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Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Ask Swami 2/25/2018

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Religion & Spirituality, Hinduism

4.8681 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2018

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Question and Answer session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on Feb 25th, 2018.

Transcript

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0:00.0

So now we are going into the session of the question and answers.

0:12.0

First, I would like you to reflect on the experience we just had and ask any question

0:20.0

that comes to your mind, any observation, a question.

0:22.6

So would you like to say something?

0:25.6

Or are you all blist out?

0:28.6

Please come here.

0:30.6

Tell us your name and then ask.

0:35.6

Brighamharaj, my name is, my name is Sangeetha from New York.

0:45.3

About this meditation that we just did, I was wondering what might be the difference in keeping your eyes shut

0:53.3

versus keeping them open.

0:55.0

Because ultimately we are taking in everything and we are just focusing on the awareness that's aware of everything.

1:01.0

Yes.

1:02.0

So I would think it would be the same whether your eyes are open or shut.

1:06.0

So is there any advantage?

1:08.0

Otherwise, thank you.

1:09.0

To keep your eyes open and shut in principle, no difference

1:12.8

in ad-dwaitic meditation.

1:15.5

But

1:15.9

remember what we just did,

1:18.6

relaxation,

1:19.9

listen,

1:21.0

then sink into that awareness.

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