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Vedanta vs Yoga

Summary

, 18 min

How Vedanta's non-dual view and Sankhya-based yoga fit together: Vedanta is the teacher describing the destination from above, and yoga is the student's pathway up from below. Using a house blueprint and a radio, the video presents techniques like the Three Essentials as ways to quiet the mind toward the non-dual state. Neither view is complete alone.

In this video

Teaches
VedantaSankhya
Discusses
Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)Deletion, distortion and generalizationThree EssentialsConcentrationLeft and right brainDual and non-dual
Mentions
Reticular Activating SystemAtmanRight hippocampusAikidoLow-Idle-StateDorsal Vagal ComplexSelf-realization

Key moments

00:00A viewer asks: drop techniques for Vedanta, or practice yoga?01:01Reading the question: a night-time shock of awakening02:12NLP: living inside your own perception, not the world04:21Vedanta says no techniques are needed: the tension with yoga05:48Vedanta as teacher from above, Sankhya as student from below06:39Blueprint vs hammer and nails: yoga builds the house07:56"You're already done" and the Three Essentials08:47Reading a book on a bumpy bus: why yoga quiets the mind11:03The pathway: dorsal vagal, then the self moves into the right brain12:57Is the pathway true or the destination? Vedanta as higher yoga14:31The radio and the voice in the ether15:18Teacher from above, student from below creates the whole16:26Patreon satsangs for questions and answers