James Swartz – Vedanta, Ishvara and the importance of devotional practices – Talk 14

Human pursuits – Vedanta, Self Growth and Self Discovery with Swami Nityabodhananda: Talk 3 of Swami Nityabodhananda at Yoga Vidya Center in Cologne, Sept 2019. Question and answers. Human pursuits. Roles in life and attitudes. Need for a teacher. Self inquiry. Vedanta and you are that. The tenth man. Sadhana. by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

47 min listen

The conscious principle – Vedanta, Self Growth and Self Discovery with Swami Nityabodhananda: Talk 4 of Swami Nityabodhananda at Yoga Vidya Center in Cologne, Sept 2019. The conscious principle. All is in me. Consciousness and objects. One or several teachers. Path of action and path of renunciation. by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

25 min listen

James Swartz – Vedanta, Love and God – Talk 3: Existence is my nature. Love is my nature. Everything you do is motivated by love. Stages of love (see chart in the video): 1. Love of objects. What do you love? Samsaris love objects. Suffering comes because objects are not … Continue reading → by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

48 min listen

Karma Yoga and Devotion – Vedanta, Self Growth and Self Discovery with Swami Nityabodhananda: Talk 2 of Swami Nityabodhananda at Yoga Vidya Center in Cologne, Sept 2019. Subject: Karma Yoga and results of actions. Prasadam. Attitude of Devotion to Ishvara. Roles in life. Vers 2:51 Bhagavad Gita. Clarity of purpose. Atma and body. by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

29 min listen

James Swartz – Big Picture of Vedanta – Talk 1: To direct love to the Self you have to practice. Love in relations is dualistic love. Personal gods are symbols to worship you own self. Symbols invoke the love that you are. Is the joy in an object? Inquiry into … Continue reading → by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

88 min listen

James Swartz – Karma and Karma Yoga – Talk 5: 3. Formal devotion. What is karma? Prarabdha, sanchita and agami karma. Karma is similar to a bank account. 3 possibilities: add karma, exhaust karma or stay the same. People with little karma become sannyasi. by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

48 min listen

James Swartz – Action, renunciation and indifference to objects – Talk 9: Actions won’t remove ignorance. Actions and ignorance are not in conflict. Knowledge will remove ignorance. By sadhana you don’t remove the basic ignorance: I am the doer! Moksha is the negation of the doer. Actions don’t give lasting happiness. by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

78 min listen

James Swartz – Karma Yoga and Dharma – Talk 7: Recap of the last session. Freedom as the number one priority in life. Nondual bhakti is exclusive love of the self. To progress spiritually you have to commit yourself to the vedic tradition: work through all stages. Skipping of the … Continue reading → by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

60 min listen

James Swartz – Love, Ishvara and Informal Devotion to God – Talk 4: By reading Vedanta texts it is easy to misinterpret them. Ignorance and knowledge are mixed up. Teaching makes difference between ignorance and knowledge clear. Live your life based on knowledge not on emotions. Isvara and action. What is real? by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

64 min listen

James Swartz – The role of Ishvara – Talk 13: Verse 25: Advaita devotion is superior to karma yoga and jnana yoga. Verse 26: Vedanta is a means of knwoledge, non-dual love is the end. Verse 27: If you take credit for something that belongs to the Lord you won‘t … Continue reading → by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

70 min listen

James Swartz – Nature of non dual love – Talk 8: Beginning of the verses of Narada’s Bhakti Sutras. Traditional versus modern style of teaching. Vers 1: Using intellect for justification is not useful. Devotion is directed to God. Treat the people around you as if they are God. by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

69 min listen

James Swartz – Karma Yoga, Teachers and Scriptures – Talk 6: Karma yoga is bhakti yoga. Swami Vivekananda, Freud, consequences of technology. Psychological designation in Vedanta appeared. Multipath confusion. Better to integrate all parts of the psyche. All stages of devotion are necessary, must be practised. by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

82 min listen

Gunas, devotion and values – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Sutra, Narada: How to overcome tamas? When you are rajasic and succesful you have no time to pay attention to yourself. Stuck in sattva. Danger of vanity and stop of growth. Verse 58: “Success is easier to attain by informal devotion than … Continue reading → by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

54 min listen

James Swartz – Conciousness and matter – Talk 10: Swami Chinmayananda. Consciousness and matter. Four types of devotees: Devoted to god because of suffering. Spiritual materialism principle and Vedanta. Seeker of god or truth. Nondual devotee. The lower and the higher self. Krishna, by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

28 min listen

James Swartz – Are the self and the world jiva connected? – Talk 12: The supreme person. Experiencing or being the self? Two orders of reality. You are never not experiencing yourself. Duality and Non-duality are not opposites. You can be and experience yourself at the same time. by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

60 min listen

James Swartz – Vedanta, Ishvara and the importance of devotional practices – Talk 14: Vedanta: means of knowledge based on the upanisads or knowledge that ends the quest for knowledge. Modern advaita teachers and qualifications. Arguments from satya viewpoint and from the mithya viewpoint. Example of Ramana Maharshi, by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

76 min listen

James Swartz – Devotion and dharma – Talk 11: Verse 10: Elimination of nonessential desires: Worldly or emotional security, wanting to be recognized. Single goal is freedom. Active sense of renunciation is important. The only security is your self. Five stages of devotion: 1. Sakama Bhakti 2. by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

86 min listen

Gunas and value of values – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Sutra, Narada: 1. Pride, Vanity, Conceit, Self-Glorification: Any form of hurt is due to pride, an inflated ego, one that is excessively attached to what it thinks it knows, believes, possesses or how it looks. When you expect other people to make … Continue reading → by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

41 min listen

Reincarnation, non-dual love and gunas – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada: Free will. Making no choice and turning it over to ishvara. Issue of free will: what values are determining your use of free will? Those values are chosen by the gunas. If tamas predominates fear will inform your choices. If … Continue reading → by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

64 min listen

Association with materialists or sages? – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada: Revision of verses 38-43. Vedanta is a method that the teacher applies to your mind. You are always aware. Elimination of nonessential factors. Bliss in deep sleep. Do you stop existing when you go to sleep? Something that you can … Continue reading → by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

95 min listen

James Swartz – Great souls and devotion – Talk 15: One achieves devotion through Satsang. Satsang builds a devotion habit. Make the worship of god a habit. Verse 38: However, the primary method by which one develops devotion is association with great souls, by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

27 min listen

“Upasana Yoga and Nondual Devotion” – Yoga of Love – James Swartz: Om! Nondual love means unconditional love. Maturity is important for a love relationship. Free will and love. Means of knowledge. In the final stage you get rid of obstacles. Here you can find: Our website Our seminars Our online channels: … Continue r... by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

50 min listen

Jealousy, consistent effort and mastery of the mind – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Bhakti Sutra: These values are qualifications for moksha. When you are spiritually stuck it’s probably because one or more spiritual values are only partially assimilated. When you are not up to the mark, pick a value and work on it for 1-2 … Continue reading → by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

88 min listen

Yoga talk with Swami Yogaswarupananda – Rishikesh – Manipur Univesity: Swami Yogaswarupananda from Rishikesh / Manipur University talks about yoga, krishna, bhagavad gita and much more. Here you can find: Our website Our seminars Our online channels: Facebook Instagram You can donate here ? Om Shanti ? by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

50 min listen

Value management and attaining unconditional love – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Bhakti Sutra: In the satsang we create a sattvic atmosphere that makes it easier to focus on the knowledge. It is important to keep the knowledge active when the mind is rajasic or tamasic. When the values are assimilated the mind stays … Continue reading → by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

94 min listen

“The big picture” Yoga Of Love – James Swartz: Om! If you know that you are love every relationship is a love relationship. You want to seek love or do you want to have love seek you? If you know that you are love every relationship is a love … Continue reading → by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

83 min listen

“Karma Yoga” Yoga Of Love – James Swartz: Om! Karma yoga stage: Love of God becomes a discipline. Basic universal rules Moral dimension in this universe. Noninjury. Every human being has a different kind of nature. There is not one thing that isn’t God. What is karma yoga? … Continue reading → by Vedanta, Yoga, Tantra Podcast

29 min listen

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