I think it was Ramakrishna that died of throat cancer. The doctors insisted he keep silence, to prevent inflammation around the throat cancer, but he refused, giving teachings until his death. A great example of pain without suffering. Ramana Maharshi died of arm cancer, beginning in his elbow. Ramana refused anasthesia and had several surgeries while awake. He said it burned "like a thousand chilis." Swamiji said it is possible to experience pain without suffering. Ramana is a living example. Both of them, amazing people. We are blessed to have them with us, even now.
The one thing about pain that an intelligent individual and the society of the individual is it’s undeniability, yet governments have in their ignorance have restricted remedies from the right to die to the use of narcotics.Vedantins could shed some light on the subject in contradiction to the Judeao- Christian by simply speaking truth to present day authority.
Some restrictions of narcotics are necessary, as humans have learned many times. Otherwise, people will use them out of context and become addicts. Reference the opium dens of China and southeast Asia only 100 years ago. Some restrictions of right to die are necessary. Otherwise, people will cause great distress to their loved ones unecessarily, when they can be treated for their respective condition. These are not Christian morals prohibiting, they are the result of our history of unrestricted practices and their terrible results. But, then governments have also decided to profit from those restrictions. So, we need a better balance and a different social attitude toward them.
Please switch off the auto focus. As you move you keep going in and out of focus and only the back wall remains in focus. Please arrange for the focus to be set on your face in a normal sitting position and the depth of field should take care of any movement with you remaining in focus. Thank you for all the valuable education!
I saw so many debates about questions like existence of God. It is frustrating as i see no new point. We see the same nonsense. People use arguments like fine tuning to prove that the most absurd god they believe exists. A god who can do anything. A god who is all knowing, all powerful, compassionate. A god who can solve 10^1000000000000000000000000000000000 open problems in math where each problem is as tough as P ve NP problem. A god who knows the state of each and every particle in this universe from the time of the beginning of the universe to the present. A god with such incredible memory who can store so much data. He knows everything. People are comfortable with this absurd improbable god but cannot believe in abiogenisis. They argue that god created life. In most of the debates we see same things. It is annoying.
There are better arguments for the existence of Īśvara, but these arguments cannot establish His existence definitively. Rather, these arguments are useful in demonstrating that God is a more reasonable hypothesis than atheism. Śaṅkarācarya himself denies that Nayāyika claim that Īśvara can be known through mere inference (anumāna) (BSB 1.1.2). Yet this does not stop him from putting forth design arguments and cosmological arguments (BSB 2.2.1-2.2.5) to explain the reasonability of Īśvara being the nimiṭṭa kāraṇa of the world.
Not really sir, all software without exception is indeed deterministic. There is no such thing as true random number generators, only pseudorandom ones that always produce the same result upon receiving the same input, or seed, which is usually the current date and time. There are specialized machines that use radioactive decay or other random physical processes to generate truly random numbers but all normal computers are indeed 100% deterministic, which is why it's always possible to debug them, even software used by gambling websites.
I think this will fall under the explanation given in 59:35. As Swamiji explains, Advaita Vedanta is a methodology that involves a series of steps that will guide the spiritual seeker into discovering his/her own True Nature (which is not the doer). Free will, on the other hand, is something that is recommended to be accepted in the beginning because it is useful to have that confidence that we can indeed discover Atma rather than leaving it to let's say "Isvara's will" or "Randomness" or whatever is the opposite of free will. If Free Will is not accepted at the start, one will probably purposely not take the spiritual journey seriously. Ironically, the result will most likely be ineffectively random with minimal chance of ending suffering. As Swamiji discussed in many of his classes, it would be wise to use what's recommended as stepping stones to reach enlightenment(if that is one's goal). We step on the stones to reach the next while leaving the previous ones behind. In other words, we are being led to outgrow things within our psyche in order to reach the fullness within ourselves. 🙏
Hey I tried watching again but this swami comes across as very annoyed for walking past camera and sometimes at the question - at his own students. He should continue making videos where he presents himself in a calm and pleasant manner. Too arrogant and only laughs at his own jokes.
I saw this after I replied to another commenter. My initial reaction was to defend Swamiji but that would mean I would be taking sides. I'll just say this, nobody is perfect. It's a cliche but it made me realize that if I try to put everyone in the mold that's the most similar to who I am as a person then it would make my mind very noisy. It's a personal choice of mine to pick the path where it's quieter in my mind and I am sharing this because maybe it can help. If not then the world will keep spinning and we move on 🙂🙏
@dangem5022 but then you have not heard the story of the guru's student who would get annoyed by an old woman. In the end the student thanks the lady because his mind does not agitated. It is not a matter of not being perfect. Invite the people and afford them patience - they are there to learn from you, the teacher. And there is no shame in that.
I think it was Ramakrishna that died of throat cancer. The doctors insisted he keep silence, to prevent inflammation around the throat cancer, but he refused, giving teachings until his death. A great example of pain without suffering.
Ramana Maharshi died of arm cancer, beginning in his elbow. Ramana refused anasthesia and had several surgeries while awake. He said it burned "like a thousand chilis." Swamiji said it is possible to experience pain without suffering. Ramana is a living example.
Both of them, amazing people. We are blessed to have them with us, even now.
प्रणाम स्वामी जी 🙏🙂… as always… सहस्रों धन्यवाद 🙏🙏🙏🙏…
Thank you for another great Satsang.
🙏
Om Tat Sat
Thanks Swamiji for taking our questions.
Shanti, shanti, shanti 🙏
Pranam Guruji 🙏
Pranam.
Thanks for the 3 practical points for an argument, I have always been ignoring the emotional component
Ohh, I missed it 😮
The one thing about pain that an intelligent individual and the society of the individual is it’s undeniability, yet governments have in their ignorance have restricted remedies from the right to die to the use of narcotics.Vedantins could shed some light on the subject in contradiction to the Judeao- Christian by simply speaking truth to present day authority.
Some restrictions of narcotics are necessary, as humans have learned many times. Otherwise, people will use them out of context and become addicts. Reference the opium dens of China and southeast Asia only 100 years ago. Some restrictions of right to die are necessary. Otherwise, people will cause great distress to their loved ones unecessarily, when they can be treated for their respective condition. These are not Christian morals prohibiting, they are the result of our history of unrestricted practices and their terrible results.
But, then governments have also decided to profit from those restrictions. So, we need a better balance and a different social attitude toward them.
Please switch off the auto focus. As you move you keep going in and out of focus and only the back wall remains in focus. Please arrange for the focus to be set on your face in a normal sitting position and the depth of field should take care of any movement with you remaining in focus. Thank you for all the valuable education!
I saw so many debates about questions like existence of God. It is frustrating as i see no new point. We see the same nonsense. People use arguments like fine tuning to prove that the most absurd god they believe exists. A god who can do anything. A god who is all knowing, all powerful, compassionate. A god who can solve 10^1000000000000000000000000000000000 open problems in math where each problem is as tough as P ve NP problem. A god who knows the state of each and every particle in this universe from the time of the beginning of the universe to the present. A god with such incredible memory who can store so much data. He knows everything. People are comfortable with this absurd improbable god but cannot believe in abiogenisis. They argue that god created life. In most of the debates we see same things. It is annoying.
There are better arguments for the existence of Īśvara, but these arguments cannot establish His existence definitively. Rather, these arguments are useful in demonstrating that God is a more reasonable hypothesis than atheism. Śaṅkarācarya himself denies that Nayāyika claim that Īśvara can be known through mere inference (anumāna) (BSB 1.1.2). Yet this does not stop him from putting forth design arguments and cosmological arguments (BSB 2.2.1-2.2.5) to explain the reasonability of Īśvara being the nimiṭṭa kāraṇa of the world.
Not really sir, all software without exception is indeed deterministic. There is no such thing as true random number generators, only pseudorandom ones that always produce the same result upon receiving the same input, or seed, which is usually the current date and time. There are specialized machines that use radioactive decay or other random physical processes to generate truly random numbers but all normal computers are indeed 100% deterministic, which is why it's always possible to debug them, even software used by gambling websites.
Interesting
Swamiji isn’t prana a coduit of consciousness through the variouse energies centers?
how can "I am not the doer" and free will both be true?
I think this will fall under the explanation given in 59:35. As Swamiji explains, Advaita Vedanta is a methodology that involves a series of steps that will guide the spiritual seeker into discovering his/her own True Nature (which is not the doer). Free will, on the other hand, is something that is recommended to be accepted in the beginning because it is useful to have that confidence that we can indeed discover Atma rather than leaving it to let's say "Isvara's will" or "Randomness" or whatever is the opposite of free will. If Free Will is not accepted at the start, one will probably purposely not take the spiritual journey seriously. Ironically, the result will most likely be ineffectively random with minimal chance of ending suffering.
As Swamiji discussed in many of his classes, it would be wise to use what's recommended as stepping stones to reach enlightenment(if that is one's goal). We step on the stones to reach the next while leaving the previous ones behind. In other words, we are being led to outgrow things within our psyche in order to reach the fullness within ourselves. 🙏
Hey I tried watching again but this swami comes across as very annoyed for walking past camera and sometimes at the question - at his own students. He should continue making videos where he presents himself in a calm and pleasant manner. Too arrogant and only laughs at his own jokes.
I saw this after I replied to another commenter. My initial reaction was to defend Swamiji but that would mean I would be taking sides. I'll just say this, nobody is perfect. It's a cliche but it made me realize that if I try to put everyone in the mold that's the most similar to who I am as a person then it would make my mind very noisy. It's a personal choice of mine to pick the path where it's quieter in my mind and I am sharing this because maybe it can help. If not then the world will keep spinning and we move on 🙂🙏
Before enlightenment you chop wood and carry water after enlightenment you chop wood and carry water
@dangem5022 but then you have not heard the story of the guru's student who would get annoyed by an old woman. In the end the student thanks the lady because his mind does not agitated. It is not a matter of not being perfect. Invite the people and afford them patience - they are there to learn from you, the teacher. And there is no shame in that.