiji. I salute him with reverance.
I dont know, i cried by listening to it, i dont know why, it directly touched my heart like a symphony
God bless you brother.
Crying is the realization of maya striking hard to the path of purity. I often encounter it through his speeches.
try the heart sutra from buddism
You are such a wonderful teacher Swamiji, Namaskar from the depth of my heart
You're really on fire here Swami... Thank you for all of your efforts
sairam swami sarvapriyananda ji ..thanks for starting the project of teaching vedanta as per swami vivekananda. used to find him very difficult to understand but your introduction is opening him to us all. i am begining to now understand Jnana Yoga by vivekananda this time. please continue discussing his talks given at various times on Jnana yoga. many thanks and gratitute. asha.
I will remain ever indebted for uploading the lectures of Swami Saevapriyananda Ji. Pranam
Swamiji at his highest level
So true!
Pranams Gurudev your clarity depth and exposition of Adwaitha Vedanta are simply exlemparary An Amsha of Takhur maharaja has reincarnated as Swami Sarapriyananda I am simply amazed at the knowledge of your students too Jai Sri Ramakrishna Maharaj ke
No doubts Swamiji is one of the greatest philosopher of our times We all are blessed to have this wonderful man living with us Thank You !
Thank you Swami🙏🙏🙏
What an honor, joy and spiritually uplifted experience is to listen to Swamiji! Truly blessed..pranam 🙏
This is exactly what Quantum Physics says, never heard a better explanation on superposition... blessed to hear this lecture
Can you tell at which point of the video... there is a reference to Quantum Physics
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Wow ! What's a precise answer ! In fact @ mithun das comment lead me to prioritize my listening to this discourse .
Quantum Physics doesn't say this.Don't fool yourself.
On this occasion of guru poornima I bow down to the great master. Infinite pranama 🙏🙏🙏🙏.......
Swamiji, your lectures and explanations to the otherwise most difficult subjects is inspiring and exciting! I never miss a single video of yours. Thanks you.
My heart melts in adoration and gratitude... 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Maya is kind of Virtual Reality
Bang on 👍 it is indeed 🙏🏼
It is our punya to listen to Swamiji’s explanation .
@@sandhya275 nope,
Don't get trapped in pap and punya.
the feeling that you want to change something about it is maya
@@NoahHornberger music
We live in matrix
The sheer amount of books,philosophers he is quoting making me dizzy thinking how vast his knowledge is across multiple specialities and what talent to find a common link among all of them!Wow..Pranam!
So blessed to hear your talks. Just can’t comprehend how well read you are and use such practical examples to present the most complicated principles. Humble Pranaams.
Wow, what a great lecture. Thank you
My humble greeting to all. I thank the creator of this video for bringing us divine knowledge and thus enlightening our minds. Finding fellow seekers is a rare thing and I will like to use this space to share with you all something about my own Guru, Swami Shri Ajay Gurudev.
Guruji, started his inner journey at an early age. He did not have a Daihik (one with a physical body) guru, but was initiated on the path to self-realization by Mahavir Swami. Guruji underwent many trials and tribulations, but at the age of 13 he emerged victorious, self-realized! Guruji has been a beacon of light for many, including myself. I have first-hand witnessed many of his leelas and what some might call, Miracles. Due to his grace, I am working in the USA and also treading the path of yoga swiftly. Guruji does not believe in fame or building ashrams, despite living in the heart of New Delhi he has stayed fairly anonymous and meets only a handful of people who are sincere and want to tread the spiritual path. Guruji, a while back took on the initiative of sharing his knowledge through building a website thetreasuredivine.com/home/. The objective of this website is to guide seekers treading the spiritual path and also to bring the positive vibrations of a True saint to one and all. I hope this humble initiative will be helpful in your spiritual journey and may the divine principle enlighten your lives.
Swamiji! I feel this talk is as opaque as Maya, but it's Vidya Maya. I want to cling to this. Please chant the truth everytime, it is the blessings of Mahamaya herself.
One of the best talks that I have given, and you have given, and yet no one has given! Just a philosophical thought. Om namah Shivaya. Jai Swamiji
Such a difficult subject and such a lucid exposition. Thank you.
So addicted with his lecture…worth listening and understanding and apply in real life
I understand MAYA just like the matrix...everywhere.
& swamiji is Morpheus... 👍
Quantum
Take the red pill 😂
I have also seen the MATRIX .👍
Absolutely mesmerizing 🙏 what an impeccable explanation!
I got accidentally here and wow, this series of lectures got me hooked instantly like meth; I'm addicted to Swami, he's my dealer of wisdom. And this too is Maya
When I listen to Swamiji it takes me to the another realms of experience. Pranam Swami ji .
“And this is Maya.” 🙏🏼💎🙏🏼
Maya is the intelligent energy or shakthi of Shiva without which Shiva is Shava (corpse). In other words, Maya and Shiva always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen. So maya does not mean illusion. it is absolutely real.
No words to express my appreciation and happiness
That's why silence' is the best way to express the ultimate......🙏
A highly enlightened scholar of this era...
Pranaam Swamiji. Your lectures are real great. They really make you think about the truth. Thanks a million
Thenkyou so gud sen me
Sam mor apdhis tox
Listening to Swami brings forth Knowledge and Peace❤
He has been christened very accurately. He is Swami Sarvapriyananda ji Maharaj. He is no doubt ‘Sarva’ ‘Priya’ and a source of ‘Ananda’.
Thanks a lot for enlightening us with this complex topic. You are really great.🙏🙏
Your remarkable capacity to talk is God's gift.
swamiji is a real gem.
attending your one lecture means reading one great book :)
Most most beautiful . Pranam 🙏
captivating talk.
thank you so much swamiji.
pronam.
Om namo narayanaya. Brilliant talk Swamiji . Thank you . Could you please present a comparative study of Maya with the idea of Shakti ,prakriti, vimarsha ,samvriti, nama-rupa and also with relativity, uncertainity, unconscious, will etc of western thought .
Maya = Shakthi. Maya does not mean illusion. Maya is the creative Shakthi of Shiva without which shiva is shava (corpse). In other words, Shiva and Shakthi always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen. Maya or Shakthi which makes up our thoughts , body, world, universe is the cause of illusion. It does not mean maya or shakthi itself is an illusion
One of the best speeches delivered by Revered Maharaj. Here I could get many answers which I was seeking for years.
Wonderful, a beautiful flow of flowering of sublime illumination of self discovery. Thank you.
Swami Sarvapriyananda, You are amazing. Thankyou for guiding me. I am so grateful.
All this is maya, but would love to meet Swamiji someday in this Mayik world!! Not in a dream, but in flesh and bone!!
Every time I hear him, I want to hear him more.
Each time I hear the discourse it is a fresh one
Even after listening this lecture again and again for two hours, one is Joyce and tension free. Think how godly u become after attaining it with practice.. thank u swamijee
Maharaj, Pronam 🙏. Thank you for such a fantastic lecture on such a complicated subject with your sublime style and knowledge not available on UA-cam .
Swamij is a pure heart and blessed with a gift of Wisdom. His exposition of our existence albeit through Maya's veil, to desperate seekers he clears enough mud from the water for a quenching drink of Truth. 🙏 OM Shanti Shivoham 💙
THE TRUTH ABOUT "SWAMI" VIVEKANANDA & THE RAMAKRISHNA MISSION:
Some of the following three points apply to practically any "religious" organization, not only to the Ramakrishna Mission/Vedanta Society.
Nota bene: I refer to the founder of that pseudo-religious organization by his proper name, Mr. Narendranath Datta, and NOT the name by which he is addressed by the deluded fanatics who follow him, "Swami Vivekananda", for reasons that should become obvious when reading the following.
1. A spiritual master ought to be a member of the Holy Priesthood (that is, the "brāhmaṇa" class of society, usually wrongly transliterated as "Brahmin"). Mr. Datta was a member of the working-class ("śūdra", in Sanskrit), since he failed to exhibit key characteristics of a genuine brāhmaṇa.
Firstly, he was a drug addict (he died at a young age, due to lung cancer caused by chain smoking tobacco). 🚬
Secondly, he was a carnist. A carnist is a person who considers animals unworthy of moral protection (he virtually suckled on the teats of cows, thus causing undue harm to both himself, to the cows from whom he stole their milk, and of course the poor, innocent calves, who were robbed of their food). 🍼 🐄 🥛
In order to learn of the prerequisites for being a TRUE BRĀHMAṆA, email me for a copy of the Holiest of All Holy Scriptures, "A Final Instruction Sheet for Humanity" ("FISH").
2. The Ramakrishna Mission/Vedanta Society condones the two MOST PERNICIOUS institutions in the history of the planet - democracy and feminism. There is insufficient space in this comment section to properly explicate the reasons why democracy (or, for that matter, any system of non-monarchical governance) and feminism are so adharmic and evil, so, if you are one of the very few souls who is desirous of understanding my reason for stating the above, you should find my Email address in the "About" page of my UA-cam channel.
3. Because, as mentioned previously, Mr. Datta was an ultra-fundamentalist pseudo-religious fanatic, and an ignorant "śūdra", none of his disciples and grand-disciples, et cetera, can ever attain to self-realization, for as Lord Jesus Christ rightly stated two millennia ago, "A student can never be greater than his teacher".
Therefore, if one has ambition to become even more "realized" than Mr. Datta, it is ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE that he seek training from a guru who is on a higher state of spiritual understanding and realization than Mr. Datta, or any of the current Ramakrishna Mission "sannyasins".
Just to provide a couple of examples for the above accusation, the current head of the Advaita Society of New York, Mr. Vishvarupa (so-called "Swami" Sarvapriyānanda) is a self-confessed candāla (dog-eater), since he consumes the bloody carcasses of poor, innocent animals, and of course, as a member of that demonic organization, he promulgates the second-most pernicious institution in history (feminism). Furthermore, the British woman who hosts his UA-cam channel, Diane Crafford, according to her Facebook profile picture, condones not only unjustified animal slaughter, but she supports the murder of even poor, innocent, defenseless, unborn humans. 👿
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😇 सत्यमेव जयते! 😇
What a liberating words of Vedanta, of course Swami who is putting it correctly, !!!!!!!
One of the best ever talks on Maya. _/\_
🙏I am blessed to listen to your talks.i have just started.Hope to hear more and more swamyji🙏
Spellbinding!!!
Thanks a lot Swamiji 🙏🙏🙏
On earlier occasions, Swamiji also referenced Maya in the following contexts -
1. Obscures the distinction between Seer & Seen - Dhruk-Dhrusya Viveka
2. Makes you believe that you are this body & mind via Aavarana & Vikshepa- (covers your true nature & projects something else in its place)
3. The ignorance we experience in Anandamaya Khosha.
4. Maya is Time, Space & Causation
5. Maya is Name, Form and Function
Existence, Consciousness and Bliss are Brahman. Nama & Rupa (Jagat) are aspects of Maya.
6. Maya associates doer-ship with actions of the body and mind.
7. Maya associates Experiencer-ship with joy and sorrow that happen in the mind.
I love this spiritual leaders commentary. I haven't watched this yet but his discussion on the Buddha vs Hinduism was a great discussion. A bit hard for a Rookie like me to understand but very fascinating. I was once a Christian and then renounced Christianity and came to love Judaism and the Kabbalah and I still love Kabbalah teachings. I find the Old Testament now too violent to read and I believe in the truths of the Vedas and Buddha . I don't know fully and who ever does but the ideas in Hinduism and Buddhism ring so true to me. So much to learn. Thank you for these great teachings!
Who knows may be past life...