Alan Watts and Advaita Vedanta has made me feel better about accepting death and that I am conciousness. That we are all playing a game of hide and seek.
Life is a gift. We need to value it . We are all sparks of that same consciousness. Vedanta teaches us to evolve spiritually in order to embrace God. God is to be loved, not feared. That love transcends all barriers that Religion creates.
The cycles of life and death exposes the human heart to loss the ability to deal with loss has led to the greatest creations on this earth Be it literature or poetry art of sculpture music of movie when the heart learns to give expression to loss that has created the great art of living
Swamiji please tell me if we don't die then why mandukya upanishad says there is no creation, Why advaita says you are just a sakshi, a wave and wave will merge in the river? I listen to swami sarvapriyananda on vedanta, he says you are not born nor you die. Please explain.
🙏R/Maharaj Still it is all about belief, confined into. All these are factual events between death and birth. your teachings , Vedanta Darshans may be true but these are all Indirect experiences. The ultimate truth is still remaining unexploded. Severely Painful which can not be shared.🙏🙏
Good deeds does not guarantee any rewards, here or hereafter ! But good deeds do have a tangible value in the overall well-being of the society. The opposite should also be valid for bad deeds. Of course, classification of what is good or what is bad is open for discussion !
Namaste Sri Chatterjee. I will share with you my understanding. Please do not accept anything I say without personal verification. Atman/Soul does not do anything. Karma requires doership. Doership is dependent upon a doer. An individual (psychosomatic apparatus) as an entity claims to be a doer. Once you see the individual as nothing other a thought (as a fact of life and not just believing in it), the individual/doership/karma etc. are seen as nothing other than thoughts. Thoughts appear and disappear in "YOU" ( By "YOU" I am referring not to MR. CHATTERJEE , but to UNQUALIFIED AWARENESS that you are). Once this is cognized, where is the question of doer and doership/karma etc.? " YOU " (Not as Mr. Chatterjee but as Awareness, Self, God, Bramhan- all these terms represent same impersonal Reality that YOU ARE) are the unaffected witness of the appearance and disappearance of thought. Vedanta helps one to see that one is not an entity but Impersonal Awareness/Witnessing Principle/Reality. Challenge for all seekers is to see this as FACT OF LIFE (and NOT just believing in it as a matter of faith) and get liberated! Soul is never bound; it is always liberated. There is no question of Soul merging with Bramhan. Soul is none other than Bramhan. Bramhan is the source from which a psychosomatic apparatus (you as an individual) and a world appear in a state of duality (either wakeful state or dream state). That psychosomatic apparatus and its corresponding world, are strictly confined to that particular state. They appear when the state appears and disappear when the state disappears, but YOU (As Witness/Bramhan/Soul/Consciousness) remain. This is based upon universal human experience. It is this ever present witness that enables you to say - I dreamt, I slept peacefully, I am awake etc. Please note that the individual that appears in the dream state could be entirely different from the individual who went to sleep (You may go to sleep in one town and find yourself in a different part of the world when you are dreaming and you will not have an iota of surprise) As long as you are in that dream state, it is completely real. It becomes unreal only when you are in a different state of duality (either awake or another dream for that matter!). Even though there is no relationship between the entity that appears in dream and the entity that appears in wakeful state, "I" claims to have experienced both states. How is this possible? . Please note that this is based upon Universal Human Experience and not upon some esoteric thinking. Please note that due to limitations of written language and my own inadequacies with English, the above terms can be confusing and misleading. I have tried my best to convey my understanding. Thank you.
@@ravindramurthy3486 My question is this.. The realization of pure consciousness and that there's no birth and death, there's no such thing as law of karma, We are realising all of this in this life as a human, Am I correct?.... But as we can see birth and death happens in this world and we will be born again and the memory, knowledge and realization that we gained in this birth will not be there in the next birth... Then doesn't this all seem temporary? I mean what happens after an enlightened person dies? And when you refute that there's no such thing as law of karma then how do you define the existence of human? How are you born in this body and how are you accounted for the happiness and sorrows it brings in your life?
@@sagarpandey243 Your question: What happens after an enlightened person dies? My answer: Please tell me what you mean by enlightenment and then we will see what happens to the enlightened person after death.
@@sagarpandey243 Your question: When you refute that there is no such thing as law of karma, then how do you define the existence of human. My answer: I am sorry, I am not able to understand your question clearly. Please clarify.
@@sagarpandey243 Your question: My question is this.. The realization of pure consciousness and that there's no birth and death, there's no such thing as law of karma. We are realizing all of this in this life as a human, Am I correct? But as we can see birth and death happens in this world and we will be born again and the memory, knowledge and realization that we gained in this birth will not be there in the next birth... Then doesn't this all seem temporary? My answer: I do believe that you have provided some answers to your own question. I hope by “realization of pure consciousness” - you have cognized AS A FACT (and not a mere belief) that “I” am eternal and infinite. Then, there is no question of birth and death for that “I”. Recognition that your identity is/was/will always be with that “I” (of the nature of Consciousness, Eternal and infinite) will help you delink yourself from the finite psychosomatic apparatus which is subject to birth and death, happiness, sadness, anger etc. However, challenge is for a seeker is to see this as a FACT and not merely believe in it or be brainwashed into thinking such. Vedanta takes you on a journey from “me” to “I” (this so called journey is only a provisional concession, for you are always that “I” and never the “me”) and suggests a methodology to cognize this FACT, based upon your daily experience. You reason on the observations of your daily life using a methodology suggested by Vedanta and “see” whether what Vedanta is pointing out is TRUE or not. Regarding the methodology, you may need to learn from someone (preferably in person and verbal) who is learned in these matters. Please do not accept anything blindly. Thank you.
Alan Watts and Advaita Vedanta has made me feel better about accepting death and that I am conciousness. That we are all playing a game of hide and seek.
A very interesting platform for a real seeker.
Life is a gift. We need to value it . We are all sparks of that same consciousness. Vedanta teaches us to evolve spiritually in order to embrace God. God is to be loved, not feared. That love transcends all barriers that Religion creates.
Thanks Swamiji 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you very much, Swami 🕉 🙏
Every part of all lives has a role to play in everyday living life even loss it takes a life time to overcome some loss but the greatest loss is death
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Radhe radhe Swamiji 🙏🙏🙏
Very nicely explained swamiji, journey of life, death and life 🙏
Saadar Pranam..Peace giving talks
Swamiji Pranams learning so much 🙏🙏🙏
🙏🙏🙏 Pranam Maharaj... Excellent..Jai ma
The cycles of life and death exposes the human heart to loss the ability to deal with loss has led to the greatest creations on this earth Be it literature or poetry art of sculpture music of movie when the heart learns to give expression to loss that has created the great art of living
Pronam Thakur Maa Pronam Maharaj
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Swamiji please tell me if we don't die then why mandukya upanishad says there is no creation, Why advaita says you are just a sakshi, a wave and wave will merge in the river? I listen to swami sarvapriyananda on vedanta, he says you are not born nor you die. Please explain.
🙏🏼Jai Sri Ramakrishna 🌷
Most grateful to you swamiji
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🙏R/Maharaj
Still it is all about belief, confined into. All these are factual events between death and birth.
your teachings , Vedanta Darshans may be true but these are all Indirect experiences.
The ultimate truth is still remaining unexploded.
Severely Painful which can not be shared.🙏🙏
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One onething every spiritual person agrees......there is a life after death...!!!! So lets do good deeds ....to prepare ourselves for that....
Good deeds does not guarantee any rewards, here or hereafter ! But good deeds do have a tangible value in the overall well-being of the society. The
opposite should also be valid for bad deeds. Of course, classification of what is good or what is bad is open for discussion !
Not good deeds
Make a good character that will go with you in next life
Doing good deeds just for the sake of good fruit is not good for long run
Is karma attached to the soul/atma ? What happens to the karma of the liberated soul. i.e., after it merges with the Brahmhan ?
Namaste Sri Chatterjee. I will share with you my understanding. Please do not accept anything I say without personal verification. Atman/Soul does not do anything. Karma requires doership. Doership is dependent upon a doer. An individual (psychosomatic apparatus) as an entity claims to be a doer. Once you see the individual as nothing other a thought (as a fact of life and not just believing in it), the individual/doership/karma etc. are seen as nothing other than thoughts. Thoughts appear and disappear in "YOU" ( By "YOU" I am referring not to MR. CHATTERJEE , but to UNQUALIFIED AWARENESS that you are). Once this is cognized, where is the question of doer and doership/karma etc.?
" YOU " (Not as Mr. Chatterjee but as Awareness, Self, God, Bramhan- all these terms represent same impersonal Reality that YOU ARE) are the unaffected witness of the appearance and disappearance of thought. Vedanta helps one to see that one is not an entity but Impersonal Awareness/Witnessing Principle/Reality. Challenge for all seekers is to see this as FACT OF LIFE (and NOT just believing in it as a matter of faith) and get liberated!
Soul is never bound; it is always liberated. There is no question of Soul merging with Bramhan. Soul is none other than Bramhan. Bramhan is the source from which a psychosomatic apparatus (you as an individual) and a world appear in a state of duality (either wakeful state or dream state). That psychosomatic apparatus and its corresponding world, are strictly confined to that particular state. They appear when the state appears and disappear when the state disappears, but YOU (As Witness/Bramhan/Soul/Consciousness) remain. This is based upon universal human experience. It is this ever present witness that enables you to say - I dreamt, I slept peacefully, I am awake etc. Please note that the individual that appears in the dream state could be entirely different from the individual who went to sleep (You may go to sleep in one town and find yourself in a different part of the world when you are dreaming and you will not have an iota of surprise) As long as you are in that dream state, it is completely real. It becomes unreal only when you are in a different state of duality (either awake or another dream for that matter!). Even though there is no relationship between the entity that appears in dream and the entity that appears in wakeful state, "I" claims to have experienced both states. How is this possible? . Please note that this is based upon Universal Human Experience and not upon some esoteric thinking.
Please note that due to limitations of written language and my own inadequacies with English, the above terms can be confusing and misleading. I have tried my best to convey my understanding. Thank you.
@@ravindramurthy3486 My question is this.. The realization of pure consciousness and that there's no birth and death, there's no such thing as law of karma, We are realising all of this in this life as a human, Am I correct?.... But as we can see birth and death happens in this world and we will be born again and the memory, knowledge and realization that we gained in this birth will not be there in the next birth... Then doesn't this all seem temporary?
I mean what happens after an enlightened person dies?
And when you refute that there's no such thing as law of karma then how do you define the existence of human? How are you born in this body and how are you accounted for the happiness and sorrows it brings in your life?
@@sagarpandey243 Your question: What happens after an enlightened person dies?
My answer: Please tell me what you mean by enlightenment and then we will see what happens to the enlightened person after death.
@@sagarpandey243 Your question: When you refute that there is no such thing as law of karma, then how do you define the existence of human.
My answer: I am sorry, I am not able to understand your question clearly. Please clarify.
@@sagarpandey243 Your question: My question is this.. The realization of pure consciousness and that there's no birth and death, there's no such thing as law of karma. We are realizing all of this in this life as a human, Am I correct? But as we can see birth and death happens in this world and we will be born again and the memory, knowledge and realization that we gained in this birth will not be there in the next birth... Then doesn't this all seem temporary?
My answer: I do believe that you have provided some answers to your own question. I hope by “realization of pure consciousness” - you have cognized AS A FACT (and not a mere belief) that “I” am eternal and infinite. Then, there is no question of birth and death for that “I”. Recognition that your identity is/was/will always be with that “I” (of the nature of Consciousness, Eternal and infinite) will help you delink yourself from the finite psychosomatic apparatus which is subject to birth and death, happiness, sadness, anger etc.
However, challenge is for a seeker is to see this as a FACT and not merely believe in it or be brainwashed into thinking such. Vedanta takes you on a journey from “me” to “I” (this so called journey is only a provisional concession, for you are always that “I” and never the “me”) and suggests a methodology to cognize this FACT, based upon your daily experience. You reason on the observations of your daily life using a methodology suggested by Vedanta and “see” whether what Vedanta is pointing out is TRUE or not. Regarding the methodology, you may need to learn from someone (preferably in person and verbal) who is learned in these matters. Please do not accept anything blindly.
Thank you.
No
Death
There is no reincarnation.
You may b right I may b wrong but that don't mean we can't get along...peace
Are you absolutely sure about it?
You will get two extra bags of rice.
Thank you so much, Swami 🕉 🙏