Advaita Vedanta

Karma, Free Will, and Moksha Summary: A conversation about Advaita Vedanta, including how knowledge, practice, and guidance help dissolve ignorance. The discussion also explores karma, free will, dharma, maya, and the difference between...

Vijnana Vedanta and the Real World Summary: This conversation explores Vijnana Vedanta as a broader vision than classical Advaita, asking whether the world is illusion or a real manifestation of the divine. It also examines mystical experience,...

Yoga-Vedanta, Samskaras, and Happiness Summary: A practical conversation on Yoga-Vedanta, showing why real spiritual realization depends on transforming consciousness through sustained practice. The discussion explores awareness, samskaras,...

Maya, Advaita, Karma, and Buddha Nature Summary: This conversation explores Maya, nonduality, karma, reincarnation, and the role of Shakti in spiritual realization. It also touches on meditation, sacred sound, the guru-disciple relationship, and...

Swami Sarvapriyananda has been Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York since January 2017. He was a Nagral Fellow at Harvard Divinity School during the 2019-20 academic year. Prior to this, he served as assistant minister...

Swami Sarvapriyananda has been  Minister and Spiritual Leader of the Vedanta Society of New York since January 6, 2017. Prior to this, he served as assistant minister of the Vedanta Society of Southern California for 13 months, beginning on...

Thomas Razzeto is one of the newest and freshest voices among the teachers of our balanced, ancient nondual wisdom. Thomas easily digs deeply into the core of this wisdom to reveal both its essential truth and the heartfelt compassion that all...

Between 1976 and 1985 Michael James studied the teachings of Sri Ramana under the clear guidance of one of his foremost disciples, Sri Sadhu Om. Together they translated into English all the original Tamil writings of Sri Ramana, and also Guru...

DISCOVERING OUR NATURAL WELL-BEING. As the name suggests, well-being is natural – that is, it’s a normal condition (if not an average one for most of humanity) and not just in the domain of some sages and saints. Our real shared nature is one of...