Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Mar 29th, 2026
Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Mar 29th, 2026.
List of questions with timestamps:
00:00 - Invocation and opening
01:32 - Why Vedanta first says you are consciousness and not body-mind if everything is Brahman anyway.
22:05 - How to distinguish pure Self from awareness that seems to arise through body and mind.
50:48 - If I am only consciousness and a witness, what is the meaning of life and experience.
01:00:48 - Why Vivekananda’s emphasis on service can seem different from Sri Ramakrishna’s teachings.
01:11:43 - Why profound inner experience should point to one universal Atman rather than only a local conscious state.
01:24:24 - Where Ananda fits into the description “Satyam Jnanam Anantam Brahma.”
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