Your True Self in Advaita Vedanta | Talking Brains with Swami Sarvapriyananda
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PART 2: In this episode of Talking Brains, Swami Sarvapriyananda discusses consciousness and the self under the philosophical and experiential framework of Advaita Vedanta.
Talking Brains host Andres Canales-Johnson discusses fundamental questions of life and the human mind with thinkers of diverse and unique backgrounds, from the whole spectrum of the arts and sciences.
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Swami Sarvapriyananda| Our guest
Swami Sarvapriyananda is the current Minister of Vedanta Society of New York, a monk, philosopher and a popular lecturer. He teaches Advaita (non-dual) Vedanta, a philosophy designed to help people become self-realised by using methods grounded in reasoning and direct experience. He is considered one of the best known lecturers of Advaita Vedanta in the world today, with some of his teachings watched by millions of people on TH-cam. Swami Sarvapriyananda has spoken at many conferences, including Talks at Google, TEDx, Science and Nonduality (SAND), and many renowned universities around the world. Swami Sarvapriyananda is incredibly well-versed in many other philosophical systems including the philosophy of mind. His ability to seamlessly relate ancient wisdom to modern cognitive science makes his teachings appealing to many scientists around the world (including myself).
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The best teacher on Advaita vedanta. Very learned Swami who has wide range of knowledge on both eastern and western philosophy.
Master of Life, Sarvapriyananda! A true enlightened Being. A divine "manifestation" of Brahman
A wonderful conversation ,philosophically and spiritually! Thank you so much!
When we go back to awareness, do we find any limit to it? It is like borderless awareness with no limit of space. We don’t find any beginning or end of it. Past is mental construct in the present moment. We cannot go back to any time where the experience of awareness started. Awareness is infinite in terms of space and time. Can there be two infinites? No. So we can see from our experience that there is only one infinite awareness.
He's asking the best questions
Oh my God !!! .. Imagine if Abrahamic Religions required themselves to be so precise , logical and rational ..
We would have had such fewer religious wars!!
well, the biblical name of God is "I AM"... its just that the abrahamic religions have codified, occulted (hidden away) vedic knowledge. my guess - because of all the supernatural powers that come with it; its a form of monopoly. and only those who can decipher it, acquire it..
for example the cross. christ crucified at the age of "33" in "golgotha" is code for the spine, as the human spine has 33 vertebrates and the skull, as thats the meaning of "golgotha" ("place of skull").. Christ is cristos in the original, meaning anointing, oil or seed.
this refers to sexual essence, which taoists for example call "jing"
accepting Christ then, on truth (decoded), means to not waste your seed - aka become celibate.
in vedic language, its called "brahmacharya"
in taoist lingo, its called closing the leak in the microcosmic orbit.
once you do that, your meditation will bear fruit because of the conversion of jing into chi. chi can still the mind.
in yoga, its called prana. prana yama is the control of chi. qi-gong - same deal.
has nothing to do with breath btw its not it, but can be controlled by the breath.
cristos is the oil in the lanterns of the 5 wise virgins of the biblical parable of the 10 virgins who try to enter the kingdom of God during night (aka jhana, samadhi)...
you can infuse words (mantra) with chi and give it to non-celibate people to utilize it to enter the kingdom... thats another way.
there are many ways, but its by cristos crucified (transformed into chi).. there is no other way under heaven to get enlightened... i would even argue that enLIGHTenment refers to CHI, that light within, that is energy, tangible, can be used and is the fuel of supernatural powers... laying on hands, is done with it. taichi or qigong (with celibacy) directly cultivates it...
without pranayama, there is no dharana.. no dharana = no dhyana. and no dhyana = no samadhi....
Thank you for hosting Swami Ji in your Podcast. Many of my questions are answered. How wonderfully said, there is no understanding like Sankhya, and no power like Yoga.
Timeless topic,you can enjoy every time....
Swamiji is at his best in Q&A sessions :) That was amazing. Thank you both.
You do meditation?
I have seen many many videos of Swami Sarvapriyananda. I have to acknowledge that this is the best of all. Hats off to the person interviewing him. It takes a true seeker to get the best out of the Illumined Soul of Swamiji. This video represents the concentrate of all juices that have been flowing from Swami.
24:00 Beautiful example
Thoroughly enjoyed both the conversations!
Pranam Swami ji 🙏
Pranaam Swami ji ! 🙏
🙏🙏🙏
25:34 You said what i had always wanted to ask... shifting the burden on the opponents to disprove consciousness is one
No it is not like that! It is about showing that question of "many consciousnesses" has no basis and therefore, should be rejected.
Vedanta doesn't try to conclude that consciousness is one, because, you cannot disprove it. No! That'd be shifting the burden of proof.
But here saying "why would you think it as many" is a right answer, because, "question of many" itself arises from not understanding the consciousness as something distinct from the mind and body. If you mean something else by consciousness, e.g. what neurologists usually mean, then Vedanta has no responsibility to explain its multiplicity. If you'd actually understand what Vedanta means by consciousness, question of many won't even arise, as it originates from confusing consciousness as a part of mind.
That was amazing thanks to both of you
*Greater questions makes great answers possible.*
Thank you, It was great talk
Thanks Wonderful discussion 👍🙏🙏
*My argument for single consciousness: No one can claim "I have experienced consciousness of other". Everyone only knows their own consciousness and they have no experience of any other consciousness that's why there is only one consciousness.*
Thanks to both of you!
That is just awesome...
Do this experiment. Close your eyes and in a moment open it again without any thinking. Now I will ask you a question how was your sleep? You will say I was not sleeping I just closed my eyes and opened my eyes. I will ask how do you know? If you do not know sleep then the experience of your sleep should be same as closing the eye and opening it. So the conclusion is that you know sleep and it is not the same as closing an eye and opening it.It is an experience of blankness, there is a definite experience of a gap but the time sense of gap is not there because mind was in potential state and so time and space is not in play. Time and space is a construct of mind.
Jay Maa
Without paying concentration to cause wish to deserve mastery over effect is the paradox between Truth Viewers and Truth Seekers
Consciousness is still there in deep sleep because if somebody were to touch you or yell " get up " you would wake up.
I want to join Ramakrishna mission for life but my parents are too much attached to material world. They are not towards this ultimate path. I have no vision to my path in life.
Can U talk with me bro. I think we have another way.
In advait consciousness is aatma. As per neuroscience consciousness is state of mind. And if there is no aatma how after deep sleep it reappears
What mantra we’re you repeating that gave you the peaceful light experience? Where would I find a special mantra for TM?
Dear Terry, in my experience there is nothing special about the mantra itself. It's all about how you use it -- and for that I had a great TM teacher. I have tried many different mantras and the experience of pure awareness remains the same.
Hello! The bliss, peace, etc... I feel when hearing to Vedanta but also for no reasons. I do not meditation (but will begin). So yes, don't get attached to the bliss, so that you can do the jump. I was almost identifying with this bliss, but this is "just" the bliss body. Maybe you experience it also when awakening. Do you?
Do u do meditation now?
@@NoThing-ec9km Yes! Oh, this was a year ago. Sure, I do meditate now. It felt natural and necessary.
And I also changed my view: the felt sense of presence is a doorway itself, so I don't neglect reflections anymore. The fact I did before was more of a hindrance, even if it was important for a theoretical understanding and an awakening at mind level...
Is zero (0) because of shunyavada Buddhism?
Yes, that's the philosophical source of zero