Unchanging Consciousness - Intro to Advaita Vedanta - Part 3

Perceptions, thoughts, and emotions arise in your mind as vrittis and become known to you, the eternal conscious being. To observe these changing vrittis, consciousness must necessarily be unchanging, and is therefore utterly unaffected by the vrittis it reveals -- like the sun is unaffected by all it shines upon.
Swami Tadatmananda is a traditionally-trained teacher of Advaita Vedanta, meditation, and Sanskrit. For more information, please see: www.arshabodha...

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Followed so many Gurus in the past...But nobody has come close to Swamiji in explaining consciousness...Koti koti pranam..Life feels complete now🙏🙏🙏

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“for those fortunate enough to hear these teachings......"thank you Swami for sharing your wisdom. Namaste.

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Thank you swamiji - you explained very clearly that How the chanting is the easiest way to meditate ? For many days I was thinking mediation is not for us - to be quite in mind is impossible . But you thought us how to do meditation the easiest way.🙏

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This was such great video! My gosh, I loved the crystal analogy at the end about how doubt it removed. What an excellent and incredibly accurate way of teaching!!

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I have never attended a clearer teaching to the road to the true self like from you. You are the best teacher so far on the subject.

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My greatest gratitude for making this very clear and comprehensive explanations of these powerful teachings!

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Two minutes silent for those who disliked 😄😄..
He is such a great teacher!!
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I just realized, I will only get to experience this body, only ONCE. And the light of consicousness will only allow for this particular experience only once. This suddenly brought on this strong emotion that I must love myself and cherish every moment.

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Thank you from my heart. Your teachings are as pure as that ball of cristal. Now, I can face my emotions without feeling awkward, and all thanks to your clear examples. 🎉😂❤

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Amazing clarity....so much more elevated than blind faith. A prescription for the ills of the manifested world.

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Thank you so much for sharing all your knowledge with us Swami Tadatmananda. That crystal metaphor has been nothing less then a revelation for me. Thank you Peace, Peace, Peace.

[@muralimohanji]

Pranams Swami ji, Heartfelt gratitude and venerations to your holy lotus feets for giving Mantra Upadesha "ॐ नमः शिवाय"; while explaining Sat-Chit-Ananda the true essence of Atma the consciousness. हरि ॐ!

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Pranaam Swamiji...thank you, thank you, thank you so much...

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Gracias infinitas, maravillosa clase de Vedanta. Una bendiciòn. Om Shanti.

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thank you thank you so much for this! This video made it so clear!!

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Swami your explanation of our unchanging consciousness is as clear as as the crystal ball you are holding in your hand. Thank you and Namaste.

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My many pranams to Swamiji. Finally I found the real meaning of vedanta. Beautiful explanation of he subject. Thanks for the video.

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So many of my doubts got clear ..Thanks Swami g..

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Absolutely clear and practical practice.

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Great vocalisation great passing on of knowledge.

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Thank you swami ji ,pranams.

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Thank you Swamiji for making difficult concepts clear as crystal. Dandavat pranams. Hari Om.

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Thank you very much Sir. Not many people are willing to explain the details. You are a gifted guru, thank you again.

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Thank you much , amazing explanation and teachings very grateful 🙏.

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Thank you, this was brilliant!

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Very clear and systematic unfoldment of our true self through the examples presented. Thank you Swamiji 🙏 Hari Aum

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I sat through many classes but none can come closer to your teachings. Thank you, Swami!.

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Thank you Revered Swamiji for your wonderful discourse!

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Thank you for teaching Swami Tadatmananda! Brilliant!. It is such a blessing that you spread your teachings the way you do. I look forward to more teachings about vedanta.

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Your own interpretation makes it so much easier to understand .

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Thank you immensely Swamiji! Your explanation is as clear as the crystal!

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Consciousness is the ONE and ONLY reality

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bravo, that was mindblowing. Thank you so much for this AMAZING explanation.

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Thank you brother. I learned a lot.

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[@WaterSeesWater]

hmmmm....interesting....his way of teaching or explaining is rather different from other vedanta teachers....it's very refreshing....thanks a lot...))

[@fguihen]

Thank you for these videos, they have helped answer many questions i have, and raise many others. I was raised a catholic, but the Vedic teachings speak more to me, and have helped more in my life in managing anxiety and difficult situations. Although i know where to go to ask questions regarding Christianity, i dont know where to start with Vedic teachings. These videos have raised questions like:
- if the natural pure conscious state experiences emotion due to the vrittis, once they are gone, is the consciousness unfeeling & cold, i.e. its good it does not experience hate or sadness, but it has lost love which is a big loss?
- if it only experiences emotions through the vrittis, how can it be "happiness", when this is also just another feeling?
- does the conscious have memory or is it a light that illumines various minds but once those minds pass away, it retains nothing of them?
- if it does not have emotion, then has the true conscious lost something after ascension?
- is the love for children and family, which feels bottomless compatible with these teachings, or do they see it as just another temporary emotion that causes suffering?
As you can see, this has raised a lot of questions! is there a resource online i can start with to help answer some of this?

[@gridcoregilry666]

Hi, I am by no means deep into Vedanta, but since nobody answered, here's my take:
1) - if the natural pure conscious state experiences emotion due to the vrittis, once they are gone, is the consciousness unfeeling & cold, i.e. its good it does not experience hate or sadness, but it has lost love which is a big loss?
--> you can always "give in" to the vrittis again, e.g. for feeling love or whatever emotion you want, but the important part is you want to decide when to "step out" eg. in a feeling of sadness
2) - if it only experiences emotions through the vrittis, how can it be "happiness", when this is also just another feeling?
--> happiness is not a feeling in this sense, it is rather a "state" (while emotions come and go)
3) - does the conscious have memory or is it a light that illumines various minds but once those minds pass away, it retains nothing of them?
--> I think it does not have memory and I think also Vedanta teaches that
4) - if it does not have emotion, then has the true conscious lost something after ascension?
--> Refer back to answer 1 for this
5) - is the love for children and family, which feels bottomless compatible with these teachings, or do they see it as just another temporary emotion that causes suffering?
--> both is true, depending on how much you give in to either the positive or negative emotions

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Thank you swamiji again and again.

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Namaste! Swami ji my heartfelt gratitude for explaining this so wonderfully. May I also request you to please guide me to achieve it. I don't know how to meditate.

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What makes the previous lessons difficult to understand is our view as the brain being different from the body instead of a part of the body.

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