Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | June 24th, 2018

Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on June 24th, 2018. List of Questions with Timestamps: Q.1-0:28 - What is the distinction between Mind and Intellect? Q.2-1:02 - Do I have any say in changing my character’s role in the world that is nothing but “God’s leela”? Q.3-7:45 - How can I determine the spiritual practices in accordance to my temperamental tendency in the day to day life? What are the suggestions proposed by Shree Ramakrishna and the Swamis of Ramakrishna order for the householders in connection to the spiritual growth and God realization? Q.4-14:52 - How do you think about Kriya-Yoga? Would you recommend practicing this? Q.5-18:05 - Based on the discussion of Brahman & Universe with the reference of Pot & Clay analogy- A) How can Pure consciousness being a subject be treated as an object? B) How do we know we are all pervading one consciousness when consciousness forgets itself? C) Is there any role of the reflected consciousness in the above mentioned example? Q.6-34:41 - Why does anything appear in pure consciousness at all? Q.7-45:30 - What is the nature of thread that connects the samskaras of one “Jeeva” even after death? Q.8- 45:55 - If we are all same, the witness consciousness or God how does the Law of Karma affect us? Q.9-46:18 - Why do you think Karma does not adequately explain evil & suffering? Q.10-1:08:35 - Why, when and how did Karma start? Q.11-1:20:40 - Is there any meeting point between visualization of goals or meditation and Karma Yoga? ► Support the Vedanta Society of New York: http://bit.ly/SupportVedantaNY Web: http://vedantany.org Soundcloud: http://Soundcloud.com/VedantaNY iTunes Podcast: http://bit.ly/vedanta-talks-itunes Google Play: http://bit.ly/vedanta-talks-google-play 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.