Ask Swami with Swami Sarvapriyananda | June 15th, 2025

Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on June 15th, 2025.
List of questions with timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:48 - What is the difference between the soul and awareness?
10:39 - How do we break the link between the real and reflected consciousness? 
27:44 - How is knowledge different from experience?
36:02 - Is enlightenment obtained during meditation or while interacting with the world?
49:38 - Is artificial super-intelligence a feasibility?  Could this lead to the end of humanity?
59:27 - Can we design a generalized template for Karma?  How can I explain it to my grandchildren?
01:05:55 - Doesn't the "consciousness wave" referred to in Buddhism imply duality?
01:09:27 - What is the difference between realization that the dream is unreal within the dream (lucid dreaming) vs. in the waking world?

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