Feeling proud of my country India mypranamto the lotus feet of sarva priananda swamiji my gurujii

I went to see him at New York center in 2018 ( the first center established by swami l Vivekananda, it’s moved few street away from original location) he was traveling at that time. What a miss. I attended evening bhajan at the center. I met a guy name Patrick, who was conducting bhajan on that day. I can’t describe the feeling, I was touched to meet Patrick. Patrick had such a divine presence that my heart started melting. Then I thought what an experience it would have been to meet swami Ji itself. What a miss man

@@MCTobiasz 🙏🙏 it’s the only culture that always had arms open for everyone, it has paid the price for that. It’s rising again though

@@MCTobiasz it's amazing you say that... Here in India we sometimes hear(we r sometimes told) that it's in India, one is born to work out one's karmas and figure out everything i.e., India is Karmabhoomi/yogabhoomi, whereas other countries are bhoga-bhoomis i.e lands of enjoyment One finally does end up here,(over many lives), to finally experience spiritual-liqueur Just saying what I heard in speeches.. Hopefully I put it right

Ramakrishna math teachings are advaita vedanta school of hinduism as started in upanishads (vedanta) and concretised mostly by Adi Shankaracharya. There is no additional element. Apologies if you knew this already.

Till I read your last sentence, the sentence was running in my head and I was just gonna reply you.

actually there was nothing called hinduism. But making a specific religion for this science was necessary to keep it alive and protected from christians and muslims.

​@@RomitDholakia5 Protection is good, but the truth can be found everywhere.

@@MrPeaceGuy54 not necessarily! if narratives are changed for long periods of time, truth becomes subjective and relative.

@@SchoolOfStoics Not if the essence remains the same and we simultaneously recognise that the termination of learning is not here yet. I am not saying that everything is equally true. However, I do believe that, if there is a divine, it has manifested itself everywhere and has been interpreted differently by different people. Our understanding may be better or worse than others, but it would be incorrect, I think, to assume that we are right about everything or that anything good from elsewhere is either a copy or is not valuable at all.

Yes, it's naked Truth that RAMAKRISHNA MISSION GLORFIES CHRISTIANITY and ISLAM. But if one closely go through the SPREADING of CHRISTIANITY and ISLAM, no doubt HOLY WARS played important part (CRUSADE/JIHAD). The words coined PAGON/KAFIR and COMMANDMENTS etc clearly speaks that OTHER RELIGIONS that are on the EARTH have no right to EXIST. Conversions, not due to caste system, it's more propaganda of EVANGELIST against SANATAN DHARM.Money, sevice etc plays important part in CONVERSIONS. (VATICAN/PETRO DOLLARS). Abrahamic religions philosophy MY GOD IS U R GOD. BUT U R GOD IS NOT MINE. Under the circumstances how is it ALL RELIGIONS R EQUAL and LEAD TO SAME TRUTH?🎂

When one gets stuck at wrong minor things, they remain stuck in that thought and hardly progress. Pronunciations or accents are universal and necessarily ignorable. When ignorance is removed knowledge dawns forth!

@@RasendraAdhvaryuAmAAn while I agree, it just shows the effort put in. But agreed, largely ignorable. My bigger issue was that this talk barely even scratched the surface.

OK please explain the colours. I have been curious about that. Sometimes the clothes spear almost red, sometimes pink tinge sometimes yellow. Wouldn’t that have to do with the light they are seen in and maybe how many times they were washed?

@@marymolloy562 it is a color of fire which burns down ego, that is what it represents

Those who r embarked on spritual inner journey he will listen what he says & other looks only at outward outfit

@@ashtavakra70 See unlike some European names Indian names are almost always spelt as they are pronounced. No silent letters or tricky letter substitutions. Others meditating isn't going to help. Also wiping your rear and not washing is another nasty thing. Basic hygiene and civilization 101. Its about time to change ways.

U can't blame speakers for this. We i dians have highly advanced phonetic alphabet. Hence our sound system that includes tounge, vocal cord and lip movements are highly developed, not only individual but coordination between them as well. Just observe hindi alphabets and and part which is involved carefully. U will understand how deeply,carefully and scientifically it is designed. Person with English, German, Spanish or any other language cannot pick our accent the whole lifetime. On the contrary if indian speaks other ganguage it takes 2 to 4 years at max u won't be able to differentiate bet indian or foreigner.

@@vinod24singh If they can boast about Shakespeare and old English that is just as twisted if not complex they should be able to learn Indian phonetics and word inflections. No excuse to remain ignorant, lazy or just plain apathetic.

@@JV-tw6lt No they can't, give me 1 example where 1 English man can speak hindi or sanskrit fluently, the simple reason is there vocal system is not developed. That includes coordination of tongue lips and vocal cord. Interesting u quoted Shakespeare, now see 300 years back English was not what it is now. Means English is relatively very new and undeveloped language. Means what u speak is not exactly what u write adding one more layer of confusion it's now what u spell.

@@vinod24singh dude c’mon.. just Google English men speaking Jamaican, growing up as Jamaican. And others languages. What matters is children being brought up with more languages at the ages of 2 thru 10. What the hell are you talking shot tongue and mouth nonsense. That’s garbage. There are no biological differences. It’s all about learning.

He wants to be politically correct because he's at a high post

What are these "facts" that the Swami ji was not talking about?

Chandramouliji :We need to remember Swamiji is an astute world teacher on a great and difficult mission - to teach as well as to reconcile at the global level . Let us trust him with his ways - he knows best what he is doing and what to deliver to which audience . He being a firmly-rooted Hindu with no fluff whatsoever is not the least confused about the origin of caste system etc - so pls be assured he will not mince words when he does not need to. Regards 🙏

I can understand your disappointment as a Hindu or as a Sanatani! Simplifying the Vedanta to westerners is a tremendous amount of task and efforts!. While explaining he has to leave certain things intentionally and some times he has to do some appropriations between the Vedic and the Abrahamic in his speeches to make them understand the things. The Vedanta is not a easy read even for an intellectual westerners. But atleast, in modern times few of them are taking interest in it. Here the audience is divided in to two I.e., the Vedic and the non-Vedic!. Peace!

The Swastika has been used in numerous cultures since prehistory. The Nazis stole it and inevitably it became stigmatised... Not sure where the Catholic priest comes in??

@@KrisVisva all religions are not same for a starter.

We have to go forward not backward so avoid dogmatic midevil bookish blind belief systems like Christianity and Islam. Dao, Vedenta, Buddism, Science are much better.

What sort of statement is this? If my inner leading (?) tells me to rob or kill someone , is it ok? And who is this god??

@@vish2553 you tell yourself to kill or rob your inner leading doesn’t God speaks deep in the mind of man some listen and do others listen and don’t do still others are unaware

Buddha was Hindu & his name was Siddharth. He didn't start Buddhism, his followers called his teaching as Buddhism, so Buddhism is an offshoot of Sanathana Dharma.

And what did the Hindu borrow from Buddhism, can you specify?

And where did Buddhism get its traditions from?

What nonsense. Again a Dravidian stooge spewing nonsense about Hinduism and attacking Brahmins.

What are you ? I am awakened, We are in sleep ?

Is he a man? Is he human? If yes then he is hindu. What's wrong in being hindu.

@@prashant-ul2sn आदरणीय, चर्चा का धन्यवाद। समकालीन हिंदू व्यवहार वैदिक वेदांतिक आदर्शों से विमुख, उग्र व साम्प्रदायिकवाद से प्रेरित, राजनैतिक अभिव्यक्ति बन रहा प्रतीत होता है। “हिंदू” यवनी अभिधान था एक-आत्म सिद्धांत प्रतिपादक आर्य ऋषियों के प्रवचन का। यवन “स” के स्थान पर “ह”, “ध” के स्थान पर “ज़”, व “व” के अन्यथा “ब” आदि अपभ्रंश वाचक थे। अतः, सिंधु तीत जंबु द्वीप को हिंदू स्थान कहा। वसिष्ठ वा पुलसत्य, अगस्त्य वा अंगिरा स्वयं को आर्य, अमुक-गोत्री, व तत्-कुल जन्य मानते थे, हिंदू नहीं। अलक्षेंद्र महान के आक्रमण के उपरांत विजयी संस्कृति ने पराजित अभिधान धारण किया, हम हिंदू हुए। समाज में अनार्य दोष उत्पन्न हुए। अपौर्शीय वेद का लक्ष्य आध्यात्मिक “आवृत्त चक्षु” से प्राप्त आत्म ज्ञान है। मांडुक्य में कथित आवृत चक्षु क्या हैं, श्रीमान यह विचरें? तैत्तिरीय वचन “ब्रह्म वित आप्नोती परम … सत्यम ज्ञानम अनंतम ब्रह्म … यो वेद गुहायाम …”, उस आंतरिक ब्रह्म की कहाँ ईक्षा है? मनस की गुहा में शम के स्थान पर बाह्य प्रकोष्ठों में प्रतिष्ठा का अनुसंधान दृष्ट है। शिव लिंग व मस्जिद में किंचित भी आध्यात्मिक भेद नहीं। उभय ही सगुण भक्ति मार्ग हैं। जो उपासना एक प्रासाद में सिद्ध होती है, वह अन्य में भी सम्भव है। भगवा व हरित अम्बर में हरि को क्या परिहार? “अहम ब्रह्मासमी” प्रज्ञान वैकुंठ से अतीत है। अहम् अस्मीति पूरुशः बोध हेतु साधना किसी मस्जिद के विध्वंस का निमित्त नहीं, किसी राष्ट्र का संधान नहीं। हिंदू गण सामान्य सर्वथा सर्वदा शुभ्र है, व सत्ता-पिपासक हिंदू नेता क्षुद्र। राम ने “हिंदू” ब्रह्मन रावण का वध किया, अर्जुन ने आर्य क्षत्रिय हिंदू कुरु-पांचाल कुल का नाश किया, परशु धारी ने कुत्सित हिंदुओं का संहार किया। हर युग प्रवर्तक ने स्वजातीय अधर्मी का नाश किया, विधर्मी जन सामान्य का नहीं। लंका की सत्ता आर्य थी, प्रजा राक्षसी। राक्षसी प्रजा के राम रक्षक बने। वानर प्रजा को राम ने दक्ष नरेश दिया। असुर आचार्य शुक्र वंदनीय रहे। दानवी बालक प्रह्लाद की उपासना होती है। यदि हिंदू हमारा धर्म था, तो कृष्ण को क्या संकोच रहा इस संज्ञा के संकेत में? “मानव धर्म शास्त्र” मनुस्मृति में “हिंदू” शब्द का विस्मरण क्यों है? जय हनुमान ज्ञान गुण सागर में हिंदू का नहीं, सुमति का संरक्षण लक्षित है। यथा यूरोपीय क़बीला-तंत्र हेतु पताका-अस्मिता के विभाजक प्रतीकों का उपयोग होता है, गण सामान्य का शोषण, व अध्यात्म विनाश कर, तथा ही भगवा-वेष व “हिंदू” अस्मिता के अवलम्बन से आर्य भूमि भारत में अध्यात्म का विनाश हो रहा है। अस्त्र शस्त्र संगठन, विचित्र राष्ट्र सम्पदा, अर्थ ही हुआ प्रधान, धर्म की झुकी ध्वजा। अन्यथा न जाने, मैं यज्ञोपवीत धारी, दैनिक उपासना करने वाला विप्र हूँ। पुत्रों को गायत्री आदि का अनुशीलन कराया है। भारत राष्ट्र व भारतीय संस्कृति का अभिमानी हूँ। मेरा अभिप्राय मात्र यह है की “हिंदू” अस्मिता यदि सहिष्णुता की विरोधी है, तो वैशाक्त है अवैध है। साम्प्रदायिक उन्माद रूपी सर्प माँ भारती को न दंशे, यह आपका हमारा कर्तव्य है। संभाषण का आभार। ॥हरि ॐ॥ 🕉🙏🏽🕉

@@hershchat Your statement of Masjid and Shivling being the same, shows thay you don't know the abc of Abrahamic religions. We invoke divine in Shivling, it is sacred, Masjid on the other hand is just a place for Muslims to come together and pray while Temple is a home of god for Hindus. In Hinduism god is imminent and transendent while in Abrahamic religion god cannot enter its creation hence animals etc don't have atma and hence are to be consumed for man's pleasure. There is a difference between sky and earth between Dharmic religions and Abrahamic religion. Please read one sided sameness by Rajiv Malhotra and do purva paksha of other religions. What you are taking about is transcendent reality we all are one, but still in transactional reality I am different from you and my believes are different from yours, if your belief says to kill and convert me by hook or crook and I will make sure you don't survive because that is adharma. Adharmic religions bent on converting by money,power and numbes must be eliminated for betterment of society atleast the adharma should be removed from their religion otherwise its like sheep saying both tiger and sheep are same , this will only get you eaten. As far as term Hindu is conserned it doesn't matter who assigned the term, I can call you bird and keep you in a cage you may shout that you are a human doesn't matter, similarly if others call you Hindu as you being different from them you don't have a choice. Hence say proudly thay you are a hindu following Santana Dharma otherwise keep living in a fools paradise.

@@prashant-ul2sn श्रीमान, प्रत्योतार का धन्यवाद। इब्राहिम के वंशज अपनी निष्ठा अनुसार, व अदिति के दत्त (हिंदू) अपनी आस्थाओं के अनुसार व्यवहार करते हैं। प्राण प्रतिष्ठा आस्था आधारित संस्कार है, जैसे लोक-परलोक आदि में विश्वास। यह सैद्धांतिक नहीं प्रातिभासिक अंतरभेद है। आस्था किसी भी प्रकार प्रस्तुत हो, कथानक है, यथार्थ नहीं। समाज व समाज के संरचना के हेतु व नागरिक के मार्मिक संतोष के लिए यह कथानक, narrative, बहुमूल्य है, किंतु कलात्मक है। हम आप लिंग को प्राण धारी जान, जीवंत घोषित करते हैं। (विडम्बना है कि पक्श्धर “लिंग” क्या है, इस से अनभिज्ञ हैं। अज्ञानी अंधविश्वास के धनी होते हैं।) ऐसे ही मुसलमान मक्का को साक्षात प्रतीक मानते हैं। यह द्वंद्व का विषय नहीं, पारस्परिक परिग्रह एवं समवेदना का कारक होना चाहिए। आपका कथन प्रतीत करवाता है की किसी रूप से मुसलमान न्यून हैं। ऐसा मत अज्ञान वश ही सम्भव है। सर्व धर्म समतुल्य हैं। ख़ुदा व विष्णु दोनो एक ही निर्गुण सत्ता के चिंहक हैं। अरबी प्रदेश में ईश्वर उतना सक्रिय व विभूतिमान है जितना कि जंबु प्रदेश में। धर्म परिवर्तन हिंसात्मक संधान है। इसका सर्व विधि विरोध अनिवार्य है। crusades, जिहाद, आदि अभियान लौकिक ऐश्वर्य के हेतु हैं। अश्वमेध हो या Anschluss, बल प्रदर्शन पारम्परिक हो सकता है, आध्यात्मिक नहीं। किंतु एक विसंगति द्वितीय को वैध नहीं बनाती। किसी मत विशेष का सिंह भारतीय आध्यात्म को ग्रसित नहीं कर रहा, वरण भारतीय समाज की रूढ़ियाँ, पूँजीतंत्र, कुल विखंडन (breakdown of communities), आदि दुर्गतियाँ भारत को क्षीण कर रहीं हैं। हिंदू राष्ट्रवाद राष्ट्र द्रोह है।

@Anonymous thanks for the note. Shankar aachary, before him Govindpaada, before him Gaudpaada didn’t consider themselves Hindu. Kumaarila bhatt and Mandan mishr didn’t call themselves Hindu. Manu did not write about Hindu dharm. Krishna was ignorant of this term. While Ravan worshipped a Hindu Deity, there is only one mention of Rama worshiping a deity, and that not in the original Valmiki version? This is not a case of “a rose by any name”. We are surely not quibbling on the mere appellation of Hindu or Sanatani, etc. This is more substantive than that. Before I attack your position, I want to admit three things. One, I don’t know you or your position. I don’t want to troll you and vitiate a potentially edifying and learning experience by being the usual KZfaq jackass (and hope you won’t either), two, I attended RSS Shakhas when in India, and really like the ideology and the people and, finally, I am a devout, janeoo wearing Hindu. I do a once a year havan, and daily 30 min pooja, and try and observe as much of Diwali Holi in the US that I can. I am a nationalist and a Hindu. Not a Hindu nationalist. “Hindu” can be a simple referent to a various people. Like, “the Amazonian people” or “the Theatre folk”. Just a noun for a congeries of identities. To me, that’s what it is supposed to be. From the Munda tribesmen, who are not orthodox, to the Naga and the Sikh, the Bhutanis, and the Malaya, and even some Jain and Shinto. All are Hindus in this sense. That’s not what you are talking about. You are constructing an imagined nation of orthodoxy and affiliation at par with the Roman Catholic identity, or the Nazi identity (RSS was a not so subtle emulation of the Nazi SS). This program seeks to dismantle a masjid so a phallus idol can be consecrated there, because a few centuries ago something happened. That would be ok if we didn’t have limited resources and time in which to solve other pressing problems. Such as poverty, pollution, corruption, inequality, and lack of education, etc. Let’s not say we can address many problems at once. The tens of millions for whom the Gyanvapi mess is a top focus, they could be demanding better governance and having an impact. The distrust this issues creates between Hindus and Muslims only helps the corrupt rulers, and other enemies of India. This only helps the enemies of India. Which is why Hindu Nationalism is treasonous. Apologies if I was disrespectful.

I doubt Buddha has learnt vedanta, he might have some knowledge of ritualistic Sanathana Dharma and rebelled against the ritualistic part of it. He went out found his path. But that doesn't make his path any superior to Hinduism. It might be a spiritual fit to people like you. But that's OK as well.

@@wrathofhade Yes completely agree with you. Besides the Buddha's teaching, Budhdhist has done a great job of Christionising Budhdha in a same way the Churches has done for Jesus's teaching.

rebelled = divide and rule. christian missionary propaganda. anti-hindu.