Non-dual Meditation - Part 1 | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Hinduism, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Swami Sarvapriyananda speaks on non-dual meditation as part of a retreat in Garrison, New York. This is Part 1 of the discourse.

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0:00.0	Oh,
0:02.0	Oh,
0:03.0	Oh,
0:04.0	Oh,
0:05.0	Oh Oh, oh. Oh.
0:21.6	Oh. Oh. Oh.
0:55.0	Oh. The question is that if the ultimate reality is everywhere all the time and nothing different from us,
1:33.3	then why is it that we are not able to see it or to experience it, to know it here and now?
1:42.3	If it is there everywhere, it should be here.
1:45.0	If it is there all the time, eternal, it should be now.
1:49.0	And if we are told that it is our Buddha nature,
1:54.0	always there, not to be developed, not to be grown, not to be produced, but rather to be uncovered, to be discovered.
2:04.9	Our own Shiva nature, our nature as Brahman, the ultimate reality, as being, awareness,
2:10.8	place.
2:11.5	Why should we not be able to uncover it, discover it now, and get the benefits straight away.
2:19.3	Why should it take 10, 20, 30, 40 years of sitting and watching the breath,
2:26.3	or repeating a mantra for 50 years?
2:30.3	So, Adduyta Vedanta says, yes, it is always there, always available, in fact, always revealed also.
2:39.0	Not really covered, the only covering we say covering of Maya, we often do a disservice to ourselves.
2:45.0	When we talk about the covering of Maya, as if it's some kind of extraordinary, subtle, mystical covering.
2:51.6	It is just that we do not know and we make a mistake.
2:55.6	It's we do not know and we make a mistake.
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