95 Fake Gurus Exposed – Swami Tyagananda (Part 2/2): One Unified Religion? Not So Fast

Reaction video to Swami Tyagananda of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Order. I have some disagreements with his Advaita Vedanta religious universalism point of view. 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 video to Swami Tyagananda (of the Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Order based out of Boston's Vedanta Society) who is/was Hindu Chaplain of MIT and Harvard (see wiki of him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swami_Tyagananda)
8:11 – Enjoy your life (R.I.P. Char Abbott)
11:45 – Adi Da Samraj talk "Sex, Laughter and Real-God-Realization" (see here for pdf of talk: https://www.adidam.org/Content/teaching/print-files/sex-laughter-god-realization.pdf), seriousness vs laughter in religion, Jesse Duplantis
16:37 – Disagreeing with Swami Tyagananda over Neo-Hindu modern irrational religious universalism not over Advaita Vedanta (non-dual vs dual), recommending books "Radical Universalism" by Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya & "Being Different: An Indian Challenge to Western Universalism" by Rajiv Malhotra @RajivMalhotraOfficial
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 nor Hindu scripture, nor is is considered binding to modern society. While the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad shows questioning guru is acceptable.), true gurus
28:08 – "All roads lead to the same goal" credited to Krishna in Bhagavad 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 for mic issue, as I didn't realize two 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 https://historycuriosity.com/vedic-education-system & https://theculturetrip.com/asia/india/articles/what-did-the-ancient-indian-education-system-look-like
1:10:22 – Reacting to talk con't: modern education system, low & high knowledge & scriptures, reference to low and high knowledge in Upanishads https://philosophy.redzambala.com/upanishad/higher-and-lower-knowledge.html, 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 of Sri Dharma Acharya, 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 Sri Acharya's "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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