List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:15 - What is the importance of earnestness and renunciation to progress in spiritual life. 13:37 - Do we need a Guru, and what is the relationship betwen the Gurua dn teh Advaitic Self? 19:31 - Is consciousness the controller of actions or is it just a witness? 31:09 - How do we go from reflected consciousness to ‘I am Brahman’? 41:17 - How can I cultivate a desire to meditate and to form a genuine enjoyment of the practice? 01:04:21 - How can I overcome doubts in spiritual life? 01:09:45 - How can dream state be considered equivalent to the waking state?
हरी: ऊॅं तत्सत्| श्रीरामकृष्णार्पणमस्तु 🙏🏻 Namaskar Swami Sarvapriyanandaji Maharaj 🙏🏻 Thank you Vedanta society of New York for sharing this Ask Swami retreat 🌹
Swami G teaches that doubt is fleeting and arises in the mind, not in the true Self. By observing doubt calmly, we see that while it’s temporary, our awareness is indestructible and beyond doubt. Thank u, Swami G. 🙏🕉️🕉️🕉️
The "sigh & breath" that Swamiji took towards the end of his stunning pointer, at 40:59 is the breath of immortality ❤ He had to control to stay in this plane of existence.
Ai is also consciousness, the architecture of the device that expresses Ai is not good enough to mimic humans but at its core Ai is also consciousness, it's the same light that expresses in mind and self driving cars
Super swami deluxe 🙌🏽 thank God for you and thank God for your students wonderful questions. These questions and your answers are far more relevant to me than even my own questions.
Grateful Thanks Maharaj for very insightful answers. All the questions are really good and answers are of immense help to the seekers. When do you bless people of TS and AP with a visit. Waiting for so long Mahanubhav 🙏
CONSCIOUSNESS ALONE EXISTS. ALL ELSE ARE ILLUSION AND ERROR. THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH. SILENCE IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL. ASSIMILATE ON THIS. PRACTICE ONENESS.
Sir namaskar .I follow ur speeches. U are telling that is nature &me(conciousness aresame ) why shud &whar type of experience I get from the nature when both nature &concious is same because concousness is reflecting as nature.indirectlyexperiencessalreadyinconciousnessreflecting
With My Most Solemn Pranams, Swamiji, Can I Consider "AWARENESS OR CONSCIOUNESS SAME AS "STATE OF UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE OR "SHRADDHA"..!!! PRAY FORGIVE MY NAIVE IMPUDENCE...!!
Were do preminitions come from as my dreams were full of preminitions of events that would come to be many years later . My dreams also helped me see or understand what was really going on in the waking state and often fekt more real . Dreams showed me subtle elements of events i couldnt see in the waking state. It was easy to remember the dreams .
Have a specific time and place for your sadhana. Apart from specific sadhanas, the general practice of being unselfish and true should be maintained always, like that you will no longer create the false division between spiritual life and daily life, because the spiritual will become daily for you.
Why balance? Spiritualize everything. Know that you are not the doer. Offer every action at the feet of lord, your office work, house work, everything. Surrender to the higher truth. No one is a stranger. Treat everyone as God in disguise. See God in your spouse and children. Serve them as you are serving God. Zero expectations from anyone.
What would you say the fear is founded on? What belief. In my own case I progressed some way and then found there was this lurking terror of annihilation or death. And I really felt I'm going to die. So although I felt if I closed my eyes I would be annihilated by this mighty power. I just lay down and closed my eyes..i felt this subtle grasping to form slip away.. long story short I realised I don't disappear while everything else appears and disappears in me. Everything is me...has no existence apart from me so I gain nothing nor do I lose anything. It's hard to describe but all this became a rock solid conviction and it was all due to not turning away from the fear. So in a way this fear is really grace. It emerges when the understanding goes deeper.. it's actually a good sign. Just don't try and push it away.. be curious what is it based on.. stay open. It can be a doorway. Don't ask how can I get rid of it.. it's the wrong orientation you see. If you remember Ramana Maharshi had this fear come up and what was his orientation?.. one thing is he accepted it.. even if he is going to die...he was curious what dies.. he faced it...he didn't run off to anyone asking how can I get rid of it. This is why it's considered heroic..
Read Swami Vivekananda. And leave everything up to the Divine Mother. Know that you're a Mother's child, and Mother will take care of you. No fear or anxiety will come near us.
In advaita vedanta there is no scope for fear Fear comes when there is anything other than you When you are the seer and seen and seeker to whom will you fear
You want to be fear-less? Less implies letting go, accepting loss. I like another commentator's response about the divine mother. You can reconnect with her through sitting meditation. There are different techniques. The quickest way is to focus on the heart beat, feel it and surrender. Notice the upper body slightly move according to its rhythm. Then notice your breath, the relationship between the heart beat and the breath. Aim for ecstacy. Sit in the sun. Ponder these sources of life (heart, breath, sun) that carry your consciousness through this life regardless of your thoughts and feelings. All this is working for your consciousness all the time to have this experience, which is varied but should feel blissful within this meditation. This is part of divine mother you can feel and instantly rejoice in.
chant the Hanuman Chalisha just before sleep and the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra at morning. U will not just conquer death but 'fear' will fear you. Har Har Mahadev.
Guess who's back, back again? Swami’s back, tell a friend Guess who's back? Guess who's back? Guess who's back? Guess who's back? Guess who's back? Guess who's back? Guess who's back? (Da-da-da, da, da, da, da, da, da) (Da-da-da, da, da, da, da)
Hari Om Swamy ji.. I have a question from one of my yoga students.. What is Maya..? A tough question.. My thoughts.. We can intellectually understand Brahman.. The power of Brahman to appear as names and forms without undergoing any change is Mithya...like The rope appearing as snake without undergoing any change.. Very clear.. How do we explain Maya.. Is Causal body Maya..? Can you please explain..and the difference or relationship between Mithya and Maya.. Hari Om..🙏
My understanding is that consciousness does not identify with anything. What identifies itself? Would you want liberation if you knew what it was, if you saw it manifest? Liberation is the outcome of removing body and mind as a limiting frame of consciousness. The mind does not need to move toward liberation which exists somewhere else. The process is more of receiving and opening vs directional. The mind can be a tool of Spirit vs Spirit as a tool of the mind's will. Most people want their mind's will and refuse to give it up. How many would want to be "liberated" from their mind's desire?
Pujya Swamiji, Entire of this effort goes to support abrahmic faiths with hindu philosophy, Is it not violating the APARIGRAH , submission to donors of these faiths???? It's all hindu or anti hindu proselytism??? Mission is misdirected.
I reject bhakti as a waste of time. The downfall of Indian civilization is partly due to the undue importance given to bhakti. What does bhakti do that Gyan or Karma or Raj Yog cannot achieve? Bhakti merely gives a "good feeling" (maybe even false feeling) about oneself. It gives you an impression that you have become pure while all the time you are merely "attached" to Supreme. Because the Supreme is perceived as pure, you "think" you have become pure because, in reality, you are "attached" to the Supreme. I consider bhakti as useless, even dangerous. All the problems that emanates from various religions of the world is because of bhakti, not Gyana, Karma or Raj Yog.
List of questions with timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
02:15 - What is the importance of earnestness and renunciation to progress in spiritual life.
13:37 - Do we need a Guru, and what is the relationship betwen the Gurua dn teh Advaitic Self?
19:31 - Is consciousness the controller of actions or is it just a witness?
31:09 - How do we go from reflected consciousness to ‘I am Brahman’?
41:17 - How can I cultivate a desire to meditate and to form a genuine enjoyment of the practice?
01:04:21 - How can I overcome doubts in spiritual life?
01:09:45 - How can dream state be considered equivalent to the waking state?
Can a scatter of ashes ruin a mirror? It gleams.
-Lal Ded
6th 5th season of
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Thanks
God's infinite grace that we are blessed with such great satsangs with you Maharaj! Humble pranams at your holy feet, Maharaj 🌸🙏🌸
I can't find the words that capture the power of this Swami...It's a rare combination of brilliance and heart and a command from on high 🙏
Namaskaram Swamiji 🙏🌷
We are really done up with different complex experiences provided by nature.
Now Swami ji please take us to relief peace equality unity all around.🎉😊
Pranams Swamiji ❤
Another masterpiece of a QnA. Pranam Swamiji
हरी: ऊॅं तत्सत्|
श्रीरामकृष्णार्पणमस्तु 🙏🏻
Namaskar Swami Sarvapriyanandaji Maharaj 🙏🏻
Thank you Vedanta society of New York for sharing this Ask Swami retreat 🌹
SwamiJi the description of reflected consciousness and Braham has so clear and profound and mysterious. It was such a profound insight. Thank you
Swami G teaches that doubt is fleeting and arises in the mind, not in the true Self. By observing doubt calmly, we see that while it’s temporary, our awareness is indestructible and beyond doubt.
Thank u, Swami G.
🙏🕉️🕉️🕉️
Thank you and the team
🙏☯️👤
The "sigh & breath" that Swamiji took towards the end of his stunning pointer, at 40:59 is the breath of immortality ❤
He had to control to stay in this plane of existence.
😂
Ask Swami series is a gift from God / Self / You know what I mean..
Thanks for the lol 😂
Pranams to Swamiji..
Thank you VSNY.
I couldn't but notice the single saffron coloured flower in the vase - a perfect samarpan to the blazing Swamiji
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ಓಂ ನಮೋ ಶ್ರೀ ವಿವೇಕಾನಂದ, ಜೈ ಶ್ರೀ ಸಚ್ಚಿದಾನಂದ, ಜೈ ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಕೃಷ್ಣ ಪರಮಹಂಸ ನಮೋಸ್ತುತೇ.🙏🏼
প্রণাম....
It is a blessing to hear your teachings,hope I will be able to see you in person someday pranam swamiji🙏
The description of the chariot, the horses and everything is perfect for everyone, even my 9 year old daughter. Thank you so much!
শুভ দীপাবলি মহারাজ🪔🙏🪔
আমার প্রণাম নেবেন ❣️🙏🙏🙏❣️
39:51 bookmarking valuable insight
Thank you very much Swamiji 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Pranam Guruji 🙏
Swamiji 🙏
It's a great mystery ✨️
Thank you very much 🤗💝💖🕉️☸️
Pranam, Swami 😊🙏 Thank you for teaching us! Jai Sri Ramakrishna 🌺 Jai Ma 🌺 Jai Swamiji 🌺🙏
Ai is also consciousness, the architecture of the device that expresses Ai is not good enough to mimic humans but at its core Ai is also consciousness, it's the same light that expresses in mind and self driving cars
Pranaam Swami Saravpriyananda ji
Super swami deluxe 🙌🏽 thank God for you and thank God for your students wonderful questions. These questions and your answers are far more relevant to me than even my own questions.
Priya : Thank you so much for coming up with Question # 2 🙏🙏🙏
Grateful Thanks Maharaj for very insightful answers. All the questions are really good and answers are of immense help to the seekers. When do you bless people of TS and AP with a visit. Waiting for so long Mahanubhav 🙏
Hari Om Swami ji 🙏
Jai Swami Vivekananda
अति उत्तम ! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I love this thank you Swami Sarvapriyananda!
Pranam Swami Jee 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
CONSCIOUSNESS ALONE EXISTS. ALL ELSE ARE ILLUSION AND ERROR. THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH. SILENCE IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL. ASSIMILATE ON THIS. PRACTICE ONENESS.
Can a scatter of ashes ruin a mirror? It gleams.
Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna
What started,
Has never departed,
Imperishable,
Unchangeable,
The source of life,
The Atman within,
"IS"(consciousness)
Brahman without.
Sir namaskar .I follow ur speeches. U are telling that is nature &me(conciousness aresame ) why shud &whar type of experience I get from the nature when both nature &concious is same because concousness is reflecting as nature.indirectlyexperiencessalreadyinconciousnessreflecting
.sit seems.conciousness for gotten its divine nature
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Nice
With My Most Solemn Pranams, Swamiji,
Can I Consider "AWARENESS OR CONSCIOUNESS SAME AS "STATE OF UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE OR "SHRADDHA"..!!!
PRAY FORGIVE MY NAIVE IMPUDENCE...!!
Were do preminitions come from as my dreams were full of preminitions of events that would come to be many years later . My dreams also helped me see or understand what was really going on in the waking state and often fekt more real . Dreams showed me subtle elements of events i couldnt see in the waking state. It was easy to remember the dreams .
Jai Ma Sarda
🙏
Por favor, traduzam as palestras do Swami Sarvapriyananda para o português! 🙏🙌
19:30. 20:22 Chariot/Uber metaphor
23:00 ❤ “ we think we are the chariot “
25:15. Love, attention, mindfulness
26:30 👌
28:00. Bhoga apavarga( moksha)
31:30. Reflected cs-Brahman relation
33:00 👏👏👏 34:10
35:00. Chittchhaya/ chidabhas RXXXXX
36:45 RXXXXX 37:30 ❗️3 schools
39:00 👏👏👏 to whom/what does this reflection appear? RXXXXX
1:11:30. Dream=waking state?1:14:30 1:16:50
1:23:30
Swami ji pronam 🙏
Please can you explain : How can householder balance his/ her daily life with spiritual life
Have a specific time and place for your sadhana. Apart from specific sadhanas, the general practice of being unselfish and true should be maintained always, like that you will no longer create the false division between spiritual life and daily life, because the spiritual will become daily for you.
Bhakthi yoga in bhagavath geetha is the answer
Can a scatter of ashes ruin a mirror?
It gleams.
Why balance? Spiritualize everything. Know that you are not the doer. Offer every action at the feet of lord, your office work, house work, everything. Surrender to the higher truth. No one is a stranger. Treat everyone as God in disguise. See God in your spouse and children. Serve them as you are serving God. Zero expectations from anyone.
That's a great analogy to Uber, the body/car is not ours and will inevitably drop us off at some time!
Swami Ji, is there a way I can conquer fear? I feel that I’m always scared and this is causing problems for me. Thank you for your time
What would you say the fear is founded on? What belief.
In my own case I progressed some way and then found there was this lurking terror of annihilation or death. And I really felt I'm going to die. So although I felt if I closed my eyes I would be annihilated by this mighty power. I just lay down and closed my eyes..i felt this subtle grasping to form slip away.. long story short I realised I don't disappear while everything else appears and disappears in me. Everything is me...has no existence apart from me so I gain nothing nor do I lose anything. It's hard to describe but all this became a rock solid conviction and it was all due to not turning away from the fear.
So in a way this fear is really grace. It emerges when the understanding goes deeper.. it's actually a good sign. Just don't try and push it away.. be curious what is it based on.. stay open. It can be a doorway. Don't ask how can I get rid of it.. it's the wrong orientation you see.
If you remember Ramana Maharshi had this fear come up and what was his orientation?.. one thing is he accepted it.. even if he is going to die...he was curious what dies.. he faced it...he didn't run off to anyone asking how can I get rid of it. This is why it's considered heroic..
Read Swami Vivekananda. And leave everything up to the Divine Mother. Know that you're a Mother's child, and Mother will take care of you. No fear or anxiety will come near us.
In advaita vedanta there is no scope for fear Fear comes when there is anything
other than you When you are the seer and seen and seeker to whom will you fear
You want to be fear-less? Less implies letting go, accepting loss.
I like another commentator's response about the divine mother. You can reconnect with her through sitting meditation. There are different techniques. The quickest way is to focus on the heart beat, feel it and surrender. Notice the upper body slightly move according to its rhythm. Then notice your breath, the relationship between the heart beat and the breath. Aim for ecstacy. Sit in the sun. Ponder these sources of life (heart, breath, sun) that carry your consciousness through this life regardless of your thoughts and feelings. All this is working for your consciousness all the time to have this experience, which is varied but should feel blissful within this meditation. This is part of divine mother you can feel and instantly rejoice in.
chant the Hanuman Chalisha just before sleep
and
the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra at morning. U will not just conquer death but 'fear' will fear you.
Har Har Mahadev.
Pranam Maharaj ji
I am a beginner in fine art.
How will I love God through fine art at beginner level?
Jai Thakur 🙏
The questions themselves are becoming progressively more difficult and require two three hearings to grasp it.
Just goes to show how wonderfully Swamiji has trained the minds of his audience.
With a regular practice, it won't be difficult to grasp
About time!!!!
It's philosophy...all philosophy is like this...😊😊😊
Two, three hearings is way better odds than two, three lives. 🙏🏼
❤
My sweet lord sung by GEORGE HARRISION
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What you read..saints lives...u are downloading..cleaning is easier..thank you
Guess who's back, back again?
Swami’s back, tell a friend
Guess who's back? Guess who's back?
Guess who's back? Guess who's back?
Guess who's back? Guess who's back?
Guess who's back?
(Da-da-da, da, da, da, da, da, da)
(Da-da-da, da, da, da, da)
It pains when I see boundless ignorance. The worst sin would be spreading ignorance, knowingly or unknowingly.
It’s the same preaching in each and every one please make it more relevant to daily life’s issues
Hari Om Swamy ji..
I have a question from one of my yoga students..
What is Maya..?
A tough question..
My thoughts..
We can intellectually understand Brahman..
The power of Brahman to appear as names and forms without undergoing any change is Mithya...like
The rope appearing as snake without undergoing any change..
Very clear..
How do we explain Maya..
Is Causal body Maya..?
Can you please explain..and the difference or relationship between Mithya and Maya..
Hari Om..🙏
i am nirvana
But when consciousness no longer identifies with the body and mind, does it not give the command for the mind to move towards liberation?
My understanding is that consciousness does not identify with anything. What identifies itself? Would you want liberation if you knew what it was, if you saw it manifest?
Liberation is the outcome of removing body and mind as a limiting frame of consciousness. The mind does not need to move toward liberation which exists somewhere else. The process is more of receiving and opening vs directional.
The mind can be a tool of Spirit vs Spirit as a tool of the mind's will. Most people want their mind's will and refuse to give it up. How many would want to be "liberated" from their mind's desire?
The priests are holy men
How do I send my questions to Swamiji?
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Metaphors by writing your names..
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How do you submit a question for the next episode 😅
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@@Sakshi_Witness I wish if this logic could work in OLYMPICS 💀💀🤣🤣
Pujya Swamiji,
Entire of this effort goes to support abrahmic faiths with hindu philosophy,
Is it not violating the APARIGRAH , submission to donors of these faiths????
It's all hindu or anti hindu proselytism???
Mission is misdirected.
I reject bhakti as a waste of time. The downfall of Indian civilization is partly due to the undue importance given to bhakti. What does bhakti do that Gyan or Karma or Raj Yog cannot achieve? Bhakti merely gives a "good feeling" (maybe even false feeling) about oneself. It gives you an impression that you have become pure while all the time you are merely "attached" to Supreme. Because the Supreme is perceived as pure, you "think" you have become pure because, in reality, you are "attached" to the Supreme. I consider bhakti as useless, even dangerous. All the problems that emanates from various religions of the world is because of bhakti, not Gyana, Karma or Raj Yog.
If you reject bhakti, U reject God and U reject yourself also😂
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