Ask Swami 11/7/2021

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Religion & Spirituality, Hinduism

4.8 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Nov 7th, 2021. List of questions with timestamps: 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, Jiva, and Jagat? 51:15 - Is enlightenment a gradual process or a “wow” moment? 01:02:40 - What is Shraddha? 01:15:33 - Is there any overlap between psychotherapy and Vedanta?

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0:00.0	Ome, Asatoma,
0:02.0	Ome,
0:03.0	Asatom,
0:04.0	Jhādhya,
0:06.0	Mritiurma, Amritamiurma amritam Gamaya
0:23.6	Ome Shantayshanty Shanty
0:29.6	Ome, lead us from the unreal to the real, lead us from darkness unto light, lead us from death to immortality.
0:40.3	Ome, peace, peace, peace.
0:45.3	Good morning and namaste everybody.
0:50.3	Today, the brave few who have gathered here are to be congratulated because this is probably one of the greatest
1:01.8	biggest busiest events of New York the New York marathon and it's right here it's starting right
1:08.6	here so all the roads are blocked.
1:14.9	I'm sure some of you at least had a hard time getting here.
1:18.5	I went out in the morning.
1:23.9	I asked the cops at both ends, and they said, we'll let people in if they walk in, but no cars.
1:28.7	And I told them that there's this temple here on 34 West.
1:31.1	So you let people in who are coming to the temple.
1:32.2	And they say, yeah, we can do that.
1:42.3	And the New York Marathon, I don't know how many of you know this,
1:47.0	but this event is being sponsored by an Indian company, the TCS Tata Consultancy Services, and it has an interesting connection with this place.
1:54.0	You know how?
1:57.0	Swami Vivek Ananda, who founded the Vedanta Society of New York, when he came to the United States on the ship, he met Tata,
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