The Little Fish Are Playing in a Pool and the Moon Is Shining There

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Sirama christian is an incarnation of that brahman shakti in the world. He appears as a jva, appearing as a jeva. Not like us, very different from us. Sram himself said, what's the difference? The little fish are playing in a pool, and the moon is shining there. And they're all playing with the moon, the reflected moon. When the morning comes and the moon disappears, they think, alas, where did it go?

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?