Does moksha happen at once, or does it happen over time? | Moksha: A Flash Which Manifests Over Time

Swami Sarvapriyananda speaks on the topic, “Does moksha happen at once, or does it happen over time?"
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[@AshwinSriram]

Sri Nisargadatta answered this elegantly: "You seem to want instant insight, forgetting that the instant is always preceded by a long preparation. The fruit falls suddenly, but the ripening takes time."

[@shibambose9382]

Exactly

[@sarahmottramart]

Namaskar Swami I listen to your teachings most days. I appreciate your tone and respectful ways. A true example of progress , intelligence & teacher of conduct. Thank you 🙏

[@pattyayers]

This is an amazing few minutes of teaching. Many thanks to Swami Sarvapriyananda 🙏🏻

[@tanukagupta8416]

To know the Good is to be Good.....খুব সত্যি🙏 প্রণাম নেবেন মহারাজ 🌷🙏🙏🙏🌷

[@gangnam2792]

May all who are part of Sri Ramakriahna misson forgive me for any offenses I have done against them in thought, mind, or deed.!

[@anagha.aniruddha16]

॥जय श्रीरामकृष्ण|| 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Namaskar Swami Sarvapriyanandaji Maharaj 🙏🏻

[@shahidanfurqan]

It's real that most of us know what is good or bad to at least for living together peacefully but still do not follow it. Yes, we are messed up. It's our fault not to be able to live according to what we believe in. Sometimes it is because of state, society, family, friends, neighborhoods, but mostly is because we are not strong enough to do what we know is good. We are mostly weak to overcome the bad. We believe in one indivisible reality yet clinge on to duality. We know laws of satyayuga or dvaparyuga cannot be followed in this age still oppose what law is the most appropriate now. And liberation is not possible until you live your body. Lineration is also not possible when you have a mind of your own. It's just partial lineration that we can achieve in life. No matter how great the sage, avatar or vagavan one is he/she is tied on to this world more or less.

[@swamivedantanandapuri1322]

Pranaam🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏. Sastanga pranaam🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏. Swami Vedantananda Puri

[@user-is7rc2db1b]

Wonderful 4 minute summary of the entire spiritual journey which apparently takes several life times 😊🙏🏻🌹

[@annakarl9989]

😍🌹🧡🤗 thank you 💖very much

[@hemamalinirs1002]

Completely agree 🙏

[@talkbangtan]

thank you! very helpful.

[@adv.madhusudananmp9045]

Pranams Swamiji ❤

[@paa90777]

God

[@manjukodwaney5022]

Namaskaram Swamiji 🙏🌷

[@harparkrat1]

Excellent explanation about the difference to get moksha and to get that state manifested in every moment of your life like the jivan Mukthi. Is it not correct to consider the previous state as uncompleted mokhsa ? I call the first state enlightment and the second total liberation or real Mokhsa. I think in sanscrit the first state is Videha Mukti and the second Jivan Mukti.

[@arpitapaul8912]

🙏🏼

[@user-we2gi3iy8h]

❤😊🙏🌹

[@bryanbadonde9484]

What does the realisation feel like, as an experience? Is it a vision? I am aphantasic and literally can't picture anything at all in my head, does that mean there is no chance of me being enlightened in this lifetime? My partner saw a vision while on psilocybin, where she was shown that she was the universe experiencing itself. That happened before I started exploring vedanta so my mind was blown when I heard that her experience matches with The Truth! I guess most of us won't be enlightened in this life so I should just get my samskaras in!

[@redpillmatrix3046]

I think watching videos of Sri M can help you.

[@bryanbadonde9484]

@@redpillmatrix3046 Thanks for the reply. I looked up Sri M and couldn't see anything. did you mean Sri N, as in Sri Nisargadatta?

[@n.y.c.freddy]

Hey! Me! Can I.? *Can I ORDER a .,. moksha, milkshake? (JUST wondering?) .,.

[@IAn0nI]

There is no milk.

[@thrinethran2885]

You will have what you deserve from whatever you desire.

[@joefernandez9729]

Moksha (liberation or freedom) happens when the body has been reclaimed by Mother Nature on Mother Earth. The spirit -- form of feeling which permeates everything -- which emerges from the two sex cells, heritage, from male female pair, goes free. It does not go into another body. Another body has spirit which emerges from the two sex cells. The spirit is one. There's no such thing as your spirit and my spirit.

[@lukemurray175]

Do you know of anyone alive that has experienced true moksha? I 1000% confident that I experienced moksha due to the fact it is the closest religious experience that is mentioned anywhere to what happened to me on 12-25-2021. I have not been the same since. My ears still ring, pop, crackel, sometimes it rattles, and other times it sounds like locust. Depending on the spiritual activity of the area i am in at the time. Sir I would really like to speak to someone but have not met too many people that can really understand but in constant hope I am reaching out so I can not only help, teach, and advance the human concious experience into the next relm of reality. I hope you find interest because you will never be able to move forward if we hold on to the past too tight.

[@user-tu9vm3uk3n]

One who has attained Brahman will never claim that he has attained Brahmanhood - Ashtavakra Gita

[@IAn0nI]

See above paraphrasing the Ashtavakra gita. "Moksha" is not an experience "you" can have.

[@lukemurray175]

See I’m a Christian so we call it the Holy Spirit but being liberated from the cycle of death and rebirth is not in our text. So I went looking for another explanation to what had happened to me. I read in a book that moksha has physical side effects such as a ringing in the ears. But now I am even more confused because if moksha is not attainable then how can someone have physical side effect. At the end of the day you offer the same explanation that my Christian elders have said. That is that god is only real in philosophy and theology but not in the manifest physical reality. Which means that there was no Kristina, Abraham, Noah, Moses or Jesus or Muhammad because god doesn’t come into time to speak and experience. It’s saddens me that this is how it is. Stir the waters and I was to bring the elixir. Anyway fyi I said moksha not Brahmans or atman. Each are separate but same just as Christian religion states father son and spirit manifest into flesh. It’s the same process reordered and organized for anew spiritual lesson. I respect your opinion but you lack belief and that’s why it is unattainable for you

[@lukemurray175]

See I’m a Christian so we call it the Holy Spirit but being liberated from the cycle of death and rebirth is not in our text. So I went looking for another explanation to what had happened to me. I read in a book that moksha has physical side effects such as a ringing in the ears. But now I am even more confused because if moksha is not attainable then how can someone have physical side effect. At the end of the day you offer the same explanation that my Christian elders have said. That is that god is only real in philosophy and theology but not in the manifest physical reality. Which means that there was no Kristina, Abraham, Noah, Moses or Jesus or Muhammad because god doesn’t come into time to speak and experience. It’s saddens me that this is how it is. Stir the waters and I was to bring the elixir. Anyway fyi I said moksha not Brahmans or atman. Each are separate but same just as Christian religion states father son and spirit manifest into flesh. It’s the same process reordered and organized for anew spiritual lesson. I respect your opinion but you lack belief and that’s why it is unattainable for you

[@lukemurray175]

Sir with all do respect you failed to answer my yes or no question. And it is obvious that no religious person actually knows what it is so they immediately reject truth rather than listening acting and experiencing liberation. If you gave me 60 days to help me understand maybe I could agree or maybe you would have a new understanding. You are correct it happened in an instant. Lasted for over 4 months. Now two years later I live a life I didn’t know existed. A true divine purpose and calling. El

[@mitche5007]

The elephant = ego 🙏

[@lukemurray175]

This is not the place to go back and forth. I respect all beliefs but respect the voice from above more. So to clarify. The United States is a country that was founded on Christian/Jewish/Muslim values since we all originated from father Abraham. This is the area I have been asked to spread the “word” too and offer protection from what will soon come. Since you reside in the United States I figured through a free exchange of ideas “you” would be more apt to understand these words that I have been asked to speak but I can’t open the eyes of one that does not know that his eyes are meant for more than just sight

[@redpillmatrix3046]

United states was not founded on any abhrahamic values, It was founded on the bloods of Native indians who followed indigenous mystical practices. Eastern philosophy that swami talks on is far ancient & scientific than your abhrahamic faiths

[@redpillmatrix3046]

United states was founded on the bloods of Native americans/Indians not on any abhrahamic faiths.