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Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Mar 29th, 2026

· 1 h 32 min

Episode Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Mar 29th, 2026

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Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Mar 29th, 2026.

List of questions with timestamps:

00:00 - Invocation and opening

01:32 - Why Vedanta first says you are consciousness and not body-mind if everything is Brahman anyway.

22:05 - How to distinguish pure Self from awareness that seems to arise through body and mind.

50:48 - If I am only consciousness and a witness, what is the meaning of life and experience.

01:00:48 - Why Vivekananda’s emphasis on service can seem different from Sri Ramakrishna’s teachings.

01:11:43 - Why profound inner experience should point to one universal Atman rather than only a local conscious state.

01:24:24 - Where Ananda fits into the description “Satyam Jnanam Anantam Brahma.”

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