AskSwami Q&A - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

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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Jan 20, 2024 · 1 hr 17 min
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 your karma? 31:50 - Does the presence of Maya imply duality? 36:25 - Does suffering bring us closer to
Jan 19, 2024 · 1 hr 36 min
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. 24:34 - Difference between the views that the universe never existed vs the universe is brahman. If we
Jan 18, 2024 · 1 hr 29 min
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 - Do negative emotions persists after Enlightenment? 48:10 - Should we trust our own insights? 50:28 - Ho
Jan 17, 2024 · 1 hr 23 min
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 Brahman or java? 19:56 - Different categories of spiritual seekers as per the Gita. 28:50 - Is one’s at
Jan 16, 2024 · 1 hr 44 min
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 - Does Sri Ramakrishana’s Vijnana Vedanta imply dualism? 44:43 - Is the Anahata Sound (unstruck sound
Jan 15, 2024 · 1 hr 28 min
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 know if Advaita Vedanta is true? 1:16:15 - How do we know if consciousness is ever-present? 1:25:00 -
Jan 14, 2024 · 1 hr 26 min
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 accordance to my temperamental tendency in the day to day life? What are the suggestions proposed by Shree
Jan 13, 2024 · 52 min
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 suffered has God created suffering in this world? Is he not biased then? Q.4 – 26:05 – Is it the mind wat
Jan 12, 2024 · 1 hr 29 min
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? Some people seem to be positive thinkers, even if they are not necessarily good people. However, their
Jan 11, 2024 · 1 hr 30 min
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? 8:43 -- What is ""citta""? What is the difference between ""citta"" and ""consciousness""? 18:28 -- Everything we do is prompted by
Jan 10, 2024 · 1 hr 15 min
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 difference while trying doing meditation with closed eyes and opened eyes? Q.3- 6:35 – Does pure consciousne
Jan 9, 2024 · 1 hr 5 min
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 beings) and 'Jada' (insentient things)? If both are manifestation of Brahman, then what Karma makes one thing 'Jeeva' and
Jan 8, 2024 · 1 hr 16 min
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. 34:17 -- What is the purpose of life? Why the game of life? 40:06 -- Can karma affect an enlightened pe
Jan 7, 2024 · 1 hr 21 min
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 is my Karma my own, why don't I share somebody else's Karma or vice versa? 11:20 -- What is the point of
Jan 5, 2024 · 1 hr 24 min
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 consciousness. Even the sense of 'I' is an object, but it disappears in deep sleep. So, "I", who am not there in deep
Jan 4, 2024 · 1 hr 7 min
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 methods I get to learn about; what should I do? 45:55 -- What is the existence of the universe, and how is it re
Jan 3, 2024 · 1 hr 13 min
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 ignoring the problems of society for the sake of spirituality? 12:35 - Does suffering exist due to our inner
Jan 2, 2024 · 1 hr 13 min
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 - Do spiritual practices (meditation, mantra, japa, prayer etc.) give us a window of opportunity to ch
Jan 1, 2024 · 57 min
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-realization is a path to transcend sorrow. Is the path of surrender or "Bhakti" also a valid path? 27:00 - (a) How do I o

AskSwami Q&A - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | June 2nd, 2019

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | May 5th, 2019

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | April 7th, 2019

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | March 17th, 2019

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | January 6th, 2019

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Sept 30th, 2018

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | June 24th, 2018

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | May 27th, 2018

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Mar 25th, 2017

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | April 29th, 2018

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Feb 25th, 2018

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Dec 31st, 2017

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Nov 19th, 2017

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Sept 24th, 2017

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | June 25th, 2017

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | May 21st, 2017

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | April 23rd, 2017

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | March 26th, 2017

Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | February 19th, 2017