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Satsang (Q&A) with Swami Tadatmananda, 3 March 2024

Weekly satsang at Arsha Bodha Center for local and online students. Send your questions to SwamiT@ArshaBodha.org. Please include your location and indicate "Satsang Question" in the subject line. 0:00:00 Intro 0:01:09 Isn’t the gold metaphor used in Advaita Vedanta to talk about Brahman defective? 0:06:06 What happens to enlightenment if an enlightened person were to develop dementia? 0:09:05 Why do we need a guru when many saints gained enlightenment without one? 0:13:23 What role do our vasanas play in the enlightenment process? 0:18:14 Is freedom from suffering possible for a sadhaka prior to enlightenment? 0:20:50 What happens to our emotional aspect of spirituality if we were to develop dementia? 0:22:19 If God is kind, then why did God create us to suffer? 0:28:34 Is there an order in which our karmas get fructified? 0:30:44 How do we know who is an enlightened being? 0:33:12 How does a person know if he or she is enlightened? 0:33:39 Are there any scriptural narratives resembling the scientific multiverse hypothesis? 0:38:19 What is the Vedantic perspective on artificial intelligence? 0:43:44 Could the non-dualistic teachings of Vedanta have emerged in a culture which does not subscribe to the doctrine of karma? 0:48:39 Is the medical term consciousness the same as what Vedanta calls Consciousness? 0:50:32 How can an enlightened person who is certain about the non-dual truth worship different forms of God such as Rama, Krishna, and Shiva? 0:55:04 What is the role of yukti and anubhava in shruti revelations such as “Aham Brahmasmi”? 1:03:50 Outro