Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | Mar 29th, 2026

<p><span>Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Mar 29th, 2026.</span></p><p><span>List of questions with timestamps:</span></p><p><a href="youtube.com/watch?v=f6KaiduqKgk"; rel="nofollow">00:00</a><span> - Invocation and opening</span></p><p><a href="youtube.com/watch?t=92s&v=f6KaiduqKgk"; rel="nofollow">01:32</a><span> - Why Vedanta first says you are consciousness and not body-mind if everything is Brahman anyway.</span></p><p><a href="youtube.com/watch?t=1325s&v=f6KaiduqKgk"; rel="nofollow">22:05</a><span> - How to distinguish pure Self from awareness that seems to arise through body and mind.</span></p><p><a href="youtube.com/watch?t=3048s&v=f6KaiduqKgk"; rel="nofollow">50:48</a><span> - If I am only consciousness and a witness, what is the meaning of life and experience.</span></p><p><a href="youtube.com/watch?t=3648s&v=f6KaiduqKgk"; rel="nofollow">01:00:48</a><span> - Why Vivekananda’s emphasis on service can seem different from Sri Ramakrishna’s teachings.</span></p><p><a href="youtube.com/watch?t=4303s&v=f6KaiduqKgk"; rel="nofollow">01:11:43</a><span> - Why profound inner experience should point to one universal Atman rather than only a local conscious state.</span></p><p><a href="youtube.com/watch?t=5064s&v=f6KaiduqKgk"; rel="nofollow">01:24:24</a><span> - Where Ananda fits into the description “Satyam Jnanam Anantam Brahma.”</span></p>