Who am I if not the knower? | Swami Sarvapriyananda

[@VedantaNY]

Hello and Namaste, we are excited to announce an online Vedanta retreat with Swami Sarvapriyanandaji, organized by the Vedanta Society of New York. Please see the event details and timings of sessions using the registration link below: www.eventbrite.com/e/nondual-meditation-vedanta-retreat-online-tickets-731344249337 Dates: Oct 27 - Oct 30, 2023 (7:15 pm EST Fri, Oct 27 - 11 am EST Mon, Oct 30) Topic: Nondual Meditation (Online - Based on the last 40 slokas of Aparokshanubhuti)

[@reincarnatedmosquito]

You are clueless.

[@reincarnatedmosquito]

we humans live in lies and die in reality. What ever all these vedanta says is just lies because our human can only process lies

[@reincarnatedmosquito]

A man who speak truth will speak no words

[@reincarnatedmosquito]

Hindus are creating Blashphamy. I read whole rajayoga at 17. I believed in everything. now i know its all lies. Whole hinduism is lies

[@reincarnatedmosquito]

Hindusim is more like cult than anything. its same as islam but worse.

[@mojoomla]

Swamiji explained the difference between Kootasth and Chidabhasa so nicely ! Kootasth = Witness consciousness = Saakshi Chidabhasa = Knower consciousness = Gyaata

[@istoppain62]

I wish all human beings will try to at least listen, then comprehend, practice the insight here. This world would be a heaven, peaceful, happy and all love and compassion

[@thekindmystic]

11:55 Perfect analogy of the sun and the moon. Even in vedic astrology sun is considered as atma- consciousness and moon as mind. Hence the reflected consciousness theory fits perfectly well!!! Truly amazing to think that our Indian Rishis were so ahead of their time..... What we're struggling to understand here- they had written detailed scriptures before this yuga was even started !!!

[@thomasbrouwer2771]

This is probably one of the most critical points in the teaching

[@devangkakkad]

Swamiji has amazing quality of explaining with clarity and simplicity.

[@onetwozerojourney]

The Sun , Moon example is great in understanding the witnessing conciousness. Thanks Swamiji

[@manmathahaldar9221]

🙏🙏🙏

[@SteelFilms47]

We all have to experience this on our own to really know ourselves, love for all, be meditative❤

[@sacredmetaphics]

No words can express what you and your teaching mean to me at this moment and time in my journey. After reading the comments and searching for the meaning Swamiji I can humbly and correctly declare Thank you Swamiji Namaste

[@reincarnatedmosquito]

he is a fool , he is just reading another mental vomit

[@cszabo8899]

You are *that* , *without which* , there can be no known, knower, etc. Wonderful!

[@ProfSantosh]

There is but One: the Free, the Knower, Self, Without a name, without a form or stain. In Him is mâyâ, dreaming all this dream. The Witness, He appears as nature, soul. Know thou art That, sannyâsin bold! Say, “Om Tat Sat, Om!”

[@ProfSantosh]

The song of the sanyassin. By Swami Vivekananda

[@buzzwordy9951]

I witness. I smile. Thankyou Swamiji.

[@bretta7057]

I follow several different teachers from various “faiths”/philosophies, but he might be my favorite overall. His very personal, down to Earth, helpful, and often hilarious anecdotes are wonderful, like the random story of the Swami in the coffin here😂 And his analogy of sunlight and moonlight here, though clearly off the cuff, was perfect.

[@manmathahaldar9221]

🙏🙏🙏

[@sukratu]

Very deep wisdom about mind, consciousness and appreciation of meaning . Mind +reflected consciousness = knower.

[@barqz77]

Knowledge is limitation itself

[@innerlight617]

beautifully said Swamiji ॐ ❤ 🙏

[@gopinathvaradarajan6743]

Excellent. Knowledge is reflected consciousness.

[@debjanibanerjee1756]

Excellent explanation…. ❤

[@drjibankumarsarkar]

Pronams revered Swamiji, my spiritual teacher and beloved messenger of enlightenment, bless me.

[@maurice_chavez5550]

What is pronoms you sound like you have bolo zuban kesari in your mouth

[@AnjaneyuluChavali]

❤Swamy is there any difference between witnessing And knowing Please Explain 🙏

[@binukhanna6292]

Beautifully explained swamiji . Your mission is a great boon to the mankind .

[@Gacha_lunna_65578]

The ,Knower, Knowledge and Known is Mind only. Mind as it were arises in Consciousness. Mind alone is Maya.

[@NUShortFilms]

Charan sparsh...Gurudev. Thank you so much.

[@johnbhaimendonca7540]

So beautifully explained. Pranam Swamiji. May you continue to illuminate our minds.

[@shashicolaco5851]

Self inquiry will revel that you are not the personality you think you are. You are not the drop nor are you the ocean, You are not even water, For all of these are words..nor are you H2O,, or vapour...you are the beginning of it all.... but to experience the above in it's forms...we need a body mind complex with knowledge names & forms as the basis and in experiencing the above an identity is registered with us as "I".

[@virafpatel4150]

Superb examples..so simply and perfectly explained. God bless abundanty

[@ritaraniwala9084]

This was such a CRYSTAL-CLEAR EXPLANATION OF KNOWN , knower and the instrument of knowledge ..experienced , experienced , experience in this order . I heard it 5 times . And intend that it stays in there to allow life to livf from this Clarity and when I forget to recall and rewire it .

[@viswanathbangalore9640]

15:26have come across the term 'tripuTee' meaning the triad of knower, > knowing and known. In the commentary to the Panchadashi 11.14, the > commentator Sri Ramakrishna Pandita gives an etymology thus: त्रयाणां > ज्ञातृज्ञानज्ञेयरूपाणां पुटानाम् आकाराणां समाहारः त्रिपुटी | (The > collection of the three 'forms' of knower, knowing and known is called > tripuTee). The WITNESS of the tripuTee !

[@suseelaoruganti4508]

Wonderful examples Swami ji❤

[@ramanammamallajosyula1548]

Knower... Moonlight Witness conciousness.. Sunlight

[@jamesjoseph9998]

One method to understand is Neti, Neti. Discard one by one, that which we are not.....then see what is left. Hearing repeatedly also will help. Hear other videos of Ramana Maharshi also.

[@consciouschirag]

Dissolving Into The Observer & Eventually Becoming The Supreme Expresser; that’s whole of spirituality.

[@shridharangp4865]

How beautifully said, seems swamy is witnessing the pure consciousness. ❤

[@SavingAmerica]

REFLECTION ❤

[@mdimran.hossen]

Namaskar 🙏, one of the finest and deepest explanations of Whole Advita teaching in this 15-minute video . Thanks, Swamiji and Admin. Words fall shorter to express gratitude. Just I can say love you, Swamiji ❤.

[@valkyrie8937]

we are consciousness outside its description and not the receiver of information , Thank You Swamiji

[@TheLeoPoint]

😀 well Swami ji truelly what you explained is much better than any online vedant acharya I mean literally, and it is also true that when a human desire/interest got awake/become more intense to get to know oneself n feel restless untill they discovered the ultimate truth means he is on the way to his home ,spiritual journey had started n this is the sign of person to liberate yet it's process,this is advance Level ques , many self proclaimed vedantik master breath goes swelled up to give ans this doubt, but I think many listeners still in confusion :) First our vedanta said that we are the observer and at the last they refused it we are not even observer!but one more steps higher than this,dn who we are ?beyond observe/knower/seer and with respect thers clear ans but it's your show :) by the way what we are here talking about is info/process/methods/ 'experience' is goal of vedanta , Unless the teachings of Vedanta are clearly understood/fit in one's own 'experience'/'feeling',/realization , the words are just info but again I enjoyed a lot :) 🙏🚩 I 'know' I'm pure consciousness but que is did i 'experienced' it ? Sure ? :) but it's process need patience Patience

[@asokeroy8409]

Revered Swamiji, Thy lucid explanation of Vedanta hast changed my outlook towards life. My heartfelt regards and pronam to thy lotus feet.

[@apassagebeyond108]

Swamiji is great. He explains things so well, he always has good antidotes and funny stories. 🕉

[@thyagarajant.r.3256]

anecdtes?

[@apassagebeyond108]

@@thyagarajant.r.3256 ah yes, I misspelled it, and you misspelled it trying to correct my misspelling. Look at that! Anecdotes.

[@SpiritualPsychotherapyServices]

@@apassagebeyond108, great and lowly are RELATIVE. 😉 Incidentally, Slave, are you VEGAN? 🌱

[@marlenezuniga4219]

Beautiful swami

[@saltontheshelf]

Such a brilliant explanation of such a subtle question! Thank you, Swami Sarvapryananda!

[@jaideepchatterjee9913]

The final ultimate teaching. It is for us to assimilate and internalise it. Pranam Swami ji. Regards

[@cvg706]

Bhagawan Ramana used to say one interesting thing while discussing on the Seer , Seen and the process of seeing the World via Body , Mind, Intellect, Ego and finally how the Self is at the substratum of all . He has compared this to a Movie Screen, the Projecter, Film and the Electric Current. That tiny ray of light which hits the big Screen and brings about all the fanfare is compared to the Consciousness. The paradox here, he avers, that we too are in the midst of the screen enjoying as well as crying over the fanfare that's reeled out in the screen, our Self , which is the substratum [ Witness ] of all the activities [ shadow based, ofcourse ] in this mela.

[@pramilasrinivasansrinivasa3557]

Namaskarams🙏🙏🙏 Swami ji Love and Respect 🙏🙏🙏

[@jaishreecharan]

Beautiful,what we are is the reflected consciousness in our mind ,right Swamiji? ..our mind is the mirror

[@PravinKhatal262]

Yes ! The ego (ahankara) is the specific part of the mind which is the mirror

[@kerrydubord5273]

I would have to agree. I have heard all is existence itself, as stated in the Upanishads:thee who is the self in all beings and who is the self in the sun, are one. This reflected pure consciousness of existence. God is the mirror of the world.....

[@jaishreecharan]

Did not understand how God is the mirror of the world ?God is the super consciousness & what we are is the reflected consciousness in our mind..ego part of the mind is the mirror I thought..Hope Swamiji clarifies this point again...🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@kerrydubord5273]

In reading the Brahman Sutras all must arrive at existence itself. Of all we manifest and see in this world the unchanging reality of existence its SELF is the mirror to all.....🙂🙏🙂🕊️

[@dhurjatichatterjee5934]

Pranam, Swamiji. Beautifully explained.

[@anagha.aniruddha16]

Pranam Swami Sarvapriyanandaji Maharaj 🙏🏻 Thank you Vedanta New York for sharing this 🌹

[@anupkumarkundu8518]

Beautiful analogy clears the difficult matter.

[@keshavamurthy4335]

Swamiji, nice explanation with understandable examples.🙏🙏 Very humble to hear much more.🙏🙏

[@RajagopalChakravarthy]

Great spiritual knowledge by Swamiji🎉🎉🎉

[@Rama-Rama74]

Brilliant!

[@aartipoojari4447]

Beautiful...🙏🏼 Swamiji😊

[@NagendraPSingh-jk2uc]

Very good swami jee ,I got the clarity of distinction with your analogy .thankful

[@arvindkarnik1625]

Purely amazing explanation! Thank you from Massachusetts.

[@el2817]

Thank you

[@pareshprajapati7916]

Thank you 🙏 guruji

[@salurwar]

Thank you Swami ji 🎉

[@AlexHop1]

Thank you!

[@maha-madpedo-gayphukumber1533]

Wow wow wow..each time the mind-blowing becomes more intense with each new video of swami sarvapriyanda. Each time we think we lern it all swami proves us worng. My only question is everything is reflection of me the why we all and each one has a subjective consiousnes. Even those other subjective consiousness is reflection of me? But even our physical bodies and matter and more importantly the mind Which reflect this the reflectef consiousness are themselves imade of the same reflected consiousness or pure awareness?

[@sanjaisai8418]

Consciousness is only truth, one and only reality... all rest are vibration (knowledge, form, name), i.e. non-real, untruth.... All concept about how, why, when. Who are all illusions... Sai Ram, Nithyanandam... Love you all.

[@vinodtiwary510]

My pranam Swami ji..

[@hariharanen1562]

Koti koti pranam swamiji

[@vasudevanpotta7830]

🙏🙇‍♂️🌹HARIOM SRI GURUDEV NAMAH. EXCELLENT EXPLANATION IT CANNOT BE SEEN BUT WITHOUT THAT NOTHING PERSIST PERSIST .IT IS VERY HARD TO EXPLAIN IN PRATYKCHA MODE. DHANYAWADH SWAMIJI OUR SASHTRANGA KOTI KOTI KOTI KOTI KOTI PRANAMAMS TO YOU.🙇‍♂️🙏🌹

[@jegatheesonnadesan8238]

ONLY ONE IS ALL IS NOT THE ULTIMATE TRUTH

[@Nobodaddy99]

Conscious being

[@Signal6000]

Consious on the knower. That is consciousness.

[@brahmeshvaram2862]

Consciousness is both the knower and witness (it is also the object and process of knowledge).

[@shivaniharish7090]

🙏🙏🙏 thank you swamiji, it is such a coincidence or miracle or Holyma listened and answered me through you, same question arises in my mind today morning when I'm sitting for meditation, to my surprise I saw your answer to the same question at the same time...thank you..🙏🙏🙏

[@pramodrai3199]

Pranam Swami Jee 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@vamu19]

Reflections are true in their own realms

[@jalajamenon8664]

Thank you so much Swamiji🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@mitalibhattacharya823]

Always have great respect and admiration....🙏

[@spiritfilled5758]

Your answers and examples never seese to amaze me. Beautiful guidance,

[@biplabdey1975]

It is just like dream . Dream consists of dreamer,dreamt objects .But we can easily distinguish ourselves from dream. Hence the reality is realised.

[@pastachannel1193]

Adwaita Vedanta may seem full of paradoxes, but there is a perfectly logical explanation. Like Rumi's quote, you may think of yourself as a drop in the ocean, but you are an entire ocean contained in a drop. Due to its transcendental nature, the Brahman can not be known or cognized by the five senses however Brahaman is also immanent in all of creation, infused like butter in milk. Just as It requires effort, heating, and churning of milk to produce butter, all spiritual practices, and various paths/methods eg. listening, contemplating, and assimilation help understand non-duality. "Devoid of all names and forms HE is, Yet all names and forms are HIS"

[@meeraesq]

If I m the knower, then I disappear for 7 hrs every night. If I am neither the knower nor the one who experiences shame for what is known and unknown here. Swamiji's talks are causing a significant shift here . Thank you, is all that I can say for now.

[@varun8762]

U do not disappear U are in satchitanand in deep sleep

[@Iyersab]

How come you appear to disappear for others who might be awake around you and can see you?

[@injacksbox]

5:27

[@amitdey6824]

You think that you disappear every night for 7 hours bcoz 1) in deep sleep mind is not present and therefore the Reflected I is also not present it's lost and 2) since You have identified Yourself with this body and mind ... So therefore in deep sleep U feel or think U disappear but actually You are not disappearing .... but when U wake up .. U know the fact that U had gone to sleep ... U have that knowledge of sleep right ... So how do you know this ?? 😂😅😊

[@chrisharden7941]

Yes

[@narayanansankararaman8108]

transparent citation of sunlight and moonlight likewise witness consciousness and reflecting consciousness. My long outstanding doubt was too. an altruistic analogy for everything is a reflection and resound.

[@swapankumarsarkar2722]

Pranam Swamiji

[@sunitideshmukh6285]

🙏🙏Pranaam Maharaj

[@ramanammamallajosyula1548]

Knower is like moon, witness conciousness is like sun

[@RanaRajput40]

Thanks❤ and Humble pranams to you swamiji. 🙏🙏🙏

[@debjanilahiri7100]

Pronam swamiji 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@IronX77]

Wow.

[@krramesha]

amazing🙏

[@sonujain1086]

❤❤❤❤

[@rekhav4757]

🙏🙏🙏 swamiji guruji

[@axutgautam1187]

If you are not a knower, then you have no way of finding out what you are. This is an ultimate fact, it's knowledge that assumes that there is something or somebody.

[@Sunlight-bi6ld]

Who is the witness of knower than, there should be witness

[@Pqihtyieojn12]

That's the thing. The Self is not below knowledge. All knowledge comes out of objectification. It's beyond knowledge itself. It is more than known. It is the light of self which enables you to know, how can you know that with which all knowledge is possible? Just like the eyes for example can see everything except themselves, similar is the case with the Self. What can you know more than your very Self?

[@adv.madhusudananmp9045]

Pranams Swamiji ❤

[@venkateswararao6900]

Witness means it must be knowing something. But it won't be affected with the happenings whether good or bad, happy or sorrow all the duals. This was told in the context of Bahirmukh. In case of Antarmukh you are not witness or knower. There is no second to know or witness.

[@PeteNaess]

🙏

[@VijayalakshmiV-t6e]

Witness conciousness is always the knower who is never the "known".The reflected cannot be the REAL KNOWER. When knower becomes known it is duplicate and not real .Am i right Swamiji?, 🙏

[@Venom_590]

How is it possible that we are not the knower?

[@tapaskumardas3795]

🙏Pronam Swamiji

[@euclidofalexandria3786]

be both

[@hariharan4922]

🙏🙇‍♂️🙇‍♀️🙏

[@amitdey6824]

🙏🙏🙏🌸🌸🌸🙏🙏🙏

[@rajamani19]

what is the efifference between sat and witness consciousness ? are they the same?

[@creedofidea]

✨🙏✨

[@ManiL-dn1ej]

swamiji one question : is it possible to experience this world that is seeing and sensing etc without conciousness or brahman?