Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Mar 23rd, 2025
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Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Mar 23rd, 2025. List of questions with timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:43 - Explain the two ways of approaching non-duality: “I am all of it” vs “I am none of it”?
15:24 - Is devotion (bhakti) merely an aid to knowledge in Advaita, or something more?
29:58 - Is the intense love of God (parabhakti) a form of insanity or mysticism?
36:16 - Is Advaita Vedanta falsifiable?
52:06 - The importance of asking questions in the study of Vedanta.
58:44 - Should we always practice unconditional love?
01:11:14 - What is the real meaning of ‘jada’ (insentient) in Advaita?
01:20:30 - What is the relationship between Maya and Chit (consciousness)?
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