Thank you for asking that question in the first place.

But waves & oceans & streams really ARE (they exist) on a certain plan of conceptualisation of reality; so, they are the Gods of multy-teistic beliefe-systems, & the supreme Force behind them, bringing them to life & granting power and universal laws - is the very what is called God (Water in the terms of how you put it). 🙏☀️🔥🌈🌹🌙

@@protey117 My commentary was a quote of the video, that impressed me a lot. A way of understand the view of Vedanta Advaita. I am sorry, but I am so new in this matter that I can't give you a more appropiate answer. But I go on in the road. Namaste.

@@protey117 not multithiestic at all. All water and you is quark and electron. At the beginning of Big Bang no atoms existed no the four forces. This means everything is made up of material energy. It is a difficult thing to convey in words.

Other way round is equality true. Also you can say that both doesn't exist.

@@Roseloverism before you say it doesn’t exist. Meditate to discover your self.

Advaitans only see 1 color

and the exceptional content....

Can anybody tell me how many brahma realms are there ?How many devine realms are there? What are the wholesome deeds one should pratice to go there? After fadeing away the power of that wholesome deeds what will happen to them? How many hell realms how many demon realms how many ghost plains arethere? How many frozen hell realms between galaxies ?what are the relavent life spans of these beings ? The exact distances from earth ? How many worlds with humans in this galaxy ? What were revealed about BLACK HOLES ? All these questions were solved by only one sacred person .He was the one and only Samyak sambuddha Can anyone show written proofs in any other religious document about BLACK HOLES (sanutta nikaya2 /papata vagga /andakara sutta ) Lord sakyamuni budha traveled many times to these devine realms and brahma realms and revealed them their wholesome deeds which sent them there and further revealed after fadeing away the power of wholesome deed they will have to come down even to bad realms .

@@parakramaamarasinghe3062 all fiction.

​@@vccv9785Almost like your Allah

ONLY HINDUISM ?

If you really are from Greece then you have your own ancient religion to follow.

@@daveray5655 what a foolish thing to say

@@christianhadden6720 nothing foolish about honoring and respecting ones heritage. The Greeks are credited with so many things from philosophy to democracy and everything in between. If this person wants wise teachings he doesn't have to look to Asia for it, especially since he is Greek. There is currently a movement to revive the ethnic Greek religion and they have received official recognition from the Greek government. Hinduism is great and I support it but I see no value in it for non Indian people like me as we can never truly be Indian.

That’s being shallow minded. So you find no use in “Indian” philosophies simply because they are Indian, but the world must follow and worship western ideologies? In that sense, looks like the eastern people are better. They don’t attach a “race” to philosophies or ideas, they follow what they think is reasonable.

Do you know that l found that B.G. hard to understand and could understand a word.l was baffled but understand you must start a subject matter from baby class which Hinduism has available but we want to calculus when the basics are not done.Thank you.

7:28 😊😊

True true

WATCH THEM ALL. YEEEAAAH

what was that sanskrit term he said at about 15:00 ? Aditara.....

@@orangebetsy Adhikari Bheda.

That is the beauty of the Vedas. They are lucid, simple and eternal

So clearly explained.we owe to you Swamiji

!Ay, namah Shivaya, qué te queries, para la realization seguro, benditto seas! 🙏🔥🙏

Hindus are Enemy of Hinduism

Just one error. There are 33 types of god's not 33 crores(330 millions). Also they are devtas, not gods. Each universe has 3 gods - Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh and of all universes there is a supreme being - Mahavishnu 🙏🏻

@@DM-zb8hw in puranas there is mention of 33 crore devi-devta

​@@satyam1543 it's a mistranslation koti has two meanings one is type and second is Millions

So true. I think institutionalisation of spirituality was never intended but people figured out that spiritual economy is a big thing and it can also be a political weapon. So we endes up here.

@@vanianup somehow we are still the least politicized and monetized community compared to what is going around in the world today

That is not Hinduism's problem. What path a Hindu chooses depends largely on the vasana samskaras s/he has inherited from past lives. As long as people understand that different paths and divinities work for different people, and thus there is no need for me to tread on another's toes, that is enough for society to function harmoniously. This is why you will never see a Shiva devotee attacking someone because he worships Vishnu, or vice-versa. Choosing Dvaita, Advaita or Vishishtadvaita depends, as I already mentioned, on the person's vasana samskaras, which will determine the guru, sampradaya etc. the seeker will get access to. That is an individual journey that spans lifetimes. So it's not necessary for everybody to put a lot of effort into thinking about these lofty principles. It is best that it happens naturally.

Nonsense.

@@hsram1985 How is it nonsense?

@@Prashant-cw3ir Because this comment is bullshit. He does not know the basics of Hinduism. All hindu devatas are manifestation of BrahmAn the eternal infinite consciousness. Hinduism doesn't accept atheists who rejected God.

@@hsram1985 Brahman the eternal infinite consciousness is not God tho.. It’s the Absolute Truth .. It’s Indivisible.. It can’t be separated as God or devotees so if you only see that One Indivisible non local impersonal Brahman than it simply is existence, awareness and bliss.. Therefore to a Gyani who sees only the truth as Brahman.. it’s the absolute nothingness that is everything which is beyond words and mind and intellect.. To such gyaanis, even God is also a mithya as it is also a manifestation of that Brahman just like devotees are.. The difference is God is fully realized while devotees aren’t.. This division or separation between God and Devotee is also an illusion for a Gyaani.. So one shouldn’t simply condemn or dismiss someone because 8 billion minds can hav 8 billion different speculations.. This isn’t a matter of intellectual discussion anyways.. So isn’t it better to simply meditate and seek direct experience? Even two ascended masters don’t have same experience so how can you dictate what is true and final? Jiddu Krishnamurty’s experience is different from Ramana Maharshi’s experience while RamKrishna Paramhamsa’s experience is different from Lahiri Mahasaya and so on.. Buddha’s experience is also different.. When the same truth can give all kinds of experience.. just think how many kinds of speculations can be made out of our finite mind? It’s like a cup trying to contain the ocean.. Don’t identify yourself so strongly to hinduism and in its defense that U forget that U r human and divine both at the same time and so is the person commenting on here.. The more identifications U r attached to, the harder the path towards enlightenment!

@@Prashant-cw3ir The word God is not suitable in Indian context for sure. You almost got it right. BrahmAn the absolute reality is not nothingness. It's fullness. It's purnam. Nothingness doesn't exists in sanathan dharma. It's a mindless concept of Buddhists. Universe was created so that every soul can have different experiences. All hindu gods are manifestation of BrahmAn. For a true realized person hindu God's are not myths. They are absolute reality of BrahmAn. They don't reject them as mytya. They realize them. Advaita is not the only template of Hinduism. Abrahamic religions are man made. They don't pass the test of time.

Open your mind and the universe fills it with joy

@@bindurao3463 Tell that to the 5000 children dying of starvation every day.

@@Elaphe472 once you get grant of Dharma, you don't need anything else :)

Yes.

Pranaam Swamiji. Thankyou for a brilliant illuminating talk,as always.

Shiva (athman/brahman) and Shakthi (intelligent energy) always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen. In other words, Shiva and Shakthi cannot exist without each other. Some Advaithians also wrongly interpret Maya as an illusion through which Brahman falsely appears as the universe. Maya is the creative shakhti of shiva and it is absolutely real. So, our material realm is also very real. Mithya also does not mean false. It means relative or temporary world. It just like temporary tasks in your office. They are not false. So, you have to complete them.

Dhanyavad to a Swami is belittling him,this is a term for us worldly people,we don't shake hands but touch feet of such a Swami.

Yes bro Read Ramkrishna paramhans both duality and non duality is same

@@parth6115 Thanks for the tip.

@@PortalEMCioranBrasil Swami Vivekananda was disciple of Ramkrishna paramhans,here in this video his enlightenment and experience of non duality explained beautifully kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fMWjhKWFksnUqXU.html

Difference between vijnani and jnani....see the video

Hi William where is the Kashmir shaivism monastery?

Any contemporary book is a commentary on old text,(Vyasochhistam jagat sarvam) meaning all the world is eating leftover of Vyas as he wrote all the text.

A short answer is that there is no single curriculum. Everyone's paths are different and unique and as such our path is unique. However we are intellectual, and observe and analyse any path then use that path and adapt it to your own personal needs.

@@silverly0 in vedanta its mentioned, that final step is through jnana yoga only. therefore they also put intelligence as mandatory. yes, paths are different ofcourse, and curriculums can only go so far. but I see so many people stuck with texts and terms, devoid of natural enquiry and understanding. (i have deep theory about why people do this, but thats for other time)

@SS its all self study and examinations that I do... otherwise its hard to make sense of so much texts. maybe I will try to write a book, have a lot of insights like this, studying all religions, sects, masters, books, and scientific approach(which i find limited)... the key is to self observe and self create your own set of understandings, and have logical discussions with all that you can, for sake of pure logical observations

@mukund p in silence, there is just silence. this comment was not silence, and it had no answer. like wise, humans speak, and accepting our current non-silent form, I seek voiced answers.

I was about to write about diffrent energy ,but just saw you're comment. All Gods (not demigods)are a Purusha, supreme conciousness in self and part of that supreme conciousness . So Shiva and Brahma both can be supreme conciousness and also different.

Simple. Watch double slit quantum experiment. It validates hindu/vedic metaphysics Sankhya which combines Advaitha (non dual and conscious shiva) and Dvaitha (dual shakhti in combination with shiva). Point is Advaitha and Dvaitha are INCOMPLETE without each other. Your confusion about Dvaitha and incomplete understanding of Advaitha are due to 2 main reasons. 1. During colonial times, lot of fake metaphysics were created like charvaka. Original ADVAITHA and DVAITHA were also distorted using non existent figures like Ramanuja and Madhavacharya (who were created out of thin air by colonialists) to create blind bakthi movements to mimic blind faith Abrahamic religions. There is no word called "Bakthi" in the original Baghavad Gita (it has just Shraddha which is trust but verify). Motive of these fake metaphysics is to either negate the existence of athma (like how sankhya was distorted) or to create duality between athman and brahman. 2. Some Advaithians also wrongly interpret Maya as an illusion through which Brahman falsely appears as the universe. Maya is the creative shakhti of shiva and it is absolutely real. So, our material realm is also very real. Mithya also does not mean false. It means relative or temporary world. It just like temporary tasks in your office. They are not false. So, you have to complete them. 3. In the profound Vedic psychology, there is no such thing as "mind". The 4 categories of subtle body are manas (not mind) where likes and dislikes are stored based on 5 senses, Buddhi (not intelligence) - It is just a cutting instrument which analyses stored information in manas from 5 senses and also compares them with past impressions from present and past lives in Chitta), ahamkara ( not ego) - It gives self awareness, a sense of "I ness" which can also lead to false identification with thoughts and body as "I" instead of athma and the last one Chitta (not subconscious mind )- is the place where past and present life impressions are present like dirt on the surface of a pond. There are subtle bodies of 5 senses + organs of locomotion. There is also prana which transmigrates with the subtle body or sukshma sharira. Prana is an invisible life force responsible for voluntary and involuntary actions of parts and organs of the gross physical body. It is the bridge between the athma, subtle and gross physical body. 4. In the form of a simple analogy, Athma or the conscious and omnipresent soul or divine is the rider of the Chariot (human body), buddhi (analytical instrument which you call intellect) is the charioteer, manas (has likes and dislikes accumulated through 5 senses) is the reins and 5 senses are the horses drawing the chariot. 5. Finally, Athman = Brahman. TAT TVAM ASI - You (conscious and immanent athma) are (already) that (conscious, transcendent and omnipresent brahman) regardless of whether you "self realize" it or not. Why? a. Athma is not the doer even thought it is the observer and experiencer. b. Without the immanent and conscious athma, nothing can exist or nothing can be perceived in its current form or no duality cycles can happen. eg birth/death (including reincarnation cycle), wave/particle, energy/matter, manifestation/concealment, summer/winter, freezing/melting, day/night, man/woman, wake/ sleep etc. This is Sankhya Vedic metaphysics (around whcih the whole hindu tradition was built) . Sankhya can be validated by logic, double slit quantum experiment and embodied experience (focus + meditation) Quotes by famous Quantum Physicists Werner Heisenberg (One of the pioneers in Quantum mechanics field) - "Quantum ideas which seemed so crazy made sense only after reading hindu/vedic metaphysics" ERWIN SCHRODINGER (FATHER OF QUANTUM PHYSICS) - Schrodinger's biographer Moore, wrote -- “His system - or that of the Upanishads - is delightful and consistent: the self and the world are one and they are all. He rejected traditional western religious beliefs (Jewish, Christian, and Islamic) not on the basis of any reasoned argument, nor even with an expression of emotional antipathy, for he loved to use religious expressions and metaphors, but simply by saying that they are naïve--and will NOT understand Quantum theory and consciousness.

Swami T also has a podcast with his discourses on the Viveka-Chudamani. Check out the Arsha Bodha Center website if interested. I listen to one podcast segment each day on my daily walk. Immensely helpful for my understanding of Advaita.

@@rsr9200 🙏

Koti AKA CRORE is a number value equal to 10 million

@@rajashekarb8362 koti also means type, group or category. Bhakta Koti does not mean crores of Bhakthas, but the group or category of Bhakthas. So also Trayas- Trimsat (33) Devakoti, means, 33 types of Devas( Demi-Gods), each in charge of particular aspects of the physical/ metaphysical world- like Agni, the Deva for Fire; Vayu, for air and atmosphere; Varuna for Water and Oceans and so on. 33 Role-types or forces of Nature that the 33 Devas ( collectively called the Deva Koti or group) control or depict.

No Self Brahman, not Brahma

@@tylerfanell8212 Will you please explain the difference?

No Self Brahman is ultimate reality. Brahma is god of creation. The n in Brahman is a clear distinction with Brahma. It’s speaking about two different things so it’s important to not mix them up

Very incorrect analysis

I will email

Exactly I was astonished to find a version of 'Danu' in the Celtic legends. Then Slavic God of lightning Peerun's name kind of sounds like Purandara ie Indra.

@Un Gnowm The goals are simply different between most other Vedic religions and Celtic Polytheism. The goal is to have a personal relationship with divinities, in order to do that the Gods must be relatable. By going to "the All" or "one" you add so much together the gods become unrealatable. Generally, most Celtic polytheists in the realm of "Druidry" are doing it for the purpose of "witchcraft" or "magick". The separate divine archetypes are like radio stations on the cosmic dial. Going to the "all" is like trying to listen to an infinite number of radio stations at once. Celtic Polytheism also separates Indra/Rudra/Shiva into 12 different Gods.

@Un Gnowm when I say it is a different goal, I wasn't kidding. The part being sought is sorcery, Witchcraft and Magick not enlightenment. There is a Celtic system reconstructed called Eagna An Darach "Wisdom of the Oaks" Esoteric Ogham. The premise of the reconstruction is that Ogham dates to 9300 BCE (Star Carr Pendant) and the system was handed over to the Phoenicians in trade for the knowledge of making bronze. That system then became the Kabbalah. Thats the short, short version without the book's worth of archeology to back it up. The system also follows a 13 month calendar centered on winter Solstice as "death and rebirth" day of the Gods. Ogham is pronounced (Om) and there are many other connections but the Druids had a slightly different system. The system its self is more about attaining control and command over elements and elemental forces.

@@uselesshero.official check out survive the jive channel

spoken like Astavakra and Gaudapada! two ways to look at the same thing... all is clay but some clay out of massive infinite supply of clay can be used to create toys, and toys be squashed and new toys formed out of same clay... clay resist this pain of transformations and wants to be the untouched pure clay (just a thought experiment)

My sense is that if one realizes that one is Brahman then the question of rebirth does not arise. Remember, as Swamiji and others like him have taught, Brahman was never born. So there is no question of rebirth for Brahman! However, ordinary un-enlightened beings like me do not identify ourselves with Brahman but remain in apparent bondage to our body-mind complex and the suffering associated with it. Some day, by the Lord's grace, we will be free of this ignorance-induced bondage. But until that day, the doctrine of karma seems like a useful construct for a worldly existence that is conducive to the pursuit of a spiritual quest which will ultimately free us from this apparent bondage.

@@rsr9200 1) rebirth is a huge topic with too many questions... according to text rebirth will happen again in next brahma cycle, of all enlightened ones too... anyway its a very shallow conclusion that question of rebirth doesn't arise. why buddhists(tibet) chase masters who take rebirths. Why avatar of rama-krishna (avatar is just another topic I know)... and what role does WILL of the enlighten person play, if the rebirth is sought or not... is it the same entity who takes rebirth, or one mixed with different things. WHAT TAKES REBIRTH? if you eat a banana, does banana soul merges into you? what is relation of matter and soul (whatever takes rebirth)... if only the sookshma sharira takes rebirth, then only a part of us takes rebirth, rest is merged with other matter?... there are just too many questions, and writing conclusions that question of rebirth doesn't arise is a bit early :) 2) i recommend you see buddhist meditations on death/decay etc... 3) karma is not a construct! karma is just cause and effect principle, but its not the REASON why people seek spiritual question... the real reason is that 'ignorance is a pain' and ONLY way to get rid of it is to 'KNOW' the truth... so eventually, everything is on a spiritual quest, in some little way. all laws of chemistry and physics can be explained using this prime inclunation of all that exists in non brahman form

@@smausil Per Gaudapada's Mandukya Karika, Brahman is beyond time, space, and causality. Ergo, for one who is Brahman cause-effect doctrines like karma and rebirth don't apply. This is a really difficult concept to grasp but I found that listening with an open mind to well-articulated Vedantic discourses like those of Swamiji has helped me greatly in clarifying and reinforcing these Advaitic teachings.

Devotion to God helps!

Ramakrishna one who taught non duality worshipped the divine Mother

@@bassfacestudio7975 But should we not all be worshiping Brahman, is Krishna Brahman?

You can and should worship krishna.. just replace brahman with krishna..he pretty much reached adavaita only in the gita

@@SuperStargazer666 Tat Tvam Asi - You (conscious and immanent athma) are (already) that (conscious, transcendent and omnipresent brahman). Who are u "worshipping"? yourself? But why do we have stone deities in hindu temples? A question frequently asked by resentful Abrahamic religions and clueless non dualists? Stone deities serve for 2 purposes in hindu temples? 1. They are symbolic representation of the well validated Vedic metaphysics Sankhya which combines Advaitha (non dual purusha) and Dvaitha (dual prakriti in combination with purusha). 2. Stone deities are given bath, food, dressed up to make them attractive objects for focus and meditation in the presence of vibrations created by Sanskrit mantras, augmented by temple architecture to attain momentary samadhi state (samadhi can also be temporary and permanent in Yoga/Tantra meditation tradition). In the samadhi state, the subject/object split disappears momentarily, temporarily and permanently. Past karma is removed in samadhi state. Removal of past karma or cause and effect puts an end to birth/death duality cycle or reincarnation cycle and can lead to moksha (microcosm to macrocosm)

Sorry. Brahma/Vishnu/Shiva are just cosmic allegories for the conscious, immortal, immutable, self-aware, self-luminous,. immanent (athma), transcendent and omnipresent divine. Their wives Saraswathi/Lakshmi/Shakthi are also cosmic allegories for the intelligent energy. Husband and wife always exist together for the perpetual duality cycles to happen. eg birth/death (including reincarnation cycle), wave/particle, energy/matter, manifestation/concealment, summer/winter, freezing/melting, day/night, man/woman, wake/ sleep etc. This is Sankhya Vedic metaphysics (around whcih the whole hindu tradition was built) which combines Advaitha (non dual shiva) and Dvaitha (dual shakthi in combination with shiva). Sankhya can be validated by logic, double slit quantum experiment and embodied experience (focus + meditation). There is no avatars or incarnations for shiva + shakthi = Rajas or tamas guna (creation or destruction) or Brahma + Saraswathi= Rajas or tamas guna (creation or destruction). Only for Vishnu + Lakshmi there are 10 avatars (including kalki) because Vishnu + Lakshmi = Sathivk guna or Sustain/balance dharma.

@@Dharmicaction I'm saying the Brahman with full intelligence of its self desired to create, so shiva in the firey Collum form made Vishnu, and Vishnu in return made Brahma. Brahman takes the direct form of himself as shiva, there is no difference between them since Brahman is shiva. That's what I mean by incarnation.

'one' is a fictional, created number in the number system invented by man. are you sure god is 'one'? :)

ETERNAL CONCIOUSNESS IS THE SAME, IN ALL

@@conscons5776 better words to say 'all' and 'same'... there is a reason why its called 'non-dual' and not 'one'

@Luveesh Purswani sorry bro please read Upanishads and vedhas not iskon teachings .If you read Vedanta you know true source of hinduism and it's philosophy This iskon or some Vaishnava traditions will teach 3 gods and other nonsense

@Luveesh Purswani and ignorance is Guna of God by your statement it self you don't red any thing about Vedanta and Upanishads etx

prakash lb The 3 gods are aspects of Brahman. They’re concepts of creation, preservation, dissolution/destruction

@@tylerfanell8212 all off you why don't you just read Upanishads . Instead keep on refering puranas and try to interpret Hinduism . Please read Upanishads you can get better understanding of hinduism

​@@prakashlb2984 why not ignore upanishads and everything else and just see logically, universally and experientially?... what I can observe is : shiva = nothing, kali energizes it (energy at that level)... it gives rise to vishnu = materials, laxmi is term for energy at this level... it gives rise to Brahma, the self reproducing biological entities, saraswati is energy at this level (energy= all that you can do with what is given)... then eventually brahma gets enlighten and becomes shiva?? or dies to become vishnu?... cycles of evolution... but the fundamental question is not WHAT they are, its WHY they are....