Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 3.1

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Chapter 2 Review

This discourse from Swami Sarvapriyananda is inspired by a lecture from Swami Vivekananda: "The Real and the Apparent Man" (Jnana Yoga). ► To support Vedanta Society of New York: http://bit.ly/SupportVedantaNY

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 2.38

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 2.37

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 2.36

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 2.35

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 2.33 - 2.34

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 2.32

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 2.29 - 2.31

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 2.24-2.28

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 2.19-2.23

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 2.16-2.18

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 2.13

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 2.11 - 2.12

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 2.7-2.10 2.14-2.15

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 2.2-2.5.

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 2.6.

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 2.1.

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Chapter 1 review.

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 24-29.

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 19-21.

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 22-23 and Mantra 12.

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Mantra 9-11.

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Mantra 8.

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 15-18.

Swami Sarvapriyananda elucidates the 'Pratah Smarana Strotam' (Hymn of Morning Remembrance) by Adi Sankaracharya.

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 10-14.

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 10.

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Mantra 7 (Part 2).

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Mantra 7 (Part 1).

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 6-9.

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Karika 1-5.

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Mantra 5-6.

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Mantra 3-4.

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Mantra 2.

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches one of the shortest and most profound upanishads accompanied by Gaudapada's Karika. This lecture covers Mantra 1.

Swami Sarvapriyananda conducts a Q&A session followed by his discourse on 'Realization'. List of Questions with Timestamps: 0:08 - How do desires transmigrate after death? 11:50 - A step-by-step examination of the challenges one faces in grasping the ‘Witness’ 23:03 - The spiritual heaven in Vedanta. 25:16 - How to manifest the knowledge of Advaita? 46:00 - Who made God?

Inspired by Swami Vivekananda's Jnana Yoga, Swami Sarvapriyananda gives a discourse based on the essay: "Realisation".

Question and Answer session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on June 2, 2019 List of Questions with Timestamps: 0:33 - Is consciousness present in non-living things? Are they also Brahman? 12:18 - What is the nature of bliss? Is it dependent on the mind? Does a pure being experience bliss all the time? 26:15 - Does your liberation depend upon your karma? 31:50 - Does the presence of Maya imply duality? 36:25 - Does suffering bring us closer to spirituality? Can people who are mentally week resort to spirituality as an escape route? 46:45 - Is it difficult to stay in the non-dual path when the path of knowledge is considered difficult to follow in the current age? 59:25 - Advice for somebody who has experienced a flash of spiritual bliss and is trying to understand and sustain it. 1:02:56 - Explain the verse from the Taittiriya Upanishad: "He who is here in man and he who is in yonder sun—both are one."

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Chapter 3 (Verse 9-16) of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The Song of God".

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Chapter 3 (Verses 4-6) of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The Song of God".

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Chapter 3 (Verses 4-6) of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The Song of God".

Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on May 5th, 2019. List of Questions with Timestamps: 0:36 - Difference between the ego and the witness. Is consciousness a creation of the brain. 24:34 - Difference between the views that the universe never existed vs the universe is brahman. If we are one consciousness, why do we react differently in different circumstances. 39:18 - If I do not “exist”, how do I approach the demands of the world. 47:18 - How is it possible to attain God while living in the world? How do I choose a guru? Is enlightenment possible without mantra diksha?
56:47 - Distinguishing between vairagya (dispassion) and tamas (darkness). How to practice non-injury but still protect ourself? 1:08:20 - Are your tendencies from past life part of a bigger purpose in the universe? 1:19:40 - What is Advaita Vedanta’s standpoint on karmic liability that leads to rebirth? 1:27:05 - Difference between Jnanindriyan and Buddhindriyan. 1:32:00 - Do Sat, Chit, and Ananda refer to the same thing?

Inspired by Swami Vivekananda's Jnana Yoga, Swami Sarvapriyananda gives a discourse based on the essay: "God in Everything".

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Chapter 3 (Verses 1-3) of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The Song of God".

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Chapter 2 (Verses 70-72) of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The Song of God".

Question and Answer session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on April 7, 2019. List of Questions with Timestamps: 0:00 - On Vedantic meditation. 9:20 - How to overcome the fear of unknown and revel in the silence. 19:36 - In Nirvanashatakam, bliss is first negated but then accepted. Which is it? Difference between Ananda and happiness. 28:47 - Do negative emotions persists after Enlightenment? 48:10 - Should we trust our own insights?
50:28 - How to combine Vedantic meditation with the practice of Mantra meditation. 58:20 - How can the universe come out of nothing? Does Advaita Vedanta recognize an Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent God? 1:10:18 - Which meditation should we practice - Vedantic or Mantra? 1:11:32 - Is the presence of a life force (Prana) an illusion?

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Chapter 2 (Verses 67-69) of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The Song of God".

Swami Sarvapriyananda teaches Chapter 2 (Verses 64-66) of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks unfolds the highest truths of Vedanta through the study of "The Song of God".