What actually is God - An Eye Opening Speech | Swami Mukundananda
In order to have faith in God, we need to have knowledge of God. Who is God? What does He do? What is considered an authentic source of this knowledge? Watch this video to learn more.
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About Swami Mukundananda
Swami Mukundananda is a global spiritual leader, philosopher, visionary, author, and humanitarian. He is the founder of JKYog (Jagadguru Kripaluji Yog), which offers a unique Yogic System known as Yoga for Body, Mind, and Soul.
Swamiji has distinguished engineering and management degrees from two world-famous Institutes in India, IIT and IIM. Swami Mukundananda took the renounced order of life after giving up his promising corporate career. He is a senior disciple of Jagadguru Shree Kripaluji Maharaj, who entrusted him with spreading Vedic Knowlege and Bhakti Yog throughout the world.
In this channel, Swamiji explains the profound knowledge of scriptures like Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatham, Narad Bhakti Darshan, Ramayan, Mahabharat, and other Bhakti topics with sound logic that is easy to understand and apply in our daily life.
I have been searching for God since I was a little girl. Took myself to church when I was old enough to go out by myself. After a lifetime of searching and not finding, I gave up and declared myself an atheist about 16 years ago. But here I am still searching and every time I see one of Swami Mukundananda's I see a ray of light. And this video and the one about meditating on God just may be the clincher for me! I feel so happy listening to Swami. So inspired. Thank you Swami!
You yourself are God. 😊. Don't look for him in skies. You and him are 2 sides of a same coin.
Tou are searching for God because God is already in your heart and He wants you to search for Him. You are not an atheist. You believe there is the Only and the One who has controle on everything. Study the Holy Quran. You will find answers for every question you have. May ALLAH guide you, ameen.
@@human5408 deep
This is exactly my story. ✨
@@Poniella81 And I would imagine many millions more over the ages! Thanks for your comment.
I have been dejected all my life hearing, that our God is resentful, revengeful, towards non believers, ....ordering wars to invade lands, ....child marriages.... Sex slaves Murdering apostates.... So on and on. But When l listened to you for a change, it was so scintific, divine, and soulful, like rain on a desert. Can't find words to thank you.
r u talking about islam?
Most of the scriptures specially Abrahamic are manipulated to meet political agendas of warlords of that time. God always wants his message spread through peaceful means but warlord of medieval used religion as weapon and authority to invade other lands.
God is above religion.
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I come as a guest, a non-Hindu. You are truly a spiritual man of great understanding and humility. Thank you for your excellent presentation, it enhances my understanding of this religion.
There is only one God, our different understanding levels is the cause of us being divided into different religions,. God is very Merciful, He tries to give us all knowledge of Himself. It all depends on us, how much we want to know about God, it is how much attention we give to anything that will determine our progress & successes. So firstly we must have faith & learn to surrender to God through knowledge of Him., Gods Greatness is Such, we should never ever think we know enough about Him or His Grories. We must continuously preserve on the Spiritual Path.. Devotion to God must become a part of one's life.. God is Eternal & Very Powerful, We are not here to try & own God, we are here to Seek Him... Love & become devoted to Our Eternal Creator.
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Such a beautiful commentary! I have no words to express my gratitude. I feel God within you. Your caring & loving expressions, your understanding, interpretation, and presentation of Vedas in plain simple language with examples to the common man is un-matched. I also, watch others like Sadhguru et el, But, I got answers to many of my questions watching your videos. Thank You, Swami. I wish, you expand your presence to schools and universities all over the world for the benefit of humanity!
I share about God and Jesus. John 4: 13 Jesus answered and said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.” John 7: 37 Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. 38 He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, ‘From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.’” 39 But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. Jesus: John 14: 21 He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him.” 22 Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, “Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him. 24 He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me. Jesus: John 8: 29 And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” John 8: 12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.”
Only with krsna can we have eternal life, Hare krsna.
Proud to be a Hindu Dharmi. Sanatana Dharma is the eternal religion and the Hindu scriptures have so much information about God, the afterlife, and spiritual practices. The spiritual practices in Hinduism such as yoga, meditation, chanting mantras, Murti worship give you such a strong connection with God.
@@prosantomukerji3931 Your words eminate demonic negativity like an ignorant, arrogant person who deludes himself as the knower.
Thanks thousand times stupendous Saint. The person who knows Vedas knows God. You are the rightiest Gurudev. Hare Krishna!
Amazing. I totally believe that God is and is in all that exists. Our soul purpose is to seek and develop a free will connectedness to his great cosmic consciousness.
Every thing you speak , you authenticate on the basis of SCRIPTURES . I believe , listening to your discourses is enough to gain some knowledge of God . Thank you very much Swamijee for this great service to mankind . Radhey Radhey .
Jaw dropping knowledge! I love all of Sawmiji lectures. This has to be one of if not THE best lecture I’ve heard! My heart swells with bliss ❤ Thank you Swamiji for your wisdom! 😊🙏🏽
Only by grace of a Sadguru (Divine Saint) we can know God. 😊😊
Swamiji just told you that it's not the only way 🤭😊
Not dat idiot sadguru 😂😂
Only a fool gets trapped. I am wondering all fools look for god in these kinds of swamis. Adam a.s was the first human to be created and all came. So many religions were created except Islam. So what can be done for the wrong path choosers.
@@ridwanbhoolun7788 who adam only naryan existed in begnning in every kali yug these dhrams come like christian and islam amd again get disslolved end of yuga
Sorry not true, that would put a limit on god, but god is limitless
God's knowledge is eternal : we have to cultivate interest and hunger for knowledge of GOD . THANK you Swamijee for providing information about the sacred scriptures which contain VEDIC KNOWLEDGE AND VEDIC WISDOM in a very interesting manner so that any person could have some access to that great source . Radhey Radhey .
It is an absolute truth. Thank you Swamiji 🙏
Giving us value of educatin thanks swamiji
I also have great hunger God is one
Interesting way of explaining .An authority over Hindu mythology , thanks Swamiji,🙏
Thank you Swamiji.🙏🏼 I remember when Didiji spoke the same teachings about the contradictions to a group at a Hindu Cultural Center in OKC back in 1991❤️. I bless the days I came to hear the lectures given by her under the direction of Shri Maharaji. This teaching was one of my very favorite. It feels surrealistic to hear Swamiji teach it for the whole world to hear now on youtube. It fills me with joy knowing. Radhe Radhe! Jai Jai Shri Maharaji! ❤️🌸 🌸 🌺🌺🌸🌸❤️
Wowow Radhey Radhey!! ❤
The whole world should be talking about God - day in, day out! Thank you, my dear God! 🙏 Every other thing has literally no meaning. 🤷♂️ Jai Śrī Krisna ❤👑
I am an American Hindu living in Cambodia ,its so nice to hear Swami explain my Sanatan Dharma, A lot of people in the world today just think we have a hundred gods and so we are crazy for that. I have been hearing about how Buddhism is different than Hinduism and i think the difference is just peoples ignorance.
I am also hindu but from india. What do you think about the difference between jesus and krishna's teaching. As i know hindus are not following any religion, because we do not believe in it. But i think jesus have copied many things from india,gita, Buddhism etc.
Excellent. This video is clearly worth watching than any other movies. Videos of Swamiji should be dubbed into all other languages of India.
Wonderful gems of knowledge and wisdom from Swamiji on God. God is bigger than the biggest, also smaller than the smallest. He is all pervading and also residing in one place. He is so far from us that no body can reach Him and also so close to us that there is not a hair's breath of difference between Him and us.He is harder than the hardest and also softer than the flower. He is watching and knowing everyone,everything and every moment .How strange it is !!!
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🙏🕉Thank you Swami Ji! I appreciate your teaching from the Vedas so very much! 🙏🕉❤
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...long live, the most lovable Swamiji, for the emancipation of the suffering mankind!🙏AumNamahShivay🙏
Marvellous . Om Shree Krishnae Namah 🙏
Just great! Really, 'the chosen one', for 'His' mission!JaiSaiRam!
Swami ji aj ke time main sabse acha knowledge dete hain 🙏🏾
God is niether an object nor a concept. He is an experience.. I strongly believe in this... Hare Krishna... 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Sir I was feeling very disturbed mentally for some time lately. After listening to this lecture of yours, I am feeling very stable. Your words really provide a sense of tranquility to my ears. Hare Krishna 🙏🏻
Just wandering - Is it really possible to understand God for the human intellect. Our ego and pride comes in the way of just accepting what Vedas say about God. Probably Bhakti is an easier path for us humans than trying to comprehend conceptual knowledge - especially the so called logical thinkers. No wonder - love is the basis of civilizations; the entire design of the creation is to help us to learn to love and sacrifice for the other.
So true... All scriptures are just hymns, precepts, teachings.... This swamiji mystifies too much the Vedas, like Christians the Bible, and Muslims Koran....They are just human words expressing intuitions, visions, teachings... And the main quality needed to get the Jnana is Love, bhakti... This swamiji is a bit already in a pretensious way of speaking and teaching...
It is unfortunate that Swamiji never explained what God, finally, is. Whatever God is, it must be non-negatable (or non-contradictory meaning it must be independent of human conception or it must be unknowable to mind as an object and yet all of us must agree on it) and non-reducible (non-decayable meaning non-changing and ever-present). That is the criterion. And if we analyze it, we find that God is Existence (Is-ness/Being) and Consciousness (Awareness/Knowing). Because No-Existence and No-Consciousness are illogical/absurd/impossible concepts. No-Existence is simply the existence of the absence of Existence. Likewise, there is no such thing as No-Consciousness because No-Consciousness can be said to exist only if some Consciousness other than it exists to know it. Things may come into Existence and may go out of Existence, but Existence always IS. Is-ness always IS (Existence, like energy, is neither created nor destroyed) . All of us can say, "I know I exist." Existence must be Self-Knowing for if it is known by something other than itself, then it becomes relative and dependent and not agreeable to all. So, Existence-Consciousness is one and the same. If you are conscious, you must exist. If you exist, you must be conscious. But, then, how do we know that Existence-Consciousness is the "One-And-Only?" Limitlessness aspect of Existence-Consciousness supplies that answer. It is "One-And-Only" because Limitlessness in time, space and object-ness means it is eternal, all-pervading and there is no "second" other than itself which must be the source of Happiness/Peace/Love/Aananda because there cannot be any fear as there is no second. Unlimitedness in object-ness actually implies that there is nothing in the cosmos which is different from it (=Non-Dual). Knowing of your own Being is, obviously, Loving because there is no 'other.' Therefore, God is: Existence-Consciousness-Limitlessness or Being-Knowing-Loving! That is what God-The Reality is! As Swamiji said, God is the smallest of the small and yet the biggest of the big. True. God is zero and God is infinity. But, God is also zero and infinity simultaneously! Think of moving at infinite speed around the globe. You come to the same location in zero time. Life/God is paradoxical. Think/Inquire to understand/resolve the paradox. That's the clue to realize God! Thank you!
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Ram Hare Ram Ram Ram Hare Hare 🙏
Dear Swamiji, absolutely wonderful explanation. You have put it so aptly that any one who has slightest interest in knowing God will get appropriate insight.🙏🙏🙏💐💐💐
I feel very fortunate,. to be human born in santan dharma family and listening to Bhagwan realised Swami's 🙏
Thank you Swamiji for profound explanation.
Beautiful... beautiful than most beautiful! 👍
"that person who thinks 'I can know God', has no knowledge of God" (8:34). . . "I pervade this entire creation, there is no place where I do not exist" (16:45). . . "everywhere are God's ears; everywhere are God's eyes" (19:32)
My humble obeisance to you Gurudev 🙏
This is the best ever knowledge or words I ever came across about God, who revealed about himself through vedas, so amazing, and definitely beyond our comprehension, which defies logic and rational thinking, isn't that what Science also tells us that certain particles can be in two places at once, so who can doubt this how God can be present in many different places at once, so definitely very very convincing and best ever words I ever heard, Thanks to Swami Ji who brought this true knowledge to us, and for me particularly as I have been seeking this knowledge for a very long time and I was not getting any that made as much sense as this did.
'In the pernicious tree called SANSAR (wordly existence) there are only two fruits equivalent to AMRIT (the divine nectar)--good counsel and the company of holy people.' His Holiness Swami Mukundananda fulfills both criteria. Radhey Radhey.
4:09 Yes Prabhuji... the Very First Verse of The Shrimad Bhagavatham says : "tene brahma-hrda ya-adi kavaye muhyanti yat soorayah" Meaning: He is the One who has imparted the knowledge of The Vedas unto the Heart of Brahma, who is the original living entity.
What a knowledge Swamiji have... Totally Astonishing.
Your lectures are really full of knowledge and positivity😇
Thank you so much Swami ji for such a devine knowledge I think I am blessed to this knowledge
Divine* Radhe Radhe
Radhe Radhe Swamiji🙏🏻🌷
Swami,your explaination on god,is the best answer i have ever heard so far! Simple,direct n clear!!.....best regard from malaysia.... 😄😁😆
God is one and many in Divine manifestation as all creation including the universe, we are in God and God is in us
Thank you very much for your great service.
I love his story telling he is captivating .
Swamy, s words drive the knowledge straight to heart. His knowledge is superb, language simple and selective. The answers he gives is indisputable..He is gifted and we are all blessed to hear him..
This is realization. God is incomprehensible for human senses and intelligence. Wonderfully explained so that even a mediocre like me has clarity. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
The concept , imaginations , understanding , interpretations (about God) are unending & shall remain like this for times to come. Just as humans discuss about God , whether other creations of Nature : living or non-living do understand , discuss , debate about this fascinating word God remains a mystery to us. Swamiji's discussion is wonderful . Thank you Swamiji 🙏
Wonderful
Thanks Maharaji for this beautiful insights and divine knowledge
Thank you Swamiji for such an eye opening speech !
Guruji , ur knowledge is eternal. Ur presentation is exceptional. It stimulates the lazy also to wakeup in the spritual path .🙏
Thank you Swamiji so much 🌸🙏🙏 Indebted for such a beautiful insight. Hare Krishna 🙏🌸
Radhey Radhey❤❤❤🙏
An eye opening message 🙏🙏
That feeling of unconditional love, that a mother feels for her new born. The feeling you get when you see a harmless animal suffering and you help even though it stops your day. The smile you see on your friends face when you get them what they need even the feeling of helping an aging person open a door. The overwhelming feeling of a new love in your life. This is God He/She resides in all of us as we are all Gods fingers. Once we remove enough of our shell of an Ego that has been slowly adhering to our self we began to become that which what we are and that is God.
You are speaking of/describing "Dharm"--->living as the normal sane rational innate Dharmic being that we can be!
@@anilprasad4185 Yes, as God, Not the practice so much as the feeling, The Kingdom of Heaven is within.
That was nice
Ghanisht aabhar he Swamiji. Asankhya janamon mein humne adhyatm ko apnaya nahin. Kintu aap jaise gyani Guruon ke kaaran, is janm ka sadupyog karna sambhav prateet ho raha hai. Aap mukt ho jayen.
Shree Krishna Sharanam Mama🙏 Thank you Swamiji for teaching us so eloquently and mercifully. You have changed my life. Love has changed my life. You showed me what true love was... For that I will always be grateful...🙏🙏🙏
Wow Swamiji you really cleared up my mind about Hinduism's true understanding of God. Now I have no doubt that hinduism was a true religion revealed by the one true God because that's exactly how we Muslims believe Allah to be. Here's the translation of the most famous verse of Qur'an we recite daily before sleeping. Its called Ayat Al Kursi: Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of [all] existence. Neither drowsiness overtakes Him nor sleep. To Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is on the earth. Who is it that can intercede with Him except by His permission? He knows what is [presently] before them and what will be after them, and they encompass not a thing of His knowledge except for what He wills. His Kursi extends over the heavens and the earth, and their preservation tires Him not. And He is the Most High, the Most Great.
That's a very limited definition of God.
Your words & wisdom inspire & bring joy to humanity. Thank you for sharing your gifts. We are blessed indeed!😇
Where is God?, how is God?, for all those true seekers, God is presenting himself through Swamy. Understand well and be blessed. Many many pranams Swamyji.
Soul satisfying 🙏
Hare Krishna ❤️🙏🌺
God will bring happiness
Swamiji aap ka aur jagadguru kripaluji ka aashirwad evam ishwar ki krupa drishti Sadeva hum par yonhi banni rahe. Koti Koti Dhanyawaad 🙏
How beautifully explain this Om Shanti
Shree Gurubhyo Namah 🙏❤️
Thank you Swamiji.. through you, we are able to hear such priceless words. Pranam.
Excellent discourse. Have never heard this kind of explanation, the way he takes to understand the theme, content management and his sound voice really amazing. Feel so much grateful Swamiji..
All these ancient scriptures survived all these millions of year by god’s grace! We should imbibe it & preserve it! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I need God,God does nt need me( ego breaks tht i know everything,nothing is beyond me ,my family,friends nd my status nd i dont need d help of anyone else.i.e complete darkness)..d day one cultivates this thing in his inner self,he or she will chase God(i.e light) and feel hungry for his eternal knowledge..
This person is a genius. He gives a very nice description of God. He clarifies all misconceptions. He is devotee and very learned as well. Worth listening to. He is not a cheater like so many who twist the real meaning of verses from scriptures.
Swami Mukundanand ji always explains logically. Please also share your enlightenment experience. How you felt when you experience the God?? What are the experiences you had? plz make a video.
Sir, is he enlightened?
@@kgupta2205 Life experiences where he felt those things happened due to God. How few things were foreseen by him and those things happened exactly as per the intuition. I am asking about the spiritual intuitions he got. If he tells about enlightenment, that will be fantastic too.
@@shiv366 Sir, I don't believe he is enlightened.
@@kgupta2205 nobody can say a person he/she is enlightened or not. It's a process of mind development. Getting the experience/feel of spiritual intuitions is also a part of enlightenment. If a person gets spiritual intuitions throughout the life, that experience is the best experience. That itself is enlightenment. Getting connected with the God/creation.
In simple words Swamy drives into our hearts the most powerful fact that God is omnipresent.
God is not omnipresent his knowledge is omnipresent
Great to hear such vedic knowledge. Pranam Swamiji🙏🙏
Me to
Swamiji you’re truly enlightened ❤
I enjoyed your enlightening lecture. Please explain why God is represented by idols which resemble human form. Why worship idols when the eternal path shows you the way.
Because that's what is mentioned in the Vedic scriptures - the Supreme Lord has a human like form. But we need to keep in our mind that His form is Divine, i.e., God Himself becomes His form, unlike ourselves where our body is different from our soul. Also, our mind needs a basis to develop love for God. Since God pervades the entire creation, He is also sitting in the 'idol' or murti - this provides a basis for a beginner spiritual aspirant to develop divine sentiments towards God and helps develop love for God. For more advanced sadhaks (spiritual aspirants), they create the divine form of the Lord in their mind to meditate on. But initially, the 'idols' (murti) and images of the personal form of God (Shri Krishna, Shri Ram) helps a sadhak to begin his spiritual journey.
Grateful to God that I am born as a human and I am able to hear and understand this eye opening speech
Radhey Radhey Radhey Radhey Radhey Radhey Radhey Radhey Radhey Radhey Radhey Radhey Radhey Radhey Radhey Radhey Radhey Radhey
Thanku swamiji for cultivating and intensifying love for God in our hearts ..
This is mindblowing, I've never hear it this way. Thank u Swamiji for your explanation🙏🙏🙏
Pranam
Thank you guru ji I never seen such an explanation about God
Humme Jeevan ka sahi Marg Darshan Dikhane ke liye Koti koti Dhanyawaad swamiji 🙏
Thank you, Swamiji, your explanations always speak to my heart.
Yes Veda is eternal and is beyond time. You explain very well Swamiji. 🙏
What a beautiful explanation Thank you very much Swamiji 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Outstanding presentation! No one can prove God to another, we can only prove God to ourselves, contact with Brahman brings Bliss,....the proof! is in the pudding! Begin to experience God....meditate! Be still and know that I am God Psalms 46:10
Shree Hari Aum...🙏🙏🙏😌
Too beautiful for words. Hare Krishna thank you Swamiji🌹🙏💕🌸💚
🙏HareKrishna🙏RadheShyam🙏
Bhagavid-gita means " the song of God " so if you want knowledge of God the Bhagavid-gita is itself the knowledge of God
O my lord Guru 🙏🙏🙏
Bahut dhanyavaad, swami ji 🕉️
ॐ श्री गुरुभ्यो नम:!
what a logic !!! Even i have self realized who is god still i had query in my mind. Really fabulous
SUPER GURUACHRYAJI
Charan sparsh Guru g 🙏 Aapne beautiful explain kiya We can't explain God with this tounge Kindly share more videos of God realisation 🙏 Thanku so much guru g 🙏 Love u❤️❤️❤️❤️ Dasi can't understand him with mayavi senses Dasi have hrt given by my lord Always pulsate for him and with grace of God 🙏🙏🙏❤️
Wonderful! Awe inspiring! Feeling of inner joy and inner serenity, Bliss, just watching this.. Thank you Swamiji...Thank you so much for so much! Hare Ram.
Thank you thank you so much swamiji 🙏 for such beautiful session... It was definitely needed. May lord Krishna bless you with good health and happiness 🤗 We youth struggle a lot relating to such topics of Dharma, God, belief etc. You are true hero for me who preaches us about deep subjects and gives knowledge to be at right path.
Absolutely beautiful.
A beautiful explanation. Worth listening to again and again.
In this mind-blowing lecture, Swamiji says that the Vedas are eternal and apauruṣhēya, i.e., not created by a human being. They are the eternal knowledge of God. These scriptures were initially revealed in the heart of the first born Brahma and transmitted from Guru to disciple through oral-auditory transmission (Shruti). What an amazing description of God described by Swamiji as noted in the Vedas and all the contradictory qualities! Wow, thank you, Swamiji for this divine knowledge.
Om Namo Bhagwate Vasudevaya 🙏🙏🙏