Indian philosophies - Vedanta (There is nothing more to be known)

[@Kundalinilover33]

This is so profound. It gave me chills!!! Perfectly explained. Thank you!

[@yogijaymoves]

Thank you for such an eloquent explanation of Vedanta. I love your examples. I also love how you context the philosophy for each individuals temperament. Well done!

[@jaswanthduppalapudi923]

thank for this divine knowledge

[@MeditateWithRishi]

You're most welcome

[@gourangacharannanda6692]

Excellent presentation.

[@MeditateWithRishi]

Thanks for watching

[@parimivenkatramaiah5912]

Excellent. Minor doubt is it Vasisth or Astavakra who cleared Janaks confusion

[@MeditateWithRishi]

Glad you enjoyed the videos. And yes good observation, I've also heard the same story with both their names.

[@h.c.nganbi7685]

Namaste, and thank you

[@MeditateWithRishi]

Welcome!

[@annamorimoto7150]

Thank you for this video! I had a spiritual awakening 9 years ago and what you explained was exactly what I experienced. I had never read or heard about this concept before my awakening so you can imagine that I was quite surprised haha I grew up in a Christian family and I was taught a different image of God. But I know that there is no separation! There is only unconditional love playing dress up :) Even though I had this realization and I know it in my heart to be true, it did not end my suffering. Unfortunately my body and mind are still running on old programs. I guess it just comes with this character I'm playing ;) Thanks again! Now I finally have a name for my experience :)

[@MeditateWithRishi]

Thank you for sharing Anna, glad you enjoyed the video

[@m.kurbah8485]

Beautiful indeed...

[@amatoinsights2067]

Very good presentation. Pure consciousness. Witnessing consciousness. It is esoteric wisdom to be experienced. Thanks.

[@MeditateWithRishi]

Thank you 🙂

[@oliverazivanovic492]

Namaste 🙏 I like your presentation. Thank you. What I can't get, though, is where is this ignorance coming from. Is it also Brahman, since everything IS Brahman? How Brahman can make Brahman forget and suffer? But if it's NOT Brahman, then there is TWO, NOT ONE. Hope my question is clear.

[@MeditateWithRishi]

Imagine you are walking in dim light and you see a coiled object on the ground. Due to the poor lighting, you mistake the rope lying there for a snake. In that moment, you perceive the snake, react to it with fear or aversion, and experience the corresponding emotions and thoughts associated with encountering a snake. However, upon closer examination or with the help of more light, you realize that what you mistook for a snake was actually just a rope. The snake was an illusory projection created by your mind due to inadequate perception. In this analogy, the rope represents Brahman, the ultimate reality, and the snake represents the illusory world created by Maya. Just as the rope remains unchanged and unaffected by the appearance of the snake, Brahman remains unaffected by the illusory world created by Maya. Once you gain the knowledge and insight to see through the illusion of the snake, you recognize the rope as the true reality. Similarly, in Advaita Vedanta, attaining spiritual wisdom and realization allows one to see through the illusion of Maya and recognize the underlying unity of Brahman. Having said this, the one thing we need to remember is that these philosophies are great but don't mean much without practice. Buddha often refused to answer philosophical questions. Love your deep interest and hope that you are practicing keenly !

[@oliverazivanovic492]

@@MeditateWithRishi Namaste 🙏 Many thanks for your long answer. I appreciate. Thank you also for your concern. I do practice and that's why I consider to have the right to ask and clarify. Luckily neither you are Buddha nor am I a Buddhist. The famous example of the rope and snake didn't really give the answer to my question where Maya comes from. In this example, the snake is not really illusory, otherwise it wouldn't have come to my mind in the first place. I must have seen it somewhere, sometime, which means it IS real. My ignorance was the problem, not the snake. So, the question still remains where is it coming from. From Brahman? Can't be. If it's from Maya, then there are two realities: Brahman and Maya who seem to be sometimes more powerful than Brahman. In this video you spoke only about the concept of Advaita Vedanta of Sripada Sankaracarya but there are two other schools of Vedanta, namely Visisthadvaita of Sri Ramanujacarya and pure Dvaita of Sri Madhvacarya. Their teachings differ. Would be also good to mention that the very founder of the Vedanta school in his deep meditation realized that Sri Krsna Bhagavan is the ultimate Reality and that both Maya and jivas are His energies. If we accept Dvaipayana Vyasa as an authority for one topic, why not for the other? Thank you once more for your time and effort. Keep up with your noble work. Namaste 🙏

[@JineComp]

Why can't Bahman chose to forget itself momentarily? One of the explanations can be this. It is like a single person act "Leela" done by brahman. It attributes itself with maya and creates samsara, jeevas with desire, ignorance to experience itself and other creations and ultimately to get liberated. Don't ask why, as we may never know as jeevas until we get moksha.

[@oliverazivanovic492]

@@JineComp I get your point but this is not answering my question. Advaita Vedanta says everything is one - Brahman. In addition, has no qualities (nirguna). Where this desire to experience itself comes from, then? You get my point? What is also interesting is that Advaita Vedanta accepts, like other five Indian philosophies, three scriptures as the authority. In one of them, the Bhagavad-gita, Bhagavan Sri Krsna clearly says that this Maya is His divine energy and that it is very difficult to overcome it (for us, jivas) but that one who surrenderes unto Him will easily do it. Is that not clear enough? No consistency in Advaita school in regards to following the authority of sastra. That's my point. Otherwise, I personally have a lot of respect for Sripada Shankaracharya 🙏

[@JineComp]

​@@oliverazivanovic492 I understand your dilemma; it is difficult to comprehend. There is an ancient Indian story of a group of blind men trying to understand what an elephant is. (I am going to add some extra elements to that story from the original). One of the blind men touched a leg and declared, ‘The elephant is like a column.’ Another felt the tail and said, ‘The elephant is like a mop.’ Yet another grasped the trunk and stated it was like a snake. In short, based on the part they touched, each offered a different explanation. Some blind men accused the others of falsehood and lying. Their successors fought over the differing descriptions of the ‘elephant.’ Meanwhile, more open-minded blind men considered that the elephant might be similar to what all those blind men experienced and could possess qualities like a mop, column, snake, etc., or even beyond. Imagine if a sighted man accompanied them! He could visually comprehend the elephant with its legs, tail, and trunk in its true form. He knows each of these blind men are partially correct but limited by their blindness. He can explain to them, but he cannot share the experience of seeing the elephant. I have been mostly non-theistic since my childhood. However, I had a brief but profound transcendental experience during a spiritual gathering, which I cannot explain rationally or logically. There, I felt my ‘self’ extend beyond my own body, mind, and emotions, feeling at one with everyone and everything around me. If you have ‘that’ experience, you will at least acknowledge that there is something beyond the senses that are telling you. Until we experience Brahman in its true sense, we cannot fully comprehend what Brahman is; we can only speculate on its attributes, much like the blind men about the elephant.