In other parts of the world they fight with bloodshed but our countrymen discuss with intellect and logic Great pranam and proud of our Acharya traiyas Adi Shankaracharya Ramanujacharya Madhvacharya
Hahaha what a joke? You all have fairy tales in your mind! Have you read the biographies of Sankaracarya, in which it is written how he went around with an army of a King called Sudhanvan to subdue, kil and supress people of other faith, especially Buddhists and other spiritual sects? Vedic tradition was never tolerant towards others, and there is a lot of bloodshed in ancient India.
@@bibeksharma270 Fake texts and history to back it up created by colonizers to suppress Vedic tradition. Shankaracharya (2000 BC) came before Buddha (1900 BC). I am sure you studied Buddha's period was somewhere between in 400 to 500 BCE from colonizer version of history propagated by their henchmen commies
@@indianmilitary Why just 2000 BC? Why not add few more zeros, as zeros like 'aalu' (potato) in samosa would just enhance our 'deshi' taste, right? If you choose to live in Whatsapp University of Hindu Savarkar nationalists, making fool of yourself, then it is it up-to you. However, knowledge has no nationality. Have you read any of the texts of Adi Sankhara, and about 12 biographies written by Vedanta lineage masters? Please read it before making such non-sensical comments. Let me give you an example to make you understand your absurd dates. Adi Sankhara has written commentaries on the Brahmasuutra, in which he tries to refute certain Buddhist schools, which could be very precisely dated between 1st century AD to 5th Century AD. We know these dates not only through historical resources in India, but also from Srilankan Buddhist chronicles, Chinese travellers who came to India (through their travelogue, which are basically the best sources of Indian chronology, as they are not as distorted as other dates in India by Hindu nationalits), translation of Indian texts into Chinese that began from 1st century AD and Tibetan canon preserved in Tibetan. Looking at all these texts and their dates, the internal textual references in Buddhist, Jain, Hindu texts including those written by Sankhara and Gaudapada etc,, the dates in Indian historiography is determined. We know for sure when the Buddha was born, when Alexdender came to Northern part of India, how those things were noted down in Buddhist, Jain texts etc. If you choose to live in a dark age of Savarkar Whatsapp University, so be it! The whole world would just laugh at you, just like I am laughing at your naive words here. The reason western scholars are villified today is because just like Nazis needed a victimized and wounded "nationalism" to stage a drama and propaganda to divert the attention, in the same way the present establishment is pandering the nationalistic fervor to enhance their own political interest. Wake up before they destroy your heritage, your reputation in the whole world and corrupt you from inside out. The only way to tackle it is to read by yourself these sources, not just the messages in Whatsapp Univeristy likes, and build your knowledge based on reality.
@@bibeksharma270 I should laugh at your ignorance, don't know the value of great acharya who revived saatana dharma. People like you who can't give a bit blabber. You are from communist and congress sponsored romela thapar university student. Come to South India we will teach you the Vedanta or else dwel in the left overs of thapar like people. Proud to be a sanatani Jai hind
@@AdityaKumarSingh9112 no ISKON doesnt follow dvaita. They follow "achintya bhed abheda" translated as inconceivable differences and oneness. From what I understand, ISKON does not deny the separate existence of God but at the same time do not separate the creation from God. This is inconceivable thus achintya
Thank you Swamiji. So glad that Shankara sorted this out in the way that actual lived experience verifies ! The Western philosopher Berkley eventually came to this understanding as well. Even the materialist Einstein began to accept this authenticity after meeting Tagore !
Thank you. I just love God and have only loved God my whole life. I feel that i am an unrealised or realising aspect of the Oneness. Without more knowledge I don't think I would categorise myself in one school, but definitely my heart follows a Non-dual heavily Bhakti path. As I am learning, it only expands my love. Thank you for this valuable teaching.
Tat Avam Asi - you are (already) that (divine). Point is regardless of oneness or samadhi, without the immanent divine or soul nothing exists or nothing can be perceived in its current form. This is Sankhya vedic metaphysics which combines Advaitha (non dual shiva) and Dvaitha (dual shakthi). Shiva and Shakthi always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen. Advaitha and Dvaitha are INCOMPLETE without each other. Don't fall for the fake interpretations of Madhavacharya who was created out of thin air by colonizers to mimic Abrahamic religions. The whole Bakthi movement is fake. The word Shraddha (trust with complete logical understanding and experience) was replaced by Blind bakthi (even in Baghavad Gita)
@@Dharmicaction Then Lord Shiva created Maa Parvati, I agree they both are inseparable in experience of life but the example of Shiva-Shakti doesn't match well
One of the reasons why vedanta (especially advait vedanta) couldn't get more followers is because it can literally shock you. It can crumble the very foundations of your beliefs. I have never read anything more logical and liberating.
" Aatman is knowledge, Aatman is intelligence,Aatman is satchidananda. It is through the inscrutable power of Maya,which existance indicated as either existant or non existant,the relative conciousness has come upon jiva,who is none other than Brahman" - swami vivekananda. This quote of swamiji shows Brahman and Aatman is same as satchidananda ( concious bliss)
Hinduism is purely based on science. As my interpretation, Adwaitabada - string theory (every single thing is made from 1 entity) Bisista dawitabada - atomic theory (everything is made from different particles) Dawitabada - macro world (everything is different in their own nature)
Adi Sankara: Finite to the Infinite Renouncing material life, Sri Adi Sankara mastered India's ancient lore and cleared the cobwebs that obscured the Eternal Religion and interpreted crucial scriptures like the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-gita and the Brahmasutra in the light of Advaita-vedanta. Structured as a concise introduction to the varied writings of the greatest philosopher-saint the world has known, Adi Sankara: Finite to the Infinite recounts his life and travels. The individual writings are discussed to show how he was the father of the commentatorial tradition for which India is famous. What emerges in the end is an inspiring figure of an intrepid scholar, an illustrious teacher, a visionary administrator and a superb poet. Certainly, we have in Adi Sankara's personality the much-needed motivation for the youth of today who are building the new India. Sri Ramanuja: The Great Integrator Sri Ramanuja (1017-1137 CE) successfully strove to integrate the society, teach the people to forget caste and credal differences and remain united to save the Vedic religion from eternal challenges. There was no aspect of life that was not touched by Sri Ramanuja. Towards achieving his ideals, he embraced sannyasa, became a legendary teacher, a venerated scholar, an excellent management expert of temple culture and a path-breaking social reformer. Sri Ramanuja: The Great Integrator is an attempt to introduce this multi-faceted personality who avoided confrontation and was unflappable in the face of persecution and calumny. A tireless traveler of india’s vast spaces, a fosterer of bhakti to bring people together, his only armour was surrender to the Divine, his sole weapon a love for all creation, for all is the Divine: īśāvāsyam idam sarvam. Sri Madhva: The Hero as Acharya Sri Madhva (1238-1317 CE) took sannyasa early and gained fame as an indefatigable debater, a master of critical analysis in his commentaries and discourses, and an Acharya who trained his disciples to cultivate physical well-being to serve the community better. His installation of the captivating figure holding the curd-churner at Udupi has given a new birth to the age-old Bhagavata tradition through the Haridasa phenomenon. Designed as a vivid, scholarly presentation of the life of Sri Madhva, his works, the significance of his presence which is being increasingly felt today, Sri Madhva: The Hero as Acharya will open many new windows to the newcomer and initiate the need for taking a very close look at our priceless heritage.
Hi I think little correction required for Dwaita school. Its originally known as Tatvavada. One of the emphasis of Madhwacharya to insist Gnana poorvaka Bhakthi. He says Bhakthi without Gnana is weak and can be broken by stronger logic. And Gnana without Bhakthi is incomplete. 🙏
Shakthi Prashanth - Both Madhavacharya and his fake interpretations of ancient Dvaitha based on creating duality between immanent and transcendent divine were fake creations of colonizers to mimic Abrahamic religions.
Master Mahasaya said that Sri Ramakrishna was vishistadwitabadi. Swami Vivekananda said that adwitabad is the ultimate reality. Sri Ramakrishna himself said that the ultimate is beyond all interpretations.
Nope. Krishna said different pathways of yoga. Not fake interpretations of Advaitha and Dvaitha metaphysics by Madhvacharya and others who did not exist.
@@Dharmicaction stop spreading wrong information,about madhva’s tatvavada,try to take some inputs from it.What do you mean not existent? Read about ballikthsukta,vyaustuti... Try to understand what bheda,abheda,first read all the three schools of philosophy then you have the right to say something about madhva, Understand their notions,Madhva being an incarnation of mukhyaprana isint some layman,he is the quintessential part of our body without pranashakti nothing would have existed,You might be a staunch follower of shankara,doesn’t mean that the others are wrong... Pls introspect into the matter before commenting
Advaitha (non dual shiva) and Dvaitha (Shakthi). Advaitha and Davitha are incomplete without each other. In other words, Shiva and Shakthi always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen. There cannot be duality between immanent divine (athma) and transcendent divine (paramathma). Why? Without the immanent divine, nothing exists or nothing can be perceived in its current form. This is Sankhya vedic metaphysics (which combines ADVAITHA AND DVAITHA). Sankhya can be validated by logic, experiment (double slit quantum experiment) and embodied experience (focus + meditation) Madhavacharya and his fake interpretations of ancient Dvaitha vedic metaphysics were creations of colonizers for blind bakthi to mimic Abrahamic religions. The word Shraddha (trust but verify the truth with logic, embodied experience) was replaced by blind bakthi (even in Baghavad Gita) by the colonizers. Some followers of Advaitha vedanta wrongly interpret Maya as the illusion through which Brahman falsely appears as the universe. But Advaitha vedanta just says that the illusion (false identification of immanent divine or soul with thoughts and body) is caused by Maya due to 5 senses and ego but it does not mean Maya = illusion. Maya is the creative shakthi of Shiva. So, it is absolutely real. The world/universe is also real.
There are both similarities and differences between schools. Considering all of them with ethics, observations, sciences, histroy and scriptures, Madhvacharya theory and principles are the best in quality and quantity. The vaishnava doctrine teacher the ultimate truth, goal and perfect path to live correct way of life. Madhva philosophy is the greatest without defects.
Madhavacharya never existed. He was a colonial creation to create duality between athma and Brahman to propagate blind bakthi which mimics Abrahamic religions.
@@Dharmicaction this is utmost nonsense ever I had seen! There are lots of proofs of existence of madhvacharya. We have his place of birth, location where he had taught his teachings, his authentic biography written by his contemporary student, his original works, his well established temples and disciples, dasa literature etc prove his majestic doctrine. He has sri Vishnu's blessing at maximum level. Please know history
It is very strange how the philosophical interpretations of the texts are si utterly different. Being considered as all one and one with God, from being considered all different and different from God, makes from utterly experienced of life. And all with the same basic texts.
Swami li Bhagwad Gita says in bhakti Yoga chapter 12 that bhakti Yoga is easier compared to Jnana Yoga .It would be helpful to understand the differences between the Advaita and Dvaita vedanta , could you please take an elaborate lecture on this ?
I think different sub-schools of Vedanta is based on different interpretations/commentaries on Brahama-sutra. NOT on Upanishads directly, though Brahamsutras are itself the commentaries on Upanishads. Upanishads mostly supports Advaita Vedanta. Overall Upanishads, Brahmasuta & Vedanta philosophy is actually Advaita vedanta only. But the difficulty to believe on Advaita-vedanta in Kalyga with materialism....Davit-vedanta is created to at least have some faith on God!
think about the schools...why we have so many vedic schools? inspite of one Brahman. Did they really experienced the bliss of supreme consciousness or oneness?
I think this guru don't have read our scriptures specifically purans because vedvyaas author of brahmsutra writes in padma purana that he has written commentary on brahmsutra that is the BHAGWATAM
Difference and conflicts where the base of the Creation of Duality, you can escape the Duality after understanding the Oneness with the Creation That is the understanding, You are the Creator Manifested as Creatures in this Creation of Matter World.
The illusion or the immanent divine or soul"s identification with thoughts and body is caused by Maya but it does not mean Maya = Illusion. Maya is the creative shakthi of Shiva. So, it is absolutely real. So, is our world/universe. Maya and Shiva always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen. Advaitha (non dual shiva) is INCOMPLETE without Dvaitha (dual shakthi) and vice versa. So, Advaitha and Dvaitha are not competing metaphysics. Regardless of oneness, the duality continues in the material realm. Even moksha is a duality cycle of microcosm/macrocosm. It means, everything repeats again due to manifestation/concealment duality cycle of the universe.
For the past 13 hundred years, all the efforts of Sri Adisankara (Tat-vam-asi) has been hidden by his successors. Ramanujar and Madhvar also diverted people by telling different meanings for 'tat-vam_asi'. This is the ultimate reason for india's all sufferings. Only Swamy Vivekananda opened all these secrets to people. But till date, our Indian People are not aware of this great mantra.
It is different I guess tat-vam-asi means you’re him, which is rightfully wrong,You can’t be bramahan right? You’re just the reflection of him,that doesn’t mean you are him.
@@immadiPatheshwara If you say there is duality between athman and brahman - then you have ego, lack understanding of Sankhya vedic metaphysics which combines Advaitha (shiva) and Dvaitha (shakthi) and also step into the territory of monotheism which says that divine is only transcendent NOT immanent (athma). Why Athman = Brahman? Without the immanent and conscious divine or athma, nothing can exist or nothing can be perceived in its current form. This is Sankhya vedic metaphysics which can be validated by experiment (double slit quantum experiment) and embodied experience (focus + meditation). Lot of distorted metaphysics based on ancient Advaitha and Dvaitha were created during colonial times to create blind bakthi to mimic Abrahamic religions. eg Madavacharya (who never existed) interpretation of Dvaitha.
Tat - vam - asi mean s Thou art that. It indicates that our soul is a part of Brahman . As vivekananda said " Aatman is satchidanand" which implies Brahman and Aatman is not seperate realities but one supreme consciousness.
There cannot be duality between immanent and transcendent divine because without the immanent divine or soul nothing can exist or nothing can be perceived in its current form. This is Sankhya vedic metaphysics which combines Advaitha (non dual shiva) and Dvaitha (dual shakthi). Point is Advaitha and Dvaitha are INCOMPLETE without each other. Too many fake metaphysics and non existent interpreters like Madhavacharya based on so called "blind bakthi" were created by colonialists to mimic Abrahamic religions.
I’d like to know more about Ramanuja and his Vishitadvaita school, any good book recommendations as well as some of the prominent teachers of this philosophy? Thanks
@Tarun Singh Thank you got the reply, from what I've been learning about Vedanta so far, vishistadvaita appears more intuitive and makes more sense to me than the advaita school. I plan on trying to read some of Ramanuja's writings for myself, but I'm not sure I'm ready for that yet though, lol. But I will make an effort and try, some things you need more preperatory materials before jumping into the deep end of the pool!
@Tarun Singh Yes I've tried to wrap my head around non duality for some time now and it just does not resonate with me personally, but I respect the tradition and greatly respect swamiji.
James Woods - There are only 3 authentic ancient vedic metaphysics. Everything else was colonial creations to promote blind bakthi so that it can mimic Abrahamic religions. The 3 important metaphysics are - Sankhya = Advaitha + Dvaitha. It also means Advaitha (non dual shiva) and Dvaitha (dual shakthi) are incomplete without each other. In other words, Shiva and Shakthi always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen.
i have seen and understand all this true my own conciousness and manic episodes... i think the biggest missing link between all these philosophy's is our evolution as a species...u basicly need to se god(the universe or supreme conciousness) as a puppeteer of our species as a whole...to guide us in our evolution(not to destroy ourselfs) from the moment when our species gained conciousness(however that happened )
There is no place for blind bakthi in hindu/dharmic tradition. There is only Shraddha (trust but verify by knowledge and experience). So, the metaphysics which propagate duality between athman and brahman are fake creations of colonialists to promote blind bakthi so that it can mimic Abrahamic religions. Madhavacharya and the fake interpretations of ancient Dvaitha metaphysics can be thrown in the dustbin
There is no part its just perception the Ultimate truth is there Just One 'Oneness' those who think otherwise are still clinging to the dualist ego the ego will make every excuse not to lose itself but when the truth shines like the morning sun every star of dualist ego and logic will vanish. I am Truth Al Haq . Aham Brahma Asmi .. either reach this reality through Extreme Love or through contemplation and Continuous Jaap of this Mantra ... There is none except 'I' or i am brahma , i am brahma , i am brahma , those who are weak makes excuse but the moth never is never afraid to die in the flame.
Each life contains in itself the whole of universe, that's the object.Meaning that which is not the real thing other than the real thing Consciousness..It is within the real thing that the whole illusionary projections of the unreal objects happen. Without there being a real thing as base there is nothing else for the illusions to spring from.
@@pran93 Some Advaitha vedantha followers wrongly interpret Maya as the illusion through which Brahman falsely appears as the universe. Maya is the creative shakthi of Shiva and it is absolutely real. So, our world/universe is also real.
Friends, can you point to some sources of Dvaita Vedanta? I’ve watched and learned a lot from swami Sarvapriyananda, but want to listen to the other point of view as well
Don't worry about fake metaphysics or wrong interpreters of ancient metaphysics like Dvaitha by people like Madhavacharya who was created out of thin air by colonizers to mimic blind bakthi of Abrahamic religions. Only 3 metaphysics are authentic. Sankhya = Advaitha (Non dual shiva) + Dvaitha (dual Shakth). Advaitha and Dvaitha are incomplete without each other. In other words, Shiva and Shakthi (intelligent energy) always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen
There CANNOT BE duality between Athman and Brahman. Without the immanent and conscious divine or athma nothing can exist or nothing can be perceived in its current form.
We need Vedanta institutions everywhere to have decent dialogue and interfaith discourse...As a muslim i can say Islamic theological/ scholastic schools of the past encouraged such debates to a huge extent.
How does brahman or the pure energy..got entrapped in the cell of the mind..and then we have to do the reverse process..its like connecting the dots backwards..but, at the first place..how does pure energy..got entrapped and became mind ??
mayavadi philosophy is filled with full of word jugglery. people who dont wnt to serve Vishnu / Krishna the supreme. they engange in this disease called adviatha philoshophy. if everyone are gods when how he came here and suffering ? birth oldage disease and death ? is that a meaning of god ?
According to Advaita. Mind is also Brahman. So where is the question of entrapment. Also someone raised question of disease suffering etc. Actually that also Brahman. God or No God whatever exists is Brahman.
Sankara advaitavad states that bhraman is consciousness undifferentiated, attribute less, does not do any work and no name & form. Only after it gets associated with maya, avidya, illusion - superimposition it has mind, form and name , as as if. Unlimited brahman is bereft of mind- how can we say mind is brahman ?🎂
No there is whole lot of difference but ultimate aim is same as Moksha , But only correct path will lead to Moksha remaining 2 will lead to Andhantamass ( darkness).
1. First of all Shankara's Advaita originally known as Mayavada which tells we are all living in illusion when we attain Moksha we will get rid of this illusion and we become God . Aham Bramhasmi (I am the God) Further in Advaita all God's are same as there is only one Supereme thing. Further as per him, while living the soul is God and when it attains Moksha at that time also soul is God itself. 2 Ramanujacharya's Vishistadwaita originally known as Sharira Shariri Bhava which says there is difference between God , soul and non living things . Now problem comes is of they are different then who is Supereme? Answer is Lord Vishnu being Supereme. As per this soul is United with God, i.e. it becomes God once it attains Moksha. 3 Madwacharya's Dwaita original name being Tatva Vada Which says a. This world is not illusion b. There is difference between GOD and soul God and Jada ( Non-living thing ) Soul and Jada Soul and soul (eg. I and you are different from each other) Jada and Jada ( one thing is never equal to other thing) This difference exists even if the soul attains Moksha. At no time soul can become God c. Lord Vishnu being Supereme and other Demi God's are his servants, and they follow a Gradation system known as Taratamya. Gradation system exists in current world also as President being Supereme under him come Prime Minister under him comes othere Central Ministry under that come state ministers under that comes local ministers. . This is a huge difference among them. Further Shankara says there Upanishad states Aham Bramhasmi ( I am God) Madwacharya states that Aham is the name of the God hence Aham Bramhasmi means I is the name of the God residing in each soul. I hope I made your doubts clear.
@@majedargyan2118 I understand your point of view completely now. But still sounds same to me just different perspective. You already know Advaita which I think is perspective from a realised Being for whom there is no distinction because for distinction to exist there has to be discrimination but how can discrimination exist without intellect or buddhi ? For him there is oneness. Vishistadwaita says there is difference between soul and supersoul which is true if we consider the perspective of soul clouded by ignorance and supersoul as someone not having such ignorance. Are they not distinct then ? I think the analogy of bird eating fruit and one not eating fruit is in bhagvat Geeta and Upanishad. Soul is just clouded by ignorance supersoul I think this is perspective from a a person who is somewhat ignorant to true nature but still have some grasp to higher reality. Dwaita is from perspective of someone living in world for him there is no Illusion it is truth but there is someone higher than him called god. Soul and non living things are distinct so is god.For him moksha would not mean getting rid of this distinction. So it sounded to me like three persons presenting their own views about reality but anyway we have to achieve moksha to know about all this
First of all read this without keeping in your mind all state the same thing They are not just everyone's prospective. They have shown evidences for that Shankara quotes evidences from Vedas Upanishad and Gita Ramanuja quotes from Vedas and Bhagavat Geeta Madwacharya quotes evidence from all sources Vedas, Upanishad, Bhagavt Gita and Puranas. They are not that same I will explain you with an example quoted by Shanakaracharya himself He says in darkness rope looks like Snake due to illusion But there is no snake at all. Hence we are living in illusion as world looks ilkusion. Madwacharya says if rope looks like snake due to illusion that Is mistake of the person and his knowledge. And by that logic you cannot say rope dose not exist, rope is real so is snake or else how would you be able to understand there is thing like rope and snake ? There are 22 schools of philosophy, Shankara being first one which is being discarded by all remaining 21. And plz understand they have quoted evidence means many have quoted evidences by misinterpreting it. Further how will you get Moksha without knowing the path to reach it. There are 22 paths among them only one leads to Moksha.
There is no Blind bakthi. Only Shraddha (trust but verify using knowledge and experience). Hindus don't worship deities or images. Instead they focus and meditate on them in the presence of vibrations created by Sanskrit mantras which help their individual consciousness to expand to cosmic consciousness when individual body vibrations connect with the cosmic vibrations. This is oneness or samadhi.
All I see in the comment section is a never ending Battle between Neo Advaitins, Athiests, Nihilist’s, and the Dualistic Karma/Bhakti Yogis. The root cause of the problem is Lack of sufficient grounding in Karma and bhakti yoga in simple words you donot have sufficient credits of Pure Unconditional love and merits of Good deeds gained in this birth or previous births. Hence you wont understand the True Authentic meaning of Advaita. Advaita is not a cheap thing to grasp by purchasing a book or watching tons of videos. It will only stay in the head. But who will dive in the ocean and merge with it ?? (Walk the talk). Start from Bhakti Yoga and gradually you will learn true meaning of oneness (Advaita) rather than just knowing it theoretically.
At last adwaita and vishistadwaita are same , ....yes if something is smaller part of whole, even it is smallest part of whole it couldn't be nothing other than whole what if whole and parts are differentiated the ultimately same thing will be there .... From where can that small part come, if the whole is not there.... of course a part may be seperated for some time from whole but ultimately it becomes whole .... ultimately you can't explain dwaita vishistadwaita without adwaita....but all thre routes for knowing reality are right .... No comments on that but ultimately adwaita vedanta is the root and tree ,...and we can say vishistadwaita and dwaita are its branches....how can branches servive without roots and tree...because adwaita involves the oneness of the creation existence and suprime being, atman and parabrahma ,.... Vishistadwaita says creation is part of that parabramha .... what ever the philosophy may be but the ultimate reality is one ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️ the that is me or self or atma ,....the bramhan....
Analyze and study all these then decide which suits you best... This is the beauty of Indian philosophy... No hardcore fundamentalism... As for me its Advaita because it resolves all the dualities in nature and life leading to universal oneness....
Just read this for basics Many Advaities have left it for MADWA philosophy some of them are 1 Trivikramapanditacharya 2 Padmanabha Teerthru 3 Appayya Dixit I kindly request you to read MADWA Philosophy without keeping anything in your mind beforehand. I have read some bhasya of verious Gurus but none of them even come closer to Madwacharya's Tatva Vada My favourate among them is Taratamya Further he is the only Guru who quotes Puranas along with Vedas as evidences otherwise I have seen all Gurus who never quote Puranas stating it does not go hand in hand with Vedas. In Ram Avatara many Demi God's incarnated as Kapi to serve Lord Ram Some are 1 Hanuma - Vayu 2 Vali - Indra 3 Sugriva - Chandra 4 Shbri - Apsara (not as Kapi) In Krishna Avatara many Demi God's Incarnated God's Incarnated to serve Krishna some are 1 Bhimasen - Vayu 2 Yudhisthir - Yama 3 Aswathamacharya - Shiva 4 Arjun - Indra 5 Karna - Surya 6 Trivakra - Urvashi Apsara etc In the same manner to serve Lord Vedavyasaany Demi God's Incarnated frist being Madwacharya - Vayu S.No Name - Original Devta form 1 Vadirajaru - Latavya Ruju 2 Vishnu Teerthru, Satya Dharma Teerthru - Shiva ( there are Shiva lingam infront of Vrindavana along with Ganga ) 3 Jayateerthru- Indra and Shesha 4 . Purndara Dasaru - Narada 5 Vijaya Dasaru - Brigu Rushi 6 Gopala Dasaru - Ganapati 7 Vyasarajaru, Raghvendraru - Pralhada 8 Satyabodha Teerthru - Markandeya Rishi 9 Jagannatha Dasaru - Pralhada's brother Salhada 10 Shripada Rajaru - Druva 11 Bramhanya Teerthru - Surya 12 Kanaka Dasaru - Yamadharma They have Incarnated to show that MADWA's Tatva vada is only truth.
@@felixuniverse6009 Simple. When u focus and meditate on something including stone deities in hindu temples in the presence of sanskrit mantra vibrations, your individual consciousness or soul or divine expands to cosmic consciousness when individual body vibrations connect with the cosmic vibrations. This is oneness or samadhi which can be a momentary state or temporary or permanent.
This seems to be the core of a hindu's belief, but is one school of thought more prevelent in hindus? or is it something that each person may disagree on? Do some hindu temples teach one philosophy and not the other? or do they not get into vedanta in order not to have conflicting views?
Sri RamaKrishna explained the similar question with an example from nature..Seekers idea of God starts with the shape and quality .Just like Ice(Idea of GOD with shape and quality) melts when the Sun of wisdom rises also like piling of the onion more you pile it off it appears off color/scent.Vedanta Philosophy is more of research Scholar's subject ,who prefer Gyan yoga(path of knowledge) .In the path of Bhakti (love) Person do not need research much about God.It can be as simple as Loving God as Mom, just surrendering in self as helpless child without knowing anything around.
There are in total 22 schools, everyone aims at Moksha but only one will lead to Moksha. If you don't understand any philosophy then worship the God with huge devotion he in next life put you in the vedanta school which will give you Moksha.
ilikestarsun Advaitha (non dual shiva) and Dvaitha (dual shakthi) are INCOMPLETE without each other. It means Shiva and Shakthi always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen. This is Sankhya vedic metaphysics.
God is an English word, a shortened version of Godan. Godan is another word for Wotan/Woden/Odin. Odin according to the Eddas has a birth and death. In my limited understanding, God does not equate to Brahman despite it's common usage.
Swami's interpretation of schools of Vedanta is incomplete- All three schools of Vedanta clearly states and accept as per Upanishads that Brahman is Sat chit and ananda, Transcendent, does not act and without any parts. Sankara 's school of Vedanta denies the absolute existence of this World and living beings. They don't actually exist. We see its existence - as "as if" like an illusion or like mirage. In fact concept of "We see it" does not exist and it is superimposed on Brahman. Who superimpose it? is not answered by Sankara. Brahman itself was once superimposed and thinks, as if it is many and realises, as if it is liberated. Ramanuja's school is an organic unity. This unity is not exactly like a part of Brahman. These are part of the body of Brahman. Our Body is not the part of our Soul. Both are totally different but inseparable. It is so inseparable that we can call one to represent other. This is another closest definition, When we say fruit- it contains all its flesh, seed and skin, though each are distinct but exist inseparable as one whole. Both Living beings and non-living beings are part of the universe body of the Brahman. Brahman is a universal soul which holds individual souls and non-living beings as its part of its body. Madhavacharya- acknowledges the Differences are real because Brahman and living beings are totally opposite and exist as 2 entities in this universe always. He states that Universe is totally different but depends on Brahman for its existence eternally. He states clearly that Brahman out of this play created this universe and protects it for his company. When one say "just like child play" it really does not mean that Brahman is working. Here Play is not exactly a work because it does not have any reason. It seems that Swami Sarvapriyananda has not read the Sri Bhasya or Madhva Bhasya of Brahmasutra . He is sharing these views as hearsay from his preceptors. We request Swami to read the Sri bhasya and Madhva Bhasya thoroughly and then state your differences among the schools. Swami Vivekananda states that he is trying to unify these schools as complimentary to each other and call it as phases to reach Advaita as Highest. Whether highest Advaita means by Swami Vivekananda whether Brahman with attributes or attribute-less ? or Brahman with inseparable universe or Brahman with illusive universe? is all not clearly stated.
What rights you have to comment on me then? When you say others not to comment? As you did, all are qualified and have rights to comment on anything. Whether such comment is qualified or not needs right inquiry? You study each Acharaya's philosophy and cross check with Swami Sarvapriyananda's lecture you will certainly find incomplete interpretation. Dont just assume that Except the lecturer all others are not qualified to speak.
Regards K Which is true? Why there are different school of thoughts when all the saints are enlightened souls? I expect all interpretation must fall in one line of philosophy , otherwise , we ordinary souls would not have any conviction
Each Saint as a Philosopher give us knowledge about three - Brahman, Jeevatma and Universe. They draft their explanation based on Vedanta Scriptures. Each are unique in their explanation. Whichever appeals to each one, can take it and practise in ones life, no issues on that. Here in this lecture given by Swami Sarvapriyananda about other Philosophies like School of Dwaita and School of non-duality in difference is incomplete. For example, Indians can give more information about India being in India, when Indian talk about other countries as comparison in differences to India, one should give precise and complete brief introduction otherwise understanding will be incomplete. Yes one can choose to live in any country of his/her choice but at same time one should know the true picture of other countries.
@@girishkanathur7650 Visistadvaita is not just Jeevamta is part of Paramatma. This needs right apprehension. When you say Jeevatma is part of Paramatma it should not be understood that a slice of bread from its loaf. You ask Swami Sarvapriyananda what he means by part?
Its name is actually Tatva Vada. 1. Which says God exists and soul exists and non living things also exits and they are all real and they all are different from each other known as Pancha bheda 5 differences Eg.There are differences between God and soul God and Jada (non-living things) Soul and Jada Soul and soul ( as each human is different from other and is unique ) Jada and Jada ( eg one stone can never be same as other ) . 2. Vishnu is Supereme, and Demi God's are his servants and each of them hold separate position in Gradation system known as Taratamya. . 3 Madwacharya being incarnation of Vayu which is his 3rf incarnation First 2 being Hanuma and Bhimasena who served Ram and Krishna respectively. Hope I gave you certain basics to understand.
@@majedargyan2118 Madavacharya and his interpretation of Dvaitha was a fake creation of colonialists to promote Bakthi and create duality or difference between immanent divine or soul and transcendent divine like in monotheism following Abrahamic religions. Advaitha (non dual shiva) is INCOMPLETE without Dvaitha (dual shakthi) and vice versa. This is Sankhya vedic metaphysics which is well validated by logic, experiment (double slit quantum experiment) and embodied experience (focus + meditation). Point is shiva and shakthi always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen.
ecpavan ec Advaitha (non dual shiva) is INCOMPLETE without Dvaitha (dual shakhti) and vice versa. This is well validated Sankhya vedic metaphysics. Shiva and Shakthi always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen.
Tom Dudkiewicz as per Dvaitha philosophy, there is only one independent being and that is The Supreme Lord Narayana. All other beings are totally dependent on Lord Narayana.
Bharadwaj Karnam, is that not the definition he gives? I re-watched the video to make sure I wasn't mistaken and it does appear that his definition is very similar to your own.
Tom Dudkiewicz please watch again 04:19. Sri Swamiji does say that we are all under the Supreme Lord, but he also says we are separate 'independent' entities.
I am still unable to spot any contradiction or spot the "wrong" that you referred to. When you say above that "all other beings" are totally dependant on Lord narayana it automatically implies there is more than one UNIT. Not more than one element. Its on the lines of the theory of wood versus its presence in manifesting as various different types of furniture.
But all the three schools says god is one. But today Hindus does't follow this. They pray for many gods of different charecternature. Where does it came from. Its due to ignorence. Sorry for saying truth. May god give you wisdom.
Hindus don't worship stone deities. Instead they focus and meditate on them in the presence of sanskrit vibrations created by mantras and temple architecture. It helps the individual consciousness to expand to cosmic consciousness when individual body vibrations connect with the cosmic body vibrations. This is called oneness or samadhi which can be momentary, temporary and permanent.. Temple deities are also symbolic representation of vedic metaphysics Sankhya which combines Advaitha (non dual shiva) and Dvaitha (dual shakthi). In other words, Advaitha and Dvaihta are INCOMPLETE without each other. Shiva and Shakthi always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen eg Birth/death, creation (brahma)/sustain (vishnu)/destruction (shiva). Shiva/Vishnu/Brahma are just cosmic allegories for the formless and conscious divine which is immanent (athma/soul), transcendent and omnipresent. Their wives shakthi/lakshmi/Saraswathi are cosmic allegories for the intelligent energy. So, when they combine 3 material nature are formed eg Winter/spring or fall/summer, proton/neutron/electron, positive/neutral/negative etc. Vedas call it Rajas/Satvik/Tamas material gunas.
Bhanu Chandar, according to advaita, each interpretation is "true" when understood in its proper perspective. From the highest perspective however, All is One. All is Brahman. How do we know what is true? Can truth even be known? That is a whole subject in itself within philosophy, called epistemology.
We as Hindus need to seek the truth and learn , all interpretations are VALID and CORRECT ! It's just rephrased in a different perspective and catered for different spiritual people.
Then why Hindus across the world worship statues in temples don't you think you should strive hard to remove this misconception which have polluted the truth 'Aham Brahma Asmi' the sign of Moskha is bleak for them if they continue living with the reality of multiplicity which is a venom everyone is drinking day & night people even kill each other caste system is rampant in India. I feel there is a wider public in India who need this teaching of 'Aham Brahma Asmi' facing & doing what truth demand is the toughest why hesitate to speak the truth.
Idol worship is because not all can understand vedanta. Not all can realise the 'turiyam'. So for them they had to see God in the idol and worship him. It's not wrong actually. I practice idol worship because neither I understand vedanta nor I am enlightened. Swami Vivekananda also never opposed this. Bhakti marga is also very much right is easy compared to Gyana yoga. Hence the idol worship.
Nouman Raza - Hindus don't "worship" stone deities. Instead they focus and meditate on them in the presence of vibrations created by Sanskrit mantras and temple architecture. What happens is momentary expansion of individual consciousness (since atma or soul is formless and conscious divine) to cosmic consciousness when individual body vibrations connect with the cosmic vibrations. In other words, the subject (you) and the object (deity or the external world) split disappears temporarily or permanently (in deep meditation). This expanded state of consciousness is called oneness or samadhi. In this state of cosmic consciousness, cosmos becomes the body. The main purpose of practicing oneness is to remove past karma. Remember, you are (already) that (conscious soul or divne) regardless of oneness or samadhi. Why? without the immanent and conscious divine or soul, nothing exists or nothing can be perceived in its current form. This is Sankhya vedic metaphysics which combines Advaitha (non dual Shiva) and Dvaitha (dual shakhi or intelligent energy). Shiva and Shakthi always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen.
Atma is a living entity. It cannot be explained as such easily but I would give a try When a person dies, all his body parts are present nose eyes heart lungs brain nerves and also wind also present, but we don't accept it as living thing that means there is something which is living inside the body and making the body to use it's organs that living thing is Atma Hope you got the point.
Saijad Ali - 'Tat Avam Asi" You are that (divine or athma or soul). In other words, athma or divine is not only formless but also conscious. According to vedic metaphysics Sankhya (which combines Advaitha and Dvaitha), without the athma or immanent divine, nothing can be perceived in its current form or nothing can exist. So, the question should be who am i? Athma or immanent divine or soul (if you like to call it)
Actually, even with a G, the right spelling would be Gnana. The gn together is the same as jn together, and you have the correct letter in Devanagari, so know the right pronunciation already. You will also find an interesting correlation in the words gnosticism and gnosis, paths of knowledge or jnana. Furthermore, the gn points to the same root in the word 'knowledge', where gn became kn. Therefore, jn = gn = kn .... all pointing to Knowledge in different languages.
@@immadiPatheshwara satyam and mithya cannot and should not be translated as Real and Unreal. These are Non translatables. When Shankara says Brahman alone is Satyam and the world is Mithya, he doesn't mean Brahman is Real and world is Unreal.
This is incorrect presumption. Brahman's closest description is Allah. The concept of Allah is Brahman-Ishvara. Islam 101 says that God is one, Allah combines The is concept of oneness of lordship, and oneness of Deity, also negation of Anthromorphic attribute to God. Hinduism agrees with oneness of Lordship but disagrees with oneness of deity, Also Hinduism agrees with Islam by negation of Anthromorphic attributes to Brahman(universal God), but ascribes Anthromorphic attributes in his earthly form. But Hindus saying Brahman shouldn't be the object of worship because Brahman is incommunicable in his absolute state, while in his human form, it's easy to invoke. While Islam completely disagrees, it says although God is absolutely formless, infinite, one true deity, and lord, and absolute and is also very communicable and nearer to you than your blood veins. Allah is Brahman who has attributes but are nondual meaning they are part of nature of Allah or Brahman not separate qualities, therefore Allah doesn't act separately on each when taking on individual quality, but acts combining all simultaneously. God is incomprehensible. The Christian God is similar to Krishna or any avatar form. Islam and Judaism however are closer to Dvaita interpretation with Islam being closer to vaishishtadvaita interpretation.
@@beyondheartmindsoul3443 Allah is not formless. He created Man with his hands and inserted "ruh" in it. There are mentions in Quran and Hadis about form of Allah. It can not be equivalent of Brahman.
@Beyond Heart Mind Soul is right. Allah and Brahman both refer to the same. Surah Ikhlas (112) in the Quran makes it very clear that God is one, absolute and without any comparison. This is pure monotheism. @Aditya Maheshwari is also not wrong but those anthropomorphic references pertain to a manifestive state, as when God met Prophet Musa (Moses, pbuh) on Mount Sinai. Here the parallel is with Vishnu, which Sufis describe as the Emanation, Theophany or Beatific Vision (tajalli) of God. Islam just doesn't make this distinction as explicit as in Hinduism, and the focus is on the infinite and immutable Allah/God/Brahman as far as worship and raising consciousness is concerned.
@@waseemiqbal7 How Allah and Brahman are the same? Is Allah formless? Is Allah conscious? Is Allah immanent (athma or soul = Brahman and the reason why we are conscious)? Is Allah the observer and experiencer of every animate and inanimate beings? Is Allah our true self? Is Allah omnipresent? Point is Vedas say without the immanent and conscious Brahman or Athma nothing exists or nothing can be perceived in its current form or no duality cycles can happen. So, we can't compare monotheistic religions which say there is no connection between soul and transcendent divine with hindu/vedic metaphysics which can be validated logic, experiment (double slit quantum experiment) and embodied experience (focus + meditation) The duality cycles of birth/death of matter or reincarnation cycle also happens in the presence of immanent divine based on karma or cause and effect. Islam rejects karma and reincarnation like other Abrahamic religions. Point is none of the Abrahamic religions were built around a well validated metaphysics. It led to blind beliefs, needless prophets/middlemen, angels, non existent heaven/hell, duality of true self (soul) and transcendent divine due to ego, fantasy stories, half baked responsibilities due to lack of understanding of law of karma and reincarnation. Yes, Prophet muhammad's ancestors where namboodiri Brahmins from Kerala, India who migrated to mecca and jerusalem (they are ancestors of early jews as well) long before the origins of Abrahamic religions. Original quran was edited in Kerala, India with the help of a converted hindu king Cheraman perumal (to Islam). In the edited quran, the concept of divine was similar to brahman after copying Advaitha vedanta but it is not in use today, is it? The oldest mosque is in kerala, India called Cheraman Perumal Mosque.
@@Dharmicaction The matter here is about the nature of God, not the other things mentioned. To one who understands tawheed (Islamic concept of oneness of God), it is very clear that God is one, omnipotent, omnipresent, eternal, absolute, Ever-Living, Self-Subsisting, independent of needs, formless, incomparable, etc. (eg. 2:115, 2:255, 46:33, 50:16, 58:7, 112). He is the One we refer to when we say Allah, not a deity/devta, which are many. If a Hindu and a Muslim meditate and reach the extreme of cosmic consciousness, bliss and self-realisation, why should their states differ when we live in the same one universe? This is something that has to be experienced to be known, and is called wahdat al-wujood (unity of being, existentially). The religious label is meaningless. As individuals we are different with various physical characteristics, attributes, practices, rituals, etc., but Brahman/Allah/God is the same, singular and unique. This is understood by all who have true spiritual knowledge, and any reader who doubts the oneness of God should rely on sources of spiritual masters who seek not to distinguish and divide but speak from first-hand experience of unity.
Jisme me khuda na ho wo jeevit ho skta hai kya? Sari duniya me wahi samaya hua hai. Wo Sagar hai, insaan bulbula hai. Bina Sagar ke bulbula nahi ho skta. Islam me Wahadat-al-Wajood ki philosophy hai. Mansoor Al Hilaj ne ye pahle hi samajh liya tha.
@@felixuniverse6009 Don't be stupid if Bhagvan agar nahi hai toh yeh kaam karr k dikha 1 Apna saans rok k dikha 2 Apni heartbeat rok k dikha 3 Khana jo tu khata hai usko pachan rok k dikha.
In other parts of the world they fight with bloodshed but our countrymen discuss with intellect and logic
Great pranam and proud of our Acharya traiyas
Adi Shankaracharya
Ramanujacharya
Madhvacharya
Hahaha what a joke? You all have fairy tales in your mind! Have you read the biographies of Sankaracarya, in which it is written how he went around with an army of a King called Sudhanvan to subdue, kil and supress people of other faith, especially Buddhists and other spiritual sects? Vedic tradition was never tolerant towards others, and there is a lot of bloodshed in ancient India.
And still it's all one.
@@bibeksharma270 Fake texts and history to back it up created by colonizers to suppress Vedic tradition. Shankaracharya (2000 BC) came before Buddha (1900 BC). I am sure you studied Buddha's period was somewhere between in 400 to 500 BCE from colonizer version of history propagated by their henchmen commies
@@indianmilitary Why just 2000 BC? Why not add few more zeros, as zeros like 'aalu' (potato) in samosa would just enhance our 'deshi' taste, right? If you choose to live in Whatsapp University of Hindu Savarkar nationalists, making fool of yourself, then it is it up-to you. However, knowledge has no nationality. Have you read any of the texts of Adi Sankhara, and about 12 biographies written by Vedanta lineage masters? Please read it before making such non-sensical comments. Let me give you an example to make you understand your absurd dates. Adi Sankhara has written commentaries on the Brahmasuutra, in which he tries to refute certain Buddhist schools, which could be very precisely dated between 1st century AD to 5th Century AD. We know these dates not only through historical resources in India, but also from Srilankan Buddhist chronicles, Chinese travellers who came to India (through their travelogue, which are basically the best sources of Indian chronology, as they are not as distorted as other dates in India by Hindu nationalits), translation of Indian texts into Chinese that began from 1st century AD and Tibetan canon preserved in Tibetan. Looking at all these texts and their dates, the internal textual references in Buddhist, Jain, Hindu texts including those written by Sankhara and Gaudapada etc,, the dates in Indian historiography is determined. We know for sure when the Buddha was born, when Alexdender came to Northern part of India, how those things were noted down in Buddhist, Jain texts etc. If you choose to live in a dark age of Savarkar Whatsapp University, so be it! The whole world would just laugh at you, just like I am laughing at your naive words here. The reason western scholars are villified today is because just like Nazis needed a victimized and wounded "nationalism" to stage a drama and propaganda to divert the attention, in the same way the present establishment is pandering the nationalistic fervor to enhance their own political interest. Wake up before they destroy your heritage, your reputation in the whole world and corrupt you from inside out. The only way to tackle it is to read by yourself these sources, not just the messages in Whatsapp Univeristy likes, and build your knowledge based on reality.
@@bibeksharma270 I should laugh at your ignorance, don't know the value of great acharya who revived saatana dharma.
People like you who can't give a bit blabber. You are from communist and congress sponsored romela thapar university student.
Come to South India we will teach you the Vedanta or else dwel in the left overs of thapar like people.
Proud to be a sanatani
Jai hind
such beautifully explained without showing favor or bias
This is the difference between RKM and ISKCON
@@parimal9996 hey does ISKCON follow Dwait philosophy? can u tell plz
@@AdityaKumarSingh9112 yes they do.
@@premanonde_hari_bolo ohk Thnx...
@@AdityaKumarSingh9112 no ISKON doesnt follow dvaita. They follow "achintya bhed abheda" translated as inconceivable differences and oneness. From what I understand, ISKON does not deny the separate existence of God but at the same time do not separate the creation from God. This is inconceivable thus achintya
Thank you Swamiji. So glad that Shankara sorted this out in the way that actual lived experience verifies ! The Western philosopher Berkley eventually came to this understanding as well. Even the materialist Einstein began to accept this authenticity after meeting Tagore !
@MSNSanathana dharma copied by quantum physicists. So they are just acknowledging their source not giving certificates.
Finally this helped me understand the differences.... thank you guru Ji.
thanks for giving a good definition of each school, and in an inclusive way, bringing it all back the the Brahma Sutras.
Thank you. I just love God and have only loved God my whole life. I feel that i am an unrealised or realising aspect of the Oneness. Without more knowledge I don't think I would categorise myself in one school, but definitely my heart follows a Non-dual heavily Bhakti path. As I am learning, it only expands my love. Thank you for this valuable teaching.
Tat Avam Asi - you are (already) that (divine). Point is regardless of oneness or samadhi, without the immanent divine or soul nothing exists or nothing can be perceived in its current form. This is Sankhya vedic metaphysics which combines Advaitha (non dual shiva) and Dvaitha (dual shakthi). Shiva and Shakthi always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen. Advaitha and Dvaitha are INCOMPLETE without each other. Don't fall for the fake interpretations of Madhavacharya who was created out of thin air by colonizers to mimic Abrahamic religions. The whole Bakthi movement is fake. The word Shraddha (trust with complete logical understanding and experience) was replaced by Blind bakthi (even in Baghavad Gita)
@@Dharmicaction Thank you
@@Dharmicaction Then Lord Shiva created Maa Parvati, I agree they both are inseparable in experience of life but the example of Shiva-Shakti doesn't match well
Blessings.
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Thank you Maharaj ji for such a nice explanation.
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Truth is very simple..bt so many scriptures,so many schools of thought,so many interpretations..makes it look complicated..it sounds very complex..
One of the reasons why vedanta (especially advait vedanta) couldn't get more followers is because it can literally shock you. It can crumble the very foundations of your beliefs. I have never read anything more logical and liberating.
Such beautifully explained no bias no bullshit no dogma . Also you have a lovely voice . Thank you for your wisdom .🙏
" Aatman is knowledge, Aatman is intelligence,Aatman is satchidananda. It is through the inscrutable power of Maya,which existance indicated as either existant or non existant,the relative conciousness has come upon jiva,who is none other than Brahman"
- swami vivekananda.
This quote of swamiji shows Brahman and Aatman is same as satchidananda ( concious bliss)
Hinduism is purely based on science.
As my interpretation,
Adwaitabada - string theory (every single thing is made from 1 entity)
Bisista dawitabada - atomic theory (everything is made from different particles)
Dawitabada - macro world (everything is different in their own nature)
Wow! Great insight❤
You seem to misunderstand metaphysics for science, my friend 😅
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Sri Ramanuja (1017-1137 CE) successfully strove to integrate the society, teach the people to forget caste and credal differences and remain united to save the Vedic religion from eternal challenges. There was no aspect of life that was not touched by Sri Ramanuja. Towards achieving his ideals, he embraced sannyasa, became a legendary teacher, a venerated scholar, an excellent management expert of temple culture and a path-breaking social reformer. Sri Ramanuja: The Great Integrator is an attempt to introduce this multi-faceted personality who avoided confrontation and was unflappable in the face of persecution and calumny. A tireless traveler of india’s vast spaces, a fosterer of bhakti to bring people together, his only armour was surrender to the Divine, his sole weapon a love for all creation, for all is the Divine: īśāvāsyam idam sarvam. Sri Madhva: The Hero as Acharya
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Hi I think little correction required for Dwaita school. Its originally known as Tatvavada. One of the emphasis of Madhwacharya to insist Gnana poorvaka Bhakthi. He says Bhakthi without Gnana is weak and can be broken by stronger logic. And Gnana without Bhakthi is incomplete. 🙏
Abosolutrly correct, Tatva Vada against Shankara Mayavada.
These people try to present Dvaita in a wrong way so that no one is influenced by it and they follow Advaita
@@thephilosophermma8449 Advaitha (non dual Shiva) and Dvaitha (dual shakthi) are not competing metaphysics.
Shakthi Prashanth - Both Madhavacharya and his fake interpretations of ancient Dvaitha based on creating duality between immanent and transcendent divine were fake creations of colonizers to mimic Abrahamic religions.
@@majedargyan2118 shankaracharya spreaded advita vedanta not mayabad, don't talk like fanatic vaishnavas 🙏
great interpretation... pranam
tats y m a big follower of sarvapriyananda ji.He explains without criticism
Thank you so much, I'm citing this for my term paper it's so helpful!!
Great explanation!
Thank you.
I'm from Nepal. I like madhva vedenta
Very nice and clean explanation of different schools of thought
You tube should have a separate veda section. At present these good videos appear once in a while mixed with other stuff.
Swami li could you help us understand how knowledge & Bhakti go together ?
Master Mahasaya said that Sri Ramakrishna was vishistadwitabadi. Swami Vivekananda said that adwitabad is the ultimate reality. Sri Ramakrishna himself said that the ultimate is beyond all interpretations.
Fake interpretations of original Advaitha and Dvaitha funded and created by colonialists
They all are different views of seeing same brahaman...jai shree Krishna
Nope. Krishna said different pathways of yoga. Not fake interpretations of Advaitha and Dvaitha metaphysics by Madhvacharya and others who did not exist.
@@Dharmicaction stop spreading wrong information,about madhva’s tatvavada,try to take some inputs from it.What do you mean not existent?
Read about ballikthsukta,vyaustuti...
Try to understand what bheda,abheda,first read all the three schools of philosophy then you have the right to say something about madhva,
Understand their notions,Madhva being an incarnation of mukhyaprana isint some layman,he is the quintessential part of our body without pranashakti nothing would have existed,You might be a staunch follower of shankara,doesn’t mean that the others are wrong...
Pls introspect into the matter before commenting
So nicely explained. Soham 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Swami ji could you please explain the differences in Advaita & Dvaita schools of vedanta more elaborate ,may be a longer lecture .
Advaitha (non dual shiva) and Dvaitha (Shakthi). Advaitha and Davitha are incomplete without each other. In other words, Shiva and Shakthi always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen.
There cannot be duality between immanent divine (athma) and transcendent divine (paramathma). Why? Without the immanent divine, nothing exists or nothing can be perceived in its current form. This is Sankhya vedic metaphysics (which combines ADVAITHA AND DVAITHA). Sankhya can be validated by logic, experiment (double slit quantum experiment) and embodied experience (focus + meditation)
Madhavacharya and his fake interpretations of ancient Dvaitha vedic metaphysics were creations of colonizers for blind bakthi to mimic Abrahamic religions. The word Shraddha (trust but verify the truth with logic, embodied experience) was replaced by blind bakthi (even in Baghavad Gita) by the colonizers.
Some followers of Advaitha vedanta wrongly interpret Maya as the illusion through which Brahman falsely appears as the universe. But Advaitha vedanta just says that the illusion (false identification of immanent divine or soul with thoughts and body) is caused by Maya due to 5 senses and ego but it does not mean Maya = illusion. Maya is the creative shakthi of Shiva. So, it is absolutely real. The world/universe is also real.
@@Dharmicaction I really liked the way your put your ideas here. Can you please suggest a few books or lectures on valid Vedanta philosophies?
@@Dharmicactionthe world is mithya as per adwait.
Here mithya doesn't mean unreal or fake rather it means that the world is temporary
Madhvacharya does not stress on separate independent entities. There is only one independent entity and all the jivas are his reflections, pratibimba
Can you explain more clearly?
@@Athato_Brahmajijnasa Hari is the only independent entity. Every one else depend on him for their satta, cognizance and enjoyment.
There are both similarities and differences between schools. Considering all of them with ethics, observations, sciences, histroy and scriptures, Madhvacharya theory and principles are the best in quality and quantity. The vaishnava doctrine teacher the ultimate truth, goal and perfect path to live correct way of life. Madhva philosophy is the greatest without defects.
Madhavacharya never existed. He was a colonial creation to create duality between athma and Brahman to propagate blind bakthi which mimics Abrahamic religions.
@@Dharmicaction this is utmost nonsense ever I had seen!
There are lots of proofs of existence of madhvacharya. We have his place of birth, location where he had taught his teachings, his authentic biography written by his contemporary student, his original works, his well established temples and disciples, dasa literature etc prove his majestic doctrine. He has sri Vishnu's blessing at maximum level.
Please know history
@@sreeshakv5405 totally agree with you, some people just say things for the sake of saying, without realising what they are saying.
@@VarunSharma-pp5rg yes, thank you
@@sreeshakv5405 🙏😊❤️ Sri Krishnaya Namah
It is very strange how the philosophical interpretations of the texts are si utterly different.
Being considered as all one and one with God, from being considered all different and different from God, makes from utterly experienced of life.
And all with the same basic texts.
Swami li Bhagwad Gita says in bhakti Yoga chapter 12 that bhakti Yoga is easier compared to Jnana Yoga .It would be helpful to understand the differences between the Advaita and Dvaita vedanta , could you please take an elaborate lecture on this ?
Dvaita superior to Advaita
I think different sub-schools of Vedanta is based on different interpretations/commentaries on Brahama-sutra. NOT on Upanishads directly, though Brahamsutras are itself the commentaries on Upanishads. Upanishads mostly supports Advaita Vedanta. Overall Upanishads, Brahmasuta & Vedanta philosophy is actually Advaita vedanta only. But the difficulty to believe on Advaita-vedanta in Kalyga with materialism....Davit-vedanta is created to at least have some faith on God!
Sure, what Mr sreesha has said is 100% correct. Dvaita vedanta well balanced philosophy . Visishta vedanta is a replica of shankara's Advaita.
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Is the Eka Jiva Vada the same as Visistadvaita?
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Excellent.
think about the schools...why we have so many vedic schools? inspite of one Brahman. Did they really experienced the bliss of supreme consciousness or oneness?
I think this guru don't have read our scriptures specifically purans because vedvyaas author of brahmsutra writes in padma purana that he has written commentary on brahmsutra that is the BHAGWATAM
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Difference and conflicts where the base of the Creation of Duality, you can escape the Duality after understanding the Oneness with the Creation
That is the understanding, You are the Creator Manifested as Creatures in this Creation of Matter World.
The illusion or the immanent divine or soul"s identification with thoughts and body is caused by Maya but it does not mean Maya = Illusion. Maya is the creative shakthi of Shiva. So, it is absolutely real. So, is our world/universe. Maya and Shiva always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen. Advaitha (non dual shiva) is INCOMPLETE without Dvaitha (dual shakthi) and vice versa. So, Advaitha and Dvaitha are not competing metaphysics. Regardless of oneness, the duality continues in the material realm. Even moksha is a duality cycle of microcosm/macrocosm. It means, everything repeats again due to manifestation/concealment duality cycle of the universe.
Can I follow vishishadvaita and worship Shiva? Shiva draws me more than Vishnu personally
Great explanation
Very great explanation
For the past 13 hundred years, all the efforts of Sri Adisankara (Tat-vam-asi) has been hidden by his successors. Ramanujar and Madhvar also diverted people by telling different meanings for 'tat-vam_asi'. This is the ultimate reason for india's all sufferings. Only Swamy Vivekananda opened all these secrets to people. But till date, our Indian People are not aware of this great mantra.
It is different I guess tat-vam-asi means you’re him, which is rightfully wrong,You can’t be bramahan right? You’re just the reflection of him,that doesn’t mean you are him.
@@immadiPatheshwara If you say there is duality between athman and brahman - then you have ego, lack understanding of Sankhya vedic metaphysics which combines Advaitha (shiva) and Dvaitha (shakthi) and also step into the territory of monotheism which says that divine is only transcendent NOT immanent (athma). Why Athman = Brahman? Without the immanent and conscious divine or athma, nothing can exist or nothing can be perceived in its current form. This is Sankhya vedic metaphysics which can be validated by experiment (double slit quantum experiment) and embodied experience (focus + meditation).
Lot of distorted metaphysics based on ancient Advaitha and Dvaitha were created during colonial times to create blind bakthi to mimic Abrahamic religions. eg Madavacharya (who never existed) interpretation of Dvaitha.
@@Dharmicaction you have not understood ttatvavada...
It’s useless to educate an ignorant
Tat - vam - asi mean s Thou art that.
It indicates that our soul is a part of Brahman .
As vivekananda said " Aatman is satchidanand" which implies Brahman and Aatman is not seperate realities but one supreme consciousness.
No Aatman and brahman are same ,it took me some time to realise this.
Brahman and Aatman may seem different manifestation but they are identical.
dual :- Bhakti
non - dual :- Gyan
There cannot be duality between immanent and transcendent divine because without the immanent divine or soul nothing can exist or nothing can be perceived in its current form. This is Sankhya vedic metaphysics which combines Advaitha (non dual shiva) and Dvaitha (dual shakthi). Point is Advaitha and Dvaitha are INCOMPLETE without each other. Too many fake metaphysics and non existent interpreters like Madhavacharya based on so called "blind bakthi" were created by colonialists to mimic Abrahamic religions.
I’d like to know more about Ramanuja and his Vishitadvaita school, any good book recommendations as well as some of the prominent teachers of this philosophy? Thanks
@Tarun Singh Thank you got the reply, from what I've been learning about Vedanta so far, vishistadvaita appears more intuitive and makes more sense to me than the advaita school. I plan on trying to read some of Ramanuja's writings for myself, but I'm not sure I'm ready for that yet though, lol. But I will make an effort and try, some things you need more preperatory materials before jumping into the deep end of the pool!
@Tarun Singh Yes I've tried to wrap my head around non duality for some time now and it just does not resonate with me personally, but I respect the tradition and greatly respect swamiji.
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James Woods - There are only 3 authentic ancient vedic metaphysics. Everything else was colonial creations to promote blind bakthi so that it can mimic Abrahamic religions. The 3 important metaphysics are - Sankhya = Advaitha + Dvaitha. It also means Advaitha (non dual shiva) and Dvaitha (dual shakthi) are incomplete without each other. In other words, Shiva and Shakthi always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen.
I am also more attracted to Vishitadvaita.
i have seen and understand all this true my own conciousness and manic episodes... i think the biggest missing link between all these
philosophy's is our evolution as a species...u basicly need to se god(the universe or supreme conciousness) as a puppeteer of our species as a whole...to guide us in our evolution(not to destroy ourselfs) from the moment when our species gained conciousness(however that happened )
A Word is enough to reach the truth for those who want to reach it but books & Ocean of knowledge will yield nothing for a dualist
It's ur opinion
There is no place for blind bakthi in hindu/dharmic tradition. There is only Shraddha (trust but verify by knowledge and experience). So, the metaphysics which propagate duality between athman and brahman are fake creations of colonialists to promote blind bakthi so that it can mimic Abrahamic religions. Madhavacharya and the fake interpretations of ancient Dvaitha metaphysics can be thrown in the dustbin
There is no part its just perception the Ultimate truth is there Just One 'Oneness' those who think otherwise are still clinging to the dualist ego the ego will make every excuse not to lose itself but when the truth shines like the morning sun every star of dualist ego and logic will vanish. I am Truth Al Haq . Aham Brahma Asmi .. either reach this reality through Extreme Love or through contemplation and Continuous Jaap of this Mantra ... There is none except 'I' or i am brahma , i am brahma , i am brahma , those who are weak makes excuse but the moth never is never afraid to die in the flame.
Are you an ex muslim
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Thank you 🙏
Each life contains in itself the whole of universe, that's the object.Meaning that which is not the real thing other than the real thing Consciousness..It is within the real thing that the whole illusionary projections of the unreal objects happen. Without there being a real thing as base there is nothing else for the illusions to spring from.
I don't understand why we've to go with life as normal if that is the case?
@@pran93 Some Advaitha vedantha followers wrongly interpret Maya as the illusion through which Brahman falsely appears as the universe. Maya is the creative shakthi of Shiva and it is absolutely real. So, our world/universe is also real.
Friends, can you point to some sources of Dvaita Vedanta? I’ve watched and learned a lot from swami Sarvapriyananda, but want to listen to the other point of view as well
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@Hersh Mishra yes, but she realized Annanyabhakti.
What is the difference between vishistadveita and achinta bheda abheda? They seem to be the same but I do t know too much about them specifically
Don't worry about fake metaphysics or wrong interpreters of ancient metaphysics like Dvaitha by people like Madhavacharya who was created out of thin air by colonizers to mimic blind bakthi of Abrahamic religions. Only 3 metaphysics are authentic. Sankhya = Advaitha (Non dual shiva) + Dvaitha (dual Shakth). Advaitha and Dvaitha are incomplete without each other. In other words, Shiva and Shakthi (intelligent energy) always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen
Sir Moh kyu nahi rakhna chahiye ?
So, which one is true?
All are true. It depends upon you, which you choose
Please swami ji put some light on isckon duality principle i m confused
Isckon is a cult created in the west to distort and corrupt the meaning of sanatan dharma.
Narayan Maragh true
Iskcon follows the philosophy of Acintya Bheda Abheda
There CANNOT BE duality between Athman and Brahman. Without the immanent and conscious divine or athma nothing can exist or nothing can be perceived in its current form.
@@satnarayan3189 How do they corrupt the meaning of sanatan dharma?
We need Vedanta institutions everywhere to have decent dialogue and interfaith discourse...As a muslim i can say Islamic theological/ scholastic schools of the past encouraged such debates to a huge extent.
The intellectuals of muslim world were killed because they questioned everything.
@@shuvamchatterjee8611 What is the source of your assumption???
How does brahman or the pure energy..got entrapped in the cell of the mind..and then we have to do the reverse process..its like connecting the dots backwards..but, at the first place..how does pure energy..got entrapped and became mind ??
mayavadi philosophy is filled with full of word jugglery. people who dont wnt to serve Vishnu / Krishna the supreme. they engange in this disease called adviatha philoshophy. if everyone are gods when how he came here and suffering ? birth oldage disease and death ? is that a meaning of god ?
According to Advaita.
Mind is also Brahman. So where is the question of entrapment.
Also someone raised question of disease suffering etc. Actually that also Brahman.
God or No God whatever exists is Brahman.
Sankara advaitavad states that bhraman is consciousness undifferentiated, attribute less, does not do any work and no name & form. Only after it gets associated with maya, avidya, illusion - superimposition it has mind, form and name , as as if. Unlimited brahman is bereft of mind- how can we say mind is brahman ?🎂
@@PrinceUploads kindly read prasthanatraya bhashya of adi shankara and get cured of your disease
Entrapped is delusion itself
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so that means they are kinda same ? it seemed like both school of thoughts are true according to perspective.
No there is whole lot of difference but ultimate aim is same as Moksha , But only correct path will lead to Moksha remaining 2 will lead to Andhantamass ( darkness).
@@majedargyan2118 can you explain fully ?
1. First of all Shankara's Advaita originally known as Mayavada which tells we are all living in illusion when we attain Moksha we will get rid of this illusion and we become God . Aham Bramhasmi (I am the God) Further in Advaita all God's are same as there is only one Supereme thing.
Further as per him, while living the soul is God and when it attains Moksha at that time also soul is God itself.
2 Ramanujacharya's Vishistadwaita originally known as Sharira Shariri Bhava which says there is difference between God , soul and non living things . Now problem comes is of they are different then who is Supereme? Answer is Lord Vishnu being Supereme. As per this soul is United with God, i.e. it becomes God once it attains Moksha.
3 Madwacharya's Dwaita original name being Tatva Vada
Which says
a. This world is not illusion
b. There is difference between
GOD and soul
God and Jada ( Non-living thing )
Soul and Jada
Soul and soul (eg. I and you are different from each other)
Jada and Jada ( one thing is never equal to other thing)
This difference exists even if the soul attains Moksha.
At no time soul can become God
c. Lord Vishnu being Supereme and other Demi God's are his servants, and they follow a Gradation system known as Taratamya.
Gradation system exists in current world also as President being Supereme under him come Prime Minister under him comes othere Central Ministry under that come state ministers under that comes local ministers.
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This is a huge difference among them.
Further Shankara says there Upanishad states Aham Bramhasmi ( I am God)
Madwacharya states that Aham is the name of the God hence Aham Bramhasmi means I is the name of the God residing in each soul.
I hope I made your doubts clear.
@@majedargyan2118 I understand your point of view completely now. But still sounds same to me just different perspective.
You already know Advaita which I think is perspective from a realised Being for whom there is no distinction because for distinction to exist there has to be discrimination but how can discrimination exist without intellect or buddhi ? For him there is oneness.
Vishistadwaita says there is difference between soul and supersoul which is true if we consider the perspective of soul clouded by ignorance and supersoul as someone not having such ignorance. Are they not distinct then ? I think the analogy of bird eating fruit and one not eating fruit is in bhagvat Geeta and Upanishad.
Soul is just clouded by ignorance supersoul I think this is perspective from a a person who is somewhat ignorant to true nature but still have some grasp to higher reality.
Dwaita is from perspective of someone living in world for him there is no Illusion it is truth but there is someone higher than him called god. Soul and non living things are distinct so is god.For him moksha would not mean getting rid of this distinction.
So it sounded to me like three persons presenting their own views about reality but anyway we have to achieve moksha to know about all this
First of all read this without keeping in your mind all state the same thing
They are not just everyone's prospective. They have shown evidences for that
Shankara quotes evidences from Vedas Upanishad and Gita
Ramanuja quotes from Vedas and Bhagavat Geeta
Madwacharya quotes evidence from all sources Vedas, Upanishad, Bhagavt Gita and Puranas.
They are not that same I will explain you with an example quoted by Shanakaracharya himself
He says in darkness rope looks like Snake due to illusion But there is no snake at all. Hence we are living in illusion as world looks ilkusion.
Madwacharya says if rope looks like snake due to illusion that Is mistake of the person and his knowledge.
And by that logic you cannot say rope dose not exist, rope is real so is snake or else how would you be able to understand there is thing like rope and snake ?
There are 22 schools of philosophy, Shankara being first one which is being discarded by all remaining 21.
And plz understand they have quoted evidence means many have quoted evidences by misinterpreting it.
Further how will you get Moksha without knowing the path to reach it. There are 22 paths among them only one leads to Moksha.
Sir brahm satyam jagat mithya jivo brahmaiv na parah ka arth kya hai ?
There is no Blind bakthi. Only Shraddha (trust but verify using knowledge and experience). Hindus don't worship deities or images. Instead they focus and meditate on them in the presence of vibrations created by Sanskrit mantras which help their individual consciousness to expand to cosmic consciousness when individual body vibrations connect with the cosmic vibrations. This is oneness or samadhi.
All I see in the comment section is a never ending Battle between Neo Advaitins, Athiests, Nihilist’s, and the Dualistic Karma/Bhakti Yogis. The root cause of the problem is Lack of sufficient grounding in Karma and bhakti yoga in simple words you donot have sufficient credits of Pure Unconditional love and merits of Good deeds gained in this birth or previous births. Hence you wont understand the True Authentic meaning of Advaita. Advaita is not a cheap thing to grasp by purchasing a book or watching tons of videos. It will only stay in the head. But who will dive in the ocean and merge with it ?? (Walk the talk). Start from Bhakti Yoga and gradually you will learn true meaning of oneness (Advaita) rather than just knowing it theoretically.
Sir,if Jeevan and God are the same why God in the form Jeevan should become ignorant and suffer . Unless is different and inferior to God
Unless jeevan
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At last adwaita and vishistadwaita are same , ....yes if something is smaller part of whole, even it is smallest part of whole it couldn't be nothing other than whole what if whole and parts are differentiated the ultimately same thing will be there .... From where can that small part come, if the whole is not there.... of course a part may be seperated for some time from whole but ultimately it becomes whole .... ultimately you can't explain dwaita vishistadwaita without adwaita....but all thre routes for knowing reality are right .... No comments on that but ultimately adwaita vedanta is the root and tree ,...and we can say vishistadwaita and dwaita are its branches....how can branches servive without roots and tree...because adwaita involves the oneness of the creation existence and suprime being, atman and parabrahma ,.... Vishistadwaita says creation is part of that parabramha .... what ever the philosophy may be but the ultimate reality is one ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️ the that is me or self or atma ,....the bramhan....
How do you choose which school you follow...
Analyze and study all these then decide which suits you best... This is the beauty of Indian philosophy... No hardcore fundamentalism...
As for me its Advaita because it resolves all the dualities in nature and life leading to universal oneness....
@@santoshd6613 can u explain the oneness?
Just read this for basics
Many Advaities have left it for MADWA philosophy some of them are
1 Trivikramapanditacharya
2 Padmanabha Teerthru
3 Appayya Dixit
I kindly request you to read MADWA Philosophy without keeping anything in your mind beforehand.
I have read some bhasya of verious Gurus but none of them even come closer to Madwacharya's Tatva Vada
My favourate among them is Taratamya
Further he is the only Guru who quotes Puranas along with Vedas as evidences otherwise I have seen all Gurus who never quote Puranas stating it does not go hand in hand with Vedas.
In Ram Avatara many Demi God's incarnated as Kapi to serve Lord Ram
Some are
1 Hanuma - Vayu
2 Vali - Indra
3 Sugriva - Chandra
4 Shbri - Apsara (not as Kapi)
In Krishna Avatara many Demi God's Incarnated God's Incarnated to serve Krishna some are
1 Bhimasen - Vayu
2 Yudhisthir - Yama
3 Aswathamacharya - Shiva
4 Arjun - Indra
5 Karna - Surya
6 Trivakra - Urvashi Apsara etc
In the same manner to serve Lord Vedavyasaany Demi God's Incarnated frist being
Madwacharya - Vayu
S.No Name - Original Devta form
1 Vadirajaru - Latavya Ruju
2 Vishnu Teerthru, Satya Dharma Teerthru - Shiva ( there are Shiva lingam infront of Vrindavana along with Ganga )
3 Jayateerthru- Indra and Shesha
4 . Purndara Dasaru - Narada
5 Vijaya Dasaru - Brigu Rushi
6 Gopala Dasaru - Ganapati
7 Vyasarajaru, Raghvendraru - Pralhada
8 Satyabodha Teerthru - Markandeya Rishi
9 Jagannatha Dasaru - Pralhada's brother Salhada
10 Shripada Rajaru - Druva
11 Bramhanya Teerthru - Surya
12 Kanaka Dasaru - Yamadharma
They have Incarnated to show that MADWA's Tatva vada is only truth.
@@santoshd6613 But how can you live thinking your existence is not individual but part of a One conscience?
I just wonder.
I could not.
@@felixuniverse6009 Simple. When u focus and meditate on something including stone deities in hindu temples in the presence of sanskrit mantra vibrations, your individual consciousness or soul or divine expands to cosmic consciousness when individual body vibrations connect with the cosmic vibrations. This is oneness or samadhi which can be a momentary state or temporary or permanent.
This seems to be the core of a hindu's belief, but is one school of thought more prevelent in hindus? or is it something that each person may disagree on? Do some hindu temples teach one philosophy and not the other? or do they not get into vedanta in order not to have conflicting views?
Sri RamaKrishna explained the similar question with an example from nature..Seekers idea of God starts with the shape and quality .Just like Ice(Idea of GOD with shape and quality) melts when the Sun of wisdom rises also like piling of the onion more you pile it off it appears off color/scent.Vedanta Philosophy is more of research Scholar's subject ,who prefer Gyan yoga(path of knowledge) .In the path of Bhakti (love) Person do not need research much about God.It can be as simple as Loving God as Mom, just surrendering in self as helpless child without knowing anything around.
There are in total 22 schools, everyone aims at Moksha but only one will lead to Moksha.
If you don't understand any philosophy then worship the God with huge devotion he in next life put you in the vedanta school which will give you Moksha.
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Advaitha (non dual shiva) and Dvaitha (dual shakthi) are INCOMPLETE without each other. It means Shiva and Shakthi always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen. This is Sankhya vedic metaphysics.
Vedanta since the medieval period is the predominant view. But there are six schools of philosophy.
God is an English word, a shortened version of Godan. Godan is another word for Wotan/Woden/Odin. Odin according to the Eddas has a birth and death. In my limited understanding, God does not equate to Brahman despite it's common usage.
Yes. God is a Christianized word. Soul is not equal to athma either since the latter is equal to omnipresent Brahman.
Swami's interpretation of schools of Vedanta is incomplete- All three schools of Vedanta clearly states and accept as per Upanishads that Brahman is Sat chit and ananda, Transcendent, does not act and without any parts. Sankara 's school of Vedanta denies the absolute existence of this World and living beings. They don't actually exist. We see its existence - as "as if" like an illusion or like mirage. In fact concept of "We see it" does not exist and it is superimposed on Brahman. Who superimpose it? is not answered by Sankara. Brahman itself was once superimposed and thinks, as if it is many and realises, as if it is liberated. Ramanuja's school is an organic unity. This unity is not exactly like a part of Brahman. These are part of the body of Brahman. Our Body is not the part of our Soul. Both are totally different but inseparable. It is so inseparable that we can call one to represent other. This is another closest definition, When we say fruit- it contains all its flesh, seed and skin, though each are distinct but exist inseparable as one whole. Both Living beings and non-living beings are part of the universe body of the Brahman. Brahman is a universal soul which holds individual souls and non-living beings as its part of its body. Madhavacharya- acknowledges the Differences are real because Brahman and living beings are totally opposite and exist as 2 entities in this universe always. He states that Universe is totally different but depends on Brahman for its existence eternally. He states clearly that Brahman out of this play created this universe and protects it for his company. When one say "just like child play" it really does not mean that Brahman is working. Here Play is not exactly a work because it does not have any reason. It seems that Swami Sarvapriyananda has not read the Sri Bhasya or Madhva Bhasya of Brahmasutra . He is sharing these views as hearsay from his preceptors.
We request Swami to read the Sri bhasya and Madhva Bhasya thoroughly and then state your differences among the schools. Swami Vivekananda states that he is trying to unify these schools as complimentary to each other and call it as phases to reach Advaita as Highest. Whether highest Advaita means by Swami Vivekananda whether Brahman with attributes or attribute-less ? or Brahman with inseparable universe or Brahman with illusive universe? is all not clearly stated.
What rights you have to comment on me then? When you say others not to comment? As you did, all are qualified and have rights to comment on anything. Whether such comment is qualified or not needs right inquiry? You study each Acharaya's philosophy and cross check with Swami Sarvapriyananda's lecture you will certainly find incomplete interpretation. Dont just assume that Except the lecturer all others are not qualified to speak.
Regards K
Which is true?
Why there are different school of thoughts when all the saints are enlightened souls?
I expect all interpretation must fall in one line of philosophy , otherwise , we ordinary souls would not have any conviction
Each Saint as a Philosopher give us knowledge about three - Brahman, Jeevatma and Universe. They draft their explanation based on Vedanta Scriptures. Each are unique in their explanation. Whichever appeals to each one, can take it and practise in ones life, no issues on that. Here in this lecture given by Swami Sarvapriyananda about other Philosophies like School of Dwaita and School of non-duality in difference is incomplete. For example, Indians can give more information about India being in India, when Indian talk about other countries as comparison in differences to India, one should give precise and complete brief introduction otherwise understanding will be incomplete. Yes one can choose to live in any country of his/her choice but at same time one should know the true picture of other countries.
Regards K, your explanation is better. Can you create a video and post it for the benefit of the public?
@@girishkanathur7650 Visistadvaita is not just Jeevamta is part of Paramatma. This needs right apprehension. When you say Jeevatma is part of Paramatma it should not be understood that a slice of bread from its loaf.
You ask Swami Sarvapriyananda what he means by part?
Moh kya hai
Could you please light on us about Dhvaita Siddhanta.
Its name is actually Tatva Vada.
1. Which says God exists and soul exists and non living things also exits and they are all real and they all are different from each other known as Pancha bheda 5 differences
Eg.There are differences between
God and soul
God and Jada (non-living things)
Soul and Jada
Soul and soul ( as each human is different from other and is unique )
Jada and Jada ( eg one stone can never be same as other )
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2. Vishnu is Supereme, and Demi God's are his servants and each of them hold separate position in Gradation system known as Taratamya.
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3 Madwacharya being incarnation of Vayu which is his 3rf incarnation
First 2 being Hanuma and Bhimasena who served Ram and Krishna respectively.
Hope I gave you certain basics to understand.
@@majedargyan2118 Madavacharya and his interpretation of Dvaitha was a fake creation of colonialists to promote Bakthi and create duality or difference between immanent divine or soul and transcendent divine like in monotheism following Abrahamic religions. Advaitha (non dual shiva) is INCOMPLETE without Dvaitha (dual shakthi) and vice versa. This is Sankhya vedic metaphysics which is well validated by logic, experiment (double slit quantum experiment) and embodied experience (focus + meditation). Point is shiva and shakthi always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen.
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Advaitha (non dual shiva) is INCOMPLETE without Dvaitha (dual shakhti) and vice versa. This is well validated Sankhya vedic metaphysics. Shiva and Shakthi always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen.
@@indianmilitary Even your a Bot then?
Sri Swamiji's interpretation of Dvaitha Vedanta is completely wrong.
Bharadwaj Karnam, why do you say his explanation of Dvaita Vedanta is completely wrong?
Tom Dudkiewicz as per Dvaitha philosophy, there is only one independent being and that is The Supreme Lord Narayana. All other beings are totally dependent on Lord Narayana.
Bharadwaj Karnam, is that not the definition he gives? I re-watched the video to make sure I wasn't mistaken and it does appear that his definition is very similar to your own.
Tom Dudkiewicz please watch again 04:19. Sri Swamiji does say that we are all under the Supreme Lord, but he also says we are separate 'independent' entities.
I am still unable to spot any contradiction or spot the "wrong" that you referred to. When you say above that "all other beings" are totally dependant on Lord narayana it automatically implies there is more than one UNIT. Not more than one element. Its on the lines of the theory of wood versus its presence in manifesting as various different types of furniture.
But all the three schools says god is one. But today Hindus does't follow this. They pray for many gods of different charecternature. Where does it came from. Its due to ignorence. Sorry for saying truth. May god give you wisdom.
Arey that's not wrong. If all gods are one then no matter whose statue you worship you are worshipping him only no.
Hindus don't worship stone deities. Instead they focus and meditate on them in the presence of sanskrit vibrations created by mantras and temple architecture. It helps the individual consciousness to expand to cosmic consciousness when individual body vibrations connect with the cosmic body vibrations. This is called oneness or samadhi which can be momentary, temporary and permanent.. Temple deities are also symbolic representation of vedic metaphysics Sankhya which combines Advaitha (non dual shiva) and Dvaitha (dual shakthi).
In other words, Advaitha and Dvaihta are INCOMPLETE without each other. Shiva and Shakthi always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen eg Birth/death, creation (brahma)/sustain (vishnu)/destruction (shiva). Shiva/Vishnu/Brahma are just cosmic allegories for the formless and conscious divine which is immanent (athma/soul), transcendent and omnipresent. Their wives shakthi/lakshmi/Saraswathi are cosmic allegories for the intelligent energy. So, when they combine 3 material nature are formed eg Winter/spring or fall/summer, proton/neutron/electron, positive/neutral/negative etc. Vedas call it Rajas/Satvik/Tamas material gunas.
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Which interpretation is true?
Bhanu Chandar, according to advaita, each interpretation is "true" when understood in its proper perspective. From the highest perspective however, All is One. All is Brahman.
How do we know what is true? Can truth even be known? That is a whole subject in itself within philosophy, called epistemology.
All cant be true according to the law of non contradicts. Duh!!!
WELL said. Jai Sriman Narayana _/\_
@Gowtham Yes, vyavaharika truth
We as Hindus need to seek the truth and learn , all interpretations are VALID and CORRECT ! It's just rephrased in a different perspective and catered for different spiritual people.
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Then why Hindus across the world worship statues in temples don't you think you should strive hard to remove this misconception which have polluted the truth 'Aham Brahma Asmi' the sign of Moskha is bleak for them if they continue living with the reality of multiplicity which is a venom everyone is drinking day & night people even kill each other caste system is rampant in India. I feel there is a wider public in India who need this teaching of 'Aham Brahma Asmi' facing & doing what truth demand is the toughest why hesitate to speak the truth.
@Blunt Ramayana and Mahabharata did happen pal. And Swami Vivekananda has beautifully explained idol worship.
Idol worship is because not all can understand vedanta. Not all can realise the 'turiyam'. So for them they had to see God in the idol and worship him. It's not wrong actually. I practice idol worship because neither I understand vedanta nor I am enlightened. Swami Vivekananda also never opposed this. Bhakti marga is also very much right is easy compared to Gyana yoga. Hence the idol worship.
Nouman Raza - Hindus don't "worship" stone deities. Instead they focus and meditate on them in the presence of vibrations created by Sanskrit mantras and temple architecture. What happens is momentary expansion of individual consciousness (since atma or soul is formless and conscious divine) to cosmic consciousness when individual body vibrations connect with the cosmic vibrations. In other words, the subject (you) and the object (deity or the external world) split disappears temporarily or permanently (in deep meditation). This expanded state of consciousness is called oneness or samadhi. In this state of cosmic consciousness, cosmos becomes the body.
The main purpose of practicing oneness is to remove past karma. Remember, you are (already) that (conscious soul or divne) regardless of oneness or samadhi. Why? without the immanent and conscious divine or soul, nothing exists or nothing can be perceived in its current form. This is Sankhya vedic metaphysics which combines Advaitha (non dual Shiva) and Dvaitha (dual shakhi or intelligent energy). Shiva and Shakthi always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen.
guruji Atma kya hai ?
aatma = spirit = vital breath....
Atma is a living entity.
It cannot be explained as such easily but I would give a try
When a person dies, all his body parts are present nose eyes heart lungs brain nerves and also wind also present, but we don't accept it as living thing that means there is something which is living inside the body and making the body to use it's organs that living thing is Atma
Hope you got the point.
Who witnesses the awaking world dream and deep sleep world.
Saijad Ali - 'Tat Avam Asi" You are that (divine or athma or soul). In other words, athma or divine is not only formless but also conscious. According to vedic metaphysics Sankhya (which combines Advaitha and Dvaitha), without the athma or immanent divine, nothing can be perceived in its current form or nothing can exist. So, the question should be who am i? Athma or immanent divine or soul (if you like to call it)
Why ज्ञान(Jnaana) is proninced as Gyana?
Actually, even with a G, the right spelling would be Gnana. The gn together is the same as jn together, and you have the correct letter in Devanagari, so know the right pronunciation already.
You will also find an interesting correlation in the words gnosticism and gnosis, paths of knowledge or jnana. Furthermore, the gn points to the same root in the word 'knowledge', where gn became kn.
Therefore, jn = gn = kn .... all pointing to Knowledge in different languages.
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Ahm Bramhasmi!!
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"Avidya" is the reason for all your suffering
And your "Avidya" created this Illusion "Maya"
World is not an illusion,The difference is real
@@immadiPatheshwara satyam and mithya cannot and should not be translated as Real and Unreal. These are Non translatables.
When Shankara says Brahman alone is Satyam and the world is Mithya, he doesn't mean Brahman is Real and world is Unreal.
@@Aravind-xm7gg What does he mean by brahma satya jagat mitya?
isnt it contradicting the above statement then?
pls do share your views
@@immadiPatheshwara contradicting which above statement?
@@Aravind-xm7gg as in mithya and jagat are non translatables.
it sounds as though you believe in god but not in his works such as creation,sustainence
And then comes acharya prashant with atheistic advaita vedanta 😁😁
What is it? I think atheistic advaita vedant doesn't exist
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Advaita vedanta is crt
God is not Brahman. God is equivalent to a devta. There is no concept of Brahman in abhrahamic religions. Please say precise things.
This is incorrect presumption. Brahman's closest description is Allah. The concept of Allah is Brahman-Ishvara. Islam 101 says that God is one, Allah combines The is concept of oneness of lordship, and oneness of Deity, also negation of Anthromorphic attribute to God. Hinduism agrees with oneness of Lordship but disagrees with oneness of deity, Also Hinduism agrees with Islam by negation of Anthromorphic attributes to Brahman(universal God), but ascribes Anthromorphic attributes in his earthly form. But Hindus saying Brahman shouldn't be the object of worship because Brahman is incommunicable in his absolute state, while in his human form, it's easy to invoke. While Islam completely disagrees, it says although God is absolutely formless, infinite, one true deity, and lord, and absolute and is also very communicable and nearer to you than your blood veins. Allah is Brahman who has attributes but are nondual meaning they are part of nature of Allah or Brahman not separate qualities, therefore Allah doesn't act separately on each when taking on individual quality, but acts combining all simultaneously. God is incomprehensible. The Christian God is similar to Krishna or any avatar form. Islam and Judaism however are closer to Dvaita interpretation with Islam being closer to vaishishtadvaita interpretation.
@@beyondheartmindsoul3443 Allah is not formless. He created Man with his hands and inserted "ruh" in it. There are mentions in Quran and Hadis about form of Allah. It can not be equivalent of Brahman.
@Beyond Heart Mind Soul is right. Allah and Brahman both refer to the same. Surah Ikhlas (112) in the Quran makes it very clear that God is one, absolute and without any comparison. This is pure monotheism. @Aditya Maheshwari is also not wrong but those anthropomorphic references pertain to a manifestive state, as when God met Prophet Musa (Moses, pbuh) on Mount Sinai. Here the parallel is with Vishnu, which Sufis describe as the Emanation, Theophany or Beatific Vision (tajalli) of God. Islam just doesn't make this distinction as explicit as in Hinduism, and the focus is on the infinite and immutable Allah/God/Brahman as far as worship and raising consciousness is concerned.
@@waseemiqbal7 How Allah and Brahman are the same? Is Allah formless? Is Allah conscious? Is Allah immanent (athma or soul = Brahman and the reason why we are conscious)? Is Allah the observer and experiencer of every animate and inanimate beings? Is Allah our true self? Is Allah omnipresent?
Point is Vedas say without the immanent and conscious Brahman or Athma nothing exists or nothing can be perceived in its current form or no duality cycles can happen. So, we can't compare monotheistic religions which say there is no connection between soul and transcendent divine with hindu/vedic metaphysics which can be validated logic, experiment (double slit quantum experiment) and embodied experience (focus + meditation)
The duality cycles of birth/death of matter or reincarnation cycle also happens in the presence of immanent divine based on karma or cause and effect. Islam rejects karma and reincarnation like other Abrahamic religions.
Point is none of the Abrahamic religions were built around a well validated metaphysics. It led to blind beliefs, needless prophets/middlemen, angels, non existent heaven/hell, duality of true self (soul) and transcendent divine due to ego, fantasy stories, half baked responsibilities due to lack of understanding of law of karma and reincarnation.
Yes, Prophet muhammad's ancestors where namboodiri Brahmins from Kerala, India who migrated to mecca and jerusalem (they are ancestors of early jews as well) long before the origins of Abrahamic religions. Original quran was edited in Kerala, India with the help of a converted hindu king Cheraman perumal (to Islam). In the edited quran, the concept of divine was similar to brahman after copying Advaitha vedanta but it is not in use today, is it? The oldest mosque is in kerala, India called Cheraman Perumal Mosque.
@@Dharmicaction The matter here is about the nature of God, not the other things mentioned. To one who understands tawheed (Islamic concept of oneness of God), it is very clear that God is one, omnipotent, omnipresent, eternal, absolute, Ever-Living, Self-Subsisting, independent of needs, formless, incomparable, etc. (eg. 2:115, 2:255, 46:33, 50:16, 58:7, 112). He is the One we refer to when we say Allah, not a deity/devta, which are many. If a Hindu and a Muslim meditate and reach the extreme of cosmic consciousness, bliss and self-realisation, why should their states differ when we live in the same one universe? This is something that has to be experienced to be known, and is called wahdat al-wujood (unity of being, existentially). The religious label is meaningless. As individuals we are different with various physical characteristics, attributes, practices, rituals, etc., but Brahman/Allah/God is the same, singular and unique. This is understood by all who have true spiritual knowledge, and any reader who doubts the oneness of God should rely on sources of spiritual masters who seek not to distinguish and divide but speak from first-hand experience of unity.
Don't agree.
Advaitvad is misinterpretation of the Scriptures
"well... to put it in brief" lmao
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Atma ka khuda ke sath kya Rishta hai ?
Jisme me khuda na ho wo jeevit ho skta hai kya? Sari duniya me wahi samaya hua hai. Wo Sagar hai, insaan bulbula hai. Bina Sagar ke bulbula nahi ho skta. Islam me Wahadat-al-Wajood ki philosophy hai. Mansoor Al Hilaj ne ye pahle hi samajh liya tha.
@@IgnitedIAS pehle hi?? lol
khuda gandu hein, aatma parishudh pavitr hein....aur aatma parambrahman/brahman hein....god ka koi concept nahi hota bhai...
They are one at level of brahman
@@felixuniverse6009 Don't be stupid if Bhagvan agar nahi hai toh yeh kaam karr k dikha
1 Apna saans rok k dikha
2 Apni heartbeat rok k dikha
3 Khana jo tu khata hai usko pachan rok k dikha.
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