Direct Knowledge | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Swami Sarvapriyananda speaks on the fifth stage of knowledge (Direct Knowledge - Aparoksha-Jnana) as taught in the 7th chapter of Pancadasi (by Vidyaranya). This discourse is inspired by a verse from the Brihadharanyaka Upanishad (Mantra 4.4.12): "If a man knows the Self as ‘I am this,’ then desiring what and for whose sake will he suffer in the wake of the body?"
Mantra 4.4.12:
आत्मानं चेद्विजानीयादयमस्मीति पूरुषः ।
किमिच्छन्कस्य कामाय शरीरमनुसंज्वरेत् ॥ १२
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[@Sabyasachi_De]

I once asked Swamiji in a Facebook Live event that " Apart from illumination can consciousness influence the Five sheets of the body ? " Swamiji explained how consciousness experiences consciousness.. we experience ourselves as consciousness which is witnessing the entire universe is also the existence of the universe.. Following his videos on Manisha Panchakam.. Aparoksha Anubhati Mandukya Karika and Astavakra Gita cleared my doubt 99% but this last 3 videos of Lamp of Bliss.. Tenth Man and Direct Knowledge made it 100%.. Swamiji is incredible.. A gift to humanity.. Forever Indebt and Grateful 🙏🙏 🙏

[@asokeroy8409]

Yes, You are absolutely right.

[@zubedarseeraj5146]

Beautifully said!👍🙏🙏🙏❤

[@bluenotebook489]

It can become 100 percent only through experience

[@Sabyasachi_De]

@@bluenotebook489 True👍

[@saraswatichatterjee2780]

Maharaj pronam naben..

[@vectravi2008]

What a pity politicians of the world don't take onboard these teaching. If they did and put them into practice the world would be a happier and safer place for all 🙏

[@unstoppablezone4980]

I'm not sure the point of the teachings is to make a better world. The point is to stop believing in the world we think we see and return to the I AM...at least...I THINK so!

[@misterree1443]

There is alot of investment in knowledge being unknown. Its a futile attempt to be Krishna.

[@amitnicmar1]

@john..this journey is alone, experiences are varied and introspective. This is not possible for community /World leaders. One has to drive with inner zeal and search for self... Wonderful experience

[@arete7884]

@@unstoppablezone4980 agreed

[@david203]

Too often the approach of nonduality teaching is restricted to gaining self-realization, minimizing the suffering of the world as being "just" the result of illusion and ignorance of the true self. But I believe that any valid path to self-realization must develop a strong sense of ethics, including the desire to end suffering, even if we know it is in a real sense unnecessary, temporary, or rooted in illusion. I do believe that a better world is possible in this dream universe, even if no one ever woke up to full self-realization, simply by helping where and when we can. Yes, a utopia is not likely to happen anytime soon on the global level without transformation of the individuals, but any improvement in the current deplorable state of the world will help and is worth doing, to whatever extent we are able.

[@gurucharansarojraj]

Really, I have no words to describe this holy man, a definite incarnation for the salvation of humanity ! Infinite pranaams to your Holy Feet Gurudev ! 🙏🙏🙏

[@zubedarseeraj5146]

I think he was introduced to us only by the grace of God!!🙏🙏🙏Pranam and blessings to All!

[@david203]

We are so fortunate that by the grace of the one consciousness we have alive today teachers of reality who speak clearly and specifically to everyone in this suffering world of the effortless knowledge and practice of effective paths to self-realization.

[@tejashboda1866]

🙏

[@meerasshetty8185]

Pranamas Swamiji

[@bhagwanmishra7243]

एतद्देश प्रसूतस्य शकासात् अग्र जन्मन: ।स्वे स्वे धर्मं प्रशीक्षेरन् पृथिव्यां सर्वं मानवा:।। भगवान आदि मनु के इस आदेश को अच्छी प्रकार से पालन करने वाले और स्व धर्म आत्म ज्ञान का प्रचार प्रसार करने वाले परम आदरणीय स्वामी श्री सर्वप्रियानंद के चरण कमलों में कोटि कोटि प्रणाम।

[@ssudhak2]

Swamiji is a combination of traditional Pandit and modern day teacher.

[@Selvakumar-cd5gr]

சர்வ தேடல்கள் முழுவதும் உன் திரு நினைவோடு. ஓம் நமசிவாய

[@victoriahangula382]

I have been following your classes and I am intoxicated by the awakening, thank you for sharing truth in such symplicity 😇🙏

[@bornuponawave]

Who is intoxicated?

[@shamaamit8157]

Keep it up. Regular practice is the key

[@ashamundra3241]

@@shamaamit8157 /-2

[@Vision_Of_Realities]

Jai Sri Ramakrishna 🙏🌺

[@unstoppablezone4980]

This is a wonderful teacher. I am so grateful to find him. I AM the tenth man!

[@mukeshdesai2862]

3:54. Panchkosh vilakshanatma 6:40. 7 stages of spiritual life 11:24. Aparoksh Gnan 13:30Journey from i(ignorance)to I (Knowledge) 58:55. SatChittAnand. MIMP 1:02:30. Avantar 1:03:30 1:08:00. Mahavakyas. 1:09:25

[@pramodrai3199]

Pranam Swami Jee 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@haradhandhak6145]

Hari 🕉 pronam sawmije

[@deadvirgo]

Swami Sarvapriyananda, you are a flame in the dark. 🙏

[@AbhayMishra-xw9kz]

One day I realized something and that was very momentary... It was when I was teaching one of my student about refraction and why the bottom of tank appears less deep than it is actually when filled with water. It's because rays which entering our eyes actually bend at the water -air interface. But our eye knows only that "rays travel in the straight line" And suddenly it came in my mind "then who knows about bending".. I don't know but at least I got to know that we should not recognize ourself with our sensory organs... Yet we remain victim to our senses only

[@david203]

"Who knows about bending" of course points to the intellect, which is part of the mind. The mind has learned about refraction from books, classes, experiments, and problem-solving. So we have the sequence: perception through the sense of vision, interpretation of a shallow bottom by the visual processing system, then a formless (intuitive or thought-based) self-correction through the intellect. This is a beautiful analogy with how we suffer through limitations of the mind and our attachment to those limitations, and how that suffering can be corrected or ended by the infusion of the brightness and spaciousness of our true Self, formless, unbounded, and timeless pure consciousness.

[@laika5757]

A fantastic Guru...on a fantastic path. Advaita...the personification of Truth.

[@DrCSK369]

Another excellent talk by swamiji. When one keeps on listening to swamiji talks one could go closer and close to the reality Brahman. There is no need for special meditation.

[@somabiswas2163]

Swamiji pronam. .. you are a wonderful teacher ... It is through you Ramakrishna thakur is conveying knowledge to each one of us ... hope we all be enlightened in this very birth

[@user-xq6hl3ts5d]

Hari om tatsat Swamiji🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@BenitaWinckler]

Thank you kind teacher 🙏✨

[@bunghybunghy8153]

happiness comes to me every time i hear swami speaking🕉

[@veenakathuria6147]

Everytime I listen to Swamiji, it's like true self has been unveiled

[@akgupta144]

Swami Sarvppriyanandji is an enlightened person

[@vksenapati2908]

Vivid explanation of vedant. Pranaam moharaj

[@cavaturnagesh]

great exposition Swamiji; I am following your videos faithfully.

[@johnathanedwards8430]

I am Brahman, that Direct Realization causes the chains of samsara to disappear and the will to live in a body in a world also vanishes, as well as the seeking of the fruit of samsara as well as the desire to know the world becomes illusory. Thank You Swami. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@Sarvamkhalvidambrahman]

🙏🙏🙏🙏 pronam swamiji eto din kolkatae theke belur math ghurte gechi kintu apnake shune bujhte parlam belur math er mahtwa🙏🙏

[@patelsatishcpa]

Pranam Swamiji

[@sharadmehendale1930]

अद्भुत, निर्मल आनंद

[@arundhatimukherjee2274]

Maharaj pronam janai .

[@nedbless]

A super guru . Thank you .

[@anagha.aniruddha16]

हरी: ऊॅं तत्सत् 🙏🏻 श्रीरामकृष्णार्पणमस्तु 🙏🏻 Namaskar Swami Sarvapriyanandaji 🙏🏻 Thank you Vedanta New York for sharing this video 🙏🏻

[@Ramachandra-fd7mv]

Jai Sri Sharada Maa, Jai Sri RamaKrishna, Jai Sri Swami Vivekananda, Jai Jai Sri Swami Sarvapriyananda.Jai Jai Jai. Jai all 135 cr people India Free from CORONAVIRUS. Jai Jai Healthy people of India and the World.

[@david203]

In my opinion, the impact of Covid on India has been due to failure of the government to educate the population about the need to wear a mask, to be apart from other bodies, to wash hands, and other precautions. A danger has been caused by the tendency to meet together in large groups for religious or sports reasons, and to bathe in the Ganga without taking precautions. Just my opinion!

[@laika5757]

Music to my ears... 🎼🎶🎶🎸

[@ritabiswas6688]

Maharaaj pronam. You are shifting up all the angularity and melancholy from our mind. 🙏🙏🙏

[@absolute7433]

Thank you for teaching.

[@belabasuroy9551]

প্রণাম মহারাজ 🙏🙏

[@mdg767]

Namaste sir 🙏🏻

[@mrsastroloverLeo]

Thank you so much Swami ji!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙏🏻

[@user-kb5bm7re5q]

Thank u thank u thank u ❤❤

[@sunshowerpainting1]

Wonderfully explained!

[@sureshchandrapanigrahi8182]

I am Brahman, blessed with satsang. Humble pronam to Poojya Swamiji.🙏🌷 With this talk Swamiji's Aprokhya Anubhuti may please be followed to get more details.

[@user-vu6ih3in8d]

This your sayings made me peaceful in my mind...thanks 😊

[@chintanbhatt552]

Excellent .....this is highness of Indian spirituality 🙏

[@monicatalukdar9696]

Monica Talukdar Very inspiring! A complicated subject explained so beautifully which can be understood even by the ignorant and the illiterate. Thankyou Gurudev for leading us from darkness to light 🙏🙏🙏

[@sourabh369]

Great luck of those who listen SwamiJi! What a great charm of His! Extremely pleasing is to hear & see Him! Unbelievably beneficial presence is His!

[@jagdishprasad9654]

Very

[@jagdishprasad9654]

L99

[@meerasshetty8185]

You are great Swamiji

[@arete7884]

Never cared for this until direct experience, after listening it made sense and was accurate and can be confirmed in ones knowledge/experience

[@dipalibiswas8873]

Being the Witness Consciousness and knowing that I'm not the body, mind complex, nor the 5 koshas or the 3 states of waking, dream and deep sleep , this inner journey from the little self to the Higher Self is indeed beyond description! How explicitly Swamiji you have presented the Direct Knowledge to us! Our Koti koti Naman at your feet. Jai Gurudev. 🙏🙏🙏

[@shikhararora5199]

There is no higher and lower self. Its nonduality. There is only Consciousness. Not a higher or lower self. The lower self you mentioned is an appearance.

[@kishoreramakrishnan2559]

Grateful to Swamiji and the entire team for sharing such an incredible talk. Your service to mankind by imparting the highest knowledge is highly commendable. I consider myself incredibly fortunate to be at the receiving end of such priceless spiritual treasures - something i think is much needed and timely as the world navigates through the global pandemic and regional conflicts.

[@hiranmoydas298]

প্রণাম মহারাজ ***

[@gireeshneroth7127]

Living a mind wake consciousness sensually actualizes itself.

[@sumitachakraborty8400]

Pronam Swamiji

[@mokshajetley9244]

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

[@njeyasreedharan]

This is the best explanation of 'direct knowledge' I have heard to date. We are gifted to hear this talk. I am this, I am, I am that.

[@Absolutely-nothing80]

You are Nobody

[@bluenotebook489]

You are nothing and you are everything 0 and 1

[@njeyasreedharan]

@@bluenotebook489I know you know.

[@tolifeandlearning3919]

Thanks Swamiji.

[@sumatin8056]

Guru Govind dono khade Kake lagu paay Balihari Guru Aapke Govind diyo milay . Pranam Gurudeva 🙏🙏🙏

[@satyanarayanakalisetti9922]

Jai Gurudev, Thank you Swamiji for your wodeful Lecture

[@ashiskarmakar7292]

Indirect and direct experience came from words

[@sohamdalal]

Gratitude and respect to Vedanta society

[@SuperRajendrasinh]

Thank you swami ji

[@pushpabansal4270]

🙏💖Pranam Swamiji 💖🙏 🙏💖wonderful explanation 💖🙏

[@ramakrishnahari6976]

Namaste 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@anshikabansal1128]

I am glad that KZbin randomly suggested Swamiji. I feel blessed and grateful. Swamiji, you made our ancient wisdom so easy to understand. The purity of his thought is reflected by his smiling serene face. May my innocent soul learn and practice his teachings throughout my life.

[@richgraham7822]

right on. Sadhguru for stories and Swami Sarvapriyananda for scripture. I love them both

[@Ramachandra-fd7mv]

@@richgraham7822 very true.

[@arete7884]

@@richgraham7822 sadhguru seems quite egoic not alike this swami, rather listen to this one ,eckhart tolle,alan watts ,krishanmurtis

[@nileshlolayekar4922]

Thank you , this one hour of knowledge has enriched my life ! 🙏

[@thyagarajanradhakrishan2327]

Jai Jai Swamy Sarvapriyandha maharaja ki jai

[@rishitaghosh6142]

He is the best teacher . Best Guru. Only listening him we can understand that ultimate reality . Swami ji =sath chit Ananda.

[@shivsivaram9872]

Again beautiful 🌺🙏🌹

[@dancingemptiness777]

I love you master, I bow to you谢谢您 我爱您

[@anooradharavi2927]

🙏Pranam Guruji.....so wonderful , enlightening the entire session.....am blessed to listen to this most illuminating teachings..🙏🙏🙏🙏 Thanks

[@parthapratimb2]

Every time I hear this speech it gives me new direction to think about. It makes me feel tranquillized.

[@beachboxrealty]

Yes these talks that me to a peacefull place that cannot compare to anything except maybe love itself.

[@david203]

@@beachboxrealty The peace and happiness generated by contact with the unlimited Self radiates in love through the impulses of the heart and beauty through the senses of perception.

[@njeyasreedharan]

This is the first time I can safely say that 'those who know can also speak'!

[@njeyasreedharan]

.. and speak so eloquently and passionately.

[@Ramachandra-fd7mv]

Aham Brahmasmi.

[@misterree1443]

Brilliant. Thank you so much. Hare Krishna.

[@-report1070]

vivekananda of our time.

[@careerlyyoursyourscareerly2832]

Direct - प्रत्यक्ष, Indirect - अप्रत्यक्ष / परोक्ष… Do not get confused Swami Ji… 🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️

[@david203]

I do not believe that Swami Sarvapriyananda, who is knowledgeable, could have been confused. Please provide details of your correction and a reliable reference supporting your claim that Swami was wrong.

[@rammehrotra6502]

Pranam swamiji . your teachings are amazing .

[@joy12345678909]

Seems to me the matter is simple. It is an ancient and noble philosophy. It is presented as if it is something intellectually very high, because that entertains the modern mind.

[@david203]

I didn't get this feeling from his talks. I get the feeling that he presents the knowledge very clearly, and not as an entertainment for the mind, which would have no useful effect.

[@ashiskarmakar7292]

55,100... Silence is best explanation of bramhan

[@dr.susheelkhemariya8966]

Bahut. Bahut. Gretitude. Thanks.

[@njeyasreedharan]

Thanking you Swamiji.

[@kamalsworld1]

Wonderful enlightening ❤️🙏🏻

[@madhujain2452]

Pranams Gurudev 🙏

[@savitrivasaikar9273]

Pranam Maharaj 🙏🙏

[@binagarg6953]

Pranam Maharaj ji Amazing talk. I love it. Thank you.🙏🙏😂😂

[@sandeepbodh1]

Jai gurudev

[@saritabhatia473]

Thank u swamiji for the wonderful explanation of the direct knowledge, so clearly & so precise. Beautiful 🙏🙏🙏🕉

[@jitukajal]

धन्यवाद आप अद्वैत में मेरे गुरू हैं।

[@ashiskarmakar7292]

41,42,43,44,45 knowledge

[@meerakale3694]

Shrigurudeodatt Sadgunath Maharaj ki jay Infinite pranam on your feet

[@aksharma4304]

Happy thoughts...

[@higherandhigher5848]

Thank you for this very informative presentation.

[@mahendrashukla1895]

Splendid Explanation.

[@sarmisthasingha915]

Listening him itself a great peace 🙏

[@reghumohan]

Pranamam..... Swamiji.....

[@perumalselvaraj4262]

Namaskar Swamiji. The words of the upanishads and the words of you are purely directed towards "enlightenment", in other words all your efforts are leading us towards enlightenment. His purpose will be fulfilled by the grace which we are receiving through the enlightened master "Guru".

[@david203]

And they make us realize that self-realization is not far away. It is a simple recognition of who and what we already are. We spend so much time searching for peace and happiness that we keep overlooking that we are already made of knowingness, pure awareness, which is much more than just peace and happiness.

[@rajeshacharya1580]

हरि ॐ तत्सत 🙏

[@jalajamenon8664]

Thank you very much Swaliju🙏🙏🙏

[@meerabhide4888]

हरिःओम्,प्रणाम, स्वामीजी.

[@meerabhide4888]

हरिःऊँ, प्रणाम, स्वामीजी।

[@nonametosee4456]

you and Rupurt Spira have expalined rhings in a non word kind of way- through your voices. (And, the other Rupert, the scientist). thank you

[@majak.t.135]

I am greatfull for these lectures being awailable ! I have learned so much from you and I have just scratched the surface of this wast knowledge - I am thrilled !!! :) :) :)

[@david203]

And all that vast knowledge is already inside yourself, ready to be experienced and lived.