Ask Swami 12/19/2021

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 Dec 19th, 2021. List of questions with timestamps: 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 regard to swadharma? 32:46 - How can we keep children involved with spiritual concepts? 37:11 - If the universe is continuously rising and falling, is the universe something different from the Atman? 44:14 - How can we resolve the conflict between our spiritual journey and responsibilities in daily life? 55:28 - Which is correct, Jiva is Shiva, or everything is a dream? 59:58 - Is all this philosophy just something that has been fed to us? 01:06:00 - How can we define God for a young person? 01:14:26 - What is the relationship between a pure mind and a scattered mind?

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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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