List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:02 - What is the role of the mind in self-realization? 41:03 - How can deep sleep be an experience? 49:42 - Is the "I" thought unique? How does investigating it lead to the Atman?
02:02 - Multiple mistakes made by Swami Sarvapriyananda while answering the question "What is the role of the mind in self-realization?" All these I learned from Sarva only, during his talks on Aparokshanubhuti series, but unfortunately here he made few subtle mistakes... (1) Vritti vyapthi is not about mind turning towards the object (world object or brahman) I'm alive means there is prana in the body. Prana is part of Pranamaya kosha (layer of the subtle body) (known as vital body in english). When there is prana in the body, there is consciousness everywhere in the body. So, the eyes are conscious. When the eyes are looking at a flower, the mind might be thinking about something else. So, mind turning towards the flower need not be always true. Since the eyes are conscious and have prana, the sight data about the flower through the eyes would go and be stored in the sensory memory portion of the brain (essentially left brain). All this happens subconsciously (bcoz the mind is focused on something else). Since mind is almost always polling the sensory memory for new data, as soon as new data gets in there, mind wants to experience it. And, this essentially happens whenever the mind is not extremely focused on it's current task. Thus, the new data (sight of the flower) becomes a vritti in the mind. So, what I tried to say here is --> (1) Vritti vyapthi is about an object occupying the mind (thought or one of the 5 types of sense perceptions), and phala vyapthi is about mind experiencing the object when it is illumined by reflected consciousness. (2) Vritti about brahman is called brahmakaara vritti. And it is a thought. In nidhidhyasana or vedantic meditation, the process is to intensely and with lot of convinction think and analyze about the nature of brahman and nature of the world, and most importantly repeatedly tell to myself that I'm brahman and everything is just an appearance of brahman, and so on. All these are basically thoughts about brahman. These thoughts are called brahmaakara vrittis, and mind trying to think about brahman are the vritti vyapthis. Since the mind is illumined by reflected consciousness, mind experiences the thoughts about brahman, and this is phala vyaapthi. The difference of this from a flower experience is that, mind is experiencing a sense perception of sight about the flower, but mind is experiencing a thought about brahman but not brahman itself. Similarity is that in both cases there is vritti vyapti as well as phala vyapthi (3) Similarity b/w snapping out of dream and brahmakara vrittis leading to enlightenment When I'm in a dream, and if I get few repeated thoughts inside the dream saying to me "U r dreaming" or "This is a dream", and if I stay in the dream for a while with such thoughts, I'll suddenly snap out of the dream into the wakeful state, becoz consistent and conviction-filled thoughts within a dream about the wakeful state would collapse the dream. This was also explained by Sarva in aparokshanubhuti series, and I'd actually experienced this a few times. So, similarly, when the brahmakara vrittis happen quite frequently, and if the mind is trained to stay with those vrittis, and with sufficient purification and concentration of the mind having happened through a lot of karma yoga and dhyana yoga practices, suddenly, at some subtle and lucky moment, the mind snaps out from the wakeful worldly state into brahman-state. This can be poetically said as brahman revealing itself to the mind. But brahman is not an object, and is infact the eternal subject, and so mind can't experience brahman, and plus we know so clearly that everything is brahman itself. So, what happens practically when this snapping of the mind out of the wakeful worldly state happens is --> mind gets into a consistent and easy-to-get-into no-mind state, and becomes capable of staying in such no-mind state for a very long time. The no-mind state signifies no vrittis in the mind about thoughts or the 5 sense perceptions. And brahman provides to the mind all the great things that only brahman / pure consciousness can. And, this represents the state of EL. So, whether we do only meditations as Buddha suggested or we do the combination of karma yoga + meditations + gnaana yoga (i.e. vedantic meditation), eventually no-mind state is the state of EL, coz only in such state brahman becomes 100% accessible to the mind. (And no-mind state is the original purpose of the creation of mind, so that brahman can experience itself using body-mind complexes, wherein brahman experiences what it wants to experience. But, in normal worldly situations, the mind experiences what it wants to experience, thus blocking the original intention of brahman in making the world appear through maya). This sudden snapping out by the mind from the wakeful worldly state into the permanent state of EL has actually happened to Eckhart Tolle, when he was in the grip of tremendous depression and suicidal tendencies over few years continuously, about which he'd described in the first chapter of THE POWER OF NOW book.
Swamiji, remain as loving as you are .... how you pour your heart into us with all the wisdom you have acquired over so much time... we cannot thank you enough... love you... may God love you more..
Unbelievable clarity ! I've been listening to Swami sarvapriyananda from past few years. Now I'm convinced that the Lord has sent this Swamiji to enlighten those whom He has specially graced🙏
There’s an adorable quality about this speaker. Sweet and clear answers and appreciate how deeply he respects the question. 🥰 A respect for the question! Yessss. 👏
Got it! Thank you so much, Ji. By the way in your earlier reply you suggested that I read about Swami Vivekananda's discourses. I am happy to state that I have read it all (hopefully) over the decades. But now I feel that Swami Sarvapriyananda is a reincarnation of Swami Vivekananda himself as the former's sermons almost resonate with the latter's teachings. Essentially this was the very reason I am attracted to Swami Sarvapriyananda's discourses over the years. My pranams to him. Once again, thank you very much for taking your valuable time off to reply my queries.
Truly Enlightening. The moment came some time after the question on 49:42, thanks for the question. My takeaway is that the "I" is your own creation, a necessary construct to survive and evolve. So is everything else, so is the world. I shall stop seeking because it's really another story I am trapping myself in. Why should I seek myself? Pranam Swamiji. Incredible!
If u don't seek then it's alright remain in the illusion. No problem. Until u feel illusion till then u must seek. Till u r not convicted of it. Using logic and reasoning is different than having the conviction of the truth. That's why it is known as " Aparoksh gyan".
@Sai Akkanapragada this what u r saying is a bookish knowledge or paroksh gyan. For Aparoksh u need to put effort. U can't sit ideal and say "I m witness consciousness". And that's it. No that's not the way
@@arurukshu1 when you are aware of the witness then you don't seek the witness. e.g. when I am able to see with my eyes I don't have to make an effort to see. When you are aware, yes you can say I'm witness consciousness. But then I have to live, work, have fun etc. so I want to experience all of that as the witness, there is no effort in that (it just feels like that to me, given language has its limitations so don't want to force any point of view and say this is right or wrong). Breathe
I am not aware of any Vedic Scholar with such amazing hold on vast number of scriptures. Swami Sarvapriyananda not only has a profound memory but also deep understanding of every verse.His scriptural mastery is further enhanced by his study of vast number of books on related topics.I bow in reverence at his holy feet 🙏
Thank you so much for uploading this. We were spending too much time on pause/rewind - too much teaching that day, and the live replay went away. So pleased to be able to listen to what we missed. Thank you. Namaskar.
I like to say the first question about whether realization itself is Maya, is unique. The explanation is wholesome. Pay close attention. Background of Consciousness a must.
During my BE days of engineering , I spend majority of my time with Swami Sarvapriyananda in a virtual mode like this ... Its all like rediscovering myself thank you swamiji Pronam neben from Calcutta , WB ..
Humble Pranams to u Swamiji 🙏🙏🌺 Simply superb excellent session 👌👌👌👌👏👏👏🙏🌺 Swamiji, very brilliant questions and answering very precise and accurate insight knowledge U Poured out Swamiji 🙏 thank you so much for sharing your precious time wilth us all the time wherever in need. It's really a blessings and wishes we had🙏🙏🌺 Thank you so much Swamiji once again 🙏🌺 Humble Pranams 🙏🙇🙇🙇🙏🌺🌼 Namaste Maharaj 🙏 Please take care Swamiji 🙏 Jai Sri Rama Krishna 🙏🌺 Jai Maa 🙏🌺 Jai Swamiji 🙏🌺
Excellent answer to the questions. Its a wow kind of answer. So we need to make the mind calm by the practice of meditation and having lots of bhakti to avoid wrong focus or not to gather too much of waste in to the mind/memory.
I maintain that Truth (parabraman) is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. And the absolute (Parabraman) is a reality that is uncreated and unborn. Advaita Vedanta is really timeless, culturally free and belongs to the source of wisdom of all mankind...
U can approach it from many path. Read the life of spiritual giants. Look at their path and follow them whole heartedly. Then u can conclude and say that no path is there to reach that truth. Till then u should not conclude so boldly like that.
Dear Eero. You are quoting J Krishnamurti. What he said is this - "I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect". He was talking about organizing around a belief system and why truth cannot be found like that. It is better not to quote JK here or anybody just by reading theory. JK was a master and masters speak from experience. When you realize, you know there was never a Jiva, never a path, never a journey and so on and you may then say "it is a pathless land", not before it becomes an experiential living reality. We need to see Sravana Manana Nidhidhyasana as the path.
@@sankarakrishnan8707 I am the witness of the unborn, unmanifested reality which is not what Advaita Vedanta and Tibetan Buddhist teaches. Therefore I maintain that all seeking after the highest truth through any path, any religion, any sect is wasted. Until you understand that you are already the highest principle - the one without a second. You will continue to believe in gurus, filosofies and so on. Swami sarvapriyananda is interesting, but he is not enlightened. He is very open to every filosofies and wisdom traditions in the world, but that is not enough. To be free and realized you must know what you are not. And when you are free you will forget everything and just live in moment effortlessly.
dear@@earoable (1) My sincere and humble request to you is that if you are in this forum, please dont indulge in statements like 'Swami is not enlightened'. Whether he is so or not is to be determined not by another mind but by an enlightened master. He himself does not proclaim anything nor does he need to. (2) If you dont find value in who he is or what he is saying, then you are probably not in the right forum. This forum is for Swami's teachings on Advaita Vedanta (3) If you dont think you need Gurus, that is your birthright and not questioning it. The rest of us on this forum seek guidance from Gurus of Advaita Vedanta and we are very happy with what we are getting from Swami and we eagerly look forward to his talks. Good luck to you. Thank you again and Pranams!
I realized mind has to be placed on standby position and let the inner self Atman slowly reveals himself. Mind causes disruption if it is not trained to stay still. Sthulo sarir sukhsa sarir karan sarir all of these aspects has to be absolutely still to allow Atman to reveal. Mind is required for the gyana sraban , manan, niridhysana and ultimately Atman himself take over when the time is right. Each person has own time and space to become one with Atman and all depends on the pralabdha karma. The accrue of karma has to be stopped first. One has to engage only in niskam niyata karma selfless karma. Thank you swamiji for showing the path. Namaste!
In Sushupti, the mind and the ego "I" are in a dormant position (nomanifestation of thoughts including the I thought). The dormant mind is still subject to avidya and when the mind gets active upon waking up, all the consequences of avidya, that is samsara and the ego I, reapper. Swamiji mentioned that there is a small "fault line" in the advaitic maya comception and it is "adhi sukshmamam" as people often say I slept well even though the ego "I" was not there in sushupti.
For that great first question, here's how I would summarize it: The mind can bring us to the doorway of Self-Realization, but only intuition can get us across the threshold.
EXCELLENT POINT, my friend. However, for someone to cognize precisely what you are trying to convey, the word INTUITION has to be correctly understood (as intuition can be interpreted in various ways) and "see" the SOURCE from which that INTUITION IS arising. As long as INTUITION is seen to be arising in SELF alone(which is prior to mind) and NOT as a product of mind, one will correctly cognize your summary. Thanks again for the excellent point.
Thank you so much, Swamiji. You have indeed intertwined science with Advaita in a comprehensive manner. I recollect that you did mention that the prompting of the mind is as a result of past karmas. In other words we don’t actually have free will. If that be the case how is it applicable in your above sermon? Also, during deep sleep we turn our bodies unconsciously. That means the mind is not completely shut? There seem to be some contradiction here.
No we have a free will upto a certain level. Follow the logic: if it's ur own past karma which bounds u now then it's ur own present karma which will free u as well in future. Study swami vivekananda. Read his books. And in deep sleep mind is in seed state. U know that u slept soundly. Which means u have that experience and knowledge.
Of course, Swamiji did explain that a number of times that we do have a certain degree of free will. I would'nt be asking the question if I don't have that fraction of free. But in deep sleep the mind is shut down completely as what Swamiji says. If that be the case how do we change the sleeping position while in deep sleep? This is what seems to be contradicting since the mind is completely shut off. Or does that act is also automated just like the other organs of the body which functions 24/7?
@@MrMahendras study mandukya karika of gaudapada and swamiji himself said that gaudapada says in mandukya that mind is in seed state in deep sleep. It's just the words he used in that sense only. Do u know that how many times u changed ur sleeping position in deep sleep? I don't think so we even recognise that. So it means there's isn't any awareness of physical body. Neither there's dream which means mind isn't active either(but it's there in seed form). I don't think we change our sleeping position in deep sleep. I think it happens during dream state(REM sleep). And since one feels that one slept quite a while so the experience was there. So mind has to be there in least.
Wonderful Satsang Maharaj. In current language it is all conditioning of mind and as all minds are different (individually) deconditioning would be different. So what would be the general rules for deconditioning of mind please could be the next Satsang. Thank you. Pranams.
It is consciousness vs consciousness as far as subject and objects dualities are concerned. Never a seer vs the seen. Consciousness is all that there is.
Eyes can see physical objects outside, eyes can't see what's there in mind or intellect, suttle things can't be seen, so is with mind, exclusively designed for the physical world, 🤔🤔🤔 Pranam🙏🙏🙏 Swamiji
Pranam Swamiji. My name is Sourav Biswas and I'm from Calcutta. I understand quite well when you say that We are pure Consciousness or pure subject or pure awareness and everything else including our mind, thoughts, feelings, senses and body are objects, gross or subtle or extremely subtle. I also understand that the pure subject cannot be objectified, hence it is not possible for the mind to grasp the Immortal unchanging consciousness. But does that mean that the subject which is my real nature is beyond words and beyond definition? Is my first person background Consciousness that which is referred to as Brahman or Atman? Is the background Consciousness of me and all other Organisms the same? Thank You.
I am marinated in the Advait philosophy. I understand the consciousness is satchitanand swaroop and is separate from the prakriti that appears. I know that I the consciousness is one and same in greatest of Men to smallest of worm. I know in any situation however good or bad, I am untouched by it. However when I look at the creation I wonder what is the source of this enormous intelligence that’s embedded in this universe any thing beyond my little scientific mind can comprehend. The great mind of supreme being is it’s source and the anatma(body and mind) that I am witnessing is just a tiny part of it. Am I correct? If I am the consciousness in every being why cant I witness there mind and the ultimate intelligence, why am I conditioned to witness this little one only ?
Your explanation is very complicated. It’s very hard to understand for layman. Can you make it little easier. This is a higher conception of Vedanta or something. You are knowledgeable and it will reach to many of us also In Bengali
List of questions with timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
02:02 - What is the role of the mind in self-realization?
41:03 - How can deep sleep be an experience?
49:42 - Is the "I" thought unique? How does investigating it lead to the Atman?
02:02 - Multiple mistakes made by Swami Sarvapriyananda while answering the question "What is the role of the mind in self-realization?"
All these I learned from Sarva only, during his talks on Aparokshanubhuti series, but unfortunately here he made few subtle mistakes...
(1) Vritti vyapthi is not about mind turning towards the object (world object or brahman)
I'm alive means there is prana in the body. Prana is part of Pranamaya kosha (layer of the subtle body) (known as vital body in english). When there is prana in the body, there is consciousness everywhere in the body. So, the eyes are conscious. When the eyes are looking at a flower, the mind might be thinking about something else. So, mind turning towards the flower need not be always true. Since the eyes are conscious and have prana, the sight data about the flower through the eyes would go and be stored in the sensory memory portion of the brain (essentially left brain). All this happens subconsciously (bcoz the mind is focused on something else). Since mind is almost always polling the sensory memory for new data, as soon as new data gets in there, mind wants to experience it. And, this essentially happens whenever the mind is not extremely focused on it's current task. Thus, the new data (sight of the flower) becomes a vritti in the mind. So, what I tried to say here is --> (1) Vritti vyapthi is about an object occupying the mind (thought or one of the 5 types of sense perceptions), and phala vyapthi is about mind experiencing the object when it is illumined by reflected consciousness.
(2) Vritti about brahman is called brahmakaara vritti. And it is a thought.
In nidhidhyasana or vedantic meditation, the process is to intensely and with lot of convinction think and analyze about the nature of brahman and nature of the world, and most importantly repeatedly tell to myself that I'm brahman and everything is just an appearance of brahman, and so on. All these are basically thoughts about brahman. These thoughts are called brahmaakara vrittis, and mind trying to think about brahman are the vritti vyapthis. Since the mind is illumined by reflected consciousness, mind experiences the thoughts about brahman, and this is phala vyaapthi. The difference of this from a flower experience is that, mind is experiencing a sense perception of sight about the flower, but mind is experiencing a thought about brahman but not brahman itself. Similarity is that in both cases there is vritti vyapti as well as phala vyapthi
(3) Similarity b/w snapping out of dream and brahmakara vrittis leading to enlightenment
When I'm in a dream, and if I get few repeated thoughts inside the dream saying to me "U r dreaming" or "This is a dream", and if I stay in the dream for a while with such thoughts, I'll suddenly snap out of the dream into the wakeful state, becoz consistent and conviction-filled thoughts within a dream about the wakeful state would collapse the dream. This was also explained by Sarva in aparokshanubhuti series, and I'd actually experienced this a few times. So, similarly, when the brahmakara vrittis happen quite frequently, and if the mind is trained to stay with those vrittis, and with sufficient purification and concentration of the mind having happened through a lot of karma yoga and dhyana yoga practices, suddenly, at some subtle and lucky moment, the mind snaps out from the wakeful worldly state into brahman-state. This can be poetically said as brahman revealing itself to the mind. But brahman is not an object, and is infact the eternal subject, and so mind can't experience brahman, and plus we know so clearly that everything is brahman itself. So, what happens practically when this snapping of the mind out of the wakeful worldly state happens is --> mind gets into a consistent and easy-to-get-into no-mind state, and becomes capable of staying in such no-mind state for a very long time. The no-mind state signifies no vrittis in the mind about thoughts or the 5 sense perceptions. And brahman provides to the mind all the great things that only brahman / pure consciousness can. And, this represents the state of EL. So, whether we do only meditations as Buddha suggested or we do the combination of karma yoga + meditations + gnaana yoga (i.e. vedantic meditation), eventually no-mind state is the state of EL, coz only in such state brahman becomes 100% accessible to the mind. (And no-mind state is the original purpose of the creation of mind, so that brahman can experience itself using body-mind complexes, wherein brahman experiences what it wants to experience. But, in normal worldly situations, the mind experiences what it wants to experience, thus blocking the original intention of brahman in making the world appear through maya). This sudden snapping out by the mind from the wakeful worldly state into the permanent state of EL has actually happened to Eckhart Tolle, when he was in the grip of tremendous depression and suicidal tendencies over few years continuously, about which he'd described in the first chapter of THE POWER OF NOW book.
Swami Sarvapriyananda deserve a noble peace prize 😀
No, you are completely wrong,
It should be... Noble peace prize deserves Swamiji,... In the language of adavaita 😇😇😇😇
@@devotee6863 oh yes 😀
Swamiji, remain as loving as you are .... how you pour your heart into us with all the wisdom you have acquired over so much time... we cannot thank you enough... love you... may God love you more..
Yes. Swami must and should be awarded Noble Price. Let us form a committee. All the like minded people please text me.
Unbelievable clarity ! I've been listening to Swami sarvapriyananda from past few years. Now I'm convinced that the Lord has sent this Swamiji to enlighten those whom He has specially graced🙏
There’s an adorable quality about this speaker. Sweet and clear answers and appreciate how deeply he respects the question. 🥰 A respect for the question! Yessss. 👏
Got it! Thank you so much, Ji. By the way in your earlier reply you suggested that I read about Swami Vivekananda's discourses. I am happy to state that I have read it all (hopefully) over the decades. But now I feel that Swami Sarvapriyananda is a reincarnation of Swami Vivekananda himself as the former's sermons almost resonate with the latter's teachings. Essentially this was the very reason I am attracted to Swami Sarvapriyananda's discourses over the years. My pranams to him. Once again, thank you very much for taking your valuable time off to reply my queries.
No words to convey my heartfelt indebtedness. Thanks with all my being.
Very very true.
Absolutely clear and brilliant as usual,and Swamiji keeps his patience and kindness all the way long..
He's a true vedantist in our current age
I love Swami's Matrix reference. My favorite understanding of maya is that of a virtual reality game, and we forgot we are the observer.
Pranam Swamiji and great Sadhakas who asked such profound questions. I am forever indebted to you 🙏🙏🙏
Good evening to swamji and to all others who are part of the gathering! Let this year bring back the smile and happiness back 🙏🙏🙏!
Truly Enlightening. The moment came some time after the question on 49:42, thanks for the question. My takeaway is that the "I" is your own creation, a necessary construct to survive and evolve. So is everything else, so is the world. I shall stop seeking because it's really another story I am trapping myself in. Why should I seek myself? Pranam Swamiji. Incredible!
If u don't seek then it's alright remain in the illusion. No problem. Until u feel illusion till then u must seek. Till u r not convicted of it.
Using logic and reasoning is different than having the conviction of the truth. That's why it is known as " Aparoksh gyan".
@Sai Akkanapragada this what u r saying is a bookish knowledge or paroksh gyan. For Aparoksh u need to put effort. U can't sit ideal and say "I m witness consciousness". And that's it. No that's not the way
@@arurukshu1 when you are aware of the witness then you don't seek the witness. e.g. when I am able to see with my eyes I don't have to make an effort to see. When you are aware, yes you can say I'm witness consciousness. But then I have to live, work, have fun etc. so I want to experience all of that as the witness, there is no effort in that (it just feels like that to me, given language has its limitations so don't want to force any point of view and say this is right or wrong). Breathe
I am not aware of any Vedic Scholar with such amazing hold on vast number of scriptures. Swami Sarvapriyananda not only has a profound memory but also deep understanding of every verse.His scriptural mastery is further enhanced by his study of vast number of books on related topics.I bow in reverence at his holy feet 🙏
Excellent explanation!! There is so much of clarity in this talk. Thank you so much Swamiji!!
Dr. Pratibha Nadig
Thank you so much, swamiji , such clarity . I have been trying to understand this for a long time. We are blessed
Thank you Swamiji for such a wonderful wisdom. Koti Koti Pranamam.
Thank you so much for uploading this. We were spending too much time on pause/rewind - too much teaching that day, and the live replay went away. So pleased to be able to listen to what we missed. Thank you. Namaskar.
I like to say the first question about whether realization itself is Maya, is unique. The explanation is wholesome. Pay close attention. Background of Consciousness a must.
Ajata Vaada comes into play in this!
I love that " Don't be weird" thank you Swami
Me too! I’m rewatching the last question for his delivery!
Exactly:)
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During my BE days of engineering , I spend majority of my time with Swami Sarvapriyananda in a virtual mode like this ...
Its all like rediscovering myself
thank you swamiji
Pronam neben
from Calcutta , WB ..
Amazing talk. Your intellect is like a blazing sun 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏.
Humble Pranams to u Swamiji 🙏🙏🌺
Simply superb excellent session 👌👌👌👌👏👏👏🙏🌺 Swamiji, very brilliant questions and answering very precise and accurate insight knowledge U Poured out Swamiji 🙏 thank you so much for sharing your precious time wilth us all the time wherever in need. It's really a blessings and wishes we had🙏🙏🌺
Thank you so much Swamiji once again 🙏🌺
Humble Pranams 🙏🙇🙇🙇🙏🌺🌼 Namaste Maharaj 🙏
Please take care Swamiji 🙏
Jai Sri Rama Krishna 🙏🌺 Jai Maa 🙏🌺 Jai Swamiji 🙏🌺
Thank you somuch Swamiji. So much clarity through question and answers.
Excellent answer to the questions. Its a wow kind of answer. So we need to make the mind calm by the practice of meditation and having lots of bhakti to avoid wrong focus or not to gather too much of waste in to the mind/memory.
Awesome explanation about the role of mind in realization as well as in experiencing the world of objects.
Amazing answer to the first question, many pranams 🙏
I maintain that Truth (parabraman) is a pathless land,
and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever,
by any religion, by any sect. And the absolute (Parabraman) is a reality that is uncreated and unborn. Advaita Vedanta is really timeless, culturally free and belongs to the source of wisdom of all mankind...
U can approach it from many path. Read the life of spiritual giants. Look at their path and follow them whole heartedly. Then u can conclude and say that no path is there to reach that truth. Till then u should not conclude so boldly like that.
You cannot be more wrong on this point.
Dear Eero. You are quoting J Krishnamurti. What he said is this - "I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect". He was talking about organizing around a belief system and why truth cannot be found like that.
It is better not to quote JK here or anybody just by reading theory. JK was a master and masters speak from experience. When you realize, you know there was never a Jiva, never a path, never a journey and so on and you may then say "it is a pathless land", not before it becomes an experiential living reality.
We need to see Sravana Manana Nidhidhyasana as the path.
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I am the witness of the unborn, unmanifested reality which is not what Advaita Vedanta and Tibetan Buddhist teaches. Therefore I maintain that all seeking after the highest truth through any path, any religion, any sect is wasted. Until you understand that you are already the highest principle - the one without a second. You will continue to believe in gurus, filosofies and so on. Swami sarvapriyananda is interesting, but he is not enlightened. He is very open to every filosofies and wisdom traditions in the world, but that is not enough. To be free and realized you must know what you are not. And when you are free you will forget everything and just live in moment effortlessly.
dear@@earoable (1) My sincere and humble request to you is that if you are in this forum, please dont indulge in statements like 'Swami is not enlightened'. Whether he is so or not is to be determined not by another mind but by an enlightened master. He himself does not proclaim anything nor does he need to. (2) If you dont find value in who he is or what he is saying, then you are probably not in the right forum. This forum is for Swami's teachings on Advaita Vedanta (3) If you dont think you need Gurus, that is your birthright and not questioning it. The rest of us on this forum seek guidance from Gurus of Advaita Vedanta and we are very happy with what we are getting from Swami and we eagerly look forward to his talks. Good luck to you. Thank you again and Pranams!
Swami ji too good the way you explained the subtle crack point.
Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏
I realized mind has to be placed on standby position and let the inner self Atman slowly reveals himself. Mind causes disruption if it is not trained to stay still. Sthulo sarir sukhsa sarir karan sarir all of these aspects has to be absolutely still to allow Atman to reveal. Mind is required for the gyana sraban , manan, niridhysana and ultimately Atman himself take over when the time is right. Each person has own time and space to become one with Atman and all depends on the pralabdha karma. The accrue of karma has to be stopped first. One has to engage only in niskam niyata karma selfless karma. Thank you swamiji for showing the path. Namaste!
In Sushupti, the mind and the ego "I" are in a dormant position (nomanifestation of thoughts including the I thought). The dormant mind is still subject to avidya and when the mind gets active upon waking up, all the consequences of avidya, that is samsara and the ego I, reapper.
Swamiji mentioned that there is a small "fault line" in the advaitic maya comception and it is "adhi sukshmamam" as people often say I slept well even though the ego "I" was not there in sushupti.
Brilliant Questions
Brilliantly Answered.
SEEKING BLESSINGS FROM SWAMIJI.
JAI RAMAKRISHNA.
For that great first question, here's how I would summarize it: The mind can bring us to the doorway of Self-Realization, but only intuition can get us across the threshold.
TNX man
EXCELLENT POINT, my friend. However, for someone to cognize precisely what you are trying to convey, the word INTUITION has to be correctly understood (as intuition can be interpreted in various ways) and "see" the SOURCE from which that INTUITION IS arising. As long as INTUITION is seen to be arising in SELF alone(which is prior to mind) and NOT as a product of mind, one will correctly cognize your summary. Thanks again for the excellent point.
they say Devotion makes it easy to cross the ocean of Maya /bring Self-Realization... THE CONSTANT CONVICTION THAT I AM ONLY SUB-Servient
Now I understand very clearly why Bhagwan Ramana said “ Don’t believe in all mystical experiences “ wow thankyou Swamiji
Swamiji Pranam
Very well explained 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you, swamiji. You've bring the light ... every time : )
The eclipse analogy helped a lot. Thank you. 🌞🌛
Thanks Swamiji 🙏
Pranams Swamiji. Very nicely explained in a very lucid language with good examples.
Excellent explanation Swamiji. U are simply spell bound. My pranams
Thank you Swamiji, that was great, very insightful.
Jai Gurumaharaj 🙏 Jai Maa 🙏 Jai Thakur 🙏 Jai Swamiji Maharaj
Pronaams!🙏
Thank you, Swamiji 🙏❤️
Beautiful example of sun and moon light...
Thank you Swamiji for answering my question! Your explanations are so very clear! I really appreciate it!
-Vikram!
What a excellent question you asked?😀
What a excellent question you asked?😀
Pranam again and again.
Thank you very much, Swamiji. My pranams.
Thank you Swami ji
Bahut.bahut.gretirude.abhar.bahut.bahut.dhanyabad.Swami.ji.thanks.
A wonderful answer to a wonderful question. Thanks Maharaj.
🙏 Wonderful and insightful!!! Thank you very much 🙏
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So good and pleasant! A magnetic field, no escape hatch is there...
Thank you🌹 swami ji from Jaipur.
Jai Shree Swami Ji Maharaj 🙏💐🌹🌷🌸
Namaskar swamiji.thank u so much for your wonderful explanation.
Thankyou Swamiji 🙏🙏 From Hydrabad
Swamiji your calibre is matchless! Where can I ask questions?
Happy new year Swamy jee
Ok. I want to say it.
Wow! Thank you 🙏
so nice thank you so much SWAMIJI
Jay 👏🌹❤sri ram krishana jay 👏🌹❤Maa jay 👏🌹❤swamiji mahraj pranaam mahraj lot of❤ thanks
Namaskaram Swami 🙏🙏🙏
Thankyou swamiji 🙏🏽🙏🏽 thankyou to the questions asked too
Gratitude swami Sarvapriyananda ji 🙏what a profound talk this was ...please keep blessing us always 🕉️🙏
Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna
Thank you so much, Swamiji. You have indeed intertwined science with Advaita in a comprehensive manner. I recollect that you did mention that the prompting of the mind is as a result of past karmas. In other words we don’t actually have free will. If that be the case how is it applicable in your above sermon? Also, during deep sleep we turn our bodies unconsciously. That means the mind is not completely shut? There seem to be some contradiction here.
No we have a free will upto a certain level. Follow the logic: if it's ur own past karma which bounds u now then it's ur own present karma which will free u as well in future. Study swami vivekananda. Read his books. And in deep sleep mind is in seed state. U know that u slept soundly. Which means u have that experience and knowledge.
Of course, Swamiji did explain that a number of times that we do have a certain degree of free will. I would'nt be asking the question if I don't have that fraction of free. But in deep sleep the mind is shut down completely as what Swamiji says. If that be the case how do we change the sleeping position while in deep sleep? This is what seems to be contradicting since the mind is completely shut off. Or does that act is also automated just like the other organs of the body which functions 24/7?
@@MrMahendras study mandukya karika of gaudapada and swamiji himself said that gaudapada says in mandukya that mind is in seed state in deep sleep. It's just the words he used in that sense only.
Do u know that how many times u changed ur sleeping position in deep sleep? I don't think so we even recognise that. So it means there's isn't any awareness of physical body. Neither there's dream which means mind isn't active either(but it's there in seed form). I don't think we change our sleeping position in deep sleep. I think it happens during dream state(REM sleep). And since one feels that one slept quite a while so the experience was there. So mind has to be there in least.
Jai Sri Ramakrishna 🌺🌺🌺🙏
the last 10 minutes were new to me.. so you interact normally after attaining the unattainable
Pranam. 🙏
Dhanyawad 🙏🙏🙏
Pranams SwamiJi.
Wonderful Satsang Maharaj. In current language it is all conditioning of mind and as all minds are different (individually) deconditioning would be different.
So what would be the general rules for deconditioning of mind please could be the next Satsang. Thank you. Pranams.
Namaskaram swamiji🙏🇳🇵
Thank you.
Gem of knowledge
It is consciousness vs consciousness as far as subject and objects dualities are concerned. Never a seer vs the seen. Consciousness is all that there is.
Thank you swamiji from West Bengal,INDIA
Dada which district are you from West Bengal? I am from Nadia..
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Eyes can see physical objects outside, eyes can't see what's there in mind or intellect, suttle things can't be seen, so is with mind, exclusively designed for the physical world, 🤔🤔🤔
Pranam🙏🙏🙏 Swamiji
How can I ask my questions to Swami? Can anyone guide me?
Hare Krishna Swami ji🙏
प्रणाम स्वामीजी !
Lovely.
Thanks again
Beautifully explainef
PranamMaharaj
Thanks swami
স্বামীজি, প্রণাম
🙏🙏🙏 Guruji
Wow ❤
@Vedanta New York - Wanted to ask Swamiji a question on how to deal with anger?
Wow for real🙏🏿❤️👍
Pranam Swamiji. My name is Sourav Biswas and I'm from Calcutta. I understand quite well when you say that We are pure Consciousness or pure subject or pure awareness and everything else including our mind, thoughts, feelings, senses and body are objects, gross or subtle or extremely subtle. I also understand that the pure subject cannot be objectified, hence it is not possible for the mind to grasp the Immortal unchanging consciousness. But does that mean that the subject which is my real nature is beyond words and beyond definition? Is my first person background Consciousness that which is referred to as Brahman or Atman? Is the background Consciousness of me and all other Organisms the same? Thank You.
U said many things swami
What you said is know by you or thought by someone else or books
Swami Please visit Delhi too. 🙏🏻
I am marinated in the Advait philosophy.
I understand the consciousness is satchitanand swaroop and is separate from the prakriti that appears.
I know that I the consciousness is one and same in greatest of Men to smallest of worm.
I know in any situation however good or bad, I am untouched by it.
However when I look at the creation I wonder what is the source of this enormous intelligence that’s embedded in this universe any thing beyond my little scientific mind can comprehend. The great mind of supreme being is it’s source and the anatma(body and mind) that I am witnessing is just a tiny part of it. Am I correct? If I am the consciousness in every being why cant I witness there mind and the ultimate intelligence, why am I conditioned to witness this little one only ?
Sri RamaKrishnarpanamastu.
My pranams to swami. I have a question on Tenth man story. How did the ten men know there was ten of them when they started the journey ?
Your explanation is very complicated. It’s very hard to understand for layman. Can you make it little easier. This is a higher conception of Vedanta or something. You are knowledgeable and it will reach to many of us also In Bengali
namaskar sri swamiji