Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | April 21st, 2024

Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on March 3rd, 2024. List of questions with timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - What is the nature of sorrow?
23:00 - What is the difference between Samsara in Buddhism and Vedanta?  How does progress in modern medical science relate to Brahman? 
32:06 - If I am Brahman then why should I worship God or do karma yoga?
38:32 - Does Advaita claim that it is evolving, or does it claim to be complete?
42:50 - When do we know that we are experiencing pure consciousness and not the reflected consciousness?
53:30 - How there can be no such thing as absolute evil?
58:47 - Can medical science detect a state of enlightenment?
01:06:08 - What is true detachment and how is it achieved?
01:17:18 - How can we reconcile truth and ahimsa (non-injury)?
01:26:06 - Does God consider the devotee to be different from Himself?
01:29:57 - When Swami Vivekananda encouraged Karma Yoga for the upliftment of India, did he contradict his teaching on Bhakti Yoga?

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