Do You Believe It or Do You Know It?

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"It's not a question of believing it. It would be very odd to say, i believe i am sitting in the venanta society of new york," he says. "When we don't know it, but i cannot honestly say that i know god, or i know that i am brahman...it's not a living realization for me."

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?