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Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Mar 29th, 2026
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- Apr 18, 2026
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Summary
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.”