First you have a faith that this will work, then practice and you'll get the results. No believe in it, so that you can investigate it and see for yourself. Faith also means confidence in oneself. What kind of confidence? Twofold? It is a lot of implications for our secular life, also not yous spiritual life. Where does this come from? Notice what nacikate said when his father told him to go to the house of death. Nacikate thinks to himself that er banamemi, protamo, bona mei ma. Among many of the boys here, the students here, i'm the best in many things. In no case am
Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Nov 7th, 2021. List of questions with timestamps:
05:10 - What happens to the reflected consciousness after death, and after enlightenment?
19:10 - What is my swadharma?
35:20 - What is the difference between the knower and the witness?
41:20 - Where does Sri Ramakrishna stand in the triad of Iswara, Jiva, and Jagat?
51:15 - Is enlightenment a gradual process or a “wow” moment?
01:02:40 - What is Shraddha?
01:15:33 - Is there any overlap between psychotherapy and Vedanta?