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Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

66. Bhagavad Gita | Chapter 5 Verse 16-17 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8714 Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2021

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Chapter 5 (Verses 16-17) of the Bhagavad Gita. In this series of talks, Swami Sarvapriyananda unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of the Bhagavad Gita (The Song of God).

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0:00.0

Ome, Vasudeva, Shutam, Devam, Kamshachanurramaradanam,

0:08.0

Devaki, Paramanandandam, Krishna, Vande Jagad Guru.

0:18.0

So in the fifth chapter, we were on verse number 15.

0:27.6

Yes.

0:28.6

That's where we had stopped last time.

0:31.6

Nadattay Kassi-chit, Pappam,

0:36.6

Nachayvam,kritam vivoh,

0:39.3

aghianinavritam,

0:42.3

yianam,

0:43.3

tenam wehyanti jantava.

0:46.3

The omnipresent Lord does not accept the sin or virtue of anybody.

0:51.3

Knowledge is enveloped by ignorance because of this beings can diluted.

0:57.0

So what is going on now is the teaching of Gana Yoga. The highest teaching, the ultimate

1:03.0

purpose, the ultimate point of Adwaita Vedanta. It's good to understand Vedantanth in this way,

1:09.0

in two stages. First, starting where we are, we think of ourselves

1:14.4

as this individual, this body mind. If you ask, what are you? Our instinctive answer is this.

1:20.6

And if you're asked, describe it. What do you mean by this? This body and yes, life and yes, mind and personality, my personal history, my awareness,

1:31.1

certainly my awareness. So the I usually for us, it refers to body, mind, plus the awareness

1:43.6

there. So basically it refers to the gross body the subtle body the causal body

1:51.0

and the reflected consciousness so technically before we are enlightened the eye when i say i it

2:00.0

straight away points to physical body, subtle body, causal body, and the consciousness reflected there, which is called the Chida Abbas, a reflected consciousness.

2:09.9

The original consciousness, the pure consciousness, the Atman, what Adwaita wants to teach us is there, is right there.

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