Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Dec 28th, 2025
Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda
Vedanta Society of New York
4.8 • 714 Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2026
⏱️ 79 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Dec 28th, 2025.
List of questions with timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
02:30 - How can there be "pure experience", if there is no object to experience?
17:19 - Does this enlightened one have the ability to manipulate time?
21:32 - Can consciousness truly be objectified and recognized directly?
33:32 - What should I do if I want this to be my last birth? Is God with form part of Maya?
53:06 - Who is experiencing qualia?
01:02:14 - It seems possible that AI could create conscious beings, but it could never create pure consciousness. Why then is there debate about this issue?
01:13:17 - If AI incorporates living cells, could it then be conscious?
01:15:34 - Does Indian philosophy have a position on AI?
► To support the Vedanta Society of New York: http://www.vedantany.org/donate
Vedanta NY Archives:
/ vedantanewyorkarchives
Web: http://vedantany.org
Soundcloud:
/ vedantany
iTunes Podcast: http://bit.ly/vedanta-talks-itunes
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5IrDmqX...
Facebook:
/ vedantany
ABOUT VEDANTA
Vedanta is one of the world’s most ancient religious philosophies and one of its broadest. Based on the Vedas, the sacred scriptures of India, Vedanta affirms the oneness of existence, the divinity of the soul, and the harmony of religions.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | So this is where we take up questions for deliberations, questions which have come into us from all over the world through the internet, |
| 0:19.0 | and questions which are posed by members |
| 0:22.0 | here, those who are present here in person. This has become one of our most popular sessions |
| 0:28.6 | for good reason where we can directly respond to questions which come up on the spiritual path. |
| 0:38.1 | Now lots and lots of questions come online. |
| 0:44.1 | So we have a team which sorts through these questions and presents a few selected questions to me. |
| 0:52.7 | The thing is, the questions which we take up for consideration here are the more or less |
| 0:59.0 | impersonal ones. |
| 1:01.0 | There are many questions which come, which talk about people's personal struggles, sorrow, |
| 1:07.0 | pain. Sometimes they are too personal to be brought out and spoken about in public. |
| 1:15.6 | Sometimes they are not directly related to Vedantah as such. |
| 1:20.6 | But please know that, this is to people in general here and all over the world, |
| 1:26.6 | that we pray for your welfare, we pray to Thakurma Swami-ji |
| 1:32.0 | to bless you and all of us, |
| 1:36.8 | so that we have the strength, the peace, and the inspiration |
| 1:42.7 | to continue through these struggles |
| 1:44.3 | to overcome all obstacles in life. |
| 1:46.9 | So that is there. |
| 1:49.3 | Now only some of those questions were taken up for discussion, |
| 1:54.1 | those which are not too personal, |
| 1:57.2 | which are not directly connected to people's personal lives, |
| 2:00.5 | a little more. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vedanta Society of New York, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Vedanta Society of New York and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.
