Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Oct 20th, 2024

[@VedantaNY]

List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:15 - What is the importance of earnestness and renunciation to progress in spiritual life. 13:37 - Do we need a Guru, and what is the relationship betwen the Gurua dn teh Advaitic Self? 19:31 - Is consciousness the controller of actions or is it just a witness? 31:09 - How do we go from reflected consciousness to ‘I am Brahman’? 41:17 - How can I cultivate a desire to meditate and to form a genuine enjoyment of the practice? 01:04:21 - How can I overcome doubts in spiritual life? 01:09:45 - How can dream state be considered equivalent to the waking state?

[@sml1801]

Can a scatter of ashes ruin a mirror? It gleams. -Lal Ded

[@meenajoshi8920]

6th 5th season of

[@tarunbanerjee8625]

Good

[@jagdishgangwani4284]

Thanks

[@rsc953]

I can't find the words that capture the power of this Swami...It's a rare combination of brilliance and heart and a command from on high 🙏

[@sumersharma9534]

Another masterpiece of a QnA. Pranam Swamiji

[@sarmisthabakshi5628]

God's infinite grace that we are blessed with such great satsangs with you Maharaj! Humble pranams at your holy feet, Maharaj 🌸🙏🌸

[@bkgupta6356]

We are really done up with different complex experiences provided by nature. Now Swami ji please take us to relief peace equality unity all around.🎉😊

[@jonathanwilson5801]

SwamiJi the description of reflected consciousness and Braham has so clear and profound and mysterious. It was such a profound insight. Thank you

[@adv.madhusudananmp9045]

Pranams Swamiji ❤

[@devanshudesperado]

The "sigh & breath" that Swamiji took towards the end of his stunning pointer, at 40:59 is the breath of immortality ❤ He had to control to stay in this plane of existence.

[@phantomhawk01]

😂

[@manjukodwaney5022]

Namaskaram Swamiji 🙏🌷

[@pamjones5566]

Such a blessing for all the teachings Swamiji. Thank you🙏📿

[@anagha.aniruddha16]

हरी: ऊॅं तत्सत्| श्रीरामकृष्णार्पणमस्तु 🙏🏻 Namaskar Swami Sarvapriyanandaji Maharaj 🙏🏻 Thank you Vedanta society of New York for sharing this Ask Swami retreat 🌹

[@alamelur2748]

Pranams to Swamiji.. Thank you VSNY. I couldn't but notice the single saffron coloured flower in the vase - a perfect samarpan to the blazing Swamiji

[@kushanava82]

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[@kushanava82]

It is a blessing to hear your teachings,hope I will be able to see you in person someday pranam swamiji🙏

[@woodspriteful]

The description of the chariot, the horses and everything is perfect for everyone, even my 9 year old daughter. Thank you so much!

[@carlosavila.291]

Thank you and the team 🙏☯️👤

[@ranadas4934]

Swami G teaches that doubt is fleeting and arises in the mind, not in the true Self. By observing doubt calmly, we see that while it’s temporary, our awareness is indestructible and beyond doubt. Thank u, Swami G. 🙏🕉️🕉️🕉️

[@mitalibhattacharya823]

প্রণাম....

[@jyotsnapathania9590]

Om shanti

[@UM8831-u8m]

Swamiji 🙏

[@boeingpameesha9550]

ಓಂ ನಮೋ ಶ್ರೀ ವಿವೇಕಾನಂದ, ಜೈ ಶ್ರೀ ಸಚ್ಚಿದಾನಂದ, ಜೈ ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಮಕೃಷ್ಣ ಪರಮಹಂಸ ನಮೋಸ್ತುತೇ.🙏🏼

[@bhuvaneswarinatarajan2583]

Thank you very much Swamiji 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@Tejas.Patil888]

39:51 bookmarking valuable insight

[@Pallasathena-hv4kp]

Pranam, Swami 😊🙏 Thank you for teaching us! Jai Sri Ramakrishna 🌺 Jai Ma 🌺 Jai Swamiji 🌺🙏

[@rajukunjukrishnan472]

Pranam Guruji 🙏

[@annakarl9989]

Thank you very much 🤗💝💖🕉️☸️

[@tanukagupta8416]

শুভ দীপাবলি মহারাজ🪔🙏🪔 আমার প্রণাম নেবেন ❣️🙏🙏🙏❣️

[@unchangingawareness535]

Priya : Thank you so much for coming up with Question # 2 🙏🙏🙏

[@oln3678]

Super swami deluxe 🙌🏽 thank God for you and thank God for your students wonderful questions. These questions and your answers are far more relevant to me than even my own questions.

[@oln3678]

It's a great mystery ✨️

[@mokshajetley9244]

Pranaam Swami Saravpriyananda ji

[@marigoldpluss]

I love this thank you Swami Sarvapriyananda!

[@jyotsnapathania9590]

Pranam swami ji

[@arjunrathore8950]

अति उत्तम ! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@mukeshdesai2862]

19:30. 20:22 Chariot/Uber metaphor 23:00 ❤ “ we think we are the chariot “ 25:15. Love, attention, mindfulness 26:30 👌 28:00. Bhoga apavarga( moksha) 31:30. Reflected cs-Brahman relation 33:00 👏👏👏 34:10 35:00. Chittchhaya/ chidabhas RXXXXX 36:45 RXXXXX 37:30 ❗️3 schools 39:00 👏👏👏 to whom/what does this reflection appear? RXXXXX 1:11:30. Dream=waking state?1:14:30 1:16:50 1:23:30

[@jegatheesonnadesan8238]

CONSCIOUSNESS ALONE EXISTS. ALL ELSE ARE ILLUSION AND ERROR. THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH. SILENCE IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL. ASSIMILATE ON THIS. PRACTICE ONENESS.

[@sml1801]

Can a scatter of ashes ruin a mirror? It gleams.

[@roopashreepai]

Hari Om Swami ji 🙏

[@mokshajetley9244]

Jai Swami Vivekananda

[@allnone4277]

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[@pramodrai3199]

Pranam Swami Jee 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@sankararamaprasad9482]

Grateful Thanks Maharaj for very insightful answers. All the questions are really good and answers are of immense help to the seekers. When do you bless people of TS and AP with a visit. Waiting for so long Mahanubhav 🙏

[@himanshudwivedi1313]

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[@mokshajetley9244]

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

[@deepaksuryawanshi2649]

Nice

[@kerrydubord5273]

What started, Has never departed, Imperishable, Unchangeable, The source of life, The Atman within, "IS"(consciousness) Brahman without.

[@pothinenisankararao5959]

Sir namaskar .I follow ur speeches. U are telling that is nature &me(conciousness aresame ) why shud &whar type of experience I get from the nature when both nature &concious is same because concousness is reflecting as nature.indirectlyexperiencessalreadyinconciousnessreflecting

[@pothinenisankararao5959]

.sit seems.conciousness for gotten its divine nature

[@mokshajetley9244]

Jai Ma Sarda

[@daniarussillo922]

Por favor, traduzam as palestras do Swami Sarvapriyananda para o português! 🙏🙌

[@jayaram5127]

The questions themselves are becoming progressively more difficult and require two three hearings to grasp it.

[@arupkchatterjee]

Just goes to show how wonderfully Swamiji has trained the minds of his audience.

[@Tejas.Patil888]

With a regular practice, it won't be difficult to grasp

[@deedhesi8014]

About time!!!!

[@f.dmcintyre4666]

It's philosophy...all philosophy is like this...😊😊😊

[@rayo.]

Two, three hearings is way better odds than two, three lives. 🙏🏼

[@erickbedoya435]

❤

[@lornaalcorn9839]

Were do preminitions come from as my dreams were full of preminitions of events that would come to be many years later . My dreams also helped me see or understand what was really going on in the waking state and often fekt more real . Dreams showed me subtle elements of events i couldnt see in the waking state. It was easy to remember the dreams .

[@sutapamukerjee8602]

Swami ji pronam 🙏 Please can you explain : How can householder balance his/ her daily life with spiritual life

[@nilayanmajumdar9174]

Have a specific time and place for your sadhana. Apart from specific sadhanas, the general practice of being unselfish and true should be maintained always, like that you will no longer create the false division between spiritual life and daily life, because the spiritual will become daily for you.

[@seek695]

Bhakthi yoga in bhagavath geetha is the answer

[@sml1801]

Can a scatter of ashes ruin a mirror? It gleams.

[@arjunrathore8950]

Why balance? Spiritualize everything. Know that you are not the doer. Offer every action at the feet of lord, your office work, house work, everything. Surrender to the higher truth. No one is a stranger. Treat everyone as God in disguise. See God in your spouse and children. Serve them as you are serving God. Zero expectations from anyone.

[@paa90777]

Swami Ji, is there a way I can conquer fear? I feel that I’m always scared and this is causing problems for me. Thank you for your time

[@michaelmcclure3383]

What would you say the fear is founded on? What belief. In my own case I progressed some way and then found there was this lurking terror of annihilation or death. And I really felt I'm going to die. So although I felt if I closed my eyes I would be annihilated by this mighty power. I just lay down and closed my eyes..i felt this subtle grasping to form slip away.. long story short I realised I don't disappear while everything else appears and disappears in me. Everything is me...has no existence apart from me so I gain nothing nor do I lose anything. It's hard to describe but all this became a rock solid conviction and it was all due to not turning away from the fear. So in a way this fear is really grace. It emerges when the understanding goes deeper.. it's actually a good sign. Just don't try and push it away.. be curious what is it based on.. stay open. It can be a doorway. Don't ask how can I get rid of it.. it's the wrong orientation you see. If you remember Ramana Maharshi had this fear come up and what was his orientation?.. one thing is he accepted it.. even if he is going to die...he was curious what dies.. he faced it...he didn't run off to anyone asking how can I get rid of it. This is why it's considered heroic..

[@angelwingsincamo]

Read Swami Vivekananda. And leave everything up to the Divine Mother. Know that you're a Mother's child, and Mother will take care of you. No fear or anxiety will come near us.

[@seek695]

In advaita vedanta there is no scope for fear Fear comes when there is anything other than you When you are the seer and seen and seeker to whom will you fear

[@woodspriteful]

You want to be fear-less? Less implies letting go, accepting loss. I like another commentator's response about the divine mother. You can reconnect with her through sitting meditation. There are different techniques. The quickest way is to focus on the heart beat, feel it and surrender. Notice the upper body slightly move according to its rhythm. Then notice your breath, the relationship between the heart beat and the breath. Aim for ecstacy. Sit in the sun. Ponder these sources of life (heart, breath, sun) that carry your consciousness through this life regardless of your thoughts and feelings. All this is working for your consciousness all the time to have this experience, which is varied but should feel blissful within this meditation. This is part of divine mother you can feel and instantly rejoice in.

[@abhigoswami3812]

chant the Hanuman Chalisha just before sleep and the Mahamrityunjaya Mantra at morning. U will not just conquer death but 'fear' will fear you. Har Har Mahadev.

[@benbaumgartner1639]

That's a great analogy to Uber, the body/car is not ours and will inevitably drop us off at some time!

[@richardchong4127]

My sweet lord sung by GEORGE HARRISION

[@AeonMusicRecord]

Ai is also consciousness, the architecture of the device that expresses Ai is not good enough to mimic humans but at its core Ai is also consciousness, it's the same light that expresses in mind and self driving cars

[@SparkyMan12]

It's not. Generative AI is just a word filler. It uses an algorithm to calculate which word must come next in a sentence. It does not "know" anything. Self driving cars are the same

[@AeonMusicRecord]

@@SparkyMan12 Nope, it "knows", it can't express in the way we do, that's the only difference

[@SparkyMan12]

@@AeonMusicRecord Well consciousness is not a "knowing" the way you are describing it. Knowing knowledge is a function of the mind still. Consciousness is that which activates a subtle body with the ability to be aware/conscious. Computers are not aware of anything. They are aimless electrons activating transistors. The light of consciousness does not shine on them

[@AeonMusicRecord]

@@SparkyMan12 why the light of consciousness does not shine on them?

[@SparkyMan12]

@@AeonMusicRecord the subtle body is made of special material designed to let consciousness reflect off of it. AI is made of silicon. Not something that reflects consciousness. The subtle body is made of well subtler things than the elements of the periodic table and indeed electrons and protons and neutrons.

[@Pranamakkumar]

Pranam Maharaj ji I am a beginner in fine art. How will I love God through fine art at beginner level? Jai Thakur 🙏

[@dadasahebjaybhaye3318]

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[@sheelas8775]

With My Most Solemn Pranams, Swamiji, Can I Consider "AWARENESS OR CONSCIOUNESS SAME AS "STATE OF UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE OR "SHRADDHA"..!!! PRAY FORGIVE MY NAIVE IMPUDENCE...!!

[@vijujaidhara9013]

What you read..saints lives...u are downloading..cleaning is easier..thank you

[@tookie36]

Guess who's back, back again? Swami’s back, tell a friend Guess who's back? Guess who's back? Guess who's back? Guess who's back? Guess who's back? Guess who's back? Guess who's back? (Da-da-da, da, da, da, da, da, da) (Da-da-da, da, da, da, da)

[@kenjones7719]

No, it's George Harrison who sang "I really want to see you".

[@pasumai835]

It pains when I see boundless ignorance. The worst sin would be spreading ignorance, knowingly or unknowingly.

[@pushpaacharya7898]

It’s the same preaching in each and every one please make it more relevant to daily life’s issues

[@jayasengupta1051]

How do I send my questions to Swamiji?

[@subramanianviswanathan2851]

Hari Om Swamy ji.. I have a question from one of my yoga students.. What is Maya..? A tough question.. My thoughts.. We can intellectually understand Brahman.. The power of Brahman to appear as names and forms without undergoing any change is Mithya...like The rope appearing as snake without undergoing any change.. Very clear.. How do we explain Maya.. Is Causal body Maya..? Can you please explain..and the difference or relationship between Mithya and Maya.. Hari Om..🙏

[@jayjhaveri86]

How do you submit a question for the next episode 😅

[@kalidabera4704]

What is the different bn maind and brain. And when we are in deep sleep the brain has shutdown as i annderstood u from Ashtavekra discourse. it seems unlikely

[@robertkorus2191]

But when consciousness no longer identifies with the body and mind, does it not give the command for the mind to move towards liberation?

[@woodspriteful]

My understanding is that consciousness does not identify with anything. What identifies itself? Would you want liberation if you knew what it was, if you saw it manifest? Liberation is the outcome of removing body and mind as a limiting frame of consciousness. The mind does not need to move toward liberation which exists somewhere else. The process is more of receiving and opening vs directional. The mind can be a tool of Spirit vs Spirit as a tool of the mind's will. Most people want their mind's will and refuse to give it up. How many would want to be "liberated" from their mind's desire?

[@hanumandas4382]

What was the Sanskrit words for restlessness for god? Vakuyalta??

[@sumitdutta7043]

Vyaakultaa

[@hanumandas4382]

@@sumitdutta7043 Thank you - Jai Shree Ram

[@JairMe]

i am nirvana

[@PraaneshSureshkumar]

The priests are holy men

[@scottwalker8855]

It's Uber! It's not even your car! Good one.

[@edidinescu5906]

Shree R AV Mi Av Ke Rk Ia SarvapriyaNanda Puri.. Ha Nn Ada .* 💜 Metaphors by writing your names.. .

[@RiseShine_Channel]

first comment 🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@RiseShine_Channel]

@@Srividya_youtube I wish if this logic could work in OLYMPICS 💀💀🤣🤣

[@Sharva-y1d]

Pujya Swamiji, Entire of this effort goes to support abrahmic faiths with hindu philosophy, Is it not violating the APARIGRAH , submission to donors of these faiths???? It's all hindu or anti hindu proselytism??? Mission is misdirected.

[@vs9324]

I reject bhakti as a waste of time. The downfall of Indian civilization is partly due to the undue importance given to bhakti. What does bhakti do that Gyan or Karma or Raj Yog cannot achieve? Bhakti merely gives a "good feeling" (maybe even false feeling) about oneself. It gives you an impression that you have become pure while all the time you are merely "attached" to Supreme. Because the Supreme is perceived as pure, you "think" you have become pure because, in reality, you are "attached" to the Supreme. I consider bhakti as useless, even dangerous. All the problems that emanates from various religions of the world is because of bhakti, not Gyana, Karma or Raj Yog.

[@KalyanMukherjee1985]

If you reject bhakti, U reject God and U reject yourself also😂

[@angelofwax]

Good luck Sir 🙏

[@balagopalramakrishnan8048]

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