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Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Harmony of Religions | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Swami Sarvapriyananda explores the Vedantic ideal of the harmony of religions as taught by Sri Ramakrishna and interpreted by Swami Vivekananda, showing that religions are not identical but diverse paths suited to different human temperaments, all leading toward the same ultimate reality. Moving beyond mere tolerance, the lecture emphasizes acceptance grounded in spiritual experience, highlighting Sri Ramakrishna’s direct realization of God through multiple religious traditions as the foundation for genuine interfaith harmony.


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0:00.0

O'm Asatomah Sattomah, Sadgamaya, Tamso, sadgamaya,

0:21.6

Tamasoma, Jotyrgamaya,

0:27.6

Mritiurma, amritamgama,

0:31.6

Ome, Shanty, shanty, shanty.

0:38.3

Oh, lead us from the unreal to the real, lead us from darkness unto light, lead us from death to immortality.

0:49.3

Ome, peace, peace peace peace

0:55.0

Namaste and good morning everybody and welcome

1:03.0

the subject today the harmony of religions it's really three main reasons why I had chosen this subject.

1:13.3

One is Sri Ramakrishna, of course.

1:18.1

It's his birthday on 19th, 19th of February.

1:24.3

That's Thursday.

1:26.4

So one of the central teachings of Sri Ramakrishna

1:29.3

was this harmony of religions.

1:31.3

I thought we should dwell on that.

1:33.3

The second reason is today's Shiva Rattri.

1:36.3

We have Lord Shiva here,

1:39.3

and I was reminded that

1:42.3

the most famous Sanskrit hymn to Shiva, the Shiva Mahimna Stotra,

1:48.0

the hymn on the glories of Shiva.

1:51.0

It has many wonderful verses.

1:53.0

One of those verses,

1:55.0

Trey Sankhya Yogam, Pashupati Matam Vaisnavamit,

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