Living a Life of Renunciation | Swami Sarvapriyananda

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Living a Life of Renunciation | Swami Sarvapriyananda

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This short video is from the following AskSwami Q&A session: • Ask Swami with Swami S...
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@catiarodrigues8492 2 жыл бұрын

The best teacher I've ever had. 🙏🙏🙏

@williamtbaird8457 2 жыл бұрын

The only real teacher. I love him for being there for us. Om peace peace peace

@amarendraborah6941 2 жыл бұрын

"I don't teach anybody anything ; I can only make them think !" - Socrates.

@williamtbaird8457 2 жыл бұрын

@@amarendraborah6941 if god appears before me right now, I would bow and kiss Swamiji's feet because he is the one who brought me to God.

@amarendraborah6941 2 жыл бұрын

@@williamtbaird8457 Let it be very loud and clear that my comment was meant for the channel operator, alone ; and certainly not for one's foot soldiers ! Does someone hold a brief for the channel ! Or does it require someone's prior permission to participate in its various programmes programmes ! If so, I am quite oblivious of it ! Can someone take pains to share it with the viewers in this august forum itself for their knowledge and information anytime soon or in the immediiate future ! Is that understood ! Someone should better understand it ! It's further informed that I use to follow the dictates of my conscience alone in treading my path in this world and it has stood me in good stead, so long ! In doing so, I have always found GOD by my side in guiding me throughout and I have very firm and profound belief that it will continue to remain so till I breathe ! How right was the great Napoleon Bonaparte in his assessment in saying - "Men may treat me unjustly ! No matter - so long as I am innocent ! My conscience is the tribunal - before which I judge my conduct ! And, my conscience is untroubled !"

@williamtbaird8457 2 жыл бұрын

@@amarendraborah6941 worship your self. I'm praying for you.

@amarendraborah6941 2 жыл бұрын

"In the end, only three things matter - how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go.of things not meant for you !" - Lord Gautama Budha.

@mitalibhattacharya823 2 жыл бұрын

True...

@elenabeurdeley 2 жыл бұрын

🙏

@tickle296 2 жыл бұрын

True. 🙏

@saptakmondal5928 2 жыл бұрын

@@mitalibhattacharya823 প্পপ্লপ্পপ্পপকপকপ্পপকপ্পপ্লপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপকপকপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পকপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ প্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পল্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপক্ককপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্লপ্পপ্পপ্পক্ককপকপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপকপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পক্কক্কক্কক্কপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পকপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পকপকপকপ্পপ্পপ্পপ্পপ।

@lastone2631 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful ❤

@itisallinyourhead1709 2 жыл бұрын

Swami Sarvapriyananda's talks are always so calming, peaceful and assuring, yet so utterly logical, intelligent, and direct to the point, no matter what subject he seems to be speaking about...

@prateekarora6389 2 жыл бұрын

Spirituality was always practical and this gentlemen beautifully delivers that.

@joytothewild 2 жыл бұрын

Bhagavad Gita has the perfect answer for those who want to become a sanyasi (monk) but cannot let go of their household duties. You don't need to. In the opening verse of the 6th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita Krishna says: "Those who perform their prescribed duties without getting attached to their outcomes, that person is a sanyasi and a yogi, not only those who have renunciated the worldly activities." (Bhagvad Gita Chapter 6 verse 1) This is called karma yoga, the yoga of action without desire. A person who performs karma yoga is certainly a sanyasi, even though the person is fully involved in the worldly activities. In fact, the entire premise of the Bhagavad Gita is based on Krishna advising Arjuna to become a karma yogi and take part in the battle of Kurukshetra rather then renunciate the world and become a formal monk. Therefore, a householder can become a sanyasi by renouncing the result of work, not by renouncing work itself.

@pramilasrinivasansrinivasa3557 2 жыл бұрын

How wonderful to watch, listen to Swami Sarvapriyananda ji 🙏It's a great blessing today. Have been waiting for the regular talks, lectures and Bhagavatgita classes🙏 Love and Respect from Helsinki Finland🙏🙏🙏

@angikashree6863 2 жыл бұрын

Pranam Swami Ji…..You are very pure and divine. Your talks motivate and removes ignorance always.I feel blessed.

@NondualityChannel 2 жыл бұрын

Renounce "my" and "mine" while living in the world. Be like a bank teller. This is one who touches and works with money all day long, but never is there the thought "this is mine". If the bank is robbed, the bank teller never feels he or she personally lost anything. Nor does a bank teller just give away the money to whoever asks (acting rather foolishly). Instead, a bank teller is a wise steward when working with money...but there is never possession or "my"/"mine". The house-holder renunciate lets go of "my" and "mine". The house being lived in is not "mine". The spouse/life companion is not "my" spouse. Etc. Give them to God if such an idea works for you. But if a storm comes and destroys the house, "you" have lost nothing. If wealth comes or goes...it does not really matter if you are not holding onto it (i.e. not "mine" or "my"). Then it really does not matter how much or how little wealth is present...it is not "my" or "mine".

@SrikanthIyerTheMariner 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the perspective 🙏

@tanfizhussain3785 2 жыл бұрын

The bank teller example was very good.

@kmanoham 2 жыл бұрын

I love this metaphor... everyone can relate to the bank teller. Thank you

@ZENITHSUCCESS 2 жыл бұрын

It was really a great metaphor..... Thanks a lot

@sankarakrishnan8707 2 жыл бұрын

Just a nuance. In Advaita vedanta, My and Mine, Ahankara and mamakara, are not renounced, they are understood to be not of our essential nature and let go. The spouse is not my spouse because i am not the husband. And i am not the husband because i am essentially brahman But please BEWARE - the outer action must be in vyavaharika , paramartika satyam does not apply there - in vyavaharika, you will be the best husband there is. This is where people confuse - they think karma yoga is detachment. No-No. Karma yoga is akarma - without attachment but with full love.

@ojovathiramakrishnan4141 Жыл бұрын

Only when we give up who we want to be we become who we actually are 🙏

@JonasAnandaKristiansson Жыл бұрын

we realize who we actually are, yes!

@vanamatrika.. 10 ай бұрын

So true... We want to be in our desired role... But the role already assigned is accepted wholly can be award winning.

@malatimajumdar9498 2 жыл бұрын

Attachment is sticky - it binds you. Letting go - detaching oneself has such a connect with liberating oneself with all that hold back, binds one.....Thank you Swamiji - your eloquence is profound - the most complex subjects are so simply stated. My gratitude.

@mokshajetley9244 2 жыл бұрын

Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna Jai Sri Ramakrishna

@DistilledHealth 2 жыл бұрын

This is literally what I’ve been looking for!!!

@DistilledHealth 2 жыл бұрын

I want to live as a monk but I have a wife and two children. I want to renounce the world but clearly this presents a problem! Thank you Swami!

@swamivedantanandapuri1322 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful explanation. Pranaam maharaj 🙏🙏🙏Swami Vedantananda Puri

@mokshajetley9244 2 жыл бұрын

Pranaam Swami Saravpriyananda ji. Stay blessed

@denisbeck1116 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for posting these little excerpts during the summer break. In fact I was just thinking about renunciation. This was perfect timing.

@prathibananjundiah368 2 жыл бұрын

Pranams swami it is so refreshing to listen to your words of wisdom 🙏🏽

@ranadebray5440 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful answer and explanation given by you, Swami ji.

@poushalimitra5730 2 жыл бұрын

Pranam 🙏 Its been long . Missing his sunday lectures badly.❤

@anagha.aniruddha16 2 жыл бұрын

Pranam Swami Sarvapriyanandaji 🌹🙏🏻🌹

@cosmiccreator 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Absolutely incredible! So much wisdom in such little time. Thank you and bless you beloved brother. Namasté Shanti Shanti Shanti Om 🙏🕉💐

@amiraarora3363 2 жыл бұрын

Koti Koti Pranam Swami Ji🙏🏼🙏🏼

@chandrasekarreddy378 Жыл бұрын

Koti Koti namaskara swamiji

@samarpanaama787 2 жыл бұрын

🙏 swamiji.your guidance is always profound & inspiring,thank you.

@ushak5295 2 жыл бұрын

Namaskaram swami You are the best.🙏🙏🙏

@peacenlove6502 2 жыл бұрын

intellectual to the core .....amazing reasoning power !! so consistent its really admirable ?

@parameswarasharma1930 11 ай бұрын

Mesmerizing. Pranamam

@suchetabanerji3427 2 жыл бұрын

Pranam Maharaj Ji 🙏

@hanifamenen1082 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful response - thank-you and Hari Om Swamiji! 🙏

@urmimaladutt2685 2 жыл бұрын

Everytime I listen Swamiji to you I feel a little change in me🙏🙏🙏

@bobsilleck6797 6 ай бұрын

Just so grateful. 🙏😌☮️

@mridulamridula6247 2 жыл бұрын

Pranam Maharaj, it's a blessing listening to you.

@pritichakraborty5160 2 жыл бұрын

True

@vanamatrika.. 10 ай бұрын

Living in simplicity in reality a great freedom. Shining from within... But to reach that point, so many small fights we hv to fight, especially with our own mind.

@espiritualidadyvedanta 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for share this trascendental knowledge 🌻 Namaste 🙏

@kathirsoftarts9073 2 жыл бұрын

Swami your speeches are wise, which makes listener spritual in their life. Thank you so much Swamiji💞

@56590 9 ай бұрын

Glory to my thakur my sarada devi ma my swami vivekananda my raja maharaj ❤️ 🇮🇳

@medhavi1997 2 жыл бұрын

Always enriching to hear Swami. Wish his talks are transcript so that more benefit is derived.

@vinayaknagarkar9838 Жыл бұрын

Vedantic enquiry is all about finding who I am . But I want to forget who I am. Can enlightened master throw light on this.

@cosmocookiemonster 2 жыл бұрын

Swami thank you for your words of teaching and knowledge!✨❤️🙏

@soubhikmishra 2 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this part of QnA. Thank you....

@wthomas5697 2 жыл бұрын

People take offense at rudeness because it undermines one's sense that society at large has your back. Humans are social animals. We depend on one another for our survival. The brain recognizes and remembers the threat. It's entirely natural.

@rajeshpattar6568 2 жыл бұрын

Swamiji i want to your Ashirwaad I am from Belgaum Karnataka Bharath... Any plane to coming to Belgaum.. 14 days stayed Swami Vivekanand Belgaum 1892... I want to must you visit our holy city... 2 Visited place swami vivekanand In Belgaum.. Waiting for you only Swamiji....

@marybarker4925 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. You help me a lot.

@bhuvaneswarinatarajan2583 2 жыл бұрын

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

@philllove528 11 ай бұрын

Thanks

@missratnadas7153 2 жыл бұрын

We preserve anything which is too precious for us, don't disclose about that precious things to others thinking about its value in our life. Pranam maharaj. You are too special as spiritual teacher in my life. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

@Deepak94 Жыл бұрын

Very beautiful saying swami ji, when you said, that accept whatever happens is the will of God. My guru ji had said it exactly as you 👍🙏🏾❤️

@srutimajumdar3931 Жыл бұрын

Pronam from my heart. What a brilliant answer and comparison!!!

@mithubhattacharjee1662 2 жыл бұрын

Pranam Swamiji...your talks always lead us to a higher plain of spirituality...🙏

@wthomas5697 2 жыл бұрын

I've collected some stuff. Simply because it affords me the opportunity to engage in the creative process. Following my natural born interest.

@prashant-ul2sn 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you master

@medhavi1997 2 жыл бұрын

This is very good idea where long video is clipped to make it one question video.

@jigishaaagja1892 Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@sukumardutta9260 8 ай бұрын

Renunciation is the daily wiping away of the thought motive and memories which are of the world the little desires to dissemble the unkind impulses the attachments the recalling remembrance of pleasure and so forth

@anupkumarkundu8518 2 жыл бұрын

It's very difficult for a householder to follow the path of renunciation which any Monk or Sanyasi can do but they can be dispassionate (Anashakti) & live contended (Santusti ) in life refraining from want for more.

@sumitachakraborty8400 2 жыл бұрын

Pronam to our Great Teacher.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌺🌺🌼🌼🌸

@RichaChauhandreams Жыл бұрын

So helpful ❤

@mohuashome3240 2 жыл бұрын

Pranam

@gitanair8000 2 жыл бұрын

Pranam Sarvajiii !!🙏🙏

@dr.susheelkhemariya8966 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks gretitude Dhanyawad

@narayanaswamysekar1073 2 жыл бұрын

Pranams Swamiji

@bhaghiappaiya9822 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you swamiji

@konstantinNeo Жыл бұрын

Renounciation is the last step. Surrender and forgiveness precede it.

@sumanhudait3610 2 жыл бұрын

প্রনাম !

@anirbank6579 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful lecture, pranam.

@kursk124 2 жыл бұрын

NAMASKAR SWAMIJI

@drrsnagpal 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Swami ji 🙏 🙏

@sumitachakraborty8400 2 жыл бұрын

Great,Great,Great.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🌺🌺🌸🌸

@tickle296 2 жыл бұрын

Plain living, high thinking. Simple.

@chetanapant178 2 жыл бұрын

Pranam maharaj 🙏

@harshasreenath9507 2 жыл бұрын

very true, being in samsara be spiritual, GOD who protects and who feeds , who provides

@pritichakraborty5160 2 жыл бұрын

Pranam Swami ji 🙏 you are excellent having ocean of knowledge fully graced

@amitdahal1698 Жыл бұрын

🙏🏽 swamiji

@donnaleecriss8692 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely right on

@dhurjatichatterjee5934 2 жыл бұрын

Pranam Swamiji. How often I 'd like to meet you ! If you come to Deoghar , I must meet you ,

@amitkumarbhattacharya542 2 жыл бұрын

Pronam Maharaj

@nagbhushan8016 Жыл бұрын

In yati namaskara there is a word thyage nike amrutatva manashuhu.

@eternalreality4346 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing 👏

@sukumardutta9260 8 ай бұрын

To renounce all is to be free from the self it is attachment memory which creates illusion that one is a seperate self with own aims to promote When mind is cleared there is longer any feeling of seperateness or if self

@catem3102 2 жыл бұрын

I feel that I can renounce everything except fear for my grandchild. I realise that means that I'm not able to accept the will of God, but I keep trying.

@user-lp9vz6lu3t 2 жыл бұрын

and i for my parents thats the tragedy here krishna with his geeta comes to our rescue. but thats difficult too

@PranavBhattarai 2 жыл бұрын

Well, u can definatly love her/him, rasie her/him, be there for her/him (physically speaking), etc. Fullfill every duties/responsibility a grandma will do their their grandchild. But there is a BIG BUT. i. Act like a actor. The best actor. A good one. ii. Actor in movie knows his name is not really "John Wick". But plays well as "John Wick". Similary, u play well as "Cate M" (a good grandma to someone, a good daughter of someone, a good sister to someone, a good mother to someone, a good boss to someone, a good wife to someone), but knowing your real nature (i.e. Who you actually are, Not the Cate, neither the John), and hold on to your real existence experiencing the ULTIMATE bliss. - This is hard to achieve, but (as guru said) not impossible. The process is simple: Understang the logic -> Ask/deal with question to clear your doubt -> Try mediation -> Try feeling it. -> hold on it this state -> (in end, there is no such thing to "hold on", because You Are That) (There goes a lot of things when one's meditating which is not usually talked in Aditya Vedanta. But its plays a vital role for those who are seeking "practical implementation of knowledge" because without practical implementation/taste of it, it becomes only a mere principal, not ACTUALLY thing.)

@catem3102 2 жыл бұрын

@ Pranav yes, thanks for your reply, I am convinced intellectually but my body goes into absolute panic. And I don't meditate any more but I should. Separation from the body trauma is next to impossible for me, no matter how much I know that I am That. I will try to be more disciplined with meditation.

@urvashiramakrishna1816 2 жыл бұрын

Jay Maa Pranaam Maharajji

@grapeshott 2 жыл бұрын

Nice explanation. Much fodder to think

@debjanilahiri7100 2 жыл бұрын

Pronam swamiji 🙏🏻🙏🏻

@Skylark-ns1mz 2 жыл бұрын

Listening songs is a worldly desire, isn't it?

@thyagarajant.r.3256 2 жыл бұрын

No only worldly songs are bad Hinduism says that one can reach by devotional music unlike yours which says that music is Saitanicand haram

@bvrao114 2 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏😊

@adityachoudhary7106 2 жыл бұрын

Those figures about Kaliyug another 4 lakh plus years is a misunderstanding. If that be true then no one should have children & subject their children to worse times. Things like cannibalism said as sign of very bad Ghor kaliyug, has been going on for 2000 years at least. Now signs exist about end of kaliyug, first is increase in average life span, second is increase in stature, height etc . For Bharat worst time was from 1900 to 1950. Secondly, world is not same for everyone; some are living pure pristine lives, as if in satyug, while others get born in Syria, naPak etc.

@sonaray1548 11 ай бұрын

🙏🙏🙏🙏

@babulanunay16 2 жыл бұрын

Going out there in the world and begging for happiness in lust and wealth - Simplified. Pranam Swamiji.

@tiagociriaco7380 Жыл бұрын

In my opinion, you can own material goods as long you are not attached to it. No need of renunciation. Not attached means, you dont feel emotionaly affected if you eventually lose them., Or dont feel proud and and over excited for owning something. Fortunately there are mental therapies that can be used to detach from you anything you want(car, house, land, computer, mobile, wife, friend, you name it). You can now say good bye to the renunciation as practiced by old schools of thought and religions and begin to enjoy your goods as long as you own them.

@amalkrish 2 жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@MsSumandas Жыл бұрын

Thank you Swami Ji I am expecting you in Kolkata Belur math I don't know whether we can meet... your videos are really nice and it brings really good information from Advaita Vedanta

@AnaRodriguez-ry8ix 2 жыл бұрын

🥰🌊💙 🙏

@amitdahal1698 Жыл бұрын

When running a marathon you want to 🏃‍♂️ 💡

@jalajamenon8664 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Swamiji🙏🙏🙏

@PROTECTHINDUS Жыл бұрын

How to be free from ALL KARMAS( SINS AND PIOUS DEEDS) , done in the past life and in the present life? Kindly throw some light.

@dineshdas5951 2 жыл бұрын

🙏

@anupkumarkundu8518 2 жыл бұрын

I do not think it's God's Will for everything what happens in our life.He has no role in shaping our life or destiny as it depends on our Karma (Karmic Law)that which is made by God. Therefore God is called Vidatha in Naye Darshan, who gives bidhan of the consequences of our Karma.

@christieglobally 2 жыл бұрын

Take note 10:47 track…..The param formula for happiness.

@eversunnyguy 2 жыл бұрын

India a vast country ..why are these great teachers settled in America ? They could do service to India staying in India. Rich Americans can come to India for spirituality which will boost India tourism as well.

@viksaway1560 2 жыл бұрын

Very true

@Reach2Sanno Жыл бұрын

Majority of the teachers are still very much in India itself. Why can't a few be based abroad for a few years ? Free flowing exchanges lead to flourishing of ideas, building walls and hoarding leads to stagnancy. Also, pls dont forget that not all Americans are rich and a certain kind of misery is much more prevalent in the west than east and spiritual gurus are needed to address that .