Reaction video to Swami Tyagananda of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Order. Originally partially broadcast live 4/6/2024. Ended stream mid-way due to frequent disconnects of stream due to weather. Show was recorded and re-broadcast 4/7/2024 unedited.

0:00 – Into to reaction to Swami who is based out of Boston's Vedanta Society who is/was Hindu Chaplain of MIT and Harvard (see his wiki)
8:11 – Enjoy life (R.I.P. Char Abbott)
11:45 – Adi Da's talk "Sex, Laughter and Real-God-Realization" (see pdf of talk), seriousness vs laughter in religion, Jesse Duplantis
16:37 – Disagreeing over Neo-Hindu modern irrational universalism not over Advaita Vedanta, recommending books "Radical Universalism" & "Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism"
22:35 – Committing major sin of criticizing gurus (note: The Book of Manu is often referenced for this sin, but this is not a Vedic scripture, nor considered binding to modern society. The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad shows questioning guru is acceptable.), true gurus
28:08 – "All roads lead to the same goal" credited to Krishna in Bh. Gita but not echoed by any other mainstream religion & countered by other excerpts (note: MS might refer to Manu Sutra)
35:15 – Criticizing Neo-Hinduism masquerading as Sanatana Dharma
38:08 – Reacting to talk: (Apologies, as I didn't realize 2 mics were now recording), group prayers recommendation, non-rational deduction of person hearing truth from Vivekananda, staying a Christian while promoting Hinduism
56:59 – Reacting to talk con't: experience vs book learning & systems of learning, referenced links to Vedic education system here & here
1:10:22 – Reacting to talk con't: modern education system, low & high knowledge & scriptures, reference to low/high knowledge in Upanishads, false Vedic teachings
1:22:46 – Reacting to talk: awareness of other religions in history
1:34:34 – Reacting to talk con't: religions survive being unique & offering something to the work, vague spiritual language
1:42:25 – Reacting to talk con't: influence of religions upon each other, what is religion
2:00:46 – Reacting to talk con't: religious mountain metaphor, implying god is a being in all religions
2:06:36 – Reacting to talk con't: god's form, ultimate truth & declaring religions false
2:13:05 – Reacting to talk con't: Expanding mountain metaphor, reading "Radical Universalism" book
2:23:17 – Reacting to talk con't: confusion with similar words
2:27:02 – Reacting to talk con't: yoga applied to religious comparison, one unified religion underneath diversity, misinterpreting religions to make all unified
2:55:22 – Closing thoughts

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