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Q&A session led by Swami Sarvapriyananda at the Vedanta Society of New York on Oct 19th, 2025.
List of questions with timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:52 - If Brahman is the only reality, doesn’t “Neti, Neti” also reject Brahman?
17:52 - What is the link between Brahman and Jiva?
38:28 - Are not the theories you are discussing also limited?
41:54 - How do we apply Vedanta in our day-to-day life?
51:02 - Why is consciousness considered to be different from the mind?
01:09:24 - Is ChatGPT enlightened?
01:29:10 - Isn’t AI relative consciousness? How could it become enlightened?

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