Live Satsang (Q&A) with Swami Tadatmananda (8 September 2024)

Weekly satsang at Arsha Bodha Center for local and online students. Send your questions to [email protected]  Please include your name, location and indicate "Satsang Question" in the subject line. Past satsang videos available here: Satsang with Swami Tadatmananda
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:32 What is upasana yoga?
0:06:29 How does a guru decide that a shishya is ready for sanyasa?
0:13:26 How to determine our svadharma?
0:19:20 How do the “four states of Consciousness” relate to the eight limbs of Patanjali Yoga?
0:23:34 Why isn’t enlightenment an event?
0:29:24 How to be emotionally engaged without being controlled by emotions?
0:32:38 How did Swamiji’s engineering background shape his spiritual journey?
0:36:13 Are the terms Consciousness and Awareness interchangeable in Advaita Vedanta?
0:38:45 What is meant by the term essence?
0:40:37 How to discern what is best for us among the diverse teachings of Vedic tradition?  
0:45:35 How to handle the guilt of enjoying good fortune?
0:51:53 How is the meaning of ananda different as used in ananda-maya kosha and Satchitananda Atma?
0:56:36 Is the term prajna in “Prajnanam Brahma” the same as that in Mandukya mantra #7?
1:00:05 Must karma yoga be given up to attain enlightenment?
1:05:45 What is the distinction between shruti and smriti?
1:10:30 Outro

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