The history of women saints and mystics has remained obscure and unrecorded. Still millions of lives have been transformed by their inspirational lives. The Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Mother Ananadamayi, Lal Ded( the great proponent of Advaitic Savisim philosophy in Kashmir) and host of others were masters in all forms of Yoga. It is just that they did not put on ochre robes and did not write books! They just led the lives -in midst of us - that ordinary people can understand and identify with. No great Rishi was ever born without being raised by a great mother. Story of queen Madalsa is well known. Over the centuries, women were not expected to give up their homes and hearths in search of the Truth but this might change as the civilization matures.
What a beautiful discourse on the sacredness of WOMEN in the pursuit of spirituality.. Especially for us HINDUS whose culture worships the DIVINE FEMININE, but most of us don't translate it to our personal lives and our society.. When the greatest intellectual debate on "Advaita" was enacted between two great intellectual GIANTS - Shankaracharya and Mandana Misra, the arbitrator (Judge) chosen was Smt. Ubhaya Bharati (Mandana Misra's own wife).. What a towering intellectual personality she must have been to arbitrate this debate..
Thankyou so much for your wisdom prabhu🙏 I am a woman attempting to spread the knowledge of both duel and non duel hindu philosophies in my mother tongue hindi via youtube and in person. Most of my knowledge in Advait Vedanta is from you prabhu🙏 thankyou for making the gyan of brahma available to everyone on the internet🙏
It is very painful to see that SreeSree Ma Saradamoni, wife of Ramkrishna Paramhsnsa was not even mentioned. Swami Vivekananda called her as the living Durga.
Anandamayi Ma taught Advaita Vedanta and was followed all over India by crowds of adoring devotees for some 50 years, in our modern times. Surely she deserves a special place in this discussion!
Anandamayi Ma described as 'the most perfect flower the Indian soil has produced' was the 'Guru' to her husband, and she guided him to enlightenment. Ma and similarly Ma Sarada Devi were perfect renunciates, though they never left home or family. My pranams to Swami Tadatmananda and thank him for delivering knowledge with clarity.
@@ArshdeepSingh-zi5mi How are more women as gurus the same as downgrading men, exactly? That is a strange sentiment to me. It is not like we are going to prohibit men from becoming gurus x)
@@ArshdeepSingh-zi5mi toxic patriarchy in sanatan dharma hindu make hindus worship demon and satan in form of female infanticide and mistreatment of female orphans. Million of hindus doing it or passively defend those practice by remaining silent and indifference. Therefore million of hindus worshipping satan
@@EvelinaNinudottir Think about it like that if you all the so called equality preaches insects tell society that less female gurus are result of some kind of discrimination then you are indirectly making people against male gurus because of femnist lie about patriarchy that make people believe that men opressed women thought history which create hate towards men and make people bais fmto gave false sympathy and false hate towards men gurus. Yes patriarchy is a lie. It was not created by men. It was result of nature not opression of women.
Thank you so much for this insightful video. I've often wondered this as well! As a woman I am inspired by Sri Anandamayi Ma, the joyful mother & truly Self-realized Saint. I very much enjoyed this story & that you addressed this question that has been on my mind for a while.
I request you to read about the culture of Amman temples in South India. Women have been the center of Dravidian Vedic culture. They were worshiped as protecting god's instead of rishis . This may be because they were a part of their day to day living than taking sanyasi
Thank you so much for your videos. This is the second video I have seen of yours. I just finished the documentary on Kundalini Yoga. The teachings are exactly what I have been praying for. Water to my parched spirit. I have been looking for more guidance on meditation. The timing is perfect. I have also often wondered about the lack of women (in other spiritual traditions as well) and was heartened by the story. I look forward to watching more videos. Your wisdom is much appreciated.
I agree with everything Swamiji said....I feel that it took wisdom & courage for him to speak out about this subject and I greatly appreciate his efforts.
We worship several Rishikas mentioned throughout Vedas. Aditi, Arundhati, Lopamudra, Mytreyi, Gowtami, Savita, Gargi, Romasha, Saraswati, Ahalya, Vishavara, and many many more. They were standalone Rishikas and have made significant contributions. Sanatana Dharma tells us to worship Devis: Starting from the Supreme Goddess Gayatri Maa, we worship Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati maa. Great sages like Adi Shankaracharya have written several Stotras in praise of the supreme goddesses. He said that Bharma, Vishnu, Maheswara are nothing without Maa Saraswati , Maa Lakshmi, and Maa Parvati. Power of women has been demonstrated at several places in Vedic hymns: Lord shiva’s half portion is Shakti: That is how he is called Ardha Nari Eswara. Prarkiti and Purusha are equal as per our belief. Supreme Lord Sri Krishna’s consort Satya Bhama has killed the demon when Sri Krishna faints. That is how we celebrate Deepavali. Goddess Durga taught us how to fight eve-teasing. That is how we celebrate Navarati. All our sacred rivers are named after great women, and we continuously worship them. This list goes on and on. We believe that wherever a woman is subjected to pain, the devastation follows. We are born and brought up in the culture of respecting women. My humble submission is not to attribute gender issues to ancient scriptures. Every Sanatana Dharma Practitioner worships Goddesses, respects women, and never differentiates merit based on body parts. Please do not generalize or typecast. There is nothing called as Androcentric in Sanatana Dharma. Mother is at the center of the universe. Kindly Understand. 🙏🙏🙏
Note: This is my first ever public comment. I could not digest the contents and wanted to clarify.
Actually I was about to mention this ... Thank you as you have mentioned this.... This guru has misunderstood Vedas.... Could not understand the significance of women in Jumbu Dweep...
Where are all the souls that share the same interests as me, they for sure aren’t anywhere around me. Peace to everyone who sees this and feels the same, and then peace to everyone who couldn’t care much less. Thank you.
At last Swami-ji, it's about time this subject was addressed; as you touched upon, it's not your fault in the least, the earlier scriptures were all written by males, who viewed females as second-class citizens, that has always been the case in India and unfortunately, continues to be the case today, although Modi is trying his best to make changes and promote gender equality. What never ceases to amaze me, is that all the main Gods within the Hindu Vedic scriptures/texts, are always shown with their Divine consorts; Lord Vishnu & Matha Laxshmi, Lord Shiva (the Adi-Yogi) & Matha Parvatri, Lord Krishna & Sri Radha-Rani, Lord Brahma & Matha Saraswati, Lord Rama & Matha Sita and so on and so forth. All these male 'Gods' treated their wives as their duality yin & yang, polar opposites, their equals, Lord Shiva in the Skanda purana, even teaches Matha Pavatri, about the chakra system within meditation. However, due to male priests and brahmins, not being able to control their sexual appetites, desires and lustful urges, it resulted in the woman suffering suppression, repression and labelling, of 'distractors', 'evil doer's', 'sinners' for absolutely years, simply due to the fact, that these men, could not control their sexual thoughts and urges. Hence, the selfishness of Sanyasi when the males get to a certain age, hopefully, in today's age, this includes woman also. I do not mean to attack you Swami-ji, but, this is the reason, why I stopped reading our religious texts from a young age, it was far too sexist for me to partake in and today, I only take from the parts of text, which agree with my atma. Thank you and namaste.
I fully agree. It's incredibly painful to try to associate with Hinduism, try to be open to its teachings (which most women seem to possess intrinsically and live by already) when it's such a sexist context.
@@annap.974 Those hindu priest are worshipping demon and satan. Million of hindus worshiping devil and satan inform of female infanticide and mistreament of female orphans
Beautiful story Swamiji! 🙏 It made me think beyond genders and evaluate my previous pre-conceived impressions of people I encountered in the past. Regardless of race, gender and stature, treating everyone equally in this fast-paced world is incredibly difficult. Thank you Swamiji! 🙏This serves as a good reminder.
Swami ji you forgot about Shandili - the first and probably the only woman "Brahmarshini" a fact that equated the rishi with the Creator Himself. Now attaining the status/ level of Brahmarshi was beyond the reaches of even the most exalted rishis/ men. IMHO.
During ancient vedantic time, panchkanya like Gargi , Maitryi were female scolars in ved and upnishad. Middle age India was male-dominant and probably it was due to lot of invaders came to India as guests. But still there were noted realised females like Sant Meera, Lalleswari, Janabai, Akka-mahadevi, Kalavatidevi and many went unnoticed as they stayed within the 4 walls of their home.
Thanks Swami for making these wonderful videos. I just realized I'd been a fan of yours for over 15 years, back when you you wrote under your purvasharama name. I was so inspired that I drove from north of Toronto to Arsh Vidya near Saylorsburg in 2002, not realizing I should have contacted there first to see who was home. I arrived to find it empty but went on to study Yoga philosophy anyway then Vajrayana buddhism and more. Now I'm back where I started and happy to be your student once more. Sadhu, Swami.
Gratidão pelo esclarecimento, amado! Realmente essa é uma questão que vira e mexe me incomoda e acaba influenciando no sadhana. sua explicação certamente será de grande auxílio quando questionamentos dessa natureza surgirem novamente! Hari Om!
The story also demonstrates the vast love, generosity and sacrifice made by women who are highly evolved in our culture. they are not taken seriously by men even if they are wise and have deeper spiritual training and realisation. Sad.
@Aditya Kumar Pandey not hindi phobic at all. Actually very highly trained in esoteric spiritual science including sanatana dharma, Too bad your comment shows your own ignorance. ✌🏽🙏🏽
We should recognize and acknowledge the importance of women and their contributions to our Sanskriti; they were not mutually exclusive nor were limited to our Vedic narrative. Fun fact: women authored sections in the Rig Veda!
There have been several women Sants in the bhakti tradition. Also the famous tale of debate between Shakaracharya and Madanmishra, precided over by a woman
Our ancient rishis were never sexiest and trained seekers of both genders for the brahm Vidya. But I think hindu culture became more androcentric after the famous debate between Adi Shankaracharya and Madana Mishra where in when Madana Mishra was on verge of loosing the debate his wife Bharathi intervened and told that Shankaracharya will have to defeat her also as she is ardhangini. Rest is history. Although, Shankaracharya won the debate but he started discouraging female seekers of Hindu religion to learn brahm vidhya. Thereafter this kept on deteriorating for female seekers
"but he started discouraging female seekers of Hindu religion to learn brahm vidhya", can you please cite any reference? I am asking this because if true, this goes against Sankara's "Upadeshasahasri", where he argues that knowing that Brahman (=Atman) is the only reality and is one with every being, any kind of discrimination goes against Advaita Vedanta and hence wrong. This will be hypocritical of him if he really discriminated based on gender.
Maybe you need to study Aadhi Shankara properly. Were women dissuaded from seeking Brahma Vidhya, or were they requested to not abandon their familial and social responsibilities to be free to go in search of Brahma Vidhya? Individual progress is most important, but society’s well-being is vital. Will children without a caring mother grow to be good adult individuals of a society?
Niguma, Sukkhasiddhi, Machik Ladron, Yeshe Tsogyal, Mandarava, the entire Sakya line of Jetsunma, Ani Lochen, Sakyadevi, Kalasiddhi, Rinchen-tsho, Changchub, Lha-kar-ma, Lhamo Yerab , Dorje Tsho, Bromti Chenmo. We could keep going. I realize that these are all in the Buddhist Yogic traditions but still.
If anyone have to get the idea of the life in India before European invation, read the book called " The Ivory Throne" by Manu S Pillai. There is a complete section about female life. (south was completely untouched by mugals so the orginal tradition went upto the age of European invation.) ❤️
You are in delusion if you think it was Mughals who changed India. Darius the II and Mahmud of Ghazi and their descendants ruled and impacted many part of India. The south was only ruled by Vijayanagara Empire who drove off the pre existing Muslim of Delhi Sultanate. Some parts of South India was ruled by other Muslims rather than Mughals. Though Mughals captured entirety of India by 1704 (for 200 yrs South wasn’t touched until Aurangzeb) until Maratha, Durrani and British Empire took over. Portuguese were first to come in India, they have written what they saw in South India which was during the reign of Akbar but he didn’t control the South. Persians and Arabs had big influence in the Indian subcontinent, the real Hindu culture probably vanished before before Christ. I m not disregarding the book.
That is because Woman is the dynamic Spirit which activates the Rishi. The man is the container (Jadam) of that spirit. Shakti is the energy which energises the body, which cannot be seen. So each Rishi, for example, Veda Vyasa is actually not a 'Man' but a Female spirit inside a 'Male' container. When female spirit activates a female container, she will directly become a Goddess because of the dynamism, and not a Rishi.
This reflects upon ancient expressions such as ParaBrahmajaya Prajitamam which often appear to show the male aspect dominating that of the female. I've had to do a little bit of mental gymnastics in order to reduce it into a non-gender form because I really like how it demonstrates a relationship between vyavaharika and paramarthika. The latter obviously being the superior point of view. If I think of Prajitamam as being the equivalent of Ishvara Pranadhana it takes the gender aspect completely out of the picture for me now. The submissiveness of the term is still there, but without the inference of a so called "weaker sex" obfuscating its real import. I appreciate the effort at trying to smooth out some of the rough edges Swamiji.
Just as the King mentioned in the story. I too came to this video with a bias. A bias of how a man of European origin know the answer to a question on spirituality. Your eloquent answer has opened my eyes to my own bias. Thank you.
My master is a female we live in different states now but will stay connected always in this life .I do not believe in different sex mater's and disiples at all.i was given a female master because I am female and the connection is very real.i send my love to her n she sends hers to me when I'm stressed and have concerns I can connect with her ,and if u r reading this master.i want you to know as your disiple .I will always be your disiple ,I am sorry for whatever I did to anger you to the point I did ,I don't know what it was .the love I have for you is spiritual not anything sexual but love stronger than that signe or sidne as I called you.i connected with you tonight .thank you for freeing me from my own demons of alcahol, for helping me find the answer s inside n for laughing at things I couldn't I'm still learning sid.u r a wonderful guru
AUM. Aatmiya DIVINITY.... HARE KRSNA. *AMAZING* Lesson learnt. Very respectfully Loving ❤️ ING You One and All DIVINE ❤️❤️💓💓💓 NOW and HERE in this Light and Moment Experiencing HAPPINESS 😊😊😊😊😊 and freedom from pain, fear, anger keeping 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
Swamiji Turiyananda at Abhedashram UK was a female fount of wisdom now sadly passed. Her luminous satsang nourished many atman to see the light of the Advaita Vedanta.
Pranaam Swamiji. I am listening your videos and learn a lot. Your style of teaching is brilliant . Thank you so much. My question is , how the world get created from Atma , as the final tatva is neither matter nor energy. Or in reality nothing exist. When one goes in samadhi he is beyond energy and matter . But when one comes back maya catches him immediately.
@@ArshdeepSingh-zi5mi Learning about the great achivements of others teaches respect for others and better grounds for equality and reciprocal respect. How many men and their achivements haven't I - as a woman - learned about growing up? Did I become a simp or sexist as a result of it? Of course not! If women can respect the work of men, then men are of course just as capable of the same when it comes to women.
I don't like how amazing, gifted women are usually given labels somehow related to something that only looks visually appealing or appealing to taste like fruits and flowers. it's always noticeable, the most "divine flower" or the most "ripest" or something like that. it will take time for us to undo the view of women under the lustful view of the male gaze. that's what makes us associate women in such ways, not as a whole human being that has honor and respect.
It is easy to know the true reason if you just look at history. This isn't meant to be rude or cruel towards men, just read without judgement and think about how men and women act in your own life. Being enlightened is even harder for men than women because they don't birth children and cannot naturally experience pure selfless love. At some point in history a few men turned away from working on their ego and started waging war against children women and nature, and the rest of men just stood by and watched. Truly there are no men, we all start as female in the womb, man is just a mutation/different expression of woman. Looking at the chromosomes one can clearly see the y chromosome is very small and cannot recombine or heal, it is isolated and crippled. Not to say women are imperfect, but just looking at dna we can see man is a lower expression of humanity. Men should stop working against themselves and nature by trying to act like men and women are equal, or that men are higher than women in spirituality. It was women who were the first sages and seers, who wrote the holy texts that were later corrupted by prideful and controlling men. We could build a heaven on earth if men simply stopped waging war against women children and nature, and stepped down from the role they were not meant for.
Video Question: Are there any references to gravity and universal expansion in vedic documents? Very interested to hear from you what the ancients thought about gravity, subatomic particles and fundamentals of universe. Thank you in advance.
The concept of multiverses is mentioned many times in Hindu Puranic literature, such as in the Bhagavata Purana: Every universe is covered by seven layers - earth, water, fire, air, sky, the total energy and false ego - each ten times greater than the previous one. There are innumerable universes besides this one, and although they are unlimitedly large, they move about like atoms in You. Therefore You are called limitless (Bhagavata Purana 6.16.37) Analogies to describe multiple universes also exist in the Puranic literature: Because You are limitless, neither the lords of heaven nor even You Yourself can ever reach the end of Your glories. The countless universes, each enveloped in its shell, are compelled by the wheel of time to wander within You, like particles of dust blowing about in the sky. The śrutis, following their method of eliminating everything separate from the Supreme, become successful by revealing You as their final conclusion (Bhagavata Purana 10.87.41) The layers or elements covering the universes are each ten times thicker than the one before, and all the universes clustered together appear like atoms in a huge combination (Bhagavata Purana 3.11.41)
According to Puranas, each kalpa consists of fourteen Manvantaras, and each Manvantara is headed by a different *Manu* (the first Man of every cycle). The current universe, is asserted to be ruled by the 7th Manu named Vaivasvata. In Vishnu Purana, Vaivasvata, also known as Sraddhadeva or Satyavrata, was the king of Dravida before the great flood. He was warned of the flood by the Matsya (fish) avatar of Vishnu, and built a boat that carried the Vedas, Manu's family and the seven sages to safety, helped by Matsya. Total age of universe is 311.04 trillion years (human years). Current age is around 155.521972944 trillion years. How it is calculated: -> There are 4 ages on earth which keeps circulating: Satya Yuga - 1.728 million years Treta Yuga - 1.296 million years Dwapara Yuga - 0.864 million years Kali Yuga - 0.432 million years Total: 4.32 million human years. -> This yuga cycle is called maha (in english, it means great/big) or divya (divine) yuga. One thousand such cycles forms one day of Brahma. So one day of Brahma is 4.32 million * 1000 = 4.32 billion human years. Each such day of Brahma is called a "kalpa". His night also constitutes 4.32 billion human years. During his day, life exists in universe. In nighttime, no form of life exists. So one complete day and night has 8.64 billion human years. -> Age of Brahma is 100 years. Each year of Brahma has 360 days and same number of nights. Thus, total age of Brahma is 360 * 100 * 8.64 billion = 311,040 billion human years. i.e. 311.04 trillion years. This period is called "maha kalpa". -> The life span of the universe is one "maha kalpa". i.e. 311.04 trillion human years. This time span is also the duration of one breath of "Vishnu". When he exhales, thousands of universes emerges and one "Brahma" is born in each universe. When "Vishnu" inhales, all universes get sucked and Brahma dies. -> This cycle is non-ending and eternal. Thats why "Vishnu" is considered eternal in Vedic Science (or religion). How much old is our universe: -> Note that the period of Satya Yuga is 0.4x, Treta Yuga is 0.3x, Dwapara Yuga is 0.2x and Kali Yuga is 0.1x where x is the time-span of one maha-yuga cycle. I will use 'x' as 1 maha-yuga cycle subsequently. -> In 1 day of Brahma, there are 14 "manvantara" (Manu Avatar). Each "manvantara" is divided into 71 "maha-yuga" cycles. So total make 14*71 = 994x (mahayuga cycles). -> Remaining cycles (1 day of Brahma contains 1000 maha-yuga cycles) are used to fill gaps between manvantara. Before and after each manvantara (called as "sandhya" and "sandhyamsa" respectively), there is a junction of 1.728 million (age of Satya Yuga, or 0.4x) human years. Total number of junctions are 15 (since there are 14 manvantaras). So total gap period is = 0.4 * 15 = 6x. Hence total makes 1000 maha-yuga cycles or 1 brahma day. -> According to the Vedic texts, current age of Brahma is 50 Brahma years and 1 brahma day (we are in the 1st day of 2nd half of brahma)and we are in the seventh "manvantara", in the 28th turnover of its 71 yuga cycles. In this cycle, we are in the start Kali Yuga. Age of kali yuga is not known perfectly but it is around 5000-10000 years. For calculation, lets assume 5000 human years. -> So current age of our universe (in terms of maha-yuga cycles) = (50 * 720 * 1000) -- 50 years * (360 days + 360 nights) * total no. of cycles in one day/night + (6 * 71) -- 6 manvantara each of 71 maha-yuga cycle + (7 * 0.4) -- 7 junctions or gaps for 6 manvantara + (27 * 1) -- we are in 28th cycle of 71 + (0.4+0.3+0.2) -- In this cycle, we are in Kali Yuga. Satya Yuga, Treat Yuga and Dwapara yuga are 0.4x, 0.3x and 0.2x respectively. + around 5000 human years -- very small, so ignoring it. Thus total age = (36,000,000 + 456.7)x = 36,000,456.7 * 4.32 million = 155,521,972.944 million years = 155.521972944 trillion human years. Now add the age of kaliyuga. i.e. around 5000 human years. One we calculate the exact age of kaliyuga, we can know the exact age of universe.
From wiki: Mahavishnu (Devanāgarī : महाविष्णु) [Hari, Narayana] is a principal deity in Hinduism, known as the Absolute protector of the universe beyond human comprehension and all attributes. In Gauḍīya Vaishnavism, a school of Vaiṣṇavism, the Sātvata-tantra describes three different forms, or aspects, of Mahavishnu: Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu, Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and Kṣīrodakaśāyī Vishnu. The term Mahavishnu refers to that Absolute truth Brahm(a) or Brahman (impersonal invisible aspect) then as Paramatma (Aspect beyond the understanding of human soul) and finally as Sarvatma(incarnating for bringing perfection). So bhakti (loving devotion) goes to Sarvatman(Krishna or Rama avatars or incarnations of Vishnu, Narayana bringing both peace and perfection of the living beings). In this way, bhakti surpasses even yoga, which is aimed at the Supersoul, Paramatman. Mahavishnu is the Supersoul of all living beings (jivaatmas) in all material universes. Kāraņodaksayi Vishnu is understood to be Sankarsana(form) of the Catur-vyuha of Nārāyaņa. It is also often used interchangeably with Vishnu to indicate reverence, as the prefix "Mahā" in vishnu indicates the greatness and the vastness of Narayan. So all the Gods including Purusha form like Shiva, Brahma are considered as the Part of Maha Vishnu Expansion.[Vishwaswaroop] Mahavishnu is said to lie in the Causal Ocean or the Karanodak. He puts the seed of this material universe in Mahāmāyā by glancing at her. Mahāmāyā remains the ever obedient material energy of the Supreme Lord. All the natural elements including sky, fire, water, air and land are created along with mind, intelligence and false ego. After this, Mahavishnu enters each of the many universes so created (seeds emerging from the pores of His skin) as Garbhodaksayi Vishnu, who lays down in each and every of these individual material universes (Brahmandas). It can be interpreted that Garbodakshayi Vishnu is the collective soul of all souls in a particular material universe and that Mahavishnu is the collective soul of all souls in all of the material universes. From Garbhodaksayi Vishnu then emerges Brahmā who is the secondary creator (due to his need to meditate to create planets in the material universe) of the planetary systems within particularly this material universe (Brahmanda).
Since Manusmruti started dictating the life of Hindus in India, maintenance of the caste system became more important than spiritual accomplishment. Women are gatekeepers of the caste system. Women were denied of a natural right to seek spiritual path. The caste system limited the spiritual lives of women and non-brahmin. This is my opinion, not a claim. Nobody knows accurate history.
manusmriti was hardly of any influence in indian society, people are racist and casteist by nature of their creation, they don't need a book to tell them that, manusmriti is just the documentation of those practices not the cause of them, its ridiculous that people think manusmirti which is not even a shruti is so influential that it surpasses even geeta and vedas, most of hinduism is community based not book based, people followed traditions of their fathers and ancestors not something written in some book, some of those ancestors were racist and casteist hence those traditions got corrupted to this point. Women were not denied the natural right to seek spiritual path directly, you can at any time become like shabri who was a renunciate, the problem is becoming a renunciate is not easy, not for people who are born in poverty, believe it or not but most renunciates were from wealthy background or sons and daughters of rishi themselves, women were busy in worldly affairs since their marriage, there was no scope for them to crave detachment, women didn't hold jobs and wealth in the past so they were always busy making a living by helping their husbands, in such conditions you cannot become a renunciate.
Elijah has returned, as prophesied, and testifies: My mother is a saint; a soul that has evolved beyond selfishness, a living example for all. She is more advanced than I. And yet, it is I who have been given the role of evangelist to the world in the coming Tribulation. During Kali Yuga - the darkest age - women are oppressed by male ignorance. For example, the most ignorant half of the United States currently wants an anti-Christ misogynist to be their president. But all is part of the Perfect Design. The half of the souls known collectively as "Eve" not only led the fall, but also lead The Return. I could never have been the person I am in this incarnation if not for my blessed mother. And in more enlightened ages it is the women who hold the places of acknowledged authority. The cycles of samsara will end where they began: LOVE, which flows from GOD to the mother to the son. And the talking serpent-head of the male ego will be crushed forever, because the woman crushed her ego first.
Your presentation is amazing. As you ask, may I request you for presentation on Viswamitra muni's original Gayetri mantra, so that can see original scriptural 24 lettered Gayetri mantra. With obeseience
A feminine energy is Shakti and a male is Prakriti .. Shakti the power to create, operate or deconstruct Prakriti .. but not Prakriti which has form .. hence no trace of female guru in form but the power to receive enlightening the energy behind is Shakti where it is not necessary she to be physically present or be in form ..
Without knowing the greatness and glory of women , Indian women, and Tamil women, it is absurd to say there were no women rishis. I can name hundreds because women were taught spiritual matters before men. There is no androcentric word in Indian culture. It came because of the western influence. - Dr.Anand
Don't blame the West. Indian culture, like EVERY other culture on Earth, was and is Androcentric.....it wasn't misogyny coz there was NO CHOICE those days as there was no safety for women to leave the house and travel outside, just not safe enough!! Remember, no cars, no phones, no lights at night, it would take ages to walk to the next village. Also, the idea of women working outside the home was unheard of, in the ENTIRE world till recently. Good thing we are living in this current age.
Appreciate your general sentiment Swami but you made one small error: Hindu culture is not traditionally androcentric or male-centred. If anything it's the most female-centric culture in the world, despite how sexist it's been in the last few centuries (NOT millennia like you said). In fact, ancient Indian universities like Takshashila and Nalanda have centuries long records of women scholars who were just as active in the system as males. Hindu culture was not sexist until it turned rigid to save itself from islamic invasions. Here's something for you to think about: 1. The pantheon of Hindu gods has many more female deities than male deities, and they enjoy far more regional and global popularity than most male deities (with the exception of cosmic gods and avatars). 2. India despite its recent sexism never had such a thing as a women's suffrage movement where many developed countries did. Why? Because nobody even thought that women should be considered separately when assigning voting rights. Men and women got their rights at the same time without question. 3. Where a country like the USA still hasn't had a female president, India had its woman prime minister back in 1966 when it hadn't even been a democracy for 20 years! (compared to USA's 180 years or so) So yes, Hindu culture has been sexist for the last many centuries. But to assume that it's been that way for millennia would be inaccurate. As you illustrated with a story later, the Vedas couldn't care less about what's between someone's legs. Just as the vile actions of a lone Pope or a perverted priest do not represent the core values of christianity, not everything that's written in sanskrit/hindi/committed/omitted by some Hindus should be seen as a portrayal of Hindu values.
Look, I don't know about Vedas or other ages. But I come from a middle-class family and my grandmoms weren't allowed to go to school past 5th grade and were married off at 15. I am a feminist myself but I rely on direct experience while making statements and I, unfortunately, have to agree that majority of culture in India was male-centered. It is definitely changing and has changed for the better today and it makes me happy. Additionally, this video is not about analyzing whether or not Indian culture has been male-centered. Point is that if you are sincere in your sadhana, both men and women are capable of realizing True Nature.
Hiranmayi Pai So also were men. And men married quite early too. The literacy rate was less than 20% (maybe 10%) before the advent of mass education. (Not that I think too highly of education beyond the basics - it’s mostly a glorified tool of survival)
Women are already born into a higher spiritual level. Men are way behind in comparison. Eckhart Tolle mentions this in one of his retreats. The ego in women is less present than in man, generally speaking.
Yes, this is widely known. Although the male ego refuses to comprehend this - like so many other deep truths. (Still, let's be appreciative of the handful of men who are at least trying to become wise.)
swamiji you explained very beautifully, thank u so much for this information the best examples of female gurus are shabari in ramayan and veeda vati there are many examples of female gurus in past.
There are many female rishis called as rishika(singular) in Vedic tradition. Even in modern day Vedic traditions we can find many female gurus sanyasini. As per me a male is less capable in controlling his sexual desires and therefore unless a male guru has transcended all the desires or vices he may not be willing to have a female disciple. However, Vedic tradition is in no way discriminating towards female taking spiritual path.
Religion is for men to decide what they do with their PFC in God time(past 32yrs of age) A Women's PFC is pure and always connected unlike men's But it can be corrupted by listening too or following men and their PFC games
Please study Indian culture more deeply. You are reciting a common misinterpretation about India. I am from South India/Sri Lanka and we have a lot of the ancient traditions still remaining. We have more temples for female goddesses than for male and we have great female poets and thinkers. It is only our contemporary culture that has a blind eye on this.
He does not discuss gods and goddesses. He speaks from the point of view of Vedanta. We worship goddesses yes , but we don’t have women in our history who have been great Vedantic teachers like Shankaracharya or Ramana Maharishi. If you knew someone then point it out. Even I don’t know who are those great female philosophical or spiritual thinkers.
Thank you! In the history of the spiritual life of mankind, indeed, many examples of genuine spiritual deeds have been shown by women. I give as an example a sketch about the saint, a woman-Sufi Rabbi’a al-Adawiya, who lived in the 8th century. Rabbi’a al-Adawiya the first of the ascetics put forward the idea of an all-consuming and selfless love of God as the basis of a person’s spiritual life. Careful fulfillment of religious precepts and austerities, according to Rabi’e al-Adawiye, must purify the soul of all extraneous worries and passions, prepare it for the perception of Divine love, for the contemplation of the “Beloved” and communication with Him. She said these words: "Oh, children of Adam, there are no transitional stages between the eye and God and there is no access to Him through the tongue; the listener ear bothers in vain, and the arms and legs are the helmsman, leading to confusion. This work is for the heart alone. Strive to find a heart that awakened, for when the heart is awakened, it is not necessary for the beloved; for the awakened heart is lost in God, and the one who is lost does not need the beloved. This is disappearance in God. " "Oh, if only my delight mixed with human blood Hearts all over the earth would breathe love! " OM TAT SAT
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The history of women saints and mystics has remained obscure and unrecorded. Still millions of lives have been transformed by their inspirational lives. The Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi, Mother Ananadamayi, Lal Ded( the great proponent of Advaitic Savisim philosophy in Kashmir) and host of others were masters in all forms of Yoga. It is just that they did not put on ochre robes and did not write books! They just led the lives -in midst of us - that ordinary people can understand and identify with. No great Rishi was ever born without being raised by a great mother. Story of queen Madalsa is well known. Over the centuries, women were not expected to give up their homes and hearths in search of the Truth but this might change as the civilization matures.
Sis also saint akkamahadevi and
Avayaar.
Add Brahma Kumaris - the Spiritual Organization has 10,000 dedicate Women Leaders
Yes! Lal ded life story and her poetry are soo inspiring! A true devotee and saint of kashmir shaiva tradition! 😊
What a beautiful discourse on the sacredness of WOMEN in the pursuit of spirituality.. Especially for us HINDUS whose culture worships the DIVINE FEMININE, but most of us don't translate it to our personal lives and our society.. When the greatest intellectual debate on "Advaita" was enacted between two great intellectual GIANTS - Shankaracharya and Mandana Misra, the arbitrator (Judge) chosen was Smt. Ubhaya Bharati (Mandana Misra's own wife).. What a towering intellectual personality she must have been to arbitrate this debate..
I express my gratitude to your availability to answer viewers questions with such coherence and integrity
Yes he answers with such clarity, that I'm ready to give up this world.... ❤️ 🕉️❤️
Thankyou so much for your wisdom prabhu🙏 I am a woman attempting to spread the knowledge of both duel and non duel hindu philosophies in my mother tongue hindi via youtube and in person.
Most of my knowledge in Advait Vedanta is from you prabhu🙏 thankyou for making the gyan of brahma available to everyone on the internet🙏
It’s Dual..not Duel
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It is very painful to see that SreeSree Ma Saradamoni, wife of Ramkrishna Paramhsnsa was not even mentioned. Swami Vivekananda called her as the living Durga.
don't get attached to shapes and words.
Anandamayi Ma taught Advaita Vedanta and was followed all over India by crowds of adoring devotees for some 50 years, in our modern times. Surely she deserves a special place in this discussion!
Anandamayi Ma described as 'the most perfect flower the Indian soil has produced' was the 'Guru' to her husband, and she guided him to enlightenment. Ma and similarly Ma Sarada Devi were perfect renunciates, though they never left home or family.
My pranams to Swami Tadatmananda and thank him for delivering knowledge with clarity.
I love her story. She was a beautiful master.
Rishikas!!!🌺🧡🧡🧡
Thank you for acknowledging this Swami Bhagavan 💖🙇🏻♀️
As society becomes more "civililized" feminine force becomes more dominant! We will start seeing a lot more female gurus!
LoL who said that? The west world class it not the eastern world.
If there are more female gurus it means the society is still not civilized equality never meant to downgrade men
@@ArshdeepSingh-zi5mi How are more women as gurus the same as downgrading men, exactly? That is a strange sentiment to me. It is not like we are going to prohibit men from becoming gurus x)
@@ArshdeepSingh-zi5mi toxic patriarchy in sanatan dharma hindu make hindus worship demon and satan in form of female infanticide and mistreatment of female orphans. Million of hindus doing it or passively defend those practice by remaining silent and indifference. Therefore million of hindus worshipping satan
@@EvelinaNinudottir Think about it like that if you all the so called equality preaches insects tell society that less female gurus are result of some kind of discrimination then you are indirectly making people against male gurus because of femnist lie about patriarchy that make people believe that men opressed women thought history which create hate towards men and make people bais fmto gave false sympathy and false hate towards men gurus. Yes patriarchy is a lie. It was not created by men. It was result of nature not opression of women.
Thank you so much for this insightful video. I've often wondered this as well! As a woman I am inspired by Sri Anandamayi Ma, the joyful mother & truly Self-realized Saint. I very much enjoyed this story & that you addressed this question that has been on my mind for a while.
I request you to read about the culture of Amman temples in South India. Women have been the center of Dravidian Vedic culture. They were worshiped as protecting god's instead of rishis . This may be because they were a part of their day to day living than taking sanyasi
Thank you for this excellent video, and thank you to the questioner as well. I thought this when I watched the same video but didn't think to ask!
Thank you so much for your videos. This is the second video I have seen of yours. I just finished the documentary on Kundalini Yoga. The teachings are exactly what I have been praying for. Water to my parched spirit. I have been looking for more guidance on meditation. The timing is perfect. I have also often wondered about the lack of women (in other spiritual traditions as well) and was heartened by the story. I look forward to watching more videos. Your wisdom is much appreciated.
I agree with everything Swamiji said....I feel that it took wisdom & courage for him to speak out about this subject and I greatly appreciate his efforts.
We worship several Rishikas mentioned throughout Vedas.
Aditi, Arundhati, Lopamudra, Mytreyi, Gowtami, Savita, Gargi, Romasha, Saraswati, Ahalya, Vishavara, and many many more. They were standalone Rishikas and have made significant contributions.
Sanatana Dharma tells us to worship Devis: Starting from the Supreme Goddess Gayatri Maa, we worship Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati maa.
Great sages like Adi Shankaracharya have written several Stotras in praise of the supreme goddesses. He said that Bharma, Vishnu, Maheswara are nothing without Maa Saraswati , Maa Lakshmi, and Maa Parvati.
Power of women has been demonstrated at several places in Vedic hymns:
Lord shiva’s half portion is Shakti: That is how he is called Ardha Nari Eswara.
Prarkiti and Purusha are equal as per our belief.
Supreme Lord Sri Krishna’s consort Satya Bhama has killed the demon when Sri Krishna faints. That is how we celebrate Deepavali.
Goddess Durga taught us how to fight eve-teasing. That is how we celebrate Navarati.
All our sacred rivers are named after great women, and we continuously worship them.
This list goes on and on.
We believe that wherever a woman is subjected to pain, the devastation follows.
We are born and brought up in the culture of respecting women.
My humble submission is not to attribute gender issues to ancient scriptures. Every Sanatana Dharma Practitioner worships Goddesses, respects women, and never differentiates merit based on body parts.
Please do not generalize or typecast. There is nothing called as Androcentric in Sanatana Dharma.
Mother is at the center of the universe. Kindly Understand. 🙏🙏🙏
Note: This is my first ever public comment. I could not digest the contents and wanted to clarify.
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Many thanks 🙏🏾❤️
Actually I was about to mention this ... Thank you as you have mentioned this.... This guru has misunderstood Vedas.... Could not understand the significance of women in Jumbu Dweep...
Right 👍
Really amazing comment analysing about women role in sanathana dharma.Persons like you have to comment on these matters.
your voice is like music to the ears. So blessed to have found you. Thank you for your wisdom. So much love to you.
Wonderful story swamiji. Enlightenment is birth right and should be real goal of every huma being irrespective of gender
Where are all the souls that share the same interests as me, they for sure aren’t anywhere around me. Peace to everyone who sees this and feels the same, and then peace to everyone who couldn’t care much less. Thank you.
At last Swami-ji, it's about time this subject was addressed; as you touched upon, it's not your fault in the least, the earlier scriptures were all written by males, who viewed females as second-class citizens, that has always been the case in India and unfortunately, continues to be the case today, although Modi is trying his best to make changes and promote gender equality. What never ceases to amaze me, is that all the main Gods within the Hindu Vedic scriptures/texts, are always shown with their Divine consorts; Lord Vishnu & Matha Laxshmi, Lord Shiva (the Adi-Yogi) & Matha Parvatri, Lord Krishna & Sri Radha-Rani, Lord Brahma & Matha Saraswati, Lord Rama & Matha Sita and so on and so forth. All these male 'Gods' treated their wives as their duality yin & yang, polar opposites, their equals, Lord Shiva in the Skanda purana, even teaches Matha Pavatri, about the chakra system within meditation. However, due to male priests and brahmins, not being able to control their sexual appetites, desires and lustful urges, it resulted in the woman suffering suppression, repression and labelling, of 'distractors', 'evil doer's', 'sinners' for absolutely years, simply due to the fact, that these men, could not control their sexual thoughts and urges. Hence, the selfishness of Sanyasi when the males get to a certain age, hopefully, in today's age, this includes woman also. I do not mean to attack you Swami-ji, but, this is the reason, why I stopped reading our religious texts from a young age, it was far too sexist for me to partake in and today, I only take from the parts of text, which agree with my atma. Thank you and namaste.
I fully agree.
It's incredibly painful to try to associate with Hinduism, try to be open to its teachings (which most women seem to possess intrinsically and live by already) when it's such a sexist context.
@@annap.974 Those hindu priest are worshipping demon and satan. Million of hindus worshiping devil and satan inform of female infanticide and mistreament of female orphans
Wonderful video -- message-wise, and also the production! Love it. :) Is this shot using a DSLR?
Agree Sir!!🙏🙏🙏 Both Men and Women should treated equal and unique in their own way.👏👏
Beautiful story Swamiji! 🙏 It made me think beyond genders and evaluate my previous pre-conceived impressions of people I encountered in the past. Regardless of race, gender and stature, treating everyone equally in this fast-paced world is incredibly difficult. Thank you Swamiji! 🙏This serves as a good reminder.
Thank you Swamiji for sharing this story!
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Dear Guru, I'm so lucky to find your videos. All of them are so informative. Information that i feel like i need to know and not the repeated ones.
You are simply amazing Swami. You teach with a great clarity. I wish we lived closer to you.
Swami ji you forgot about Shandili - the first and probably the only woman "Brahmarshini" a fact that equated the rishi with the Creator Himself. Now attaining the status/ level of Brahmarshi was beyond the reaches of even the most exalted rishis/ men. IMHO.
Beautiful story. Enlightening.
Beautiful story, thank you for sharing it 🙏😊
During ancient vedantic time, panchkanya like Gargi , Maitryi were female scolars in ved and upnishad. Middle age India was male-dominant and probably it was due to lot of invaders came to India as guests. But still there were noted realised females like Sant Meera, Lalleswari, Janabai, Akka-mahadevi, Kalavatidevi and many went unnoticed as they stayed within the 4 walls of their home.
Thanks Swami for making these wonderful videos. I just realized I'd been a fan of yours for over 15 years, back when you you wrote under your purvasharama name. I was so inspired that I drove from north of Toronto to Arsh Vidya near Saylorsburg in 2002, not realizing I should have contacted there first to see who was home. I arrived to find it empty but went on to study Yoga philosophy anyway then Vajrayana buddhism and more. Now I'm back where I started and happy to be your student once more. Sadhu, Swami.
Gratidão pelo esclarecimento, amado! Realmente essa é uma questão que vira e mexe me incomoda e acaba influenciando no sadhana. sua explicação certamente será de grande auxílio quando questionamentos dessa natureza surgirem novamente!
Hari Om!
High perception is subjective. Women who possess spiritual power would hardly call it perceptive to notice our erasure.
The story also demonstrates the vast love, generosity and sacrifice made by women who are highly evolved in our culture. they are not taken seriously by men even if they are wise and have deeper spiritual training and realisation. Sad.
@Aditya Kumar Pandey not hindi phobic at all. Actually very highly trained in esoteric spiritual science including sanatana dharma,
Too bad your comment shows your own ignorance. ✌🏽🙏🏽
Satguru Sri Ramana Devi 🙏🕉🔱❤🧡💛💚🔱🕉🙏
We should recognize and acknowledge the importance of women and their contributions to our Sanskriti; they were not mutually exclusive nor were limited to our Vedic narrative. Fun fact: women authored sections in the Rig Veda!
There have been several women Sants in the bhakti tradition. Also the famous tale of debate between Shakaracharya and Madanmishra, precided over by a woman
If a woman wants God enough, God will move any men standing in her way. God knows that women are equal.
🙏 Thank you. Female energy. All energies must be brought together. Instead of ego. Namaste 🙏
Our ancient rishis were never sexiest and trained seekers of both genders for the brahm Vidya. But I think hindu culture became more androcentric after the famous debate between Adi Shankaracharya and Madana Mishra where in when Madana Mishra was on verge of loosing the debate his wife Bharathi intervened and told that Shankaracharya will have to defeat her also as she is ardhangini. Rest is history. Although, Shankaracharya won the debate but he started discouraging female seekers of Hindu religion to learn brahm vidhya. Thereafter this kept on deteriorating for female seekers
"but he started discouraging female seekers of Hindu religion to learn brahm vidhya", can you please cite any reference? I am asking this because if true, this goes against Sankara's "Upadeshasahasri", where he argues that knowing that Brahman (=Atman) is the only reality and is one with every being, any kind of discrimination goes against Advaita Vedanta and hence wrong. This will be hypocritical of him if he really discriminated based on gender.
Maybe you need to study Aadhi Shankara properly. Were women dissuaded from seeking Brahma Vidhya, or were they requested to not abandon their familial and social responsibilities to be free to go in search of Brahma Vidhya? Individual progress is most important, but society’s well-being is vital. Will children without a caring mother grow to be good adult individuals of a society?
Indian (BHARATHI) culture praise entire universe has been filled with SHAKTHI of Goddess,,hence there is no Gender bias,,
Thankyou for your Information n knowledge you shared,so glad n thankful 🙏🙏💐💐Thankyou Mahatma
Niguma, Sukkhasiddhi, Machik Ladron, Yeshe Tsogyal, Mandarava, the entire Sakya line of Jetsunma, Ani Lochen, Sakyadevi, Kalasiddhi, Rinchen-tsho, Changchub, Lha-kar-ma, Lhamo Yerab , Dorje Tsho, Bromti Chenmo. We could keep going. I realize that these are all in the Buddhist Yogic traditions but still.
If anyone have to get the idea of the life in India before European invation, read the book called " The Ivory Throne" by Manu S Pillai. There is a complete section about female life. (south was completely untouched by mugals so the orginal tradition went upto the age of European invation.) ❤️
You are in delusion if you think it was Mughals who changed India. Darius the II and Mahmud of Ghazi and their descendants ruled and impacted many part of India. The south was only ruled by Vijayanagara Empire who drove off the pre existing Muslim of Delhi Sultanate. Some parts of South India was ruled by other Muslims rather than Mughals. Though Mughals captured entirety of India by 1704 (for 200 yrs South wasn’t touched until Aurangzeb) until Maratha, Durrani and British Empire took over.
Portuguese were first to come in India, they have written what they saw in South India which was during the reign of Akbar but he didn’t control the South.
Persians and Arabs had big influence in the Indian subcontinent, the real Hindu culture probably vanished before before Christ.
I m not disregarding the book.
Fully support Swami's work 😃
Amazing discourse by a foreigner knowing so much of Advaita - hats off
In Tripuraanrva tantra , it is already said that s female can be a guru .
That is because Woman is the dynamic Spirit which activates the Rishi. The man is the container (Jadam) of that spirit. Shakti is the energy which energises the body, which cannot be seen. So each Rishi, for example, Veda Vyasa is actually not a 'Man' but a Female spirit inside a 'Male' container.
When female spirit activates a female container, she will directly become a Goddess because of the dynamism, and not a Rishi.
This reflects upon ancient expressions such as ParaBrahmajaya Prajitamam which often appear to show the male aspect dominating that of the female. I've had to do a little bit of mental gymnastics in order to reduce it into a non-gender form because I really like how it demonstrates a relationship between vyavaharika and paramarthika. The latter obviously being the superior point of view. If I think of Prajitamam as being the equivalent of Ishvara Pranadhana it takes the gender aspect completely out of the picture for me now. The submissiveness of the term is still there, but without the inference of a so called "weaker sex" obfuscating its real import. I appreciate the effort at trying to smooth out some of the rough edges Swamiji.
Just as the King mentioned in the story. I too came to this video with a bias. A bias of how a man of European origin know the answer to a question on spirituality.
Your eloquent answer has opened my eyes to my own bias. Thank you.
My master is a female we live in different states now but will stay connected always in this life .I do not believe in different sex mater's and disiples at all.i was given a female master because I am female and the connection is very real.i send my love to her n she sends hers to me when I'm stressed and have concerns I can connect with her ,and if u r reading this master.i want you to know as your disiple .I will always be your disiple ,I am sorry for whatever I did to anger you to the point I did ,I don't know what it was .the love I have for you is spiritual not anything sexual but love stronger than that signe or sidne as I called you.i connected with you tonight .thank you for freeing me from my own demons of alcahol, for helping me find the answer s inside n for laughing at things I couldn't I'm still learning sid.u r a wonderful guru
AUM.
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Such a powerful oration and explained. नमस्ते गुरु जी!
Much respect. And thank you for your enlightenment.
Swamiji Turiyananda at Abhedashram UK was a female fount of wisdom now sadly passed. Her luminous satsang nourished many atman to see the light of the Advaita Vedanta.
Pranaam Swamiji.
I am listening your videos and learn a lot. Your style of teaching is brilliant .
Thank you so much.
My question is , how the world get created from Atma , as the final tatva is neither matter nor energy.
Or in reality nothing exist.
When one goes in samadhi he is beyond energy and matter . But when one comes back maya catches him immediately.
This story should be included in every BOYS bedtime stories while growing up
If this happened either they became simp and sexist they have to be neutral
@@ArshdeepSingh-zi5mi Learning about the great achivements of others teaches respect for others and better grounds for equality and reciprocal respect. How many men and their achivements haven't I - as a woman - learned about growing up? Did I become a simp or sexist as a result of it? Of course not!
If women can respect the work of men, then men are of course just as capable of the same when it comes to women.
Phenomenal insights
This change is needed. How does a woman go about becoming a shastri who can conduct religious ceremonies? Is there a certification, or course needed.
Very insightful indeed!
An important teaching assimilated beautifully in an interesting story.
I don't like how amazing, gifted women are usually given labels somehow related to something that only looks visually appealing or appealing to taste like fruits and flowers. it's always noticeable, the most "divine flower" or the most "ripest" or something like that.
it will take time for us to undo the view of women under the lustful view of the male gaze. that's what makes us associate women in such ways, not as a whole human being that has honor and respect.
It is easy to know the true reason if you just look at history. This isn't meant to be rude or cruel towards men, just read without judgement and think about how men and women act in your own life. Being enlightened is even harder for men than women because they don't birth children and cannot naturally experience pure selfless love. At some point in history a few men turned away from working on their ego and started waging war against children women and nature, and the rest of men just stood by and watched. Truly there are no men, we all start as female in the womb, man is just a mutation/different expression of woman. Looking at the chromosomes one can clearly see the y chromosome is very small and cannot recombine or heal, it is isolated and crippled. Not to say women are imperfect, but just looking at dna we can see man is a lower expression of humanity. Men should stop working against themselves and nature by trying to act like men and women are equal, or that men are higher than women in spirituality. It was women who were the first sages and seers, who wrote the holy texts that were later corrupted by prideful and controlling men. We could build a heaven on earth if men simply stopped waging war against women children and nature, and stepped down from the role they were not meant for.
Pranams guruji for this video
Video Question: Are there any references to gravity and universal expansion in vedic documents? Very interested to hear from you what the ancients thought about gravity, subatomic particles and fundamentals of universe. Thank you in advance.
The concept of multiverses is mentioned many times in Hindu Puranic literature, such as in the Bhagavata Purana:
Every universe is covered by seven layers - earth, water, fire, air, sky, the total energy and false ego - each ten times greater than the previous one. There are innumerable universes besides this one, and although they are unlimitedly large, they move about like atoms in You. Therefore You are called limitless (Bhagavata Purana 6.16.37)
Analogies to describe multiple universes also exist in the Puranic literature:
Because You are limitless, neither the lords of heaven nor even You Yourself can ever reach the end of Your glories. The countless universes, each enveloped in its shell, are compelled by the wheel of time to wander within You, like particles of dust blowing about in the sky. The śrutis, following their method of eliminating everything separate from the Supreme, become successful by revealing You as their final conclusion (Bhagavata Purana 10.87.41)
The layers or elements covering the universes are each ten times thicker than the one before, and all the universes clustered together appear like atoms in a huge combination (Bhagavata Purana 3.11.41)
According to Puranas, each kalpa consists of fourteen Manvantaras, and each Manvantara is headed by a different *Manu* (the first Man of every cycle). The current universe, is asserted to be ruled by the 7th Manu named Vaivasvata.
In Vishnu Purana, Vaivasvata, also known as Sraddhadeva or Satyavrata, was the king of Dravida before the great flood. He was warned of the flood by the Matsya (fish) avatar of Vishnu, and built a boat that carried the Vedas, Manu's family and the seven sages to safety, helped by Matsya.
Total age of universe is 311.04 trillion years (human years).
Current age is around 155.521972944 trillion years.
How it is calculated:
-> There are 4 ages on earth which keeps circulating:
Satya Yuga - 1.728 million years
Treta Yuga - 1.296 million years
Dwapara Yuga - 0.864 million years
Kali Yuga - 0.432 million years
Total: 4.32 million human years.
-> This yuga cycle is called maha (in english, it means great/big) or divya (divine) yuga. One thousand such cycles forms one day of Brahma. So one day of Brahma is 4.32 million * 1000 = 4.32 billion human years. Each such day of Brahma is called a "kalpa". His night also constitutes 4.32 billion human years. During his day, life exists in universe. In nighttime, no form of life exists. So one complete day and night has 8.64 billion human years.
-> Age of Brahma is 100 years. Each year of Brahma has 360 days and same number of nights. Thus, total age of Brahma is 360 * 100 * 8.64 billion = 311,040 billion human years. i.e. 311.04 trillion years. This period is called "maha kalpa".
-> The life span of the universe is one "maha kalpa". i.e. 311.04 trillion human years. This time span is also the duration of one breath of "Vishnu". When he exhales, thousands of universes emerges and one "Brahma" is born in each universe. When "Vishnu" inhales, all universes get sucked and Brahma dies.
-> This cycle is non-ending and eternal. Thats why "Vishnu" is considered eternal in Vedic Science (or religion).
How much old is our universe:
-> Note that the period of Satya Yuga is 0.4x, Treta Yuga is 0.3x, Dwapara Yuga is 0.2x and Kali Yuga is 0.1x where x is the time-span of one maha-yuga cycle. I will use 'x' as 1 maha-yuga cycle subsequently.
-> In 1 day of Brahma, there are 14 "manvantara" (Manu Avatar). Each "manvantara" is divided into 71 "maha-yuga" cycles. So total make 14*71 = 994x (mahayuga cycles).
-> Remaining cycles (1 day of Brahma contains 1000 maha-yuga cycles) are used to fill gaps between manvantara. Before and after each manvantara (called as "sandhya" and "sandhyamsa" respectively), there is a junction of 1.728 million (age of Satya Yuga, or 0.4x) human years. Total number of junctions are 15 (since there are 14 manvantaras). So total gap period is = 0.4 * 15 = 6x. Hence total makes 1000 maha-yuga cycles or 1 brahma day.
-> According to the Vedic texts, current age of Brahma is 50 Brahma years and 1 brahma day (we are in the 1st day of 2nd half of brahma)and we are in the seventh "manvantara", in the 28th turnover of its 71 yuga cycles. In this cycle, we are in the start Kali Yuga. Age of kali yuga is not known perfectly but it is around 5000-10000 years. For calculation, lets assume 5000 human years.
-> So current age of our universe (in terms of maha-yuga cycles) =
(50 * 720 * 1000) -- 50 years * (360 days + 360 nights) * total no. of cycles in one day/night
+ (6 * 71) -- 6 manvantara each of 71 maha-yuga cycle
+ (7 * 0.4) -- 7 junctions or gaps for 6 manvantara
+ (27 * 1) -- we are in 28th cycle of 71
+ (0.4+0.3+0.2) -- In this cycle, we are in Kali Yuga. Satya Yuga, Treat Yuga and Dwapara yuga are 0.4x, 0.3x and 0.2x respectively.
+ around 5000 human years -- very small, so ignoring it.
Thus total age = (36,000,000 + 456.7)x = 36,000,456.7 * 4.32 million = 155,521,972.944 million years = 155.521972944 trillion human years. Now add the age of kaliyuga. i.e. around 5000 human years. One we calculate the exact age of kaliyuga, we can know the exact age of universe.
From wiki:
Mahavishnu (Devanāgarī : महाविष्णु) [Hari, Narayana] is a principal deity in Hinduism, known as the Absolute protector of the universe beyond human comprehension and all attributes. In Gauḍīya Vaishnavism, a school of Vaiṣṇavism, the Sātvata-tantra describes three different forms, or aspects, of Mahavishnu:
Kāraṇārṇavaśāyī Viṣṇu,
Garbhodakaśāyī Viṣṇu and
Kṣīrodakaśāyī Vishnu.
The term Mahavishnu refers to that Absolute truth Brahm(a) or Brahman (impersonal invisible aspect) then as Paramatma (Aspect beyond the understanding of human soul) and finally as Sarvatma(incarnating for bringing perfection). So bhakti (loving devotion) goes to Sarvatman(Krishna or Rama avatars or incarnations of Vishnu, Narayana bringing both peace and perfection of the living beings). In this way, bhakti surpasses even yoga, which is aimed at the Supersoul, Paramatman.
Mahavishnu is the Supersoul of all living beings (jivaatmas) in all material universes. Kāraņodaksayi Vishnu is understood to be Sankarsana(form) of the Catur-vyuha of Nārāyaņa. It is also often used interchangeably with Vishnu to indicate reverence, as the prefix "Mahā" in vishnu indicates the greatness and the vastness of Narayan. So all the Gods including Purusha form like Shiva, Brahma are considered as the Part of Maha Vishnu Expansion.[Vishwaswaroop]
Mahavishnu is said to lie in the Causal Ocean or the Karanodak. He puts the seed of this material universe in Mahāmāyā by glancing at her. Mahāmāyā remains the ever obedient material energy of the Supreme Lord. All the natural elements including sky, fire, water, air and land are created along with mind, intelligence and false ego.
After this, Mahavishnu enters each of the many universes so created (seeds emerging from the pores of His skin) as Garbhodaksayi Vishnu, who lays down in each and every of these individual material universes (Brahmandas). It can be interpreted that Garbodakshayi Vishnu is the collective soul of all souls in a particular material universe and that Mahavishnu is the collective soul of all souls in all of the material universes.
From Garbhodaksayi Vishnu then emerges Brahmā who is the secondary creator (due to his need to meditate to create planets in the material universe) of the planetary systems within particularly this material universe (Brahmanda).
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Nice story, thank you 🙏🙏🙏
My sincere appreciation 🙏
Since Manusmruti started dictating the life of Hindus in India, maintenance of the caste system became more important than spiritual accomplishment. Women are gatekeepers of the caste system. Women were denied of a natural right to seek spiritual path. The caste system limited the spiritual lives of women and non-brahmin. This is my opinion, not a claim. Nobody knows accurate history.
Have u refered manu smriti
No that is more than an opinion. Caste needs to be abandoned.
Don't come on this channel,go watch jai bhim channels that's better for your peanut size brain.
manusmriti was hardly of any influence in indian society, people are racist and casteist by nature of their creation, they don't need a book to tell them that, manusmriti is just the documentation of those practices not the cause of them, its ridiculous that people think manusmirti which is not even a shruti is so influential that it surpasses even geeta and vedas, most of hinduism is community based not book based, people followed traditions of their fathers and ancestors not something written in some book, some of those ancestors were racist and casteist hence those traditions got corrupted to this point. Women were not denied the natural right to seek spiritual path directly, you can at any time become like shabri who was a renunciate, the problem is becoming a renunciate is not easy, not for people who are born in poverty, believe it or not but most renunciates were from wealthy background or sons and daughters of rishi themselves, women were busy in worldly affairs since their marriage, there was no scope for them to crave detachment, women didn't hold jobs and wealth in the past so they were always busy making a living by helping their husbands, in such conditions you cannot become a renunciate.
Thank you for the teaching ❤️
Elijah has returned, as prophesied, and testifies: My mother is a saint; a soul that has evolved beyond selfishness, a living example for all. She is more advanced than I. And yet, it is I who have been given the role of evangelist to the world in the coming Tribulation. During Kali Yuga - the darkest age - women are oppressed by male ignorance. For example, the most ignorant half of the United States currently wants an anti-Christ misogynist to be their president. But all is part of the Perfect Design. The half of the souls known collectively as "Eve" not only led the fall, but also lead The Return. I could never have been the person I am in this incarnation if not for my blessed mother. And in more enlightened ages it is the women who hold the places of acknowledged authority. The cycles of samsara will end where they began: LOVE, which flows from GOD to the mother to the son. And the talking serpent-head of the male ego will be crushed forever, because the woman crushed her ego first.
Your presentation is amazing. As you ask, may I request you for presentation on Viswamitra muni's original Gayetri mantra, so that can see original scriptural 24 lettered Gayetri mantra.
With obeseience
What a great story Swamiji. Your gender bias observations and comments are so true as facts. So clear. Thank you Swamiji.
What about Anandamayi Ma ?
Thank you.
You’re the one who asked the question, right?
Thank you Swamiji 🙏🕉
A feminine energy is Shakti and a male is Prakriti .. Shakti the power to create, operate or deconstruct Prakriti .. but not Prakriti which has form .. hence no trace of female guru in form but the power to receive enlightening the energy behind is Shakti where it is not necessary she to be physically present or be in form ..
I’m thinking about Kapilla and Devahuti on the Shrimad Bhagavatam. Devahuti went on to teach after her son left her.
The Rig Veda mentions Romasa, Lopamudra, Apala, Kadru, Visvavara, Ghosha, Juhu, Vagambhrini, Paulomi, Yami, Indrani, Savitri, and Devajami.The Sama Veda adds Nodha, Akrishtabhasha, Sikatanivavari andGaupayana.When it comes to talking about significant female figures of the Vedic periodGhosha, Lopamudra, Sulabha Maitreyi, and Gargi Kakshivati, Dakshina Prajapathya, Vishvavar, Atreyi,, Godha,, Apala, Yami Vivasvathi, Lopamudra, Romasha Svanya,, Aditi Dakshayeni,, Ratri Bharadwaja, Vasukra Pathni, Surya Savitri, Indrani, Sarma Devasuni, Urvashi, Shashwati, Angirasi, Sri Laksha
We all have male and female aspects. A man can teach nurturing and a woman can teach strength. Take the gender in the message not the human vessel.
Without knowing the greatness and glory of women , Indian women, and Tamil women, it is absurd to say there were no women rishis. I can name hundreds because women were taught spiritual matters before men. There is no androcentric word in Indian culture. It came because of the western influence. - Dr.Anand
Don't blame the West. Indian culture, like EVERY other culture on Earth, was and is Androcentric.....it wasn't misogyny coz there was NO CHOICE those days as there was no safety for women to leave the house and travel outside, just not safe enough!! Remember, no cars, no phones, no lights at night, it would take ages to walk to the next village.
Also, the idea of women working outside the home was unheard of, in the ENTIRE world till recently. Good thing we are living in this current age.
Finally found someone sensible in the comments. You said better than I could.
Amazing explanation.
Om 🕉
Excellent sir
I love this story. I feel like this is me and my husband. 😆
Appreciate your general sentiment Swami but you made one small error: Hindu culture is not traditionally androcentric or male-centred.
If anything it's the most female-centric culture in the world, despite how sexist it's been in the last few centuries (NOT millennia like you said).
In fact, ancient Indian universities like Takshashila and Nalanda have centuries long records of women scholars who were just as active in the system as males.
Hindu culture was not sexist until it turned rigid to save itself from islamic invasions.
Here's something for you to think about:
1. The pantheon of Hindu gods has many more female deities than male deities, and they enjoy far more regional and global popularity than most male deities (with the exception of cosmic gods and avatars).
2. India despite its recent sexism never had such a thing as a women's suffrage movement where many developed countries did. Why? Because nobody even thought that women should be considered separately when assigning voting rights. Men and women got their rights at the same time without question.
3. Where a country like the USA still hasn't had a female president, India had its woman prime minister back in 1966 when it hadn't even been a democracy for 20 years! (compared to USA's 180 years or so)
So yes, Hindu culture has been sexist for the last many centuries. But to assume that it's been that way for millennia would be inaccurate.
As you illustrated with a story later, the Vedas couldn't care less about what's between someone's legs.
Just as the vile actions of a lone Pope or a perverted priest do not represent the core values of christianity, not everything that's written in sanskrit/hindi/committed/omitted by some Hindus should be seen as a portrayal of Hindu values.
Agree!!
Look, I don't know about Vedas or other ages. But I come from a middle-class family and my grandmoms weren't allowed to go to school past 5th grade and were married off at 15. I am a feminist myself but I rely on direct experience while making statements and I, unfortunately, have to agree that majority of culture in India was male-centered. It is definitely changing and has changed for the better today and it makes me happy.
Additionally, this video is not about analyzing whether or not Indian culture has been male-centered.
Point is that if you are sincere in your sadhana, both men and women are capable of realizing True Nature.
Hiranmayi Pai So also were men. And men married quite early too. The literacy rate was less than 20% (maybe 10%) before the advent of mass education. (Not that I think too highly of education beyond the basics - it’s mostly a glorified tool of survival)
@@hiranmayipai after Western religion influenced Bharat - things changed. Before they arrived - all were as equal - there was no Parda/Ghun-ghat
Yes FINALLY! Thank you!
Very nice. Thank you.
Women are already born into a higher spiritual level. Men are way behind in comparison. Eckhart Tolle mentions this in one of his retreats. The ego in women is less present than in man, generally speaking.
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Yes, this is widely known.
Although the male ego refuses to comprehend this - like so many other deep truths.
(Still, let's be appreciative of the handful of men who are at least trying to become wise.)
swamiji you explained very beautifully, thank u so much for this information the best examples of female gurus are shabari in ramayan and veeda vati there are many examples of female gurus in past.
10:18 sounds like remote viewing
There are many female rishis called as rishika(singular) in Vedic tradition. Even in modern day Vedic traditions we can find many female gurus sanyasini. As per me a male is less capable in controlling his sexual desires and therefore unless a male guru has transcended all the desires or vices he may not be willing to have a female disciple. However, Vedic tradition is in no way discriminating towards female taking spiritual path.
Exactly
Thanku ❤️🙏
Religion is for men to decide what they do with their PFC in God time(past 32yrs of age)
A Women's PFC is pure and always connected unlike men's
But it can be corrupted by listening too or following men and their PFC games
You have got the command of Narad Muni Sir. Thanks.
Thank you...
And that should go for anything that a person considers unworthy, unequal, inferior, ill fitted, nontraditional, unchosen, unborn, forbidden, etc. 🙏
Please study Indian culture more deeply. You are reciting a common misinterpretation about India.
I am from South India/Sri Lanka and we have a lot of the ancient traditions still remaining. We have more temples for female goddesses than for male and we have great female poets and thinkers.
It is only our contemporary culture that has a blind eye on this.
hmm
He does not discuss gods and goddesses. He speaks from the point of view of Vedanta. We worship goddesses yes , but we don’t have women in our history who have been great Vedantic teachers like Shankaracharya or Ramana Maharishi. If you knew someone then point it out. Even I don’t know who are those great female philosophical or spiritual thinkers.
@@vanianup yogananda
Pranam..swami ji
Thank you!
In the history of the spiritual life of mankind, indeed, many examples of genuine spiritual deeds have been shown by women.
I give as an example a sketch about the saint, a woman-Sufi Rabbi’a al-Adawiya, who lived in the 8th century.
Rabbi’a al-Adawiya the first of the ascetics put forward the idea of an all-consuming and selfless love of God
as the basis of a person’s spiritual life. Careful fulfillment of religious precepts and austerities,
according to Rabi’e al-Adawiye, must purify the soul of all extraneous worries and passions,
prepare it for the perception of Divine love, for the contemplation of the “Beloved” and communication with Him.
She said these words:
"Oh, children of Adam, there are no transitional stages between the eye and God
and there is no access to Him through the tongue; the listener ear bothers in vain,
and the arms and legs are the helmsman, leading to confusion.
This work is for the heart alone. Strive to find a heart that awakened,
for when the heart is awakened, it is not necessary for the beloved;
for the awakened heart is lost in God, and the one who is lost does not need the beloved.
This is disappearance in God. "
"Oh, if only my delight mixed with human blood
Hearts all over the earth would breathe love! "
OM TAT SAT
Neat.
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