What Comes To Us When We Reach Enlightenment - Swami Sarvapriyananda

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In this discourse, Swami Sarvapriyananda explores the distinction between knowledge and action in the spiritual journey, drawing upon a story from Swami Atma Priyanandaji's early days as a monk. The teacher, Swami Mukhyanandaji, emphasized the difference between knowing the fact "the grass is green" and performing an action like "get me a glass of water." Swami Sarvapriyananda extends this analogy to highlight the spiritual path, asserting that it is not a physical or temporal journey but a realization of one's true self in Advaita Vedanta.
The central theme revolves around the challenge of realizing the self, which is not an object of knowledge but the pure subject. The discourse addresses the common misconception that self-knowledge is about understanding oneself as an object, similar to knowledge of external entities. Instead, Vedanta serves as a mirror reflecting the true nature of the self, enabling one to recognize their identity as Brahman. Swami Sarvapriyananda emphasizes the self's self-luminous and ever-present nature, urging individuals to use Vedanta as the tool for self-realization and transcendence of suffering.
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