Enlightenment - Transformative Experience or Journey of Self-Discovery?

[@jens6754]

Thank you again for this series! Not only are many of my own questions answered, but I feel connected to others on the same path as me. I live in Idaho and it's not exactly bursting with spiritual resources out here 😆

[@sujathavaibav1412]

Sadhashiva samaarambham, Shankaracharya madhyamaam, Asmidhachaarya paryanthaam, Vande guru paramparaam. Namaskara pujya gurugale 🙏🏻

[@jasminka-k9t]

Namaste! Excellent question and excellent answer. It is all about purification and removal of false. At the end you "stand" as Pure Atma. Thank you. Om Shanti! 🙏

[@us-du44fx4u]

Namaste Guruji 🙏

[@BillSikes.]

Thank you Bindhu 🙏 OM

[@koochithatha7486]

Salutations, Guruji. Wonderful response to a question which is foremost on the minds of many of us spiritual seekers. To transcend the mind through the use of the same faculties is indeed the ultimate challenge. Om Shanti 🙏🏼

[@girishnanoti954]

Pranam Swami ji

[@deepakkamra5214]

Gratitude to u

[@alukuhito]

Thank you Swami-ji. A strange thing about this is that I know I am not the body, mind, or senses. I am not the jiva. I see those things. They are objects to me, just like a tree is. I've been "studying" Vedanta for years. However, I cannot pinpoint a time in which this became clear.

[@kanishkajoshi563]

🙏🙏 Thank you Swamiji.

[@sumanaghosal5072]

Fantastic 🕉🕉🕉🙏🙏🙏Tat Tyam ASI 🌻🌻🌻🕉🙏

[@Prasannakumar-jl8pi]

Tat Tvam Asi

[@ustinovvadim2114]

Namaste! Thank you Swamiji! Everything you said in the video is so clear and intelligible. Let me quote the words of the merciful sage Ramana Maharshi about experiencing the True Self. Only the consciousness of the extremely pure experience of the True Self - silently existing, free from "I" and "me", in one's own True Self, which is one bright Reality, that which exists, free from distortions - shines above all. Only Being-Consciousness (sat-bodha), radiant, never becoming unreal, is the True Self, transcending the mind, in which the intellect and soul enjoy. Only that merciful Supreme - an abundance of exceptional peace - is a medicine to make the mind quiet and become serene. OM TAT SAT 🕉🕉🕉

[@ringingthebells307]

Swamiji, very much convincing answer, very mich logical. Thanks a lot. My prostration

[@rapavish2k]

Love you and your teachings!!! May this reach all generations! Thank you dear Swamiji!

[@chandrannatarajan6616]

Thank you swamiji for such a clear explanation of enlightenment. 🙏

[@atulwow]

Thank you SwamiJi.

[@EyeOfScrutiny]

Fantastic! Thank you so much.

[@Svillase]

Thank you very much Swamiji 😊

[@bridgetegap]

Key Takeaways: 1. Enlightenment is not a feeling of oneness with God, Universe or bliss. 2. There is no such thing as permanent feeling 3. If feeling or experience arise in mind it will go, if it takes place in mind, anything in mind is temporary. It is not a presence of particular feeling 4. Enlightenment is moksha or freedom from suffering 5. It is a complete ever lasting absence of suffering of any kind. It is not mental state.

[@francinerademakers6107]

Dank voor de video, niet alles kan ik in het engels volgen. Voor mij is het een bepaald bewustzijn.

[@di9645]

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[@grafinvonhohenembs]

An amazing lesson as always, Swami-ji! Thank you so much! I'll look forward to the continuation of this series in the Fall, and can't wait to see what else you have in store for us in the meantime. 🙏

[@satyanarayanarao6337]

🙏🙏🙏

[@adamson396]

So much wisdom ,wow ,log live man , please keep this body going

[@sophied.5483]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@sahilgoala3982]

Great video swami ji love from India ❤️🙏🏾

[@guilhermecoutinho7521]

The tricky question is if Ishvara has no goals what is the goal of becoming enlighted? 🤔

[@rapavish2k]

how can i like this video infinite times just for this Swamiji?

[@pattyayers]

“Liking” is a feeling/opinion, so you can like it as much as you want.

[@rapavish2k]

💌

[@konstantinosstavropoulos3605]

good

[@nitulbhatt8735]

Does Enlightenment mean knowing UR true self./ Atma?

[@heerabridgelal3273]

🙏🙏🙏❤

[@muhsindogru7852]

Is enlightment paradox?

[@muralisub6534]

Swamy... who is this self? How is it created in us? Why does this self disappear in deep sleep?

[@muralisub6534]

Swamy ... which is mukti? Enlightenment or Liberation? Please explain whether Enlightenment leads one to Liberation? Or vice versa? Is Enlightenment and Liberation are they connected to each other? If it is so how are they connected?

[@muralisub6534]

Swamy... please let me know the connection between Enlightenment and Liberation. How do you explain what is Enlightenment and what is Liberation?

[@muralisub6534]

Swamy... what practice is required to get Enlightened? What is the guarantee that meditation takes one to Enlightenment?

[@mayavidya7833]

Namaskarams Guruji.. I'm not clear abt absences of suffering.. Does a gnani/ liberated person feel physical pain.. 'yes ' would be the answer. If that liberated person falls down he or she will feel the pain.. He'll not enjoy the pain; he'll suffer.. same must be the case with any mental pain also.. then how do we say that person is liberated or free from suffering.. what is the actual meaning of free from suffering?

[@muralisub6534]

Swamy... I read that meditation is not the route to Enlightenment in the book... Give up Meditation Get Enlightenment. Please explain.

[@tubelessno1]

Enlightment is not getting disturbed because of external events or thoughts over the events.

[@pattyayers]

I’ll stick with the Swami’s answer

[@kevinmai2947]

Nice beard my man!

[@bhumanandamaharaj8177]

Oh i haven't yet reached this state....what to do Swamiji......is liberation is possible? Oe simply it's a myth!

[@alukuhito]

Enlightenment isn't a state. You are already the light. Read vedantic texts and listen to Swami-ji's videos if you don't understand.

[@sachinkumar_39]

Let Me Explain You In Simple Words: Enlightenment Is Identifying Yourself As Pure Consciousness, The Root Cause Of All Sufferings Is False Identification Of You As Your Body And Mind. So To Get Enlightened, It Means The Death Of Your Physical Body, Yes, You Read It Right. Enlightenment Is Nothing But Death.

[@carloscalderon3229]

Yoga es segun Patanjali la suspensión de la transformación del principio pensante . Entiendo que por supuesto que algo más halla de la mente por tanto de acuerdo a lo explicado aquí del sentimiento. Todo lo que dice el señor Sankara es así, y esta escrito y es lógico. Pero personalmente , por decirlo así que estoy en el 4 piso ( desarrollo espiritual, por cierto que hay niveles de evolución, que es una ley como el karma ) , solo me imagínare hablar de la verdad que me hará libre. Veré un poco más claro porque es como acercarse más, pero ciertamente no es estar en la cima de la verdad. Dicen que mucha gente vio la cima pero no estuvieron halla. Por otro lado todo esta dentro de uno mismo , lo que no significa que indagar por lo que dicen otros sabios no sirva, como los maestros vedicos, claro es un sistema, pero al parecer la clave está en uno mismo. Son miles de años que los hindu leen o escuchan a estos sabios , es como una civilización mejor , pero no son muchos los iliminados , aún los monjes . Lo que no estoy de acuerdo con el profesor es que comente , y ojalá lo hubiera entendido mal , es que el medio único es el Vedanta , tal como lo hace la mayoría de las religiones, aunque ciertamente puede ser el mejor camino . En todo caso disculpas son solo mi mirada, de individuo , vosotros no son mi individuo y aquello no es ni mi individuo ni vosotros . Sencillamente está más halla de todo, absoluto infinito . Pero ,aunque individuo se que detrás de mi esta la inteligencia del absoluto , que debe haber problemas para que no haya sufrimiento , como debe haber absoluto para haber individuo

[@bharathihariharan8821]

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[@user-dg3ky9ww4j]

Thank you for the answer, I agree with everything you said, but we are using english terms in different way. Enlightenment is both a filling and a state at the same time. Feeling not in the sense of thoughts, emotions or sensation, but feeling as awareness of the state. If a state is not felt, if you are not aware of it, it cannot be called enlightenment, It would be a state like deep sleep, when there is no feeling. Also enlightenment is a word which can be used in different ways. This word is not the same as Moksha, Moksha is a state without degrees, as or you are free or you are not free from suffering. Enlightenment is a state with various degrees, like the word light suggests, as the light can have different degrees of intensity before achieving moksha. There is a state of enlightenment where you are not a jivanmukti, but you will get moksha, total liberation at the moment of death, videha mukti.

[@pattyayers]

You’re arguing with him?

[@IAn0nI]

Atma deez nuts!

[@i_accept_all_cookies]

Tat vayam asi

[@SSH_74]

Can you please tell me what's the music at the beginning of the video. Where can I find the recording?

[@nineteen1986.]

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