3 – How Do We Transcend Maya?| King Nimi’s Questions 4-5 | 2016 Jain Temple| Swami Tattwamayananda

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The Essence of the Srimad Bhagavata Purana

Vedanta Society, San Francisco

3 episodes

9 months ago

This podcast contains discourses on the Srimad Bhagavata Purana by Swami Tattwamayananda.

The Srimad Bhagavata Purana is as sacred as the Bhagavad Gita, as authentic as the Vedas, and as metaphysically deep as the Upanishads. Its author is Vyasa. It is presented in 12 skandas.

It is given in answer to the question, “what should a dying man do?” The answer is to die with God’s name on your lips and God’s form in your heart. Containing innumerable classic devotional stories, dialogues, and characters, the Srimad Bhagavata Purana illustrates in an unforgettable way exactly how to do that.

Lectures and Topics:

1. Three lectures delivered January 24-26, 2016 at the Jain Temple in Milpitas, CA. The topic is the Dialogue between King Nimi and the Nine Yogis.

2. The first three out of four lectures delivered August 23 - 25, 2019 at the Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of North Texas. The topic was Srimad Bhagavatam - A Blend of Knowledge and Devotion.

Speaker’s Introduction:

Swami Tattwamayananda, currently the Minister of the Vedanta Society of Northern California, San Francisco, (originally founded by Swami Vivekananda in 1900) served in various centers of the Ramakrishna Order in India as editor, publisher, and teacher of Sanskrit, Advaitic texts such as Sri Shankaracharya's commentaries on the 'Prasthanatraya' (the fundamental Sanskrit texts of Vedanta philosophy), Buddhism and Indian philosophy. He underwent traditional training in Hindu scriptures, Sanskrit, Vedic and Vedantic literature for many years, from his early days. Before coming to the United States in January 2012 he was teaching Sanskrit, Vedantic scriptures and Indian philosophy at the Training center in Belur Math, the institution that trains the monks of the Ramakrishna Order at the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission, Kolkata, India. Apart from his traditional education, the Swami has also received modern University education in English literature, psychology, European history, and Western philosophy. He is frequently invited for lectures on Yoga, Vedanta, and traditional Hindu scriptures and for participating in interfaith dialogues.

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3 – How Do We Transcend Maya?| King Nimi’s Questions 4-5 | 2016 Jain Temple| Swami Tattwamayananda

The Essence of the Srimad Bhagavata Purana

1 hour 30 minutes

6 years ago

3 – How Do We Transcend Maya?| King Nimi’s Questions 4-5 | 2016 Jain Temple| Swami Tattwamayananda

-Question 4) How do we transcend Maya?
-Any spiritual person may be a teacher. The sincerity of the disciple makes all of the difference.
-The story of Nachiketa in the Katha Upanishad is used to explain the evolution of spiritual life.
-The conflict between the mind and the intellect needs to be transcended. False justifications and procrastination in spiritual life can be overcome by accumulating good samskaras by performing good actions and taking good food through all of the senses and the body.
-One should have great respect for your own tradition but do not unnecessarily run down other traditions.
-Being admired transfers your merit to others.
-A person who is feeling the constant presence of God creates transcendental joy in him and those around him.
-The mind automatically flows towards God when one obtains Prema-bhakti.
-Question 5) What is the nature of God, Narayana?
-The language of experience is silence. God is beyond the five methods of verbalization: referring to something obvious, description by characteristic, description by function, categorization, and relation.
-Scriptures and programs help us to become spiritually fit to understand that which is beyond words.
-Mandukya Prakriya: the unchanging witness in the three states - waking, dreaming, deep sleep.
-At the experience level, the highest devotion (bhakti) and knowledge (jnana) are the same according to the Bhagavata Purana as well as Shankaracharya in the Bhagavad Gita Bhasya.
-The relation between the Shunya of Nagarjuna and Brahman of Shankaracharya is explained.
-Holy Mother Sri Sarada Devi gives two teachings in different contexts: 1) Work hard in spiritual life. (Self-effort) 2) God is not something you can purchase in the market. (God’s grace)
-We should take the first step. The mind will evolve when we take the first step. A complete roadmap is not possible and not needed before we take the first step.

The Essence of the Srimad Bhagavata Purana