I love that Ramakrishna Math has given the monks and disciples the freedom to interpret Thakur and philosophy in general in the way that appeals to them and they see fit. It's a return to the true freedom of thought that was prevalent in Ancient India. If you do not agree with this Swami, there is no need to listen to him. But insulting him for his American birth or putting him down for not agree with Sri Adi Shankara is unbecoming. He has gone beyond all of us and has left everything to dedicate his life to God. Monks are also on a journey, so let us not be unkind to them or to each other.
@sukumarnaskar148511 ай бұрын
Absolutely right
@DmytroZinkiv2 жыл бұрын
বেদান্তের শিক্ষা বিশ্বজুড়ে বেঁচে থাকুক এবং সমৃদ্ধ হোক।
@sandeepmulay4323 ай бұрын
With due respect to all the other wonderful Swamis of the Ramkrishna Mission i think Swami Medhananda is doing more to bring Shri Ramkrishna's true/complete teachings to us (Vigyan Vedanta) than the others who seem to be teaching only Bhagwan Shankaracharya's version of Advait which in some ways is not what Shri Ramkrishna taught. So kudos to Swami Medhananda
@rsc953Ай бұрын
Just brilliant...what a mind. So lucid, rapid fire, complicated and interesting. Bravo!
@37sairam Жыл бұрын
Vivekananda is the light of the future
@blessme-ng9gu4 ай бұрын
We can run away from any school/ line of thoughts, but one Cannot run away from vedanta. The very essence of it is ingrained in us All. Perhaps All are not ready for it or may not appeal right now. With maturity & gradual state of evolution of individual, de time may come to them all then .....🎉 🎉
@dr.gayaatrireddy46692 жыл бұрын
Advanced Vedanta class .. had to listen because of the name “ Vedanta for dummies” .. but really need to note down and listen to it again .. he’s indeed a great scholar but I love the talks of Swami Sarvpriyananda and he just gives the talk extempore without any written note or laptop, like it’s all in him , like a “living “ knowledge!
@sumitdutta70432 жыл бұрын
Mam both are good in their own way, But yaa as the name Swami Sarvapriyananda's name really suits him.
@sukanyaviswanathan92832 жыл бұрын
The best thing about Swami Sarvapriyanandaji is he transfers Advaita teachings as taught in Prasthanatrayam. His sense of belonging to Sankara School is obvious and his humility is appealing to all. He is non partisan in his talks loyal to RK Order. Complaining and grumbling against universally revered Acharya's teachings, like Sankara's Advaita Vedanta is not at all in the fitness of things for newly made monks of RK Mission. The RK Mission must not encourage such biased monks to conduct lectures. A monk is also a learner and he must study under his seniors. One bad apple can spoil a basket of good apples. Todays world is looking up to Upanisads to understand study of One Changeless Consciousness Principle to bring global Oneness. This new monk may be wanting to advocate Cosmopolitanism in Vedanta , which is not the core teaching of Advaitam. He lacks respect for clasdical Advaita lineage ; Adi Sankara is the Chief. All schools are good in their own ways and take us till a certain point. They are means, not the end. Publicly demolishing Sankaras' time-proven CONCLUSIONS on Mahavakyas is unacceptable. RK Order must call him out.
@kartikeyasharma65582 жыл бұрын
@@sukanyaviswanathan9283 I disagree. He isn't disrespecting Shankara by disagreeing with him. Infact all good philosophy is based on free rational thinking, which RK encourages. And he is not 'complainging and grumbling', he is refuting Shankara based on sound logic. It's you who is grumbling. I adore Swami Sarvapriyananda. But I also love and respect Swami Medhananda who uses sound logic to establish a coherent philosophy based on Ramakrishna's and Vivekananda's teachings. This academic framework is so so helpful in giving Ramakrishna in philosophical circles so that his teachings may gain more weight worldwide.
@radhakrishnanv22862 жыл бұрын
As per different schools of Vedanta - What is the human problem, fundamentally? If this is discussed then we can truly accept which school of Vedanta is exactly correct. Instead of talking about God & Bhakti directly, it will be more appropriate to discuss these three in this order - 1. who is human being?, 2. what is the world around? and 3. what is God? as per different schools of thought. Different schools of thought are fundamentally different with respect to the above three aspects and these three schools are not comparable, anyway, unless the answers to these questions are the same! No one is dummy in understanding the philosophy of it is systematically explained, in fact Vedanta is meant for the dummies only!
@ajaydalaya2195 Жыл бұрын
Swami Medhananda is the student of swami Sarvapriyananda. Therefore he didn't disrespect Shankaracharya's teachings.
@ajaydalaya2195 Жыл бұрын
RK mission's goal is to unite all schools of vedanta. Very pluralistic approach. Namaste 🙏
@ruthnamaste5 ай бұрын
Very insightful and informative explanation... thank you...🙏🏼
@shantiaccount2 жыл бұрын
Very important lecture and teaching for students and practitioners alike! Great job Swami! Also - mad respect that you have dedicated your life to teaching these truths! 🕉🙏🏼🙌🏽
@dharmapalsharma2679 Жыл бұрын
🌺☮️☪️🔯✝️🕎☯️🕉️🌺 Profound poignant stirrings of amazing insight in Unison with the Divine Fun 🤩🌺🌺🌺
@taritgoswami79222 жыл бұрын
Pronam Moharaj! It was fantastic to hear this lecture.
@amitabhabhattacharya6307 Жыл бұрын
I RESPECT YOU AS BECAUSE OF YOUR CRITICAL ANALYSIS WITHOUT ANY INCLINATION TO ANY OF THE SYSTEM AVAILABLE I THE RELIGION DOCTRINE JAY SRI RAMKRISHNA AMIT CHAITYANA KOLKATA
@soumikmukherjee58642 жыл бұрын
Pronam swamiji, Osadharon.
@shanray90652 жыл бұрын
Excellent Swamiji Authoritative talk This is not for dummies It is for serious students of Vedanta One has to listen to it multiple times and make notes
@mokshajetley92442 жыл бұрын
Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna
@supernovamidia2 жыл бұрын
Awesome talk with very clear explanation. You must come to Brazil, Swamiji 🙏🏻💕
@devotoderamakrishna Жыл бұрын
hehehe..apoiado! :)
@lifeafterretirement70962 жыл бұрын
excellent explanation. liked to listen again and again. no one tells us so nicely this views. every one has their own views but our mind is not fully satified. our inner quaries are well addressed. thanks and pranam maharaj. please do upload such lectures.
@kenwalker6872 жыл бұрын
WOW! This is an excellent analysis of the different schools of Vedanta, not recommended as a first introduction to Vedanta. The next time I listen to the talk, I need to have a notebook in hand and use the pause button more frequently. He explains the Sanskrit terms well. If this were a university, it would be an upper division class. If you are confused, skip ahead about 40 minutes. 🙏🌻
@Batega_toh_Katega_Hindu_108 Жыл бұрын
on need to skip. incomplete knowledge creates more problem then ignorance.
@pinakibanerjee1298 ай бұрын
He in fact was the HoD of Dept of Philosophy at Vivekananda University, Belur Math
@grantlawrence6114 ай бұрын
Clearly explained. Thanks
@mokshajetley92442 жыл бұрын
Pranaam Swami Medhananda ji
@WvonDechend2 жыл бұрын
If you have experienced the hell of believing that you're an "individual soul" for all eternity, you'll be very happy (Mukti) when you discover Advaita Vedanta, and Ajata Vada. Everything just makes sense, now I can happily cease to be.
@RoanOC2 жыл бұрын
Why would you be happy when you cease to exist?
@WvonDechend Жыл бұрын
@@RoanOC Indeed "I" would be neither happy nor unhappy because "I" wouldn't exist anymore. That's what the wise call "no-self".
@Batega_toh_Katega_Hindu_108 Жыл бұрын
But where will you/I/ego/self/mind cease to be? in existence/brahman/no-self/void.
@bhattacharya67742 жыл бұрын
In Ramakrishna Mission ,the sanyas name given after examining the characteristics of the person concerned who will get that name. Sarvapriyananda, Medhananda-- all now understand how appropriate those name given to the Monks !!
@nomnom1122 жыл бұрын
What does medha mean?
@bhattacharya67742 жыл бұрын
@@nomnom112 difficult to interpret in English, but you can say ,Intellect which leads to jnana . Now ,please don't say ,what jnana means !
@radhakrishnanv22862 жыл бұрын
As per different schools of Vedanta - What is the human problem, fundamentally? If this is discussed then we can truly accept which school of Vedanta is exactly correct. Instead of talking about God & Bhakti directly, it will be more appropriate to discuss these three in this order - 1. who is human being?, 2. what is the world around? and 3. what is God? as per different schools of thought. Different schools of thought are fundamentally different with respect to the above three aspects and these three schools are not comparable, anyway, unless the answers to these questions are the same! No one is dummy in understanding the philosophy of it is systematically explained, in fact Vedanta is meant for the dummies only!
@kumarakantirava429 Жыл бұрын
@@radhakrishnanv2286 This is the best comment I have seen about Philosophy. Yep. Very much true. The 3 Questions you have raised should be the starting point in any Discussion.
@radhakrishnanv2286 Жыл бұрын
@@kumarakantirava429 Thank you for your nice comment ! Man alone can find a solution for all the varieties of problems manufactured by mankind by itself ! God has put adequate brain power in every human being for not creating his/her own problems. But man enjoys the power of all other organs except the brain which is unfortunate. Even God cannot save mankind from all the evils which mankind manufactures. Great revolutionary philosophers, all over the world, have explained the technical connection between once brain with once own problems. But our Gurudom has created a convenient theory and proclaimed that "the God is responsible for all the problems of human beings" - " God only can save the mankind from all the evils" - "man need not show any improvement in his/her attitude but simply keep praying God blindly" etc etc. This sort of escapism is called as religion in different names. Effectively, man his/her own issues and Gurudom says God will solve. No guru in recent days, except few, tells the mass that "you are the cause & solution for each of your problem". Neither Vedanta nor great personalities like Swami Vivekananda preach anything about a religious movent. They never encourage groupism. Religion is an invention by mankind to throw all the problems into it and escape. Bagwan Buddha told his followers "Be a light unto yourself" as his last words which have become"lost_words". Like this we have many lessons that have been lost when a religion/ groupism is formed. When many creatures are living harmoniously without any religion human beings alone are dying in religions.
@ashishpatel3502 жыл бұрын
great work
@Robertpupo2 жыл бұрын
Such a comprehensive & expansive coverage - indeed grateful to be able to hear his discourse - one question Guruji - Bhrahma Shakti Satyam, Jagat Satyam : is that not very close to Kashmir Shaivism or Advaita Shaivism Pranaam
@edelweisssymons7444 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Swami-ji.❤ You need to pause & speak slower to enable our minds to process so much information in one lecture. Good to learn about differences in spiritual beliefs. We need to respect all personal beliefs. What is interesting is that so many in this materialistic world are interested in spiritual topics & that particular beliefs appeal to certain minds. ●Why are human mind/bodies/souls attracted to violence, peace etc? Does our spiritual make-up, the 3 Gunas/energies we are born with lead us to act in particular ways? Are overcoming negative tendencies the common battle of all human minds?
@arunachalananda2 жыл бұрын
Great...The Swami should elaborate on each 15 minutes segment of this talk in separate series of talks clubbed under one title
@radhakrishnanv22862 жыл бұрын
As per different schools of Vedanta - What is the human problem, fundamentally? If this is discussed then we can truly accept which school of Vedanta is exactly correct. Instead of talking about God & Bhakti directly, it will be more appropriate to discuss these three in this order - 1. who is human being?, 2. what is the world around? and 3. what is God? as per different schools of thought. Different schools of thought are fundamentally different with respect to the above three aspects and hence these three schools are not comparable, anyway, unless the answers to these questions are the same! No one is dummy in understanding the philosophy if it is systematically explained, in fact Vedanta is meant for the dummies only! (In the sense, Dummies with respect to their ego)
@FoolsOnlyFollowBook2 жыл бұрын
Nice to hear the explanation the way you describe got Goosebumps after hearing..I had misunderstood earlier that you are Nitish Bhardwaj(Krishna) from Mahabharata..
@krishnapartha10 ай бұрын
Pranaams. ❤
@dharmapalsharma2679 Жыл бұрын
🌺🔯☮️☪️🕉️☯️🕎✝️🌺 सत्यमेव🌺🌺🌺
@siprachaudhuri53652 жыл бұрын
🙏🌹🙏🌹🙏🌹Joy Thakur joy Ma joy Swami ji. 🙏🌹Pranam maharaj Apurba khub bhalo laglo apnar kotha. 🙏
@dharmapalsharma2679 Жыл бұрын
Divine Vedanta is the Divine flow of Evolution and all as Divinely Ordained 🌺🕎✝️🔯☯️🕉️☪️☮️🌺 All the same: Real Unreal or any combination thereof …😂🌺🌺🌺
@jpmarques7 Жыл бұрын
Brilhante
@crd39092 жыл бұрын
Really well presented talk. Comparison of existing schools of thought in Vedanta through some broad parameters followed by explanation of Vigyan Vedanta through some of the same parameters. 1) Just as it's a journey for us, it's a journey for these monks as well. So we can just choose to be more generous in our assessment of them. 2) Does putting forth a new perspective like Vigyan vedanta mean that he is trying to belittle old masters? Should we forget एकं सत् विप्रा - - -? And more importantly, who really can cause any dent to the splendid glory of the old masters? 3) Why compare one teacher with other? Why not just stick to what we find appealing at personal level and leave the rest to the experts/God?
@abhishekmazumdar2072 Жыл бұрын
Got sold to the caption.
@varisthashaw936817 күн бұрын
Commonalities in the different VEDANTA SCHOOLS 1. All of them accept the authority of the 3 PRINCIPAL TEXTS- The Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita and Brahmasutras. 2. All of them claim that we are suffering because we are trapped in samsara and are ignorant of Brahman. 3. All of them claim that we do not know the nature of our own Self. We the Self are not the body-mind complex. 4. We can gain the knowledge of Brahman through some spiritual practices. The nature of this knowledge is experiential. 5. By knowing Brahman, we attain the highest.
@anirvanbanerjee7985 Жыл бұрын
Swamiji, Thank you for this very well structured and organised talk clarifying the various schools of Vedanta! One question I had is that all Bhakti schools seem to have Vishnu or his Avatars such as Krishna as the Sagun Bhagwaan, so which Philosophical school forms the basis of Shaktism and Shaivism? Thank you again.
@mallykartha95229 ай бұрын
❤👍🏽🙏🏽
@radhikaschwartz34992 жыл бұрын
W all due respect. The same talk over and over. Swamiji is very passionate about this topic.
@leatui719 күн бұрын
Interesting. What would you say Vijnana Vedanta is?
@animeshbhattacharya7434 Жыл бұрын
Where in your classification would you place Sri Arobinda's spiritual group ?
@leatui719 күн бұрын
Swamiji often refers to Sri Aurobindo in relation to Ramakrishna as presenting ‘Vijnana Vedanta.” Swamiji takes Vijnana here as equal to what Sri Aurobindo describes as the “supramental” consciousness, an infinite intelligence far beyond even the highest levels of the human mind - the Divine Intelligence which underlies all movements of the universe. Sri Aurobindo once wrote of this very simply in a letter to a disciple - he wrote ‘Consciousness is the fundamental thing in the universe; [paraphrasing now] - in all that happens in the universe, it is the energy, the movement of consciousness that underlies and manifests as well.”
@I.Love.Krishna.Jai.Sri.Krishna2 жыл бұрын
13:40 mind is insentient, a subtle form of matter is not true. What is a mind? Mind (mn) of Vedic tradition is very different from the mind we refer to in common language. The mind that we refer to is sum total of emotions, thoughts, feeling etc. is a product of the inner instrument/subtle body. But mind/mn of the Vedas is very different, it is "highly"sentient , and the most important component of the subtle body. SRK also says that a pure mind/mn and Atma is the same, which can not be insentient. Only a Vigyani would know the difference... :)
@basukisingh2611 Жыл бұрын
🙏🙏
@Anonymous-of2wg Жыл бұрын
Shuddhadvait vedant is sub-branch of Bhed-Abhed??!!!!🙄🤔
@sreedevi72872 жыл бұрын
🌹🙏🌹
@radhikaiyer997 Жыл бұрын
Definitely still raw, definitely not self realised, but yes academically well read..in my humble opinion, Swamiji needs some mentoring... spirituality should be talks of highest realization and not putting one over the other. Also, monks should be allowed to have talks on vedanta after some years on spiritual practice, having understood the essence of scriptures and not be based on academic qualifications. I am sorry for sounding harsh, but in this talk there were critical comments on one Swami from the RKM order that I hold in the highest esteem who has also given lectures on different schools but has done it beautifully... Swamiji definitely needs mentoring
@I.Love.Krishna.Jai.Sri.Krishna Жыл бұрын
He is a gem. He is only getting started. What is so great in beating a 1500 year old drum? It takes a special power of God to challenge an established pattern of thoughts and introduce new ideas boldly. The world is moving so fast that people who do not keep the pace will simply become irrelevant. Who wants to go to a Sadhu to hear soothing confirmations? Sadhus are not therapist... This Sadhu is setting the bar so high that some people naturally feel uncomfortable.
@radhikaiyer997 Жыл бұрын
@@I.Love.Krishna.Jai.Sri.Krishna All I can say is The Highest Truth is Inexplicable, all Masters in the past have tried to explain the truth in their Best possible way of understanding. So let us first learn to Respect that. If one strongly feels about a particular idea or thinks that is The Truth, try to explain that or put forth examples to support that truth as you have been convinced. Just by putting down others and being Bold and Brash, am sorry you are not going to achieve the ultimate Goal of Spirituality which is Peace. OM SHANTI SHANTI SHANTIH..
@I.Love.Krishna.Jai.Sri.Krishna Жыл бұрын
@@radhikaiyer997 I think i know where you are coming from. Look, I am a very big fan of Swami Sarvapriyananda myself. These sadhus have real thick skin, they do not get offended by each other's philosophical criticism. Both of them are true gems, we need 2000 of them in the USA.
@leatui719 күн бұрын
@@radhikaiyer997 Sri Aurobindo spent nearly 10% - 100 pages - of his 1000+ page magnum opus - The Life Divine - attempting to thoroughly refute Advaita Vedanta. Swami Lakshmanjoo - one of the greatest Tantric masters - was once asked who was the most fully realized masters of hte past 200 years. Among the very few he named, were included both Ramakrishna and Sri Aurobindo. Highly realized masters have not even the slightest hesitation in offering equanimous critiques of others, even other realized beings.
@sriharijv2 жыл бұрын
1 Vishitaadvaiyta was there even much before Sri Ramanujacharya. He was not founder of it. 2 Sri Ramanujacharya very actively spread the secrets of Salvation, God and philosophy to all people irrespective of Caste, position, and Sex. 3 Sri Ramanujacharya proved that it is not caste but the qualities and attitude, and love towards decides the nobility of a person. 4.Many lower caste people got MANTRA and salvation. He was several times given poison for recognizing lower caste and women. 5.Lord venkateshwara himself said to follow the path and preachings of Ramanujacharya. 6.Vishnusahasra nama says - God can exist any shape or structure. That is misunderstood as no shape and structure. 7. Gajendra moksha story tells who is the God as a source for all without beginning and end.
@radhakrishnanv22862 жыл бұрын
As per different schools of Vedanta - What is the human problem, fundamentally? If this is discussed then one can truly accept which school of Vedanta is exactly correct. Instead of talking about God & Bhakti directly, it will be more appropriate to discuss these three in this order - 1. who is human being?, 2. what is the world around? and 3. what is God? as per different schools of thought. Different schools of thought are fundamentally different with respect to the above three aspects and these three schools are not comparable, anyway, unless the answers to these questions are the same! No one is dummy in understanding the philosophy of it is systematically explained, in fact Vedanta is meant for the dummies only!
@swaminathan1965 Жыл бұрын
0:08
@AB-rq7qr2 жыл бұрын
Advaita Vedanta has place for all types of Vedanta and nonvedantic stuff. Nonduality by definition admits all.
@andrew8394 Жыл бұрын
Why do none of these preachers state that Veda means Knowledge. In the same way that Bible literally means Book. Just a thought. Thank you for sharing
@sumitdutta7043 Жыл бұрын
Yes that's it. But in Indian Context it is what Swamiji is saying
@Batega_toh_Katega_Hindu_108 Жыл бұрын
Btw vedas are not like Bible which is compilation and stealings from Jews old testimetns and other pagan scriptures. so Bible doesn't even exist it's been edited so many times its doomed centuries ago.
@zstarsurfer3 ай бұрын
@@Batega_toh_Katega_Hindu_108 I'm not a Christian or a fan of the book but that's not really an accurate statement re; The New Testament. Read, "The New, New Testament" (Hal Taussig) if you want an intelligent understanding of The New Testament.
@krishnabakshi64052 жыл бұрын
I beg to disagree with swami Medhananda about which off shoot of vedanta SRK and Vivekananda practiced and preached-Ma Sarada said it herself when asked by a fellow monk why they could not worship SRK in the ashram in the Himalayas which was dedicated to SRK's advaita vedanta and no worship was allowed of SRK as per Vivekananda's instructions as SRK was an advaitan. The monk was disgruntled and complained to Ma Sarada that Vivekananda was not allowing worship of SRK at the Advaita Ashram and Ma Sarada said that yes, Vivekananda was right, SRK was Advaita, Also, Shankaracharya gave up his thoughts on casteism when a chandaal challenged him about his own realization that atman was same in all.
@kumarakantirava429 Жыл бұрын
Shankara gave up his casteism ?? !! Then, should we ask Shankara Mutts to remove ALL the references Shankara has Made to Manusmriti in his commentary ?? Such commentary does not deserve a place in society.
@SkyPilot545 ай бұрын
Vedanta is Sri Sarada Devi ,, b cause there is nothing else
@bhattacharya67742 жыл бұрын
Chameleon story do explain ,why even realized one interpret the same Brahman differently.
@gitamanian2 жыл бұрын
Swamiji I heard your full lecture. Only one question for you. You have spoken about gnyana, bhakthi and karma yogas but no refetence to kriya yoga at all. As a Isha Yoga practicioner, we believe that while all paths are valuable, the first three can be slippery. And there is a possibility of hallucination..i mean how many people today can practice pure Bhakthi and not have it descend to something transactional. Again, with gnyana yoga, how many can devote the time for this? Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudeva, of Isha has devised spiritual practices devoted to raising individual energies. Any comment on this?
@nomnom1122 жыл бұрын
I would think kriya yoga would be more susceptible than the others, as one practicing it would expect mystical experiences.
@radhakrishnanv22862 жыл бұрын
As per different schools of Vedanta - What is the human problem, fundamentally? If this is discussed then we can truly accept which school of Vedanta is exactly correct. Instead of talking about God & Bhakti directly, it will be more appropriate to discuss these three in this order - 1. who is human being?, 2. what is the world around? and 3. what is God? as per different schools of thought. Different schools of thought are fundamentally different with respect to the above three aspects and these three schools are not comparable, anyway, unless the answers to these questions are the same! No one is dummy in understanding the philosophy of it is systematically explained, in fact Vedanta is meant for the dummies only!
@kumarakantirava429 Жыл бұрын
You mean Jaggi Vasudev of Coimbatore .. ?? He could not even explain why he cremated his Wife's body before her Parents came from Bangalore ! FRAUD ALERT !
@radhakrishnanv2286 Жыл бұрын
@@kumarakantirava429 well said 🧐
@indunair4426 Жыл бұрын
I love this titel😂
@sanjeevnath4350 Жыл бұрын
Vedanta for dummies? Does Vedanta recognise dummies?
@chemzard2 жыл бұрын
On the conflict of Adi Shankara's Advaita vs. Dwaita (bhakti hymns) - a nice way to reconcile the two might be to believe that Adi Shankara had a "Road to Damascus" moment (probably in Sarada Pith, Kashmira visit) that changed/modified his view on Advaita vs. Dwaita. Personally, I am with Heisenberg - momentum/position?....Nirguna/Saguna?,....Potaytoe/Potahto....just get on with the meditation, please... Or, maybe Adi Shankar was a dilettante, who dabbled in both philosophies to chase Facebook Likes and Insta shares (....NOT!)
@radhakrishnanv22862 жыл бұрын
As per different schools of Vedanta - What is the human problem, fundamentally? If this is discussed then we can truly accept which school of Vedanta is exactly correct. Instead of talking about God & Bhakti directly, it will be more appropriate to discuss these three in this order - 1. who is human being?, 2. what is the world around? and 3. what is God? as per different schools of thought. Different schools of thought are fundamentally different with respect to the above three aspects and these three schools are not comparable, anyway, unless the answers to these questions are the same! No one is dummy in understanding the philosophy of it is systematically explained, in fact Vedanta is meant for the dummies only!
@rumioramone2 жыл бұрын
❗👁SEER👁 = Sophy-Exist-Exit-Realize❗Vedanta means end of knowledge or wisdom.. Sophy orignates from the Middle English sophie, from the Latin sophia, from the Ancient Greek σοφῐ́ᾱ (sophíā, “high knowledge”: “learning”, “wisdom”); 🔥I've burnt all the holy pages I used to carry but poems flare in my heart. One of you saved my Satori paper, I know it piece by piece. You pasted it back together. Now watch me burn it once and for all. - Ikkyu 🔥 👁SEER👁 = Self-Eternal-Essence-Realize Why so 👁️seerious👁️⁉️ You may see i'm a seer but i'm no one❗
@Batega_toh_Katega_Hindu_108 Жыл бұрын
Dont encourage people to burn books. let them read it and choose what's best for them.
@tantriqamantriqa Жыл бұрын
*❗Silencing the Linguistic-Ego-Breath❗Out beyond ideas of Veda and Vedanta, there is the Self. When the soul abides as the Self the mind-world is too full to talk about. Ideas, language, even the phrase “each other” doesn't make any sense‼️* *👁SEER👁 = Speech+Exist+Exit+Realize❗* *👁SEER👁 = Silence+Eternal+Essence+Realize❗* *I used to want buyers for my words. Now I wish someone would buy me away from words. Look for someone else to to tend the shop. I am out of this Vedanta-making business‼️* *Inside me a hundred beings are putting their fingers to their lips and saying, “That’s enough for now. Shhhhh.” Silence is an ocean. Speech is a river.* *When the ocean is searching for you, don’t walk to the language-river. Listen to the ocean,* *and bring your talky business to an end.* *Traditional words are just babbling in that presence, and babbling is a substitute for sight. - Rumi* *I am the magician (linguist) caught in his own trickery (linguist-tricks). Let me cut the breath of self (ego/word/wisdom) and be silent. Language cannot come from my Mind as I choke and go under.* You may 👁see👁 i'm a 👁️seer👁️ but i'm not anyone❗
@tantriqamantriqa Жыл бұрын
@@Batega_toh_Katega_Hindu_108 *👁️SEER👁️ = Script/Scripture-Exist-Exit-Realize‼️* *“Self is the real book. You can glance anywhere in that book; nobody can take it away from you. Whenever you are free turn towards Self. Thereafter you may read whatever you like.”- Ramana Maharshi* *There is a voice that doesn't use words. Listen‼️- Rumi*
@Getadogman2 жыл бұрын
I agree that it is wrong to judge, however this monk is American origin. On the other hand, with all due respect, even if he regularly went through all the initiations and rituals for a monk, he does not have that spirit. All the knowledge he presents in this lecture is too raw and superficial. In my humble opinion, knowledge of Vedic teachings comes through spiritual practice and true experience. No laptop or iPad is needed when knowledge is truly integrated into the soul. Everything that the Americans ever touched with their hands, they reshaped and destroyed all values. Sorry but that's the fact. I beg the Indian people not to include this kind of people in their tradition, religion and cultural heritage, because such people will destroy its beauty and quality.
@I.Love.Krishna.Jai.Sri.Krishna2 жыл бұрын
Your comment is so funny that it does not matter if it is far from the truth.. your handle is "Get a god man"?
@somdattamajumdar889 Жыл бұрын
That's super unfair of you. This lecture is meant to cover the basic aspects of Vedanta. It's more like a philosophy class that is also needed in the journey for those curious enough to know. No nationality is barred from knowing the supreme truth, that is Swami Vivekananda proclaimed this as universal knowledge. The truth is for and by everyone, don't try to gatekeep this. Also, you're not even Indian.
@rajikrishnan22 жыл бұрын
A monk should not have bias which this monk has in abundance. He may be a scholar but lacks in the fundamental factor of expression of his views. He may.speak the English language like an American but does not know how to teach, how to pause, how to repeat. All he does is to show off his American accent. It seems as though his object is to put down Sri Shankaracharya Bagavadpada by questioning the authorship of Sri Shankaracharya's great works ; the crown being Viveka Chudamani. You may have a completely different opinion and you are entitled to it. But you have no right to speak of Shankaracharya in the manner you spoke. Did you play marbles with Sri Shankaracharya? On hearing you I get the impression that you are out to insult Sri Shankaracharya ( not that any one can do that, least of all you) and you are out to show off your accent. You can never compete with Swami Sarvapriyananda for you don't have the guna required for it. You are not fit to be called as monk.
@sukanyaviswanathan92832 жыл бұрын
You're right. Interestingly Vivekananda was on a mission to spread divinity of ONENESS as the core teaching of Advaita Vedanta as taught by Sankaracharya. There may be other doctrines advocated by other saints. But this new monk is repeatedly demolishing the final teaching of Sankara, which is rejection of plurality and embracing Oneness as solution to human sorrow and fear. He is mixing up Kashmiri Saivism, saguna brahman, bhakti duality in the name of RK's Vignyana vedanta. No clarity. Only aim is fault finding with Sankaras classic approach. Monks like Sarvapriyananda must not encourage his disrespect to Acharya. Anyone can start a new school of thought. But not out of arrogance.
@rajikrishnan22 жыл бұрын
It is okay to have faith in Dvaita but it is indecent to talk the way he did. He is arrogant. On the other hand Swami Sarvapriyananda is so humble and so clear in his speech. He is a great teacher too. As I said this arrogant monk is a show off.
@swamitanmayanandasarasvati13522 жыл бұрын
@@rajikrishnan2 i am inclined to agree with your views philosophically, though not with the denunciation of the Swami's personality.... I had a long exchange of messages in watsapp with fellow seekers just now... I personally feel that an advaitic seeker should stick to SHANKARA - RAMANA Vedanta till the end , for his sadhana to culminate in the Advaita Anubhuti.... As Gitacharya says, shraddhamayoyam purush
@swamitanmayanandasarasvati13522 жыл бұрын
... continued... " as is one's faith, so is his attainment" or as the saying goes, 'yat bhaavam, tat bhavati', if one does not have uncompromising faith in Tat Tvam Asi teaching, it's unlikely he will realize the truth in his experience.... Compromising with all schools as a process of synthesis or eclecticism, to accommodate all schools as right in their own way, is hardly likely to result in the Saving Experiential Knowledge in the form of avagati or ending of samsara i.e., transmigrational existence and that is the proof of the pudding that lies in the eating of the moksha cake 🍰!! Good exchange of perceptions or brainstorming indeed 😊!! OM NAMO RAMANAYA 🙏🙏🤗!!
@sukanyaviswanathan92832 жыл бұрын
@@swamitanmayanandasarasvati1352 Read your remarks with interest. Namaskaram. When a monk teaches Advaita Vedanta tradition here or abroad, he must stick to Tat Tvam Asi as taught by Adi Sankara, using the same technical words or jargons. Advaitam is not old or ancient. It is for all times. It is modern too. It is the Art of studying the Science of SELF. So in the pretext of capturing cosmopolitan audience, there should be no attempt to deviate from the core teaching which is Aikyam.. and aikyam alone. Ie. Aham Brahmaiva na parah. And Jiva-Brahma aikya gnyanam is the final goal. Of course there are many stops, called darshanas, in the Aikya journey. Anyone can get off in the middle and re-enter again. But to say Sankaras teaching is wrong and I am not with Sarvapriyananda in his orthodox Sankara methodology of ONENESS and Mithyatvam of world is a disturbing trend in RK advaita Order. We are happy that we got to hear a good response from the esteemed Ramana Maharishi Advaita school. Pranams.
@dharmayogaashram9792 жыл бұрын
Perfect, Vedanta (non duality) is for dummies; and the fact these teachers are clueless is even more amusing.
@Batega_toh_Katega_Hindu_108 Жыл бұрын
that's not what the video really is about. it was a trap for haters anti-hindus.
@dharmayogaashram979 Жыл бұрын
@@Batega_toh_Katega_Hindu_108 so non dualists set traps? Vedantins are often anti Hindu.
@sumitdutta704311 ай бұрын
@@dharmayogaashram979what is yourproblem with the video or speaker in particular?
@dharmayogaashram97911 ай бұрын
@@sumitdutta7043 the "obvious" problem is the attempt to seperate Vedanta from Siddhanta; to seperate Vedanta from Hindu Dharma and to speak about non duality.
@konstantinNeo Жыл бұрын
Sad, very sad the state of comprehension of non dual basic principles. You are all over the place with no direction. Allow me to draw the following picture: "You have a bunch of parts that once belonged to well built functional mechanism, a machine. You do not have the original blueprints and you fruitlessly try to fit parts at random in hopes that you will be able to restore the mechanism to its functional state. Duplicates of original parts seep in and you are unable to tell them apart. At best you get a buzz from your efforts but at no point you are getting close to fixing it." Call me. I will help you.
@I.Love.Krishna.Jai.Sri.Krishna Жыл бұрын
I sincerely made an effort to understand your comment.It is your picture - you can draw whatever you want. it seems like you are trying to say "you do not know what you are talking about, and you are wasting time". See, this is called "a direct method". Painting imaginary pictures is "here and now, imagined enlightenment non-duality" method. He is a true gem.
@sukanyaviswanathan92832 жыл бұрын
I get the impression that this monk is here to discredit Adi Sankaracharya . He may like Vignyana Vedanta but why does he belittle Sankara and our Advaita Vedanta. Is it an attempt to form groupism online? Sw Sarvapriyananda & other monks in RK Order must tell him to stop this divisional approach in his talks.
@rajikrishnan22 жыл бұрын
This so called monk has an agenda seemingly. With temerity he demeans Sri Shankaracharya Bhagavadpada and questions his works. This monk is a hollow person.
@chemzard2 жыл бұрын
Shankara's Advaita vedanta has stood the test of time in criticism, from Mandana Mishra on down to the present day. Adi Shankara needs no protection from sincere debate. Besides, a chandala on the banks of the Ganga has already taught him humility, no one can best that. Take the gooseberry handed to you and taste the bitter and the sweet, or throw it away. Brahman really don't give a #$@+, being Nirguna and all...
@nomnom1122 жыл бұрын
Listen carefully and use your own judgement.
@radhakrishnanv22862 жыл бұрын
As per different schools of Vedanta - What is the human problem, fundamentally? If this is discussed then we can truly accept which school of Vedanta is exactly correct. Instead of talking about God & Bhakti directly, it will be more appropriate to discuss these three in this order - 1. who is human being?, 2. what is the world around? and 3. what is God? as per different schools of thought. Different schools of thought are fundamentally different with respect to the above three aspects and these three schools are not comparable, anyway, unless the answers to these questions are the same! No one is dummy in understanding the philosophy of it is systematically explained, in fact Vedanta is meant for the dummies only!
@vijireddy72362 жыл бұрын
Swamiji..in your order u should not take name &tell anything...y used other great swamiji name &talk..
@troyortego46559 ай бұрын
you're to smart for me ...
@akhil50202 жыл бұрын
stupid title really , experience of the self not knowledge or some texts
@MysticOnMission2 жыл бұрын
He seems to be a student of ISKCON
@apratimchatterjee2411 Жыл бұрын
That's not true.Its true that he doesn't have a fascination towards Shankaracharya's doctrines and often tries to place Advaita stance on a lower ontological level of truth. But he doesn't say that Advaita is false as Iskconites claim. His entire exercise is to give a new nuance to the line of interpretation of Ramakrishna-Vivekananda philosophy by stating that Vijnana is a state higher than Advaita. It is his way of interpretation. You are free to interpret Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda in whatever fashion you please
@pranav_chalotra Жыл бұрын
Neo Vedantis are so good at misinterpreting Advaita. All four Shankaracharyas practice worshipping of Chandramaulishwara Shivling on daily basis as they are Shaivas then practice worshipping of other deities too. Bhakti is first step on the way of realisation of unity between you and brahman. From now on, I would refer to listen Swami Sarvapriyananda Ji than Swami Medhananda Ji.
@sumitdutta7043 Жыл бұрын
Neo Vedanta Is a western term, coined by Britishers many years ago. Swami Medhananda gave a history lesson to it in one of the video
@SH-vo8ih2 жыл бұрын
Very wrong title, Dummy word is derogatory, You can't be a truly knowledgeable and teaching vedanta if you consider anyone a dummy.