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Bhagavad Gita Chapter 1: Observing The Armies On The Battlefield Of Kuruksetra

Reading of Chapter 4 of the Ribhu-gita with rāga Bhairavi background

Ribhu-gita Readings Ch. 4

Ribhu-gita Reading 4.2: Definition of the Self

Ribhu-gita Reading 4.1: There is no non-Self

87-07-87 Debu Chaudari

Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on February 9th, 2020.
List of Questions with Timestamps:
5:07 -  1) To whom does enlightenment happen if we are already Brahman? 2) How can we be responsible for all the pain and suffering if we are already Brahman? 3) How can Brahman have no characteristics?
37:50 -  If we have family, friends, and relationships can we also reach enlightenment? Can we have both?
41:05 - How can Maya be both real and unreal?
45:58 - How to reconcile the ultimate reality with Maya?
54:20 - A discussion on free will inspired by the Bhagavad Gita.
1:07:53 - 1) Does the Vedanta philosophy evolve? 2) Do new insights from science get integrated?
1:21:00 - Can you say more about the differences between Buddhist teaching and Vedanta teaching?
1:34:18 - Can we not measure in a quantitative way how much we understand?

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ABOUT VEDANTA
Vedanta is one of the world’s most ancient religious philosophies and one of its broadest. Based on the Vedas, the sacred scriptures of India, Vedanta affirms the oneness of existence, the divinity of the soul, and the harmony of religions.

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Vedanta Society of New York is affiliated with the Ramakrishna Order of India. In fact, this is the Order's first Center started by Swami Vivekananda, in 1894. It was a historic event, for the seed of the world-wide Ramakrishna Movement was sown here in New York over a century ago. Swami Sarvapriyananda is the present Resident Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York.

Ask Swami 2/9/2020

Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on February 9th, 2020. List of questions with timestamps:
• 6:25 --  How to know the Self when It cannot be objectified? Is inference sufficient?
• 27:30 -- While we agree that waking, dreaming, and deep sleep are experienced in consciousness, why can't we say that they are real instead of unreal since they are indeed experienced? 
• 44:50 -- If the realization of atman is an experiential reality, then why is there a logical conflict between different spiritual traditions? Does it mean that the realized master's have different experiences?
•  54:35 -- If consciousness illumines Maya, then why does it need the support of Maya to realize itself?  

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Ask Swami 5/3/2020

Based on Madhusudana Sarasvati's (1540 CE) Bhagavad-gita-gudhartha-dipika, Swami Sarvapriyananda provides a discourse on the foundation of Vedantic spirituality. This is part 2 of the lecture.

Vedantic Spirituality - Part 2 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Jai Ram Ram Bolo Sitaram

Guruve Namah

Sajne ka hai shaukeen

sai bhajan KALYANA KRISHMA KAMANIYA KRISHNA

Awakened sage with deep realization of Tantra, QiGong, Yoga, Bhakti, Mantra, Dhyāna and Enlightenment

Ribhu-gita Reading 4.1: There is no non-Self

Devānanda Sarasvatī