# The Reality and Unreality of Rebirth | Prof. Jeffery Long Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/vedanta-talks-swami-sarvapriyananda-535976/the-reality-and-unreality-of-rebirth-prof-jeffery-long Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/vedanta-talks-swami-sarvapriyananda-535976/the-reality-and-unreality-of-rebirth-prof-jeffery-long.md Podcast: [Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda](https://stenobird.com/podcast/vedanta-talks-swami-sarvapriyananda-535976) Published: 2026-03-08T02:07:32+00:00 Episode link: https://www.vedantany.org Audio file: https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/9ab497dc-7913-4378-9cdc-ec5cceb7e4e1/stream.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vedanta-talks-swami-sarvapriyananda-535976/episodes/the-reality-and-unreality-of-rebirth-prof-jeffery-long Duration seconds: 4374 ## Resource Prof. Jeffery Long is the Carl W. Ziegler Professor of Religion, Philosophy, and Asian Studies at Elizabeth Town College, Pennsylvania, where he has taught since receiving his doctoral degree from the University of Chicago's School of Divinity in 2000. He has written many books and articles, including Hinuism in America, A Convergence of Worlds, which won the Rajendra & Jyoti Award for Theology, Philosophy, and Critical Engagement in 2022. His latest book is Discovering Indian Philosophy: An Introduction to Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist Thought. This year, he published a volume of Hindu Primary Sources with his colleague, Dr. Ravi Gupta, with Oxford University Press. He has spoken at a wide variety of venues, both national and international, including three presentations at the United Nations. He has also been interviewed for a PBS documentary on the life and teachings of swami Vivekananda and for the History Channel series 'Holy Marvels.' Dr. Long took initiation into the Vedantic tradition in 2005 and is a frequent speaker at Vedanta Societies across the US πŸ™ Please Support the Vedanta Society of New York http://www.vedantany.org/donate 🌐 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 πŸ“™ Books by Swami Sarvapriyananda https://www.vedantany.org/swamis-books Lecture Series by Swami Sarvapriyananda πŸ““ Introductory Lectures: https://www.vedantany.org/introductor... πŸ“š Vedanta Scriptures: https://www.vedantany.org/by-scriptures 🧩 Lectures by Topics: https://www.vedantany.org/by-topic πŸ’¬ AskSwami Q&A: https://www.vedantany.org/ask-swami-qa πŸ“– Scriptures Taught by Swami Sarvapriyana… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vedanta-talks-swami-sarvapriyananda-535976/episodes/the-reality-and-unreality-of-rebirth-prof-jeffery-long/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/vedanta-talks-swami-sarvapriyananda-535976/the-reality-and-unreality-of-rebirth-prof-jeffery-long.md` β€” 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.