Vedanta NY this was excellent question and answer session by Swamiji. I feel that swamiji health looks a little down. Since he has moved to New York not sure if he getting enough sunlight. His vitamin d and vitamin b12 levels may be low. And he will also benefit from having zinc and magnesium.

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How can I contact swamijl ji ? I am regular listener of your speeches. Like to be in contact for my questions and querry regarding vedanta. Thankyou.

How can I ask a question to swami?

Thank you so much Vedanta NY for give us this opportunity. And I shall be glad if my questions are asked to swamiji. 1. If soul exists? If there is any proof? 2. I ghost exist? I know that my 2nd question is little bit funny. I don't believe in ghost but there is a large number of people who believe in it and they also told that they experience that. This subject is also use in places like movies and sometimes in someone's profit. So i think it should be cleared. Thanking you.

ma'm just a curiosity! from ur name, it seems that u are born in a country different from INdia. Despite being born in India, sometimes it is difficult for me to understand the concepts put forth by swamiji, how do u manage to understand this vedantic philosophy?

prachand prapaat you have opened my eyes, I am not sure of the answer, could it be karmic? In a previous life I was exposed to the teachings? Or is it more practical? In the west we have great wealth and privilege to be born in a nation with access to education, health care and opportunities available to most to create wealth and happiness. And yet we are mentally ill as a society, ravaged by addiction, mental illness, depression, suicide, domestic violence, narcissism and unhappiness. We have a divorce rate of 50%!! What went wrong? We should be happy?? The great teachers and saints, such as Sivananda and Yogananda and many others knew the students in the west would be ready based on experience of pursuing the ego, its a recipe for misery. In India you have so much access to the greatest spiritual teachings on earth juxtaposed with a country coming into economic greatness and wealth. India is and will be a great super power. But I feel that many Indians will also discover what we have, pursuit of the ego and worldly things achieves nothing in terms of personal happiness, in fact it leaves you poor. I have studied the great saints, Yogananda and Sivananda particularly. I practice yoga daily and every spare opportunity I come back for the teachings from this great teacher in this video its the only thing that’s real. So through experience I guess I understand that the ego and maya are the root cause if suffering, not from teachings from experience. At first it all seemed like theory but I kept contemplating life and the people around me and recognised the truth in the teachings they then became part of me. Truth = beliefs Just look around you in your life and really look at the west, even with wealth are they really happy? Really? It's fine to pursue material happiness and householder duties but Dont identify with it. This probably was not helpful but I would he interested in your thoughts?

6:25 a.m. I was just about to start my day. And this answer of you made me to think upon the wealth which I already have. now it seems that I was just uselessly overthinking about my miseries. Swami vivekananda mentioned in his speeches, "an empty stomach can not learn yoga" In fact , I myself is trying my best to follow this path but somehow it is becoming a hard thing for me day by day. Do u practice Rajyoga?

Love human beings as human beings. As it is real, natural,joyful and lively.

Nonsense! That is your perception, however.

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You are god, my friend. And if this is so, who else must you believe but in your own self - that part of you that is deep inside you, that is.

Without that which you call "ego" you'd never be able to experience physical reality. In other words, you chose to experience with an ego - we all do and it's very natural. The problem arises when your ego starts to take over you and you lose control of your actions so to hinder your experience.

It has been observed for quite some time that you have been watching Swamiji's teachings and every time you have disapproved it and have suggested that being humane and serving humanity is the best policy. Yes Sir, that is the best policy indeed. This kind of selfless service not only to human beings but also to all beings have been advocated by all great men like Buddha, Mahaveera, Krishna, Shankaracharya, Christ, Zoroaster, Muhammad, Nanakdev, Kabirdas, Rohidas, Ramakrishna, Vivekananda, Gandhiji, Ambedkarji and many more great men. Nobody is forcing you to believe their philosophies or to be religious. Just follow your conscience and try to serve all beings with equal feelings without differentiating their caste, creed, names and nationalities. We are not great enough to criticise those great men or the persons who propagate their eternal philosophies.

@@kalyanguharoy8447 everybody has right to criticize. Otherwise obsolete philosophies continue to walk over us means human being.

Nothing is predetermined. Karma is but a belief. There is no karma. Responsibility is but a human concept. You are much more than you might want to believe you are. Only you and your beliefs can limit your self.

Good question. The truth is, there is no need to worship anything, anyone. That we must worship this and that is just a human idea, a concept but nonetheless a belief in itself.

The aim of each individual is to know about there true nature. We have 3 ways to achieve it: 1. Yogic way - Yogis take samadhi to loose/give up all sheets external to the pure consciousness which you are.(Annmakosha, pranmakosha, manomaikosha, vigyanmaikosha). 2. Advaita Vedanta: Gives you the knowledge how to feel/experience separation between pure consciousness and the maaya of different names and forms. Advaita Vedanta says there is only one reality which you are(The consciousness). And the third way is the way you are talking about. 3. Bhakti/devotion: Devotion to the one whom you find as the creator of this Brahman and completely dissolving into it(Ecstasy).

@@lakshaytaneja292 Your ways to achieve awareness of one's true nature are based on your religious beliefs, i'm afraid to say.

ramperkash soebhag 😀

So he can end nectarine satsang!!!!

Because People eat 'food' ..!😀

Stop taking all the medicines and drugs. Keep a photograph of Swami Vivekananda at all times. Leave it to him. He will pull you out of the abyss just like he pulled me.

Diane Tetrault u r missing the main point.. nobody is saying that women shud be such selfless and shud not think abt herself..... but the point is selfless work or devotion is very much a symbol of greatness!! why women only? there r plenty of examples when a man dies to save some other (may be from fire or from drowning etc. ).. wud u tell such ppl "look mr. u have a child to bring up back home, u have to take care of ur old parents, u hv to fulfill ur own dreams...think of them..these r very important...so dont risk ur own life...rather leave this man to his fate" ?? or u wud recognize the greatness of the man and bow dwn to him that he overcame all such selfish agendas and did what was necessary at that point??

Namaste, Thank you for your insightful comment. To clarify on Swamiji's first example, please remember the incident he is talking about is more than a hundred years old. The time, place and social situation are all very different. So the example may not be of much relevance or applicable in today's world. In Vedanta, there is no reference to gender at all. It is self journey from a lower truth to a higher truth in the path of self inquiry. As you mentioned correctly, women must tell their own stories and experiences however though there maybe a large number of practicing women sanyasins, not sure if they have a platform to share their experiences in this format. I do see the Vedanta centers of NY, LA have quiet a number of women speakers on this subject.

Diane Tetrault its an example to work for others to let your own desires take a seat back. You can have your own way to do this. Doesn't mean mother's job is lesser and someone doing more outdoor work is higher or otherwise. However desires cause this trap of thinking. I don't know what's modern and what isn't. If you want to raise children you have to go through motherhood or fatherhood. its no different than ages ago Can you use this desire in way Swamiji explained

Comment displays a lack of clear or intuitive understanding of sanatana dharma, vedanta, rishika traditions, all creation as divine, or even the shiva- sakthi complementarity. IMO, if one were to clear oneself of ingrained Abrahamic patriarchal baggage & associated conditioned prejudices, along with the attendant feminist 'equality' reactionary responses first, then one will realize this question is profoundly moot.