How wonderful. I grew up in Bombay in the 1960's and 70's, very close to many Jain trmples and have a lot of Jain friends. I wish everyone was more open to discuss their religious and philosophical beliefs. Thank you for opening my mind and horizons to these wonderful thoughts, albiet 40 years too late. I will continue to strive to make a positive difference in my environment. Thank you. Namaste. D
🕉️🙏 Pranam to Dr. Long. Such a lovely being. Always look forward to His talks. He has a wonderful way, about Him. Yogi Ramsuratkumar 🦋 Jaya Guru Raya 🕉️👣🛐💐 Jai Avatara Sri Ramakrishna 🙏 Jai Swamiji 🙏 Jai Holy Mother Sarada Devi 🙏
Dr Long is such a learned, talented professor, I'd love to chat with him informally one day. His book on Jainism is excellent btw, its useful as a guide to Indian religion in general not just for Jainism.
It is the reason I study multiple philosophies and religions, there is always something to learn and it is becoming more and more clear to me that most teachings point at the same thing but approach it differently. I keep seeing hints of non duality in even the most dualistic of works. Anyway, thanks for the tip on his book, I will definitely take a look!
@@shroomedup definitely, just even from a historical perspective the similarity of the mystic's experiences from so many different cultures is remarkable.
The 24 elders clothed in white raiment in the book of revelation as well as other motifs there seem to owe to Jainism. Pythagoreanism, Essenism. Probably due to Persian occupation of the Indus valley at this time. So also Zoroastrianism itself and second temple Judaism derive from this episode (disputed of course). Meanwhile Aramaic inspired devanagri script in India at the same time. Thanks for this, very interesting.
Great and interesting explanation! However If I have learned something with Swami Sarvapriyananda I would say that the main practical difference between Advaita Vedanta and Jainism is that in the first Understanding is the base for right behavior while in the second Rules and Regulations are the base for right behavior
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT BEING A HINDU? By Francois Gautier. Diversity in Divinity and Unity in Spirituality. 1) Believe in God ! - Aastik - Accepted 2) Don't believe in God ! - You're accepted as Nastik 3) You want to worship idols - please go ahead. You are a murti pujak. 4) You dont want to worship idols - no problem. You can focus on Nirguna Brahman. 5) You want to criticise something in our religion. Come forward. We are logical. Nyaya, Tarka etc. are core Hindu schools. 6) You want to accept beliefs as it is. Most welcome. Please go ahead with it. 7) You want to start your journey by reading Bhagvad Gita - Sure ! 8) You want to start your journey by reading Upanishads - Go ahead. 9) You want to start your journey by reading Purana - Be my guest. 10) You just don't like reading Puranas or other books. No problem my dear. Go by Bhakti tradition . ( bhakti- devotion) 11) You don't like idea of Bhakti ! No problem. Do your Karma. Be a karmayogi. 12) You want to enjoy life. Very good. No problem at all. This is Charvaka Philosophy. 13) You want to abstain from all the enjoyment of life & find God - jai ho ! Be a Sadhu, an ascetic ! 14) You don't like the concept of God. You believe in Nature only - Welcome. (Trees are our friends and Prakriti or nature is worthy of worship). 15) You believe in one God or Supreme Energy. Superb! Follow Advaita philosophy 16) You want a Guru. Go ahead. Receive gyaan. 17) You don't want a Guru.. Help yourself ! Meditate, Study ! 18) You believe in Female energy ! Shakti is worshipped. 19) You believe that every human being is equal. Yeah! You're awesome, come on let's celebrate Hinduism! "Vasudhaiva kutumbakam" (the world is a family) 20) You don't have time to celebrate the festival. Don't worry. One more festival is coming! There are multiple festivals every single day of the year. 21) You are a working person. Don't have time for religion. Its okay. You will still be a Hindu. 22) You like to go to temples. Devotion is loved. 23) You don't like to go to temples - no problem. You are still a Hindu! 24) You know that Hinduism ☺ is a way of life, with considerable freedom. 25) You believe that everything has God in it. So you worship your mother, father, guru, tree, River, Prani-matra, Earth, Universe! 26) And If you don't believe that everything has GOD in it - No problems. Respect your viewpoint. 27) "Sarve jana sukhino bhavantu " (May you all live happily) You represent this! You're free to choose, my dear Hindu! This is exactly the essence of Hinduism, all inclusive .. That is why it has withstood the test of time inspite of repeated onslaught both from within and outside, and assimilated every good aspects from everything . That is why it is eternal !!! There is a saying in Rigveda , the first book ever known to mankind which depicts the Hinduism philosophy in a Nutshell -" Ano bhadrah Krathavo Yanthu Vishwathah"- Let the knowledge come to us from every direction "
Very nice presentation, thank you. However, I have 1 major problem with the Jainism concept of non violence. I am all for austerities and I fast as well, the problem is the severity that its being done with. You may say non violence, but putting this kind of stress on the physical and mental is a form of violence. Austerities are dependent on the individual, not everyone has the same tolerance, meaning that forcing to do something is against non violence. Another major problem with this concept is the perceived boundaries of violence (or non violence). For example, you don't want to kill living creatures. A fly is flying in your home and you feel like you shouldn't kill or hurt it because it is violence. However, letting the fly live means potential violence towards someone else. Flies are known disease carriers, they might fly into someone else's home and sit on food or on a baby's mouth, which is a huge potential for infection. So letting the fly live might be non violent towards the fly, but violent towards your environment. I am not advocating violence but as said beautifully in the last lecture by Pravrajika Virajaprana: "All pairs of opposites share an implicit identity, they are inseparable and immutably interdependent". And ask yourself, what if Arjuna chose non violence? What did Krishna show him when he thought of that? Exactly. It's a major thing in many spiritual teachings to attempt to be very strict. Strictness blocks flow, some strictness is required and essential for practice, but too much strictness however will hinder. Everything should come naturally, you can sit at home and force yourself to be as austere as you want and tell yourself every day that you are Brahman, that by itself will not make you enlightened. How will you attain experience of the most fundamental natural existence while using (for you) unnatural practices? This is why I love Advaita Vedanta, all that is required is knowledge (or the removal of the veil of ignorance) and this is also pointed at in many scriptures. I am not saying don't be devotional or don't practice other yogas, I am saying that you should NEVER blindly follow anyone, not even Swami Sarvapriyananda (for whom I have the utmost respect and love). Instead, absorb his wisdom, think about what he said and apply it to your own life but at your OWN pace and apply it in a way that feels natural to you (you as existence, but also body and mind).
Bhagwan mahavir .. as given many fold path to liberation .. sir ... he said just get 1 point beyond your strength ... and keep building ... when you go to national parks .. thats the philosophy applied .. that you do not disturb what animal does .. if there is kill just watch .. be detached .. fly if we are worried .. 😄also will only harm ... according to karma .. as swamini says .. the moment .. u .. accept .. u will be able to practice .. and i am .. living example of jainism
@@swatishahs3144 I see your point, well said. But think about it, why would it be more natural for an animal to protect their child or environment than a human? Humans are not beyond Maya, they are as much part of it as every thing else. As long as it happens like you said in a natural way (so you don't go out killing with evil intent). Like you said it is karma, but it is as much karma for the fly to hurt the environment as it is for a human to protect the environment by killing the fly. Or would you let a bear eat your child without defending because that is what the bear does and you shouldn't interfere? Arjuna had to fight, it was his karma and duty to protect his people from evil. Did he not kill many? Or did Krishna allow him to give up and choose inaction? Anyway my argument is purely based on my studies and meditation. I would choose non violence over violence when it is possible any time. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
Jainsim all about to pure the soul from bad karma. So if you make karma then you are doing violence with your soul and karma is not dependent only body action it's mainly depending on your thinking and emotion. If doctor is killed viruses for save someone life then he earn both karma good and bad and intensity depend on his emotions and thinking depth. Jainsim say that we dont have to make any bad karma and good karma if we have that much power of emotion which we can stay in our soul nither we should have to good karma at least so in future we can get good things which can help to soul become pure like human life. Hope you understand
Giant forJain, hasingapore for hastinapur, tankers for tirthankars.....just few of the shockingly large number of errors showing up in text along with the video. Team that has put this together, please do justice to Dr Long's beautiful explanation of jainism by getting these errors corrected immediately! It's better to remove the subtitles than keep the incorrect ones and make a joke of such a divine lecture. If you need help, please email me and I will make the changes free of cost for you. I am a practising Jain. Please!
Pranam prof.long , thanks for your spech on jainism .we know that mahatma gandhi was initiated in kriya yoga by paramhansa yogananda .Probably he used to read gita everyday as kriyban. Nonviolence(ahinsa ) is also a part of ASTANGA MARG . PROBABLY that is why he had taken vow of nonviolence. he kept gita with him. If l am wrong please ignore it. Once again thanks for spech .
Dear swati probably you have replied against my comment on basis of gandhi's autobiography "the story of my experiments with truth" . Remember it , nonviolence has no religion.
Certainly Mahatma Gandhi was influenced by both the Astanga Marg (Yoga Sutra) and Jainism (via Shrimad Rajachandra as well as the very large Jain presence in Gujarat, where he spent his early years). And certainly both traditions were in conversation with one another from a very early historical period.
How wonderful. I grew up in Bombay in the 1960's and 70's, very close to many Jain trmples and have a lot of Jain friends. I wish everyone was more open to discuss their religious and philosophical beliefs.
Thank you for opening my mind and horizons to these wonderful thoughts, albiet 40 years too late. I will continue to strive to make a positive difference in my environment. Thank you. Namaste. D
Great video. Jai Jinendra and Greetings from Germany to all followers of the Jain Dharma, of the Buddhadhamma and to all Vedantins!!
I just started following Jain Dharma
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Pranam to Dr. Long. Such a lovely being. Always look forward to His talks. He has a wonderful way, about Him.
Yogi Ramsuratkumar 🦋
Jaya Guru Raya 🕉️👣🛐💐
Jai Avatara Sri Ramakrishna 🙏
Jai Swamiji 🙏
Jai Holy Mother Sarada Devi 🙏
Dr Long is such a learned, talented professor, I'd love to chat with him informally one day. His book on Jainism is excellent btw, its useful as a guide to Indian religion in general not just for Jainism.
It is the reason I study multiple philosophies and religions, there is always something to learn and it is becoming more and more clear to me that most teachings point at the same thing but approach it differently. I keep seeing hints of non duality in even the most dualistic of works.
Anyway, thanks for the tip on his book, I will definitely take a look!
@@shroomedup definitely, just even from a historical perspective the similarity of the mystic's experiences from so many different cultures is remarkable.
I just finished that book, its fantastic
Thank you for sharing the Wisdom of Jainism
Very impressive understanding of Jainism and ability to communicate it.
Many thanks 🙏
Thank you very much Sir. Enjoyed the talk immensely. Best regards.
Jains are highly focused and successful people
Get out of this success/failure dichotomy
Money is not success.. Money means profit and profit means someones loss
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I am talking about mind management and focus which gives you success in any field
@@atul1024 you just said a whole community is successful.. That's why I'm asking on which scale do you measure success?
hindus too prior to islamic invasions
Very interesting. Thank you Dr.Long. A hello from franklin county Missouri. Looking forward to your future lectures.
I grew up in Montgomery County!
Thank you swamiji 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you sir
Awesome .thanks
Thank you!
The 24 elders clothed in white raiment in the book of revelation as well as other motifs there seem to owe to Jainism. Pythagoreanism, Essenism. Probably due to Persian occupation of the Indus valley at this time. So also Zoroastrianism itself and second temple Judaism derive from this episode (disputed of course). Meanwhile Aramaic inspired devanagri script in India at the same time. Thanks for this, very interesting.
Awesome
Mahaveera's Anekantavada is golden. 🙏🏽
Great and interesting explanation! However If I have learned something with Swami Sarvapriyananda I would say that the main practical difference between Advaita Vedanta and Jainism is that in the first Understanding is the base for right behavior while in the second Rules and Regulations are the base for right behavior
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WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT BEING A HINDU?
By Francois Gautier.
Diversity in Divinity and Unity in Spirituality.
1) Believe in God ! - Aastik - Accepted
2) Don't believe in God ! - You're accepted as Nastik
3) You want to worship idols - please go ahead. You are a murti pujak.
4) You dont want to worship idols - no problem. You can focus on Nirguna Brahman.
5) You want to criticise something in our religion. Come forward. We are logical. Nyaya, Tarka etc. are core Hindu schools.
6) You want to accept beliefs as it is. Most welcome. Please go ahead with it.
7) You want to start your journey by reading Bhagvad Gita - Sure !
8) You want to start your journey by reading Upanishads - Go ahead.
9) You want to start your journey by reading Purana - Be my guest.
10) You just don't like reading Puranas or other books. No problem my dear. Go by Bhakti tradition . ( bhakti- devotion)
11) You don't like idea of Bhakti ! No problem. Do your Karma. Be a karmayogi.
12) You want to enjoy life. Very good. No problem at all. This is Charvaka Philosophy.
13) You want to abstain from all the enjoyment of life & find God - jai ho ! Be a Sadhu, an ascetic !
14) You don't like the concept of God. You believe in Nature only - Welcome. (Trees are our friends and Prakriti or nature is worthy of worship).
15) You believe in one God or Supreme Energy. Superb! Follow Advaita philosophy
16) You want a Guru. Go ahead. Receive gyaan.
17) You don't want a Guru.. Help yourself ! Meditate, Study !
18) You believe in Female energy ! Shakti is worshipped.
19) You believe that every human being is equal. Yeah! You're awesome, come on let's celebrate Hinduism!
"Vasudhaiva kutumbakam" (the world is a family)
20) You don't have time to celebrate the festival.
Don't worry. One more festival is coming! There are multiple festivals every single day of the year.
21) You are a working person. Don't have time for religion. Its okay. You will still be a Hindu.
22) You like to go to temples. Devotion is loved.
23) You don't like to go to temples - no problem. You are still a Hindu!
24) You know that Hinduism ☺ is a way of life, with considerable freedom.
25) You believe that everything has God in it. So you worship your mother, father, guru, tree, River, Prani-matra, Earth, Universe!
26) And If you don't believe that everything has GOD in it - No problems. Respect your viewpoint.
27) "Sarve jana sukhino bhavantu " (May you all live happily)
You represent this! You're free to choose, my dear Hindu!
This is exactly the essence of Hinduism, all inclusive .. That is why it has withstood the test of time inspite of repeated onslaught both from within and outside, and assimilated every good aspects from everything . That is why it is eternal !!!
There is a saying in Rigveda , the first book ever known to mankind which depicts the Hinduism philosophy in a Nutshell -" Ano bhadrah Krathavo Yanthu Vishwathah"- Let the knowledge come to us from every direction "
Beautifully put. ❤
Very nice presentation, thank you. However, I have 1 major problem with the Jainism concept of non violence. I am all for austerities and I fast as well, the problem is the severity that its being done with. You may say non violence, but putting this kind of stress on the physical and mental is a form of violence. Austerities are dependent on the individual, not everyone has the same tolerance, meaning that forcing to do something is against non violence.
Another major problem with this concept is the perceived boundaries of violence (or non violence). For example, you don't want to kill living creatures. A fly is flying in your home and you feel like you shouldn't kill or hurt it because it is violence. However, letting the fly live means potential violence towards someone else. Flies are known disease carriers, they might fly into someone else's home and sit on food or on a baby's mouth, which is a huge potential for infection. So letting the fly live might be non violent towards the fly, but violent towards your environment. I am not advocating violence but as said beautifully in the last lecture by Pravrajika Virajaprana: "All pairs of opposites share an implicit identity, they are inseparable and immutably interdependent". And ask yourself, what if Arjuna chose non violence? What did Krishna show him when he thought of that? Exactly.
It's a major thing in many spiritual teachings to attempt to be very strict. Strictness blocks flow, some strictness is required and essential for practice, but too much strictness however will hinder. Everything should come naturally, you can sit at home and force yourself to be as austere as you want and tell yourself every day that you are Brahman, that by itself will not make you enlightened. How will you attain experience of the most fundamental natural existence while using (for you) unnatural practices? This is why I love Advaita Vedanta, all that is required is knowledge (or the removal of the veil of ignorance) and this is also pointed at in many scriptures. I am not saying don't be devotional or don't practice other yogas, I am saying that you should NEVER blindly follow anyone, not even Swami Sarvapriyananda (for whom I have the utmost respect and love). Instead, absorb his wisdom, think about what he said and apply it to your own life but at your OWN pace and apply it in a way that feels natural to you (you as existence, but also body and mind).
I think Swamiji (who I also love and respect) would not disagree with your last two sentences.
Bhagwan mahavir .. as given many fold path to liberation .. sir ... he said just get 1 point beyond your strength ... and keep building ... when you go to national parks .. thats the philosophy applied .. that you do not disturb what animal does .. if there is kill just watch .. be detached .. fly if we are worried .. 😄also will only harm ... according to karma .. as swamini says .. the moment .. u .. accept .. u will be able to practice .. and i am .. living example of jainism
@@swatishahs3144 I see your point, well said. But think about it, why would it be more natural for an animal to protect their child or environment than a human? Humans are not beyond Maya, they are as much part of it as every thing else. As long as it happens like you said in a natural way (so you don't go out killing with evil intent). Like you said it is karma, but it is as much karma for the fly to hurt the environment as it is for a human to protect the environment by killing the fly. Or would you let a bear eat your child without defending because that is what the bear does and you shouldn't interfere?
Arjuna had to fight, it was his karma and duty to protect his people from evil. Did he not kill many? Or did Krishna allow him to give up and choose inaction?
Anyway my argument is purely based on my studies and meditation. I would choose non violence over violence when it is possible any time. Thank you for sharing your thoughts!
Jainsim all about to pure the soul from bad karma. So if you make karma then you are doing violence with your soul and karma is not dependent only body action it's mainly depending on your thinking and emotion. If doctor is killed viruses for save someone life then he earn both karma good and bad and intensity depend on his emotions and thinking depth. Jainsim say that we dont have to make any bad karma and good karma if we have that much power of emotion which we can stay in our soul nither we should have to good karma at least so in future we can get good things which can help to soul become pure like human life. Hope you understand
Giant forJain, hasingapore for hastinapur, tankers for tirthankars.....just few of the shockingly large number of errors showing up in text along with the video. Team that has put this together, please do justice to Dr Long's beautiful explanation of jainism by getting these errors corrected immediately! It's better to remove the subtitles than keep the incorrect ones and make a joke of such a divine lecture. If you need help, please email me and I will make the changes free of cost for you. I am a practising Jain. Please!
Pranam prof.long , thanks for your spech on jainism .we know that mahatma gandhi was initiated in kriya yoga by paramhansa yogananda .Probably he used to read gita everyday as kriyban. Nonviolence(ahinsa ) is also a part of ASTANGA MARG . PROBABLY that is why he had taken vow of nonviolence. he kept gita with him. If l am wrong please ignore it. Once again thanks for spech .
Shrimad rajchandra .. is the one ... who .. influenced. Gandhi .. from not converting to christianity ...
Dear swati probably you have replied against my comment on basis of gandhi's autobiography "the story of my experiments with truth" . Remember it , nonviolence has no religion.
Certainly Mahatma Gandhi was influenced by both the Astanga Marg (Yoga Sutra) and Jainism (via Shrimad Rajachandra as well as the very large Jain presence in Gujarat, where he spent his early years). And certainly both traditions were in conversation with one another from a very early historical period.