A clearer audio copy of this video can be listened to or downloaded from Sri Ramana Teachings podcast (ramanahou.podbean.com ): ramanahou.podbean.com/e/advaita-vedanta-and-the-teachings-of-sri-ramana-maharshi-with-swami-sarvapriyananda-and-michael-james and a more compressed audio copy in Opus format (which can be listened on the VLC media player and some other apps) can be downloaded from mediafire.com/file/f94m4276qse8xbl
Michael thank you for this . I am breathless! Michael - regarding how the jnani sees the world . I often wondered who reported the detail of Bhagavan's journey to Arunachala . If Bhagavan reported it ( including other events things He mentioned ) did He use the first person or the third person ??? Thank you 🙏
If “debates” as this would be shown at CNN the world would be very different. God bless these two great spiritual teachers Michael James and Swami Sarvapriyananda
Bless originally means to be covered in old pagan altar blood ORIGINS count read The God Dellusion by Richard Dawkins he's a famous biologist and your not 🚫
Namaskar Swami Sarvapriyanandaji Maharaj 🙏🏻 Namaskar Michael James Sir 🙏🏻 Thank you for blessing us with this wonderful retreat 🌹 Thank you Sri Ramana Teachings for sharing this video 🌹
Tamils used to name children one of their god's names so every time you call that person remind 'that you are' for the person and for those who come to interact with them. Watching your ego that plays up as 'I am' is the most simple and wonderful practice to become self-aware.
Dear and respected Michael, your being and knowledge, once again, brought tears to my eyes remembering so many instructive and profound discussions of the past in your forum/blog… which for many of us was the key that opened Sri Bhagavan’s teachings to our understanding of ourselves and reality. What a gift from Bhagavan you have always been!… Thank you one more time. With Love and respect, Mouna
sathya sai baba devotees use the word "bhagavan" with same misfitted benevolence, just as devotees of ramana ... these are bogus babas!!! this is kali yug ... jesus told to judge the seed {guru} by the fruit {devotees} ... here we see ramakrsna parahamsa to be worlds apart from ramana. the qual;ity of rk ashram swami is far superior. Same Swami from rk mission admitted in some other video that ramanas interpretation of vedanta was rigid!!
To anyone struggling with ramana's teachings, all you have to do is hold on to the feeling of "I" and that's it. I accidentally stumbled upon this technique and I became enlightened on my own in 2 weeks at age 31 (now 34). I didn't go through ego death, as my merging with the universal consciousness was making functioning in the world very challenging, and out of compassion for my family and cat, I decided to stay in the world. So, hold on to the feeling of "I" for a few hours a night after work, and watch it happen. Time will stand still, and everything will look like you're on psychedelics. Love you all ❤️
Sri paul ji I want to talk to you... Please share with me your WhatsApp number or any other contact number and or you email Id please...My Pranam to your holy feet
this is not practical or wise!!! vedas says to seek the knowledge ... bhakti and knowledge are not interchangeable. horse and cart situation, horse must come first, then cart will follow and be useful ... ramana has taught wrong if he actually taught this!!!
@@davidjohnzenocollins the sense of I is the simple sense of being, the hum of existing. It goes deeper as it settles beyond all projections and movements of the mind.
Thank you for this beautiful Gem episode, and we are very lucky to witness 2 great nondual master are discussing the truth . Love to hear more . Thank you, organiser , Swamiji, and Michael. 🙏❤️
How wonderful to find you both together, in my youth I found Sri Ramana M. and He helped me through many trying times. as an elder I found Swamiji and the teachings of A. Vedanta which helped me to understand better what both were teaching / The same. Very grateful to find you both together here today....Muchas Gracias and Love to all = One and All.
If anyone is interested then Swami Sarvapriyananda can be found in conversation on TH-cam with Bernardo Kastrup.. This happened very recently. I think that Bernardo is a very significant person indeed . Here we have a very highly qualified scientist philosopher who gives compelling evidence for Idealism. This was bound to happen because Quantum Physics seems to be catching up with the aeons old philosophy of Advaita Vedanta. Advaita doesn't need scientific validation as it stands alone . Personally I think we are on the cusp of a change in scientific outlook that will be more profound than Heliocentrism. Bernardo in my humble opinion is one of the forerunners of this cultural change . I am hoping that our Blessed Michael will be able to chat with Bernardo . That will be a treat indeed 🙂. 🙏🕉️
It's a teaching of human behavioural science to conduct in a satva way to live greatly, achieve greater heights by control of mind , talk human service, and meditate
I couldn’t focus on what Michael said. It just brought tears to my eyes seeming his face light up every time he spoke of Maharshee. I aspire for such pure love 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Sri Vivekananda ji and Sri Ramana ji....shared teaching and make it better by ' respecting your and others life'. Holding hand where contemporary are saving them from greed and fear ...and 'respect life' !!! Q&A, respect to both masters here...who are coming forward to hold light for rest !!!
What a great things to share in a nut shell from these respectful people like desciples of Ramakrishna paramahamsa and Ramana Maharishi. I have to go into self enquiry. Everything happens for a reason becos of poorvajanma samkaras. Thank you very much for this wonderful Q&A session. To realise i am God.
I was just beginning to realise advaita. Just as I was realising this I began noticing certain changes in me. I realised world is a play of energy. Shivas cosmic dance. Then I suddenly stopped because I was beginning to be pulled apart from my family . Then I realised I have duties to my family. I can't get into this without fulfilling responsibilities to family. So I request you to spread message to everybody to get into vedanta only after fulfilling family responsibilities.
Sir, your doubt is normal But it IS possible to full fill all the worldly resposibilities even after KNOWING the truth. (Perhaps with out fear of failure) . You are halfway through, don't abanden.
Fulfilling duty to family is also nondual. It only feels like being pulled away because of latent attachment to a projection of what spiritual life ought to be. Let go of subtle projections and be a nondual householder. Householders can be fully immersed in the nondual because nonduality is simply the truth.
'The Path of Sri Ramana' by Sri Sadhu Om, the best comprehensive introductory text on Bhagavan Ramana's teachings, is available as a free audiovisual book here: vimeo.com/showcase/srrv Most of the recent videos of Michael can be watched completely free of advertisements here: vimeo.com/ramanahou/albums . Please click on the showcase/playlist of your choice to watch the videos.
Years back, I heard this word Thathvamasi and fell in love with the word without knowing the deep meaning of this and got a tattoo done on my neck where the people can read it. Now I feel proud that, atleast people will Google it to know it's true value.
@@selvamthiagarajan8152 (Sorry for my bad English; am Finnish, like Mr. Jussi Penttinen) The devanaagarii text is mostly one continuous sequence of consonants (because the short a-vowel is inherent(?) in the consonant characters): तत्त्वमसि ; it can be read either tat tvam asi (that thou art) or tattvam asi (tattva [literally: thatness (you)] are). 😵💫 -- Jai Guru Dev, Svaamii Brahmaananda Sarasvatii, Shankaraacaarya of Jyotir maTha (1940 - 1953), guru of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi!
Michael dear u shud 'n must have such interactions from diverse vies ultimately arriving at de same Ocean...summit, pinnacles of de same Truth, same end from diferent & diverse pathways❗💐
B' cause Michael dear, yr occidental face, voice, presence, vocabulary usage of an Occidental researcher, devoted seeker, follower, aspirant of spirituality, & a ven'ble teachers conviction clarifys de subtle deep rooted bias in us mankind🙏🌹🤗
Verily verily ! Truth is One, paths are many ! ..... it is de veritable Truth just expressed, 'n presented to deepen our faith, convince our unfoldment bringing more Conviction of Truth to Life❣️👍🌱👌
All this variety of aspects, views, explanations is like fresh Air for diff. Levels of seekers. Always welcome.! Even prof. Rama Subramaniam was most enjoyable , entertaining , deepening & broadening the monotone descriptions of understanding👌💐✔️
Amazing I’m very grateful just want to he was spreading this system of Advayta Vedanta I would add the word completion to the conclusion of the Upanishads love and light😂🕉☮️☮️☮️❣️❣️❣️❣️🙏🙏🙏👍🏼
I love how well versed in the material the swami is but you immediately understand that Michael is presenting the teaching in its pristine form. Thousands of years of philosophical conjecture have perhaps been sincere but it may be that the greatest gift of Ramana was to point to the truth directly, and that is what Michael James amplifies for our benefit.
Pranams, after realisation we will realise atmanandam the real paramananda. Meditate, investigate self through ego, kill the ego and experience the bliss
2:00:17 = picture of the face of Bhn;looking at His eyes...His eyes draw our attention on ourself;the saying "By being born in Tiruvarur,...or by mere thought of Arunachala,there is Mukti";v 10 of Patikam;
27:19 = M J begins;51:00 = v 16 of Upadesa Saram;54:10 = UN v 25;UN v 24;59:40 = end of MJ;Q &A =1:07:00 = MJ;1:1à:00 = UN v 18;1:18:20 = UN v 26;1:29:50 =all our burdens on God (even the burden of thinking ) and surrender (Nan yar parag 13 );
I was disappointed that you finished your first address with the advice to praise God After the revolution of THAT ie Brahman as self Anyway I found mountains of gold in your words thank you
Most respected swami ji. We have received adequate Explanations and analyses. Can you state what one has to DO to obtain “Brahman” “pure advaita” or “pure consciousness”? WHAT that is well and clearly described . DONE. But With the sole exception of Bhagavan Ramana Rishi no one has actually attained “pure awareness”. Have they? That is so because we do not know what exactly you want us to DO.
This comprehensive liberation that Bhagavan Maha Rama Rishi achieved at the age of 16 can be achieved by anybody (as per Advaita) and this liberation comprises of three components: The first is what we term "Enlightenment" in Sanskrit - a realization of reality, where individuals confidently state, "I have seen it" or "I get it." But, intellectually realising the truth of reality alone isn't sufficient; two more components are vital: The second is "Vasana," the purification of the mind, involving the eradication of past impressions. The third, "Manasa," signifies the destruction of the mind, allowing for deep meditation, an advanced form known as Samadhi. In accordance with this text, achieving full-blown liberation in this lifetime necessitates understanding the truth of one's nature as Atman Brahman or pure consciousness. This realization must be vivid, clear, and beyond doubt. The second component involves transforming an impure mind, a result of life conditioning, into a pure mind. This requires dedicated ethical living, manifesting the enlightenment realization through a morally upright life. The third component is intensive meditation training to prevent the mind from wavering and to maintain focus on reality in Samadhi. Complete enlightenment is attained when all three components are developed. Such an enlightened individual would not morally falter. The text also distinguishes between those on a progressive path and those with direct realization, asserting that those who have followed a progressive path experience full-blown enlightenment. For others, stumbling upon enlightenment requires a deep inquiry, after which intensifying spiritual practices, maintaining a moral life, exercising self-restraint, and deepening meditation are recommended to stay with the newfound truth.
1:55:29 We are not ego we are not the I. Ego doesn’t exist yet it hasn’t been created. It hasn’t yet com into exist. 1:57:20 ego seems to exist only because we identifying as the body.
if nothing is there and consciousness is by default just plain blank, what is point of being in blank state. Won't it become bored of just being in a blank state ? If enlightment means just blank awarness and nothing else what is point of realising that ? Can someone explain please. I am a bit confused
@John McDonald Thanks for the explanation. If the inherent nature of consciousness is joy and peaceful, why it created ego ( if there is only consciousness then ego has to come from it only) in the first place. Why it projected world from itself and then entangled itself in it. If it comes out of entanglement from ego and maya or whatever it is , will it stay like that forever or after some time go back to ego and the same cycle repeats. ( i don't know what that really is - but from various books and videos my understanding is - " realising oneself to be pure consciousness and not associating with the avatar in the waking world, dream world and sleep is the essence of that") . So will an enlightened person after some amount of time again go back to ego and maya ? . Why consciousness created or projected the world , why does it do that. why it cannot be just remain as is in joy and peace ?
@John McDonald The whole vedantha way of understanding this relies on logical reasoning. For example, since there can be nothing apart from consciousness, the world is not real and so on. Hence it relies on questioning and reasoning to come to the conclusions. The logical reasoning breaks down when questions arise on what creates ego ( or the illusion of ego) . What is the need for consciousness to explore itself by limiting itself to bounded objects in the world. I think only by taking a third person view, it can inspect itself. Why it is doing so and for what, that i think nobody knows. The problem of conciousness , i think it still open.
@John McDonald If universally there is only one consciousness then if any one being realises the true nature all others should be liberated as well isn't it ? If one being is able to come out of ego or maya , then that should eliminate the ego and liberates all beings ?
Bhagawan did clarify sleep can not be pure awareness alone as it would amount to enlightenment and therefore there is ignorance in sleep of one's true nature In enlightenment that ignorance is destroyed so one knows both the Self and the ignorance of the Self - both are the Self ! Bhagawan was why he snored and he said he liked snoring - indicating awareness of snoring while in sleep !
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Namaskaram, I had never heard of such a text, but googled it and found the answer to your question here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allopanishad Namo Ramanaya 🙏🙏🙏
Becoming only exists in relation to what is an object for consciousness. For instance, an ideal is an object to consciousness. Turning attention to consciousness does not constitute becoming, because being conscious is not the object of anything.
@@jeanfrancoisbe2 once baba was asked by his fellow devotees. What is the difference between Ramakrishna, Ramana Maharshi, Swami Vivekananda and Swami(you)? Baba Replied, Ramakrishna, Ramana Maharshi, Vivekananda uplift themselves from human level to Godliness but I(swami) descend from God level to the level of humanity to uplift the mankind. So my understanding is Ramakrishna, Ramana Maharshi, Vivekananda, Amma Karunamayi, Amma Amritanandamayi, Maa Aanandamayi maa are great sage reached to the level of Godhood (Sai). I bow down to them with great Reverence.
My respectful pranams to both these intellectual giants. I know I cannot get a fraction of their knowledge, but I see hope in their one statement, to know Brahman, you need only Bhakti, I hope I can do justice to this path alone. Jai Ramakrishna! Jai Bhagwan Ramana !!
this is not practical or wise!!! vedas says to seek the knowledge ... bhakti and knowledge are not interchangeable. horse and cart situation, horse must come first, then cart will follow and be useful ... ramana has taught wrong if he actually taught this!!!
Bhagawan also clarified that deep sleep continues and underlies waking & dream states ! Deep sleep is Brahman + ignorance. Waking /dream are Brahman + ignorance + waking /dream. Sleep is avarana or hiding of reality. Waking & dream have a projection rooted in the ignorance of sleep that continues to underlie the waking & dream states. I am not able to clearly recall in which book of Bhagawan I read this but I do recall like this.
1:25:29 So nothing exists at all? Life then seems, with all the incredible suffering, war, rape, murder, etc etc to be a pretty pointless and horrifying phenomenon then. I understand nondual ideas but if there’s nothing at all in the end, what’s the point of all the suffering. Age old question I know. If there’s no “me” to begin with how do “I” have any will? God is everything but there’s a false me too? We are god but there’s also a “me” that has a will that can surrender to god or not? How’s that work? 1:34:49 Who the we that’s the problem and solution? Please don’t get me wrong. I love the non-dual message, but clearly I don’t understand
Namaskaram, Bhagavan and Advaita Vedanta do not teach that there is nothing at all. What Bhagavan says in the seventh paragraph of Nāṉ Ār? (Who am I?) is: www.happinessofbeing.com/nan_yar.html#para07 யதார்த்தமா யுள்ளது ஆத்மசொரூப மொன்றே. yathārtham-āy uḷḷadu ātma-sorūpam oṉḏṟē. What actually exists is only ātma-svarūpa [the real nature of oneself]. In other words, what we actually are is what alone actually exists. This is what is referred to in the Chāndōgya Upaniṣad 6.2.1-2 as ‘ēkam ēva advitīyam’ (one only without a second). It is not nothingness (śūnyatā) but fullness (pūrṇatva). Suffering, war, rape, murder, pointlessness and all other phenomena seem to exist only in the view of ourself as ego. In waking and dream, when we rise and stand as ego, all this seems to exist, whereas in sleep, when we do not rise as ego, nothing other than ourself, ‘I am’, seems to exist. What is real must always exist and shine, and that is only our own being, ‘I am’, which exists and shines throughout waking, dream and sleep. Therefore whatever appears and disappears is not real. Why then should we look for or expect to find any point or purpose in what is not real? Since it does not actually exist, it cannot actually have any purpose. If we want to find real purpose, we can find it only in what is real, namely ourself. Ego appears in waking and dream but disappears in sleep, so it is not real. It does not actually exist, but merely seems to exist. However, it is not entirely unreal, because it contains within itself an element of reality, which is what alone actually exists. That is, ego is what is aware of itself as ‘I am this body’, and in this false awareness what is real is only the fundamental and ever-existing awareness ‘I am’, which is sat-cit, pure being (sat) and pure awareness (cit). Therefore, if we want to know and to be what alone is real, all we need to do is to look deep within ourself. That is, we should attend only to our own being, ‘I am’, because by doing so we as ego will subside and dissolve back into and as sat-cit, which alone is what we always actually are. Therefore the answer to your question, ‘Who [is] the we that’s the problem and solution?’, is that we as ego (the false awareness ‘I am this body’) are the problem, and we as sat-cit (the real awareness ‘I am’) are the solution. So long as we attend to anything other than ourself, we seem to be ego, but when we attend to ourself alone, we will see that we are nothing other than sat-cit, which is ‘ēkam ēva advitīyam’ (one only without a second). So long as we rise and stand as ego, we seem to have a will of our own, and God seems to be something other than ourself, so we need to surrender our will to his will. However, though we can surrender our will to some extent so long as we remain as ego, we cannot surrender it entirely without surrendering ourself. Surrendering ourself means surrendering ego, and since ego is a false awareness of ourself, we can surrender it only by being aware of ourself as we actually are. Therefore, in order to be aware of ourself as we actually are and thereby to surrender ego entirely, we need to investigate what we actually are, ‘Who am I?’, and we can investigate what we actually are only by attending wholly and exclusively to our own being, ‘I am’. Namo Ramanaya 🙏🙏🙏
Why does he say its advisible to have faith in a god to worship love surrender since you are god. God hardly needs love if god is love. I dont understand.
A clearer audio copy of this video can be listened to or downloaded from Sri Ramana Teachings podcast (ramanahou.podbean.com ): ramanahou.podbean.com/e/advaita-vedanta-and-the-teachings-of-sri-ramana-maharshi-with-swami-sarvapriyananda-and-michael-james and a more compressed audio copy in Opus format (which can be listened on the VLC media player and some other apps) can be downloaded from mediafire.com/file/f94m4276qse8xbl
Michael thank you for this . I am breathless!
Michael - regarding how the jnani sees the world . I often wondered who reported the detail of Bhagavan's journey to Arunachala . If Bhagavan reported it ( including other events things He mentioned ) did He use the first person or the third person ??? Thank you 🙏
Michael James shows all his wisdom in the Q&A part. It is sublime.
It is really great to see the knowledge of Mr James about sanatana Dharma. Even many Hindu Monks don't have such knowledge.
If “debates” as this would be shown at CNN the world would be very different. God bless these two great spiritual teachers Michael James and Swami Sarvapriyananda
Of course CNN would not show this sort of shows because CNN is an EVIL manipulative news media!
♥️🙏🕯️🕉️☮️☮️☮️
Bless originally means to be covered in old pagan altar blood ORIGINS count read The God Dellusion by Richard Dawkins he's a famous biologist and your not 🚫
This is not a debate.
These two are enlightened beings
Brilliant show! Sarvapriyananda is a humble and modest genius!
Brilliant. The brilliant young Swami and the wise elderly Michael.
Namaskar Swami Sarvapriyanandaji Maharaj 🙏🏻
Namaskar Michael James Sir 🙏🏻
Thank you for blessing us with this wonderful retreat 🌹
Thank you Sri Ramana Teachings for sharing this video 🌹
Bhagawan 🙏. Swamiji 🙏. Michael ji 🙏.
Swamiji ❤ thank you and Michael j 🌸thank you
Very deep conversation
This is like Christmas Day for advaitins . Two great souls debating the Truth . We are truly Blessed 🙏🙏🕉️
Bless originally means to be covered in old pagan altar blood no thanks & Christmas is pagan by the way
There's no truth here at all he's demon possessed
Realty is not real actuality is duh
The game of life is never over whatever he says it's the opposite actually
He's brain washing that's all 🤣
Tamils used to name children one of their god's names so every time you call that person remind 'that you are' for the person and for those who come to interact with them. Watching your ego that plays up as 'I am' is the most simple and wonderful practice to become self-aware.
Dear and respected Michael, your being and knowledge, once again, brought tears to my eyes remembering so many instructive and profound discussions of the past in your forum/blog… which for many of us was the key that opened Sri Bhagavan’s teachings to our understanding of ourselves and reality. What a gift from Bhagavan you have always been!… Thank you one more time.
With Love and respect,
Mouna
Something emanates from both swamis ❤🎉 What a blessing, ego resides while hearing their speech 🙏🏼
sathya sai baba devotees use the word "bhagavan" with same misfitted benevolence, just as devotees of ramana ... these are bogus babas!!! this is kali yug ... jesus told to judge the seed {guru} by the fruit {devotees} ... here we see ramakrsna parahamsa to be worlds apart from ramana. the qual;ity of rk ashram swami is far superior. Same Swami from rk mission admitted in some other video that ramanas interpretation of vedanta was rigid!!
Ramana is the best teacher of Ramana’s teachings.
protect this man at all costs
Thank you both for this enlightening video
nice collaboration indeed
I never heard before of Micheal, but he is simply awesome 🙏🙏🙏
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But all are not familiar with his pronunciation and we have to strain our ears ....
@@prasadhprasadhn4654 I was mentioning about his knowledge on Advaita Vedanta
Shree Micheal James Ji was very pecise, concise in explaining Bhagawan's teachings.
To anyone struggling with ramana's teachings, all you have to do is hold on to the feeling of "I" and that's it. I accidentally stumbled upon this technique and I became enlightened on my own in 2 weeks at age 31 (now 34). I didn't go through ego death, as my merging with the universal consciousness was making functioning in the world very challenging, and out of compassion for my family and cat, I decided to stay in the world. So, hold on to the feeling of "I" for a few hours a night after work, and watch it happen. Time will stand still, and everything will look like you're on psychedelics. Love you all ❤️
Sri paul ji I want to talk to you... Please share with me your WhatsApp number or any other contact number and or you email Id please...My Pranam to your holy feet
Your saying is absolutely correct..in few words you have said everything sir...
this is not practical or wise!!! vedas says to seek the knowledge ... bhakti and knowledge are not interchangeable. horse and cart situation, horse must come first, then cart will follow and be useful ... ramana has taught wrong if he actually taught this!!!
Please, could you clarify what holding on to "I" means? Thanks.
@@davidjohnzenocollins the sense of I is the simple sense of being, the hum of existing. It goes deeper as it settles beyond all projections and movements of the mind.
Thank you for this beautiful Gem episode, and we are very lucky to witness 2 great nondual master are discussing the truth . Love to hear more . Thank you, organiser , Swamiji, and Michael. 🙏❤️
How wonderful to find you both together, in my youth I found Sri Ramana M. and He helped me through many trying times. as an elder
I found Swamiji and the teachings of A. Vedanta which helped me to understand better what both were teaching / The same. Very grateful to find you both together here today....Muchas Gracias and Love to all = One and All.
I hope someday you will find me
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Anything perishable is not reality ❤😂
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So beautifully said/explained Adaita vedanta by two great souls.Truly blessed to have found Sarvapriya ji and through him other great souls.
If anyone is interested then Swami Sarvapriyananda can be found in conversation on TH-cam with Bernardo Kastrup.. This happened very recently.
I think that Bernardo is a very significant person indeed . Here we have a very highly qualified scientist philosopher who gives compelling evidence for Idealism. This was bound to happen because Quantum Physics seems to be catching up with the aeons old philosophy of Advaita Vedanta. Advaita doesn't need scientific validation as it stands alone .
Personally I think we are on the cusp of a change in scientific outlook that will be more profound than Heliocentrism. Bernardo in my humble opinion is one of the forerunners of this cultural change .
I am hoping that our Blessed Michael will be able to chat with Bernardo . That will be a treat indeed 🙂. 🙏🕉️
Thank you Swamiji.
Thank you Michael.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for your grace
The talks makes me think of an old hymn “ behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity “
Very beautiful, clearifying some important points….. these type of interactions are really helpful to people….. gratitude to you guys 🙏🏻
Pranaam Swami Saravpriyananda ji
Marvelous!
It's a teaching of human behavioural science to conduct in a satva way to live greatly, achieve greater heights by control of mind , talk human service, and meditate
Pl bring David Godman and Swami Sarvapriyananda together for discussion on the subject.Thnks.
I second that 🙏
I couldn’t focus on what Michael said. It just brought tears to my eyes seeming his face light up every time he spoke of Maharshee. I aspire for such pure love 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
I have seen him breaking down while he talks about Maharishi Ramanna.
wow! I´ve been waiting for this meeting! THANX!😇🙏
Thank you. What a joy! I am grateful to Michael James and Swamiji. Hari Om
I feel truly blessed by these two great masters.May they live long to bless many more souls!
Why do you need a master to tell you what is and isn't? What does your conscious say about those?
Ego investigating Ego itself is the key to Selfrealization.That’s what my consciousness
says.
@@paldenngodup8238 So that which isn't investigating that which isn't?
@@srinivasramanujan4354 Yes!That’s the end of the investigation.
@@srinivasramanujan4354 The self-realized one
Wow What Clarity Thank You ❤️🙏
So good to see the mutual respect.
So Gooooooood 🦋🌸🕉️🙏🏼
Sri Vivekananda ji and Sri Ramana ji....shared teaching and make it better by ' respecting your and others life'.
Holding hand where contemporary are saving them from greed and fear ...and 'respect life' !!! Q&A, respect to both masters here...who are coming forward to hold light for rest !!!
What a great things to share in a nut shell from these respectful people like desciples of Ramakrishna paramahamsa and Ramana Maharishi.
I have to go into self enquiry.
Everything happens for a reason becos of poorvajanma samkaras.
Thank you very much for this wonderful Q&A session.
To realise i am God.
I was just beginning to realise advaita.
Just as I was realising this I began noticing certain changes in me. I realised world is a play of energy. Shivas cosmic dance.
Then I suddenly stopped because I was beginning to be pulled apart from my family .
Then I realised I have duties to my family.
I can't get into this without fulfilling responsibilities to family.
So I request you to spread message to everybody to get into vedanta only after fulfilling family responsibilities.
Sir, your doubt is normal But it IS possible to full fill all the worldly resposibilities even after KNOWING the truth. (Perhaps with out fear of failure) . You are halfway through, don't abanden.
Fulfilling duty to family is also nondual. It only feels like being pulled away because of latent attachment to a projection of what spiritual life ought to be. Let go of subtle projections and be a nondual householder. Householders can be fully immersed in the nondual because nonduality is simply the truth.
Wonderful session. Thank God I have listened this session!
How is this session any different than watching, say porn? Understand what I am asking before you attack.
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Excellent introduction!!
Good clear❤ reminder
Thank you❤
Years back, I heard this word Thathvamasi and fell in love with the word without knowing the deep meaning of this and got a tattoo done on my neck where the people can read it. Now I feel proud that, atleast people will Google it to know it's true value.
Yes there is this term Mahavakya which gives me a thrill whenever I hear it - not least from Michael James or Swami Sarvapriyananda ✌️🕉️
universally accepted correct English spelling is ' tatvamasi'. I hope you got that right on your neck.
@@selvamthiagarajan8152 oh no. I have it a Thathvamasi. Can't redo too. That's real sad 😢.
@@idafernandez7229 you have communicated correctly..
It's all about intentions..
@@selvamthiagarajan8152 (Sorry for my bad English; am Finnish, like Mr. Jussi Penttinen) The devanaagarii text is mostly one continuous sequence of consonants (because the short a-vowel is inherent(?) in the consonant characters): तत्त्वमसि ; it can be read either tat tvam asi (that thou art) or tattvam asi (tattva [literally: thatness (you)] are). 😵💫 -- Jai Guru Dev, Svaamii Brahmaananda Sarasvatii, Shankaraacaarya of Jyotir maTha (1940 - 1953), guru of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi!
Thank you very much! My deepest respect. Very helpful for me. Please repeat it.
I’m blessed 🎉🎉🎉
Just beautiful - Thank you Thank you Thank you
This was really precious. I would love a part 2, 3 etc. Thank you❤🙏
Michael dear u shud 'n must have such interactions from diverse vies ultimately arriving at de same Ocean...summit, pinnacles of de same Truth, same end from diferent & diverse pathways❗💐
B' cause Michael dear, yr occidental face, voice, presence, vocabulary usage of an Occidental researcher, devoted seeker, follower, aspirant of spirituality, & a ven'ble teachers conviction clarifys de subtle deep rooted bias in us mankind🙏🌹🤗
Verily verily ! Truth is One, paths are many ! ..... it is de veritable Truth just expressed, 'n presented to deepen our faith, convince our unfoldment bringing more Conviction of Truth to Life❣️👍🌱👌
This is so wonderful 🙏🙏🙏
All this variety of aspects, views, explanations is like fresh Air for diff. Levels of seekers. Always welcome.! Even prof. Rama Subramaniam was most enjoyable , entertaining , deepening & broadening the monotone descriptions of understanding👌💐✔️
Great❤l❤❤l so helpfulĺĺ
merci !
নমস্কার মহারাজ। ভালো বলেছেন ।🙏🏻💙🕉️
আপনার 'ব্রহ্মসুত্র ' সম্বন্ধে কোন আলোচনা কি ইউ টিউবে আছে? এই শাস্ত্র টি নিয়ে আলোচনা ইউ টিউবে চোখে পড়ে না। নমস্কার মহারাজ। 🙏🏻💙🕉️
Wow, Michael really explained the real/unreal - Ego, I Am, Brahman excellently @ 1:38:15 🙏
Jai Maharishi Ramana.
As a tamilian I can't undersand a word he says in tamil but overall exaplanation in english is simply amazing
@@Saurabh-iw5gkyou try to evolve as a human first before passing comments
Amazing I’m very grateful just want to he was spreading this system of Advayta Vedanta I would add the word completion to the conclusion of the Upanishads love and light😂🕉☮️☮️☮️❣️❣️❣️❣️🙏🙏🙏👍🏼
Jai sweet Dharma, Jai!
Only the enlightened can say that the world is real. 😶😶 I am speechless. My pranaam to the witness within.
I love how well versed in the material the swami is but you immediately understand that Michael is presenting the teaching in its pristine form. Thousands of years of philosophical conjecture have perhaps been sincere but it may be that the greatest gift of Ramana was to point to the truth directly, and that is what Michael James amplifies for our benefit.
Sri.Michael james is the greatest exponent of teachings of Ramana Maharishi.
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Yes only infinite conciseness
Pranams, after realisation we will realise atmanandam the real paramananda. Meditate, investigate self through ego, kill the ego and experience the bliss
What dedication? from all
10:20 Many years ago I realized, When you superimpose all the knowledge in the universe, you see the mind of a creator.
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2:00:17 = picture of the face of Bhn;looking at His eyes...His eyes draw our attention on ourself;the saying "By being born in Tiruvarur,...or by mere thought of Arunachala,there is Mukti";v 10 of Patikam;
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Silence and kindness.
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In short,we have to really understand everything and try to integrate all to one root ?
27:19 = M J begins;51:00 = v 16 of Upadesa Saram;54:10 = UN v 25;UN v 24;59:40 = end of MJ;Q &A =1:07:00 = MJ;1:1à:00 = UN v 18;1:18:20 = UN v 26;1:29:50 =all our burdens on God (even the burden of thinking ) and surrender (Nan yar parag 13 );
1:10:00 = U N v 18;
I was disappointed that you finished your first address with the advice to praise God
After the revolution of THAT ie Brahman as self
Anyway I found mountains of gold in your words thank you
Intuition rather than rationality helps seekers
Most respected swami ji. We have received adequate Explanations and analyses. Can you state what one has to DO to obtain “Brahman” “pure advaita” or “pure consciousness”? WHAT that is well and clearly described . DONE. But With the sole exception of Bhagavan Ramana Rishi no one has actually attained “pure awareness”. Have they? That is so because we do not know what exactly you want us to DO.
This comprehensive liberation that Bhagavan Maha Rama Rishi achieved at the age of 16 can be achieved by anybody (as per Advaita) and this liberation comprises of three components:
The first is what we term "Enlightenment" in Sanskrit - a realization of reality, where individuals confidently state, "I have seen it" or "I get it." But, intellectually realising the truth of reality alone isn't sufficient;
two more components are vital:
The second is "Vasana," the purification of the mind, involving the eradication of past impressions.
The third, "Manasa," signifies the destruction of the mind, allowing for deep meditation, an advanced form known as Samadhi.
In accordance with this text, achieving full-blown liberation in this lifetime necessitates understanding the truth of one's nature as Atman Brahman or pure consciousness. This realization must be vivid, clear, and beyond doubt. The second component involves transforming an impure mind, a result of life conditioning, into a pure mind. This requires dedicated ethical living, manifesting the enlightenment realization through a morally upright life. The third component is intensive meditation training to prevent the mind from wavering and to maintain focus on reality in Samadhi.
Complete enlightenment is attained when all three components are developed. Such an enlightened individual would not morally falter. The text also distinguishes between those on a progressive path and those with direct realization, asserting that those who have followed a progressive path experience full-blown enlightenment. For others, stumbling upon enlightenment requires a deep inquiry, after which intensifying spiritual practices, maintaining a moral life, exercising self-restraint, and deepening meditation are recommended to stay with the newfound truth.
Maya and prarabhda are
intertwined?
1:50 buttom left corner.. it should be Swami Sarvapriyananda.. not Sarvapriyananda Swami
An interesting discussion. It leads to the same Brahman . Paths a bit different
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Volume is not at all audible.....very very low!! 😌😌😌
1:55:29
We are not ego we are not the I. Ego doesn’t exist yet it hasn’t been created. It hasn’t yet com into exist.
1:57:20
ego seems to exist only because we identifying as the body.
Traduction française en cours. Échange essentiel entre deux voix de Lumière
@@Ananthan-m7q Tamils are blessed to have received Bhagavan teachings in the holy tamil language. What a boon.
@@Ananthan-m7q hearing Bhagavan teachings as shared by Michael is also a boon. Om namo bhagavate Arunachala ramanaya 🙏 ⛰️
Merci infiniment de faire ce travail. 🙏
if nothing is there and consciousness is by default just plain blank, what is point of being in blank state. Won't it become bored of just being in a blank state ? If enlightment means just blank awarness and nothing else what is point of realising that ? Can someone explain please. I am a bit confused
@John McDonald Thanks for the explanation. If the inherent nature of consciousness is joy and peaceful, why it created ego ( if there is only consciousness then ego has to come from it only) in the first place. Why it projected world from itself and then entangled itself in it. If it comes out of entanglement from ego and maya or whatever it is , will it stay like that forever or after some time go back to ego and the same cycle repeats. ( i don't know what that really is - but from various books and videos my understanding is - " realising oneself to be pure consciousness and not associating with the avatar in the waking world, dream world and sleep is the essence of that") . So will an enlightened person after some amount of time again go back to ego and maya ? . Why consciousness created or projected the world , why does it do that. why it cannot be just remain as is in joy and peace ?
@John McDonald The whole vedantha way of understanding this relies on logical reasoning. For example, since there can be nothing apart from consciousness, the world is not real and so on. Hence it relies on questioning and reasoning to come to the conclusions. The logical reasoning breaks down when questions arise on what creates ego ( or the illusion of ego) . What is the need for consciousness to explore itself by limiting itself to bounded objects in the world. I think only by taking a third person view, it can inspect itself. Why it is doing so and for what, that i think nobody knows. The problem of conciousness , i think it still open.
"Absence of thought does not mean a blank" ~ Maharshi
The "blank" is pregnant with consciousness, ie sat chit ananda
@John McDonald If universally there is only one consciousness then if any one being realises the true nature all others should be liberated as well isn't it ? If one being is able to come out of ego or maya , then that should eliminate the ego and liberates all beings ?
Bhagawan did clarify sleep can not be pure awareness alone as it would amount to enlightenment and therefore there is ignorance in sleep of one's true nature In enlightenment that ignorance is destroyed so one knows both the Self and the ignorance of the Self - both are the Self ! Bhagawan was why he snored and he said he liked snoring - indicating awareness of snoring while in sleep !
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Please clarify whether Allah upanishad is one of the 108 Upanishads as claimed by Indian Muslims?
Namaskaram, I had never heard of such a text, but googled it and found the answer to your question here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allopanishad
Namo Ramanaya
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It is NOT one of the 108 Upanishads. It was written in Akbar reign in 16th century.
Michael James's voice is so funny😂 (not intended to offend anyone, just sharing the funny notice😁)
yes, he's like a cool little hobbit!!
@@justahumanbeing.709 exactly!😃
@@Silensio He left the hobbit village when he was a lad and went on an adventure to Arunachala to find the 'precious'!
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Becoming only exists in relation to what is an object for consciousness. For instance, an ideal is an object to consciousness. Turning attention to consciousness does not constitute becoming, because being conscious is not the object of anything.
Is a photo of Bhagavan just a photo . No , no , even a photo of Bhagavan will ignite His Living Presence within ( and without ) you 🙏🕉️
i think the same thing , not just a photo : ; say thing with Amma's picture or Sathya Sai Baba 's picture .....i m following these 3 masters.
Ramana is within us
So beautiful 🙏🕯️♥️🕉️☮️☮️☮️
@@Amila108 Yes Bhagavan's image is so beautiful 🙏🕉️
@@jeanfrancoisbe2 once baba was asked by his fellow devotees. What is the difference between Ramakrishna, Ramana Maharshi, Swami Vivekananda and Swami(you)?
Baba Replied, Ramakrishna, Ramana Maharshi, Vivekananda uplift themselves from human level to Godliness but I(swami) descend from God level to the level of humanity to uplift the mankind. So my understanding is Ramakrishna, Ramana Maharshi, Vivekananda, Amma Karunamayi, Amma Amritanandamayi, Maa Aanandamayi maa are great sage reached to the level of Godhood (Sai). I bow down to them with great Reverence.
My respectful pranams to both these intellectual giants. I know I cannot get a fraction of their knowledge, but I see hope in their one statement, to know Brahman, you need only Bhakti, I hope I can do justice to this path alone. Jai Ramakrishna! Jai Bhagwan Ramana !!
this is not practical or wise!!! vedas says to seek the knowledge ... bhakti and knowledge are not interchangeable. horse and cart situation, horse must come first, then cart will follow and be useful ... ramana has taught wrong if he actually taught this!!!
Bhagawan also clarified that deep sleep continues and underlies waking & dream states ! Deep sleep is Brahman + ignorance. Waking /dream are Brahman + ignorance + waking /dream. Sleep is avarana or hiding of reality. Waking & dream have a projection rooted in the ignorance of sleep that continues to underlie the waking & dream states. I am not able to clearly recall in which book of Bhagawan I read this but I do recall like this.
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So nothing exists at all? Life then seems, with all the incredible suffering, war, rape, murder, etc etc to be a pretty pointless and horrifying phenomenon then.
I understand nondual ideas but if there’s nothing at all in the end, what’s the point of all the suffering.
Age old question I know.
If there’s no “me” to begin with how do “I” have any will?
God is everything but there’s a false me too?
We are god but there’s also a “me” that has a will that can surrender to god or not?
How’s that work?
1:34:49
Who the we that’s the problem and solution?
Please don’t get me wrong. I love the non-dual message, but clearly I don’t understand
Namaskaram,
Bhagavan and Advaita Vedanta do not teach that there is nothing at all. What Bhagavan says in the seventh paragraph of Nāṉ Ār? (Who am I?) is:
www.happinessofbeing.com/nan_yar.html#para07
யதார்த்தமா யுள்ளது ஆத்மசொரூப மொன்றே.
yathārtham-āy uḷḷadu ātma-sorūpam oṉḏṟē.
What actually exists is only ātma-svarūpa [the real nature of oneself].
In other words, what we actually are is what alone actually exists. This is what is referred to in the Chāndōgya Upaniṣad 6.2.1-2 as ‘ēkam ēva advitīyam’ (one only without a second). It is not nothingness (śūnyatā) but fullness (pūrṇatva).
Suffering, war, rape, murder, pointlessness and all other phenomena seem to exist only in the view of ourself as ego. In waking and dream, when we rise and stand as ego, all this seems to exist, whereas in sleep, when we do not rise as ego, nothing other than ourself, ‘I am’, seems to exist.
What is real must always exist and shine, and that is only our own being, ‘I am’, which exists and shines throughout waking, dream and sleep. Therefore whatever appears and disappears is not real. Why then should we look for or expect to find any point or purpose in what is not real? Since it does not actually exist, it cannot actually have any purpose. If we want to find real purpose, we can find it only in what is real, namely ourself.
Ego appears in waking and dream but disappears in sleep, so it is not real. It does not actually exist, but merely seems to exist. However, it is not entirely unreal, because it contains within itself an element of reality, which is what alone actually exists. That is, ego is what is aware of itself as ‘I am this body’, and in this false awareness what is real is only the fundamental and ever-existing awareness ‘I am’, which is sat-cit, pure being (sat) and pure awareness (cit).
Therefore, if we want to know and to be what alone is real, all we need to do is to look deep within ourself. That is, we should attend only to our own being, ‘I am’, because by doing so we as ego will subside and dissolve back into and as sat-cit, which alone is what we always actually are.
Therefore the answer to your question, ‘Who [is] the we that’s the problem and solution?’, is that we as ego (the false awareness ‘I am this body’) are the problem, and we as sat-cit (the real awareness ‘I am’) are the solution. So long as we attend to anything other than ourself, we seem to be ego, but when we attend to ourself alone, we will see that we are nothing other than sat-cit, which is ‘ēkam ēva advitīyam’ (one only without a second).
So long as we rise and stand as ego, we seem to have a will of our own, and God seems to be something other than ourself, so we need to surrender our will to his will. However, though we can surrender our will to some extent so long as we remain as ego, we cannot surrender it entirely without surrendering ourself. Surrendering ourself means surrendering ego, and since ego is a false awareness of ourself, we can surrender it only by being aware of ourself as we actually are.
Therefore, in order to be aware of ourself as we actually are and thereby to surrender ego entirely, we need to investigate what we actually are, ‘Who am I?’, and we can investigate what we actually are only by attending wholly and exclusively to our own being, ‘I am’.
Namo Ramanaya
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1:23:00
Why does he say its advisible to have faith in a god to worship love surrender since you are god. God hardly needs love if god is love. I dont understand.