AskSwami Q&A - Swami Sarvapriyananda
Question and Answer session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York.
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Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Apr 12th, 2026
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Apr 12th, 2026.List of questions with timestamps:00:00 - Invocation and opening01:40 — Is enlightenment just a brain event, or different from dissociation and neurological experiences?19:17 — How does one move from witness-consciousness to Turiya in practice?29:31 — What should one do when mantra japa brings up dist
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Mar 29th, 2026
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Mar 29th, 2026.List of questions with timestamps:00:00 - Invocation and opening01:32 - Why Vedanta first says you are consciousness and not body-mind if everything is Brahman anyway.22:05 - How to distinguish pure Self from awareness that seems to arise through body and mind.50:48 - If I am only consciousness and a
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Dec 28th, 2025
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Dec 28th, 2025.List of questions with timestamps:00:00 - Intro02:30 - How can there be "pure experience", if there is no object to experience?17:19 - Does this enlightened one have the ability to manipulate time?21:32 - Can consciousness truly be objectified and recognized directly?33:32 - What should I do i
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Oct 19th, 2025
28,001 views Oct 31, 2025 AskSwami Q&A | Swami SarvapriyanandaQ&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Oct 19th, 2025.List of questions with timestamps:00:00 - Intro01:52 - If Brahman is the only reality, doesn’t “Neti, Neti” also reject Brahman?17:52 - What is the link between Brahman and Jiva?38:28 - Are not the theories you are discussing also lim
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | June 15th, 2025
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on June 15th, 2025.List of questions with timestamps:00:00 - Intro00:48 - What is the difference between the soul and awareness?10:39 - How do we break the link between the real and reflected consciousness? 27:44 - How is knowledge different from experience?36:02 - Is enlightenment obtained during meditation or while i
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | May 11th, 2025
10,864 views May 25, 2025 AskSwami Q&A | Swami SarvapriyanandaQ&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on May 11th, 2025.List of questions with timestamps:00:00 - Intro05:02 - At death, does a fully realized Jivatman merge with Brahman, or does it maintain its identity?16:11 - The Nasadiya Sukta says there is neither existence nor non-existence. But Swami
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Mar 23rd, 2025
24,905 views Apr 15, 2025 AskSwami Q&A | Swami SarvapriyanandaQ&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Mar 23rd, 2025. List of questions with timestamps:00:00 - Intro01:43 - Explain the two ways of approaching non-duality: “I am all of it” vs “I am none of it”?15:24 - Is devotion (bhakti) merely an aid to knowledge in Advaita, or something more?29:58
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Feb 23rd, 2025
40,831 views Mar 3, 2025 AskSwami Q&A | Swami SarvapriyanandaQ&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Feb 23rd, 2025. List of questions with timestamps:00:00 - Intro02:10 - How should we pray? What should we pray for?07:19 - I intend to become a monk. How can I maintain inner peace in the midst of the world before joining?14:48 - What is the best way
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Jan 26th, 2025
45,947 views Feb 5, 2025 AskSwami Q&A | Swami SarvapriyanandaQ&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Jan 26th, 2025. List of questions with timestamps:00:00 - Intro06:25 - How do I see myself as Brahman but still act ethically and lovingly in the world?22:50 - How do I know that I, this Awareness, am Everything?43:45 - If Consciousness is the ultima
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Dec 24th, 2024
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Nov 24th, 2024. List of questions with timestamps:00:00 - Intro02:44 – How can Shri Ramakrishna’s statement “only God is your own” be reconciled with Holy Mother’s “everybody is your own”?17:51 – Does stopping all thoughts reveal pure witness consciousness and lead to realization?32:18 – Is the gap between two thoug
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Nov 24th, 2024
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Nov 24th, 2024. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:53 - How can I reconcile devotion and non-dual knowledge? 23:27 - If I realize I am pure consciousness, do I also have a vision of God with form? 31:21 - What is Mahat (universal intelligence) in the Samkhya philosophy? 34:24 - Is it possible to pra
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Oct 20th, 2024
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Oct 20th, 2024. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:15 - What is the importance of earnestness and renunciation to progress in spiritual life. 13:37 - Do we need a Guru, and what is the relationship betwen the Gurua dn teh Advaitic Self? 19:31 - Is consciousness the controller of actions or is it jus
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | September 29th, 2024
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Sep 29th, 2024. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:04 - Can atheists achieve enlightenment? 09:17 - If the body is inert (jada), how is it able to generate thoughts? 19:03 - If our real nature is prakash (light) does prakash need to be self-aware? 33:57 - Does removal of ignorance require free will?
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | June 23rd, 2024
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on June 23rd, 2024. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:09 - What is the difference between Vedanta, Samkhya, and Yoga? 12:54 - What should I do to make my buddhi accept the truth? 24:54 - Why are we told to practice dharma when Brahman is in everything? 32:10 - How can we recognize our true nature in e
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | April 21st, 2024
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Apr 21st, 2024. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:50 - What is the nature of sorrow? 23:00 - What is the difference between Samsara in Buddhism and Vedanta? How does progress in modern medical science relate to Brahman? 32:06 - If I am Brahman then why should I worship God or do karma yoga? 38:32 -
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | March 3rd, 2024
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on March 3rd, 2024. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:32 - Where is ignorance? Is it separate from Brahman? 23:41 - What is the difference between consciousness, awareness, and mindfulness? 32:10 - Is Vrittijnana the same as reflected consciousness? 32:29 - Is Consciousness static, or is it a process?
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Dec 3rd, 2023
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Dec 3rd, 2023. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - How can a devotee of God say I am That? 18:34 - Can we say that God as consciousness is within us? 21:07 - Are Bhakti and Janna two sides of the same coin? Is one higher than the other? 32:21 - Can Nididhyasana be considered as a series of small
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | June 18th, 2023
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Jun 18th, 2023. List of questions with timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 04:17 - All knowledge depends on the knower, known, and instrument of knowledge, yet we are taught that we are none of these. How can this be reconciled? 19:48 - If science can be used to know the self, does this mean that Vedanta is not a unique instru
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | May 28th, 2023
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on May 28th, 2023. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 03:00 - Is it correct that Turiya is witnessing and illumining waking dreaming and deep sleep? 16:47 - Is enlightenment spontaneous? What is the difference between an enlightened and non-enlightened person? Can an enlightened person see past, present
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Mar 5th, 2023
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Mar 5th, 2023. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:46 - Why do we need to search for the unchanging self? 13:06 - Is it ok to pray to God to satisfy our desires? 26:48 - If avidya (ignorance) is in Brahman, isn't it real? 32:07 - What is Vedanta's view on vegetarianism? 34:35 - How can I deve
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Feb 26th, 2023
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Feb 26th, 2023. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 03:17 - How does one love consciousness? 20:04 - What is the purpose of professional ambition and duty? 28:46 - In our waking state, is there a way to find the unity of pure consciousness? 52:15 - Isn't consciousness interrupted in deep sleep? 57:0
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Jan 22nd, 2023
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Jan 22nd, 2023. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:22 - Can Brahman be equally immanent and transcendent? 21:37 - Who is the doer of action? 33:15 - Swamiji, what is your daily routine? 34:34 - Can art lead us to the infinite? What is the nature of abhyasa? What is the nature of vairagya? 54:20 - If
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | June 5th, 2022
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on June 5th, 2022. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:32 - How is it that the self is in all beings from the chit (consciousness) perspective? 18:37 - Where is my consciousness when I am sleeping? Can I use sleep as a spiritual practice? 26:55 - Will a realized person retain their individuality after
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Apr 10th, 2022
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Apr 10th, 2022. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:24 - Isn't enlightenment part of Maya? 16:05 - The witness consciousness, sat, chit, ananda, the basis of all truths, cannot perform any action. The mind removes its own veil. How can we turn this understanding into meditation? 34:10 - In the G
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Feb 27th, 2022
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Feb 27th, 2022. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - How can I worship God if I am one with God? 12:58 - I find it easy to say "I am Brahman", but how can I say "I am Jesus"? 19:32 - When we pray for peace, who are we praying to? 26:38 - My dream borrows material from my waking e
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Jan 23rd, 2022
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Jan 23rd, 2022. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - Is it possible to experience Turiya temporarily? 11:28 - Why does Drg-Drsya-Viveka indicate that only the avaccheda (limitation) theory explains the appearance of one consciousness as many consciousnesses? 28:28 - If there is ultimately no fre
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Dec 19th, 2021
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Dec 19th, 2021. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:02 - What is the relationship between the reflected consciousness and pure consciousness? 18:30 - When we obtain knowledge of true consciousness, how is it that we continue to experience the current reality? 27:00 - Are the scriptures useless with
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Nov 7th, 2021
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Nov 7th, 2021. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 05:10 - What happens to the reflected consciousness after death, and after enlightenment? 19:10 - What is my swadharma? 35:20 - What is the difference between the knower and the witness? 41:20 - Where does Sri Ramakrishna stand in the triad of Iswara,
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Oct 24th, 2021
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Oct 24th, 2021. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 03:35 - If the Self is the only reality, who is the doer? 12:05 - How can it be said that Self is free, and yet all beings are in the Self? 27:24 - What is the role of psychedelics in mystical experience? 39:30 - Why is the path of Bhakti supposed to
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | June 13th, 2021
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on June 13th, 2021. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:05 - How can realization occur in the mind, if the mind is actually false? 06:51 - If I am pure consciousness, why do unwanted situations appear to me? 15:43 - Is it true that the "ego" consciousness sets the wheel of karma in motion? 20:2
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | February 21st, 2021
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on February 21st, 2021. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:51 - What separates the individual soul from Brahman? 08:53 - Can the self be self-aware without mind or object? 16:26 - You have said that maya projects the universe and veils the truth. Is this the same as the Samkhya philosophy? 25:50 - Wha
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | January 3rd, 2021
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on January 3rd, 2021. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:02 - What is the role of the mind in self-realization? 41:03 - How can deep sleep be an experience? 49:42 - Is the "I" thought unique? How does investigating it lead to the Atman? ► To support the Vedanta Society of New York: http://www.
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | December 6th, 2020
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on December 6th, 2020. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:24 - How can we understand the real nature of the self? 14:25 - How can we develop detachment from material pursuits? 17:58 - How is moksha defined in Vedanta? 23:24 - What is Vedantic meditation? 32:45 - How do I choose my ishta devata? 37:30
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | November 1st, 2020
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on November 1st, 2020. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:37 - How does consciousness appear in all things? What is needed to see this underlying truth? 19:00 - How can we say there is consciousness in deep sleep? 29:17 - Does the 7th mantra of the Mandukya Upanishad state that Turiya is not conscious
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | October 11th, 2020
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on October 11th, 2020. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:03 - Is the awakening of the Kundalini and the recognition of our real nature as the spirit the same as Aparokshanubhuti? 11:08 - If you are already Brahman, what is the purpose of a appearing as a sentient being and finding Brahman? 18:35 - Ho
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | June 28th, 2020
We now have new channel - Vedanta New York Archives: https://www.youtube.com/c/VedantaNewYorkArchives Here you will find: • Audio lectures on Mandukya Karika and Bhagavad Gita given by Swami Sarvapriyananda Ji. • Audio lectures by late Swami Pavitrananda Ji and Swami Tathagatananda Ji (previous swamis of the Vedanta Society of New York) • Future uploads will also include audio lectures on Pancadas
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | June 7th, 2020
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on June 7th, 2020. List of questions with timestamps: 2:30 - What is the difference between individual and cosmic consciousness? How can we realize the reality of one consciousness? 34:18 - Why is private spirituality not spirituality? 39:25 - I am in school and have lost interest in stu
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | May 3rd, 2020
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on May 3rd, 2020. List of questions with timestamps: • 6:25 -- How to know the Self when It cannot be objectified? Is inference sufficient? • 27:30 -- While we agree that waking, dreaming, and deep sleep are experienced in consciousness, why can't we say that they are real instead of
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | February 9th, 2020
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on February 9th, 2020. List of Questions with Timestamps: 5:07 - 1) To whom does enlightenment happen if we are already Brahman? 2) How can we be responsible for all the pain and suffering if we are already Brahman? 3) How can Brahman have no characteristics? 37:50 - If we have family, f
Realization (Questions & Answers) | Swami Sarvapriyananda
Swami Sarvapriyananda conducts a Q&A session followed by his discourse on 'Realization'. List of Questions with Timestamps: 0:08 - How do desires transmigrate after death? 11:50 - A step-by-step examination of the challenges one faces in grasping the ‘Witness’ 23:03 - The spiritual heaven in Vedanta. 25:16 - How to manifest the knowledge of Advaita? 46:00 - Who made God? ► To support t
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | June 2nd, 2019
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on June 2nd, 2019. List of Questions with Timestamps: 0:33 - Is consciousness present in non-living things? Are they also Brahman? 12:18 - What is the nature of bliss? Is it dependent on the mind? Does a pure being experience bliss all the time? 26:15 - Does your liberation depend upon y
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | May 5th, 2019
Questions for future talks can be sent to: askswami@vedantany.org Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on May 5th, 2019. ► To support Vedanta Society of New York: http://bit.ly/SupportVedantaNY List of Questions with Timestamps: 0:36 - Difference between the ego and the witness. Is consciousness a creation of the brain. 24:
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | April 7th, 2019
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on April 7th, 2019. List of Questions with Timestamps: 0:00 - On Vedantic meditation. 9:20 - How to overcome the fear of unknown and revel in the silence. 19:36 - In Nirvanashatakam, bliss is first negated but then accepted. Which is it? Difference between Ananda and happiness. 28:47 - D
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | March 17th, 2019
Questions for future talks can be sent to: askswami@vedantany.org Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on March 17th, 2019. ► To support Vedanta Society of New York: http://bit.ly/SupportVedantaNY List of Questions with Timestamps: 0:33 - How can one remember their past lives? 6:43 - Are we many or one? Is ignorance in Brah
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | January 6th, 2019
Question and Answer session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on Jan 6th, 2019. Questions/times-stamps in comments. ► To support Vedanta Society of New York: http://bit.ly/SupportVedantaNY List of Questions with Timestamps: 2:35 - How does the One appear as the many? What is Maya? 21:19 - Is awareness experienced as an object? 34:19 - D
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Sept 30th, 2018
Question and Answer session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on Sept 30, 2018. Questions in brief with time-stamps: 0:37 - Controlling the mind and turning it towards God. 33:37 - Understanding superconsciousness. 44:18 - Need of a Guru and spiritual initiation (Mantra Diksha). 54:30 - Thoughts and the Cosmic Mind. 57:50 - How do we kn
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | June 24th, 2018
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on June 24th, 2018. List of Questions with Timestamps: Q.1-0:28 - What is the distinction between Mind and Intellect? Q.2-1:02 - Do I have any say in changing my character’s role in the world that is nothing but “God’s leela”? Q.3-7:45 - How can I determine the spiritual practices in acc
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | May 27th, 2018
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on May 27th, 2018 List of Questions with Timestamps: Q.1- 1:05 – What is the recommended approach to teach “Vedanta” to the children? Q.2 – 5:16 – Is the concept “Ekajeevavada” connected to the “Hard problem of Consciousness”? Q.3 – 15:14 – Since it is a way to reach God by serving the s
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Mar 25th, 2017
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on Mar 25th, 2017. List of Questions with Timestamps: 1:00 -- a) Involuntary thoughts are mostly negative and bad. How do we uproot them? b) If we are what we think, will these negative thoughts bring us suffering/misery? If we become what we think, then how does karma come into play? So
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | April 29th, 2018
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on April 29th, 2018. List of Questions with Timestamps: 0:48 -- Acharyas repeatedly say You are That Infinite Existence, I am the Awareness Absolute etc. Who is the ""I"" and ""you"" that the teaching is referring to? Whom or what experiences whom or what?
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Feb 25th, 2018
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on Feb 25th, 2018. List of Questions with Timestamps: Q.1-0:40 – What might be the difference between the eyes opened and closed while trying to do meditation? Q.2 – 3:25 – With closed eyes I can see the inner light but with opened eyes it’s not the case. What is it that notices the diff
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Dec 31st, 2017
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on Dec 31st, 2017. List of Questions with Timestamps: 00:50 - We say Brahman is the only reality and the world is Maya (illusion). Then what causes the world to appear? 14:27 - What does 'Bindu Naad Kalaa' mean? 16:40 -- What is the difference between 'Jeeva' (sentient be
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Nov 19th, 2017
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on Nov 19, 2017. List of questions answered in this session of AskSwami: 0:09 -- Difference between the mind of a yogi and the mind of a worldly person. 9:14 -- Do our senses tell us what is real? 18:17 -- What entity becomes liberated? 24:00 -- Karma, redemption, suffering, and beyond.
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Sept 24th, 2017
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on Sept 24th, 2017. List of Questions with Timestamps: 1:00 -- When we are reborn, do we get the same piece of consciousness as we have in this birth? 3:20 -- If whatever we do is Karma then does whatever we think also our Karma? 7:10 -- If same Brahman is residing in me and others, how
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | June 25th, 2017
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on June 25th, 2017. List of Questions with Timestamps: 0:50 -- (a) How does one select a path to follow? (b) How to recognize a Guru? 2:20 -- What is my duty in life? 22:52 -- Is Ramakrishna a 'Shankara Advaitin'? 27:30 -- In Vedanta, all that we experience are objects for consci
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | May 21st, 2017
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on May 21st, 2017. List of Questions with Timestamps: 17:20 -- How do I prioritize my time & energy to make spiritual progress, as much as I excel at my work? 35:45 -- (a) Is there any reality in the dream state? (b) My method of meditation keeps on changing because of so many method
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | April 23rd, 2017
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on April 23rd, 2017. List of Questions with Timestamps: 3:05 - Does spirituality constrain us from the search of infinity in the age of science? 4:05 - According to Vedanta, Brahman is all pervading including matter. Would that make vedantins materialistic? 6:30 - In Vedanta, are we igno
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | March 26th, 2017
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on March 26th, 2017. List of Questions with Timestamps: 0:29 - How to overcome the problem of death/grief. 13:03 - We do not seem to have control over the thoughts that come. up in the mind. Are we still held accountable for them especially negative thoughts? Can we control them? 21:07 -
Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | February 19th, 2017
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on February 19th, 2017. List of Questions with Timestamps: 1:25 - Why there is so much suffering in the world? 3:00 - If there is no external God as such, and so with, then whom to pray to & seek protection from adversities & danger? 18:20 - The Upanishad says that Self-realizati
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