Sanyasin

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There's no individual left who will come back and say that the ocean is like this. Even when in jivan mucta, the person actually comes back - it seemsto from our perspective that a person has come back. Sanyasin is a monk. It's a name for a hindu monk. But basically, monastic values are same all over. And there are monks in hinduism, janism. Janism is a very strongly monastic system. So is buddhism, hinduism and christianity. Both have strong monastic traditions, but also a lot of lay traditions. You can't have a religion without a laye tradition. The

Q&A session lead by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on June 5th, 2022. List of questions with timestamps: 00:00 - Intro 01:32 - How is it that the self is in all beings from the chit (consciousness) perspective? 18:37 - Where is my consciousness when I am sleeping? Can I use sleep as a spiritual practice? 26:55 - Will a realized person retain their individuality after enlightenment? 40:38 - Why do we call this world false? 55:53 - What does Sri Ramakrishna mean by going into the black water (in reference to samadhi)? 01:00:30 - If we want to take up a life of renunciation, what practices should be followed?