List of Questions: 0:31 -- How can we focus our minds (esp. in environments filled with distractions)? 11:30 -- We have the sense that we have free will, but it is not clear whether we actually possess free will, or it is just a delusion of the mind. The opposite of free will is determinism. So which is it? 15:47 -- Is the feeling of having free will deterministic or indeterminate? 16:19 -- Brahman/God's intent is indeterminable? 17:24 -- Our minds are limited by time, space (and causation). Brahman is beyond these three. With this in mind, at what level (or in what way) can we conceptualize Brahman? 21:20 -- How are we all-pervading as Brahman/Consciousness? 28:20 -- Why do we search for other alternative ways to think about God when we already have simple ways given by great souls/teachers such as Sri Ramakrishna? 31:39 -- Is Pure Consciousness (Satchidananda, Brahman) aware of change, aware of suffering etc., and if so, how is it that It does not change, and/or suffer? 37:16 -- If Sri Ramakrishna was himself an Avatar (incarnation of God), why did he beg and cry to see God in the form of Mother Kali? 38:55 -- The paradox of the Avatar (Incarnation). Is the Incarnation God or man? 39:48 -- In the story of the Princess of Kashi, the Prince realized that there is no Princess of Kashi, so there is no question of marrying the Princess of Kashi, but the desire for marriage still remained. That desire was not vanquished. Please explain. 42:30 -- In Sri Ramakrishna's answer to M's question ""How can I concentrate my mind (on God),"" the third point was discrimination (""Viveka"") It is interesting to note that Ramakrishna doesn't say discriminate between the Real and the Unreal (""Satya"" and ""Mithya""), but instead says to discriminate between the Eternal and the non-Eternal (""Nitya"" and ""Anitya""). Explanation/reasons for this? 45:46 -- What is the relationship between ""Eternal"" and ""non-Eternal"" on the one hand, and ""real"" and ""false"" on the other? How do you make the jump? "

@Windhorse_Mcghee

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome Thank You

@neenudogra5712

3 жыл бұрын

For the moment you are living in that moment...that moment is real to you

@Runsinwaves

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful answers to the “minds” questions, Swami, TY 🙏 I found after awakening..I became quiet..but the mind and body enjoy the pursuit of 🙏. So be it, keeps them busy. Lol

We are so lucky to know all this knowledge of Vedanta from Swami jee without even studying all doctrines .

@CaptainSanchez

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏽

@nitinbansal681

2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏻

@hemalathasuresh633

Жыл бұрын

Very true🙏

@rayo.

Жыл бұрын

You already know all Vedanta?

Shri Krishna bless you 🙏 Thank you Guruji

Whenever you talk to people there is a humbleness which is out of this world

I'm not into spirituality, but what Swami Sarvapriyananda is saying makes a lot of sense, i'm glad to find this great content on KZread

@unfalsifiable9250

5 жыл бұрын

Indeed, the goal of the spiritual path, the path of No-mind, is to stop being a "spiritual" person. To realise absolute freedom. This is the perennial philosophy and what underlies all valid spiritual paths. If you are looking for a non religious explanation of this kind of philosophy, look up Bernardo Kastrup on here. Don't mind that he is sometimes seen with charlatan Deepak Chopra. He is a serious philosopher and quite formidable.

Pranam Swami Jee 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Pranams Swamiji ❤

Pranam Swami ji🙏

I love this man with a love that is beyond form!

Mind went blank into deep silence on listening to this video at night.. consciousness alone remains experienced as silence on which mind plays its role and withdraws

Thanks Swami Sarvapriyananda 🙏❤️

Pranam swami ji

"Meditation is to be aware of every thought and of every feeling, never to say it is right or wrong, but just to watch it and move with it. In that watching, you begin to understand the whole movement of thought and feeling. And out of this awareness comes silence." - J. Krishnamurti

@N0fluxgiven

4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful

@manishmaithani1

4 жыл бұрын

That's true ..Jiddu was one of the greatest philosopher of current time

@sandeepsaxena3364

3 жыл бұрын

@ Piletta: That is ONE technique. There are many others. Vedantic meditation could be as simple as reflecting on`What is watching?` which would then reflect back to the one consciousness. Alternately try Patanjali`s Yoga Sutras who are the repository of many more techniques. In the final analysis- whatever suits the `individual`.

@vishaluppal7606

3 жыл бұрын

Thankyou swamiji

@knowthetruth311

Жыл бұрын

Do you really move with the thought or u let it rise and subside, you remain like a station master😂. I think if you move with it the nxt thing u know will be to drag you into its nxt pattern of thoughts. Just saying

First time understood the concept of real and false! Deepest gratutude Swamiji🙏🏻

@nitinbansal681

2 жыл бұрын

Why Buddhism is true.

Swamiji's messages are crystal clear!

Absolutely love this swamiji!!!

Great Thanks to Respected Sir Shri Swami Sarvapriyanad Ji. My God what a brain teaser drill. Such a complicated topic, explained so accurately. Borrowed existence, great example. I would never had understood, but swami ji made it a bit easy by citing this example of borrowed existence. 🙏😊🕉️💐🙏💐🙏💎⚛️🌺👍

You have read a lot &realised God Swamiji.

हरी: ऊॅं 🙏🏻 नमस्कार स्वामीजी 🙏🏻

Pranams, Swamiji🙏 We can physically see Swamji bring forth this auspicious knowledge completely unprepared for. I have never before witnessed such feats of the intellect and the compassion to share these jewels with anyone who has interest in such spiritual matters. This treasure trove of wisdom is given freely. Wow... just ... Thank you for your Selfless service I just want to cry with joy and sing devout praise for Swamiji... What's felt is gratitude and humility... And Grace abounds 🙏

This man is a blessing. So delightful!

Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna

Swami Sarvapriyananda jee's message and teaching are crystal clear. Thank you Vedanta society for uploading such videos.

Wonderfully clear explainer of Vedanta! Blessings, Swami!

Much appreciation as always, to Swami and all others who make these videos possible.

Its just not a random coincidence that we are a recipient to this most extraordinary philosophy (Vedanta) explained so simply by a great humble guruji- Swami Sarvapriyanada, We must have done some profound efforts in spiritual quest in this life or earlier , which is why we are receiving this now. I most certainly feel so and I feel during this life of mine - this i the luckiest thing i have ever been blessed with ..to receive and understand Vedanta through the skillful teacher as Swami Srvapriyanada. I hope i meet him one day !!!

Hari 🕉 pronam sawmije

Pranams to Revered Maharaj. Here that truth is discussed which cannot be expressed in language. It is the need of the hour for the entire world to understand about the ultimate reality. Again with humble pranams to Revered Maharaj and all the audience listening to this wisdom of India.

Swamiji how beautifuly you have explained intrinsic and borrowed existence.... 🙌🙌🙏🙏🙏 can't thank you enough in any number of lives.. 🙏

Namaskaram Guru 🙏 🙏🙏 🙏🙏 🙏

Prannam to swamiji and all that is!! Free will = God's will. Tat twam asi!! you are that! Therefore God's will and your will become the same.

Wow! 😍

Swamiji you have encapsulated entire Vedanta in 10 mins from min 45 of this discourse . Perfectly illuminated my poor intellect and drained it into my being . How can I ever thank you . Koti namaskar

Thank You Swamiji

I have listened to many of your recordings. But I feel, you are at your best in this recording, thank you for this inspiring talk!!.

Thanks swamiji you solved many of my doubts,and opened the path of knowledge ..

Bahut badhia samaz

Wonderful talk, Swami ji.

Just Perfect. Thank You Swami!🙏🙏🙏

The answers given are commendable and are totally based on deep vedantic studies. My salutations to Spanish.

@venugopalannairtm4253

3 жыл бұрын

My salutations to Swamiji

Thank you swamiji for clear explaination .....

Thanks a ton sir. It is of immense help

A lot of love 🧡💚💜💓 and devotion 🙏🙏🙏 to Swami ji...

Wonderful Swami ji.Thanks a million.So simple but we make it so difficult isn't it.Dharna is the only way to realise GOD.

Thank you.

I am floored Swamiji by the crystal clear explanation of those tricky but very profound questions.....I bow down to your knowledge......I am very hard to satisfy but ur explanation did satisfy my mind

🙏🙏🙏

This knowledge is definitely coming from realized self...

❤️❤️❤️

Borrowed existence - so deep and true

Additional clarifications: Q1) 0:33 How to focus the mind? A) Ashtanga Yoga in general. To focus on God (or anything): a)Immerse your mind in God (or that thing). Constantly think of it, listen/talk about it, be in company of those who are passionate about him. b) withdraw your mind from unnecessary worldly pulls by Nitya-Anitya Vastu Vivek (explained below). Q2) 11:30 Free will A2) Karma theory is based on the idea of free will. As per that, through your choice of actions, you earn karma-phala, or fruits of action which determine your future life & next lives (births). Your current life-situations are based on your action choices in the previous lives. Vedanta accepts Karma theory in the transactional reality, that is this appearing world where body-mind operate. The most popular verse of Bhagvat Gita, Krishna says - "you've choice of (or right to) actions, but not the fruits of actions"! So, as per all this, humans have free-choice of their actions. Q3) 17:25 can we conceptualize Brahman beyond space & time? A3) a) Brahman is never an object. It can never be conceptualized. It is not a thought, you cannot think it. It is the one that thinks (through the mind). b) It is not that you are in space-time & Brahman is beyond so how you can attain it. You are that Brahman. Not the inert body-mind but the real you - that which only can even use the pronoun 'I' - the Consciousness itself. c) Space-time, cause-effect, matter - of which the body-mind is made of and subjected to is within you. Q4) 31:31 Is Brahman (or pure consciousness) aware of change & suffering? A4) No. From the point of view of Brahman (absolute reality), the transactional world does not exist. Nothing exists apart from Brahman. The world appears to exist only at the level of the mind (lighted up by Brahman). So only the mind knows suffering, change etc. in the presence of pure consciousness. Q5) 39:50 Princess of Kashi / desire to get married not resolved A5) Do not extrapolate from examples. But also, the desire was not 'getting married' to anyone! The Prince falls in love with the Princess of Kashi and intensely desires her. That desire causes suffering. Things to learn: (i) Ignorance of the truth of Princess leads to desire which leads to suffering due to the feeling of incompleteness. (ii) What the Prince desires and searches outside of himself is he himself (iii) knowledge of the truth removes ignorance, removes desire, incompleteness & associated suffering. He doesn't have to pray, meditate, or do any other action (Bhakti, raja, or karma yoga can't help to remove ignorance). Message is same as in the 10th man story. Q6) 42:35 About Sri Ramakrishna's Gospel - Nitya/Anitya Vastu Vivek. A6) Discriminating between permanent/impermanent things. This is the first of the 4 basic requirement in Vedanta for self-realization as laid out by Shankaracharya (Sri RK quotes from there only). This is a way of focusing the mind on God (or Brahman or Atma) & understanding It. Note, that was M's question. How does it work? You start realizing that everything you are chasing is impermanent, will come and go. Any pleasure out of it is fleeting and brings lots of trouble and pain with it. So, you develop Vivek (intellectual maturity) through that discrimination from which arises detachment/dispassion (vairagya) towards wordly objects. The mind leaves these things and starts looking for real thing (God/Brahman/Self)!

@exstazius

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@Sabyasachi_De

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot

@sumanaghosal5072

3 жыл бұрын

Very nice 👍 I

simly superb

It is true that if you are unselfish we are so happy. But if we are selfish and think only about our gain , we get only sorrow, anxiety, stres, tension

U R really great....👉👍👍👍👍

Swamiji your responses and explanations are the ultimate. Humbled by your presence on utube. Rgds Amrit kozhikode kerala

Greatest teacher in centuries 😶

❤

In your earlier lectures you had spoken of ' choice ' in action ...pleasant action , right action ...when there is choice in life , determining our karma , how can there be no free will? Thank you Swamiji

প্রণাম প্রিয় মহারাজ.......🙏

প্রণাম

ParamShanti

Last 6 mins 🙏. Borrowed existence vs intrinsic existence.

Very well explained..time n space are in Brahman. It is isness that is and in that isness everything is 😁 but for us to understand this we have to follow some discipline to clear our mind of past thoughts,memories.. doing that takes us to that point where we get insights and a clear understanding of this simple n profound truth of isness. It's a journey from our body mind awareness to our real self.

@rangilabetichodhapsipigemb6745

6 жыл бұрын

Pravina Kilpady 😁😁😀😂

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Words are not enough to explain the TRUTH only way you understand the TRUTH when you experience IT.

Namaskar Swamiji ! I would like to hear a lecture by you on Sankhya philosophy .

45-54 Minutes very good understanding for non eternal

No Mind is not a non-thinking mind. It is a paradigm shift in our understanding that all duality and plurality of experiences are only apparent, not real. Consciousness cannot be comprehended in the absence of an object and an object cannot exist independent of Consciousness. This the great illusion of Maya, which is obscuring our understanding of the truth.

Oh Swami. What can we say? Pranams. Bless us.

Swamiji is consciousness (point of focus identified with subject & object, causes/conditions, manifested as particle, body-mind, senses) different than untouched Awareness (which is the whole field, wave, spectrum of light, sound, existence) and emptiness beyond all that is? Around 34 min. Buddha and Vedanta is interesting.

I am an ordinary graduate and unemployed and non native English man and non vegetarian and 32 years old insecure class. Can I learn and adapt this program for a better future?

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I have one important question.. mind is itself brahm.. then why mind dsnt recognise itself? Why is it tough for it to recognise itself? As we are deluded by mind.. but again it's brahm.. why mind is feeling problm in recognition of itself?

If my body and mind now are the result of past karmas , at some time in my past lives I must have had the free will to determine between right and wrong and act accordingly....so how does karma and determinism go together ? Thank you Swamiji

Pranam swamiJi, this is very true that selfishness scatters the mind, so we may become selfless but what if the person that we are dealing is selfish and exploiting us or using this quality of ours for his/her own interests. What should one do?

@Nishant_1313

4 жыл бұрын

i want to know this too , my take on this is... Being selfless does not mean being a pushover, draw a line where you must and even take adverse action if absolutely necessary but never with any ill feeling or hurt inside.

The prince realized the Princess was nothing other than himself, so his desire for her evaporated. But if he became aware that all of reality is nothing other than himself, then his desire to marry would also end. So full enlightenment would solve the problem of wanting a bride. He might still marry, and be happy in married life. But he'd be fine if he didn't marry, too. He'd no longer feel that his happiness depended on either path.

@kiswahilikitukuzwe2547

6 жыл бұрын

kathleen sutherland He might still marry, and be happy in married life. As Swamiji has said, it is just an example or an analogy. You are stretching it beyond the point that the story was meant to illustrate. Remember, it's not about the princess of Kashi or even the prince. The point of illustration was that the desire for the princess evaporates on realization that the princess was non other than the self. Likewise, it's about Brahman and the world. So the whole world is an appearance of Brahman; and YOU are Brahman. If you realize that, it solves all the problems.Because it is not just one object which is an appearance of Brahman. The entire universe is an appearance of Brahman.Now, what object will you desire, or what will you hate? What a beautiful exposition of the Truth by Swamiji!

@chandmohamed7303

5 жыл бұрын

@@kiswahilikitukuzwe2547 Amazing explanation, also the sign of realization and enlightenment by our man, fearlessness, yes it is, this is what we have been looking for ......

Pranams swamiji, Since most of the time we are having to work in the world n deal with a daily routine the use of mind becomes compulsory leading to living with mind (by default)world the automatic identification happens, although we very well understand that we are not the BM ego,n all this is going to pass away. How are we to deal with this challenge & stay rooted in the idea that iam Brahman,n these daily routines cannot affect me??

Not really interested in challenges personally ; but I should imagine when there are "too many people per square inch" challenge becomes inevitable - this could be where the lines cross between an ethnic and pluralistic existence.

there is a video in which swamiji gives an example, where he explains how the body and mind is not the observer. He 'says close your eyes, and listen to the outside sounds.... WHO is listening?" Anyone have a link to that clip pls.

NAMASKAR Swamiji, Namaskara Paramatmane. Swamiji have you explained Manisha Panchaka anywhere? If you have then how can I hear your explanation? If you have not will you do so? when and where can I hear the explanation.

Is susupta-sthana the name of Prajna?Namaste.How can i be selfish if i know i m not myself,i have eliminated(or wanna-be at least,making the sam-yam)the I and keepikg the Eye?

Swamiji Please give the name of the books

Maharaj, what is causal body?

Questions relating to free will are intrinsically indeterminate, because linguistic in nature. All problems of knowledge and philosophy are indeterminate at the deepest level for this reason. Pointless to keep going round in circles with them, yet we do. Time killing I suppose. And yet this creates a clearing, a void for the metaphysical light.

How can I feel God inside ?

Answer to the first question: How do I focus the mind in a busy city like New York? To focus the mind one needs to know when, why, where, how, on what, and how many times during the day mind gets distracted. For that I use an online tool at Www.hightechmindfulness.com It works great because once I found out what I was thinking about I instantly saw how to get out if it by working on the causes of distraction.

Swami Vivekananda says We are the rulers of the universe and also beyond ruler then is everyone one Ishvara and also Nirguna Brahman, Am I right

please can you help spell the book name you mentioned with the example of one playing tennis and later need to exceed challenge thanks

@kalloldas8633

5 жыл бұрын

The title of the book is "Flow" by Mihalyi Czikzentmihalyi

What is sahasrara opening... What happened when it happens

Swamiji, if there is no freewill, then it amounts saying there is no future lives,then every ignorant will be liberated without any Self knowledge.

@SaiprasadNanduri

6 жыл бұрын

If that is the case, your number of rebirths are decided by the Sanchita Karmas. Without Freewill how they got accumulated in the first place?

@sandeepsaxena3364

3 жыл бұрын

@ Saiprasadji: We are ALL already liberated- just need to realise it! Of course, therein lies the entire quest...

Can anyone give an answer over my question? Question is, does law of karma affect the pure consciousness? I would be grateful, if anyone gives answer.

"KALI MA" OH, Mother Darkness, Source of light! I cried out to You Please remove This burning oil That blinds My eyes ! So I may behold, But for a moment A glimpse of Your Infinite Splendour!! But, You did not Remove the oil From my eyes... Instead, You Tore out my eyes!! Now all I see is YOU...

Richest content on youtube and people are behind borrowed music videos..

50:10 wow

24:11 wow

Why does Consciousmess take forms? Humans animals etc to suffer? Why it has to do that?

at 17.04 when you say 'we are dependant on god' that means we and god are two different entities.. thats what is Dvaita Philosophy. If we are dependent on god how can we say that we are brahman ?

@ladhamohamed4008

6 жыл бұрын

Laxmikant Bende ,,,In thee beginning it seems like there are two.Then we become one,then there is nobody.

@sahajization

5 жыл бұрын

I dissolve into god and become one entity according to Non Dual philosophy...

12:20 From an Advaitic point of view, there is FREEDOM, not FREE Will. 53:00 The very temporary-ness, the non-eternal-ity of things, the changing nature of thing's points to the falsety of things. In Vedanta it is called Mithya; in Buddhism it is called interdependence. They are not intrinsically existent; they are devoid of self existence. In Buddhism, it is called Shoonyata; शून्यता सर्व भावानम_ All entities are devoid of self existence. In Vedanta, it says, all entities are appearances; they have borrowed their existence from the real. Happy Thoughts, शुभेच्छा।।

Guru ji maharaj one doubt is there, I feel iam unable to put it unless I straight away talk to you. How to reach you .

Can anyone give me the link for the Chakravarty article on free will?

@AG-en9eo

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Linda - there is a lecture by Swamiji on Free Will which was partly based on the article by Chakravarty. Until you get a Link to the original article, the lecture could possibly help. :) Cheers. AG

@lindamckenzie1537

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, A G, I have watched that lecture, since I watch all of Swamiji's excellent lectures! There is no information there about how to find the original lecture by Chakravarty. I hope that information will be posted at some point. Thanks again.

@AG-en9eo

6 жыл бұрын

You are welcome Linda. You could try writing to the 'Ask Swami' email ID - that Vedanta NY uses for the monthly Ask Swami Q&A sessions - and ask SwamiJi on the means to access the original article. Incidentally, if you have liked Swami Sarvapriyananda's lectures, you may also like the lectures by Swami Paramarthananda. Of all the teachers of Vedanta that I have heard so far, these 2 have been the best, by far. Swami Paramathananda's lectures are available online in audio format (generally) - it may take you some time to get used to his diction - but the depth and quality of his teachings are brilliant. As a sample, you may try his lectures on Mandukya Upanishad -hinduonline.co/AudioLibrary/Discources/CommentaryonMandukyaUpanishadParamarthananda.html . Cheers. AG