Live Satsang (Q&A) with Swami Tadatmananda (15 September 2024)

0:00:00 Intro
0:01:12 How can one get enlightened without faith in anything like J Krishnamurti?
0:13:20 How to not feel guilty about worshiping one form of God and not another?
0:15:08 How to worship a formless God?
0:16:08 How to see divinity in mean people?
0:17:50 How does attribute-free Consciousness carry memories from one lifetime to another?
0:20:16 Does it make sense to pray for a specific purpose?
0:23:12 Doesn’t the desire for moksha denigrate the value of worldly life?
0:31:00 Don’t the different sectarian interpretations of the scriptures create divisiveness?
0:38:51 How to understand some of the questionable actions of the Pandavas in the Mahabharata?
0:52:03 How to reconcile the Gita’s advice to cultivate sattva guna with its advice to transcend all gunas?
0:54:33 Which of the following feels pain: brain, mind, Consciousness?
0:59:27 What is the difference between chidabhasa and Atma?
1:00:15 How can Atma be grasped through the buddhi?
1:04:00 What is moksha like after death and why pursue it?
1:08:37 Do all the well-known Eastern spiritual traditions lead to the same realization?
1:13:48 Outro

[theograice]

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[Pallasathena-hvkp]

Pranam, Swami 😊🙏 Thank you for taking time to address our questions.

[rashmidayal]

Thanks for the lovely satsang. Initially some times you don't understand, but eventually things become clearer. The key is keep following. Your clarity of mind is exceptional. धन्यवाद।

[pramodvora]

Swamiji, very impressive deepning thoughts indeed. Thanks for the contributions! 🙏 🕯 🕉

[cosmiccreator]

Love, gratitude and blessings beloved. 🙏💞🕊

[kerrydubord]

In hindu writing, this is coined very nicely.
The truth is One,
The wise speak of it differently.

[kerrydubord]

Moksha is freedom, from what? From everything that encapsulates, selflessness is self consciousness outside the mind's limitations. Your mind is wonderful, be the best you can be, life is where you are.
Imperishable and unchanging is consciousness, you are the source of life.

[kerrydubord]

Mind in the presence of consciousness has experience, the pain that is signaled from body to mind is from the nerve endings. Comprehension is beneficial.

[FrogmortonHotchkiss]

'Yogi', it would be good to get in touch with a fellow Glaswegian advaitin re. some upcoming teaching events.

[gokulmehta]

On J k

1.⁠ ⁠Self-awareness: Krishnamurti stressed the need to understand oneself, one's thoughts, emotions, and actions.
2.⁠ ⁠Freedom from conditioning: He encouraged individuals to break free from societal, cultural, and religious conditioning.
3.⁠ ⁠Mindfulness and meditation: Krishnamurti advocated for being present in the moment, observing one's thoughts and emotions without judgment.
4.⁠ ⁠No authority: He rejected external authority, encouraging individuals to think for themselves and not rely on others for spiritual guidance.
5.⁠ ⁠Inner transformation: Krishnamurti believed that true change can only occur within, through self-awareness and understanding.

[rravi]

I owe my interest in the spiritual path to JK. I have read most of his books but I recall here an interview he gave to Ross Saunders of ABC (available on Youtube). In that he says : "Religion is this sense of comprehension of the totality of existence in which there is no division between you and me". Some attribute the inspiration for his insights to the Buddhist tradition of Nagarjuna. However, in the interview cited above he also says "There is something far greater than any of our beliefs - there is something tremendously great - which the mind cannot possibly understand, a mind which is in such chaos...". These statements seem to me very much consistent with Advaita.
JK claimed that he had not read any of the scriptures. Then how could he reject them as being of no use? In fact, Sri M, who now teaches Vedanta, was once closely associated with JK. He recalls confronting him after a talk in Chennai where he urged the audience to throw all their religious/spiritual texts like the Gita etc. into the sea!! At the end of the conversation, JK apparently admitted that he should not have uttered those words and that he would refrain from doing so in the future. As Swamiji has pointed out, JK's allergy to scriptures might be a negative reaction to the indoctrination he underwent in his young age.

[Nana-Kunwar]

Its not Bheeshma or Karna but Jaydrath. Krishna doesnt extend the day but makes it appear as shortened so the Kauravas put down their guard to protect Jaydrath.

[ChristophePeytier]

Krishnamurti WAS enlightened. He mentioned it himself. He called it "the process"

[djl]

I appreciate swamiji admitting he is not qualified to evaluate the other traditions and their ability to lead a seeker to moksha. Often he seems to suggest vedanta is the only or best possible method. Unless you've tried them all, there is no way to support such a claim.

I think his strength is vedanta, and he should refrain from commenting on other paths.