Ask Swami 1/23/2022

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Jan 23rd, 2022. List of questions with timestamps: 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 free will, how is Karma applicable? 40:14 - Who created the universe, Iswara or Hiranyagarba? Why is it said that Hiranyagarba has maximum bliss? 53:05 - How is the witness consciousness really free, if it cannot choose what it wants to witness? 56:09 - If both bliss and pain are in the mind, why is Atman described as pure bliss, and not also pure pain?

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0:00.0	Ome, Asatoma,
0:02.0	Samoamah,
0:03.0	Tamsoamah,
0:04.0	Juttirgamaya, Mritiurma, Amritam Gamaia.
0:24.6	Ome, Shantay, Shantay, Shantay.
0:30.6	Ome, lead us from the unreal to the real, lead us from darkness unto light, lead us from death to immortality,
0:41.3	Ome, peace, peace, peace. So we have a set of questions here today and Diane is going to ask
0:50.3	those questions. Good morning, Swami Ji.
0:54.4	The first question is from Nanda.
0:57.2	Swamaji, I believe firmly that there is no universe out there.
1:02.2	It only exists in our consciousness, a principle of biocentrism.
1:07.7	My question comes from watching your lectures on who am I at ITT Kanpur.
1:14.7	Is it possible to experience Turia temporarily?
1:18.9	I would love to hear from you.
1:22.6	I believe that there is no universe outside our consciousness.
1:26.7	It's all in our consciousness,
1:28.3	and is it possible to experience Turia temporarily?
1:32.3	Alright.
1:33.3	Is it possible to experience Turia temporarily?
1:37.3	A straight answer would be yes and no.
1:41.3	No, it is not possible to experience Turia temporarily, in fact, at all. It's not possible to experience Tudia at all. And yes, it is possible to experience Tudor temporarily. In fact, you can experience Tudia all the time. So how does that work? What does it mean? We must first understand what is meant by Turya.
2:03.6	In fact, what is meant by consciousness in a Dwayda-Vedanter.
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