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Swami Sarvapriyananda discusses the intersection of modern science and Vedantic philosophy regarding consciousness.

Swami Sarvapriyananda explores how modern science, especially neuroscience, consciousness studies, and AI, is beginning to circle back to questions Vedanta has examined for centuries. The lecture shows that while science has become increasingly sophisticated in studying the brain and mental processes, the fundamental mystery of consciousness remains unresolved, and Vedantic insights may offer a deeper framework for understanding it. 00:00 - Introduction 00:50 - Consciousness and Vedanta 03:19 - Science and spirituality must meet 09:04 - The hard problem of consciousness 21:31 - Why neuroscience still has not solved consciousness 27:13 - Consciousness first, not matter first 54:53 - AI, quantum theory, and Vedantic parallels

People in this episode

Host: Swami Sarvapriyananda

Topics covered

• science and spirituality
• consciousness studies
• Vedanta
• neuroscience
• AI
• quantum theory

Keywords

• consciousness
• Vedanta
• neuroscience
• AI
• quantum theory
• spirituality
• science

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Vedanta Society of New York

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