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Namaskar Jason. I m a born Hindu and did not care about the principle of sanatan dharma much and did nothing more than only worshipping diety for worldly pleasure.But as I am maturing Iam slowly realising what eastern philosophy is. I am presently in path of practicing spiritual meditation and truly relate to your understanding of eastern spiritualism. I can clearly see that you are on a higher level to spiritual consciousness. I believe with this amount of clarity of mind, if you meditate and realise yourself, you will be enlighten very soon. You truely are one of my aspiration. And I believe you will help many people of west to truely be a seeker and be enlighten and be oneness with the ultimate to find eternal bliss.Also to know who they are (atma), to look beyond the body, and not to only look outward in the world of duality, in search of temporary happiness and pleasure. Feel pity how abrahamic philosophy have not allowed them know the cosmic energy and who we as conscious being are. Please give them various technique of self realisation,such as (spiritual meditation) which may help in the process of enlightment.I feel you as the right soul to show the way to the west. Om shanti shanti shantihi.🙏🏻🙏🏻
Jason, i like these comparisons. My study of Hinduism has blended nicely with my core interest of Taoisim. Parts of hindu philosophy, for me, have enhanced understanding of the Tao (filled in some gaps). Also thanks for shedding some light on Atman/Brachman. Much appreciation brother.
That's awesome, John. You answered why I teach all three of the main traditions in the East, they compliment each other and fill in the gaps where our understandings may falls short. You're the best John. Enjoy your day.
Jason thank you very much for your selfless work. It has helped steady my mind. I also listen to Eckhart Tolle, I do find most of his teachings a depiction of Eastern Spirituality. Thank you, thank you and thank you. Have a wonderful 2021. Emma from Uganda.
For those who want to know. If you go far into the bliss you merge with it. I went far enough just before merging. There are no words. Freedom from all things. There is only one
I recently subbed when I found this channel. I must leave a comment and say these teachings are Fantastic! Crystal clear and perfectly articulated. Thank you from the infinity of my heart. ~Love&Light💖Carli
The mind gets in the way of experiencing ourselves as the Atman-Brahman by way of ego but when we start getting in harmony with our true nature as the Atman-Brahman, our ego starts dissolving and we awaken into our true Self.
Not boring at all Jason, actually that is how I feel about myself too and that's my type of connection as well! NDE here, I like to think I learnt a thing or two while on the other side, so to speak, before making it back into this vessel. To my knowledge and understanding the one you teach is the one philosophy that resonates the most with my own experience's.
@@JasonGregoryAuthor oh brother please know you have been a guide from afar for me for months at this point. I am on this beautiful journey with you and I am so thankful for your work. I am going to buy one of your books today. Can you kindly recommend which one I should start with?
Thank you Jason. I experienced this (or at least, I believe I did) a few days ago through the use of an entheogen. How you describe this is so on the money. I’ve been searching for days for a coherent explanation and I’m so stoked I found your video. Peace be with you my cosmic brother 🙏
Jason, thank you for this particular video. The video answered several questions I myself had. I also liked the explanations you gave about the difference between Eastern and Western religions. Thanks for all you do !
All of this is Indescribable, but Jason you effortlessly bridge the gap of misunderstanding to understanding to just enough degree. Then the rest of the realization wake up is up to “me” to dissolve the artificial illusions to then let go and allow Brahman/Tao🌌 Thank you🙏🏼
Tks for yr crystal clear explaination. As always, many good stuff in yr channel. I would recommend yr channel to all those serious spiritual seekers out there.
Thanks for this video! Would love to learn more about Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan! As well as the different schools of Vedanta. Love your videos and podcast!
Totally a flourishing mind, keep it moving Jason, Death is the Club of Eternity. You're certainly closer to Brahman, closer than when you started this magical journey we call life.
It’s something life changing to realize non duality! When we see that following with our own effort is futile, that’s when a big picture is shown to us. It was a faith problem all along. Heaven and Hell are states of Mind. The “kingdom of heaven “is within. Try living w/o knowing you are one with The Unlimited Source, it is separation from the Creator that is hell and there is much “weeping and gnashing of teeth.” Living with the remembering is heaven. Both heaven and hell are found right here in this life. Mindset determines everything, it’s so true! There is only Brahma-Sri Ramana Maharshi’s final truth. If you understand the bible intuitively it’s mostly correct. It’s not literal, Every religion has a specific perspective of the same thing. Nothing is separate. Nothing.
Really good stuff, Jason. Thank you. Would you say that Dharmakaya (truth body or reality body) from Mahayana Buddhism is also equivalent conceptually to Brahman and Tao?
Thankyou so much for that delivery. I could feel that information comming from an opened heart and it touched tge deepest parts of mine :) i found that Islam being the most evolved Abrahamic religion have filled in most of pieces of the puzzle missing from the 2 premature Abrahamic faiths. The concepts you described are very similar to those at its core starting from ArRahman the All giving and sustaining lord. The word Islam itself, which means surrender, let go of control. Its Slogan ‘La Ila ha illa Allah’ literally means nothing exists except Allah which is the ultimate One unNamable reality. Tauheed is the core of islam which means everything is one with Rahman and duality leads to doom. Nafs is the false sense of i which we need to overcome. Fitrah is the spirit of Rahman within us and all creation. Tajassum al Aamaal literally means our deeds are creating Karmas we will face in Barzakh, which is our upcoming life after that. Qiyamah is when all souls unite back with its source and all false illusion perishes.
Christianity teaches that God is the ultimate reality who created the universe separate from Himself, but through Christ, unites humanity with Himself.
Thank you so much for your informative videos. I’ve learned so much about Hinduism and have incorporated this knowledge into my my life. For my spiritual path
In the book How to Know God, a commentary on the yoga sutras of Patanjali it says Ishwara (the equivalent of God the Father in the West) is Brahman seen within Prakriti" and I believe it is accurate
I think the abrahamic religions are given in and for Kali yuga, when the human consciousness is at the lowest level. Commands and instructions for people deep in Maya. However, there were some scholars and teachers who were connecting the abrahamic god with Brahman. For instance sufi scholars like Rumi or Al Arabi. When you read their teachings you understand that God is everything and in everyone and we are drops in an endless ocean, where drop is of the same content as the ocean.
'Good or bad according to who?' 9:45 Venerable sir, I am having a lot of trouble with this part. I don't see how the acknowledgement that debts will be incurred for one's dirty deeds is fundamentally different from the notion of evil.
Informative as always. I watched the video you recommended. It remembered me of a similar tale about Lao tzu and also an intellectual and charming „ gangster“ and a family member of the gangster pled for help from Lao Tzu or something like that. Obviously the premise was different than the one that you recommended to me with the alleged roles we are stuck to and should act accordingly cause the system wants us to. That’s at least how I understood it. Tho my I could go into deeper context and understanding about the lecture, but I’m not here to write an essay. That’s ur „job“, just in the form of a video tho.
I'm stoked you enjoyed that video my friend. The premise of that video has nothing to do with the system, but more so to do with the health and sanity of the individual. A role is played, one needs to know they are playing a role to ultimately distance oneself from it to come into harmony with our true nature.
I think George Lucas must've studied Buddhism..the philosophy permeates the StarvWars movies. Thanks for your insights. Your statement that, despite things seeming very negative, they are not..I needed to hear that.
I’d like to hear more about the duality of human nature, what does it mean exactly and how that pertains to the age we currently are living in, thanks!
I totally agree with the Brahman and Dao part. I personally believe the Abrahamic understanding of God is focused on worship of the personal manifestation of Brahman which the Hindus call Ishvara. You touched on Ishvara for a second, but I don't see why you wouldn't agree that Ishvara and the God of Abraham are not the same? I am all for Advaita Vedanta and understanding the ultimate reality, but I also believe that Bhakti, worship of Ishvara or the God of Abraham is still a path to realizing the ultimate reality which is beyond the personal manifestation. I think the idea of the Abrahamic God governing the world through His Will is just a way to explain the way of the Dao. Do Hindus believe that Ishvara is at the same level as the Atman? I had not heard that before. I had thought that the Ishvara was the recognizable aspect of Brahman that we can worship through Bhakti in order to realize Brahman. But that Ishvara is also Brahman but not necessarily Atman. Maybe some further explanation on the relationship between the Atman, Ishvara, and Brahman would be helpful as well as a response to the question is the God of Abraham the same as Ishvara? Thanks so much! Shanti Shanti Shanti!
The God of Abraham although possessing similarity with ishvara is not the end goal of Hinduism and even then can you why not just believe in the god vishu or Shiva which embodies ishvara
Namaste. What is your feelings about some spiritual seekers trying hallucinogenics in hopes to achieve a spiritual awakening? Keep up the good work. You picked a great life this time. ❤️🕉️☯️☸️
Nameste Jason I have a question. Is there a difference between Hinduism's and Taoist approach to experiencing Self realization? I have noticed so much similarities between Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism.
I’ve heard that the representation of Taoism in the west is different time is in the east. I’ve heard that in the west the religiosity it’s been squeezed out of it. What do you think?
From my understanding, there are two kinds of Taoism: the philosophical Taoism that informs the Tao Te Ching, and religious Taoism that exists as a kind of folk tradition in China. Only the philosophical form has spread beyond China.
since we are asking questions, there are many thematic and heroic narratives that evolve from each other and influence each other over the millennia. I have always seen obvious thematic rhymes between Jesus and Socrates. this makes sense for the fact that the area of Jesus was Hellenistic. voluntarily died for a higher purpose etc. but there are rhymes and evolutions between the Sumer and old testament. and Zoroastrianism and the new "One big vengeful God" of the old testament and Judeo/christian psychology of God. Egyptian god Osiris and Jesus. And then you have the many gods of Greece that make up a kind of alphabet of gods and stories, as well as archaic compendium of myth through the ages and the free time that was offered to some of the more dominant empires of the more recent age of the written word, state and elite art and architecture. but my question is about the parallels, rhymes, familiar themes and similar narratives between the old Vedic stories and Hinduism with any of the central asian or asia minor/mediteranian myths and religious stories? I was fascinated by the study and lectures of Joe Campbell and I love to look at the connections of the different civilizations, their historical timelines, the themes, narratives and symbols as a kind of evolution time table or a family tree.
Hi,born again Christians have a genuine experience,but seem to be operating from a "I",where as sufi's seem to experience loss of ego,,would you say these are the same?
Hello I'm new to this channels. I loved content and I'm subscribing ❤️ I have few things to says, 1. I think saying brahman is eternal which existed before time and will exist after time will be an understatement because ..by saying this we are first accepting time..but for brahman time is non-existent. 2. Also I have a little doubt that how maya veils brahman. Beacuse if brahman alone exists then how maya can exists and covers it? Dhanyavad 🙏❤️
A pleasure to meet you Ayussh. I have plenty of content that will answer your questions. You will find videos on Maya and Brahman in my video list. Enjoy my friend.
was waiting for this video for a while. Abraham, sounds like Abrahman, which can be interpreted as A- (the contraction of AN = Non) and Brahman, resulting in we are not Brahman, we are separated. (parody explanation but in a way makes sense ... ) Found that one letting go and accepting the Tao is the most simple thing that we can understand, but the most difficult to sustain, it's a long way, we just need to keep going.
Sir is Brahman the Ultimate Reality, then are you referring about The Whole of Infinite Space????? Bcoz everything comes out of Space as it is truly infinite in both size and time and in every directions I am eager to know more from you regarding this Sir thank you
Jason You talked briefly about the difference between East & West theology My question 🙋🏻♀️ is WHY do you think or What factors contributed to the West creating or portraying a Punishing God outside of us that judges and condemns ? ( As I was taught as a child by the Catholic Church ⛪️ ) I am looking for an answer besides the obvious Power, Control of the masses, Greed , etc You said that The God of the East is not the same as the God of the West Does the Dao and Brahman teach Love, Compassion, Kindness ? I arrived to thinking that Dao, Krishna, Prophet Mohammad, Buddha and Jesus The Christ were essentially the same and all had the same message of LOVE ? Can you explain please 🙏📐📐📐💗 Lupita from California
At different levels of physical and psychological and even societal development and growth, different rules, dos and don'ts, and prescribed/ preferred behaviour apply. A sapling growing to become a tree, needs a barrier/ fence for its protection from cattle and goats, so that it can grow into a strong and sturdy tree. After maturing as a well grown tree, there is no protection of a fence needed, and the tree can be fed on by many cattle, without danger to its growth and existence, and further the tree even liberally and copiously produces fruits to feed other birds, animals and humans, and all thrive in harmony. So also in early stages of personal and societal development, religious dos and don'ts are the prescription to enable and nurture your growth, and the fear of an angry or punishing God, serves like the fence to the sapling when it starts growing. But just like the fence has a purpose and is useful only for a short period of growth, so also limited is the use of the principle of a Fearful God and being God Fearing. Further personal psychological and intellectual and behavioral growth on the path of spirituality, leads one to see God in Action and underlying Every thing and Being, sustaining the Universe and its Harmony. The Fear of God, can then transform/ transcend to Love of God, and obeying his rules as an expression of that Love. At any time and in every age, there will be in Society myriad people with myriad levels of psychological/spiritual understanding and development. Some will always be there who are at the level needing protective fencing and guidance facilitated by starting with Fear of God. Others will be at various higher stages of development, and would be moving towards God Loving. One in a billion will be so highly experienced and evolved to see God in All and even reach the realisation of Brahman, I am the All. The issue with Abrahamic religions, is they are stuck at the level of the Fencing for the Sapling, though quite a few Christian Mystics did progress to stage of God Loving or even God Becoming. But their Realised Truths did not get organised acceptance and propagation by the Organised Church/Ulema, who are eager to Control and Govern through Fear element.
You just presented Advaita Vedanta. However, Advaita Vedanta is a controversial sect of Hinduism and espouses the One and excludes the Many. The Truth includes the One and the Many. To disregard one is to disregard the other. They are both different sides of the same coin. I experienced full kundalini awakening, a process which reveals the truth of Source and the nature of the human Soul. This process has been ongoing for 25 years. The human Soul is evolving and individuating....becoming more and more of an authentic individual. The Maya part is the cultural conditioning and programming we receive as we grow up and live in this world. As we shed the many layers of the Onion and purge our wounds and karma, the evolving Soul, what Sri Aurobindo called the Psychic Being, comes to the forefront of the person. This Psychic Being is your True Self or Soul. There is an even higher level, the Spirit proper. This is the Atman...which is already perfected but which has Universal qualities. When one realizes and manifests the Psychic Being or Soul, this is called Self Realization. When one goes even higher and integrates the Psychic Being with the Spirit, this is called God Realization. Lots of confusion and false teachings about this subject because the human mind is dualistic and is incapable of holding paradox as truth. Some religions and sects emphasize the One over the Many and some emphasized the Many over the One. The truth is that both aspects of Reality must be embraced.
The water analogy is a bit confused, ‘the rivers power becomes your power’. No that is not Classical Chinese thinking. In terms of water it’s more like taking a handful of water out of the river as your own water but realising you’ve now lost the connection to the whole, the separate handful of water is no longer the river. The power or virtue is realised by our bowing before the river as we offer the water back with grace and humility, only that deep treasuring allows us to intuitively sense that which cannot be held. It’s more like that on the whole.
What is the purpose or point of the "material world" in this view? This philosophy seems to be saying that we mistake our body-mind complex as our identity due to ignorance. If our true identity is Brahman yet we mistakenly identify with a body-mind complex, does this mean that Brahman has fallen into ignorance?
I had a Dream where there was two Gods one voice told me look this is Brahma then Brahman told me I can get this from my suet he scup his suet gave it to me and it was this glue like gelatin where every time I out it close to water it will grow can anyone tell me the meaning of this?
It's not clear who is the doer of actions. Are we imprinted with the code(vasanas) and we live a predestined path from birth to death OR is Brahman the inner controller in the form of mind that controls the body. Please share your knowledge.
Instead of saying that Brahman and Dao are not the same God as the western God, wouldn't it make more sense to say that the far eastern and western INTERPRETATIONS of God are not the same?
ब्राह्मण यदि ताकतवर है तो परशुराम जी जैसा दानी है तो दधीचि जैसा राजनैतिक है तो अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी जी जैसा विरोधी है तो रावण जैसा राजा है तो पुष्यमित्र शंगु बुद्धिमान है तो चाणक्य जैसा शिक्षक है तो सर्वपल्ली राधाकृष्णन (राष्ट्रपति ) वैज्ञानिक है तो सी वी रमन जैसा (नोबेल विजेता ) साहित्यकार है तो रविन्द्र नाथ टैगोर जैसा ( नोबेल विजेता ) लेखक है तो तुलसी दास जैसा आजादी में मंगल पांडे चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद मदन मोहन मालवीय पंडित दीनदयाल उपाध्याय जैसे कई महान हस्तियाँ वर्तमान में नोबेल विजेता कैलाश सत्यार्थी राजा सुयश दीक्षित ( Bir tawil ) क्रिकेटर सचिन तेंदुलकर ( भारत रत्न ) गायका लता मंगेशकर ( भारत रत्न ) सीईओ सुन्दर पिच्छई ( गूगल ) प्रधान मंत्री ऋषि सुनक ( ब्रिटिश ) यह प्रारंभ है अंत नहीं । कई कई महानुभाव है जिनका जिक्र करना है । यह सब बिना आरक्षण के ॥
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Brahman and Tao are not the same thing, though.
I have experienced being brahman and Tao, and I am convinced that Tao is the way brahman learns more about itself . We are infinite!!!
One of the best explanations on brahman and ishvara. Such clarity comes only from experience and not from theory.
Thank you for your extremely kind words Mahesh. I'm grateful to be your friend.
As always crystal clear explanation, thank you so much, Jason. Love from India.
Cheers Ujjwal. Love you and India my friend.
Brother you could never bore us 🙏🏾❤💫🌟☀️ om shanti
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He didn't do that
Great explanation Jason........you have a way of breaking it down to a simply level of understanding. Which most of us who are following the way need.
That is great to hear Michael. My aim is always to make the knowledge understandable. I appreciate you my friend.
Namaskar Jason. I m a born Hindu and did not care about the principle of sanatan dharma much and did nothing more than only worshipping diety for worldly pleasure.But as I am maturing Iam slowly realising what eastern philosophy is. I am presently in path of practicing spiritual meditation and truly relate to your understanding of eastern spiritualism. I can clearly see that you are on a higher level to spiritual consciousness. I believe with this amount of clarity of mind, if you meditate and realise yourself, you will be enlighten very soon. You truely are one of my aspiration. And I believe you will help many people of west to truely be a seeker and be enlighten and be oneness with the ultimate to find eternal bliss.Also to know who they are (atma), to look beyond the body, and not to only look outward in the world of duality, in search of temporary happiness and pleasure. Feel pity how abrahamic philosophy have not allowed them know the cosmic energy and who we as conscious being are. Please give them various technique of self realisation,such as (spiritual meditation) which may help in the process of enlightment.I feel you as the right soul to show the way to the west. Om shanti shanti shantihi.🙏🏻🙏🏻
Jason, i like these comparisons. My study of Hinduism has blended nicely with my core interest of Taoisim. Parts of hindu philosophy, for me, have enhanced understanding of the Tao (filled in some gaps). Also thanks for shedding some light on Atman/Brachman. Much appreciation brother.
That's awesome, John. You answered why I teach all three of the main traditions in the East, they compliment each other and fill in the gaps where our understandings may falls short. You're the best John. Enjoy your day.
Jason thank you very much for your selfless work. It has helped steady my mind. I also listen to Eckhart Tolle, I do find most of his teachings a depiction of Eastern Spirituality. Thank you, thank you and thank you. Have a wonderful 2021. Emma from Uganda.
Thank you Emma. I'm so glad you found my work and even more happy that it is helping you. Only love for Uganda my friend.
For those who want to know. If you go far into the bliss you merge with it. I went far enough just before merging. There are no words. Freedom from all things. There is only one
Please do more videos on this subject, I found it really inspiring, reassuring, and interesting.
Will do my friend.
I recently subbed when I found this channel. I must leave a comment and say these teachings are Fantastic! Crystal clear and perfectly articulated. Thank you from the infinity of my heart. ~Love&Light💖Carli
Welcome Carli. A real pleasure to meet you. Thank you for your wonderful words. Only love for you.
Thank you for this! I have been trying to piece what the Tao and brahaman are so this was really helpful.
That is awesome Preston. Thank you for watching my friend.
I 100% agree with you thank you for sharing this opinion.
Perfect explanation. When one can explain profound truths simply, it means they have truly lived a part of it. 🙏
Just can't stop listening to you. Jason is my virtual Guru ❤
Aamazing explanation. You are a really talented author as well as a speaker. Wishing you a happy life. 👍🏼
Great video. Really appreciate the very clear way in which you eloquently explained but so simply! Thank you!
I loved this explanation and was not bored at all :) really great understanding you share. Pleasure listening to you
Amazing video, dude. Beautiful stuff.
So liberating to be reminded of our nothingness and our infinity! Thank you dear Jason! Shanti, shanti!
Shanti my dear friend.
Awesome video Jason. Love this one. Love finding just what I require by allowing the findings.. thankyou for being lived in this way for all ❤️
The mind gets in the way of experiencing ourselves as the Atman-Brahman by way of ego but when we start getting in harmony with our true nature as the Atman-Brahman, our ego starts dissolving and we awaken into our true Self.
Thanks
Thank you for your kind support 🙏
Not boring at all Jason, actually that is how I feel about myself too and that's my type of connection as well!
NDE here, I like to think I learnt a thing or two while on the other side, so to speak, before making it back into this vessel.
To my knowledge and understanding the one you teach is the one philosophy that resonates the most with my own experience's.
Thank you for sharing, Shakti my friend. I'm so happy you're enjoying the content.
@@JasonGregoryAuthor Very much so, thank you!
SOOO Truu
You explained it so clearly Jason. I have so much appreciation for your work. Thank you!
As always, keep up the good work. I am blessed to receive your wisdom.
Thank you brother. I am blessed to be your friend.
@@JasonGregoryAuthor oh brother please know you have been a guide from afar for me for months at this point. I am on this beautiful journey with you and I am so thankful for your work. I am going to buy one of your books today. Can you kindly recommend which one I should start with?
Buy either Effortless Living, Enlightenment Now, or Fasting the Mind. Any one of them will be good brother. Thank you dearly.
@@JasonGregoryAuthor in that order I will start :-).
As a hindu I can sure u explained well. Words were appropriate.
You're the best my friend.
Happy New Year to Gayoung & Jason with lots of love as always from Tracy in Wales...
Happy new year Tracy. Its been a while. A real pleasure to meet you in 2020 and we both send you love and the best my friend.
Your Channel is Gold
Thank you dearly my friend. Enjoy all of the content.
@@JasonGregoryAuthor God bless you
Fantastic Jason. Thank you for your work.
Thank you for being a great support, Gavin. Best to you brother.
Thank you Jason. I experienced this (or at least, I believe I did) a few days ago through the use of an entheogen. How you describe this is so on the money. I’ve been searching for days for a coherent explanation and I’m so stoked I found your video. Peace be with you my cosmic brother 🙏
Jason, thank you for this particular video. The video answered several questions I myself had. I also liked the explanations you gave about the difference between Eastern and Western religions. Thanks for all you do !
Thank you Jason that helps to make it clearer. Blessings with the work.
You're the best, Timothy. Thank you dear brother.
Jason you have explained as good as possible. I appreciate
Just saw this video and your channel, and I am truly amazed at your work. Keep it up!
Thank you so much, Amrish. Welcome to my channel my friend.
All of this is Indescribable, but Jason you effortlessly bridge the gap of misunderstanding to understanding to just enough degree. Then the rest of the realization wake up is up to “me” to dissolve the artificial illusions to then let go and allow Brahman/Tao🌌
Thank you🙏🏼
Tks for yr crystal clear explaination. As always, many good stuff in yr channel. I would recommend yr channel to all those serious spiritual seekers out there.
Thanks for this video! Would love to learn more about Brahman, Paramatma, and Bhagavan! As well as the different schools of Vedanta. Love your videos and podcast!
Thank you Kearston. Well if you want to learn about them then you are in the right place. I have plenty of content about them. Best to you my friend.
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Totally a flourishing mind, keep it moving Jason, Death is the Club of Eternity. You're certainly closer to Brahman, closer than when you started this magical journey we call life.
It’s something life changing to realize non duality! When we see that following with our own effort is futile, that’s when a big picture is shown to us. It was a faith problem all along.
Heaven and Hell are states of Mind.
The “kingdom of heaven “is within.
Try living w/o knowing you are one with The Unlimited Source, it is separation from the Creator that is hell and there is much “weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
Living with the remembering is heaven. Both heaven and hell are found right here in this life. Mindset determines everything, it’s so true!
There is only Brahma-Sri Ramana Maharshi’s final truth.
If you understand the bible intuitively it’s mostly correct. It’s not literal, Every religion has a specific perspective of the same thing.
Nothing is separate. Nothing.
Great explanation. I feel it's a weird topic to be discussed on TH-cam
I'm just glad that this channel exists. Thank you and lots of love from India. Namaste. 🙏
Namaste my friend. Thank you for your kind words. Hopefully you can share my channel with your friends in India.
@@JasonGregoryAuthor I will Sir. Thanks for the reply. 🙏
Amazing video mate. And yeah I’d love to watch a video on karma, you got me really interested just by talking about it for a bit
Thank you Jason. I have a few videos already on karma which you can find in my video list.
Well done, another absolute banger
What a brilliant and erudite explanation. Thank you.
Incredible content as always, Jason! 💕🙏
You're the best Jessica. Thank you.
Really good stuff, Jason. Thank you. Would you say that Dharmakaya (truth body or reality body) from Mahayana Buddhism is also equivalent conceptually to Brahman and Tao?
Thank you, Maximus. Great to hear from you. Yes, I would say the Dharmakaya is also an equivalent and I've mentioned that in many videos before.
Thankyou so much for that delivery. I could feel that information comming from an opened heart and it touched tge deepest parts of mine :) i found that
Islam being the most evolved Abrahamic religion have filled in most of pieces of the puzzle missing from the 2 premature Abrahamic faiths.
The concepts you described are very similar to those at its core starting from
ArRahman the All giving and sustaining lord.
The word Islam itself, which means surrender, let go of control.
Its Slogan ‘La Ila ha illa Allah’ literally means nothing exists except Allah which is the ultimate One unNamable reality.
Tauheed is the core of islam which means everything is one with Rahman and duality leads to doom.
Nafs is the false sense of i which we need to overcome.
Fitrah is the spirit of Rahman within us and all creation.
Tajassum al Aamaal literally means our deeds are creating Karmas we will face in Barzakh, which is our upcoming life after that.
Qiyamah is when all souls unite back with its source and all false illusion perishes.
Christianity teaches that God is the ultimate reality who created the universe separate from Himself, but through Christ, unites humanity with Himself.
That's taken in a more metaphorical sense
Thank you very much! Your explanation of the difference between Eastern and Western beliefs was very clear and informative. Hāri om tāt sāt ❤️🔱🙏🏽
Thank you so much for your informative videos. I’ve learned so much about Hinduism and have incorporated this knowledge into my my life. For my spiritual path
In the book How to Know God, a commentary on the yoga sutras of Patanjali it says Ishwara (the equivalent of God the Father in the West) is Brahman seen within Prakriti" and I believe it is accurate
Explained very clearly.
Love your channel
Thank you my dear friend. I appreciate you.
I enjoy your talks.Thankyou.
I'd gladly listen to your 5 hour video!!!😊😊😊
I think the abrahamic religions are given in and for Kali yuga, when the human consciousness is at the lowest level. Commands and instructions for people deep in Maya.
However, there were some scholars and teachers who were connecting the abrahamic god with Brahman. For instance sufi scholars like Rumi or Al Arabi. When you read their teachings you understand that God is everything and in everyone and we are drops in an endless ocean, where drop is of the same content as the ocean.
You rock. I am just getting my toes wet. Came from Asana. Thank you for making this dense bounty of knowlege understandable.
'Good or bad according to who?' 9:45
Venerable sir, I am having a lot of trouble with this part. I don't see how the acknowledgement that debts will be incurred for one's dirty deeds is fundamentally different from the notion of evil.
Great Content ❤
Informative as always. I watched the video you recommended. It remembered me of a similar tale about Lao tzu and also an intellectual and charming „ gangster“ and a family member of the gangster pled for help from Lao Tzu or something like that. Obviously the premise was different than the one that you recommended to me with the alleged roles we are stuck to and should act accordingly cause the system wants us to. That’s at least how I understood it. Tho my I could go into deeper context and understanding about the lecture, but I’m not here to write an essay. That’s ur „job“, just in the form of a video tho.
I'm stoked you enjoyed that video my friend. The premise of that video has nothing to do with the system, but more so to do with the health and sanity of the individual. A role is played, one needs to know they are playing a role to ultimately distance oneself from it to come into harmony with our true nature.
liked the vid , very clear. thanks
I think George Lucas must've studied Buddhism..the philosophy permeates the StarvWars movies.
Thanks for your insights.
Your statement that, despite things seeming very negative, they are not..I needed to hear that.
Thank you Jasaon
Just Love it🙏🏼your way of explaining 🤩now i dont need My daily read in tao te ching🥳
That's awesome Patrick. I'm glad to be of service my friend.
I’d like to hear more about the duality of human nature, what does it mean exactly and how that pertains to the age we currently are living in, thanks!
Lots of loves , happiness from Nepal 🇳🇵
Great to meet you, Jugal. Only love for Nepal.
@@JasonGregoryAuthor Sanatana will rise from ashes again. Tat Tvam Asi तत् त्व्म् असि
I totally agree with the Brahman and Dao part. I personally believe the Abrahamic understanding of God is focused on worship of the personal manifestation of Brahman which the Hindus call Ishvara. You touched on Ishvara for a second, but I don't see why you wouldn't agree that Ishvara and the God of Abraham are not the same?
I am all for Advaita Vedanta and understanding the ultimate reality, but I also believe that Bhakti, worship of Ishvara or the God of Abraham is still a path to realizing the ultimate reality which is beyond the personal manifestation.
I think the idea of the Abrahamic God governing the world through His Will is just a way to explain the way of the Dao.
Do Hindus believe that Ishvara is at the same level as the Atman? I had not heard that before. I had thought that the Ishvara was the recognizable aspect of Brahman that we can worship through Bhakti in order to realize Brahman. But that Ishvara is also Brahman but not necessarily Atman.
Maybe some further explanation on the relationship between the Atman, Ishvara, and Brahman would be helpful as well as a response to the question is the God of Abraham the same as Ishvara?
Thanks so much!
Shanti Shanti Shanti!
The God of Abraham although possessing similarity with ishvara is not the end goal of Hinduism and even then can you why not just believe in the god vishu or Shiva which embodies ishvara
Vedanta says this that from ameoba to higgs boson to brahma, everything is the different manifestations of one single consciousness
Thank you 🙏
Namaste. What is your feelings about some spiritual seekers trying hallucinogenics in hopes to achieve a spiritual awakening? Keep up the good work. You picked a great life this time. ❤️🕉️☯️☸️
🙏🌷💗 Thank You !!!
Hi Jason is emptiness in buddhism and the source the same or different?
Thanks for ur help
Nameste Jason I have a question. Is there a difference between Hinduism's and Taoist approach to experiencing Self realization? I have noticed so much similarities between Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism.
Love u. Thanks
I’ve heard that the representation of Taoism in the west is different time is in the east. I’ve heard that in the west the religiosity it’s been squeezed out of it. What do you think?
From my understanding, there are two kinds of Taoism: the philosophical Taoism that informs the Tao Te Ching, and religious Taoism that exists as a kind of folk tradition in China. Only the philosophical form has spread beyond China.
Jai shree ram
Brahman is the only experiencer and is the ultimate taoless Tao. The qualities of Yin and Yang... are maya. The Tao is tathagata... Now☯️
since we are asking questions, there are many thematic and heroic narratives that evolve from each other and influence each other over the millennia. I have always seen obvious thematic rhymes between Jesus and Socrates. this makes sense for the fact that the area of Jesus was Hellenistic. voluntarily died for a higher purpose etc. but there are rhymes and evolutions between the Sumer and old testament. and Zoroastrianism and the new "One big vengeful God" of the old testament and Judeo/christian psychology of God. Egyptian god Osiris and Jesus.
And then you have the many gods of Greece that make up a kind of alphabet of gods and stories, as well as archaic compendium of myth through the ages and the free time that was offered to some of the more dominant empires of the more recent age of the written word, state and elite art and architecture. but my question is about the parallels, rhymes, familiar themes and similar narratives between the old Vedic stories and Hinduism with any of the central asian or asia minor/mediteranian myths and religious stories?
I was fascinated by the study and lectures of Joe Campbell and I love to look at the connections of the different civilizations, their historical timelines, the themes, narratives and symbols as a kind of evolution time table or a family tree.
Well done 👍
Great to hear from you. Thank you my friend.
Hi,born again Christians have a genuine experience,but seem to be operating from a "I",where as sufi's seem to experience loss of ego,,would you say these are the same?
Hello I'm new to this channels. I loved content and I'm subscribing ❤️ I have few things to says,
1. I think saying brahman is eternal which existed before time and will exist after time will be an understatement because ..by saying this we are first accepting time..but for brahman time is non-existent.
2. Also I have a little doubt that how maya veils brahman. Beacuse if brahman alone exists then how maya can exists and covers it?
Dhanyavad 🙏❤️
A pleasure to meet you Ayussh. I have plenty of content that will answer your questions. You will find videos on Maya and Brahman in my video list. Enjoy my friend.
We are a point of view in Awareness and we mistake this for a distinct identity and we cling desperately to this pov and then we suffer
What do you think about the teachings of Abraham -hicks and the law of attraction
was waiting for this video for a while. Abraham, sounds like Abrahman, which can be interpreted as A- (the contraction of AN = Non) and Brahman, resulting in we are not Brahman, we are separated. (parody explanation but in a way makes sense ... ) Found that one letting go and accepting the Tao is the most simple thing that we can understand, but the most difficult to sustain, it's a long way, we just need to keep going.
🙏 thank you
Thank you my friend.
Words don’t matter and neither do thoughts when you feel it. Words are the finger pointing to the transcendent moon
Sir is Brahman the Ultimate Reality, then are you referring about The Whole of Infinite Space????? Bcoz everything comes out of Space as it is truly infinite in both size and time and in every directions I am eager to know more from you regarding this Sir thank you
Jason
You talked briefly about the difference between East & West theology
My question 🙋🏻♀️ is WHY do you think or What factors contributed to the West creating or portraying a Punishing God outside of us that judges and condemns ?
( As I was taught as a child by the Catholic Church ⛪️ )
I am looking for an answer besides the obvious Power, Control of the masses, Greed , etc
You said that The God of the East is not the same as the God of the West
Does the Dao and Brahman teach
Love, Compassion, Kindness ?
I arrived to thinking that Dao, Krishna, Prophet Mohammad, Buddha and Jesus The Christ were essentially the same
and all had the same message of LOVE ? Can you explain please
🙏📐📐📐💗
Lupita from California
At different levels of physical and psychological and even societal development and growth, different rules, dos and don'ts, and prescribed/ preferred behaviour apply. A sapling growing to become a tree, needs a barrier/ fence for its protection from cattle and goats, so that it can grow into a strong and sturdy tree. After maturing as a well grown tree, there is no protection of a fence needed, and the tree can be fed on by many cattle, without danger to its growth and existence, and further the tree even liberally and copiously produces fruits to feed other birds, animals and humans, and all thrive in harmony.
So also in early stages of personal and societal development, religious dos and don'ts are the prescription to enable and nurture your growth, and the fear of an angry or punishing God, serves like the fence to the sapling when it starts growing.
But just like the fence has a purpose and is useful only for a short period of growth, so also limited is the use of the principle of a Fearful God and being God Fearing.
Further personal psychological and intellectual and behavioral growth on the path of spirituality, leads one to see God in Action and underlying Every thing and Being, sustaining the Universe and its Harmony. The Fear of God, can then transform/ transcend to Love of God, and obeying his rules as an expression of that Love.
At any time and in every age, there will be in Society myriad people with myriad levels of psychological/spiritual understanding and development. Some will always be there who are at the level needing protective fencing and guidance facilitated by starting with Fear of God. Others will be at various higher stages of development, and would be moving towards God Loving. One in a billion will be so highly experienced and evolved to see God in All and even reach the realisation of Brahman, I am the All.
The issue with Abrahamic religions, is they are stuck at the level of the Fencing for the Sapling, though quite a few Christian Mystics did progress to stage of God Loving or even God Becoming. But their Realised Truths did not get organised acceptance and propagation by the Organised Church/Ulema, who are eager to Control and Govern through Fear element.
Please 🙏 And Thanks 😊.
You just presented Advaita Vedanta. However, Advaita Vedanta is a controversial sect of Hinduism and espouses the One and excludes the Many. The Truth includes the One and the Many. To disregard one is to disregard the other. They are both different sides of the same coin. I experienced full kundalini awakening, a process which reveals the truth of Source and the nature of the human Soul. This process has been ongoing for 25 years. The human Soul is evolving and individuating....becoming more and more of an authentic individual. The Maya part is the cultural conditioning and programming we receive as we grow up and live in this world. As we shed the many layers of the Onion and purge our wounds and karma, the evolving Soul, what Sri Aurobindo called the Psychic Being, comes to the forefront of the person. This Psychic Being is your True Self or Soul. There is an even higher level, the Spirit proper. This is the Atman...which is already perfected but which has Universal qualities. When one realizes and manifests the Psychic Being or Soul, this is called Self Realization. When one goes even higher and integrates the Psychic Being with the Spirit, this is called God Realization. Lots of confusion and false teachings about this subject because the human mind is dualistic and is incapable of holding paradox as truth. Some religions and sects emphasize the One over the Many and some emphasized the Many over the One. The truth is that both aspects of Reality must be embraced.
This is actually related to both God in the West and God or Gods in the East, which both the Tao and Brahman, transcends.
The water analogy is a bit confused, ‘the rivers power becomes your power’. No that is not Classical Chinese thinking.
In terms of water it’s more like taking a handful of water out of the river as your own water but realising you’ve now lost the connection to the whole, the separate handful of water is no longer the river. The power or virtue is realised by our bowing before the river as we offer the water back with grace and humility, only that deep treasuring allows us to intuitively sense that which cannot be held. It’s more like that on the whole.
What is the purpose or point of the "material world" in this view? This philosophy seems to be saying that we mistake our body-mind complex as our identity due to ignorance. If our true identity is Brahman yet we mistakenly identify with a body-mind complex, does this mean that Brahman has fallen into ignorance?
I had a Dream where there was two Gods one voice told me look this is Brahma then Brahman told me I can get this from my suet he scup his suet gave it to me and it was this glue like gelatin where every time I out it close to water it will grow can anyone tell me the meaning of this?
It's not clear who is the doer of actions. Are we imprinted with the code(vasanas) and we live a predestined path from birth to death OR is Brahman the inner controller in the form of mind that controls the body. Please share your knowledge.
Instead of saying that Brahman and Dao are not the same God as the western God, wouldn't it make more sense to say that the far eastern and western INTERPRETATIONS of God are not the same?
Brahman and Tao are not the same thing, though.
ब्राह्मण यदि
ताकतवर है तो परशुराम जी जैसा
दानी है तो दधीचि जैसा
राजनैतिक है तो अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी जी जैसा
विरोधी है तो रावण जैसा
राजा है तो पुष्यमित्र शंगु
बुद्धिमान है तो चाणक्य जैसा
शिक्षक है तो सर्वपल्ली राधाकृष्णन (राष्ट्रपति )
वैज्ञानिक है तो सी वी रमन जैसा (नोबेल विजेता )
साहित्यकार है तो रविन्द्र नाथ टैगोर जैसा ( नोबेल विजेता )
लेखक है तो तुलसी दास जैसा
आजादी में
मंगल पांडे
चंद्रशेखर आज़ाद
मदन मोहन मालवीय
पंडित दीनदयाल उपाध्याय
जैसे कई महान हस्तियाँ
वर्तमान में
नोबेल विजेता कैलाश सत्यार्थी
राजा सुयश दीक्षित ( Bir tawil )
क्रिकेटर सचिन तेंदुलकर ( भारत रत्न )
गायका लता मंगेशकर ( भारत रत्न )
सीईओ सुन्दर पिच्छई ( गूगल )
प्रधान मंत्री ऋषि सुनक ( ब्रिटिश )
यह प्रारंभ है अंत नहीं । कई कई महानुभाव है जिनका जिक्र करना है ।
यह सब बिना आरक्षण के ॥