Raja Yoga: The Path of Meditation (Part 1) | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Swami Sarvapriyananda speaks on Raja Yoga at a retreat on the Four Yogas. This is part 1 of the lecture on Raja Yoga.
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Vedanta Society of New York is affiliated with the Ramakrishna Order of India. In fact, this is the Order's first Center started by Swami Vivekananda, in 1894. It was a historic event, for the seed of the world-wide Ramakrishna Movement was sown here in New York over a century ago. Swami Sarvapriyananda is the present Resident Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York.

[@nitishlvlogs2217]

Ten points of practicing meditation (Swami Ashokananda):- 1. Be regular 2. Have a fixed time everyday 3. Have a fixed auspicious place 4. Patterns of thoughts 5. Avoid bad company 6. Austerity (Tapasya) 7. Cast off identities 8. Yearning for God 9. Have some divine connection throughout the day 10. Holy company P.S. This is just a point-wise summary of the speech. Might be helpful for some.

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[@ekamsat5633]

1. Be regular. Body and mind needs to be trained. 2. Have a fixed time as far as possible. Early morning is best time. Transition times (morning to noon, noon to evening, etc) are good for meditation too. 3. At least twice a day. 4. Negative thoughts will arise in beginning. Just observe them. 5. Keep good company and good thoughts. 6. Some level of austere living i.e. तपस्या is needed. Fasting, giving up bodily comfort - just a little bit. Do not deprive yourself of too much and too fast. 7. Forget all your identities in this world and be focused while in meditation. 8. Intense desire for God. Even if not much, try to stimulate and bring it in yourself. 9. Have meditative भाव throughout the day. Try to remain connected to the God throughout the day. 10. Holy company i.e. spiritually advanced and even जीवन्मुक्तs. Read about Hariharananda Aranyak. Swami talks about it in the end of the video.

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Key and important lines.... Thanks for upliftment

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I live in a country town in Australia, I was enlightened for some reason never herd of Adviata Vedenta 6 months ago or any eastern texts. So I have worked backwards haaaaaa. I had to find a explanation for how I felt so inmo is my new word along with wonderful. After stumbling from one western philosophy to another I somehow found you. I would like to thank you for making sense this. You have made the experience I have which I try to explain as both impossibly massively overwhelmingly large and insignificantly tiny and unimportant. Everything is everything and everything is NOW. I’m blissful and happy so again thank you again from an uneducated father of four who works on a Dairy and now is complete.

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I love you man you're healing. Thank you for making this world a better place. Peace and Love to all the beautiful people in the comments section.

[@teresathomley3703]

Swamiji does make this world a better place for sure. And peace and love to you, sir.

[@carolinaindian]

Looks you are some nobody who has no basic decency. He is a great sage, a saint. Address him with respect as swamy not your as your pot smoking "man"

[@gayatrimelkote6822]

@@carolinaindian I think it was said sincerely and with love. It is OK. Peace

[@gautambuddha8815]

@@carolinaindian Swamiji wouldn't mind for sure

[@davidkariu2330]

Peace and love too :)

[@OAMMeditation]

Very few people will recognize this lecture for what it is. I have read and studied and seen AND BEEN CERTIFIED in meditation and still recognize this as the greatest resource/lecture on meditation on KZbin. Period. Maybe even the world, honestly, this lecture should be required viewing for any meditator of any path. Like if you agree.

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[@albertotanmay5670]

In wich type of meditattion have you been certified?

[@kennedyseamus]

Swamiji radiates not only profound insight and erudition, but a lovely childlike heart. I am so grateful for these lectures, provided so generously. 💕

[@ram_bam]

This may be the most important video I’ve ever watched. I am deeply grateful.

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Big statement. I'm inspired even more to watch

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[@saimahesh6081]

swamiji lectures are taking this lockdown time closer to one's true nature

[@richardf.dossii3900]

I think I've watched about 25 hrs of his lectures this month; he's amazing 🎉🎉❤️❤️🙏

[@Music-eo6ts]

Absolutely

[@liskell3108]

Richard F. Doss II If only the measure of time were the true measure of practical learning for attainment.

[@manjudutta4943]

Swamiji,if the universe has created many times,so,how it filled with water at the end ,as it narrated in Mahabharata.is it only apply for the earth or the whole universe?

[@sumitra512]

Swamiji,I have experienced you, your thoughts,your explanation and I feel God ,I experienced God.

[@amythompson3273]

Thank you for your company as I chopped wood and carried water. Today, whilst in a walking meditation I prayed "I wish I could get to the temple and meditate with the monks, today." Some time later, this blessed me and I learned so much about everything, thank you. Grateful, I Am.

[@jamesjosheph3006]

What I like in the Swamy is, he is very much practical in life and he understands others..Life oriented talks.

[@sushilsharmasapkota]

I can listen him whole day

[@jamesjosheph3006]

I cannot imagine Swamy is extremely humerous.

[@ishanchakraborty2732]

🙏🏻🙏🏻 we are blessed to have Swamiji in our generation. Om shanti

[@avinashminj802]

No wonder Swami ji's monastic name is Sarvapriyananda..!

[@lucidity_world]

I have wondered why swamis, gurus, etc are so named. How do they get their name, does it try to capture the qualities the person shows as a predominent characteristic, or does it capture charateristics that they must work on to imrpove? I feel we should all be given such a name in order to refocus us on what our true nature is (not).

[@nanettekusasi9534]

I don't understand...so what Sarvapriyananda means? Thank you

[@vishwajeetbhosale9298]

@@nanettekusasi9534 Sarvapriyananda means Dear for everyone

[@asamvav]

@@lucidity_world in this order, and I think other orders too I can't vouch for them, during the novice phase the senior Swamis observe and analysis the character & approach of each novice very seriously. When they become monks, their given monastic name is representative of their inner nature. The name Sarvapriyananda 🙏 means one whose bliss is dear to everyone.

[@lucidity_world]

@@asamvav this sounds wonderful thank you 🙏

[@indranidey6921]

Waiting for Rajyoga 2.His lectures you get addicted to.Such a beautiful way of threading different concepts.Thànk you.

[@marioalogonzalez4518]

So many students....so few great teachers...One has to really look for them, to find them...add a pinch of luck.!

[@saraswati1386]

It's grace of Bhagavan, and Guru's Grace! Om

[@siddharthasarmah7485]

What has touched me is that he has never said anything derogatory towards any thought/ philosophy. That respectful attitude towards others is so rare. Not to to talk about his childlike mind and depth of scholarship.

[@suparnaguha]

He has an appropriate name sarvapriyanand which basically means loved by all.. and it is true mostly due to this rare quality of appreciating and respecting all philosophies and ideologies of this world..

[@saraswati1386]

I agree! He never says anything derogatory about other philosophies or other religions!! He's one of the few! He's my example now. What an excellent role model!

[@swatikhan2023]

Very true.. That's the sign of true enlightened person

[@sumitdutta7043]

It is one of the tenets of Ramkrishna Mission.

[@roopahodlur6050]

Why does His session even end!! How i wish i was attending His session live...hope the sutras that He is goingto talk of will be published by the VSNY. May the Teacher be blessed ! Love and light !🙏

[@rohanketkar9272]

I had a very beautiful coincidence today while i was meditating in the morning. As Swamiji educated us about the dreaming lord vishnu where the whole universe is situated. The same i could feel while meditating, where i am serving lord Vishnu and after sometime he opens his eyes and i could see all the stars and the whole universe in his eyes. wonderful experience and at the perfect time. I am so much thankful of Swamiji, He just brought me back from death "Suicide" and gave me a new life by his teachings and really made me understand that "I" am still alive.

[@sanskritx]

Swamiji is a modern day Vivekananda! ...I've never seen anyone with such a breadth & depth of vedic knowledge able to crystallize and convey it to us ordinary worldly people in a simple yet profound way!!!!....pranams!!!

[@OneSupreme08]

in book of swami Yogananda (autob.of Yogi) there is story how Babaji came to Sri Yukteshwar (or someone else ) but he could not see him. Then later Babaji was seen and said to him ; You could not see me before cause your mind was no calm. Now its calm and you can see me..meditation.

[@rinzingwangdi]

Love the way Swamiji beautifully weaves humor and personal experiences into the narrative and lecture to make them part of our lives as well. Pranam and thank you.

[@crustysocks1]

Thank you Vedanta NY and Swamiji for your inspiring talks.

[@SurajPandeynoida]

I really feel so happy & blessed seein and listening to you Swamiji. Even being so distant to me in terms of relative space your words seem coming from somewhere inside of me. Thankyou Swamiji

[@agnivaray7476]

His presence is a gift to our world. ❤️

[@madhutyagi1081]

I love you Sri Sarvapriyananda, you are like the meaning of your name

[@tarotsimbolosdesanacion4589]

He seems to be such an honest person.

[@acpatel9491]

Yes, I love his humbleness..., even though he has enormous knowledge of Shastra(literature).

[@dpclerks09]

2:37 TRUTH! THANK YOU, GOD🙏🙌👂

[@sudhirsaleakanomad2051]

i loved his honesty " i am not a patanjali yogi, Swami Vivekananda was also not a patanjali yogi. But, we have borred it 🙏🏼" further goes to say if anybody wants to learn patanjali yoga which also leads to Samadhi/ultimate one can, also gives the name of the place where one can visit to do so. So, no patent or ownership on yoga. This transparency and honesty is what i was looking for all these years. I am a tough nut to crack and never read a book in life till the time my friend introduced me to "Autobigoraphy of a yogi" by shri Yogananda Paramhansa and then "Raja Yoga" by none other than Swami Vivekananda himself. Truth is Shaswat, one doesnt need to convince you, but you get convinced automatically when you hear it. All one needs to have is a logical mind and that craving to know it. please bestow upon me oh all you great and true Gurus your blessings, So that I atleast begin my journey on the path of eternal bliss in this life. 🙏🏼

[@pavelsmith2267]

A God has duties. A divine being has responsibilities. Shamkara

[@gayatrimelkote6822]

f you keep on reading about exercise you will not become fit" What a fitting analogy for meditation!

[@monicashukla7143]

With an ease he makes the other person understand what he wants to convey using beautiful examples and his personal experiences. Indeed a True teacher🙏🙏

[@nivita9830]

Love that you punctuate these discourses w/personal stories from your time at Belur Math ... the one at 1:16 haha :))

[@kunalmuley09]

Swami ji should write stories about his life. The old monastery days, the stories from Himalayas. It sounds so interesting to know all of this.

[@wuwayfunzay]

Im 57years old and I have been practicing most of my life I just love those times now when I can just sit and just "be". Not the mind or the body but the observer and if you just practice just a little bit every day you will love it. observe the feelings and look at it and watch it go by and wait for the next thought you then realize you are not your thoughts. The mind watching the mind watch the mind. and then complete quiet and still. I love it and I enjoy it every day all day slipping into that still loving feeling of stillness. Meditation right now for me is the only reason to live. there is much work to do brothers and sisters meditation its the key to a long happy life and has taken me far beyond what I could have been. I know with out a doubt in my mind. all blessings and peace beloved

[@georgekollad3606]

Swamiji is a blessing to humanity.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@jessealedonis466]

When I have trouble is when I love to meditate the most because I know God will help me 🙏

[@bhushanmatu4508]

Appropriately competent Swamiji to carry on the spiritual teachings of Swami Vivekananda. Am blessed by his soothing spiritual talks.

[@saiashan4926]

sairam swami ji. about 2 wks back i watched this video and your discourse on meditation. it inspired me to make a commitment. i decided a place in my home, a time set 6 am and 5 pm by the clock. and to do it regularly. it took 3 mornings to be up and ready. then it became a normal habit. now it is about 2 wks i am doing meditation regardless of any thing. also study 2 shlokas from vivekchudamani and 2 from Bhagvad Gita after one jap mala of OM chanting. i wish to give my gratitudes to you for the direction and inspiration. Meditation is getting deeper now. Sathya Sai Baba my Guru and God is giving me inner directions too. You have given the wisdom of Advaita Vedanta since 2016 to now and now meditation inspiration and lead. many many many a thanks and gratitude to you. wonder if you would see the entry some times. This your Spiritual gift has no comparison on earth. With Kind regards asha n.

[@bipasadeb7952]

Want to bow down at his feet, such a wise soul. Why we can't become like him😢

[@jojjeboy]

Ofc you can, start doing yoga and practice!

[@mjohnson5030]

20:00 The mind says "it's 4:30am. Time for meditation." The body says "Did you ask me? I didn't sign up for your silly program." Too true. Had this argument daily haha. This is wonderful.

[@amcgee0668]

... I am surprised at how often I smiled & laughed while listening to this blessing🌼Gratitude.

[@Rixoonify]

Great Teacher I bow to your feet of bliss...I have finally reached the here for the right reason....thank you, thank you and thank you....10. Holy company many including you...

[@MrShukra2000]

I'm practicing vipsanna and I like your unbiased thoughts about dhyan.. You don't mixup anything.. Your teachings are in pure form... Thanks

[@geetamaharaj9625]

Swamiji’s lectures are so enlightening. I really enjoy watching him🙏🙏Om Shanti!🙏

[@inthemomenttomoment]

It's more than just Light & Dark as opposites. Humanity is led by its eyes and so it differentiates dually between Light & Dark, but in reality it's about the difference between Light and Heavy. Heavy is of the gross Earth 🌎. Light 👁️ ✨ (as 🕊️ a feather) is of Heaven, the Realm of Sounding, 🎺 Vibrating, (De) Light!🎶

[@josefinaaguirre5790]

Always His grace is needed

[@paramshabdam2332]

Pranam🙏

[@haradhandhak6145]

Hari 🕉 pronam sawmije

[@sarmisthaacharya697]

মহারাজের চরণে আভূমিনত প্রণাম জানাই 🙏🙏আপনার পড়ানো শুনতে ভালো লাগে। প্রতিটি পড়া শুনি। আমি বারাসাতে 🙏 শিবানন্দ মহারাজের 🙏 বাড়ি ও আশ্রমের পাশে থাকি। এখন তো মঠে যাওয়া সম্ভব নয়। বাড়িতে বসে তাই আপনার লেকচার শুনছি ও সমৃদ্ধ হচ্ছি। 🙏🙏প্রণাম নেবেন মহারাজ 🙏🙏

[@battleblue]

I feel so nice when I see you Swamiji. You are like my father figure and I adore your advices.

[@manojjoy112]

Swamiji if you haven’t taken this platform to spread the truth, the poor seekers of truth like me, would have perished in the tsunami of the worldly problems. You are taking the responsibility of being a Guru to thousands. We owe to you swamiji. Thank you so much.

[@DebashisBoseIndia]

No one can wake up as early as software programmers because they goto sleep at 6 am every day

[@asamvav]

দিনের যতটুকু সময় মহারাজের কথা শুনতে পাই মনটা ভালো লাগে, শান্তি পাই। 🙏

[@debjanilahiri7100]

Pronam swamiji 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@YersiniaPestisNPO]

Many blessings for this amazing lecture 🙏

[@anthonyangelis1094]

thank you swami ✨❤️✨

[@jaishrikrishna70]

Jai Shri Ram 🙏💐

[@venkatb4904]

Great Guru of our times. I am your Eklavya student ! With all respect I bow to your human kind and services.!👍

[@vnesh196]

One simple technique I practise to keep the Bhava is to have a mobile app called Repeat Alarm. Every 15m, it will ring throughout the day. When it rings, I immediately stop whatever I am doing and pray to my Lord. It has been very effective so far to keep the Bhava.

[@koushikvenugopal5712]

I would love to come and hear him in person. Amazing knowledge and simplicity.

[@acpatel9491]

Yes, I love his humbleness..., even though he has enormous knowledge of Shastra(literature).

[@vaidyv8614]

Pranams Guru Maharaj

[@kevinj2525]

It lifts my spirits to see that over half a million people have seen this video alone. Let us keep the flame alive! Survivin' the Kaliyuga!

[@buddhafarms-sustainability1277]

Namaste . Blessings in the Light! 🙏

[@pavelsmith2267]

Brahma is Purusha. The sacred text allows us to ascribe value to our own breath as we fillow akong that which we read. So ultimately, now with unity through social media we are allowed to follow pranayama and if not universally then globaly. This is our Tantra these days , where we have landed and it is provable through the Chakra Scale. We ascend and nod our heads in unison as to affirm describable knowledge within Chakra and therefore Totem Scales. Totem is emotion chakra.

[@jaishrikrishna70]

Jai Shri Krishna 🙏🌷

[@bhattacharya6774]

LISTENING SWAMI TALKS IS LIKE MEDITATING IN SOLITUDE!! MIND AUTOMATICALLY GOES TO A GREAT HEIGHT .!!

[@ds86496]

Training is repetition.. this is a great thing that I learned.. pronam maharaj🙏

[@ksramani8712]

Swami's speech is in Classic Row... thank you

[@virakraus5975]

Swamiji you are the best teacher ever.

[@pareshprajapati7916]

Guruji , you are my holy company. I have learnt lot lot lot . Thank you 😊 Thanks to internet, USA, KZbin, youtubers. 🇮🇳🕉️💗🙏

[@atanuchattaraj]

Meeting with Swami Sarvapriyananda at least once in my lifetime is also a goal for me..I simply love him

[@bijoyasengupta8843]

We need a million lectures from you, Sarvapriyananda Swamiji. They are gold ,silver and gemstones for me now. Your wisdom interspersed with your humor has healing power.

[@vishwa1767]

Would it take that many to become enlightened Sir?

[@jaishrikrishna70]

Maharishi Patanjali should reincarnate once more on this earth so that He could provide us the lost part of the Vedas, if cannot be given, then atleast for the re-establishment of the lost huge parts of 'Ayurveda' 🙏💐

[@tapaswinidas1822]

Swami brahmananda🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@reachvenu16]

Vishnu is laid down on ‘Aadi Sasha’. Aadi Sesha means First Reminder. Just think about how there can be any first reminder when cosmic universe (shristi) itself is not yet happened. Aadi Sesha represents cosmic time (Kaala). Meditate on that, you will get to know many things.

[@user-kf5wt6fu2f]

Could you please elaborate more

[@acpatel9491]

I think Aadi also means forever, at least that's what I remember. And, Sesh means remainder, not reminder. So to me it means... "always there", or "always present".

[@shreyasrp2439]

My experience in Sasmita Samadhi that is Bereft of body. Very few people have such experience. This I have read in Raja Yoga written by Swami Vivekanand Dr.v.b.chikkanaragund. Yoga practioner in Meditation.

[@mikepcs7]

We love you ❤❤🙏🙏

[@anandamohan5119]

Thank you swamiji

[@marychapman3574]

Amazing Speaker!!! Thank You!!!!

[@SatMatt7]

Beautiful satsang, Swami ji! Thank you so much! : )

[@bhagwanbharvani2393]

Greetings from. Karachi. Bhagwan Bharvani.

[@tapaswinidas1822]

Prabhu ramakrishna paramhans🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@franco4928]

so enterteining and pure knowledge.. i laughed so much !! thanks..

[@indranidewan7773]

Pranam maharaja

[@nagodio]

Im on a beige watch of his channel last two weeks: im 40% done with ALLL his videos 😊

[@nagodio]

1:20:46

[@Revel136]

Thank you Swami, very grateful 🙏 that you teach us. You have moved my heart ❤

[@Indigo280]

His videos were the only good thing about 2020. Knowledgeable, careful, measured and humble. He’s a breath of fresh air.

[@MousumiS777.]

This is real knowledge...🙏🙏🙏

[@samiranmandal8506]

Swamiji Pronam.Apnar lectures khub amader bhalo lage,,

[@sarasvatishaktiscripts3998]

🕉🤗💕🍁🎀Hari Hari -Thank you Sarvapriyananda🎀🍁💕🤗🕉

[@basantkumarmishra]

Love you swamiji..

[@shrawansahu9500]

Your lectures are Blessing for the Mordern World Swami Sarvapriyananda Ji.

[@KrishnaVeni-nd9qs]

Namaskaram gurji

[@swatikhan2023]

Thank you Swamiji 🙏🏻. Waiting eagerly for part 2. Feel blessed

[@addictrogue516]

@P yeah using logical reasoning is haram in Islam !

[@pavelsmith2267]

Upanishads are commentary before afrer and during the Bhagavad Gita. Raja is like a crystal, vibrant yet still. Many different Buddhas were having lived and passed during the age of Sutra translation, before the birthright of Patanjali and his fully translated sutras. Buddhas and Tantra , various Buddhas appear during the enlightening of Vedic Principle. The Veda Trident and the Hand of Buddha a k.a. Buddhas Palm

[@tapaswinidas1822]

Swamiji ur name sarbapriya is right any body can appreciate you🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Vistasmusicmaker]

Thank you, dear Swami

[@patelsatishcpa]

Very helpful.thank you so much.Pranam Swamiji