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...
30 Jun 20211h 3min
Ignorance, guru and change of attitude – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada
Trust in a guru? Manipulation and guru. Respect teachers with knowledge. Don’t hand over your trust to a teacher simply because you are suffering. If your heart is pure ishvara will give you the right...
23 Jun 20211h 2min
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...
16 Jun 20211h 35min
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 ...
26 Mai 202126min
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 viewpo...
19 Mai 20211h 16min
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...
12 Mai 20211h 10min
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...
5 Mai 20211h
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 sel...
28 Apr 20211h 26min
