One of the best public speakers in the world today. So fluid, so focused, so deeply knowledgable. Then there is his wonderful diction and beautiful vocabulary which is just elevated enough over everyday talk to honor the importance of his topics and the intelligence of his audience. To all that he adds a charm and wit and highly sensitive awareness of his listeners so that he is, with every lecture he prepares, refining his presentations not only to communicate even better but he is doing what a real teacher does which is bringing students along in a way that looks and feels very organic and natural and unstrained. Many people love to listen to themselves talk today and there is endless opportunity for everyone to have a voice. Unfortunately it is so often the case that the hubristic tendencies (particularly of Americans with microphones) results in a common of lack of preparation by speakers, even if they are knowledgable. This results in frustration from the audience members really wanting to be enlightened on a topic and a false satisfaction among lazy listeners that it was "easy" , not too demanding and they leave feeling quite smart when it was just that the material was lacking insight or inspiration. Sorry to go on but I just want Swamiji to know how appreciated he is for his particular genius as a communicator in addition to his deep intellectual capacities and clear convictions about the path of Advaita Vedanta. I feel so honored to be able to listen to him.

If I try to explain this to my family I will be ridiculed and made to feel dumb. Advaita Vedanta seems like the only logical way for me to think or pursue my spiritual goals. I don’t want to go anywhere else.

If I'm not at work, or sleeping, I'm glued to his talks.

After the passing of my beloved father, these words are the only means of healing I have found so far

Swamiji has offered me answers to many of my questions and set me on the right path in my spiritual search. I came to Upanishads and Swami through reading the "Tao of Physics". I found this great treasure. Other works of wisdom literature make much more sense in the light of Vedanta. I hope one day I get meet swami in person. He is an amazing teacher.

My brothers and sisters... a couple months ago i was making great progress with my prayer, meditation and over all realization... I had a routine that fit me well and I lost my job... which in turn lead me to start lacking on my prayer and meditation and so on until it was no more, I was living an unholy or non joyful life If you will... but I have once again gotten another chance to improve my life by the Grace of Sri Krishna , I got my job back and I wish to get back into my routine of prayer and Bhakti... I feel I have lost my way. But by his love have found it again

Having watched 100s of his speeches, After 2 years, I bumped into this video again, this gave me an opportunity, to review my spiritual growth..... at Peace, bliss .

Thank you NY Vedanta Society for making these talks available to all of us.

Some points I noted down: The Atman is our real self. The Atman is beyond death. By realizing this one transcends death. There is no other way to transcend death. You realize that immortal reality is my reality, then you transcend death. There was never a time when you were not there and there will never be a time when you will not exist ~ Krishna. The Atman is eternal. The Atman is devoid of absence before the birth and devoid of absence after death. There is the gross body, sthoola sharire, the subtle body, sookshma sharire and the causal body, Karana sharire, the Atman is beyond all 3. At death, the gross body dies but the subtle body continues. There is a dogma in science that the mind and consciousness are produced by the body and brain and that after death the person is also dead. This is called materialist reduction-ism and there is no proof for that. The gross body and subtle body are connected, but what happens after that is unknown to science. The sookshma and Karana sharire transmigrate(go from one body to another). This is bad news as then we are stuck in the cycle of rebirth, the limited existence continuously subject to suffering. An intrinsic property is something that belongs to that entity and intrinsic property last as long as the entity exists. The fire has the power of burning. Milk is white. An accidental property is something that is gained and lost, borrowed. If a property is gained or lost, we know that it is accidental. If a property is not lost, then we know it's permanent or intrinsic. If you treat existence as a property (philosophically, existence is not a property), if there is an entity which has existence as an accidental property, then it will be born and destroyed. If an entity has existence as an intrinsic property then it always is, it is eternal. Since Atman is eternal, existence is an intrinsic property of Atman and this is called Sat (Pure Being). Therefore, you, the Atman, never stop existing and that which is not you never comes into existence. Atma Satyam Jagat Mithya. But how can we experience something which does not exist, it actually borrows existence from you. It appears to have an existence, this is an illusion. What is real is I am awareness, I am pure being and the whatever I experience in awareness, whatever I see to be an object of awareness is nothing really apart from me the pure being, it appears in me as if I experience it as it's another but its nothing other than me. Those who realize this have realized the truth. So Atman is eternal and the only thing that exists, rest everything is non-existing borrowing existence from you. So either you are all of it or none of it, both lead to realization. Bondage is when you think I am only this (body) and everything else is separate from me. This indestructible absolute eternal reality is all-pervasive. When your dreaming, all the people the very time and space were pervaded by me the dreamer. The same is true for consciousness and it's objects. Awareness does not change, all changes are noted in awareness. Now, this indestructible awareness is Atam which has existence as an intrinsic property. Then everything apart from you borrows existence from you just like everything in your dream borrows existence from you. You are Sat-Chit, pure awareness pervading everything that you experience. A question can come up, I am here and not there then how can I be all-pervading. The answer to that isn't here and there also in your awareness. If a person in your dream came up to you and said you are everything here, you wouldn't agree. But after getting up you would realize they were right. Atman is all-pervading. Then one might ask, where is it, where is your precious Atman. The answer to this question, Krishna says it's not an object to the instruments of knowledge. We deploy instruments of knowledge(senses) to know the world. But the Atman is not an object to these instruments, the senses cannot objectify Atman. The mind is used to conceptualising but the Atman is not an object of the mind too. Beyond mind beyond senses. But then to say something exist it must become an object of knowledge otherwise you can imagine anything(like happy potter exists). Atman is not the object of the senses or the mind rather it is the subject, it lights ups all the instruments to enable the use of them. If there was the photo taken, then there must be a photographer and though you can't see him/her, you know of their existence. Similarly, to use the 5 senses, to use the mind, even to doubt there is consciousness, you have to be conscious. Who is the one doubting, what is the one doubting? If you say everything is a dream, then there must be one thing that is not a dream, that is the dreamer. To experience these there must be an experiencer. Atman is Akarta Abhogta. Without the body and mind, consciousness is neither a doer nor an experiencer. But with body and mind, you cannot but act. Do what is to be done. Then you're free of the bondage of karma. Atman is eternal, I am the reality of this universe everything apart from me is an appearance, this Atman pervades the entire world of appearance, it is not an object of the knowledge, you are neither the doer nor the experiencer, you, the Atman, are free of karma, you have to recognize that.

Thanks to swamiji and technology for bringing such complex concepts into our palms, which otherwise would take years to understand.

Sarvapriyanandaji is profound in his knowledge, articulate in his words, engaging speaker and a committed teacher - a great Acharya to learn from. Such a blessing to listen to him.

I see the re-incarnation of Swami Vivekananda in you :). Such a prolific speaker, explaining such profound philosophies with amazing alacrity. It has become a daily obsession listening to you.

A humble Sanskrit poem written by this student for the great guru Sarvapriyananda Swami😊 गुरो तव पदांबुजे अमहदणुत्वसङ्केतिते सदादिवचनैरनुते प्रमितिहेतुवृन्दोज्झिते । विरोधिवचनाश्रयेप्यतिमहत्स्पष्टतासंश्रये चिदात्मनि रमे सदा यदितरन्न वै वर्तते।। Hey Master I enjoy at ur lotus feet ( pada also meaning abode ie.atma) which is not denoted by words such as big and small , Yet that which is glorified with words sat (existence)etc And which is beyond the instruments of knowledge, And that for which explanations seem self contradictory yet the substratum for purest clarity, From which nothing else holds truth or from which nothing else that is different exists. (Guru is the dispeller of darkness which is similar to us atma is the essence of the shloka ) yet duality seems to be there 😊

One of the Best Lectures!! Highly Enlightening the best of all his lectures.. Bow down with Lots of Humble Love Gratitude

listened again ten months later. even better. I have such gratitude for these teachings.

One of the most beautiful effective talk, Thank you deeply Swamiji

What a divine blessing these lectures are.

Wonderful lecture 🙏🏼 Here is the poem Swami ji mentioned. Brahma BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again. Far or forgot to me is near; Shadow and sunlight are the same; The vanished gods to me appear; And one to me are shame and fame. They reckon ill who leave me out; When me they fly, I am the wings; I am the doubter and the doubt, I am the hymn the Brahmin sings. The strong gods pine for my abode, And pine in vain the sacred Seven; But thou, meek lover of the good! Find me, and turn thy back on heaven. More About this Poem MORE POEMS BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON

Some teachers talk in riddles, I love the certainly and simplicity of this. Thank you Swami.

This lecture is a real awakening of the self. Thank you 💗😇🙏

We never get liberation by listening these speeches thousand times. The fire of self should start in one self and should pervade across the entire universe. This is just a speech of a realized self, which is present in all of us.

This one is really mind blowing. Many doubts that I have been having for a long time were cleared by this talk. My sincere thanks to Swamiji, (I know he is not different than me.) May he continue to enlighten the world!🙏👌

Ur voice directly touch to my heart. I always feel out of world by listening ur talks. People follows heroes like Salman and all these garbage industry stars but u people r real heroes. I want to join swami vivekanand samiti . Please upload a video on how to join this samiti.

I just can't believe I get to listen to these talks everyday, thank you Swamiji!!!

After listening to swamiji and other enlightened swamis I have accepted that I am athman. Now does that make me enlightened. Thanks, seated at ur feet swamiji

Your voice echoes in my ears all night . U have made my old age so absorbing and useful,sir. My parname to u.

Wonderful explanation of what seemed incomprehensible.many many thanks for putting the Vedanta within our grasp🙏🙏

I am so extremely grateful Swamiji. You are a great light to my spiritual path.

Eternally grateful for your inspiring teachings

I cannot express my gratitude and love to sit and be in the company if this great awakened soul 🙏❤️🕉

Thank you. Intuition is what leads us to seek for a truth beyond the conditioning that teaches us to identify ourSelves as our bodies.

This! Was! Wonderful! I listened on my way driving to work, but felt time i was flying... Your explanations clean the mirror of my true reflection so well. I feel refreshed and motivated to flow with the river of what is... Without fear... With a smile. Bless u! Thank u!

Swamiji Maharaj, thanks for your wonderful Lecture. Hence, I pray Sree Ramakrishna Bhagavan ,Sarada Mathaji, and Swami Vivekananda Maharaj for bless us with the realization of Atman.

„Western philosophy has remained more or less true to the etymological meaning of ‘philosophy’, in being essentially an intellectual quest for truth. Indian Philosophy has been, however, intensely spiritual and has always emphasized the need of practical realization of truth. The word ‘darshana’ means ‘vision’ and also the ‘instrument of vision’. It stands for the direct, immediate and intuitive vision of Reality, the actual perception of Truth, and also includes the means which led to this realization. ‘See the Self’ (ātmā vā are draṣṭavyaḥ) is the keynote of all schools of Indian Philosophy.“ (A Critical Survey of Indian Philosophy)

It's amazing how similar are Vedanta and Jainism. and swami is one of the best teachers out there, thank you for making us know ourselves. Pure bliss

Thank You Swamiji so much again and again🙏🕉❤️🕉🙏

Thank you, Swami,❤ may this realisation pour upon everyone 🙏

धन्यवाद् स्वामी सर्वप्रियानंद जी 🙏

Om. Truthfully, i am indebted to you Swamiji for your invaluable gift of self-knowledge. Brilliance of your exposition over the subject is illumining. No words are sufficient to do justice to the light focused in this talk. I am sure this one talk is sufficient for the lost paradise to be regained though I feel to listen you repeatedly. Obeisances.

Excellent, Swami. A lesson in practical philosophy if there ever was one.

Thank you swamiji. Knowing the Brahman intuitively, was searching for an understanding. Great clarity and examples.

These lectures are a treasure trove of expositions of Indian thought on metaphysical aspects. I actually started feeling that internet is finally being used for good things!

Excellent talk. Loved it. Thanks Swamiji

The whole talk by revered Swamiji is the door to know the real YOU, which we call as I and you. Dandavat pranam maharaj 🙏🙏🙏

Amazing . One of the most uplifting ‘ dharma’ I have ever listened to . Thank you !

True Immorality isn't dependent on being remembered for all time, it is living eternally in super conscious, luminous & voluminous reality with no darkness, sadness, heaviness, or effort ever to constrict one from the ultimate reality of being an Eternal Constituent with The Royal Supreme Being, never subject to any change.

Respected Sir. Thank you very much. I never New or heard something Like Aatman. Only bhut Aatma or Ghost or Pret aatma. But God is Aatma or Bramhan. Which is formless still ever exists even After death is simply unbelievable. A salute and very special thanks for Awakening Me. I pray to God that I Watch Your videos so that I could understand my true nature perfectly and never get lost again in the world of desires etc and so on. Thank You Great Sir Very Much. Please Keep On Enlightening Us. It's because of Great Saints Like You Sir, that we can spare some time From busy world buzzing with activity. I hope and pray that there be Not Only One Like You, but So many great Saints Like You, every Where around the world at each and every corner, to bring us back from worldly desires, back to my own recognition of Aatman and not Mr or Ms so and so. Om Peace Harmony. Shanti.

Beautiful exposure to Self! Pranaam to you Swamiji.

here again and again. always re reading. simply luminous.

What can one say we have been presented a gift it's free. Swami is wonderful we are so blessed to have this knowledge on this platform with the touch of a screen. Thank you so much for coming or should I say for appearing in my awareness consciousness Atman 😊🙏🙏🙏🙏

नासतो विद्यतेभाव नाभावो विद्यते सतः। favourite of swami ramsukhdas ji

Thank you so much Swamiji

Ur lectures swamiji are way beyond ordinary....i bow my head..

🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️ wow , amazing, wonderful , feeling Ecstatic, nothing could be more truth than this , knowing the Aatman is our only job to be done in this very life, Lot of thanks Swami ji and Vedanta NY team , lots of love and blessings.

I can't imagine my life without your talks swami... Eeswaro guru ratmethi.. You r nothing but my atman n god n guru . I bow down at your feet for your grace....

What a good lecture of explanation and realization of knowing Atman or soul.!Thanks a lot Swami Ji.

Much awaited! It means a lot for some of us to see and hear Swamiji again after a long gap.

Swami's bengali is so soothing and cool that I am despite of belong to a bengali family feeling ashamed.🥰🙏👍🙏🙏

The more I listen to him the more I feel blessed .🙏🙏🙏

Thank you Swami Sarvapriyananda . Your talks are much awaited and appreciated. 🙏

Swami ji you are a great teacher. Thank you

Swami Ji's lectures have given clarity to reality of Atman. My life perception has changed after listening to his lectures.

Thank you very much dear Swami. I adore your talks!

I am all of it ( the whole world) or none of it. Both are equally valid paths to self realisation. Namaskar

Wht a light this man has....such clear energy...a very evolved soul. Dear Swami, Gratitude for this talk and all you are doing to raise awareness particularly during this time. I am so gratetful for the deathless treasury that is the lore of the Vedas....and all the men and women who live this truth and share it with others, so that others burden is lessened by virtue of the dispensation of this truth. Peace and blessings to you and everyone Jai Guru !

Oh my God I love this guy and his teachings.

Enlightening lecture. Know that you are Brahman and live your life fearlessly keeping this knowledge in mind. When Papaji was ignoring his family duties, Ramana Maharshi asked him to go back to his family and take care of his duties and not be afraid of the dream.

Thank you swamiji for opening my eyes and creating broad vision of life. I am blessed in this life as I stayed in Sri Ramakrishna Vidyarthi Mandiram for 2 years in Bangalore and whenever I visit Bangalore, my first step will be towards taking Darshana of Sri Ramakrishna ashram 💐💐💐🙏🙏🙏

Thanks to Swamiji for your divine enlightened discourse. I touch your feet and my pranams.

I m beyond grateful to swamiji for this gem knowledge, ❤

I am better understanding Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching after I started listeing to Swami's lectures.

wow... this lecture is like DIVYA-BAANI from Swami Vivekananda himself by his Avatar in 21st century. Pronam Maharaj.

I gain valuable treasure of knowledge by Swami Sarvapriyananda Ji's Nirupan🙏🌸

These are profound ideas and very few can get them across to others. Swamiji does it elegantly!

I am blessed to listen to you sir.

Excellent. Swamiji is God's chosen messenger to elevate human lives

Hare Krishna 🙏 Prabhuji ur lectures are v interesting n well presented with clear explanation I feel blessed to listen to them 💐🙏

The last 10 sentences of this discourse abt menifestation and how to start living it now r life changing thoughts ❤️❤️❤️

Ever grateful to you Swamiji 🙏🙏🙏

Swami Sarvapriyananda Maharaj is a great Adwaita Vedanta teacher. Sankaracharya of this age Swami. Swamiji what I understand from this retreat is that when I come to understand my true nature, then with my physical and mental limitations I shall be able to control myself from any evil doing. This is freedom as freedom requires a lot of responsibilities choosing the right path towards enlightenment.

Salutation to Swamiji! Again i m nourished with wealth of sacred knowledge

Very clear thought and expressions. One gets glued to his videos

Principal of life is Vedanta. Respect to venerable Sarvapriyananda Maharaj to serve us the great teachings of Vedant as very easily realise able.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

The explanation of Vedas. Vedanta, upanishad & Gita by Swami sarvopriyananda is mesmeric and clearly understood with many easy exemplary stories. I wish if I could meet him personally for more answers of my questions imbibed in me always.

❤️I love ❤️ swami ❤️🙏🏼❤️

Highest truth lucidly told by Shri.Swami Sarvapriyananda,thank u sir, to manifest in us i feel grace of conciousness must be there.

great, you are a sadguru to make understand us the vedant and buddha by continuing your work and by liberating people from misery.

so lovingly so compasionately very clearly explaineed , such a highest philosophy by Shri Swamiji. Humble Pranams to Shri Swamiji

Amazing talk, Swami.

Holy salutation to the Holy trio on Guru purnima. I take this video as Satsang on this day. #SriGuru

Was there during this session ! Pure bliss 🙏

WOW!!! So much wisdom! unbelievable! Can someone explain if the “subtle body” transmigrates and thus brings in past life characteristics to new body, then how come genetics of a parent influences a child’s intrinsic personality so much?? If it is all about transmigration producing a personality, then genetics and inheritance would be void! 🙏

Swamiji literally holds our hand and leads us to realisation !!

Fantastic......muchaa gracias !!!, best of the 22456 days of this life !!!!

Namaste swamiji. I would like to thank you so much. Immense chance in my life. Thank you for ever. 🙏🙏🙏

Swamiji made everything easy with last two minutes. Thank you sir.

agree with every thought put here 👍 would add: 1) Swami’s sincere efforts at helping enlighten each of us.. he wishes to pass on everything he learned without reservations 2) just like his Advaitic Masters, Swamiji never has any criticism for anyone; never find him mocking/ridiculing ...

One of Swamiji’s best talk! 🙏🏻💐💐🌷

To my knowledge this is a core level of explanation to realize the Athman through spirituality and philosophically.❤️🙏

Великолепно !!!! Спасибо , свами.... Благодарим !!!