Lol, Sam is just giving him the respect for his belief, because he does not claim greatness, if he wanted to, he could have ripped sarvapriyanda's consciences concept apart. He is just milking him for his mindset.

@@voicenadar1762no Sam couldn’t. His materialist position is untenable.

@@J.T.Stillwell3 He can and has done it with people like Deepak Kumar (or kapoor, one of the two) In this case he just choose to milk the saddhu for more info.

@@voicenadar1762 no he never defended his materialist faith, his emergentism, Epiphenomenalism nor did he refute Advaita. Never happened. To do so he’d have to demonstrate more than correlates. He’d need to demonstrate that his physicalism can account for the preconditions of intelligibility and knowledge. He might be a good scientist, but he’s proven himself to be an incompetent philosopher. His moral landscape for example was a disaster. There are cogent reasons no one in the field of philosophy takes him seriously.

​​@@J.T.Stillwell3 you are correct. Biases and inexperience are on display in those comments against advaita. Sam Harris understands and relates and finds real meaning in Advaita, he has expressed this many times. He has also shared the same personal experience with Mahayana Buddhism. There is no argument sufficient to discredit advaita. The intellect and ego are not equipped, no matter how intelligent one may be. Goodjob my friend. Keep growing in that

He really is!

Is the goat the swami though?

Same here

It's interesting watching a narcissist talking to a holy man.

​@@kayakMike1000I don't understand why you think the swami's a narcissist - I thought he seems very humble ...

@@sibanought😂

@@kayakMike1000 In this I do not experience Harris as a narcissist. And "Holy Person" is a human mental construct since everything in the Cosmos is Divinity incarnate.

Yes and then Sam comments, 'The Muslims won the debate' 😂 cheeky cheeky

First of all buddism came from the same root santan dharma They are not different. Both have the same goal in life, to attain mukti,nirvana.or liberation..

Yup In India , we had this debate for thousand years We were Hindu -> Buddhist -> Hindu

I am a Buddhist, our buddhist and Hindus ancestors love to debate.

@@kartikeyasharma6558 How’s that if they’re still debating? 🤓

That’s so true…🙏

Swami ji is free of prejudice.Athiests are the most judgmental people.

I've always thought that any highly intelligent, open-minded person, even if he's skeptical of "the three religions of the book", can't help but be blown away by Swami Sarvapriyananda and Advaita. It's all compatible with science and cognitive pschology and aimed at the elimination of suffering instead of some superstitious mythology based on untenable assumptions.

@@2Hot2 Werner Heisenberg - " Quantum ideas which seemed so crazy made sense only after reading Hindu/Vedic metaphysics" So, it it is the other way round. Quantum physicists need clarity

@@amitaprabhakar2152no God

Advaita is not religious. No need to believe in a personified God.

Of course, original Buddha (1900 BCE) was a Hindu. He followed Vedas (he did not deny athma) , was a vegetarian and spoke Sanskrit. Fake Buddha (550 BCE) who spoke fake Pali and ate Beef was created by colonialists. The whole Nirvana Buddhist cult right now is based on the fake Buddha who was created out of thin air by colonialists to pit Buddhism against hindu/vedic tradition. They also created King Ashoka out of thin air to show that he converted from "bad hinduism: to good buddhism". Nice try.

Then it doesnt remain sanathan dharma. Atheism has no belief system at all, sanatanis believe in karma / reincarnation and other things which are faith based and have no evidence.

"If all people were to follow atheism, there would not be any progress on the road to Truth"~~Meher Baba

@@VedantaKesari Athiesm is ignorance of knowledge and religion is illusion of knowledge. We know what's more dangerous. Dharma is the only way

So much said --- by a man who practiced _Silence_ ? @@VedantaKesari

@@VedantaKesari" if there wd be no Nastika(athiesm), there wd be no Gyan yoga(path of knowledge" ~ shri Adi shankaracharya ,the OG Unfortunately western athiesm is itself a religion. The disbelievers are also believers ,they have silly confidence in non existence of god ,just like how believers hav silly confidence in existence of god. None of them actually know, they believe in their own world. The indian athiesm (NASTIKTA) however is completely different. It means i dont believe in god untill i m proved wrong, so his honest research is going on, he is seeking and may or may not find the truth. Western athiesm but sadly is just a reaction of oppression of church and fundamental western religions, so western athiest think they r doing something great when they abuse and paint and mock the religious symbols,use filth and other desecrating methods to be sort of like a person free to do anything, even if it includes performing sacrilegious acts 😂. Its childish baby tantrums honestly. Not at all different from organised religions.

“Vedantist” is also a rationalist.

Alternate title: “discussion between a monk and a demon”

why ?@@seniorrazr1654

@@seniorrazr1654just because he is skeptic, he is demon to you?

Zen comes from Dhyan, it's the same

@sdsrbha4270, very well said

Amazingly put.. yours words guided the truth seeker every step . please start writing blogs in medium or other platforms

Well said, couldn't agree more!

Amen

Sankhya Vedic metaphysics (mentioned by Sri Krishna) combines both Advaitha and Dvaitha. Advaitha (non dual and conscious Shiva) and Dvaitha (duality capable Shakhti) are INCOMPLETE without each other.

Actually 9.. including .. including Charwak, Baudh Dharam, and Jain dharam

​@@VeganSanataninah buddhism and jainism are non vedic philosophies

@@antiabrahamicreligion neither are Bhakti, Adwait, dwait , Shanka, Yog, Vaishist, Vishist Advait, .. Also not even puranas or any Smriti text..

@@antiabrahamicreligion Sanatan is not just vedic.. Sanatan is way more. I am a Shakta, and student of Tantra .. Which is not vedic, ..and a devotee of Maa Shakti.... does that make me a non sanatani ?

I hope that was sarcasm😬 Coz it's actually Sam Harris.

@@a_m4608 Of course!! I just have a misplaced sense of humor, so my apologies if I inadvertently offended you. That said, I was struck by their resemblance and noted it, that is all. I remain a huge fan of both of these intellectuals. Cheers.

@@dnambisan123 I feel like an idiot 😄😄cheers

This no central authority is also one of the biggest weakness of hinduism...it creates division among philosophies

True but u dont have the answer for sam

But people like him still do know the difference between dharma and religion. They do not understand laws of nature like karma or cause and effect and reincarnation (subtle to gross body transmigration) which also means their understanding of Vedic metaphysics is half baked at best

Original Buddha (1900 BCE) was a Hindu. He followed Vedas (he did not deny athma or the so called self) , was a vegetarian and spoke Sanskrit. Fake Buddha (550 BCE) who spoke fake Pali and ate Beef was created by colonialists. The whole Nirvana Buddhist cult right now is based on the fake Buddha who was created out of thin air by colonialists to pit Buddhism against hindu/vedic tradition. They also created King Ashoka out of thin air to show that he converted from "bad hinduism: to good buddhism". Nice try.

Without Shunya there cannot be "poornam".

​@@indianmilitaryagain u are falling for the bias. Nothing is the precursor here. Both are coexistent

Oh blimey! Where to begin…Buddhism does not deny God any more than it denies the immortal soul, you’ve read too many coffee table books.

@@grm3243 I'm sorry, your presumptions are just a result of motivated and wildly inaccurate western translations. @tomdecherty3755 is right. Unfortunately modern western attempts at gaining credibility - for what are essentially lowest common denominator arguments augmented with all the trappings of 'intellectual discourse' but none of the courage true unbiased investigation requires - fall flat taken out of a very specific and repetition/censorship created context/construct. It's essentially debasement of sentience presented as rationality, to an audience that just doesn't have a traditional school of 'all possibilities on the table' to draw from, or the sheer intellectual capability to overcome such limitations.

😅 Such a strange statement. Buddhist philosophy does not deny God or the immortal soul. It defies the limitations placed on it by defining it.

​@@greylaternremember when you go into Advaita or Buddhism god is not any person sitting out somewhere and putting his creations into either hell or heaven for eternity.

@@gravity.inescapable Yes we do that to ourselves🤣

She seems like a sweet, agreeable, harmless old lady. Why are you so sure she's a "truly enlightened master"?

Atheism is not a belief. Rather the opposite.

@@diggie9598 Atheism is the belief that only existing within the LEFT PFC is a natural state, Which is totally disproved by basic brain anatomy and functionality understanding But seeing almost all atheists exist within the Abrahamic delusion that was a intended design to breed humans that believe that "Thinking" is important Then you realise that all Atheists are Abrahamic delusion believers in the first instance , because they believe reason and logic matters Therefore any use of reason or logic as a foundation for anything is pure Belief I mean to pretend the lower brain does nothing and then calling its functionality the Devil , I mean come on ! , like the Druids said "some people cant see past the end of thier nose" And like all religious texts the above message left by the Druids, is a FACADE and not literal

Well, he does usher the coversation in the direction of natural, unintentional phenomenological events that avoid a Creator. But, he has a scientific mind, and there's an avoidance of the Spiritual with scientists, and that's OK! 😂

​@@tomofieldGod can exist as well as evolution being the explanation for our existence. 99% of all living things have gone extinct though, so i doubt God cares about our prayers or not xD

@darthmarvel1061 Well, look, your explanation is as good as the next, because nobody on this planet, at least, knows what lies beyond the mirror 🪞 I kind of think that more highly evolved life elsewhere has a little more insight into the nature of reality, and well get there too, some day.

You are (already) that. TAT TVAM ASI. No need to "comprehend" anything. Consciousness is an attribute of the immanent and omnipresent self just like heat is an attribute of fire and the sun. Without the conscious field, no duality cycles of nature can happen including manifestation/concealment of the universe, birth/decay (including reincarnation), summer/winter, freezing/melting, man/woman, wave/particle, energy/matter etc

I would not call them "Giants"

Yes. Some Advaithians wrongly interpret maya as the illusion through which Brahman falsely appears as the universe. Maya is just another name for Shakthi or intelligent energy. It is the "creative" energy of Brahman. It is absolutely real. So is our material realm. In the same way Mithya does not mean false either. Mithya means temporary/relative existence. Just like how temporary tasks are not false and have to be completed in your office

Yes. Advaitha and Dvaitha are INCOMPLETE without each other. If you go to any village in India, people regardless of whether they know Advaitha or Dvaitha or not they simply say Shiva and Shakhti are INCOMPLETE without each other. Westerners wrongly assume that Advaitha and Dvaitha contradict each other and they also equate and limit Advaitha to "spirituality"

Thats no laughing matter though.

They didnt win shit

Mulsims came in and mudered everyone then the maratha empire crushed the mugal empire

And then the British won the Hindu-Muslim debate, and now someone else may win the colonial-indigenous debate. There comes a point when one must realise that unity is indispensable. Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekananda did reach that truth, but we have a long way to go. Nevertheless, hope remains.

@@MrPeaceGuy54 "Mahathma Gandhi" and Swami Vivekananda" - Both were freemasons. 🤣🤣East India company agents imported Gandhi from South Africa after training him in South Africa for 2 yr on "non violence" ramblings by Leo-Tolstoy. Gandhi's job was to delay Indian independence by 30 yr until a separate jewish state called Israel was created through world wars I and II funded by then owners of the East India company. Gandhi recruited millions of Indian soldiers (cannon fodder) for both world wars I and II. So much for his "ahimsa"

Consciousness is a fact not assertion or believe..

Wearing a mask?

Mystics Swim in the very same ocean where lunatics drown..

Not if one has complete understanding of well validated Vedic metaphysics. Both knowledge and experiencer are important in Hindu/Vedic tradition.

@@indianmilitary - the mind has no significance whatsoever , in yogic sciences ! The mind is puny, in front of this vast cosmos - only way is dissolve , for that - mind has to go ! If you really want to dissolve , the mind is a huge obstacle.

@@artus198 But you needed your mind to answer or counter my comment. 🤣🤣Point is Yoga is not just about going "out of your mind" or "other worldly"🤣🤣🤣🤣. There are concepts of dharma and Karma based on well validated Vedic metaphysics. So, the knowledge of self is important in Vedanta which one has to mimic in every day thoughts and actions. It is called inaction in action. Despite action you do not create karma which is equivalent to "enlightenment" one gets through yoga and meditation. It also means, the ultimate purpose of yoga and meditation is not omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient experience but simply to remove past karma (chitta shuddhi) to put an end to birth/death duality cycle. To make it simple for you. Let me give you an easy analogy. Fasting means you do not eat any food. So your blood insulin/sugar levels are normal or stable- it is equivalent to doing meditation or thoughtless state or Dhyana yoga. But how are u going to mimic the same in everyday life or while doing activities? It is called Keto diet. In other words, despite eating you are not going to increase your blood sugar. This is equivalent to Karma yoga - despite action you do NOT create karma or cause and effect. As a beginner, the practice of two pathways (Jnana and Karma) required to be done in different times. But as an advanced practitioner of Jnana and karma yoga, one can practice them at the same time and function in everyday life with the experience of the cosmos (instead of limited individual experience) which obviously does not require individual mind. This is called JIVAN MUKTH state 24/7. Adhshankara and avatars like Krishna/Rama were Jivan Mukths. Moreover, not all thoughts can create Karma or cause and effect. It depends on one's intentions. Dharmic intention with failed outcome does not create karma or cause and effect and adharmic intention with correct outcome does create karma and reincarnation since it involves ego.

Advaita ,dvaita ,sankya never contradict each other. Hinduism is a complete package. Nobody can experience and one with BrahmAn until they complete their evolution. Everybody missing the major point that evolution of the Atman and end of karma.

See a doctor

Original Buddha (1900 BCE) was a Hindu. He followed Vedas (he did not deny athma) , was a vegetarian and spoke Sanskrit. Fake Buddha (550 BCE) who spoke fake Pali and ate Beef was created by colonialists. The whole Nirvana Buddhist cult right now is based on the fake Buddha who was created out of thin air by colonialists to pit Buddhism against hindu/vedic tradition. They also created King Ashoka out of thin air to show that he converted from "bad hinduism: to good buddhism". Nice try.

Werner Heisenberg - " Quantum ideas which seemed so crazy made sense only after reading Hindu/Vedic metaphysics" So, it it is the other way round. Quantum physicists need clarity

Of course. Consciousness is not just limited to "mental consciousness". In fact, Sukshma sharira transmigrates in omnipresent conscious field which mediates all duality cycles of intelligent energy or Shakthi including subtle/gross. Without the conscious field of Shiva (observer), Shakthi cannot be perceived in its current form in any state of consciousness including the wake state. In other words, nothing can exist. So, it also means TAT TVAM ASI - you (immanent self) are (already) that (omnipresent and transcendent self). Consciousness is an attribute of the immanent, omnipresent and transcendent self just like heat is an attribute of fire and the sun.

Unfortunately most don't get past the ritual aspects

@shresthvatsal927 There are 3 main metaphysics and they do NOT contradict each other. In fact, they are all parts of the whole. Sankhya = Advaitha (shiva) + Dvaitha (shakthi). Everything else is either just a distortion or cannot be called metaphysics for understanding self, its intelligent energy and the relationship between the two (even though nondual they both have different attributes)