Reincarnation: WHO is it that Travels? Atma? Jiva? Subtle body?

Atma, the eternal consciousness which is your true nature, and soul - sukshma sharira - are often confused with each other. This presentation employs the traditional sun/bucket metaphor to make the difference between these two easily understood.
Swami Tadatmananda is a traditionally-trained teacher of Advaita Vedanta, meditation, and Sanskrit. For more information, please see: www.arshabodha...

[@marthazarate6490]

This master is illuminated by the power of communicating ideas clearly and with plenty of examples, and models that makes listeners' understanding easier to grasp.

[@aiLoveE]

mamaivamso jiva-loke jiva-bhutah sanatanah manah-sasthanindriyani prakrti-sthani karsati SYNONYMS mama-My; eva-certainly; amsah-fragmental particles; jiva-loke-world of conditional life; jiva-bhutah-the conditioned living entities; sanatanah-eternal; manah-mind; sasthani-six; indriyani-senses; prakrti-material nature; sthani-situated; karsati-struggling hard. TRANSLATION The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind.

[@sumandas2986]

U dont seem to be a hindu but a christian 🤔

[@marikadurietz3614]

Thank you Swami Tadatmananda. Wonderful Lecture as always

[@StevenParrisWard]

Wonderful and timeless wisdom, simply and clearly expressed from Swami's deep study of the beautiful Vedanta.

[@bndad108]

but not cOMpletely correct (see comment above)

[@gadudasuramdas3060]

A beautiful explanation of the great vedantha by swamiji.pranams

[@bndad108]

@@gadudasuramdas3060 pls view my comments :-)

[@codewalters]

So we are all reflections of the one Parmatma.

[@albundy9597]

Well it's a well explained concept.

[@OnlineMD]

Such a SUPERB video, Swamiji! As a physician, my comment is that brain cells are just vehicles (vaahanas) for memory and other brain functions. A stroke in the left parietal lobe deprives us of speech. But the patient can learn other ways to communicate; the thoughts and ideas are not destroyed. Many scientists want to limit consciousness to just brain activity whereas brain activity is just an electrical activity that reflects what consciousness is doing. I too have been very concerned about what "Aathma" really means and this is probably the finest presentation on the subject that I have ever seen! This is a poem I wrote over 20 years ago on this subject: The seeker and the Sought We see, but who is the seer? We dance, but who is the dancer? We think, but who is the thinker? Greater, grander, and mightier, Than the seer, thinker or dancer, Is the Self, the Spirit, the Consciousness Still, silent, deep, yet suffused With light, beauty and wonder. Seek thou this light, this Source. To seek, however, is not to find. For It finds you, and you do not find It. As you dwell in peace, at rest, With the trust that It is not far Indeed a hairsbreadth away, It overcomes, overpowers and enlightens. With the power of a million candles It burns away our ignorance, our ego, Our craving, unrest and turmoil. To infuse joy, restfulness, and peace. With it comes wisdom, love, and understanding. Centered, we are then, to dwell forever, In That, the elusive goal The final frontier. Raja Bhat October 20, 1996

[@angelaluciam100]

Raja, what a lovely poem : So true ...one`s enlightening SOURCE is but that intuitive awareness of one`s very own SELF-SOUL !

[@jhnndrs8832]

Raja Bhat great!

[@daydreamsinmusic3050]

Thank you for the wonderful poem and your astute insights about the brain!

[@noelpanton3090]

"Seek thou this light, this Source." - deeds to develop it "To seek, however, is not to find." - wisdom to perceive it "For It finds you, and you do not find It." - innate Buddha nature The T’ien-t’ai (Chin;  Tendai) school, which is based on the Lotus Sutra, holds that all people are endowed with the three inherent potentials of the Buddha nature-the innate Buddha nature, the wisdom to perceive it, and the deeds to develop it-and therefore can attain enlightenment.

[@adrianadelgado2429]

So beautifull Raja. Thank you :)

[@leegrass6954]

Very helpful, thank you! Now we truly understand what it means to “Kick the the bucket!”

[@gerardo2360]

Cute....there's a joker in every group! 🙂

[@johnnyaingel5753]

The soul is a individual portion of SPIRIT it goes through many incarnations on its spiritual journey through the multiuniverse back to the GOD head

[@Thewonderingminds]

the sought after question is WHY so, and not so is so and so....

[@SpiritualReform]

Except that there is no reincarnation. It's a belief. All our lives are simultaneous _(there is much more to this)._ Once you're done with this one individual life, you move on to generate a new experience within a new reality that may have nothing to do with this physical reality.

[@SpiritualReform]

@RMA You may choose to believe that. However, know that most of these ideas come from man's limited ability to see reality for what it is. Most think in linear terms always seeing what their limited perception dictates to them. Unless you're open and ready to ventured outside the box, you won't see but what you're presented with.

[@albundy9597]

@@SpiritualReform Remember, all religions, philosophers and gurus can only offer up concepts, not truth. It was Nisargadatta who said, 'don't waste your time searching for truths....there are none.

[@SpiritualReform]

@@albundy9597 No, there is no need to search for any truth, that is, if we're not inclined to do so........because it truly matters not that we find or do not find a truth........when, within each one of us, any real truth is already there as an integral part of this we are. There are truths, however, and it's up to each one of us to find them and figure them out however we see and perceive these truths. But then, again, it's all there within each one of us, for we are those very truths we seek.

[@owl6218]

I have been studying advaita with some western teachers. The sukshma sharira is what they identify the 'mind' - part of the nama roopa. They also say that all nama roopa (mind/body) appears in the 'conciousness' or 'atma'. Understanding from one tradition allows a mapping to another tradition.. it is very satisfying.the harmony among the traditions....

[@Ahmadfirdausi729]

+owl his explanation is good... but the idea of one sun is reflecting all the bucket is not so accurate... * Sun is one...but out there, there are billions and trillions of Stars... * Ocean is one... but sea waters can be poured into many glasses making it individual glasses one salt water... * Brain is one...but many neurons and cells make it as one organ... * Nation is one...but individual citizens, government, workers, geographic landscape, nature etc etc are many... * Brahman is one... but individual athman are countless... * Athman can be merged into one...but it also be separated into individual... * Bedha Abedha (Oneness and Difference)...

[@Beginnerarttutorials]

This truly helped a question troubling me for a long time. If it’s enlightenment that is our goal, who’s goal is it, if nothing else is permanent except the Atman, which is anyway enlightened. Looks like purification, karma, enlightenment all are projects for the Sukshma Sharira! Thank you so much Swamiji

[@deela262]

They are NOT projections but Laws of the Universe...

[@ferdinandocoluccelli9574]

You are so precious, dear swami! Your plain and clear explanation is so beautiful! May God bless you ever. Namaste

[@sainathchintadi9288]

Thanks swamy for answering many unanswered questions with such a great clarity.

[@chromakey84]

Become me conscious of these truths yourself. Otherwise it's just words.

[@AryaJagat]

No one askes these, or many people can tell the same or even better.

[@prakrithisuresh3006]

🙏🙏🙏

[@adamletrexane3330]

THANK YOU!! This is the first video I’ve found that’s clearly explained these concepts :)

[@richbuckley6917]

I like just using “in-dwelling-being” that works for me.

[@sanatbakshi3542]

This is a masterful explanation of the essence of vedantic teaching that is an insightful introduction for all of us. The pace of teaching is unhurried and relaxed which beginners like me can easily follow and understand as it unfolds. We remain indebted to Swami Tadatmanandji for his great introduction to vedantic philosophy.

[@aiLoveE]

mamaivamso jiva-loke jiva-bhutah sanatanah manah-sasthanindriyani prakrti-sthani karsati SYNONYMS mama-My; eva-certainly; amsah-fragmental particles; jiva-loke-world of conditional life; jiva-bhutah-the conditioned living entities; sanatanah-eternal; manah-mind; sasthani-six; indriyani-senses; prakrti-material nature; sthani-situated; karsati-struggling hard. TRANSLATION The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind.

[@vish2553]

@@aiLoveE amsha is NOT fragmented particles!

[@ashokshah7631]

Absolutely brilliantly presented advaita, atma, paramatma , physical and subtle bodies, transmigration but please will you make a similar video on karma? Thankyou so much Swamiji, my whole life's struggle to understand these difficult concepts is resolved by your grace. Bhagvan Shri Krushna's krupa be always on you.

[@indianmilitary]

道之道 1. "would you please now explain the uniqueness of the subtle body that travels from bucket to bucket that becomes more and more different from other subtle bodies with each new incarnation"? Animal subtle bodies don't reincarnate since there is no free will to create karma . Human to human subtle body does not change even though it transmigrates. Only the karma changes. It is like you and your neighbor owning the same brand of car even though those who travel in it are different. 2. "In other words, while it is true that at one level you and I are one, it is also true that you and I are very different and will never be the same" There will be "you and I" only if your buddhi (cutting instrument) falsely identifies with thoughts and body due to 5 senses and ignorance created by past karma. The ignorance leads to more karma and reincarnations. 3. "In fact, it is obvious that you and I are becoming more and more different with each breath and each incarnation" it is because present life karma (pre-programmed script) is based on usage of free will in the past lives. Within the same family, different scripts can be seen. It is like two brothers doing 2 different professions, having different tastes, likes/dislikes etc. 4. Therefore, what IS this individual consciousness that is self-aware and forever differentiating itself from other consciousnesses? No, It is just your buddhi analyzing the accumulated information (shaped by karma). Remember, athma or the conscious and omnipresent soul or divine is the rider of the Chariot (human body), buddhi (analytical instrument which you call intellect) is the charioteer, manas (has likes and dislikes accumulated through 5 senses) is the reins and 5 senses are the horses drawing the chariot. There is no duality between immanent and conscious athma and transcendent and omnipresent brahman. Why? immanent and conscious athma is NOT the doer even thought it is the conscious observer and experiencer of individual 5 senses. Moreover, without the immanent and conscious athma, nothing can exist or nothing can be perceived in its current form or no duality cycles can happen eg birth/death (reincarnation cycle), wave/particle, energy/matter, creation/destruction, freezing/melting etc. This is based on the well validated vedic metaphysics (around which the whole hindu/vedic tradition was built). Buddhists murdered SANKHYA vedic metaphysics by saying no purusha (shiva/athma) and no prakriti (shakthi/intelligent energy) and the world is an illusion and does not exist. This is blind ideology to differ from Vedas due to ego. 5. "What's even more perplexing, is that as we age and become even more different than one another" When you say "we" you are again referring to the body which must go through the duality cycles of nature like birth/decay due to the presence of immanent and conscious athma. 6. we simultaneously realize that we have so much in common with others, and are able to love others even more deeply 'So much common with others" and "love others" - Well, it depends on the pre-programmed karma which shapes a person's guna (character), situations, circumstances, opportunities etc. Nothing happens randomly. The diversity of the material universe is shaped by different proportion of 3 gunas (constituents) of nature (Rajas (creation)/Sathvik (balance)/Tamas (destruction). When it comes to human vehicles the same 3 gunas are present as mental qualities in different proportions, depending on the past karma or cause and effect.

[@MrAnitadc]

Profound teaching explained so clearly and beautifully!

[@ameliasohambenjah734]

Thank you for this excellent and clear explanation and clarifying the meaning of certain important words.

[@NilanjanNeelSarkar]

Question- in the examples, who is transferring the computer files and settings from computer to computer ? Or who is filling up the buckets and is transferring karma from bucket to bucket???

[@tarunchawla8690]

Nature

[@konnektlive]

I am an Advaita Vedantist for years since I remember myself in my young teens. I was not even familiar with any philosophical or ancient sacred literature of ancient India, but I remember I was asking challenging question (e.g. what is the smallest quantity of time? What is the smallest part of a sugar cube? etc...) and after all these years and after having personal experiences and spiritual glimpses, alongside studying philosophies and ancient languages, that rationality alone cannot reach that ineffable pointless-point where the absolute reality shines through beyond any anthropocentric reasoning and logical justification; however, when it comes to only analysis and rationalization, just like any other philosophies or ways of life, one could notice many contradictory and paradoxical issues in here as well. Such as: What is the 'NATURE' of Sukshma Sharira? And, is the self-awareness or self-consciousness of the numerous Sukshma Shariras originates from the Paramatma (the Sun)? And if yes, why the Sukshma Shariras are not "ALREADY" aware of the truth? Sukshma Shariras by definition originate from the Paramatma, so why these manifestations/illuminations from the Paramatma are not already Jivanmukta to begin with? In fact, why Sukshma Shariras exist in the first place? And on a second note, are the Sukshma Shariras created or manifested in time? Can we imagine any beginning for Sukshma Shariras? If not, then it means their existence, ontologically speaking is infinite, which is paradoxical, because in an infinite existence, previous and next or before or after has no meaning whatsoever for obvious reasons. Also, if their existence is infinite, it means that there are many infinities in the world at the same time, which is also a paradoxical and absurd idea, especially in the context of Advaita Vedanta. On the other hand, if we can imagine a beginning for the existence of the Sukshma Shariras, then can we say one Sukshma Sharira is older than another one? If time and age are relevant to the existence of Sukshma Shariras, then it inevitably leads one to ask the question of "how many Sukshma Shariras" exist in the universe? If the numbers are infinite, then we will have another problem, which is that it does not matter how many Sukshma Shariras become enlightened or achieve Moksha, there will be infinite number more to achieve liberation in queue! Hence, somehow makes the whole point of spiritual evolution and liberation absurd and meaningless. And if their number is NOT infinite, then it leads one to ask the inevitable question: WHEN was the time for the first Sukshma Sharira to come into being? (if there could be such a thing), And WHY? ...

[@kaamdev810]

How can a supreme soul and individual infinite souls exist at the same time? If the individual soul is eternal then there is no need for a supreme soul to exist...

[@thrinethran2885]

@@kaamdev810 According to Advaita (I am no scholar !) there is the transcendendal reality, of the Brahman or Absolute or Sachidananda (Bliss of Existence - Consciousness) which is the timeless infinite causeless . Then there is the transactional or empirical reality which includes the universe which is just a projection of the Absolute. It is this transactional reality that we are experiencing in this life and in the hereinafter (as other world and other life experiences). The empirical (Vyavaharik) reality is true until the Paramarthik or Absolute Reality is realised. There are states of absorption in the Absolute which can be realised as Kevala Nirvikalpa Samadhi when the mind is merged into That but can be drawn back ; and Sahaja Nirvikalpa Samadhi in which the mind is extinguished and the sage is one with the Absolute and constantly sees the world as a mere projection within the Existence Consciousness, which is the One Subject, all else being objects .

[@prabalsinha972]

@@kaamdev810 A Metaphor : - Just as the one (unseen or un-felt) all pervading electromagnetic wave (compare - eternal soul) in our surroundings is felt in some objects (living beings) like cellphones ( the same electro magnetic wave when inside cellphone may be compared to individual soul) and not felt in others like chairs or bricks. The common electro magnetic wave is felt as an individual wave inside a cellphone. So it is universal as well as individual at the same time

[@hershchat]

@@kaamdev810 well, technically, you’d need something to “connect” an entirely electrical system (nerve endings) to a non conducting transcendent medium, atma. So, technically, you’d posit *something* that passes the vrittis onto the consciousness. Sukshma in Sanskrit just means “non physical”, so it could be a concept and not a real entity. Like “democracy” conveys people’s will to the seat of power. In reality, there is no such entity as democracy, but word is a useful shorthand for generally understood practices and processes.

[@hershchat]

Krishna is not talking about persons, but entities and a system. I know I know he uses personal pronouns. Sukshma sharira is not “sat”, so it is created out of the same process as the rest of the world. Please cite the reference that sukshma shariras are created *by* parmatma. Advait does not impute agency to Brahma. Out of Brahma comes this created world. But that is not a willed or unwilling act. It is what the philosophers call a “necessary” event. It must happen. Like, given gravity a (, an unobstructed elevated) rock MUST fall. You also seem to have assumptions about time that, while you are certainly free to make, are not shared or implied by Advait. Or even science. In science, the early universe had no time. In advait too, time is not stated to be an attribute of satchidanand reality. Timelessness is. So, like the odometer of a car, time might just be something that rolls over with every “dream of Brahma”. Or during a dream. Sukshma sharir can outlive the person, but they can also be mutating all the time. They are not immutable. I am not sure what the value of “infinite souls”, mentioned by you to be in redemptive queue, a concept made up by you, is in reference to the implied conservation of Karma. They are saying that the blueprint of life, with the “memory” of the lifetime outlasts the body. That doesn’t mean the sukshma sharir doesn’t die. It just means that the identity is preserved in some way, to the extent of moving the ledger of one live’s Karmas to another. They are not saying your sukshma sharir is you. The sukshma sharir is not an individual. Frankly, it is likely that there is a law of conservation and “transmigration” of information. The DNA codes the information for our being, but it is not on its own information. Information is a sukshma entity. It is meaning. The words we speak are not information. They carry information. Our brains receive physical quantities, our mind translates that into information. (Our ahankar translates info into meaning.) Information requires a transmitter and a receiver. (But it requires no meaning.) Meaning is related to personhood. Information is related to systems. I think Krishna is talking not as to persons, but as to systems.

[@gabbsp2641]

OMG IM SHATTERED WITH CLARITY

[@AmitGupta-id9kc]

Excellent presentation. Complex topics explained beautifully. Thanks Jai shri Krishna.🙏

[@ivybanerjee5865]

How can i thank you..I was so confused....Its so clear now....my deepest pranams n reverence to u sir ...

[@schoolofmasteryformindfull1417]

I found it most interesting and will view it a few more times for sure.

[@BEkushal]

Superb explanation, Swami ji! :) But please note that software is purely physical just like hardware. In my opinion, it's not a good analogy for Sukshma Sharira. The software is just a certain arrangement of the atoms of the hard disk and can be measured using physical instruments. But the subtle body is inherently non-measurable and can only be experienced by the person. And since the subtle body is non-physical, its existence can't be tied with any space-time coordinates. Hence, the idea of "travel" can't apply to subtle body either. Even if it travels, it can't be in our usual space-time and have to be in some other non-physical realm. There can actually be no analogies for the subtle body from the external world. Will be grateful to get your feedback on the above points. Pranaam!

[@tamals22]

softwares cant be touched or felt or sensed nor does it add to weight of hardwares . Its characters are completely virtual . Yes i agree we can see them Virtually .

[@MrGeokuh]

Beautiful metaphors used in a clear concise explanation. Thanks so much

[@albundy9597]

I agree but you have to be careful with metaphors, an American advertising firm once made Hitler appear to be right using metaphors and simplistic language just to show how good they were at selling a product. Remember all religions and spiritual teachings are only concepts, nothing more, the ego demands proof that it will go on for ever and will grasp at any formula, no matter how absurd, that would seem to make this possible, it's the very reason for religious beliefs.

[@mahakalabhairava9950]

It still doesn't explain how it travels.

[@albundy9597]

@@mahakalabhairava9950 it doesn't travel per se, there is no place to go to, no time, no space.

[@krishnagiridhar3692]

🙏🙏🙏 very clear. Very profound

[@vivieganga6621]

This is the ultimate truth.thank you so much swami. I just wish all of mankind can receive this true knowledge and fully accept it. Blessings to you swami. I am so happy for your blessing. I feel bless.

[@adriennejoybalderas7362]

When does Sukhshma sharira migrates to another creature? Example, when does it migrate to a baby? Is it inside the womb or when the baby is already out?

[@ankitanand3054]

@@adriennejoybalderas7362 at the time of conception, but it manifests itself with time just like the sthula sharira

[@radhamrita]

Dhayawad Swami Ji. I really love your teachings, the way how you explain them are very helpful to me. Namaste

[@kittywampusdrums4963]

Lol omg I loved the baby bucket analogy :)

[@AmeSo85]

The saying ..seek and it will be revealed came true in my case..a confusing topic made crystal clear after all these years!!

[@ashakumari11_]

Very well explained by you Guruji🙏🙏 why I didn't reach you earlier 🙏🙏🙏😔😌 I just started for meditation n spiritual life at age of 50..listening many gurus but all talking same. Your teaching is totally different.. I know we must need a guru to moving on for our spiritual life.. But yet I didn't find any... I think now my Guru is available online 🙏😌

[@ejonys007]

With 7 billion people on this earth where does more subtle bodies come from? What happens to them after many reincarnation? What would be the purpose of us to meditate and experience atma if it just dissolves at the end?

[@owl6218]

The way i understood it, these 'sukshma shariras' or minds (Francis Lucille's tradition uses this) are eddies in the backgound (atma or conciousness or awareness, the universal one conciousness). They come and they go. While the eddy or whirlpool lasts, it carries the personality, memories, tendencies etc,. It is the basis of the superficial 'I'. but eventually, when awareness sees itself clearly through this whirlpool, it dissolves and comes to rest - as other eddies and whirlpools may get started. They say the mind is just an excitation or movement of the consiousness - so I have heard... it is a matter to be directly realized, of course

[@examhill937]

I am from sri madhvacharya sampraday so I now understand difference in us and Sri Shankaracharya sampraday from this video. Hare Krishna

[@sharath7086]

Does atma gives consciousness to sukashma sharira

[@robertr9208]

THat was awesome, youre cool sir...

[@iuliaforje7175]

Do plants and animals have a sukshma sharira?

[@Dharmicaction]

Good question. Kindly understand Hindu/vedic metaphysics first. Advaitha Vedanta (Shiva/Athma) is INCOMPLETE without Dvaitha (Shakthi/intelligent energy). In other words, shiva and shakthi cannot exist without each other. When it comes to humans, both Sukshma and Sthula sharira are made up of Shakthi or intelligent energy and Shiva or Athma is both immanent (called as Jivathma) and transcendent (Paramathma). The space within and around every atom is Athma and electrons which exist in the space as waves and particles are Shakthi. Shiva cannot produce anything including Shakthi and nothing can produce Shiva either. Shakthi can change from one form to another but only in the presence of Shiva. (watch double slit quantum experiment) What happens in reincarnation cycle (based on karma) is just duality cycle of intelligent energy from old to young (just like duality cycle of young to old happens with Sthula Sharira), or old to baby or baby to baby or middle age to baby, depending on when Sthula Sharira decays or changes form. Other examples of duality cycles of Shakthi are summer/winter, freezing/melting, wave/particle, day/night, creation/destruction etc We can also say duality cycle from Sukshma sharira (subtle body) to Sthula sharira (gross body) and vice versa because our gross physical body is just a manifestation of Sukshma Sharira. If a person has karma, the human to human duality cycle happens. If a person has no karma, human to universe (moksha) duality cycle happens (time is cyclical. so even if one gets moksha the whole creation/destruction cycle of universe continues) To your question, do animals have Sukshma sharira? What is Sukshma Sharira as per the video? It includes senses, mind and prana. Prana connects mind and body which leads to movement of arms and legs. Prana is also the reason why organs function involuntarily (on its own). Prana is the reason why we are able to see (not our eyes), hear, smell, feel the touch. So, it means Animal vehicles must have prana, senses. Can animals think or have a mind? Yes, It is the reason why animals can be tamed or trained by using unique methods. But animals do NOT have self awareness like Humans (except some monkeys, dolphins and elephants). It also means animals DO NOT HAVE free will. it is also the reason why animals do NOT create karma. When it comes to plants - Does it have prana? Yes, because prana is also the life force for involuntary functions regardless of species. Do they have senses? Can it see? no Can it feel the touch? Science says yes. Can it hear? no, Can it smell? debatable. Can plants think? No.

[@bharatisharma5034]

What a simple explanation to understand the concept. Thank you so much for this video . Baba bless you. Namaste 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💐💐💐

[@veresay82100]

great explanation! i always visualized for myself the soul (spirit, the indwelling being) as an 'actor' that plays various characters on the stage of physical life, with a new 'personality' each time. when the body of the character dies, and the personality ends, the mask is off and the actor is again himself, not the role he plays.

[@riverchebar]

very similar to kashmir shaivism's perspective

[@veresay82100]

@@riverchebar thank you! i haven't heard about them, will look it up

[@C.E.Thomas1952]

I love Swami's facial expressions. They make me laugh along with him. Like computer migration is likened to transmigration. The comparison, even though it IS excellent, but is such a play on words and Swami seems to be having difficulty composing his face as he says it. I think it's wonderful and next time I have a new computer and my boyfriend asks me what I'm doing, I'll say, "I'm just transmigrating darling". Having written this, I agree that the analogies make it all so clear. Thank you.

[@hershchat]

I like Guru Tadatmananda vs. Guru Sarvapeiyananda. The first gets to the point and quotes directly from the texts. It is clear what his objective is. The second is too preachy and free flowing. It is almost as if he doesn’t have a clear objective.

[@Dharmicaction]

Your limited logic is not digesting his "preaching".

[@elieusable]

extremamente didático, muito grato por essa aula maravilhosa Swami!!

[@SambathKumaar]

False identification with the sthula and sukshuma sharira leads to continuous birth and rebirth in the physical realm. Realisation of the one supreme consciousness leads to liberation from the cycle of samsara.

[@AdvaiticOneness1]

Can you explain how karma comes into this picture? what i assume is that, Laws of Karma only acts up un-realised sukshma sharira, which then decides the next body for it's migration? I'm a bit confused 🤔

[@thomasbrouwer2771]

Yet another amazing video. I am huge fan of your content. Thank you for putting all the effort into them and for the generosity of sharing it for free.

[@psychedguitar2716]

One day when I was 19 I was at a very low, low. I felt deeply that I wanted to end my life; that night I got slammed drunk at a trap house and took a 10 stip of acid without realizing. I wanted to die that night and I ended up experiencing total egodeath. now I see the ego for what it is and I see brahman for what it is. Most traumatic and terrifying experience of my life but also the most healing and beautiful experience.

[@mohithmohith8722]

Power of vedanta Thank you guruji.

[@harigaming9429]

You say your physical body.. Your sukshma sharira goes and comes to another body... Say.. Who is this "I" then...? Who am i?

[@kishorevangani101]

Tat Twam Asi- That Thou Art.

[@harsh_luhar11]

Sukshma Sharir independently doesn't exist apart from the Sthul Sharir. Sukshma Sharir is just the extension of Sthul Sharir. if you understand biology, then you'll never fall into this childish trap.

[@fghfhfhfhgfhgf]

The most confusing and difficult concept explained beautifully with atmost clarity...

[@pratapbasak146]

But who is creating the buckets, what intelegent is it? Bucket mean Body.

[@mercedesbenz3751]

"Oh dear sinless Arjun, You and I both have already taken many births before this, but only I could remember them all and you don't"

[@SpiritualReform]

All those births you're referring to are simultaneous. While you're experiencing this one singular life, you are simultaneously experiencing many other lives in what we view as the "past" and the "future". Time as we experience it here _(linear time)_ is perception. Were you able to experience yourself in your totality, you'd see that indeed you are more than this individual you think of yourself. You are many many more of your own self.

[@bobmarely7606]

@@SpiritualReform can you elaborate a little bit on that. That all is happening now.

[@SpiritualReform]

@@bobmarely7606 Well, in truth there is only NOW. The past and the future happen within the same moment which is always NOW. Within this same moment you may experience many many things simultaneously all because it's always the same moment of now. What we see as the past or the future is just our perception of the experience itself seen as something that took place in a different moment which we may refer to as "the past." The moment never changes, however. Our perception of the experience and the association we create with these experiences are what change. Think of this NOW moment as a jar. That jar remains always the same. What changes is the content _(experience)_ you put in the jar. Pour some water in it, then later on replace the water for some wine, to then later replace it with sand, and so on. The jar is still the same, however. The jar has no concept of time. All it is aware of is the moment of the experience itself. If right now there is sand in it, that is all it knows is taking place. If there was water in it before there was sand in it, it may recall that experience of the water content, but it sees it as an experience which no longer exists and is thus irrelevant to its present experience, or its existence which remains always the same as the Jar. That is the same with the essence of consciousness. It remains always the same. The only thing that changes is the experiences - but never the essence of consciousness itself. If you think about it, you'll see that the future exists but in our perception and our projection of what we think or believe will happen next. However, when the future happens, it is happening always in a moment which you call _the present moment._ It's the same for the past. The past exists but in our perception of its existence, and with it we even create solid evidence of its existence and experience. All that you experience is created through your perception including the pc you're presently using to read these words. The pc is real, no doubt about it. It is you, however, creating it through this tool we call *perception,* which involves our thoughts, our beliefs, our emotions, etc. In fact, through our perception, we are all continually changing/adjusting events from our past experiences but we don't realize that we're doing so. Linear time is *perception* that we in consciousness *choose* to experience from. In other realities time may be experienced differently, but it is still perception. Now, i'm assuming you were referring to our other lives which i referred to as simultaneous lives. This one is a bit of a different thing. We do have other lives taking place in what is referred to as different timeframes. In these other timeframes ppl experience what we view as our past and our future. You probably have another YOU presently experiencing in a 13th century lifestyle timeframe reality. This other you is from the same Essence as you. Thus you both share the same experiences as you are both interconnected through your Essence. What that other you is presently experiencing becomes also your experience, though you may not feel it right now as your experience. In your dreams you experience what your other selves are experiencing in their reality, only you go thinking it's just a dream. I've been able to chat with one of my future selves who works as a tech for time travel machines. Were you able to project yourself into any of these other timeframes, you'd be able to meet your other yous. Now you can understand that what others view and experience as their past lives is but themself tapping into the experience of their other selves, whether or not some of those experiences are still going on. There is more to this of course.

[@SpiritualReform]

@@bobmarely7606 So, what happens after you die? You don't come back _(no reincarnation)_ given that you and your other aspects of your Essence _(which is you in your totality)_ have already experienced everything your Essence set itself up to experience in this physical reality. If you think you'd like to experience as a wise man, or as a doctor, etc., most likely that another you is already having those experiences. You will be then ready to move on and generate a new experience in a new reality that may have nothing to do with this Earth experience. Not meaning to complicate things, but we do also have contemporary lives _(usually no more than 5)_ living right here on the planet with us. I know two of my present other selves. One is a shaolin monk, another is a US politician. I could go meet them if i wanted to.

[@SpiritualReform]

@RMA Why Gita? Have you not looked into other sources? As for references, there are only a few. Only now some ppl are discovering these truths. Check out Mira Kelley, a past life hypnotherapist - you'll be surprised with what she found. Check out Frank Kepple, an experienced astral travel projector who has venture where many haven't yet. Look up the Seth books by Jane Roberts. Look up the information given by Elias, channeled by Mary Ennis. Not to mention that since i was a child i've been having my own personal experiences for me to know and talk about such things. At 11 years old, by instinct i already knew there was no such thing as Karma. It just didn't make sense nor did it feel right. At 5 i experienced my connection with god, or the whole - i understood how we're all one. I've had out of body experiences. I've experienced being in two places simultaneously while awake walking down the street. I've connected with two of my future selves, and much much more.

[@sunderasanelumalai1687]

Clarity of perception

[@sherrykuarsingh8069]

Thanks Swamiji. So simply explicit. Great knowledge expounded 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@randybackgammon890]

Let me get this right.Atma dosen't reincarnate.I am atma alone.Not the illusions of body and mind.Ergo nothing of the individuality I assume to me and freinds/family survives death....So what can be said is REincarnated .If its not the body,if it's not the mind and we know it's not the attma then what is it?As I see it you cant have REincarnation unless some aspect of individuality servives death.So what is that aspect of individuality if it's not the body and it's not the mind,or the attma.Any one got any ideas 'cos I thought this was really going somewhere logically till the last few minutes when he said that it was through the existence of attma that a sense of reincarnation(nothing lost) was to be found and nothing else.As I see it there must be something else or it's not REincarnation but simply INcarnation.Please help because I can't rest/function with the belief that I loose EVERYTHING I hold dear at physical death. Plus how does karma exist/endure if everything gets wiped✌️

[@fontofgod]

Thank you Swami for this brilliant video! I have some confusion as a Buddhist, please help to solve; 1/Why Lord Buddha said *Anatma? Does it mean No Brahman or No Soul or no individual soul or no *Shukshama Sharira? 2/Also Lord Buddha said The Mind is a magician! Does mind and consciousness are two different? I know you said the consciousness is one and Only brahman,then how do you explain the Mind?

[@owl6218]

I think that Bhagvan means 'the mind is a phenomenon that dissolves, does not have an intrinsic existence' when he spoke of 'anatta'. And what they are here calling 'atma' is the 'nirvana', the state without any qualities about which Bhagvan Buddha refused to speak, maybe because it cannot be grasped in terms of any mental contructs or concepts, and he was determined not to create any grasping to an idea or concept. It had to be experience directly, at the end of the journey..In advaita (as taught by the western teachers like Francis Lucille, who learnt it from the direct path teachers in india, among others) they speak of 'conciousness' awareness as the universal entity outside of time and space in which the 'mind' or 'sukshma sharira' appears as aphenomenon, persists for a long time and eventually dissolves back into the universal conciousness, once it realizes its true nature. The mind, the body are appear and are contained in the same medium. ..All these traditions have the same wisdom. it is so satisfying to see the harmony. Even theosophy, which HPB claimed was taught to her by the buddhist masters, has the same analysis. Even the 16th century visionary Emmanuel Swedonborg, realized something similar, but cast more in the mould of the chirstian comology.

[@tP_1111]

Very clear. My question is: what is that will going "home" (moksa)?

[@-1-alex-1-]

This guy is brilliant. It's the best explanation of these complex terms that I have ever heard.

[@randybackgammon890]

If the mind travels to the next body but the mind isn't me then where the hell do I go to be renincarnated if I havn't achieved moksha.And whats this I if it's not anything seperate from one who has achieved moksha and is not coming back....Just asking because this vid did not answer the question✌️

[@prakashnarasimha1044]

Beautifully explained ! A topic that was haunting my mind for quite sometime. Thank you Swamiji for the clarity of thought.

[@johnburman966]

I am not clear from this if we learn, evolve, (computers don't learn.) Unless the eternal unchangeing consciousness has all knowledge and we only have access.

[@valeriandsouza9846]

I had a few questions to know who or what I really am, and this Master clarified it all. Thank you.

[@meithuu1975]

To be hooked into the idea of reincarnation despite it being true, is foolish from the perspective of utility, common sense and practicality.

[@Fortus12]

Wow, I actually cried. Thank you very much for this video.

[@understandinglife1161]

Respectfully, If I am the Aatma and Aatma is eternal, then I am just enabler for subtle body to experience life, then subtle body involves itself in karma and has to perform Nishkam karma to get out of the cycle of birth and death, to achieve Moksha ! Who achieves Moksha, subtle body achieves moksha not me because I am not subtle body, I am not gross body, I am sat chit ananda ! In that case life is all about subtle body who is accountable for good and bad karma, for reincarnation. So, I am aatma, I am a screen where subtle body plays its role. For all practical purposes of life, I , the person with this body mind complex ( though enabled by aatma ) Is told how to live life, hold accountable for all my karma and am supposed to be reborn to clear my karmic debt, this leaves me perplexed-who am I , Aatma or Subtle body occupying this gross body.

[@LewinBB]

This is profound. I like this form of communication as I will be watching this again. I am sending the link to a few friends. Thank you Swami T.

[@kaivalya181]

U can send..it to only few friends...u know y..

[@abhinavintelligence4017]

Thankful to you 100 times❤❤❤

[@Shishaohanyi]

Incredible video! at 4:29 The quote Swami T. uses is from Chapter 6, verse 11 of the Svetasvatara Upanisad! In case anyone wanted to read more :)

[@radhikaschwartz3499]

A bit simplistic. This assumes the subtle body in its entirety moves from body to body,as if one entity continues on from body to body, good for a beginnners concept

[@annuaravinda]

Thank you very much for putting this effort to spread awareness and helping understand such complex topics in a very simple to understand format.

[@sdsd2967]

I have never heard a video like this. How beautifully everything has been explained. I think i developed a small halo on my head as i heard all this. Thank you so much Swamiji for explaining all this so beautifully. I have no appropriate words to describe this video 🙏

[@nickacca]

Thank you I needed that.

[@amrutaukarande9126]

Pranam Guruji ❤ Dhanyawad 🙏

[@mrgovin1285]

Swamiji thank you for such a clear, simple explanation of a complicated topic. You are a messenger, son and God ur self. My humble pranams at ur lotus feet my dear swamiji

[@mrgovin1285]

No doubt your holiness has told us v all are atman ourselves. Now to look inward and practice self realisation. Hari om

[@bassfacestudio7975]

Damn that was deep

[@WolfgangPlaschg]

Thank you for this crystal clear explanation!

[@SyamalaTadigadapa]

Clear and nice explanation. Thanks

[@LewinBB]

This is profound. I like this form of communication as I will be watching this again. I am sending the link to a few friends. Thank you Swami T.

[@dare-er7sw]

Also check out Sarvapriyanda on KZbin.

[@rumputkusegar1913]

Your microphone is awesome.

[@yogeshyadav1978]

Dear Swamy. I bow to you. These videos are so knowledgeable, even an agyani like me can understand. Especially your metaphors are super easy to understand. Please keep uploading such videos. नमस्कार!

[@yogeshyadav1978]

Can you please also give metaphors for moksha? Thank you!

[@herbert1148]

These bodies are known to have an end; the dweller in the body is eternal, imperishable, infinite. Therefore, O Bharata, fight! - Bhagavad Gita II.18 According to the above verse from the Bhagavad Gita, the dweller in the body is eternal, imperishable and infinite. Swami’ji, in your video you equate the “Sukshma Sharira”, the subtle body, with the dweller in the body, which would make the Sukshma Sharira eternal, imperishable, infinite, and therefore absolute, or unchangeable, if I may add this quality. But then a question arises: What happens to the Sukshma Sharira, when an individual gains moksha, or enlightenment? According to my knowledge, an enlightened individual has transcended the gross body and all subtle bodies and become one with Brahman, one with Totality. What will happen to the “imperishable” Sukshma Sharira, when an enlightened individual drops his body, and drops also the Sukshma Sharira? Who will then occupy it?

[@rajeshreddy3133]

Many of my confusions are clarified...

[@edelweisssymons7444]

😇 This is a question that many ponder. Love your clear explanation & the Spanish text. Heartfelt thanks from Australia.

[@Unlearning8248]

This is the BEST explanation I've found so far!! Never have I seen such complex spiritual concepts being simplified so beautifully. Thanks a ton! 🙏

[@nid2598]

Wow! Was confused about it the day before and got the answer today. Thank you Paramatma!

[@RCh.1]

You know if this isn't the best video on reincarnation out there, I don't know what is 🔥 thanks

[@adriennejoybalderas7362]

Why need moksha or freedom drom rebirth if the consciousness is the real one, the complete one and eternal given that is guided by vendeta? Is suffering completely a bad thing?

[@ramamanibalaji6343]

दृष्टान्त is fabulous indeed! கலக்கல்!

[@michaelfireborn7217]

Very good. I love this teaching. Thank you for breaking it down so clearly. Om shanti :-)

[@rakeshrockb]

Thank you so much. Question: Atman (the true nature/sat chit ananda) never gets enlightenment (Atman (I) is already enlightened). Then what gets enlightened? subtle body/jiva atman?

[@thenewwaydevil]

I believe the correct answer is the jiva. But the ultimate truth is that nobody gets enlightened because there was never anybody to begin with.

[@deela262]

@@thenewwaydevil messy 'logic' or speculations are of no use in understanding the Laws of the Universe...

[@LuAr82-pe]

Excelente! Obrigado! ❤🙏🇧🇷

[@davidjohnzenocollins]

OK. So by meditating on the teachings of Vedanta we get direct experience of consciousness or atma. So in that case, what would happen to the sukshma sharira? The software, so to speak, that normally would be downloaded into a new sthula sharira? Apparently, it gets burned away. This paramatma is reflected in about 7 or 8 billion jivamatmas. If we get a direct experience of being atma, the sukshma sharira, which reflects atma is, I guess, evaporated, like the water (sukshma sharira) in the bucket (sthula sharira) is evaporated by the sun (atma). Thus, there will be no rebirth. Basically, you, your personal identity, all your thoughts, feelings, memories, everything that makes you you, all of it disappears should you be so "lucky" as to get direct experience of being atma. In return for this, you needn't concern yourself with being reborn as another baby. Or ant, or amoeba, or whatever. Folks, this is as close as you can get to atheism without being an atheist. I'll pass. How about another interpretation of enlightenment? Like, maybe, God is the sun shining and when by meditating (centering prayer, for example) you get direct experience of being united to your Creator. By practicing good dharma, you can hope to be happy with Him forever and ever. After all, how many of you would go to the funeral of someone you loved and sincerely hope that this person no longer exists? That, instead, he or she has disappeared into the Sun of Atma?

[@redcenterau]

I have a questions. Does the sukshma sharira have an ID? How do you distinguish one sukshma sharira from another? Doesn't it merge with Atma? Do enlightened sukshma shariras merge with Atma?

[@Dharmicaction]

Sukshma sharira individuality comes from the past and present life karmic impressions stored in one of its subtle layers called Chitta (the closest layer to Athma). Chitta is also the channel through which consciousness from athma penetrates and pervades the body. Once the chitta shuddi (through meditation or dharmic behavior or exhaustion of past karma) happens, the dirt on Chitta is cleaned up and sukhsma and sthula sharira merges with the cosmos called as Moksha (Microcosm to macrocosm)

[@swamygee]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have a few questions: 1) Does the sukshma sharira have memories, especially memories of past lives? 2) Does the sukshma sharira possess instincts? 3) Do people who go through a Near Death Experience (NDE) and can see their stula sharira lying on the ground, but still can see that they maintain their shape and form are just seeing their sukshma sharira? 4) Can the sukshma sharira be destroyed/harmed? Does it age and decay? (may be takes longer than the gross body)

[@KrishnaPrasad-yj6em]

Swamiji, You are fantastic almost as Lucid as your Guru Swami Dayanand saraswathi. Does the Property of sthula sarira is different between the time it entered and time it left.Like we down load old data, but may use new data predominantly. When the new computer konks out, it will have old data and also what it gathered in this life. It is for this reason, kids are smarter than parents.

[@Dharmicaction]

"Kids are smarter than the parents". it is because the software (sukshma sharira or subtle body) shaped by past karma is different for different people. Diversity of animate and inanimate is created by different proportions of 3 gunas (Rajas/Sathivk/Tamas) which in turn created by Karana prakriti (or shakthi) based on past karma. Point is karma pre-programs a person's guna, situations, circumstances and opportunities. Free will is there but it cannot achieve anything beyond the praratbha karma. But using free will one can visualize unfulfilled desires, likes/dislikes which get stored in Chitta (part of subtle body) and manifest in one of the future lives

[@angelogiordano1218]

Why he didn't reveal the way that in Kali-yuga to be liberated from gross body and subtle body as Lord Sri Krsna explained need to be engage in bhakti yoga by chanting the holi names, this Is the conclusive and precise message from Vedanta for this era, harer nama, harer nama harer nama Eva kevalam Kalo nasteva nasteva nasteva gatir anyata. Hare Krsna hare krsna Krsna Krsna hare hare Hare rama hare Rama Rama Rama hare hare

[@Dharmicaction]

it is just one of the pathways. There are other pathways too in Baghavad gita. eg Karma yoga (action without creating karma), Jnana yoga (go beyond all identities and not get attached to the past, present or the future to prevent mind chatter which can reduce karma for moksha), Sanyasa yoga (complete renunciation) etc. All yoga pathways lead to the same destination. Advaitha school focuses only on the purusha (shiva). Dvaitha focusses on the shakthi where bakthi or devotion comes in.

[@ugc1784]

Normally I would scratch my head when it came to such intricate subjects such as Suksma Sharira, Atma, Jeevatma, Parmatma, consciousness, and so on. Here you explain it threadbare. Thanks Swamy Ji.

[@nethunters]

Is it possible that water from a bucket can go to multiple new ones? Or mix with water from other buckets to incarnate in a new bucket? Like our genes it gets mixed up? Can our subtle bodies also mix?

[@Dharmicaction]

are u talking about opening the third eye and reading past/present and the future of everything and everyone? Clairvoyance? reading thoughts of others and planting new thoughts? through astral body projection. Athman/brahman is conscious, immutable, immortal, immanent (soul), transcendent and omnipresent. It is NOT the doer even though it is the conscious observer and experiencer of both microcosm and macrocosm.

[@monosophos5203]

Technically speeking the bucket does reflect light because otherwise it would be invisible but definitely does not reflect it to the magnitude of bucket with water

[@Dharmicaction]

Analogies should not be over interpreted.

[@anamikaabaddha1159]

Excellent explanation with superb clarity.. Tough subject is made very simple to understand with beautiful examples. Message is clearly conveyed. Thanks very much Swamiji.

[@nikhilpage3024]

So how does this sukshma sharira travel? Is there any explanation on that? Relating to the metaphor: how does the water get from the large bucket to the small bucket?

[@englishvillage9464]

Good question...it's the wind..but in metaphor explained in the video we couldn't find any reference..

[@naresh8491]

An illuminating revelation.

[@sanjaysinha5252]

Swamiji: Thank YOU. You spoke superb. My hunger to learn more from YOU is ignited.

[@vikramc08]

Deep wisdom expressed by Swamiji, in a very similar manner. My Dandavat Pranam to Swamiji, for dispelling my ignorance!