"I Am That" - A Tantric Exposition by Ācārya Dr. Sthaneshwar Timalsina
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- In this video, Acharya Dr. Sthaneshwar Timalsina expands on the profound philosophy of "I am That" - giving a Tantric view to the expression. Taking the perennial questions given to any human being like "Who am I?"; "What is this world?"; Acharya Ji breaks down tough spiritual topics in a manner understandable to everyone. This basic discourse given by Acharya Ji involves Vedanta, Tantra and other subjects he has a strong command of.
Acharya Dr. Sthaneshwar Timalsina is an esteemed traditional consecrated teacher of Shaiva-Shakta Hindu Tantra. He is also the Endowed Chair of Indic Studies at Stony Brook University, New York in the Department of Asian & Asian American Studies. Acharya Sthaneshwar is the founder of Vimarsha Foundation, a non-profit organization through which he teaches shastra and sādhanā to students of all backgrounds. Learn more about Vimarsha on our website, learn from our many free Tantra resources, and join us for free shāstra courses that occur every semester: www.vimarshafo...
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Pranaam Acharya Timalsina 🙏 ❤
🎉 One bright side of tech - in another life, I would have no chance to see and hear a great practitioner and Acarya of this calibre. Thanks for uploading!
That is true.
Hearing Ācārya Dr. Sthaneshwar Timalsina talking is always a pleasure, but this particular one bought me to tears. Thank you, tremendously. Also, I love your food metaphors, they are the best!
Merci Acharya Dr. Sthaneshwar Timalsina ...bows of gratitude🙏🤎
😃 Thank you so much for your teachings! 😃
Such a wonderful speech Acharyaji 🔱
Sadar pranams acharyaji..shree mathre namaha
Thats a interesting session. Pranam Guru 🙏
thank you for sharing
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Pranams !Why at all these raga dwesha and Ajnana? Malas at all?
hi! can someone please link the book he mentions
Sri Sankara says "Who is saying that Shiva is the Ultimate and Shakti through which He remaing in his own glory manifests himself as the world etc all these You are saying.Who is this I that is telling all these things? ..So know who you are first.You are a seemingly combination of yourself and not self in this present state.Descriminate what is change less and what is ever changing.After Recognizing yourself you come to know that what you rejected as notself also nothing but you. There is nothing to keep or reject anything because there is nothing second entity other than you.आत्मौवेदं सर्वम् ।I am everything. OM!
@hanumanthraoj Will this INTELLECTUAL discrimination between the changeless and changing destroy avidya? Evidently you have discriminated .Has your avidya vanished? Have you become a Brahmajnani? Please don’t give a theoretical reply. My question is down to earth practical question.
Very informative! 🙏
He is not buddha he is Siddha ( siddhartha) 🙏☀️ please everyone call him by his real name Siddhartha
@@chhetrigauravHe is that
He he… u do what you want, why expect others to do what you want ? Swatantrya bro Swatantrya
@@kissabazar swatantra is in full exploration of truth knowing the truth as it is but today's world are full of lies spread all over that's why it's important that people know the truth and follow it by knowing it by themselves that's more of swatantra because you get to know more options front of you rather than just blindly believing in something that you haven't even explored yourself, you don't even know the source of your knowledge and just call Siddhartha by name Buddha no body knows where this fake narrative of Buddha has spreaded from people even don't know if it's fake propaganda spreaded to weaken the true power of Siddhartha Raja and his siddha sanghas which is giving justice to the people who are suffering and release them from such sorrow in life making their lives better on the path dharma everyone should stay that better for everyone
Does not Vedanta say दृष्टिं ज्ञानमयीं कृत्वा पश्येत् ब्रह्ममयं जगत्?That is the defect is with your looking at the world.. not with the world.But one is in present state totally engulfed in the world taking it as real as a first step vedanta says the world is not real as you see but it is nothing but Brahman.Then one tries to know what is Brahman. Then the teaching declares you are that and it shows the WAY how to recognize the truth!This is simplified vedanta.You are also telling so many Upayas to remove Malas.If malas are REAL they can never able to be removed because they are REAL.And who has to do upayas ?Jeeva you say .Why Shiva became jeeva?You say it is His इच्छा .Why all this confusion at all?And so many such questions! Pranams!
If anyone claims that Vedanta says that he World is not real then it is not Vedanta (or the final and complete understanding) but half-baked Vedanta. True Vedanta is realizing that the World and the Self are One hence Ekam Sat (Rig Veda). The only illusion is Separation. And there's a good reason for the illusion of separation. The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad speaks of cosmic loneliness as being the trigger. Big Bang. Wow. Jesus came to the same conclusion. Krishna too. Anandamayi Ma also. Tagore too. Ask me any question. I will answer you.
@@Ekam-SatEkam sat vipra bahudha vadanti
@@Ekam-Sat What does the acharya say in the Mandukya Karika? Does he say that nothing has ever been created or that everything has been created?
@@muralidharankv169 Dear Sir. I am just a novice. Regarding your question about whether the Acharya (Gaudapada) says that "nothing has ever been created" or "everything has been created," the key idea in the Māṇḍūkya Kārikā is that creation, as we understand it, is an illusion. Gaudapada asserts that the world is not really created, and there is no true distinction between creation and the unchanging, eternal reality (Brahman). This is grounded in the non-dual (Advaita) perspective, which emphasizes that the world is an appearance in consciousness and that ultimate reality is beyond the cycle of creation and destruction. HOWEVER... and this is very important. The above interpretation misses the point. If all is ONE (which it is), then it could be argued that there is no illusion and that the only illusion is separation/separateness. Personally; I am inclined to go with Shuddhadvaita. Shuddhadvaita has the same view as Kashmir Shaivism that the individual soul (the bodymind complex) is Brahman since there is only Brahman (Atman = Paramatman, or, Differentiation within Oneness). So even Maya or Leela is Real since there is only the Real. It is just that it isn't really good to be alone. Hence why the purpose of Brahman/Shiva/Krishna/Self is ultimately Companionship/Love. Bhakti is the way to God/Self realization. But so is Jnana. Passion and intelectual curiosity for science, religion, spirituality as well. I am sure you could give me many more examples. Please note that I was raised Catholic and that my interpretation may thus be slightly different. Do not be influenced by different opinions. Please choose what resonates with you. Blessings. Wishing you all the goodness in the World. Thank you. In appreciation.
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As per SriSankara Maya means not an illusion .They have translated wrongly as illusion.But you can refer to his definition in his 2/1/14.Sutrabhashya where he defines it as Shakti name and form(नामरूप) प्रक्रृति (premordial Nature)Maya as you can't say it as Absolute and at the same time not other than Absolute independently as waves to water. Finally my suggestion is as you said earlier to go to orinal texts of Agamas to know correctly what Agamas are telling so too go to original Sankrara bashyas and learn the teachings under a अनुभावि who is apt in giving correct purport of the texts and bhashya on them. Don't study who says "thus speaks Sankra " and judge Srisamkara .There are so many mis conceptions about Srisamkara.
@hanumanthraoji Sankara’s vada is called vivartha vada. It of course does not mean illusion.
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