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Vedanta Talks - Swami Sarvapriyananda
May 4, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min · 24 segments
Swami Sarvapriyananda continues teaching verse 5 from the fifteenth chapter, entitled Purushottama Yoga, the Yoga of the Supreme Being, of the Bhagavad Gita. This series of talks by Swami…
Swami SarvapriyanandaHost[chanting] Nirmana-moha jita-sanga dosha Nirmana-moha jita-sanga dosha Adhyatma-nitya vinivritta-kamah Adhyatma-nitya vinivritta-kamah Dvandair vimuktah sukha-duhkha-sange Dvandair vimuktah sukha-duhkha-sange Gacchanty amudha padam avyayam tat Gacchanty amudha padam avyayam tat Free from pride and delusion, overcoming the evil of attachment, ever devoted to spiritual pursuits, rid of desires and the dual throng named pleasure and pain, the wise go to that immutable goal.
It tells us, um, uh, in practical terms what, what does spirituality mean? What does it mean to be a saint? What does it mean to be enlightened? And this verse is, it's very sublime.
And it's so beautiful that we have so many examples among the saints of the great religions of the world throughout history who actually illustrate this, embody this.
And I was just thinking when meditating upon these words, if you look at the lives of the direct disciples of Thakur, of Sri Ramakrishna, you see these qualities manifested, uh, clearly.
[chanting] Nirmana-moha jita-sanga dosha Nirmana-moha jita-sanga dosha Adhyatma-nitya vinivritta-kamah Adhyatma-nitya vinivritta-kamah Dvandair vimuktah sukha-duhkha-sange Dvandair vimuktah sukha-duhkha-sange Gacchanty amudha padam avyayam tat Gacchanty amudha padam avyayam tat Free from pride and delusion, overcoming the evil of attachment, ever devoted to spiritual pursuits, rid of desires and the dual throng named pleasure and pain, the wise go to that immutable goal.
It tells us, um, uh, in practical terms what, what does spirituality mean? What does it mean to be a saint? What does it mean to be enlightened? And this verse is, it's very sublime.
And it's so beautiful that we have so many examples among the saints of the great religions of the world throughout history who actually illustrate this, embody this.
And I was just thinking when meditating upon these words, if you look at the lives of the direct disciples of Thakur, of Sri Ramakrishna, you see these qualities manifested, uh, clearly.
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