Ask Swami 6/2/2019 - a podcast by Vedanta Society of New York

Question and Answer session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda as part of a spiritual retreat at the Vedanta Society of New York on June 2, 2019
List of Questions with Timestamps:
0:33 - Is consciousness present in non-living things? Are they also Brahman?
12:18 - What is the nature of bliss? Is it dependent on the mind? Does a pure being experience bliss all the time?
26:15 - Does your liberation depend upon your karma?
31:50 - Does the presence of Maya imply duality?
36:25 - Does suffering bring us closer to spirituality? Can people who are mentally week resort to spirituality as an escape route?
46:45 - Is it difficult to stay in the non-dual path when the path of knowledge is considered difficult to follow in the current age?
59:25 - Advice for somebody who has experienced a flash of spiritual bliss and is trying to understand and sustain it.
1:02:56 - Explain the verse from the Taittiriya Upanishad: "He who is here in man and he who is in yonder sun—both are one."

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