Name: Introduction to Vedanta - Drg-Drsya Viveka Part 8 by Voice of Vedanta
Duration: 1 h 4 min 7 s
Description: Swami Sarvapriyananda lucidly unfolds the fundamentals of Advaita Vedanta as presented in Drg Drsya Viveka, in this series of 12 talks. This talk was delivered on April 26, 2016 at the Vedanta Temple in Hollywood, CA

Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on June 5th, 2022. List of questions with timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:32 - How is it that the self is in all beings from the chit (consciousness) perspective?
18:37 - Where is my consciousness when I am sleeping? Can I use sleep as a spiritual practice?
26:55 - Will a realized person retain their individuality after enlightenment?
40:38 - Why do we call this world false?
55:53 - What does Sri Ramakrishna mean by going into the black water (in reference to samadhi)?
01:00:30 - If we want to take up a life of renunciation, what practices should be followed?

Ask Swami 6/5/2022

Swami Sarvapriyananda lucidly unfolds the fundamentals of Advaita Vedanta as presented in Drg Drsya Viveka, in this series of 12 talks. This talk - delivered on January 12, 2016 at the Vedanta Temple in Hollywood, CA - covers verse 1 in "Drg Drsya Viveka: An Inquiry into the Nature of the Seer and the Seen".

Introduction to Vedanta

Introduction to Vedanta - Drg-Drsya Viveka Part 1

Swami Sarvapriyananda lucidly unfolds the fundamentals of Advaita Vedanta as presented in Drg Drsya Viveka, in this series of 12 talks. This talk was delivered on April 26, 2016 at the Vedanta Temple in Hollywood, CA

Introduction to Vedanta: Drg-Drsya Viveka

Introduction to Vedanta - Drg-Drsya Viveka Part 8

Discourse by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Easter Inspiration.

Easter Inspiration

Swami Sarvapriyananda guides us through a Vedantic Meditation inspired by the Mandukya Upanishad and Drg Drsya Viveka

Vedantic Meditation with Swami Sarvapriyananda

Swami Sarvapriyananda speaks on the nature of the self as taught in the Bhagavad Gita (Chapter 2 Verse 11-25).

|| The Atman ||  by  Swami Sarvapriyananda

Swami Sarvapriyananda gives a discourse on the underlying concepts and significance of non-dualism. This lecture is part of a series of talks inspired by Swami Vivekananda's Jnana Yoga.

Non-dualism: Being and Manifestation | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Swami Sarvapriyananda conducts a Q&A session followed by his discourse on 'Realization'. 
List of Questions with Timestamps:
0:08 - How do desires transmigrate after death?
11:50 - A step-by-step examination of the challenges one faces in grasping the ‘Witness’
23:03 - The spiritual heaven in Vedanta.
25:16 - How to manifest the knowledge of Advaita?
46:00 - Who made God?

Realization (Questions & Answers)

Swami Sarvapriyananda speaks on Bhakti Yoga at a retreat on the Four Yogas.

Bhakti Yoga: The Path of Devotion | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Using the Aparokshanubhuti (by Adi Shankara) as a guide, Swami Sarvapriyananda speaks on Vedantic Meditation as part of a retreat held in Monroe, NY in 2018.

Vedantic Meditation: Retreat (Part 2) | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Chapter 5 (Mahavakya Viveka) of the Panchadasi, a fourteenth century manual on Advaita Vedanta written by Vidyaranya. This lecture is Part 3 of an online retreat from Aug 2020.

Mahavakya Viveka - Panchadasi (Part 3) | Swami Sarvapriyananda

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. Vedanta is the philosophical foundation of Hinduism; but while Hinduism includes aspects of Indian culture, Vedanta is universal in its application and is equally relevant to all countries, all cultures, and all religious backgrounds.

A closer look at the word “Vedanta” is revealing: “Vedanta” is a combination of two words: “Veda” which means “knowledge” and “anta” which means “the end of” or “the goal of.” In this context the goal of knowledge isn’t intellectual—the limited knowledge we acquire by reading books. “Knowledge” here means the knowledge of God as well as the knowledge of our own divine nature. Vedanta, then, is the search for Self-knowledge as well as the search for God.

What do we mean when we say God? According to Vedanta, God is infinite existence, infinite consciousness, and infinite bliss. The term for this impersonal, transcendent reality is Brahman, the divine ground of being. Yet Vedanta also maintains that God can be personal as well, assuming human form in every age.

Most importantly, God dwells within our own hearts as the divine Self or Atman. The Atman is never born nor will it ever die. Neither stained by our failings nor affected by the fluctuations of the body or mind, the Atman is not subject to our grief or despair or disease or ignorance. Pure, perfect, free from limitations, the Atman, Vedanta declares, is one with Brahman. The greatest temple of God lies within the human heart.

Vedanta further asserts that the goal of human life is to realize and manifest our divinity. Not only is this possible, it is inevitable. Our real nature is divine; God-realization is our birthright. Sooner or later, we will all manifest our divinity—either in this or in future lives—for the greatest truth of our existence is our own divine nature.

Finally, Vedanta affirms that all religions teach the same basic truths about God, the world, and our relationship to one another. Thousands of years ago the Rig Veda declared: “Truth is one, sages call it by various names.” The world’s religions offer varying approaches to God, each one true and valid, each religion offering the world a unique and irreplaceable path to God-realization. The conflicting messages we find among religions are due more to doctrine and dogma than to the reality of spiritual experience. While dissimilarities exist in the external observances of the world religions, the internals bear remarkable similarities.


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