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 lo...
21 Apr 202128min
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 th...
14 Apr 20211h 17min
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 a...
24 Mars 20211h 9min
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 th...
17 Mars 20211h
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 st...
10 Mars 20211h 22min
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 ...
3 Mars 202147min
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 o...
25 Feb 20211h 4min
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...
18 Feb 202147min
