Vivekachudamani - Retreat (Part 1) | Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Vedanta Society of New York

Religion & Spirituality, Hinduism

4.8 • 681 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 129 minutes

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Part 1 of the Retreat on Adi Shankaracharya's Vivekacūḍāmaṇi taught by Swami Sarvapriyananda. This retreat was held at Vivekananda Retreat Ridgely in April, 2025: https://ridgely.org

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0:00.0	Oh
0:02.0	Asatoma
0:14.0	Asatoma Sadgamaya
0:18.0	Tamasoma jothirgamaya, Mritiurma, Amritam Gamaya.
0:28.6	Ome, shanty, shanty, shanty, he. Ome, lead us from the unreal to the real.
0:41.3	Lead us from darkness unto light.
0:44.3	Lead us from death to immortality.
0:47.3	Ome, peace, peace, peace.
0:52.3	Namaste and good morning everybody and welcome.
0:56.2	Welcome, yes.
0:59.2	So this is the, technically the second session.
1:03.6	We had a session last night, but this is a session on the main theme of the retreat,
1:09.4	which is a selection from the classic Adwaita Vedanta text, Vivek Achudamani.
1:16.4	When you enter the manor house here, you will see there these beautiful little flyers about Ridgley.
1:33.3	And on the very front of that flyer, there is a picture of Swami Vivek Hananda and a quote from Swami Vivekananda.
1:35.3	My mission in life can be put in a few words,
1:40.3	that is to preach unto mankind, their divinity, and how to make it manifest in every
1:48.1	movement of life.
1:50.9	More profound words were probably never uttered.
1:53.6	The more I study Vedantah, the more I plunge into spiritual life, I find she has said everything
1:58.3	that there has to be said in those words. What we will do here in a more narrow and focused way is exactly that.
2:05.6	To discover our own divinity, what does it mean?
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