Why is the World False? | Swami Sarvapriyananda
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- Опубликовано: 1 сен 2022
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Swami Sarvapriyananda is the resident minister at the Vedanta Society of New York.
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When accused of being mad, bhagwan ramakrishna paramhansa said: 'how is it possible for the one who thinks of consciousness all the time to lose consciousness?' For the one who has realized, he alone has woken up. To him, all of the world looks like a mere dream, a mere play of the divine dreamer (mother, as sri ramakrishna called it). The brahmajnana path involves self enquiry(who am I ?) and is meant to dissolve the questioner. Simple as it seems, the path of jnana is not at all easy. It requires us to reject all and search for the supreme. It requires discrimination - saying neti to all that is not the divine consciousness. The path of bhakti, on the other hand is easy. It involves the directing of all feelings-good and bad to god alone- the feelings of santa, Dasya, sakhya,vatsalya and madhur. To the one who thinks of himself as in relationship with god, and thinks that all there is (this world and its beings) belong to god alone, loves all as they are all god's. In him the whole of god consiousness manifests, and all, including the attachment to this little self, dissolves in the fire of bhakti and he attains to immortality. For him all has become god including himself. That's why you would not see as many sannyasis in India as Bhaktas from all around. Almost every household pursues bhakti in subtle or strong form. May this land be blessed with holy places from all the religions always. Om namah shivaya.
Hearing these ultimate truths; the dull witted man is bewildered.
Hearing these ultimate truths; the wise man retreats within in ultimate bliss and appears dull witted.
(As Ramakrishna paramhansa appears dull witted in deep samadhi)
(Ashtavakra)
With regards to your use of the word "questioner", the question is actually already desolved and its just that the questioner doesnt know it (yet). The questioneris on 'the journey' and mustn't be provided the concept that the viel of questions and answers is illusion else one may hinder this blessed journey.
The questioner hasn't yet undercovered the illusory viel to automatically realise this (not that something else is now required). In reality there is no questioner because there are no answers. The supreme reality is and alone is. Questions and answers are just imagined.
On this topic and studying the Astavakra Gita it becomes apparent to be a subtle extension to the Great Bhagavad Gita and imdeed a reminder of Astavakra Gita 2.15: "in reality knowledge, the knowable, and the knower do not exist." Referring ofcourse to Bhagavad Gita chapter 13.
Shankrachaya, Atma Bodha:
Distinctions between knower, known and knowledge are absent in the true self, Atma. This is because Area's nature is limitless, non-dual consciousness. It alone shines.
As Kabir says:
I laugh when when I hear that the fish in water is thirsty
I laugh when I hear people go on pilgrimage to find God
God is within. It is not an external attainment that is somewhere in the future and other than here and now. God is here now. Now here. And nowhere because he is nowhere outside of you. God is not other than you. Infact the aspect "other than you" is not. It cannot exist. Therefore nothing exists other than you. Other than God.
Indeed as you say all gets dissolved in the fire of bhakti. Bhakti is indeed without a doubt the greatest and the greatest of all Jnana.
Hari Aum Tat Sat 🙏
@@jshdhdyjfjdjfhfyyene731 Very true. As ramana maharshi says: ' God cannot be seen because he alone is the seer' ...and Vivekananda puts it forward too : 'God is knowable and unknowable. Knowable in the sense that he is the closest possible thing to you. He alone is the close one all other relations die away. It is because he is you and you are him. He is unknowable because to know an object, there must be a subject. But It is impossible to see god as an object because he himself is a subject. There is no object. All is god and god alone.
প্রকৃতপক্ষে আমি কে ?
উত্তর :
আপনি দেহ বা মন নয় , আপনি আদমা বা চেতনা ।
দড়ীকে সাপ ভাবার মতো আপনি নিজেকে যাহা ভাবছেন , আসলে আপনি তাহা নন।অর্থাৎ মায়া বা দৃষ্টি ভ্রমের কারনে নিজের আদমা পরিচয় ভূলে আপনি দেহকে আমি ভাবছেন এক দ্বৈত ভাবের মনোজগতে। এই শক্তিশালী দেহরুপ আমি ভাবনার অপর নাম মানব প্রকৃতি বা আমিত্ব বা অহম । আত্ম পরিচয় বা আদমাকে খোঁজার নামে এই মানব প্রকৃতি বা আমিত্বের কোনরুপ পরিবর্তন গীতা সহ সকল ধর্ম গ্রন্হ নিষেধ করেছেন । কারনএর পরিবর্তনে জড় বন্ধন ভেংগে যায় । নিষ্কাম কর্মের নামে কর্মের কর্তৃত্বের দাবী ছেড়ে দিলে বা অদ্বৈতবাদের নামে ভাল মন্দ দ্বৈতবাদের শৃংখল ভেংগে শুন্যধামে চলে গেলে জগতের কার্যকরন সুত্র অকার্যকর হয়ে বেজে উঠে এই গান : তোমার কর্ম তুমি কর মা লোকে বলে করি আমি ।
তখন মানুষ আর মানুষ থাকেনা , সে প্রতিক্রিয়া শুন্য পরম নির্বিকার মজ্জুব হয়ে পরে । আত্মদর্শীরা এর নাম দিয়েছে ব্রম্ম জ্ঞান ও মোক্ষলাভ । মহা মায়াকে অতক্রম করে নিজেকে চেনার এই ধর্ম বিরোধী স্তরে কোটিতে গুটিক যেতে পারে। বাকী সবাই শুনা ও বলার স্তরের রসিক মাত্র।
মানুষের কাজ ভগমানকে না দেখে তার আদেশ নিষেদের দাসত্ব করা যার নাম ধর্ম। আদমা বা চেতনা সেজে নিজেকে দেখা বা ভগমানকে খোঁজা নয় , যার নাম দর্শন । ভগমানের কাছে ধর্ম গৃহিত হবে , দর্শন নয়। তাই গীতা বলে : ধর্মং ততু সাক্ষাৎ ভগবান প্রণীতম ।
Wonderful conversation. This is from the perspective of an unrealised soul. A realised soul already knows that Brahman (consciousness) alone exists and there is no seeker distinct from Brahman, and hence the term self-realization makes sense.
Very well said 😊
There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.
- Gautama Buddha
Swami Sarva Priyananda is probably the greatest Indian philosopher after Swami Vivekananda. 🙏🏽
Most delightful 13 minutes of learning
Devotion (bhakti) is the poetry of the soul, and knowledge (jñana) is the poet who represents it with ideas, and both are the divine arms that embrace the existence of the Self.
All glories to Swami Sarvapriyananda who brings divine poetry and supreme understanding to all of us.
Thats a nice way to put it 👌
really liked what you said..
@@oln3678 yes brother.namaste Love from Bharat.
Oom tat sat
Yes.
There is eternal and ever-fresh movie. It is called Krishna lila.
Im from morocco, swami sarvapriyananda changed my life, from desiring suicide to "life". I love you so much swami. I dream to meet you one day, but morocco is so far 😔, i dream to read your book ( who am I) but there is no pdf version, and i can not have it in morocco, please how to have it?
Thank you for saving your life dear , never ever think about it again
@@vedicarya7 ❤️
You can read Swami Vivekananda's complete work.I think you have known all about how to collect those books now.
Swamiji's responses to questions are always laced with wit, self-effacing humor and, most important of all, penetrating insights. But this one takes the cake (or cookie!!). Thanks to Swamiji for pointing out in what sense does Advaita term the world we experience to be "false" and how the understanding of it offers a direct path to enlightenment. Yet, I yearn for the next "Ask Swami" session!
Thank you Swami for your consistent pointing to the ultimate reality. I’ve been watching for years now, often leaving for multiple months at a time, but you are always there for me to come back to, reminding me that “that thou art!” Much love ❤️
Pranaam Swami Saravpriyananda ji. Stay blessed
Love swamiji's teachings!
Love Swamiji's teachings.
Thank you Swami ji for your precious teachings!
The divine quality of the guruji is transforming the complex message into talks
enjoyable indeed !! great listening .....grateful
Very clear teaching. Thank you Swami ji. Pranam.
What an aesthetic exposition for Advaitha, THE BRAIN-TONIC, in these days of modern science!
Rajju Sarpa Bhraanthi, leaving rajju, the rope, for reality for fear less amusement of the Rest Of Life!!
Simply SUPERB!!!
Pranaam swamiji, Missing your live QnA sessions.
Thanks to you oh my Guru and to the god. You have truly reduced so much suffering from my life through all your teachings. A thousand pranaams!
Just superb … words fail to express my appreciation of the subject and the way it is explained .🙏
Pranam Swamiji. How logically explained !
Excellent explanation can’t get better… humbled sir
Pranams Sarvaji!!!🙏🙏🙏
You brought me to tears Guru ji, 🙏🙏🙏
The KEY word to remember is ‘manifestation’ of our realisation. All is mental masturbation of ego gone crazy until,through practice, realisation sets in that if there is only Brahman,the I is not.
Humility,forgiveness,love,compassion and all such attributes automatically flow from us. Now imagine a world where the I is replaced by thou. Everything changes. Best wishes to all of us.
Is your Guru Sriraman?
I don’t know who that is. My guru was sant darshan singhji maharaj
What is mental masturbation of ego sir?
You are the best Guru the way you teach 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Such a perfect expression of Love, thank thee ❤️🙏
Pranam Swamiji!
Pranams Swamiji 🙏
Thank you so much, Guruji for this so much wonderful explanation.
Maharaj my sincerest regards and gratitude to you Maharaj
Pronam neben Swamiji 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
We are blessed he chiselling our sadhana
What is a physical world to minded consciousness is just itself to pure consciousness.
Wonderful Swami🙏thank you ,thank you ,thank you❤
What a simple and wonderful summary of the distinctions of these paths. Thank-you and Hari Om Swamiji!🙏
First time listening ... very worthwhile teaching.
Pranaam Swamiji
Omg! So much wisdom in any random clip of swamiji.
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Wonderful explanation done by you, Swami ji.
Pronam swamiji 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Pranam Swamiji.🙏🙏
Eagerly waiting for your Gita classes and Upanishad classes. Stay blessed. 🙏🙏
Where can we see them or participate in them?
Brilliant clarity of thought and explanation.
Hari Om,pranam,Swamiji
Happy teachers day swamiji🙏
Superb 👌👌
Thank you Swami ji 🙏🙏🙏
Best explanation of Maya I've ever seen.
Pranaam maharaj🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Vumistha Pranam Swami Ji🌺
Pranaam swamiji
Namaskarams🙏🙏🙏 Swami ji🙏
So happy to watch, listen to this excerpt 🙏🙏🙏today🙏. Eagerly waiting for the sessions in the coming weeks of september ( your Lectures and classes of Upanishad , Bhagavatgita🙏🙏🙏) Love and Respect from Helsinki Finland 🙏
Where can we see them or participate in them?
Pranam Guruji
Pranaam🙏🙏
Pranam. This is the most difficult fact to realise - falsity of the world. Something,that is always available for direct perception, how that can be false! Swamijee explains very well. It needs to be munched upon. 🙏🏻
If you can perceive it or conceive it, it is not. Have you read "The Unborn Gita", by Pradeep Apte? You can find a recording of it on YT.
If you believe that world is false, try jumping from a high rise building. Mayavada is clever, but disingenuous. Vishishta Adwaita philosophy comes closer to truth.
@@vasukinagabhushan Jumping would not prove the world was not Maya, a dream, or an illusion any more than letting the body die of old age, cancer, or murder. If it can come and go, it is not you. You are prior to birth and death.
Ego is false and when we are in world we see collection of egos acting one upon other and making world move. When one realises there is no ego, he realises this world is born out of agyana (ego) hence one jump to conclusion this world is false. But when one realises more that he was being played by nature and he is part of nature. He is not doer, then unity comes and self identity that I am only this body is fakse then he become jagat(existence). again when one realises more...
pranams swamiji🙏🏻
Thanks a lot to explain so easy way in Vedanta philosophical concept.🌸🌸🙏🙏🌺🌺🍀🌸🌸
He is leading us to the lord of lords of the Supreme lord of the universe we are all blessed
Swami can point fingers at the truth, but we have to see it.
Nutshell of Vedantic teachings narrated in simple language!
Pranams Swamiji.🙏🏻
Namaste🙏
Pranam to Sri Thakurji and to all 🌺🙏🌹
Guruji is from God we are blessed the Supreme guruji
Thank you thank you thank you guruji
Thank you Swami ji xx
Oh ! What an explanation !
Pranam Maharaj
Most beautiful
THANK U 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Swami sarvapriyananda.. pls do a video on dakshinamurthy stotram
Pranam Sarvaji 🙏🙏🙏 kindly tell us your meditation experiences. Eagerly waiting ☺️
Very lucidly explained.
Because it is not permanent ❤🎉
Hariboool Hariboool Hariboool
Thaaaaaaaaank you
✌️🎊🕉️🙏🎉☺️🦚🤗🤓😊♾️👍💯
Hari 🕉 pronam sawmije
Wonderful. Most easy. We know that but remains unknown. Swamiji ' s lectures on attachments and detachments and reality and apperente world true and false Brahman and Maya . That's what we need to know and understand.thanks swamiji
Golden words Swami Vivekananda and Swami Sarvapriya Anand ji❤❤.
Pronam nio Maharaj Pronam nio
Long leave guruji let the lord be with him always we love you we love you
loved this video.
Swamiji in top notch form
॥जय श्रीरामकृष्ण॥
Namaskar Swami Sarvapriyanandaji Maharaj 🙏🏻
धन्यवाद
Thank you. When will Swamiji be back to do more teachings?
Only Vadanta explains everything
We need strength to realize it, difficult but not impossible.🙏
You are Brahman. You don't need anything.
@@alukuhitoyes but we should be constantly reminded about it
@@thyagarajant.r.3256 Who is "we"?
@@alukuhito ignorant people are meant by the termwe.Of course strictly speaking allare one Brahman
Jay Maa Jay Thakurji Jay Swamiji ........Pranaam Maharajji
Swami 🙏🙏🙏
Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna
You are very good in hearing. Pain somewhere in the body does not go without taking a suitable medicine.Hunger thrust required some inputs.Brahman will do nothing. We are fond off a Brahman who can Full fill our desires passions and keep us ALWAYS pleased and happy swamiji. Thanks
Thrust or thirst?
Vivekananda jocularly remarked inUSA that brahmagyana will not get you a candy...! It means that God will only help those who help themselves...transcenental reality cannot be brought down to the level of workaday reality...Render unto Caesar what is Caesars and render unto God what is God's...!!
Swamijee, I had a dream that I was stuck up at parapet wall of house. It was so narrow that i was scarring to be there for longer time, neither I could jump up and climb on terrace nor I could take a decision of jumping down on ground ( considering more distances) suddenly I realised that such thing can not happen, I must be dreaming and as soon as I wake up I will find that I am safe on my bed but still neither I could wake myself up, nor could open the eyes. Hence decided that I should jump down (as climbing on terrace tried but could not succeed.) Even knowing that this is 100% dream, I scared of jumping down. But within next 5 minutes I woke up. This was my first time experience of knowing that I am dreaming. What is the meaning of above.
This universe is not false, never; it's Maya,& Maya is not false it's ever changing ; a manifestation of a bigger existence where all the creative, maintenance & destructive forces play together - it provides one with great knowledge & application. We must all respect & acknowledge this
প্রকৃতপক্ষে আমি কে ?
উত্তর :
আপনি দেহ বা মন নয় , আপনি আদমা বা চেতনা ।
দড়ীকে সাপ ভাবার মতো আপনি নিজেকে যাহা ভাবছেন , আসলে আপনি তাহা নন।অর্থাৎ মায়া বা দৃষ্টি ভ্রমের কারনে নিজের আদমা পরিচয় ভূলে আপনি দেহকে আমি ভাবছেন এক দ্বৈত ভাবের মনোজগতে। এই শক্তিশালী দেহরুপ আমি ভাবনার অপর নাম মানব প্রকৃতি বা আমিত্ব বা অহম । আত্ম পরিচয় বা আদমাকে খোঁজার নামে এই মানব প্রকৃতি বা আমিত্বের কোনরুপ পরিবর্তন গীতা সহ সকল ধর্ম গ্রন্হ নিষেধ করেছেন । কারনএর পরিবর্তনে জড় বন্ধন ভেংগে যায় । নিষ্কাম কর্মের নামে কর্মের কর্তৃত্বের দাবী ছেড়ে দিলে বা অদ্বৈতবাদের নামে ভাল মন্দ দ্বৈতবাদের শৃংখল ভেংগে শুন্যধামে চলে গেলে জগতের কার্যকরন সুত্র অকার্যকর হয়ে বেজে উঠে এই গান : তোমার কর্ম তুমি কর মা লোকে বলে করি আমি ।
তখন মানুষ আর মানুষ থাকেনা , সে প্রতিক্রিয়া শুন্য পরম নির্বিকার মজ্জুব হয়ে পরে । আত্মদর্শীরা এর নাম দিয়েছে ব্রম্ম জ্ঞান ও মোক্ষলাভ । মহা মায়াকে অতক্রম করে নিজেকে চেনার এই ধর্ম বিরোধী স্তরে কোটিতে গুটিক যেতে পারে। বাকী সবাই শুনা ও বলার স্তরের রসিক মাত্র।
মানুষের কাজ ভগমানকে না দেখে তার আদেশ নিষেদের দাসত্ব করা যার নাম ধর্ম। আদমা বা চেতনা সেজে নিজেকে দেখা বা ভগমানকে খোঁজা নয় , যার নাম দর্শন । ভগমানের কাছে ধর্ম গৃহিত হবে , দর্শন নয়। তাই গীতা বলে : ধর্মং ততু সাক্ষাৎ ভগবান প্রণীতম ।
Great
Swamiji could have used the concept of illusion to explain it, rather than restricting the discussion to True or False. Mirage is a phenomenon that creates the illusion of water. Only the water believed is false, but the Ingredients behind it and the phenomenon are true (like sunlight, air and objects reflected, and sunlight passing through the heated air undergoing deflection) without which there is no illusion in the first place
Yes, some Advaithians wrongly interpret Maya as the illusion through which Brahman falsely appears as the universe. Maya is the creative shakthi of Brahman and it is absolutely real. It also means the world is also real. Mithya also does not mean false. It means temporary or relative existence. eg Office work may be temporary but not false.
or in the form of cosmic allegories, we can explain that nondual Shiva and duality capable Shakthi or Maya CANNOT exist without each other. It is like saying ADVAITHA and DVAITHA are INCOMPLETE without each other. This is Sankhya Vedic metaphysics (around which the whole hindu tradition was built including its templet tradition, yoga and tantra) which can be validated by logic, double slit quantum experiment and embodied experience.
Advaita might well be the "highest" teaching. That would be its strength as well as its weakness. The vast majority of us are not going to realize at that height but will feel proud of understanding, intellectually, the highest teaching, mistaking that for realization, which never comes. Personally, I cannot foresee a day where I would be beyond caring whether I am reclining on the beach, happily contemplating the vast ocean and blue sky as opposed to burning alive in a fire or drowning in said ocean. Ramana, Ramakrishna, Buddha, were one of a kind. Who can surrender to that degree?
It takes time lol ask the questions to yourself and don't stop
Just understand that all your questions have been asked multiple times thousands of years ago, you are going through it all.
Have you read "The Unborn Guru", or listened to it here on YT? It is by Pradeep Apte.
Just imagine a kind of natural 'high' that get you so high, that it dont matter if you relax or burn
It comes by itself at some point. Maybe not in this lifetime. But all are destined to grow tired of experiencing all the phenomena, good and bad alike. It is then that slowly you stop discriminating between things you desire and things you reject. You won't get joy from a day at the beach and you won't feel terror when faced with disease, pain or death. All experiences become equal and are let go of.
You can't make that happen, but it happens to all at some point in the course of numerous lifetimes. You can also not stop it from happening. It doesn't seem very appealing to be indifferent towards all experiences, does it. So, the ego usually doesn't really strive for this. Only when the purusha has truly tired of experiencing, you start throwing yourself into the current that pulls you towards indiscrimination. Until then, you practice spirituality to get something out of it, to feel better, to become a better person etc. Nonduality will come quite late in the journey. But it's good to hear about it nonetheless.
It is all about understanding
Awesome Inc y u r right
11:00 "and by the way it might surprise you..." Indeed it does! As a Christian who has come to understand the non-dual teachings of Christ experientially it's cheering to know my beliefs are a form of qualified monism and that this is considered a valid path by wiser heads than mine.
Thank you pujya swami ji maharaj. It was very confusing initially. Still it looks true due to bodily attachment maybe or Maybe no one accepts the truth of death easily. Thank you pujya swami ji sarvapriyanand ji. If the root cause is known than only result can be achieved. If world doesn't exists. Or Mithya. The Lone Bramhan only remains automatically. Actually it is slightly difficult to accept this very true vedantic explanation. Sir if I am not wrong I think mandukya Upanishad.
If I do little bit of more hard work concentration and regular watching and listening to your talks pujya Swami ji maybe I can little bit pull my mind or thought's from going towards worldly activities and concentrate more on Bramhan. Or Aatman.
Once Again I am Grateful and thankful to you for opening my eyes otherwise I may spent my entire life only engaged in worldly activities.
I pray to almighty to save this knowledge with the help of saints like you pujya swami ji otherwise this knowledge is not easily available at temple's or so many other religions places which are really good and peaceful and spiritual but mostly it is bhakti only.
Om Peace. Om Shanti. 🙏
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JOY Ramakrishna