Reincarnation: WHO is it that Travels? Atma? Jiva? Subtle body?
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- Atma, the eternal consciousness which is your true nature, and soul - sukshma sharira - are often confused with each other. This presentation employs the traditional sun/bucket metaphor to make the difference between these two easily understood.
Swami Tadatmananda is a traditionally-trained teacher of Advaita Vedanta, meditation, and Sanskrit. For more information, please see: www.arshabodha.org/
This master is illuminated by the power of communicating ideas clearly and with plenty of examples, and models that makes listeners' understanding easier to grasp.
mamaivamso jiva-loke
jiva-bhutah sanatanah
manah-sasthanindriyani
prakrti-sthani karsati
SYNONYMS
mama-My; eva-certainly; amsah-fragmental particles; jiva-loke-world of conditional life; jiva-bhutah-the conditioned living entities; sanatanah-eternal; manah-mind; sasthani-six; indriyani-senses; prakrti-material nature; sthani-situated; karsati-struggling hard.
TRANSLATION
The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind.
U dont seem to be a hindu but a christian 🤔
Wonderful and timeless wisdom, simply and clearly expressed from Swami's deep study of the beautiful Vedanta.
but not cOMpletely correct (see comment above)
A beautiful explanation of the great vedantha by swamiji.pranams
@@gadudasuramdas3060 pls view my comments :-)
So we are all reflections of the one Parmatma.
Well it's a well explained concept.
Such a SUPERB video, Swamiji! As a physician, my comment is that brain cells are just vehicles (vaahanas) for memory and other brain functions. A stroke in the left parietal lobe deprives us of speech. But the patient can learn other ways to communicate; the thoughts and ideas are not destroyed. Many scientists want to limit consciousness to just brain activity whereas brain activity is just an electrical activity that reflects what consciousness is doing.
I too have been very concerned about what "Aathma" really means and this is probably the finest presentation on the subject that I have ever seen! This is a poem I wrote over 20 years ago on this subject:
The seeker and the Sought
We see, but who is the seer?
We dance, but who is the dancer?
We think, but who is the thinker?
Greater, grander, and mightier,
Than the seer, thinker or dancer,
Is the Self, the Spirit, the Consciousness
Still, silent, deep, yet suffused
With light, beauty and wonder.
Seek thou this light, this Source.
To seek, however, is not to find.
For It finds you, and you do not find It.
As you dwell in peace, at rest,
With the trust that It is not far
Indeed a hairsbreadth away,
It overcomes, overpowers and enlightens.
With the power of a million candles
It burns away our ignorance, our ego,
Our craving, unrest and turmoil.
To infuse joy, restfulness, and peace.
With it comes wisdom, love, and understanding.
Centered, we are then, to dwell forever,
In That, the elusive goal
The final frontier.
Raja Bhat
October 20, 1996
Raja, what a lovely poem : So true ...one`s enlightening SOURCE is but
that intuitive awareness of one`s very own SELF-SOUL !
Raja Bhat great!
Thank you for the wonderful poem and your astute insights about the brain!
"Seek thou this light, this Source." - deeds to develop it
"To seek, however, is not to find." - wisdom to perceive it
"For It finds you, and you do not find It." - innate Buddha nature
The T’ien-t’ai (Chin; Tendai) school, which is based on the Lotus Sutra, holds that all people are endowed with the three inherent potentials of the Buddha nature-the innate Buddha nature, the wisdom to perceive it, and the deeds to develop it-and therefore can attain enlightenment.
So beautifull Raja. Thank you :)
Thank you Swami Tadatmananda. Wonderful Lecture as always
Very helpful, thank you! Now we truly understand what it means to “Kick the the bucket!”
Cute....there's a joker in every group! 🙂
You are so precious, dear swami! Your plain and clear explanation is so beautiful! May God bless you ever. Namaste
This is a masterful explanation of the essence of vedantic teaching that is an insightful introduction for all of us. The pace of teaching is unhurried and relaxed which beginners like me can easily follow and understand as it unfolds. We remain indebted to Swami Tadatmanandji for his great introduction to vedantic philosophy.
mamaivamso jiva-loke
jiva-bhutah sanatanah
manah-sasthanindriyani
prakrti-sthani karsati
SYNONYMS
mama-My; eva-certainly; amsah-fragmental particles; jiva-loke-world of conditional life; jiva-bhutah-the conditioned living entities; sanatanah-eternal; manah-mind; sasthani-six; indriyani-senses; prakrti-material nature; sthani-situated; karsati-struggling hard.
TRANSLATION
The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind.
@@aiLoveE amsha is NOT fragmented particles!
Absolutely brilliantly presented advaita, atma, paramatma , physical and subtle bodies, transmigration but please will you make a similar video on karma? Thankyou so much Swamiji, my whole life's struggle to understand these difficult concepts is resolved by your grace. Bhagvan Shri Krushna's krupa be always on you.
I have been studying advaita with some western teachers. The sukshma sharira is what they identify the 'mind' - part of the nama roopa. They also say that all nama roopa (mind/body) appears in the 'conciousness' or 'atma'. Understanding from one tradition allows a mapping to another tradition.. it is very satisfying.the harmony among the traditions....
+owl his explanation is good... but the idea of one sun is reflecting all the bucket is not so accurate...
* Sun is one...but out there, there are billions and trillions of Stars...
* Ocean is one... but sea waters can be poured into many glasses making it individual glasses one salt water...
* Brain is one...but many neurons and cells make it as one organ...
* Nation is one...but individual citizens, government, workers, geographic landscape, nature etc etc are many...
* Brahman is one... but individual athman are countless...
* Athman can be merged into one...but it also be separated into individual...
* Bedha Abedha (Oneness and Difference)...
Profound teaching explained so clearly and beautifully!
Thanks swamy for answering many unanswered questions with such a great clarity.
Become me conscious of these truths yourself. Otherwise it's just words.
No one askes these, or many people can tell the same or even better.
🙏🙏🙏
This truly helped a question troubling me for a long time. If it’s enlightenment that is our goal, who’s goal is it, if nothing else is permanent except the Atman, which is anyway enlightened. Looks like purification, karma, enlightenment all are projects for the Sukshma Sharira!
Thank you so much Swamiji
They are NOT projections but Laws of the Universe...
I am an Advaita Vedantist for years since I remember myself in my young teens. I was not even familiar with any philosophical or ancient sacred literature of ancient India, but I remember I was asking challenging question (e.g. what is the smallest quantity of time? What is the smallest part of a sugar cube? etc...) and after all these years and after having personal experiences and spiritual glimpses, alongside studying philosophies and ancient languages, that rationality alone cannot reach that ineffable pointless-point where the absolute reality shines through beyond any anthropocentric reasoning and logical justification; however, when it comes to only analysis and rationalization, just like any other philosophies or ways of life, one could notice many contradictory and paradoxical issues in here as well. Such as:
What is the 'NATURE' of Sukshma Sharira? And, is the self-awareness or self-consciousness of the numerous Sukshma Shariras originates from the Paramatma (the Sun)? And if yes, why the Sukshma Shariras are not "ALREADY" aware of the truth? Sukshma Shariras by definition originate from the Paramatma, so why these manifestations/illuminations from the Paramatma are not already Jivanmukta to begin with? In fact, why Sukshma Shariras exist in the first place?
And on a second note, are the Sukshma Shariras created or manifested in time? Can we imagine any beginning for Sukshma Shariras? If not, then it means their existence, ontologically speaking is infinite, which is paradoxical, because in an infinite existence, previous and next or before or after has no meaning whatsoever for obvious reasons. Also, if their existence is infinite, it means that there are many infinities in the world at the same time, which is also a paradoxical and absurd idea, especially in the context of Advaita Vedanta.
On the other hand, if we can imagine a beginning for the existence of the Sukshma Shariras, then can we say one Sukshma Sharira is older than another one? If time and age are relevant to the existence of Sukshma Shariras, then it inevitably leads one to ask the question of "how many Sukshma Shariras" exist in the universe? If the numbers are infinite, then we will have another problem, which is that it does not matter how many Sukshma Shariras become enlightened or achieve Moksha, there will be infinite number more to achieve liberation in queue! Hence, somehow makes the whole point of spiritual evolution and liberation absurd and meaningless. And if their number is NOT infinite, then it leads one to ask the inevitable question: WHEN was the time for the first Sukshma Sharira to come into being? (if there could be such a thing), And WHY? ...
How can a supreme soul and individual infinite souls exist at the same time? If the individual soul is eternal then there is no need for a supreme soul to exist...
@@kaamdev810 According to Advaita (I am no scholar !) there is the transcendendal reality, of the Brahman or Absolute or Sachidananda (Bliss of Existence - Consciousness) which is the timeless infinite causeless . Then there is the transactional or empirical reality which includes the universe which is just a projection of the Absolute. It is this transactional reality that we are experiencing in this life and in the hereinafter (as other world and other life experiences). The empirical (Vyavaharik) reality is true until the Paramarthik or Absolute Reality is realised. There are states of absorption in the Absolute which can be realised as Kevala Nirvikalpa Samadhi when the mind is merged into That but can be drawn back ; and Sahaja Nirvikalpa Samadhi in which the mind is extinguished and the sage is one with the Absolute and constantly sees the world as a mere projection within the Existence Consciousness, which is the One Subject, all else being objects .
@@kaamdev810 A Metaphor : - Just as the one (unseen or un-felt) all pervading electromagnetic wave (compare - eternal soul) in our surroundings is felt in some objects (living beings) like cellphones ( the same electro magnetic wave when inside cellphone may be compared to individual soul) and not felt in others like chairs or bricks.
The common electro magnetic wave is felt as an individual wave inside a cellphone. So it is universal as well as individual at the same time
@@kaamdev810 well, technically, you’d need something to “connect” an entirely electrical system (nerve endings) to a non conducting transcendent medium, atma. So, technically, you’d posit *something* that passes the vrittis onto the consciousness. Sukshma in Sanskrit just means “non physical”, so it could be a concept and not a real entity. Like “democracy” conveys people’s will to the seat of power. In reality, there is no such entity as democracy, but word is a useful shorthand for generally understood practices and processes.
Krishna is not talking about persons, but entities and a system. I know I know he uses personal pronouns.
Sukshma sharira is not “sat”, so it is created out of the same process as the rest of the world. Please cite the reference that sukshma shariras are created *by* parmatma. Advait does not impute agency to Brahma. Out of Brahma comes this created world. But that is not a willed or unwilling act. It is what the philosophers call a “necessary” event. It must happen. Like, given gravity a (, an unobstructed elevated) rock MUST fall.
You also seem to have assumptions about time that, while you are certainly free to make, are not shared or implied by Advait. Or even science. In science, the early universe had no time. In advait too, time is not stated to be an attribute of satchidanand reality. Timelessness is. So, like the odometer of a car, time might just be something that rolls over with every “dream of Brahma”. Or during a dream. Sukshma sharir can outlive the person, but they can also be mutating all the time. They are not immutable.
I am not sure what the value of “infinite souls”, mentioned by you to be in redemptive queue, a concept made up by you, is in reference to the implied conservation of Karma. They are saying that the blueprint of life, with the “memory” of the lifetime outlasts the body. That doesn’t mean the sukshma sharir doesn’t die. It just means that the identity is preserved in some way, to the extent of moving the ledger of one live’s Karmas to another. They are not saying your sukshma sharir is you. The sukshma sharir is not an individual.
Frankly, it is likely that there is a law of conservation and “transmigration” of information. The DNA codes the information for our being, but it is not on its own information. Information is a sukshma entity. It is meaning. The words we speak are not information. They carry information. Our brains receive physical quantities, our mind translates that into information. (Our ahankar translates info into meaning.) Information requires a transmitter and a receiver. (But it requires no meaning.)
Meaning is related to personhood. Information is related to systems. I think Krishna is talking not as to persons, but as to systems.
Excellent presentation. Complex topics explained beautifully. Thanks Jai shri Krishna.🙏
Dhayawad Swami Ji. I really love your teachings, the way how you explain them are very helpful to me. Namaste
THANK YOU!! This is the first video I’ve found that’s clearly explained these concepts :)
One of the clearest lectures I have listened to for many years. Simple explanation. Anantha means limitless, Ananda means happiness. Pranam
Thank you for this excellent and clear explanation and clarifying the meaning of certain important words.
What a simple explanation to understand the concept. Thank you so much for this video . Baba bless you. Namaste 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💐💐💐
Stupendous. The narration, sheer class.
When this knowledge becomes 'central' in the mindset, there would be no despair! Thank you, Swamiji.
I found it most interesting and will view it a few more times for sure.
Yet another amazing video. I am huge fan of your content. Thank you for putting all the effort into them and for the generosity of sharing it for free.
Power of vedanta
Thank you guruji.
The most clear and simple explanation of a very obscure subject I have ever heard. Thank you, it had baffled me for years.
This guy is brilliant. It's the best explanation of these complex terms that I have ever heard.
Beautifully explained ! A topic that was haunting my mind for quite sometime. Thank you Swamiji for the clarity of thought.
Beautiful metaphors used in a clear concise explanation. Thanks so much
I agree but you have to be careful with metaphors, an American advertising firm once made Hitler appear to be right using metaphors and simplistic language just to show how good they were at selling a product. Remember all religions and spiritual teachings are only concepts, nothing more, the ego demands proof that it will go on for ever and will grasp at any formula, no matter how absurd, that would seem to make this possible, it's the very reason for religious beliefs.
It still doesn't explain how it travels.
@@mahakalabhairava9950 it doesn't travel per se, there is no place to go to, no time, no space.
🙏🙏🙏 very clear. Very profound
This is the ultimate truth.thank you so much swami. I just wish all of mankind can receive this true knowledge and fully accept it. Blessings to you swami. I am so happy for your blessing. I feel bless.
When does Sukhshma sharira migrates to another creature? Example, when does it migrate to a baby? Is it inside the womb or when the baby is already out?
@@adriennejoybalderas7362 at the time of conception, but it manifests itself with time just like the sthula sharira
Incredibly lucid, concise, precise explanation of Vedanta that no science or worldly knowledge can match. Sanathana Dharma is the absolute Truth, the Cosmic Truth.
I am from sri madhvacharya sampraday so I now understand difference in us and Sri Shankaracharya sampraday from this video. Hare Krishna
The saying ..seek and it will be revealed came true in my case..a confusing topic made crystal clear after all these years!!
I have pondered over scriptures and heard discourses from many but this is The clearest explanations of “What Travels’. Thank you Swamiji 🙏 🙏🙏
Swamiji, thankful for your subtle presentation about the subtle body !
extremamente didático, muito grato por essa aula maravilhosa Swami!!
Wow, I actually cried. Thank you very much for this video.
Swamiji: Thank YOU. You spoke superb. My hunger to learn more from YOU is ignited.
I have never heard a video like this. How beautifully everything has been explained. I think i developed a small halo on my head as i heard all this. Thank you so much Swamiji for explaining all this so beautifully. I have no appropriate words to describe this video 🙏
Thank you very much for putting this effort to spread awareness and helping understand such complex topics in a very simple to understand format.
THat was awesome, youre cool sir...
Excellent explanation with superb clarity.. Tough subject is made very simple to understand with beautiful examples. Message is clearly conveyed. Thanks very much Swamiji.
Explained in a simple but profound way. Swamiji cleared a lot of confusions related to the word atma. Happy and thankful for his contributions.
I like just using “in-dwelling-being” that works for me.
Thanks Swamiji. So simply explicit. Great knowledge expounded 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Deep wisdom expressed by Swamiji, in a very similar manner. My Dandavat Pranam to Swamiji, for dispelling my ignorance!
Swami ji's teaching are so effective, and on point , that the truth is realised by just listening to his wisdom🙏🙏
OMG IM SHATTERED WITH CLARITY
Thank you for this crystal clear explanation!
This is one of the most comprehensive series on Reincarnation and Karma that I have seen.
So crystal clear presentation and accent. A great service!
Swamiji thank you for such a clear, simple explanation of a complicated topic. You are a messenger, son and God ur self. My humble pranams at ur lotus feet my dear swamiji
No doubt your holiness has told us v all are atman ourselves. Now to look inward and practice self realisation. Hari om
The most confusing and difficult concept explained beautifully with atmost clarity...
Thank you swamiji, your work is very comprehensive and ilustrative, specially for us westerners.
Wow, your explanation is the very clear, the best. You are an amazing teacher. You speak so well without reading a script
The soul is a individual portion of SPIRIT it goes through many incarnations on its spiritual journey through the multiuniverse back to the GOD head
the sought after question is WHY so, and not so is so and so....
Except that there is no reincarnation. It's a belief. All our lives are simultaneous _(there is much more to this)._ Once you're done with this one individual life, you move on to generate a new experience within a new reality that may have nothing to do with this physical reality.
@RMA You may choose to believe that. However, know that most of these ideas come from man's limited ability to see reality for what it is. Most think in linear terms always seeing what their limited perception dictates to them. Unless you're open and ready to ventured outside the box, you won't see but what you're presented with.
@@SpiritualReform Remember, all religions, philosophers and gurus can only offer up concepts, not truth.
It was Nisargadatta who said, 'don't waste your time searching for truths....there are none.
@@albundy9597 No, there is no need to search for any truth, that is, if we're not inclined to do so........because it truly matters not that we find or do not find a truth........when, within each one of us, any real truth is already there as an integral part of this we are. There are truths, however, and it's up to each one of us to find them and figure them out however we see and perceive these truths. But then, again, it's all there within each one of us, for we are those very truths we seek.
I had a few questions to know who or what I really am, and this Master clarified it all.
Thank you.
How beautifully and easily Tadatmananda Swamiji explains this difficult subject of reincarnation is mind boggling.
Most amazing. I finally understood. Thank you so much Swamiji. You are a great teacher. Thank you
I love Swami's facial expressions. They make me laugh along with him. Like computer migration is likened to transmigration. The comparison, even though it IS excellent, but is such a play on words and Swami seems to be having difficulty composing his face as he says it. I think it's wonderful and next time I have a new computer and my boyfriend asks me what I'm doing, I'll say, "I'm just transmigrating darling". Having written this, I agree that the analogies make it all so clear. Thank you.
This is the BEST explanation I've found so far!! Never have I seen such complex spiritual concepts being simplified so beautifully. Thanks a ton! 🙏
Quite a revelation. Cristal clear metaphors. Deeply impressed.
Thank you so much Swami Tadatmananda, what I have just learnt from one video of yours I have not learnt 1% my whole life.
This is profound. I like this form of communication as I will be watching this again. I am sending the link to a few friends.
Thank you Swami T.
U can send..it to only few friends...u know y..
Incredible video! at 4:29 The quote Swami T. uses is from Chapter 6, verse 11 of the Svetasvatara Upanisad! In case anyone wanted to read more :)
Wow wow wow. First time i understand the complexity of reincarnation in such a simple way. Thank you.
Gurudev pranam! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Your metaphors are so useful to understand a real self. Let this knowledge illuminate all by removing ignorance. 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
Thank you I needed that.
great explanation! i always visualized for myself the soul (spirit, the indwelling being) as an 'actor' that plays various characters on the stage of physical life, with a new 'personality' each time. when the body of the character dies, and the personality ends, the mask is off and the actor is again himself, not the role he plays.
very similar to kashmir shaivism's perspective
@@candieflip thank you! i haven't heard about them, will look it up
What a profound explanation !
It cleared all my doubts
THANK YOU SWAMIJI !
🙏🙏🙏
Swamiji: Your scientific explanation about body, soul and reincarnation is wonderful.
Tat Twam Asi- That Thou Art.
Very well explained by you Guruji🙏🙏 why I didn't reach you earlier 🙏🙏🙏😔😌
I just started for meditation n spiritual life at age of 50..listening many gurus but all talking same. Your teaching is totally different.. I know we must need a guru to moving on for our spiritual life.. But yet I didn't find any... I think now my Guru is available online 🙏😌
Such clarity in such short time! Thank you.
Swami ji Dhanyavad khup tujhya satya baddal 😊🙏
Superb explanation, Swami ji! :) But please note that software is purely physical just like hardware. In my opinion, it's not a good analogy for Sukshma Sharira. The software is just a certain arrangement of the atoms of the hard disk and can be measured using physical instruments. But the subtle body is inherently non-measurable and can only be experienced by the person.
And since the subtle body is non-physical, its existence can't be tied with any space-time coordinates. Hence, the idea of "travel" can't apply to subtle body either. Even if it travels, it can't be in our usual space-time and have to be in some other non-physical realm.
There can actually be no analogies for the subtle body from the external world.
Will be grateful to get your feedback on the above points. Pranaam!
softwares cant be touched or felt or sensed nor does it add to weight of hardwares . Its characters are completely virtual . Yes i agree we can see them Virtually .
Lol omg I loved the baby bucket analogy :)
Wow, how clearly explained this complex subject.
I have come across lot of mumbo jumbo explanations, which never satisfied me.
Thank you swamiji.
Awesome explaining. Pranaam Swamiji
How can i thank you..I was so confused....Its so clear now....my deepest pranams n reverence to u sir
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Excellent way of explaining the Vedanta using very good examples. Even a small child can understand the essence of Gita. Thank You very much Swamiji.
My humble pranams.
Truly an Informative lecture on a subject I had hardly any acquaintance with.
Dear Swamy. I bow to you. These videos are so knowledgeable, even an agyani like me can understand. Especially your metaphors are super easy to understand. Please keep uploading such videos. नमस्कार!
Can you please also give metaphors for moksha? Thank you!
"Oh dear sinless Arjun, You and I both have already taken many births before this, but only I could remember them all and you don't"
All those births you're referring to are simultaneous. While you're experiencing this one singular life, you are simultaneously experiencing many other lives in what we view as the "past" and the "future". Time as we experience it here _(linear time)_ is perception. Were you able to experience yourself in your totality, you'd see that indeed you are more than this individual you think of yourself. You are many many more of your own self.
@@SpiritualReform can you elaborate a little bit on that. That all is happening now.
@@bobmarely7606 Well, in truth there is only NOW. The past and the future happen within the same moment which is always NOW. Within this same moment you may experience many many things simultaneously all because it's always the same moment of now. What we see as the past or the future is just our perception of the experience itself seen as something that took place in a different moment which we may refer to as "the past." The moment never changes, however. Our perception of the experience and the association we create with these experiences are what change.
Think of this NOW moment as a jar. That jar remains always the same. What changes is the content _(experience)_ you put in the jar. Pour some water in it, then later on replace the water for some wine, to then later replace it with sand, and so on. The jar is still the same, however. The jar has no concept of time. All it is aware of is the moment of the experience itself. If right now there is sand in it, that is all it knows is taking place. If there was water in it before there was sand in it, it may recall that experience of the water content, but it sees it as an experience which no longer exists and is thus irrelevant to its present experience, or its existence which remains always the same as the Jar. That is the same with the essence of consciousness. It remains always the same. The only thing that changes is the experiences - but never the essence of consciousness itself.
If you think about it, you'll see that the future exists but in our perception and our projection of what we think or believe will happen next. However, when the future happens, it is happening always in a moment which you call _the present moment._ It's the same for the past. The past exists but in our perception of its existence, and with it we even create solid evidence of its existence and experience. All that you experience is created through your perception including the pc you're presently using to read these words. The pc is real, no doubt about it. It is you, however, creating it through this tool we call *perception,* which involves our thoughts, our beliefs, our emotions, etc. In fact, through our perception, we are all continually changing/adjusting events from our past experiences but we don't realize that we're doing so.
Linear time is *perception* that we in consciousness *choose* to experience from. In other realities time may be experienced differently, but it is still perception. Now, i'm assuming you were referring to our other lives which i referred to as simultaneous lives. This one is a bit of a different thing. We do have other lives taking place in what is referred to as different timeframes. In these other timeframes ppl experience what we view as our past and our future. You probably have another YOU presently experiencing in a 13th century lifestyle timeframe reality. This other you is from the same Essence as you. Thus you both share the same experiences as you are both interconnected through your Essence. What that other you is presently experiencing becomes also your experience, though you may not feel it right now as your experience. In your dreams you experience what your other selves are experiencing in their reality, only you go thinking it's just a dream. I've been able to chat with one of my future selves who works as a tech for time travel machines. Were you able to project yourself into any of these other timeframes, you'd be able to meet your other yous. Now you can understand that what others view and experience as their past lives is but themself tapping into the experience of their other selves, whether or not some of those experiences are still going on. There is more to this of course.
@@bobmarely7606 So, what happens after you die? You don't come back _(no reincarnation)_ given that you and your other aspects of your Essence _(which is you in your totality)_ have already experienced everything your Essence set itself up to experience in this physical reality. If you think you'd like to experience as a wise man, or as a doctor, etc., most likely that another you is already having those experiences. You will be then ready to move on and generate a new experience in a new reality that may have nothing to do with this Earth experience. Not meaning to complicate things, but we do also have contemporary lives _(usually no more than 5)_ living right here on the planet with us. I know two of my present other selves. One is a shaolin monk, another is a US politician. I could go meet them if i wanted to.
@RMA Why Gita? Have you not looked into other sources? As for references, there are only a few. Only now some ppl are discovering these truths. Check out Mira Kelley, a past life hypnotherapist - you'll be surprised with what she found. Check out Frank Kepple, an experienced astral travel projector who has venture where many haven't yet. Look up the Seth books by Jane Roberts. Look up the information given by Elias, channeled by Mary Ennis. Not to mention that since i was a child i've been having my own personal experiences for me to know and talk about such things. At 11 years old, by instinct i already knew there was no such thing as Karma. It just didn't make sense nor did it feel right. At 5 i experienced my connection with god, or the whole - i understood how we're all one. I've had out of body experiences. I've experienced being in two places simultaneously while awake walking down the street. I've connected with two of my future selves, and much much more.
Thanks swami, amazing explanations, with appropriate metaphors and unambiguous clarity. vedanta made easy and simple .Humanity is blessed .Let this message shine forth through out the world and bring about understanding ,peace and happiness .
😇 This is a question that many ponder. Love your clear explanation & the Spanish text. Heartfelt thanks from Australia.
Many of my confusions are clarified...
You know if this isn't the best video on reincarnation out there, I don't know what is 🔥 thanks
Why need moksha or freedom drom rebirth if the consciousness is the real one, the complete one and eternal given that is guided by vendeta?
Is suffering completely a bad thing?
This is excellent explanation of a difficult concept. Thanx a lot Swamiji.
What can I say to such masterful teaching skills and profound wisdom!!! You are a shining sun dear sir!
Question- in the examples, who is transferring the computer files and settings from computer to computer ? Or who is filling up the buckets and is transferring karma from bucket to bucket???
Nature
Thank you Swami for this brilliant video!
I have some confusion as a Buddhist, please help to solve;
1/Why Lord Buddha said *Anatma?
Does it mean No Brahman or No Soul or no individual soul or no *Shukshama Sharira?
2/Also Lord Buddha said The Mind is a magician!
Does mind and consciousness are two different?
I know you said the consciousness is one and Only brahman,then how do you explain the Mind?
I think that Bhagvan means 'the mind is a phenomenon that dissolves, does not have an intrinsic existence' when he spoke of 'anatta'. And what they are here calling 'atma' is the 'nirvana', the state without any qualities about which Bhagvan Buddha refused to speak, maybe because it cannot be grasped in terms of any mental contructs or concepts, and he was determined not to create any grasping to an idea or concept. It had to be experience directly, at the end of the journey..In advaita (as taught by the western teachers like Francis Lucille, who learnt it from the direct path teachers in india, among others) they speak of 'conciousness' awareness as the universal entity outside of time and space in which the 'mind' or 'sukshma sharira' appears as aphenomenon, persists for a long time and eventually dissolves back into the universal conciousness, once it realizes its true nature. The mind, the body are appear and are contained in the same medium. ..All these traditions have the same wisdom. it is so satisfying to see the harmony. Even theosophy, which HPB claimed was taught to her by the buddhist masters, has the same analysis. Even the 16th century visionary Emmanuel Swedonborg, realized something similar, but cast more in the mould of the chirstian comology.
Swami T how clear of you to use your modern day knowledge and expertise from your purvashrama into these ancient teaching. Thank you🙏
Such spaced out softly spoken...words..reflecting out pure knowledge through such intelligence....is so arresting.....deep pranams with utmost reverance Swamiji
Extraordinary clarity 🙏 never heard or experienced nebody explsining d phenomenon of REINCARNATION so calmly & succinctly.
Excellent! Namaste, dear Swami!
Thanks, Swamiji for such lucid explanation!
Hari Om Swamiji... beautifully illustrated with great examples which are relatable, making this topic picture clear. Thank you Swamiji
Amazing .... beautiful guru thankyou most humbly thankyou we are blessed by your grace wisdom and teachings
Guruji, this is the best presentation that I have heard on the subject. Grateful to you for sharing your wisdom.
Swamiji Thadatmananda is the world best teacher and guru of present days. This is my strong opinion and belief. Already I read all upanishaths what swamiji is mentioning. But With his teachings only I could understand those upanishaths well and better than before. We are all greatly indebted to you swamiji. Thank you very much. I am watching all videos more than three times. Namaskaramulu swamiji.
Wow! Was confused about it the day before and got the answer today. Thank you Paramatma!
Absolutely stunning presentation. Many thanks with deep appreciation and love 🙏🏼