I´m loving this podcast and I don´t find the subject dry at all despite being Brazilian. I´m lucky enough to speak English and therefore I´m able to read books in English about the subject because I can´t find them in Portuguese. The only difficulty I have in this podcast (and I´m NOT complaining at all) is to understand the accent a bit lol. However it is so rich in details that I don´t mind having to rewind a couple of times to listen to it again. The captions help a lot too. Thank you guys very much for this!!! May God bless you all!
A Brazilian person has asked (below in the Comments section) for "captions" for Acharya's pronouncements. Perhaps, he means sub-titles. Can our Acharya help please? With Pranams!
@krishnamurtiganesh6902 I do not see anyone in comments asking for Captions/ subtitles for Brazilians. If anyone requires, they can use the Autotranslate option in RUclips and get Portuguese Captions... Please try.
Very Happy to See Our People are Not Fighting with each other in Comment Section and Having Healthy Discussion. Or else they all will be keep fighting over Dvaita Advaita... The Blessings of Lord Hari are there 🌼🪷
Pranams to Swamiji. This eternal knowledge is a treasure which can be assimilated only through continuous listening of your podcasts. The subject is a great treasure not a dry subject. Even for a person of my mediocre knowledge, the explanation was lucid and simple. Pranams to the lotus feet of Swamiji and our great Acharyas
i am Srivaishnava and generally see Advaita being derogatoryly mocked by other sects of Vishnu followers and i am disappointed, but i am really in fond of Kanchi periyava and his tejas and one of the best sanyasis ever lived and has huge respect towards Shankara bhagawatpada followers, Tq
Great explanation - balanced and accurate. It is refreshing to see a talk which respects all three sampradayas without putting any of them down. It is also wonderful to see young swamis with such knowledge. Hari Om.
@@rameshtsundupalli1913 Just because someone says someone is supreme doesn't become true.Truth remains truth always so yes Shreeman Narayana alone is Supreme
Adiyen. Thankyou for your efforts to spread sampradayam in a language we can understand. Podcast is content rich and touched upon all important aspects of siddhantas. Raghunathswami and Madhav Swami raised the enthusiasm quotient throughout the interview.
Well explained ideology of Our சம்ப்ரதாயம் vishishtadavitham. This is our basic principle every vaishnavaite should know. கோடி நமஸ்காரம் to your service. Adiyen ramanuja Dasan 🙏🙏🙏
Swamin. Pranaam. 🙏🙏🙏Your explanation is very lucid for layman to understand Brahman. Jivatma are like CA aspirants who have to swim in the ocean tides to reach the shore which is tougher to achieve but possible only by His grace. 🙏🙏🙏
Swamy 🙏you have clarity and knowledge your attitude is positive and inclusive please continue the discussions the questions asked were very important, all the best.
Good conversation. Thanks! A short summary of my understanding on the topic below : Advaita: Only the Non-dual pure consciousness(Nirguna Brahman) exists. Jiva, Ishwara with personal qualities(Saguna) and universe never even existed/exists/ will exist(Ajatavada). Their seeming existence at Vyavaharika level is just an illusion(Maya). Goal of a spiritual aspirant is to realize that he/she is nothing but Nirguna brahman through Jnana yoga alone. Vishishta Advaita: Brahman is personal only(Saguna and not nirguna). Ishwara(Vishnu), Jiva and Jagat is fundamentally real and not illusory. Brahman/Vishnu has transformed Himself to Jiva and Jagat(Parinamavada- Upadana and Nimitta karana is Brahman). The relation between Jiva and Vishnu is sesha/Seshi. Goal of the aspirant is to first realise his/her true nature as jivatman(Atma Avalokana) and then reach vaikunta through Bhakti yoga and attain moksha. Post Salvation, the jiva retains its individual identity and attains the same bliss as brahman , but still lacks the power of brahman to create, sustain and destroy. Dvaita vedanta : Brahman is personal only(Saguna and not nirguna). Ishwara(Vishnu), Jiva and Jagat are fundamentally real and different from one another(Pancha bheda).Brahman/Vishnu has not transformed Himself to Jiva and Jagat(Upadana karana is prakriti and Nimitta karana is Brahman). Goal of the spiritual aspirant is to realise his/her dependence on Vishnu and aspire to reach moksha through Bhakti yoga. Post Salvation, Jiva retains its individual identity and remains a constant servant to Vishnu. Jiva experiences bliss but that never equals the bliss of brahman even in moksha.
In VA, It's not really transformation of Brahman or parinaamavaad. Sukshma Chit-achit vishisht Brahman transforms into Sthul chit-achit-vishisht Brahman. There is no transformation in Brahman but his body undergoes transformation from sukshma to sthoola. As he is inseparable from his body, body being his inseparable attribute; he is upaadaan kaaranam. Sukshma chit-achit-vishisht Brahma is upaadaan kaaranam. That's understanding of adiyen. Swami would take up this question later for better understanding
@@manishkumar-xq6xn Brahman according to Vishista advaita is a pan organic whole comprising of Jiva and Jagat(modes/body of Brahman). By Parinamavada it is not implied that brahman changes itself to become jiva and Jagat. Brahman/Vishnu is eternal and unchanging. However both the the material and instrumental(Updana and Nimitta) cause of Jiva and Jagat is Brahman alone. Technically this mode transformation of brahman without losing its eternal nature in to Jiva and Jagat by being both the material and instrumental cause of it is called as brahma prakara parinama vada.
I am a follower of Advaita Vedanta sampradaya. It's wonderful to see that Vishistadvaita is being propagated. There's not much online content of this sampradaya. Continue the good work. 🙏 Hari Om
We need such talks like this on the Vishishtadvaita darshan. There is a lot of videos on Advaitam. We need to explore this as well to understand it better. Thank you for this wonderful conversation which is very Illuminating. I look forward to many hours of learning! Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
This is a very lucid and clear exposition of three sampradhyam . At such a young age Sri Varadarajan is a great addition to Sri Vaishnava sampradhyam . He comes from an illustrious Paravastu Bhattar Piran direct disciple ( one of 8 acharyas) of Swamy Manavala Mamuni . It is also a pleasure to note that Sri Varadarajan was in the first group of students of late Varadacharya Patasala in Srirangam . Velukudi Varadacharya was a most illustrious Kalakshepam and was the prominent Sri Karpangadu Venkatacharya swamy who was an outstanding Budwal in Ramanuja sampradhyam . I am Sure this young Varadarajan will grow leaps and bound in our tradition . Best wishes to him. Gopalan, Srirangam
Whenever I'm alone, I watch your channel and it feels good. Please continue creating more content like this, May Vaishnavism flourish. Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan🙏
Swaml ji Namaskaram! I am a student of Vedanta, I haven't read or heard such a simple, most understandable way you explained the essence of the 3 main interpretations of Vedanta. You are so composed collected and measured and unbiased in delivering this podcast. I felt as if Brahman is giving me the upadesha. I am blessed. I will follow your talks Kodi namaskarams
Adiyen Ramanujadasan. This podcast was fantastic. The explanation of how piratti and perumal have a smile was beautiful. Heard such an explanation for the very first time and I loved it.
Finally I love to hear such discourses and bowdown to you with all the sincerity for your knowledge and parting this to the people in the most lucid simple manner.
Swami ji well explained the Dvaita, Advaita & vishishtadvaida samprdayas. As per belief one can follow any samprdayas. I find Advaita as my way of reaching the goaland believe in one Nirindana jyotis as Brahma (nitya) and all others as Anitya. Swami ji, many thanks for your detailed explanation in a simple and understanding manner. Pranamam at your lotus feet
Thank you so much for spreading the knowledge. I will be regular viewer of your channel from now on. Side note - I like how the Swami says at the beginning, "I will try to answer questions" and many times things like, "this is one interpretation", "there are many nuances", "I'll answer as per Vishishtadvaita sampradaya", "We respect all sampradayas". This just goes to show how intellectually humble he is and how respectful he is of other sampradayas. Truly intelligent person.
Brilliant. Do it more. What matters is enjoyment. The speaker is good-looking, well mannered, and how he said added glory to what he said, good. All the fundamental philosophies of all the smpradayas are fascinating when understood. Shraddha, love, affection, empathy, tolerance, understanding, a learning open mindedness, are the requirements for self-enquiry, dialogue, and a study of the Vedanta with authority being exercised with caution. ❤
I’m an advaithi who really wants to understand vishishtadvaitham. Very well explained. Paramacharya says that culmination of jnanam is advaitham. We transcend from dvaitham to vishishtadvaitham and culminate in advaitham.
Excellent explanation of the differences in the Sampradayas. Looking forward to the episode on Karma theory. Kindly address the concept of freewill and contrast it with the Satya Sankalpa principle mentioned in this episode. 🙏🙏
I am a Madhwa. Lot of things lingered all these days to know differences between these three samparadayas. Your kindness has explored in the matter and academically given answers for all that matters differentiating these three siddhantas. Here as you have clarified several times it is appreciable that there is no need to look down any of them. After all as you said it is different school of thoughts which remains a matter of understanding rather than being a matter of disputes. All the three great Acharyas are great to have given their deep knowledge of Bramha Sutras, Vedas and Upanishads. Let us continue deciphering these spiritual texts without getting affected by interpretation of one or the other type. After all, the guide finds Ananda superior to Moksha.
I am not a Brahmin.I am anxious to know whether I have to be born in a brahmin family to get libaration.Whether I must be belonging to one of the சம்ப்ரதாயம். Whether who are born as Hindus are eligible to join the elite group to know the fundamental questions.Sorry if I am crossing the limits of a Non brahmin.
@@ekambarammargam9064The simple answer is No, you can be born in any family. Follow the path shown by any Acharyas and you can get Mukti. You can associate yourself with devotees friends, listen to upanyasams/discourses, devotional songs/bhajans and follow the Bhakti Margam as that's relatively easier to follow than the other means.
Both Advaith and Vishista Advaith are best schools of Hinduism , Both are the Karanam (Reason) for our Dharma to stand strong in this contemporary world . I liked your podcast. Hara Hara shankara Jaya Jaya Shankara , Jai Ramanujacharya
All d spiritual thoughts enunciated n preached by three Acharyas when there was alien onslaught on Sanatana Dharma have done yeoman service to preserve,propagate Hinduism which is praiseworthy.
Om Namo Narayanayah! I was blessed at a young age to be be exposed to the teachings of a learned Guru thanks to my mother, decades before the advent of the internet. I wish to thank you profusely for introducing such complex wisdom to all, through your podcasts.🙏🙏
Swamiji, your explanation was very thought provoking to me. After my retirement I am into learning more and .ore about paramathma and jivathma. I found the conversation very good to me. Namaskarams.
Thanks for this podcast Swamiji 🙏 At the end all three Sampradhayams have to glorify each other as the goal is the same- Liberation 🙏 Punar Janma Na Vidyathe 🙏🙏🙏
Liberation- is of three types generally. Pure devotees of the lord even eliminate liberation. For them, Real liberation is serving the absolute ( Radha- Krishna ) under the guidance of his personal associates. The soul's function is also - Sad-cid-ananda, so by serving vibhu sad-cid-ananda, the soul will be satisfied.
Best aspect I have seen of this teacher is his poise, haven''t even showed slitest dispect or kindling attitude towards philosophies other his and tried to explain them to the best he knows of them. Hats off to his balance! My self disclosure is I am an advaiti and am fairly convinced there is only one truth, it is only one nature and also there is only one way to know it. But it is but futile to argue here which is the right understanding! So I will not go there. But one aspect of vishistadvaita didn't come clear to me in this lecture. At about 50min into the lecture, there was a question about relation of body and embodied soul and a postulation that a given body is allotted as per past deeds. If I understood it right, does the explanation imply that in vishistadvaita the deeds performed in one body will determine the body of the next life? OR in vishistadvaita does the soul itself instigates the body to do actions that lead to future bodies? Basically who exactly is the agent? I am sure even in vishishtadvaita both body and mind are ineert.and they dont affect soul (like he mentioned body grows old, not the soul) and definitely not the super soul. So I am guessing both soul and super-soul in vishistadvaita are presiders only, at least the super-soul is. But is the soul not merely presiding but instigator of deed also? That is running counter to soul being immune to aging, so it should be immune to rest of human aspects too. It would be nice if anyone can clarify. regards
Sir. It is difficult to explain. A good scholar may explain it. It is so vast that a common man cannot understand. But, Lord Krishna says Ekatvam, in Bhagavadgita. He says bhakta and self both are same. Probably one should attain that highest knowledge...
Current actions resulting in next body. Itz for all sampradayas. Soul has to understand Whatz Who Brahdmam and do things per our principles to attain salvation from rebirth. One day all has to fall in vishishta advait for no more birth like situation
Lack of Self-knowledge and Karma are the forces driving transmigration. Former is because Jivatma is bound by body and mind. You are asking how is it possible when Jivatma is pure and unaffected. These modifications should be understood as surface level, not affecting the nature of the substance itself but an attribute external to it. For eg. a diamond that is unpolished is still pure, it just needs to be polished. The blemishes are not intrinsic to it. These blemishes in case of jivatma is due to karma and the acts it performs due to ignorance.
Thank you very much swamiji for making this video! There are few videos available for understanding vishishtadvaitam in english and this channel is also a great source for enabling common people like us to understand vedanta and other aspects of sanatana dharma! Indeed I am very grateful for this initiative!🙏
Namaskaaram, I am a Smartha woman n a new mom, with things like "Kerala story" movie happening, I want to bring up my 2 year old daughter with the correct knowledge of our Sanathanam Dharma...so pls post a video on what exactly is Sanathanam Dharma, what are the parts/types/sects - is this equivalent to Hinduism, is our Dharma made of Vedas, Puranas, ithihasam...if yes what else is there in our dharmam
Thank You Swamiji and the Disciplines for a beautiful conversation. Can we summarize the three paramparas like this: Dvaita - I am separate from You Vishishtadvaita - I am part of You Advaita - I am You
Swami 🙏. In the 52nd minute of the podcast, the question asked was how jeevathmas can be considered as sareera of Brahman - if the relationship is similar to the relationship with his sareera s described in the stotras like the Shanka, chakra etc. However your answer skips the direct answer to this questions but talks about His various other sareera aspects. In this world, in a living being, sareera is achid and the soul is chid. Can the same be explained about a chid sareera to a chid soul? This aspect requires some further explanation. Dasan.
As swami said, our body is achid and had chid as aatma. This body is also having Bhagwan as antaryami. Thus, it is belonging of both. Whereas, Bhagwan's body (tirumeni) is called asaadhaaran because it belongs to bhagwan alone. It's different from bhagwan and achetanam but have swayam-prakashatvam. The aatma itself have Bhagwan as antaryami who control, supports and owns the aatma. As swami quoted the definition of shareera from Sri Bhashya (Any substance which a conscious soul is capable of completely controlling and upporting for its own purposes, and which stands to the soul in an entirely subordinate relation, is the body of that soul. Our body is completely under our control and we shape it and use it for our purposes). From this definition, aatma is shareera of Bhagwan as aatma is controlled and hold by bhagwan and is shesha to bhagwan.
Namaste, You have given a one-liner for Advaita- “none other than brahma”, VishisTAdvaita - “no one like brahma” What would your one-liner be for dvaita? Appreciate this session. 🙏🏽
If I may, Dvaita might say, "None to love BUT Brahman!" Or, "None or nothing is independent of Brahman!" Please correct me, Swami, if you have something more accurate. V nice, equanimous, balanced explanation of the basic differences. Bheda or difference is fundamental to our understanding of the world. Even this video tries to explain the, you guessed it, "differences" among the three sampradayas. Differences clarify and bring clarity. Nice video; more than that, v happy to see this Acharya. Wishing all three well, Namaste.
Very nice explanations, I want to go deeper into this. I have a question regarding death and rebirth If the soul leaves the body after death and gets into another life as re-birth, then why do we need to do Pitru Paksha. The soul has already left and gone to another life, so the Pitru paksha (Pinda dana) I do, will not help the soul at all. Can I get some clarification? Second question It is believed in Hinduism that after so many births one takes the birth as a human being. So a human being is the most special creation of Paramathma. In that case, the population of human beings is increasing and now has reached about 8 Billion. Does it mean that more human beings are born due to other beings doing good deeds and now are getting a chance to be born as human beings? Many Pranams to you. Thank You.
We are followers of Jagadhguru Shri Madhwacharya. I think Dwaitha philosophy is most relevant in today's society. This is because the world is real and there is difference between Paramtma and Jeeva, Jeeva and Jeeva, Jeeva and Jada, Jada and Jada bedha which is a truth. Shri Madhwacharya is the incarnation of Shri Vayu..Hanuma in Trethayuga, Bhimasena in Dwaparayuga, Madhwa in Kaliyuga (Hanuma, Bhima, Madhwa). Many powerful guru's came in the lineage of Shri Madhwacharya viz., Sri Sripadarajuru, Sri Vyasya theertharu, Sri Vadiraja theertharu, Sri Raghavendra Swamy and many others. Also, Hari sankeerthana's by Shri Purandara Dasaru, Shri Kanaka Dasaru, Shri Vijaya Dasaru, Shri Gopala Dasaru, Shri Jaganatha Dasaru. It is called Dasa Sahithya in Kannada language which is melodious, mesmerizing. Hari Sarvottama, Vayu Jeevottamma...!
Our ramanuja is the incarnation of adisesha. He explains clearly about paramatma and atma relations in his masterpiece shri Bashyam.... our acharyas are incarnations of God themselves eg.. balarama lakshmana ramanuja... the better thing is we have incarnations of the ornaments of God eg. Swamy Vedanta Desikan is an incarnation of the bell.. ghantavataram.... and with respect to relevance you are totally wrong as the temple most worshipped in india is tirupati.. not only that but according to us anyone can be a shri vaishnava irrespective of whether they are a Brahman or not.... Christianity,s philosophy is literally the same as ours... total surrender. PLEASE CHECK YOUR FACTS BEFORE TYPING.. jai shri ramanuja. At the end of the day all of us are vaishnavas so there is bo need to fight on who is the greatest vaishnava... I am just proving my point
@@Soulll.215 just because you do not have the maturity to understand Advaita does not mean it is nonsense. Try to keep an open mind and explore all the paths as these gentlemen are doing
@@gayathrisukumar27😅😅😅 ...what a arguement...what a rationale...just by claiming and being under the perception of Avatar or recarnination does not ensures merit of the argument. That should testify objectively .. ...is not so...😂😂...every one is proud of their path and Mata / mata sthapana acharya..as it is true in your case...so why to deviate or why to provoke...undoubtedly Advaith is most popular matha in india ...just saying while considering geographical spread and numerical aspects of followers...their presence noticed across the social strata...that does not mean that is perfect or imperfect...that is reality...we need to live and accept the reality
I feel if the conversation is between dwaita and advaita and visistadwaita followers then it will be more interesting. This conversation is more one sided as all three participants follow same phylosophy.
Thanks
I´m loving this podcast and I don´t find the subject dry at all despite being Brazilian. I´m lucky enough to speak English and therefore I´m able to read books in English about the subject because I can´t find them in Portuguese. The only difficulty I have in this podcast (and I´m NOT complaining at all) is to understand the accent a bit lol. However it is so rich in details that I don´t mind having to rewind a couple of times to listen to it again. The captions help a lot too. Thank you guys very much for this!!! May God bless you all!
Obrigado ❤
A Brazilian person has asked (below in the Comments section) for "captions" for Acharya's pronouncements.
Perhaps, he means sub-titles.
Can our Acharya help please?
With Pranams!
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Blessed are we to have people like you in our midst, who see good in whatever one sees or hears🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@krishnamurtiganesh6902
I do not see anyone in comments asking for Captions/ subtitles for Brazilians.
If anyone requires, they can use the Autotranslate option in RUclips and get Portuguese Captions... Please try.
It is a pleasure to see such young gentlemen are engaging in the studies and propagation of sanatana knowledge
Say prabhuji
Swamin. Adiyen. You have explained the philosophies so succinctly. Forever indebted Swamin. Adiyen Ramanuja dasan
These are not philosophies, but theologies.
What a knowledge at a young age. Our society needs learned people like you!
Adiyen Swami, thank you for the amazing session and for addressing my question. I learned a lot from this session.
Very Happy to See Our People are Not Fighting with each other in Comment Section and Having Healthy Discussion. Or else they all will be keep fighting over Dvaita Advaita...
The Blessings of Lord Hari are there 🌼🪷
Thank you so much Swami, indeed a very candid conversation, especially the last minutes, can't wait for Karma's theory episode. Jai Sriman Narayana.
you people are fortunate to discuss विशिष्ट अद्वैत not just becase of you're proficient, but by mercy of रामानुज आचार्य 🙏
Pranams to Swamiji. This eternal knowledge is a treasure which can be assimilated only through continuous listening of your podcasts. The subject is a great treasure not a dry subject. Even for a person of my mediocre knowledge, the explanation was lucid and simple. Pranams to the lotus feet of Swamiji and our great Acharyas
The Swami looks serene, talks serene, and explains nice.
God bless brilliant youngsters like you🙏
Thanks a ton for English episode. I really can't thank you enough
Thanks are very meagre words
I am an advaithin but this was very gracefully explained!
Dhanyosmi!! 🙏🙏🙏
same
i am Srivaishnava and generally see Advaita being derogatoryly mocked by other sects of Vishnu followers and i am disappointed,
but i am really in fond of Kanchi periyava and his tejas and one of the best sanyasis ever lived and has huge respect towards Shankara bhagawatpada followers,
Tq
Hari om. Adi yen Sri Ramanuja. Superb Podcast. Excellent and made me understand and digest much better. Dhanyavadaha 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Great explanation - balanced and accurate. It is refreshing to see a talk which respects all three sampradayas without putting any of them down. It is also wonderful to see young swamis with such knowledge. Hari Om.
So Nice to see young Vedantins creating such lovely Podcast,hoping to see more.Hari Om.
Namaskaram. I am a smarthan. Nevertheless I find the acharaya explaining the advaitam also in an unbiased way beautifully. 😂😂😊😊❤
Sorry, what’s a smarthan? Tq.
Vaishnava- who sees lord Vishnu as supreme. Shaiva- lord Shiva as supreme. Smartha- Vishnu and Shiva are the same. @@TheDevaser
@@TheDevaser Smartha is a sect which follows Advaita sampradhaya.
@@rameshtsundupalli1913 Shreeman Narayana is alone Suprem rest all are jeevatmas
@@rameshtsundupalli1913 Just because someone says someone is supreme doesn't become true.Truth remains truth always so yes Shreeman Narayana alone is Supreme
Adiyen. Thankyou for your efforts to spread sampradayam in a language we can understand. Podcast is content rich and touched upon all important aspects of siddhantas. Raghunathswami and Madhav Swami raised the enthusiasm quotient throughout the interview.
Well explained ideology of Our சம்ப்ரதாயம் vishishtadavitham. This is our basic principle every vaishnavaite should know. கோடி நமஸ்காரம் to your service. Adiyen ramanuja Dasan 🙏🙏🙏
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Accidentally came across this cannel. A great effort ! Dhanyavad and pranam! Looking forward to more from Swami and team
Very clearly explained - Whatever Sampradya ( or Marga) the ultimate goal is Moksha , again which i not easy.
Om Namo Narayanaya, Glory to young Ramanuja for giving splendid understanding of Vishishta dwaita. Namaskaram.
Thanks!
Swamin. Pranaam. 🙏🙏🙏Your explanation is very lucid for layman to understand Brahman.
Jivatma are like CA aspirants who have to swim in the ocean tides to reach the shore which is tougher to achieve but possible only by His grace. 🙏🙏🙏
Sir, you are doing great service to society, by helping us to understand our sampradayam in the right way.
Thank you so much.
Swamy 🙏you have clarity and knowledge your attitude is positive and inclusive please continue the discussions the questions asked were very important, all the best.
Good conversation. Thanks! A short summary of my understanding on the topic below :
Advaita: Only the Non-dual pure consciousness(Nirguna Brahman) exists. Jiva, Ishwara with personal qualities(Saguna) and universe never even existed/exists/ will exist(Ajatavada). Their seeming existence at Vyavaharika level is just an illusion(Maya). Goal of a spiritual aspirant is to realize that he/she is nothing but Nirguna brahman through Jnana yoga alone.
Vishishta Advaita: Brahman is personal only(Saguna and not nirguna). Ishwara(Vishnu), Jiva and Jagat is fundamentally real and not illusory. Brahman/Vishnu has transformed Himself to Jiva and Jagat(Parinamavada- Upadana and Nimitta karana is Brahman). The relation between Jiva and Vishnu is sesha/Seshi. Goal of the aspirant is to first realise his/her true nature as jivatman(Atma Avalokana) and then reach vaikunta through Bhakti yoga and attain moksha. Post Salvation, the jiva retains its individual identity and attains the same bliss as brahman , but still lacks the power of brahman to create, sustain and destroy.
Dvaita vedanta : Brahman is personal only(Saguna and not nirguna). Ishwara(Vishnu), Jiva and Jagat are fundamentally real and different from one another(Pancha bheda).Brahman/Vishnu has not transformed Himself to Jiva and Jagat(Upadana karana is prakriti and Nimitta karana is Brahman). Goal of the spiritual aspirant is to realise his/her dependence on Vishnu and aspire to reach moksha through Bhakti yoga. Post Salvation, Jiva retains its individual identity and remains a constant servant to Vishnu. Jiva experiences bliss but that never equals the bliss of brahman even in moksha.
In VA, It's not really transformation of Brahman or parinaamavaad. Sukshma Chit-achit vishisht Brahman transforms into Sthul chit-achit-vishisht Brahman. There is no transformation in Brahman but his body undergoes transformation from sukshma to sthoola. As he is inseparable from his body, body being his inseparable attribute; he is upaadaan kaaranam. Sukshma chit-achit-vishisht Brahma is upaadaan kaaranam.
That's understanding of adiyen. Swami would take up this question later for better understanding
@@manishkumar-xq6xn Brahman according to Vishista advaita is a pan organic whole comprising of Jiva and Jagat(modes/body of Brahman). By Parinamavada it is not implied that brahman changes itself to become jiva and Jagat. Brahman/Vishnu is eternal and unchanging. However both the the material and instrumental(Updana and Nimitta) cause of Jiva and Jagat is Brahman alone. Technically this mode transformation of brahman without losing its eternal nature in to Jiva and Jagat by being both the material and instrumental cause of it is called as brahma prakara parinama vada.
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Advaita does not reject bhakti, bhakti gives chittashuddhi
I am a follower of Advaita Vedanta sampradaya. It's wonderful to see that Vishistadvaita is being propagated. There's not much online content of this sampradaya. Continue the good work. 🙏 Hari Om
Swami is very open to all thoughts and serene. Real seeker
Please keep creating such high quality content in easy language for spreading sanatan Dharma. Great work Swamiji.
Thank You very much... I am follower of ACHINTA BHEDA-ABHEDA VEDANTA.
Hare Krishna
Hare Krishna
It's achintya(अचिंत्य) not अचिंत
Hare Krishna ❤❤❤
Hare krishna
From a fellow Iyengar, may perumal bless u and lead u to new heights ❤
Waiting for the next podcast episode❤❤❤🥳🥳....
Much Needed Podcast for young generation 🙏🏻🙏🏻
We need such talks like this on the Vishishtadvaita darshan. There is a lot of videos on Advaitam. We need to explore this as well to understand it better. Thank you for this wonderful conversation which is very Illuminating.
I look forward to many hours of learning! Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
This is a very lucid and clear exposition of three sampradhyam . At such a young age Sri Varadarajan is a great addition to Sri Vaishnava sampradhyam . He comes from an illustrious Paravastu Bhattar Piran direct disciple ( one of 8 acharyas) of Swamy Manavala Mamuni . It is also a pleasure to note that Sri Varadarajan was in the first group of students of late Varadacharya Patasala in Srirangam . Velukudi Varadacharya was a most illustrious Kalakshepam and was the prominent Sri Karpangadu Venkatacharya swamy who was an outstanding Budwal in Ramanuja sampradhyam . I am
Sure this young Varadarajan will grow leaps and bound in our tradition . Best wishes to him. Gopalan, Srirangam
Whenever I'm alone, I watch your channel and it feels good. Please continue creating more content like this, May Vaishnavism flourish.
Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan🙏
Swaml ji Namaskaram! I am a student of Vedanta, I haven't read or heard such a simple, most understandable way you explained the essence of the 3 main interpretations of Vedanta. You are so composed collected and measured and unbiased in delivering this podcast. I felt as if Brahman is giving me the upadesha. I am blessed. I will follow your talks Kodi namaskarams
@44:00 Thanks for those references !
Thanks again for having the conversation in English.
Adiyen Ramanujadasan. This podcast was fantastic. The explanation of how piratti and perumal have a smile was beautiful. Heard such an explanation for the very first time and I loved it.
Great, clear, high purposes. Support every word.
Finally I love to hear such discourses and bowdown to you with all the sincerity for your knowledge and parting this to the people in the most lucid simple manner.
Swami ji well explained the Dvaita, Advaita & vishishtadvaida samprdayas.
As per belief one can follow any samprdayas.
I find Advaita as my way of reaching the goaland believe in one Nirindana jyotis as Brahma (nitya) and all others as Anitya.
Swami ji, many thanks for your detailed explanation in a simple and understanding manner.
Pranamam at your lotus feet
Dhanyawad swamy to provide such easy explanation for understanding. 🙏
Super explanation, dhanyaasmi
Thank you so much for spreading the knowledge. I will be regular viewer of your channel from now on.
Side note -
I like how the Swami says at the beginning, "I will try to answer questions" and many times things like, "this is one interpretation", "there are many nuances", "I'll answer as per Vishishtadvaita sampradaya", "We respect all sampradayas". This just goes to show how intellectually humble he is and how respectful he is of other sampradayas. Truly intelligent person.
Brilliant. Do it more. What matters is enjoyment. The speaker is good-looking, well mannered, and how he said added glory to what he said, good. All the fundamental philosophies of all the smpradayas are fascinating when understood. Shraddha, love, affection, empathy, tolerance, understanding, a learning open mindedness, are the requirements for self-enquiry, dialogue, and a study of the Vedanta with authority being exercised with caution.
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Good looking*! Is that important?
👌🏻 Clear & Gentle Explanation about 3 vedanta philosophy's.
Viewer from Telugu State.
The need of the Hour in our Nation, is to protect sanatana Dharma.
Kudos to u swamin. Excellent dissemination of knowledge and which is the prime motive of this creation.Continue ur good work.
I’m an advaithi who really wants to understand vishishtadvaitham. Very well explained. Paramacharya says that culmination of jnanam is advaitham. We transcend from dvaitham to vishishtadvaitham and culminate in advaitham.
Nothing culminates to Advaita. Advaita leads to ignorance thus Jiva shall never attain Mukti
Only Advaita leads to a state of godliness.nirvana.knowledge is supreme .
@@lawlietryuuzaki12Advaita is a mix of Buddhist, Hindu and Christian philosophy
@@lawlietryuuzaki12 bogus and non sense advaita is the true knowledge
@@lawlietryuuzaki12 jeeva is not a real thing but the upadhi of manas buddhi chit ahamkar is jeeva
Excellent explanation of the differences in the Sampradayas. Looking forward to the episode on Karma theory. Kindly address the concept of freewill and contrast it with the Satya Sankalpa principle mentioned in this episode. 🙏🙏
The reality of tatvajnana well explained experienced by shree bhagavdpadasevipa madhvacharyara 🙏🏻
These are the conversations that I look up to. Felt very refreshing ❤. Thanks for putting it out
Thank you for this podcast 😊🙏😇
Advaitham wonderfully explained.Thanks to you
and pranams to Ramanujacharya
I am a Madhwa. Lot of things lingered all these days to know differences between these three samparadayas. Your kindness has explored in the matter and academically given answers for all that matters differentiating these three siddhantas. Here as you have clarified several times it is appreciable that there is no need to look down any of them. After all as you said it is different school of thoughts which remains a matter of understanding rather than being a matter of disputes. All the three great Acharyas are great to have given their deep knowledge of Bramha Sutras, Vedas and Upanishads. Let us continue deciphering these spiritual texts without getting affected by interpretation of one or the other type. After all, the guide finds Ananda superior to Moksha.
Shivaya vishnu rūpaya shiva rūpaya vishnave shivasya hridayam vishnuḥ vishnoscha hridayam shivaḥ
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Awesome questions and great answers! Now I understood a lot about Dwaitam, Advaitam and VishisaAdvaitham. Waiting for the next episodes!
Adiyen narayana madhurkavi ramanuja dasan swamiji
Thanks for providing so expensive knowledge in easy and understandable terms.
Jai Shri Ram
It's about a month and new part is not yet out ?
Very informative session.. அறியாதன அறிவித்த ஸ்வாமிகளுக்கு க்ருதக்ஞதைகளை தெரிவித்துக் கொள்கிறேன். தன்யாஸ்மி அடியேன்..
Need of the time swami. 🙏🙏
Superb podcast!! Dhanyasmi, Swami. Adiyen Ramanujadasi. 🙏🏼
I am not a Brahmin.I am anxious to know whether I have to be born in a brahmin family to get libaration.Whether I must be belonging to one of the சம்ப்ரதாயம்.
Whether who are born as Hindus
are eligible to join the elite group to know the fundamental questions.Sorry if I am crossing the limits of a Non brahmin.
@@ekambarammargam9064The simple answer is No, you can be born in any family. Follow the path shown by any Acharyas and you can get Mukti.
You can associate yourself with devotees friends, listen to upanyasams/discourses, devotional songs/bhajans and follow the Bhakti Margam as that's relatively easier to follow than the other means.
Both Advaith and Vishista Advaith are best schools of Hinduism , Both are the Karanam (Reason) for our Dharma to stand strong in this contemporary world . I liked your podcast. Hara Hara shankara Jaya Jaya Shankara , Jai Ramanujacharya
All d spiritual thoughts enunciated n preached by three Acharyas when there was alien onslaught on Sanatana Dharma have done yeoman service to preserve,propagate Hinduism which is praiseworthy.
Only dhvaitha 😂
Op ever heard of shaiva Advaita of abhinav gupta?
What about the non dualism of nath yogis? (Dwait advait vilakshan vada)?
Hari Om Swamiji, it's a very interesting topic which I really benefitted. Thank ji
Swami thanks for a fantastic explanation, please ignore whatever the comments are, your service is beyond comments swami, dasan
Om Namo Narayanayah! I was blessed at a young age to be be exposed to the teachings of a learned Guru thanks to my mother, decades before the advent of the internet. I wish to thank you profusely for introducing such complex wisdom to all, through your podcasts.🙏🙏
Whatever path you chose you will reach one destination that is sriman narayana aka Bhagavaan Shri Vasudevakrishna 🌺❤🙏🏻
Spellbound by the way of explaining, the vocabulary used , the depth in research... proud to came across one such amazing video in youtube!
Thanks for english podcast swami , jai srimannarayana
Please always make videos in English
We will try to make videos in as many languages as possible. Will try to bring all the content in English also
Adiyen ramanuja dasi.I appreciate your efforts.
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Who is Srinivasa dasan. Is there any name for brahmam whatever we see is all names and forms
Swamiji, your explanation was very thought provoking to me. After my retirement I am into learning more and .ore about paramathma and jivathma. I found the conversation very good to me. Namaskarams.
Thanks for this podcast Swamiji 🙏 At the end all three Sampradhayams have to glorify each other as the goal is the same- Liberation 🙏 Punar Janma Na Vidyathe 🙏🙏🙏
Liberation- is of three types generally. Pure devotees of the lord even eliminate liberation. For them, Real liberation is serving the absolute ( Radha- Krishna ) under the guidance of his personal associates. The soul's function is also - Sad-cid-ananda, so by serving vibhu sad-cid-ananda, the soul will be satisfied.
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Very enlightening talk. Blessed to hear such a wonderful conversation
Best aspect I have seen of this teacher is his poise, haven''t even showed slitest dispect or kindling attitude towards philosophies other his and tried to explain them to the best he knows of them. Hats off to his balance! My self disclosure is I am an advaiti and am fairly convinced there is only one truth, it is only one nature and also there is only one way to know it. But it is but futile to argue here which is the right understanding! So I will not go there. But one aspect of vishistadvaita didn't come clear to me in this lecture. At about 50min into the lecture, there was a question about relation of body and embodied soul and a postulation that a given body is allotted as per past deeds. If I understood it right, does the explanation imply that in vishistadvaita the deeds performed in one body will determine the body of the next life? OR in vishistadvaita does the soul itself instigates the body to do actions that lead to future bodies? Basically who exactly is the agent? I am sure even in vishishtadvaita both body and mind are ineert.and they dont affect soul (like he mentioned body grows old, not the soul) and definitely not the super soul. So I am guessing both soul and super-soul in vishistadvaita are presiders only, at least the super-soul is. But is the soul not merely presiding but instigator of deed also? That is running counter to soul being immune to aging, so it should be immune to rest of human aspects too. It would be nice if anyone can clarify. regards
Sir. It is difficult to explain. A good scholar may explain it. It is so vast that a common man cannot understand. But, Lord Krishna says Ekatvam, in Bhagavadgita. He says bhakta and self both are same. Probably one should attain that highest knowledge...
Basically, the Jeeva is the doer (कर्ता शास्त्रार्थवत्वात्), but he cannot perform an action without the sanction of Paramatma.
Current actions resulting in next body. Itz for all sampradayas. Soul has to understand Whatz Who Brahdmam and do things per our principles to attain salvation from rebirth.
One day all has to fall in vishishta advait for no more birth like situation
Lack of Self-knowledge and Karma are the forces driving transmigration. Former is because Jivatma is bound by body and mind. You are asking how is it possible when Jivatma is pure and unaffected. These modifications should be understood as surface level, not affecting the nature of the substance itself but an attribute external to it. For eg. a diamond that is unpolished is still pure, it just needs to be polished. The blemishes are not intrinsic to it. These blemishes in case of jivatma is due to karma and the acts it performs due to ignorance.
Thank you very much swamiji for making this video! There are few videos available for understanding vishishtadvaitam in english and this channel is also a great source for enabling common people like us to understand vedanta and other aspects of sanatana dharma! Indeed I am very grateful for this initiative!🙏
Namaskaaram, I am a Smartha woman n a new mom, with things like "Kerala story" movie happening, I want to bring up my 2 year old daughter with the correct knowledge of our Sanathanam Dharma...so pls post a video on what exactly is Sanathanam Dharma, what are the parts/types/sects - is this equivalent to Hinduism, is our Dharma made of Vedas, Puranas, ithihasam...if yes what else is there in our dharmam
They made a video on these topics on the previous English podcast, please check that out
Feels lucky to have found this amazing Podcast 🙏 Dhanyawad
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very nice. A well read and knowledgeable Guru.
Thank You Swamiji and the Disciplines for a beautiful conversation. Can we summarize the three paramparas like this:
Dvaita - I am separate from You
Vishishtadvaita - I am part of You
Advaita - I am You
thank you for the wonderful candid conversation. Namaskar. Vaidehi Subramani
Swami 🙏. In the 52nd minute of the podcast, the question asked was how jeevathmas can be considered as sareera of Brahman - if the relationship is similar to the relationship with his sareera s described in the stotras like the Shanka, chakra etc. However your answer skips the direct answer to this questions but talks about His various other sareera aspects. In this world, in a living being, sareera is achid and the soul is chid. Can the same be explained about a chid sareera to a chid soul? This aspect requires some further explanation. Dasan.
As swami said, our body is achid and had chid as aatma. This body is also having Bhagwan as antaryami. Thus, it is belonging of both.
Whereas, Bhagwan's body (tirumeni) is called asaadhaaran because it belongs to bhagwan alone. It's different from bhagwan and achetanam but have swayam-prakashatvam.
The aatma itself have Bhagwan as antaryami who control, supports and owns the aatma. As swami quoted the definition of shareera from Sri Bhashya (Any substance which a conscious soul is capable of completely controlling and upporting for its own purposes, and which stands to the soul in an entirely subordinate relation, is the body of that soul. Our body is completely under our control and we shape it and use it for our purposes). From this definition, aatma is shareera of Bhagwan as aatma is controlled and hold by bhagwan and is shesha to bhagwan.
Pranam Swamiji , Thank you very much for explaining this in detail. 🙏
Namaste,
You have given a one-liner for Advaita- “none other than brahma”, VishisTAdvaita -
“no one like brahma”
What would your one-liner be for dvaita?
Appreciate this session. 🙏🏽
If I may, Dvaita might say, "None to love BUT Brahman!" Or, "None or nothing is independent of Brahman!"
Please correct me, Swami, if you have something more accurate.
V nice, equanimous, balanced explanation of the basic differences.
Bheda or difference is fundamental to our understanding of the world. Even this video tries to explain the, you guessed it, "differences" among the three sampradayas. Differences clarify and bring clarity.
Nice video; more than that, v happy to see this Acharya. Wishing all three well, Namaste.
everything distinct from everything else
Namaskaram 🕉️🙏🏼 Excellent discourse 🙏🏼 May we pray for many more of such discourses not just in English but in all Bharathiya bhashas too🕉️🙏🏼
How about an introduction what those 3 elements are? For those who don't know it discussed here, stand in my row
Do you mean Tattva traya?
Thanks a lot Swami ji for knowledge sharing. Would love to see more videos to understand Sanatan Dharma.
Very nice explanations, I want to go deeper into this.
I have a question regarding death and rebirth
If the soul leaves the body after death and gets into another life as re-birth, then why do we need to do Pitru Paksha. The soul has already left and gone to another life, so the Pitru paksha (Pinda dana) I do, will not help the soul at all. Can I get some clarification?
Second question
It is believed in Hinduism that after so many births one takes the birth as a human being. So a human being is the most special creation of Paramathma. In that case, the population of human beings is increasing and now has reached about 8 Billion. Does it mean that more human beings are born due to other beings doing good deeds and now are getting a chance to be born as human beings?
Many Pranams to you. Thank You.
Good questions!
Very good content in this era.. Thank you for the service.
We are followers of Jagadhguru Shri Madhwacharya. I think Dwaitha philosophy is most relevant in today's society. This is because the world is real and there is difference between Paramtma and Jeeva, Jeeva and Jeeva, Jeeva and Jada, Jada and Jada bedha which is a truth. Shri Madhwacharya is the incarnation of Shri Vayu..Hanuma in Trethayuga, Bhimasena in Dwaparayuga, Madhwa in Kaliyuga
(Hanuma, Bhima, Madhwa). Many powerful guru's came in the lineage of Shri Madhwacharya viz., Sri Sripadarajuru, Sri Vyasya theertharu, Sri Vadiraja theertharu, Sri Raghavendra Swamy and many others. Also, Hari sankeerthana's by Shri Purandara Dasaru, Shri Kanaka Dasaru, Shri Vijaya Dasaru, Shri Gopala Dasaru, Shri Jaganatha Dasaru. It is called Dasa Sahithya in Kannada language which is melodious, mesmerizing. Hari Sarvottama, Vayu Jeevottamma...!
Our ramanuja is the incarnation of adisesha. He explains clearly about paramatma and atma relations in his masterpiece shri Bashyam.... our acharyas are incarnations of God themselves eg.. balarama lakshmana ramanuja... the better thing is we have incarnations of the ornaments of God eg. Swamy Vedanta Desikan is an incarnation of the bell.. ghantavataram.... and with respect to relevance you are totally wrong as the temple most worshipped in india is tirupati.. not only that but according to us anyone can be a shri vaishnava irrespective of whether they are a Brahman or not.... Christianity,s philosophy is literally the same as ours... total surrender. PLEASE CHECK YOUR FACTS BEFORE TYPING.. jai shri ramanuja. At the end of the day all of us are vaishnavas so there is bo need to fight on who is the greatest vaishnava... I am just proving my point
@@gayathrisukumar27yeah and advait is nonsense.
@@Soulll.215 just because you do not have the maturity to understand Advaita does not mean it is nonsense. Try to keep an open mind and explore all the paths as these gentlemen are doing
@@gayathrisukumar27😅😅😅 ...what a arguement...what a rationale...just by claiming and being under the perception of Avatar or recarnination does not ensures merit of the argument.
That should testify objectively ..
...is not so...😂😂...every one is proud of their path and Mata / mata sthapana acharya..as it is true in your case...so why to deviate or why to provoke...undoubtedly Advaith is most popular matha in india ...just saying while considering geographical spread and numerical aspects of followers...their presence noticed across the social strata...that does not mean that is perfect or imperfect...that is reality...we need to live and accept the reality
Very clear , articulated and simple way of explanation....Thanks for this podcasts ... Pls do continue this Good work .....
I feel if the conversation is between dwaita and advaita and visistadwaita followers then it will be more interesting. This conversation is more one sided as all three participants follow same phylosophy.
We have done something with the resources we have. And we have tried to be as unbiased as possible
@@Bhakthamrutham you are no doubt fair and unbiased. Listeners shoud get moreinsightd
He did say considering the constraint of time it is not possible to go into detail.
Pranams GURUJI for clear explanations .Questions are really the doubts seekers have in common.So this is a useful discussion .
Brilliant questions, all answered reasonably.
Namaste Guruji,
Concepts are explained beautifully
Very helpful for those who are seeking for spiritual knowledge.