# Swami Sarvapriyananda & Robert Thurman on Consciousness, Vedanta, and Madhyamika Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/vedanta-talks-swami-sarvapriyananda-535976/swami-sarvapriyananda-robert-thurman-on-consciousness-vedanta-and-madhyamika Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/vedanta-talks-swami-sarvapriyananda-535976/swami-sarvapriyananda-robert-thurman-on-consciousness-vedanta-and-madhyamika.md Podcast: [Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda](https://stenobird.com/podcast/vedanta-talks-swami-sarvapriyananda-535976) Published: 2026-07-06T00:07:24+00:00 Episode link: https://www.vedantany.org Audio file: https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/b9035faa-bf9c-4d81-8aa4-6ab921549107/stream.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vedanta-talks-swami-sarvapriyananda-535976/episodes/swami-sarvapriyananda-robert-thurman-on-consciousness-vedanta-and-madhyamika Duration seconds: 2786 ## Resource Join Swami Sarvapriyananda and the late Padma Shri Prof. Robert Thurman as they engage in a dialogue exploring the nature of consciousness through the lenses of Vedanta, Buddhism, and Madhyamika philosophy. A thought-provoking conversation on reality, self, and the deeper questions of human existence. This is a session from the International Conference on Vedanta at Stony Brook University in May 2026, organized by Vedanta Forum ( https://www.vedantaforum.org ). This dialog moderated by Mukunda Raghavan, is being posted here with their kind permission. Our sincere gratitude to the organizing team for making this event possible. ๐Ÿ™ Please Support the Vedanta Society of New York http://www.vedantany.org/donate ๐ŸŒ Please Visit Us Website: https://vedantany.org Apple & Spotify Podcasts: https://www.vedantany.org/media-channels YouTube (Main Channel): / @vedantany YouTube (Archives): / @vedantanyarchives Facebook: / vedantany X / Twitter: / vedantany ๐Ÿ“™ Books by Swami Sarvapriyananda https://www.vedantany.org/swamis-books Lecture Series by Swami Sarvapriyananda ๐Ÿ““ Introductory Lectures: https://www.vedantany.org/introductor... ๐Ÿ“š Vedanta Scriptures: https://www.vedantany.org/by-scriptures ๐Ÿงฉ Lectures by Topics: https://www.vedantany.org/by-topic ๐Ÿ’ฌ AskSwami Q&A: https://www.vedantany.org/ask-swami-qa ๐Ÿ“– Scriptures Taught by Swami Sarvapriyananda โ€ข Aparokshanubhuti | Swami Sarvapriyananda โ€ข Bhagavad Gita | Swami Sarvapriyananda โ€ข Brihadaranyaka Upanishad | Swami Sarvapriy... โ€ข Dแน›g Dแน›ล›ya Viveka | Swami Sarvapriyananda โ€ข The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna | Swami Sarv... โ€ข Isha Upanishad | Swami Sarvapriyananda โ€ข Katha Upanishad | Swami Sarvapriyananda โ€ข Kena Upanishad | Swami Sarvapriyananda โ€ข Mandukya Upanishad | Swami Sarvapriyananda โ€ข Mundaka Upanishad | Swami Sarvapriyananda โ€ขโ€ฆ ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vedanta-talks-swami-sarvapriyananda-535976/episodes/swami-sarvapriyananda-robert-thurman-on-consciousness-vedanta-and-madhyamika/transcription-requests` โ€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/vedanta-talks-swami-sarvapriyananda-535976/swami-sarvapriyananda-robert-thurman-on-consciousness-vedanta-and-madhyamika.md` โ€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.