As he stated at the end, this is a linguistic problem, because our systems of logic and even our entire capacity to conceptualize is bound to our language, which by its very nature must be imperfect. The more I learn the more I realize how right Wittgenstein was in saying "What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence." Thank you, Swamiji, for helping us to deepen our understanding of reality.
This is one of the best talks of Swamiji....you are a combination of the ancient wisdom of Upanishadic sages, Bhagwan Buddha, Nagarjuna, Chandrakirti, Tsongkhapa, Adi Shanakara, Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda. My salutations and pranams 🙏🙏
He is a splendid professor, one extremely well versed in his subjects. He understands Buddhist doctrine and history with the acumen of one who has engaged in long scholarly studies. If he understands Buddhism this well, one can only imagine how much more versed he is in the subject of Vedanta.
Toad know inescapability of observer confines. Frog solipsist. Your ego demotes frog. There is no frog. Water in vase inseparable to vast cosmic ocean of undulating consciousness. Extending beyond its surface permeating your idea of frog. Good night.
Swamiji - you took on this journey from Nalanda to Tibet to Oxford! The hidden treasures. The Phoenix rising from the ashes. Today part of Nalanda stands 🙏🙏. Loved Ma Sharada’s cryptic remark -- when the people from the west visited Nalanda. So grateful to Harvard University. Our sincere pranaams to you Swamiji🙏
This is truly the best talk on comparing the Avaitavedanta and Buddhist’s emptiness. As a Buddhist, I truly appreciate the explanation and insight. 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽
I do too, and yet... I cannot be convinced by arguments but by experience. And my meditation has shown me that the self simply is not there. The discovery is terrible... but the terror is very short lived, as I am sure you know. It soon becomes clean, beyond perfect, and completely natural, normal, and inarguable.
@@nofugz8939 "To whom was it shown that the self is not there?" NOW "you" are asking the right questions. Congrats. The rest of your quote is just religious dogma. Forgive me. But I must say it.
As this swami is only an academic, he is only interested in being a Hindu Please stay away from the Teachings of Buddha. We have more than enough Buddhist monks and Buddhist scholars practicing the Teachings of Lord Buddha. Ask this Swamiji to stay away from Buddhism. Practicing Forest Buddhist Hermit for 30 years.
@Greg LeJacques overthinking is injurious. Just meditate on truth. If you guys dont like him why come here and shouting..please donot talk unnecessarily and without clear point
The brilliance of Swami Sarvapriyananda to explain complex topics with clarity and humor never ceases to amaze me. Fortunate to be able to listen to his wisdom.
Swami Sarvapriyananda is a special Being who brings the light of Advaita Vedanta to illuminate those who seek the deep essence of existence, always with good humor, clear words and simplicity for all levels of understanding. Thank you Swamiji for sharing your high knowledge with us.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Catholicism, and any other religion will send you straight to hell. Only through Jesus Christ you can reach the Father, God.
What a great explanation! This subject has been hovering in my mind for a while, thanks to Swamiji's clarity it's all reconciled. How lucky we are to have this great mind!
This Sunday-discourse by Swami Sarvapriyananda juxtaposing Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism, esp. its Madhyamaka school, was definitely a knowledge-rich and insightful address. Viewing the live-broadcast of such a scholarly comparison between these two very profound Indic philosophies was simply a delight! It was definitely one of those sermons by Swami Ji that I just didn't want to end despite the ears sipping nectar of knowledge for over an hour and a half. Swami Ji's oratory and presentation skills which perfectly compliment his erudity leave the listeners spellbound and craving for more. To say the least, the audience was, indeed, fortunate to have been served with this treat of a talk immediately after an equally engaging speech centred around Adi Shanka the previous Sunday (eagerly awaiting for that one to be uploaded as well). Signing off with pranams at the lotus-feet of Swami Sarvapriyananda Ji Maharaj 🙏🏾🌺🌼
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@@sumedhd90 karan ki te life and teachings che kontech video upload karat nahit.mhanje ya adhiche kontech life and teachings che nahi kelet.tyamule he dekhil karnaar nahit asach vatte.ho barobar aahe question answers nahi aahet ☹️
I am a Buddhist. I totally agree with what you said. Thanks Swami Sarvapriyananda. I really enjoy your teaching and learn so much from you about Buddhism. Buddhism and Non-duality are really no difference.
That's the reason why Adi Shankaracharya (he is the most respected acharya of non dualism) is called disguised buddha here in India by duelists. And we are insulted behind our backs because they have no guts to do that in front of us. And they do that in public by totally distorting the philosophy itself.
The historical span, depth, and sophistication of just this one important debate, so astutely covered in an hour and a half, is breathtaking. Whether I agree or not, what a gift you are to the seeker.
This guy pulls together the entire history of the world. Her is incredibly connected to EVERYTHING! This is the gift of Vedanta! What would we do without him?
@@vincentmonet6172Why say instead ? They are both significant and products of the same broad order - like precious gems who are each a great source of light. Namaste 🙏
After listening to this brilliant teacher what I could sum up is, Shankar Achariya ji simply took the wine of Buddha through Nagarjuna and chandrakierti and put it into another bottle and labelled it as Adaita Vedanta. Throughout, I was thinking, what the people from the west and Middle East must be thinking about the great Indian masters and philosophers, who had that capacity and level of brilliance in debating in search and quest of the ultimate reality, rather than reading a book and accepting literally what is written there in.
@@Reach2Sanno The question was "what would we do without him?" The answer was to watch another teacher. Since Swamiji does exist, then we can watch both.
It doesn't get any better than this. High quality intellectual discussion. I really like when there is continous questioning about Hindu & Buddhist philosophies. Don't like blind faith some degree of skepticism or disagreement has to be their. Bravo SwamiJi! 👊
Words about words, round and round they go. If it is circular or about, it is dreaming. If dreaming is you thing or feeds something in you by all means dream, but if you find yourself being *eaten* by dreams there is only one way out of that circle. It is not not not not* more words, which are jolly useful tools but no *more* than tools.
What Sri Bhagwan Ramakrishna says relieves me from this question. It is the Buddha Vipasyana who has brought me to the doorsteps of Advaita Vedanta. I was waiting for at least 18 years for this answer And also the inseparability of Consciousness and the objects. Thank you Swamiji.
@@rockingrishi1407 and vedanta brought me to Bhakti all is Sri Ramakrishna's Grace....how much he cares for us...when I think of his grace on me...I am in tears...
not true. Vipassana is combined with two words. Vi speaical and passana comes from passati means to see. Vipassana means speical seeing. Insight meditation into three characteristics of existence anicca(impermance), dukkha(unsatifactoriness) and anatta(non-self). There is no permanent consciousness in vipassana practice. Everthing is arising and falling. Vipassana today was innovated by the Burmese theravada monk ledi sayadaw based on satipatthama sutta in the 19th century. No one called the technique Vipassana before that.
What a profound discourse! My pranaams to you Swamiji. To hear thousands of years of wisdom and philosophical evolution presented in this one lecture is such a blessing. May we all attain enlightenment and come to the complete cessation of suffering. ❤🙏🏼
Thank You Swami Ji🙏. You are a true Guru who can teach such complex concepts in such simple words. It is very enriching experience to listen to you. Such profound insights on Vendata and Buddism is very rare to find in this world.
Very nice VIVAADA swamiji .With all kinds of Vaada ,Jalpa and Vithanda Vaadaas Advaitha Philisophy Captures the true essence of reality and ensures highest truth of PRAPANCHA SHAKTHI.
I bow down to your lotus feet our beloved swami ji. Your teaching is like that eternal beacon, guiding us all. May you live 1000 years and keep showing the path to the lost ones like me.
Such a delight to hear swamiji speak. So much open mindedness and no ego. A lot of Hindu speakers I have heard want to glorify their philosophy. But swamiji only wants to arrive at truth. Really greatful to swamiji and this channel for making this content accessible to all.
"A lot of Hindu speakers I have heard want to glorify their philosophy." Not only that, they dismiss all other philosophies as rubbish. In full agreement with your assessment of Swamiji's approach.
@@rravi1045 but not only Hindu speakers do that the speakers of other religions are far ahead of proving everyone WRONG.hindus are more liberal in that sense.
Here is the thing about being a true seeker. We need to be at peace knowing that even a frog in the well (Both literally & metaphorically) is under the same spell of Maya as we all are.... so let's not look down on ANYONE ... All paths are equally valid. Let us dismiss the idea that Advaita or Gyana Yoga is the best even though we try to follow it to the best of our ability. It does not matter how many rivers we think there are , or that we think all rivers flow in the same ocean .. It only matters how close to the ocean we are.
"Samsara & Niravana are the appearances in the reality that we are-- our own inner reality".Thank u Swamiji for such an exhilarating talk on understanding wisdom of all wisdoms.Not even once in entire 1:32hours my mind went astray hearing this-Such was the beauty of this unpeeling of where is the ATMAAN. 🙏♥️
The middle path, that which is in and above existence and non-existence, Brahman that which is beyond existence… how beautifully Thakur said! Indeed, many paths to the same golden peak. Thank you Swamiji, today my confusion as a practising madhyamik Buddhist and drawn to Vedanta at the same time is cleared. To takes a clear mind like yours to show us this shining reality from all these confusing philosophies! Please accept my deepest pranaam. Thank you to the Vedanta NY team and RK Matt . May all beings be happy.
That is just a bunch of theory. Between this and that, the middle, etc ... maybe that satisfies a restless mind but it has no real meaning. Madyamika is a disaster.
*Finally!* I've been waiting for a recording of this lecture to be uploaded ever since I listened to it live. The nuance in the presentation is truly impressive. Especially the way Guruji carefully untangles these two extremely similar philosophies... Ultimately, of course, the conclusion is that Advaita and some schools of Buddhism are pointing to the same "thing" 😉 but convincing lay audiences of this in a matter of about 100 mins is something only a master can accomplish.
Thank you 🙏🏼 May I offer words of wisdom. A boat is sinking. Sinking is a condition of the boat, not the boat itself. Life is suffering. Suffering is a condition of Life, not life itself. The Way is a matter of “bailing out the boat”. 🙏🏼
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Catholicism, and any other religion will send you straight to hell. Only through Jesus Christ you can reach the Father, God.
@@TruthAloneSpeaks God’s holy justice requires punishment for human sin, but out of His love and mercy He gave His Son Jesus Christ to become our Savior. Christ became a man to fulfill the righteous requirements of God’s Law on our behalf and to bear the punishment of the sins of human beings through His death on Calvary’s cross, so that we can be forgiven and adopted into God’s eternal family. Contrary to much of popular belief, we cannot earn the forgiveness of God by being good enough to merit these blessings. The Bible teaches that, as sinners, we can never be good enough on our own merit. But God offers us these benefits as a free gift, purchased in love by the holy life and the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. We accept this gift by placing our faith in Christ, repenting of our sins, and trusting in His death as the means of our forgiveness and acceptance by God, receiving Him as our Savior and Lord. You may express this by praying a prayer in faith like the one that follows: Dear Father, I believe that Jesus Christ is Your only begotten Son and that He became a human being, shed His blood, and died on the cross to pay the penalty and clean away the sin that has separated me from You. I believe that He rose bodily from the dead to give me new life. Lord Jesus, I invite You and ask You to come into my heart. I confess my sins and ask You to forgive me. I accept You as my Savior and Lord. I want to turn away from my sins and pray that Your Holy Spirit will help me follow Your way. I believe that You have come and are living in me right now. Thank You, Lord. In Your Name, I pray. Amen.
@@RepentJC, I will repeat my question - do you have any first hand proof for your assertions? Or, are you repeating what you have heard from someone else?
I recall swamiji’s discourse on this very topic, the dialectic between Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism , posted on RUclips way back in 2018/19. It stayed briefly and after that I didn’t find it. Now I am brimming with joy to see this discourse.. such a beautiful syncretic harmonising conclusion.
The analogy at 57:00 is a beautiful illustration of why phenomenal consciousness needs objects to become meta conscious of itself. A similar metaphor which exists in Christian mysticism is how a son cannot exist without a father but reciprocally the father also doesn't possess the quality of 'fatherness' without the existence of a son. Thank you swamiji for the thought provoking lecture
Chinmay 1. But the monotheistic core of all the 3 Abrahamic religions simply says that there is just a transcendent god who is totally disconnected from the universe but still can create the universe and its "laws of nature" out of thin air and override them (whenever wanted) and control everything by just using a magic wand😊. Monotheism cannot be validated. In other words, none of the Abrahamic religions were built around any well validated metaphysics...It led to needless prophets/middlemen/son of god/messiah (especially in Christianity and Islam), angels, blind belief in a book. non existent heaven/hell, fantasy stories (propagated as history), proselytization, and half baked responsibilities towards nature and discrimination/violence against (non believer) due to lack of understanding of Karma or cause and effect (created by human ego based identities/ideologies/theologies), reincarnation (birth/death duality cycle) and Moksha (microcosm to macrocosm) 2. But hindu dharmic tradition based on the well validated Vedic metaphysics Sankhya says that there is nothing other than the conscious, immortal, immutable, immanent (conscious self ), transcendent and omnipresent cosmic self and its intelligent energy. Hindus use cosmic allegories Shiva or Vishnu or Brahma for the immanent and omnipresent conscious self and Shakthi or Lakshmi or Saraswathi for intelligent energy. Husband and wife cannot exist without each other. So, they always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles of nature to happen eg Birth/decay (including human reincarnation cycle), manifestation and concealment duality cycle of the universe etc Microcosm = Macrocosm. This is Sankhya vedic metaphysics (around which the whole hindu tradition was built including temple tradition, yoga and tantra) which can be validated by logic, double slit quantum experiment and embodied experience (focus and meditation) It also means TAT TVAM ASI meaning You (conscious and immanent athma or the conscious self) are (already) that (conscious, omnipresent and transcendent Shiva or the cosmic self) regardless of whether there is 'self realization" or not because without the conscious, immanent/omnipresent conscious self nothing can exist or nothing can be perceived in its current form or no duality cycles of nature can happen. Identification with thoughts and body is just an illusion created by avidya (lack of knowledge), through the experience of individual 5 senses by the conscious and immanent self even though it is NOT the doer and ahamkara or ego (sense of I). 3 .Hindu/Vedas say the consciousness is an attribute of the immanent self (just like heat is an attribute of fire and the sun) which is also all pervading (omnipresent) just like a thread which passes through different pearls (animate and inanimate). It is because of the immanent and omnipresent self there is consciousness in the psycho-physical body. But in Abrahamic religions there is no connection between consciousness and the soul. ERWIN SCHRODINGER (ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS) Schrodinger's biographer Moore, wrote -- “His system - or that of the Hindu Upanishads/Vedas - is delightful and consistent: the self and the world are one and they are all. He rejected traditional western religious beliefs (Jewish, Christian, and Islamic) not on the basis of any reasoned argument, nor even with an expression of emotional antipathy, for he loved to use religious expressions and metaphors, but simply by saying that they are naïve--and will NOT understand Quantum theory and consciousness.(CONSCIOUS AND OMNIPRESENT SELF = SHIVA and W0RLD = SHAKTHI)
@@Dharmicaction I largely agree with what you're saying. Abrahmic religions do have metaphysical worldviews which are naive at best however the Sufi saints of Islam and the hermeneutical interpretations of the Christian mystics have metaphysical worldviews much closer to an Advaita perspective. Monotheism is fundamentally flawed as an approach because even assuming that there was a single unchanging absolute reality, the neti neti approach would be the closest we could get to expressing it linguistically. These naive metaphysical views and especially the worldview that there is a formed entity or a sky daddy sitting up in heaven and causally affecting what happens in our daily life have led to innumerous atrocities fundamentally coming from the susceptibility to self delusion if revelation is considered a reliable epistemological mechanism. I agree that all religions aren't exactly equal in that manner however the problem remains that the type of Hinduism one encounters when they try to actually learn about the intellectual roots of their tradition (e.g the richness of intellectual debate in Advaita, the beauty of metaphors in the Upanishads etc.) Is far divorced from what the average hindu comprehends Hinduism as. To them all the gods we have are not archetypal manifestations of the infinite conscious, they believe that they're actually real people they can pray to to save them from everyday life etc. Our religious traditions destroyed due to Colonialism or otherwise have lost much of the truth and sincerity in them. In such a case people use religion as merely another crutch to lean on. They're no different from a Christian leading an immoral life six days a week and confessing on Sunday or a Drunkard. The fundamental problem with religion isn't intense intellectual metaphysical enquiry and debate as is the tradition in Advaita Vedanta, Buddhism or the Christian mystics or Sufi saints. Rather, It is humans creating speculations as escape from their everyday lives because of fear or laziness which urge remains constant in the average member of an abrahmic faith or a dharmic one and even in athiestic nihillistic people. As for Hinduism's metaphysics, I have immense respect, adoration and pride of this intellectual tradition as I believe the collection of this literature (e.g. Upanishads, Niddhidhyasaba texts) are undoubtedly the best enquiry into the nature of experience that can ever be found anywhere however, coming back to what Swamiji said in this video quoting Buddha, concepts and ideas, and all forms of preconceived knowledge are ultimately useless in realising the absolute. If you are suffering (from ignorance) then it is like a fire. You wouldn't discuss the nature of this fire but instead try to put it out immediately. Though Brahman is a beautiful concept and may also be the ultimate truth, to realise the actuality of the truth portrayed by the words of the scriptures, even the knowledge of the scriptures needs to be discarded eventually and only direct perception can remain.Vedanta, after all, means the ending of the known.
As a Dzogchen Buddhist practitioner, I completely agree with what Swami Sarvapriyananda said. Non-duality is perfectly coherent with Buddha nature. Wonderful teaching.
IN TAXILA, WHERE I SPEND MY CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH IS FULL OF MYSTERIOUS THINGS AND MIRACLES, SAME WAY OTHER CITY WHICH HAUNTS ME AND OTHER CENTER OF SPIRITUALISM "CITY OF SIALKOT". VERY HAUNTED AND MYSTERIOUS CITIES, AND SOME PART OF LAHORE. THANK U FOR TEACHING ME NEW THINGS. I HOPE I WILL LISTEN TO YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN
I have been wrestling with this fundamental issue for a few months now... this talk was a great and profound overview of Eastern Metaphysics in its essence... indeed, the universe provides if one is aware... thank you Swami...
@@nepinfo6635 anybody who runs after the bodily pleasures despite knowing nirvikalpa samadhi is only fit to be termed a madman. Same for the person who lives in luxuries. As krishna said common people have tendency to follow great men of society. If osho was that stupid, then he is indeed mad
Namastey. This is one of the deepest talk of Swamijee. Not just deepest, its like walking on the edge of a cliff, like a rope walking. How nicely he has shown the subtle difference between Advaita and modern Buddhism…. Requires patience in listening too without losing out the logic, argument and final thread. My pranams for imparting us this feeling of blessedness. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Listening to this, I was so happy and at the same time I became sad because of a thought. A thought that there was a time when people used to have all these questions, arguments, discussion with intellect. And then something changed in the region, a change so radical that now you can't even quote a paragraph from certain religious book without getting violence in return, forgot about having a debate.
Such an amazing talk, like every other one. Sometime it seems like SwamiJi is going off track, but even the off track point he shares is interesting. Every word that comes out of him is precious. Extremely fortunate to be alive during the same time as SwamiJi and being able to hear his talks. Cant thank enough ❤
Pranams Swamij, I’m Seán, I’ve been at the University of Bath since 96, before that I entered the university system thru Brunel. In the university system I have met several Nalanda atmas. At the moment I’m in contact with three former Nalandis. Thank you for remembering us🙏💛🧡💛🙏
Its like two people looking at a painting of a beautiful vase, while one says - "there is no vase, no flowers, no table and negates everything in the picture"; he stops and speaks no further. However the other says; "look there is a canvas where vase, flowers and table appears". The former being Buddhist and the latter being Advaitin. Both interpreted the same from two different point of views! Neither were incorrect I feel 🙂
@@Music-eo6ts "Keep totally quiet then" is exactly Great Realization Masters did I guess. Because truth cannot be expounded and no volume of words can describe the indescribable! All efforts and paths the Masters propounded were mere indicators/maps pointing to the truth. Advaita and Buddhism is probably the closest proximity to the truth that human mind can discern, beyond which one has to tread alone on the path shown to realize truth! 🙏
Wonderful Swamiji. Your talk explained the deep insights of Buddhism and Advaitha. Your memory and keeping the audience engaged switching from one concept to another so seamlessly is beyond human perception. A gifted swamyji on Advaitha philosophy.
I m so grateful to be able to hear this. The manner in which Swami ji assimilated Advaita n Buddhism thoughts are in the best possible way it could have been done. In one line it's beyond any word of praise, however at the same time you can't leave it without praising. Such a wonderful and desirable contradiction. I will have to listen to this speech multiple times to comprehend it fully. We can make an attempt here to fathom the depth of knowledge n wisdom Swami ji has grasped in his one life. Not only this; he is able to make us understand these perplexing philosophies in the most lucid language possible. He; I feel is fortunate enough to inherit altleast some amount of intelligence and tenacity which Swami Vivekananda had. Only he can be the true torchbearer of Swami Vivekananda's pious and undying legacy. In this speech I feel the example of Waves and the Ocean which Swami Sarvapriyananda gave stands out amongst the others and is the most potent and relevant.
I’m stoked to hear swami sarvapriyananda talk on this topic since I wrote my research paper on a related topics and had similar arguments presented by swami 🙏
As a born-hindu who is practising Vipassana meditation, I found this speech by Swami ji really useful. In my Brahmin community we are affiliated to Kanchi Sankara mutt who advocate Advaita philosophy. I always had this confusion and had difficulty reconciling Advaita with Bhagwan Buddha's Anatta. This speech by Swami Sarvapriyananda ji has helped me immensely. Gold and it's ornaments example beautiful. Tibetan madhyamika thought same as Adisankara's Advaita. Thank you Swamiji. Pranaam.
Enlightening talk on a difficult subject. Actually the higher truths are difficult to comprehend and express. Swamiji is very knowledgeable and a good teacher.
Thanks for your wonderful talk, Swami. I completely agree with your conclusions. I would like to recommend a channel on youtube called Jayasara Samaneri to your viewers. You can find classics of Advaita and Tibetan Buddhism recorded beautifully there as well as the classics of the world's other spiriitual traditions. Recognizing the common ground is important, as is recognizing that all of these teachings are in a very important sense to be considered as vehicles beyond the conceptual, as your talk and Nagarjuna's work make clear. The channel is great because you can listen and meditate at the same time. Thanks again!
A great silence came over me towards the end of the talk as he was talking about the 5th stage of meditation on emptiness. Fascinating how he seems to be conveying more than just words and ideas
Swamiji is so cute like a little child 👶when he talks about the rejection of his assignment at Harvard. Jokes apart, pranaam swamiji and thank you so much for guiding us.
Very good unification of the Buddhist & Advaita Vedantic concepts. I have not yet met you in real life, Swamiji, but I have met you on scores of RUclips videos.
Finally Swami jee conclusion is Ramkrishna, Buddhist conclusion is Buddha, Shakta conclusion is Shakti, Shaivism conclusion is Shiva, Vedic is Brahma and so on..... One thing, I really salute is your study and research.... 🙏🙏🙏
Such unbiased presentation of " wisdom" listeners can either it the cake as a whole or eat only the icing or a piece without icing....... which ever suits their palate
Someone compared looking for consciousness inside the brain (through fMRIs) to looking for the place a song is coming from in a radio. One opens it up and sees one part vibrating, another part getting heated up, etc., and says that that these are the possible places from which the song comes.
Great Presentation Swamiji. Thank you. Atman is the Ultimate Truth. There is no Second. If there is no Second (in Principle, not in Appearance), what is the need for Explanation ? Hence Bhagwan Buddha's Silence was an appropriate response and a successful demonstration of the nature of the Atman. The same approach was by Bhagwan Dakshinaamurti. Wasn't the Silence "witnessed" by thinking Minds? Simultaneously, the Silence was empty (of expression). My understanding is that both Schools are essentially the same . Only their expressions/appearances are different. Buddhas choose Silence and Advaitians choose meticulous expressions with great emphasis to convey that the Atman is not an Object or a Concept. And it is beyond comprehension for the Mind; Because the Mind operates in the boundaries of Context(s) and the Atman is beyond Contexts. One approach sounds positive and another negative, but that is again just the appearance. Additionally, Rituals are optional. If one performs rituals without the Essence, what is the point? Om Namaha Shivaya 🙏.
Have no idea what Swamiji is talking about or why it matters whether there is a self, but his orange outfit and hat and the way he uses his voice, hands, body and head in such a demonstrative, flowing, gentle way is quite mesmerising. People have been arguing over this for 1,500 years!? It doesn’t seem to have helped humanity and I’m sure the most helpful answer is much more simple, not a philosophical, intellectual complicated word brain soup. “No thing” - sounds like Iain McGilchrist’s book - The Matter With Things. Things are going wrong because the left mind has become fixated on separate things without harmonising with the right brain. Love seems a breakthrough point, childlike, before the intellect, inexpressible, calm, open.
Swami Sarvapriyananda has more knowledge and wisdom than all the current commercial cult gurus, who have millions of sheep-like followers. Yet, he is hardly known beyond a small group of people. 🙏🏽
That the self exists is a self evident fact. Otherwise who is discussing, who is debating, who is practicing, who is striving for moksha or self realization? And if moksha or nirvana is the goal, that it must be the self that is attaining that goal. Otherwise all of this discussion borders on absordity.
As he stated at the end, this is a linguistic problem, because our systems of logic and even our entire capacity to conceptualize is bound to our language, which by its very nature must be imperfect. The more I learn the more I realize how right Wittgenstein was in saying "What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence."
Thank you, Swamiji, for helping us to deepen our understanding of reality.
We are extremely fortunate to have such complicated topics explained to us in a lucid manner. Thank you Swamiji
This is one of the best talks of Swamiji....you are a combination of the ancient wisdom of Upanishadic sages, Bhagwan Buddha, Nagarjuna, Chandrakirti, Tsongkhapa, Adi Shanakara, Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda. My salutations and pranams 🙏🙏
Buddha was a mortal not an avatar.
@@Dharmicaction Well, only body-mind can become avatar. Not consciousness/Truth.
One of Swami’s favourite topics. That and the Ashtavakra Gita, I think
@@AB-yp7nc if you see puranas Bhagwan word is used for sages who are self realised so Bhagwan Buddha is very accurate
@@AB-yp7nc does that matter u that much?
He is a splendid professor, one extremely well versed in his subjects. He understands Buddhist doctrine and history with the acumen of one who has engaged in long scholarly studies. If he understands Buddhism this well, one can only imagine how much more versed he is in the subject of Vedanta.
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For frog 🐸 the well is his world 🌎.
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@@Hupplang77777 so you are the frog
Toad know inescapability of observer confines. Frog solipsist. Your ego demotes frog. There is no frog. Water in vase inseparable to vast cosmic ocean of undulating consciousness. Extending beyond its surface permeating your idea of frog. Good night.
@@vincentmonet6172 what's funny is that non dual philosophy is a kind of solipsism, but one that denies the ego as the Self.
This man is a gem of knowledge. We are so lucky to have free and instant access to such profound and quality teachings. ❤️
I do research on Buddhism in Bihar. The Swami speaks about the four sites the Bodhisattwa saw. I have visited and videographed these four sites.
He is amazing. We are Blessed
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Swamiji - you took on this journey from Nalanda to Tibet to Oxford! The hidden treasures. The Phoenix rising from the ashes. Today part of Nalanda stands 🙏🙏. Loved Ma Sharada’s cryptic remark -- when the people from the west visited Nalanda. So grateful to Harvard University. Our sincere pranaams to you Swamiji🙏
This is truly the best talk on comparing the Avaitavedanta and Buddhist’s emptiness. As a Buddhist, I truly appreciate the explanation and insight. 🙏🏽❤️🙏🏽
A difficult subject made Understandable. Thanks to Swamiji
Namo Buddhaya 🙏
I do too, and yet... I cannot be convinced by arguments but by experience. And my meditation has shown me that the self simply is not there. The discovery is terrible... but the terror is very short lived, as I am sure you know. It soon becomes clean, beyond perfect, and completely natural, normal, and inarguable.
@@wordscapes5690 To whom was it shown that the self is not there? That one is the self, not the false ego which is based on illusion
@@nofugz8939 "To whom was it shown that the self is not there?" NOW "you" are asking the right questions. Congrats. The rest of your quote is just religious dogma. Forgive me. But I must say it.
😮Wow. What is there left to say? A deep bow of gratitude for taking us on that intellectual yet deeply spiritual journey. 🙏
A day without swami sarvapriyananda is like a year without rain. JAY GURUDEV . PRANAAM
As this swami is only an academic,
he is only interested in being a Hindu
Please stay away from the Teachings of Buddha.
We have more than enough Buddhist monks and Buddhist scholars practicing the Teachings of Lord Buddha.
Ask this Swamiji to stay away from Buddhism.
Practicing Forest Buddhist Hermit for 30 years.
@@sifuroshi4109 haha
He is an illuminated soul.
@Greg LeJacques overthinking is injurious. Just meditate on truth. If you guys dont like him why come here and shouting..please donot talk unnecessarily and without clear point
And what mafia are you talking about. Its funny and stupid 🤣
The brilliance of Swami Sarvapriyananda to explain complex topics with clarity and humor never ceases to amaze me. Fortunate to be able to listen to his wisdom.
Swami Sarvapriyananda is a special Being who brings the light of Advaita Vedanta to illuminate those who seek the deep essence of existence, always with good humor, clear words and simplicity for all levels of understanding.
Thank you Swamiji for sharing your high knowledge with us.
Yes you are right 🙏
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:6
Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Catholicism, and any other religion will send you straight to hell. Only through Jesus Christ you can reach the Father, God.
@@RepentJC Wow great knowledge! Thanks for letting me know that I will go to hell.
@@ashu176 Ha ha ha ha 😁😁😁😂😂😂 And who will get 72 Hoors in Paradise ?!!😂😁😁😁
@@RepentJC Then you're on the wrong path if you're making statesmen like that.
What a great explanation! This subject has been hovering in my mind for a while, thanks to Swamiji's clarity it's all reconciled. How lucky we are to have this great mind!
Dear Swami, I am so happy to have discovered your channel which helps me terribly in my spiritual quest. Thank you sooooooo much
So grateful to be able to sit at home and listen to this sage
I have been confused about differences between Advaita and Buddhism for a long time and this cleared all my doubts. Thanks.
This Sunday-discourse by Swami Sarvapriyananda juxtaposing Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism, esp. its Madhyamaka school, was definitely a knowledge-rich and insightful address.
Viewing the live-broadcast of such a scholarly comparison between these two very profound Indic philosophies was simply a delight!
It was definitely one of those sermons by Swami Ji that I just didn't want to end despite the ears sipping nectar of knowledge for over an hour and a half. Swami Ji's oratory and presentation skills which perfectly compliment his erudity leave the listeners spellbound and craving for more.
To say the least, the audience was, indeed, fortunate to have been served with this treat of a talk immediately after an equally engaging speech centred around Adi Shanka the previous Sunday (eagerly awaiting for that one to be uploaded as well).
Signing off with pranams at the lotus-feet of Swami Sarvapriyananda Ji Maharaj 🙏🏾🌺🌼
भारी बोललास सुम्या!
@@sca8217 ho ekdam Khar!
@Sumedh feeling sorry..but they will not upload that talk
@@vaishnavighuge6411 तो व्हिडिओ न टाकण्याचे कारण?
...आणि खरं तर त्यांनी या व्हिडिओमध्ये सुद्धा live-streamingच्या शेवटी झालेल्या प्रश्नोत्तराचा भाग वगळला आहे.
@@sumedhd90 karan ki te life and teachings che kontech video upload karat nahit.mhanje ya adhiche kontech life and teachings che nahi kelet.tyamule he dekhil karnaar nahit asach vatte.ho barobar aahe question answers nahi aahet ☹️
I am a Buddhist. I totally agree with what you said. Thanks Swami Sarvapriyananda. I really enjoy your teaching and learn so much from you about Buddhism. Buddhism and Non-duality are really no difference.
That's the reason why Adi Shankaracharya (he is the most respected acharya of non dualism) is called disguised buddha here in India by duelists.
And we are insulted behind our backs because they have no guts to do that in front of us.
And they do that in public by totally distorting the philosophy itself.
What does non duality mean in religion?
@@ruparkyitin @ life @death are nirvana, earthly desires are bodhimaṇḍa （ dojo )
@@ct9245 do you mean ....
alive and death is the duality in religious belief??
The Buddha WAS FREE FROM SUCH VIEWS AS SWAMI PROFESSED, HE CALLED THEM CAUGHT IN THE SUBTLEST OF NETS.... INDRA NETWORK
The historical span, depth, and sophistication of just this one important debate, so astutely covered in an hour and a half, is breathtaking. Whether I agree or not, what a gift you are to the seeker.
This guy pulls together the entire history of the world. Her is incredibly connected to EVERYTHING! This is the gift of Vedanta! What would we do without him?
Watch Pravrajika Divyanandaprana instead.
@@vincentmonet6172Why say instead ? They are both significant and products of the same broad order - like precious gems who are each a great source of light. Namaste 🙏
After listening to this brilliant teacher what I could sum up is, Shankar Achariya ji simply took the wine of Buddha through Nagarjuna and chandrakierti and put it into another bottle and labelled it as Adaita Vedanta. Throughout, I was thinking, what the people from the west and Middle East must be thinking about the great Indian masters and philosophers, who had that capacity and level of brilliance in debating in search and quest of the ultimate reality, rather than reading a book and accepting literally what is written there in.
@@Reach2Sanno The question was "what would we do without him?" The answer was to watch another teacher.
Since Swamiji does exist, then we can watch both.
@@theflowoflife4252 Buddha himself took everything from samkhya darshan 😂😂😂
It doesn't get any better than this. High quality intellectual discussion. I really like when there is continous questioning about Hindu & Buddhist philosophies. Don't like blind faith some degree of skepticism or disagreement has to be their. Bravo SwamiJi! 👊
Words about words, round and round they go.
If it is circular or about, it is dreaming.
If dreaming is you thing or feeds something in you by all means dream, but if you find yourself being *eaten* by dreams there is only one way out of that circle.
It is not not not not* more words, which are jolly useful tools but no *more* than tools.
@@vhawk1951kl Kindly repeat that in ENGLISH, Miss.☝️
@@SpiritualPsychotherapyServices really?
@@vhawk1951kl if it wasn't for the words YOU use, you wouldn't exist here!
@@alsononaztee5039 Good Girl! 👌
Incidentally, Slave, are you VEGAN? 🌱
What Sri Bhagwan Ramakrishna says relieves me from this question. It is the Buddha Vipasyana who has brought me to the doorsteps of Advaita Vedanta. I was waiting for at least 18 years for this answer And also the inseparability of Consciousness and the objects. Thank you Swamiji.
Because objects are made of consciousness...
On the contrary Vedanta brought me to yoga . Ramakrishna is a giant of a kind.
@@rockingrishi1407 and vedanta brought me to Bhakti all is Sri Ramakrishna's Grace....how much he cares for us...when I think of his grace on me...I am in tears...
not true. Vipassana is combined with two words. Vi speaical and passana comes from passati means to see. Vipassana means speical seeing. Insight meditation into three characteristics of existence anicca(impermance), dukkha(unsatifactoriness) and anatta(non-self). There is no permanent consciousness in vipassana practice. Everthing is arising and falling. Vipassana today was innovated by the Burmese theravada monk ledi sayadaw based on satipatthama sutta in the 19th century. No one called the technique Vipassana before that.
@@PauloSilva-kt2nd how does this false ego transfers from one body to other ?
What a profound discourse! My pranaams to you Swamiji. To hear thousands of years of wisdom and philosophical evolution presented in this one lecture is such a blessing. May we all attain enlightenment and come to the complete cessation of suffering. ❤🙏🏼
I am amazed at swami ji’s memory and knowledge not to mention how he keeps the audience engaged. 👏🏼
Probably one of the BEST lectures I've heard on RUclips.
Thank You Swami Ji🙏. You are a true Guru who can teach such complex concepts in such simple words. It is very enriching experience to listen to you. Such profound insights on Vendata and Buddism is very rare to find in this world.
Thankyou for posting it again. I watched it once it was broadcasted. So much clarity and coherency! Absolutely loved it 🙏🙏
Swami is clearly an incredible scholar on that subject !
Very nice VIVAADA swamiji .With all kinds of Vaada ,Jalpa and Vithanda Vaadaas Advaitha Philisophy Captures the true essence of reality and ensures highest truth of PRAPANCHA SHAKTHI.
I bow down to your lotus feet our beloved swami ji. Your teaching is like that eternal beacon, guiding us all. May you live 1000 years and keep showing the path to the lost ones like me.
Swami Sarvapriyananda, thank you for pouring pure knowledge of atma down your lotus feet. Thank you!
The teaching on non-self starts around 35:45 and it's given mainly from the Gelugpa standpoint. The Kagyupa point of view begins around 1:24:18.
who told you Chandra kirti is gelugpa
who said Buddha nature is Parmanent, Partless, Independent?
how could Buddha Natute and Bharaman are same.
@@Hupplang77777 Where and when have I claimed that Chandrakirti was Gelugpa?
@Greg LeJacques What do you mean?
@@Hupplang77777 You tell us.
Such a delight to hear swamiji speak. So much open mindedness and no ego. A lot of Hindu speakers I have heard want to glorify their philosophy. But swamiji only wants to arrive at truth. Really greatful to swamiji and this channel for making this content accessible to all.
"A lot of Hindu speakers I have heard want to glorify their philosophy." Not only that, they dismiss all other philosophies as rubbish. In full agreement with your assessment of Swamiji's approach.
@@rravi1045 but not only Hindu speakers do that the speakers of other religions are far ahead of proving everyone WRONG.hindus are more liberal in that sense.
@@rravi1045 some people in ISCKON say that you should not question? but I really like how he takes all the questions and appreciate them
Here is the thing about being a true seeker. We need to be at peace knowing that even a frog in the well (Both literally & metaphorically) is under the same spell of Maya as we all are.... so let's not look down on ANYONE ... All paths are equally valid. Let us dismiss the idea that Advaita or Gyana Yoga is the best even though we try to follow it to the best of our ability.
It does not matter how many rivers we think there are , or that we think all rivers flow in the same ocean .. It only matters how close to the ocean we are.
@@SrikanthIyerTheMariner Well said, Sir!!!
"Samsara & Niravana are the appearances in the reality that we are-- our own inner reality".Thank u Swamiji for such an exhilarating talk on understanding wisdom of all wisdoms.Not even once in entire 1:32hours my mind went astray hearing this-Such was the beauty of this unpeeling of where is the ATMAAN. 🙏♥️
Wow! This deserves to be listened to again and again for all seekers in the path of enlightenment.
The middle path, that which is in and above existence and non-existence, Brahman that which is beyond existence… how beautifully Thakur said! Indeed, many paths to the same golden peak. Thank you Swamiji, today my confusion as a practising madhyamik Buddhist and drawn to Vedanta at the same time is cleared. To takes a clear mind like yours to show us this shining reality from all these confusing philosophies! Please accept my deepest pranaam. Thank you to the Vedanta NY team and RK Matt . May all beings be happy.
Swamijee is an enlightened soul. But I am not
.so I have to take up devotion only
There is nothing beyond Being, Eleatic philosophers were superior.
That is just a bunch of theory. Between this and that, the middle, etc ... maybe that satisfies a restless mind but it has no real meaning. Madyamika is a disaster.
@@cosmofox did you expect emptiness to have meaning ? 😂
Great discussion, makes you realize how little we really know, so much depth
*Finally!* I've been waiting for a recording of this lecture to be uploaded ever since I listened to it live.
The nuance in the presentation is truly impressive. Especially the way Guruji carefully untangles these two extremely similar philosophies...
Ultimately, of course, the conclusion is that Advaita and some schools of Buddhism are pointing to the same "thing" 😉 but convincing lay audiences of this in a matter of about 100 mins is something only a master can accomplish.
spoiler alert?
@@garypuckettmuse 🤣
@@garypuckettmuse Sorry! Should've begun my comment with "Do not read for the next 1500 years."
You seem well versed in matters of others, yet such a person ought to be 'others'
@@thebelligerentbostonian7524 Hahahahaha!
Thank you 🙏🏼 May I offer words of wisdom. A boat is sinking. Sinking is a condition of the boat, not the boat itself. Life is suffering. Suffering is a condition of Life, not life itself. The Way is a matter of “bailing out the boat”. 🙏🏼
Namaskar Swamijee. Its sheer pleasure listening to your talks. Whole day then is like a meditation, chewing on what you said. Feel blessed.
A qqq pla
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:6
Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Catholicism, and any other religion will send you straight to hell. Only through Jesus Christ you can reach the Father, God.
Any proof for your assertion???
@@TruthAloneSpeaks God’s holy justice requires punishment for human sin, but out of His love and mercy He gave His Son Jesus Christ to become our Savior. Christ became a man to fulfill the righteous requirements of God’s Law on our behalf and to bear the punishment of the sins of human beings through His death on Calvary’s cross, so that we can be forgiven and adopted into God’s eternal family.
Contrary to much of popular belief, we cannot earn the forgiveness of God by being good enough to merit these blessings. The Bible teaches that, as sinners, we can never be good enough on our own merit. But God offers us these benefits as a free gift, purchased in love by the holy life and the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ.
We accept this gift by placing our faith in Christ, repenting of our sins, and trusting in His death as the means of our forgiveness and acceptance by God, receiving Him as our Savior and Lord. You may express this by praying a prayer in faith like the one that follows:
Dear Father, I believe that Jesus Christ is Your only begotten Son and that He became a human being, shed His blood, and died on the cross to pay the penalty and clean away the sin that has separated me from You. I believe that He rose bodily from the dead to give me new life.
Lord Jesus, I invite You and ask You to come into my heart. I confess my sins and ask You to forgive me. I accept You as my Savior and Lord. I want to turn away from my sins and pray that Your Holy Spirit will help me follow Your way. I believe that You have come and are living in me right now. Thank You, Lord. In Your Name, I pray. Amen.
@@RepentJC, I will repeat my question - do you have any first hand proof for your assertions? Or, are you repeating what you have heard from someone else?
Keep the tradition alive, keep sharing comparing and debating these ideas
This guy has a great mind
Pranam maharaj🙏
I am blessed so that i can listen to you..
we all are
I recall swamiji’s discourse on this very topic, the dialectic between Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism , posted on RUclips way back in 2018/19. It stayed briefly and after that I didn’t find it.
Now I am brimming with joy to see this discourse.. such a beautiful syncretic harmonising conclusion.
So enlightening to hear this talk by Swamiji. It is unfortunate that many of us did not really get to know our ancient philosophers and their works.
Thank you so much Swami. I was in tears at the end.
The analogy at 57:00 is a beautiful illustration of why phenomenal consciousness needs objects to become meta conscious of itself. A similar metaphor which exists in Christian mysticism is how a son cannot exist without a father but reciprocally the father also doesn't possess the quality of 'fatherness' without the existence of a son.
Thank you swamiji for the thought provoking lecture
This analogy is present in Buddhism as well.
Chinmay
1. But the monotheistic core of all the 3 Abrahamic religions simply says that there is just a transcendent god who is totally disconnected from the universe but still can create the universe and its "laws of nature" out of thin air and override them (whenever wanted) and control everything by just using a magic wand😊. Monotheism cannot be validated.
In other words, none of the Abrahamic religions were built around any well validated metaphysics...It led to needless prophets/middlemen/son of god/messiah (especially in Christianity and Islam), angels, blind belief in a book. non existent heaven/hell, fantasy stories (propagated as history), proselytization, and half baked responsibilities towards nature and discrimination/violence against (non believer) due to lack of understanding of Karma or cause and effect (created by human ego based identities/ideologies/theologies), reincarnation (birth/death duality cycle) and Moksha (microcosm to macrocosm)
2. But hindu dharmic tradition based on the well validated Vedic metaphysics Sankhya says that there is nothing other than the conscious, immortal, immutable, immanent (conscious self ), transcendent and omnipresent cosmic self and its intelligent energy. Hindus use cosmic allegories Shiva or Vishnu or Brahma for the immanent and omnipresent conscious self and Shakthi or Lakshmi or Saraswathi for intelligent energy. Husband and wife cannot exist without each other. So, they always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles of nature to happen eg Birth/decay (including human reincarnation cycle), manifestation and concealment duality cycle of the universe etc Microcosm = Macrocosm.
This is Sankhya vedic metaphysics (around which the whole hindu tradition was built including temple tradition, yoga and tantra) which can be validated by logic, double slit quantum experiment and embodied experience (focus and meditation)
It also means TAT TVAM ASI meaning You (conscious and immanent athma or the conscious self) are (already) that (conscious, omnipresent and transcendent Shiva or the cosmic self) regardless of whether there is 'self realization" or not because without the conscious, immanent/omnipresent conscious self nothing can exist or nothing can be perceived in its current form or no duality cycles of nature can happen. Identification with thoughts and body is just an illusion created by avidya (lack of knowledge), through the experience of individual 5 senses by the conscious and immanent self even though it is NOT the doer and ahamkara or ego (sense of I).
3 .Hindu/Vedas say the consciousness is an attribute of the immanent self (just like heat is an attribute of fire and the sun) which is also all pervading (omnipresent) just like a thread which passes through different pearls (animate and inanimate). It is because of the immanent and omnipresent self there is consciousness in the psycho-physical body. But in Abrahamic religions there is no connection between consciousness and the soul.
ERWIN SCHRODINGER (ONE OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS) Schrodinger's biographer Moore, wrote -- “His system - or that of the Hindu Upanishads/Vedas - is delightful and consistent: the self and the world are one and they are all. He rejected traditional western religious beliefs (Jewish, Christian, and Islamic) not on the basis of any reasoned argument, nor even with an expression of emotional antipathy, for he loved to use religious expressions and metaphors, but simply by saying that they are naïve--and will NOT understand Quantum theory and consciousness.(CONSCIOUS AND OMNIPRESENT SELF = SHIVA and W0RLD = SHAKTHI)
@@Dharmicaction I largely agree with what you're saying. Abrahmic religions do have metaphysical worldviews which are naive at best however the Sufi saints of Islam and the hermeneutical interpretations of the Christian mystics have metaphysical worldviews much closer to an Advaita perspective. Monotheism is fundamentally flawed as an approach because even assuming that there was a single unchanging absolute reality, the neti neti approach would be the closest we could get to expressing it linguistically.
These naive metaphysical views and especially the worldview that there is a formed entity or a sky daddy sitting up in heaven and causally affecting what happens in our daily life have led to innumerous atrocities fundamentally coming from the susceptibility to self delusion if revelation is considered a reliable epistemological mechanism. I agree that all religions aren't exactly equal in that manner however the problem remains that the type of Hinduism one encounters when they try to actually learn about the intellectual roots of their tradition (e.g the richness of intellectual debate in Advaita, the beauty of metaphors in the Upanishads etc.) Is far divorced from what the average hindu comprehends Hinduism as. To them all the gods we have are not archetypal manifestations of the infinite conscious, they believe that they're actually real people they can pray to to save them from everyday life etc. Our religious traditions destroyed due to Colonialism or otherwise have lost much of the truth and sincerity in them. In such a case people use religion as merely another crutch to lean on. They're no different from a Christian leading an immoral life six days a week and confessing on Sunday or a Drunkard. The fundamental problem with religion isn't intense intellectual metaphysical enquiry and debate as is the tradition in Advaita Vedanta, Buddhism or the Christian mystics or Sufi saints. Rather, It is humans creating speculations as escape from their everyday lives because of fear or laziness which urge remains constant in the average member of an abrahmic faith or a dharmic one and even in athiestic nihillistic people.
As for Hinduism's metaphysics, I have immense respect, adoration and pride of this intellectual tradition as I believe the collection of this literature (e.g. Upanishads, Niddhidhyasaba texts) are undoubtedly the best enquiry into the nature of experience that can ever be found anywhere however, coming back to what Swamiji said in this video quoting Buddha, concepts and ideas, and all forms of preconceived knowledge are ultimately useless in realising the absolute. If you are suffering (from ignorance) then it is like a fire. You wouldn't discuss the nature of this fire but instead try to put it out immediately. Though Brahman is a beautiful concept and may also be the ultimate truth, to realise the actuality of the truth portrayed by the words of the scriptures, even the knowledge of the scriptures needs to be discarded eventually and only direct perception can remain.Vedanta, after all, means the ending of the known.
Goes back to the Rig Veda where Agni is both Father & the first begotten son
What? This has nothing to do with platonic claptrap.
As a Dzogchen Buddhist practitioner, I completely agree with what Swami Sarvapriyananda said. Non-duality is perfectly coherent with Buddha nature. Wonderful teaching.
Have you watched Swamiji's lectures on 4 noble truths.
It is the icing of the cake, when swamigy talks Budhism.... 🙏👍🌳
IN TAXILA, WHERE I SPEND MY CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH IS FULL OF MYSTERIOUS THINGS AND MIRACLES, SAME WAY OTHER CITY WHICH HAUNTS ME AND OTHER CENTER OF SPIRITUALISM "CITY OF SIALKOT". VERY HAUNTED AND MYSTERIOUS CITIES, AND SOME PART OF LAHORE. THANK U FOR TEACHING ME NEW THINGS. I HOPE I WILL LISTEN TO YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN
This is pure gold. I have been waiting for this for a long time. Thank you swami.
I have been wrestling with this fundamental issue for a few months now... this talk was a great and profound overview of Eastern Metaphysics in its essence... indeed, the universe provides if one is aware... thank you Swami...
joy and love to every being, thank you swami and vedanta NY ❤️
What a lovely talk, Swami! Full of good humor and good will, as well of course of great knowledge. So wonderful!
The correlation of Advaita and Buddhism at the end. Superb. Osho explained this also beautifully.
In a what topic osho had explained sir..pls shared Tq
osho was a madman
Osho was a fraud who had 70 cars and contaminated public food to make people sick to influence a local vote to take over a town.
@@TheGuiltsOfUsyes when you don’t understand him.
@@nepinfo6635 anybody who runs after the bodily pleasures despite knowing nirvikalpa samadhi is only fit to be termed a madman. Same for the person who lives in luxuries. As krishna said common people have tendency to follow great men of society. If osho was that stupid, then he is indeed mad
Namastey. This is one of the deepest talk of Swamijee. Not just deepest, its like walking on the edge of a cliff, like a rope walking. How nicely he has shown the subtle difference between Advaita and modern Buddhism…. Requires patience in listening too without losing out the logic, argument and final thread. My pranams for imparting us this feeling of blessedness. 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Listening to this, I was so happy and at the same time I became sad because of a thought. A thought that there was a time when people used to have all these questions, arguments, discussion with intellect. And then something changed in the region, a change so radical that now you can't even quote a paragraph from certain religious book without getting violence in return, forgot about having a debate.
Such an amazing talk, like every other one. Sometime it seems like SwamiJi is going off track, but even the off track point he shares is interesting. Every word that comes out of him is precious. Extremely fortunate to be alive during the same time as SwamiJi and being able to hear his talks.
Cant thank enough ❤
Pranams Swamij, I’m Seán, I’ve been at the University of Bath since 96, before that I entered the university system thru Brunel. In the university system I have met several Nalanda atmas. At the moment I’m in contact with three former Nalandis. Thank you for remembering us🙏💛🧡💛🙏
Understood your joke!
Nalanda atma means 🤔
@@sumandas2986 lmao dude believes that the professors in his uni were reincarnations of the swamis at nalanda😹
Just like ancestors. Open mouth and start drinking Gau amrut. 🙏
Wonderful. Thank you, infinitely.
Its like two people looking at a painting of a beautiful vase, while one says - "there is no vase, no flowers, no table and negates everything in the picture"; he stops and speaks no further. However the other says; "look there is a canvas where vase, flowers and table appears". The former being Buddhist and the latter being Advaitin.
Both interpreted the same from two different point of views! Neither were incorrect I feel 🙂
If there is no vase no flowers, then why even speak - "flowers, vase". Keep totally quiet then.
(No offense 🙏🏽 just a logical comeback)
@@Music-eo6ts "Keep totally quiet then" is exactly Great Realization Masters did I guess. Because truth cannot be expounded and no volume of words can describe the indescribable! All efforts and paths the Masters propounded were mere indicators/maps pointing to the truth.
Advaita and Buddhism is probably the closest proximity to the truth that human mind can discern, beyond which one has to tread alone on the path shown to realize truth! 🙏
@@gopinathrp absolutely. That's why i Respect Buddha on his 14 great silences and consider those silences more valid than the interpretation of that.
@@Music-eo6ts Can you please share a link to the 14 great silences that Buddha said? I will be interested to know it too! 🙏
Wonderful Swamiji. Your talk explained the deep insights of Buddhism and Advaitha. Your memory and keeping the audience engaged switching from one concept to another so seamlessly is beyond human perception. A gifted swamyji on Advaitha philosophy.
What a great enlightening talk!
Kudos to Swami Sarvapriyananda.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I m so grateful to be able to hear this. The manner in which Swami ji assimilated Advaita n Buddhism thoughts are in the best possible way it could have been done. In one line it's beyond any word of praise, however at the same time you can't leave it without praising. Such a wonderful and desirable contradiction. I will have to listen to this speech multiple times to comprehend it fully. We can make an attempt here to fathom the depth of knowledge n wisdom Swami ji has grasped in his one life. Not only this; he is able to make us understand these perplexing philosophies in the most lucid language possible. He; I feel is fortunate enough to inherit altleast some amount of intelligence and tenacity which Swami Vivekananda had. Only he can be the true torchbearer of Swami Vivekananda's pious and undying legacy.
In this speech I feel the example of Waves and the Ocean which Swami Sarvapriyananda gave stands out amongst the others and is the most potent and relevant.
I’m stoked to hear swami sarvapriyananda talk on this topic since I wrote my research paper on a related topics and had similar arguments presented by swami 🙏
What is your argument?
Please share it on your channel so that we can learn more
Wonderfully crafted talk. Hope to see more of this type of analysis. Swami Savapriyananda is a gift to society.
A marvellous and illuminating talk. Thank you.
I am a Catholic Christian .This talk was excellent! I have a much clearer grasp of these subtle subjects.
Finally!!!!!!!! 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you Swami ji so much 🙏🙏❤️
I keep coming back to this talk. Either path you take, atman or anatman, bears such potent fruits.
Brilliant talk. I learned so much from this!
Excellent. After listening three times, I could realise some parts of it.
So clarifying. Thank you.
He finally came to my point. Sathyamekameva budhah bahudha vadanthe.
As a born-hindu who is practising Vipassana meditation, I found this speech by Swami ji really useful. In my Brahmin community we are affiliated to Kanchi Sankara mutt who advocate Advaita philosophy.
I always had this confusion and had difficulty reconciling Advaita with Bhagwan Buddha's Anatta.
This speech by Swami Sarvapriyananda ji has helped me immensely. Gold and it's ornaments example beautiful. Tibetan madhyamika thought same as Adisankara's Advaita.
Thank you Swamiji. Pranaam.
Because your so called Hinduism copied from Buddhism. And idiot Buddha is not Bhagwan.
Don't spit Gaumutra.
Enlightening talk on a difficult subject. Actually the higher truths are difficult to comprehend and express. Swamiji is very knowledgeable and a good teacher.
Thanks for your wonderful talk, Swami. I completely agree with your conclusions. I would like to recommend a channel on youtube called Jayasara Samaneri to your viewers. You can find classics of Advaita and Tibetan Buddhism recorded beautifully there as well as the classics of the world's other spiriitual traditions. Recognizing the common ground is important, as is recognizing that all of these teachings are in a very important sense to be considered as vehicles beyond the conceptual, as your talk and Nagarjuna's work make clear. The channel is great because you can listen and meditate at the same time. Thanks again!
A great silence came over me towards the end of the talk as he was talking about the 5th stage of meditation on emptiness. Fascinating how he seems to be conveying more than just words and ideas
Swamiji is so cute like a little child 👶when he talks about the rejection of his assignment at Harvard. Jokes apart, pranaam swamiji and thank you so much for guiding us.
Hi Maharaj! Cant wait to meet you and capture your talks in Pacific Grove this June. Its going to be a most divine experience. Namaste!
Thanke you very much for this lecture.I am so happy.🙏🙏
Very good unification of the Buddhist & Advaita Vedantic concepts. I have not yet met you in real life, Swamiji, but I have met you on scores of RUclips videos.
Finally Swami jee conclusion is Ramkrishna, Buddhist conclusion is Buddha, Shakta conclusion is Shakti, Shaivism conclusion is Shiva, Vedic is Brahma and so on.....
One thing, I really salute is your study and research....
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Very well explanation of non-self and I have learned a lot. Thank you very much.
Great discourse, Buddhism and emptiness or Shoonya well explained by the learned Swamiji
This was a superb talk by Swami ji. Mind blowing
Thank you so much Swamijee !! blessing internally !!
Such unbiased presentation of " wisdom" listeners can either it the cake as a whole or eat only the icing or a piece without icing....... which ever suits their palate
Someone compared looking for consciousness inside the brain (through fMRIs) to looking for the place a song is coming from in a radio. One opens it up and sees one part vibrating, another part getting heated up, etc., and says that that these are the possible places from which the song comes.
I listen & read everyday. Swamiji you have touched the essence the best I ever heard or read. My pronam!
Beautiful conclusion and close similarity to Ramana Maharishi's method of Atman-Vichara.
Thank you for your priceless teaching!
Pronam swamiji 🙏🏻🙏🏻.. just loved your lecture.. feeling blessed.
Awestruck by sheer knowledge that Swamiji has. Amazing, pure bliss.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Great Presentation Swamiji. Thank you. Atman is the Ultimate Truth. There is no Second. If there is no Second (in Principle, not in Appearance), what is the need for Explanation ? Hence Bhagwan Buddha's Silence was an appropriate response and a successful demonstration of the nature of the Atman. The same approach was by Bhagwan Dakshinaamurti. Wasn't the Silence "witnessed" by thinking Minds? Simultaneously, the Silence was empty (of expression). My understanding is that both Schools are essentially the same . Only their expressions/appearances are different. Buddhas choose Silence and Advaitians choose meticulous expressions with great emphasis to convey that the Atman is not an Object or a Concept. And it is beyond comprehension for the Mind; Because the Mind operates in the boundaries of Context(s) and the Atman is beyond Contexts. One approach sounds positive and another negative, but that is again just the appearance. Additionally, Rituals are optional. If one performs rituals without the Essence, what is the point? Om Namaha Shivaya 🙏.
Have no idea what Swamiji is talking about or why it matters whether there is a self, but his orange outfit and hat and the way he uses his voice, hands, body and head in such a demonstrative, flowing, gentle way is quite mesmerising. People have been arguing over this for 1,500 years!? It doesn’t seem to have helped humanity and I’m sure the most helpful answer is much more simple, not a philosophical, intellectual complicated word brain soup. “No thing” - sounds like Iain McGilchrist’s book - The Matter With Things. Things are going wrong because the left mind has become fixated on separate things without harmonising with the right brain. Love seems a breakthrough point, childlike, before the intellect, inexpressible, calm, open.
Swami Sarvapriyananda has more knowledge and wisdom than all the current commercial cult gurus, who have millions of sheep-like followers. Yet, he is hardly known beyond a small group of people. 🙏🏽
Actually many Ramkrishna Mission monks have great knowledge but they are hardly known
What a wonderful and thorough explanation/clarification! Thank you.
That the self exists is a self evident fact. Otherwise who is discussing, who is debating, who is practicing, who is striving for moksha or self realization? And if moksha or nirvana is the goal, that it must be the self that is attaining that goal. Otherwise all of this discussion borders on absordity.
One of the best talks. Thank you!
This is a Masterpiece. What a wonderful gift to humanity! Thank you very much, Swamiji! 🙏❤