Oneness | Swami Sarvapriyananda

"The infinite oneness of the Soul is the eternal sanction of all morality, that you and I are not only brothers — but that you and I are really one" - Swami Vivekananda.

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.

ABOUT US
Vedanta Society of New York is affiliated with the Ramakrishna Order of India. In fact, this is the Order's first Center started by Swami Vivekananda, in 1894. It was a historic event, for the seed of the world-wide Ramakrishna Movement was sown here in New York over a century ago. Swami Sarvapriyananda is the present Resident Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York.

[sridharmaka]

Everything is looking like everything because of me ... consciousness alone ...no chance for any questions..

[sukumardutta]

The Vedanta is shown that behind the idea of the unity of the whole the real Soul is one there is one Soul throughout the universe all is one Existence

[markusomega]

Swami Sarvapriyananda
I don't think I 've ever heard a more accomplished speaker with such a clear and precise mind, a philosopher and spiritual teacher of the highest order. A true blessing for the whole world.

[MrPrabhuparmeswor]

स्वामीजीको मेरा हार्दिक नमस्कार 🙏🧎‍♂️।
ज्ञान से दिमाग भर जाता हे ।
ध्यान से दिल भर जाता हे ।
जब दिल भर जाता हे तब दिल आवाज देता हे ।
ईसिलीए अध्यात्ममें दिलका आवाज सुनें, दिमागका नहीं । अपने अनुभव बाटें, किताबका नहीं ।
स्वामीजी शास्त्रोंकी बात कर रहें हे । अपने अनुभवकी बातें नहीं कर रहें हे । ईसीलिए ऐसे बातों सिर्फ वाणी विलास और बुद्धि विलास हे । किसीने धर्म के बारेमें बहुत सारी किताबें, धर्मशास्त्र पढी होगी। पुस्तककें और धर्मशास्त्र पढनेके आधार पर वह हजारों उपदेश, प्रवचन दे सकता है लेकिन यदि उस व्यक्तिविशेष स्वयंने अपने जीवन में उस पुस्तक व धर्मशास्त्रों में उल्लेखित बातेंका अनुभव नहीं किया है तो इसका मतलब यह है की उसका पढना व्यर्थ है । बस तोता की तरह होता हे । यह पढना एक स्वादिष्ट भोजन में दोई, करछुल की तरह होता हे । उस दोई या करछुल की मदद से भोजन तो वितरित किया जाता है लेकिन उस दोई या करछुलने भोजनका स्वादको कभी भी अनुभव नहीं किया होता है । उसका स्वाद तो केवल जीभको मिलता हे पर वह भी एक स्वस्थ व्यक्ति की जीभको मिलती है । अत: सत्य पुस्तक व धर्मशास्त्रका सैद्धांतिक ज्ञान नहीं सत्य तो खुदका, आत्मा का प्रत्यक्ष अनुभुति है ।
बुद्धको जानने के लिए तो खुद ही बुद्ध बनना पड़ता हे । एक बुद्धू बुद्ध पुरूषको कभी जान नहीं पाएगा ।
जय श्री राम ।
❤️🕊🔔🌎🙏🧎‍♂️🙇

[sankararamaprasad]

Pranaams Maharaj 🙏 As always, amazing talk 🙏

[damini_damini]

0:00 Recap of Previous Session
2:05 Swami Turyananda's Story
3:45 Story of Buddhism
6:30 History of Indian Philosophy
8:38 Swamiji's Study of Buddhism at Havard
- udayanacharya - prove the existence of atma against the buddhist attacks
- niyakusumanjali - nine or ten proofs of the existence of god again directed against the buddhist critic
- kumari la bhatta - masterworks named shloka vartika and tantra vartika - repudiations of various schools of buddhists who tried to who tried to criticize or critique the concept of atma
- nagarjuna - logician - 500-600 years before shankaracharya - works developed by chandrakeerthi (example of chariot)
12:45 Study of Indo-Tibetan Madhyamaka, Story of Swami meeting Llama, Swami defends Advaita Vedanta from Chandrakeerthi's Chariot
18:05 Sadhu in Himalayas Says
- wood, lectern example
- dreamer, dream example
- water, wave example
- gold, ornament example
- pottery, clay example
21:49 Swami Vivekananda Says
22:50 Five Quick Approaches from Indian Philosophy
1. Consciouness comes from matter. ~ Charvakas
2. Matter is the product of Consciousness. ~ All theistic religions of the world.
3. Neither is created by the other. They are fundamental eternal realities. They exist parallelly and interact with each other. ~ Kapila, Founder of Sankhya Philosophy, 5000 years ago. (Prakrti and Purusha)
4. Nagarjuna, Chandrakeerthi - Emptiness View - Neither matter produced consciousness, nor consciousness produced matter. In fact nobody produced each other. Nothing has been produced at all. It's all empty. Sarvam Shunyam!
5. Consciousness only!
What we call matter, what we call object is an appearance in consciousness much like a wave appears in water, much like objects in the dream appear in your dreaming mind. It's not produced. Isn't it like god producing the world. It's not produced. Nothing has actually happened.

Consciousness is the reality in which matter appears.

24:20 Sydeney University Philosopher - Scientist Says - Promissory Materialism
25:55 David Chalmer - Prof. of Philosophy at NYU
27:45 David Chalmer - Prof. of Philosophy at NYU - Pan Psychism - 21st Century
28:30 Conversation with Deepak Chopra
30:00 Chandrakeerthi's Example : Two bales or sheaves of hay leaning against each other.
31:05 Funny Story about People Applying for a Job

33:40 Gaudapada Says
35:30 How from the world you go to pure consciousness just by analysis?
That happens in seven stages.
Jagat (Physical World) ----> Pancha Bhoota Vilaasa (Five Elements) ----> Maya Vilaasa (Play of Maya) ----> Chit Vilaasa (Play of Consciousness) ----> Chit Vivarta (Appearance of Consciousness) ----> Chin Maya (Pervaded by consciousness) ----> Chin Maatra (Consciousness Alone)

38:55 Philosophy Class Joke

If you contemplate the cutting edge discoveries of modern science in the 20th century till today, you notice the all pervasive presence of paradox everywhere.
40:00 In Rebbeca Goldstein's Book She Says
40:50 David Hilbert - Mathematician - Completeness of Mathematics
41:35 Conference on Unknown and Uknowability in their Fields
42:07 Historian's Joke
42:35 Gallen Strawson - Hard Problem of Matter - Article in NYT
43:55 Kashmiri Shaivism - Play of Consciousness
44:15 Story by Alan Watts - Philosopher and Pirate
46:15 Sri Ramakrishna Says
Tying Oneself - Jiva
Freeing Oneself - Shiva
47:15 Sri Ramakrishna Says (Why is there so much suffering?)
1. Maya Vilaasa - Paradox
2. Chit Vilaasa - Play of God
3. Who are you?
49:50 Does consciousness play? Play means change?
Consciousness reveals the play. So consciousness is seperate from the play?

50:40 About Kashmiri Shaivism
Chit Vivarta - Everything appears in consciousness.
52:20 One Swamy Says (Explains 'Appearing in Consciousness')
53:00 Issac Asimov's Question

Logical Explanation to Consciousness reveals the play.

54:50 Brian Greene - Cosmologist at Columbia - End of Time
57:35 Swami Vivekananda Says (This world is like a room and you switch on the light that is god?)
59:13 Shankaracharya with Taittirya Upanishad in his mind.
1:00:30 Shankaracharya in Aparoksha Anubhuti Says
1:03:40 Brahme Vedam Sarvam, Ahame Vedam Sarvam
1:05:10 Sri Ramakrishna's Approach
1:05:23 American Swami Says

[Lotuseye]

नमो नारायणाय ।। बौद्धवेदान्तसिद्धान्तौ गंगायमुनयोरिव । ऐक्यमेवाप्नुतः शान्तं निष्प्रपंचे प्रभास्वरे ।। श्रुत्वा विचार्याथ च भावयित्वा योगी हि तत्त्वं परिणिश्चिनोति। निश्चित्य तत्त्वं युगनद्धरूपं स निष्प्रपञ्चे परमे रमेत ।। Thank you again, Swamiji, for an excellent talk on a much neglected topic of Indian Philosophy. The Ultimate Oneness beyond conceptual proliferation common to both Advaita Vedanta and Mahayana Buddhism. We find ample support for this view in shastras like the Gaudapadiya Karika and the Yoga Vasishta. यतो वाचो निवर्तन्ते यो मुक्तैरवगम्यते। यस्य चात्मादिकाः संज्ञाः कल्पिता न स्वभावजाः।। यः पुमान् सांख्यदृष्टीनां ब्रह्म वेदान्तवेदिनाम् । विज्ञानमात्रं विज्ञानविदामेकान्तनिर्मलम् ।। यः शून्यवादिनां शून्यं भासको योऽर्कतेजसाम् । ... चित्प्रकाशो ह्ययं यस्मादालोक इव भास्वतः।। Laghuyogavasishta 3.1.74-77 Resounding with the liberality of expression of Shri Ramakrishna indeed!

[robertoflores]

Swami Sarvapriyananda's humor reaches a level of exquisiteness rarely found.

[anagha.aniruddha]

हरी: ऊॅं तत्सत् 🙏🏻
श्रीरामकृष्णार्पणमस्तु 🙏🏻
नमस्कार स्वामी सर्वप्रियानंदजी महाराज🙏🏻
Thank you Vedanta society New York for sharing this 🌹

[szlvid]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful wisdom!🌱

[dq]

প্রণাম স্বামীজী।
কি অসাধারণ বক্তৃতা। সংসারের লীলায় মেতে থাকা আত্ম বিস্মিত পরমব্রহ্ম নিজেকে উপলব্ধি করার জন্য নিজের "আমি" কে ভুলতে পারলেই - সব কিছু এক হয়ে যায়। এই সত্য যেনো আপনার কথা শুনে বারবার অনুভব করতে পারি।

[himabratadas]

"How much do you want it to be Sir?", asked the accountant😊😊😊😊😊
7 ways of noticing Consciousness as given by Nischalananda Saraswati Swami
1.The world outside
2.Panchabhoota..the five elements
3.Mayabilaasa...the play of Consciousness... Relativity, Uncertainty, Incompleteness, inconsistency, paradoxes and unknowability
4.Chidbilaasa...Kashmir Shaivism..the play of consciousness
5.Chidvivarta...Consciousness appears as the Universe
6.Chinmaya...pervaded by Consciousness
7.Chinmatra...Consciousness alone

Only the "Muni"(You the sage) remains
Blazing exposition Swamiji🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

[MrSubhamd]

Lord Shiva, God pretending to be not God 🙏! And ordinary human beings are suffering. What a play- Lila.
Thank you Swamiji

[cyrillachakalakal]

You are very clear, profound, meaningful

[jitukajal]

मुझको देखोगे जहाँ तक
मुझको पाओगे वहाँ तक
इस जमीं से आसमां तक
मैं ही मैं हूँ
दूसरा कोई नहीं

[jorgetfreitas]

Infinite consciousness is the only one existence that actually exists but it does not seem to exist, and the experiences of finite body-mind that appear to exist do not in fact exist. This is the reality of the illusion of existing!
Thank you Swamiji for helping me to realize the real existence of myself.

[alladioogway]

Swamiji, the beauty about your speeches is that self-enquiry happens automatically while listening to you.

[Kkayllaaa]

The Alan Watts story at about 44:17 ! So good.

[santoshmohanty]

18th. August.2023. Friday. Jaya Shree Swami Sarvapriyananda Paramaatmane Namo Namah Om 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[swamivedantanandapuri]

Great presentation. Wonderful.
Pranaam maharaj🙏🙏🙏