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[A question by Ms. Swathika]
Swami replied:- You must have heard the saying “Simple living and high thinking". There are four probabilities in this concept:- i) Simple living and high thinking. Ex.:- Shankara, Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and several sages...
[Shri Phani asked:- One Christian scolded the Hindu God since some devotees were killed in a temple. He said that the Hindu God is inefficient. I also told that Jesus could not protect Himself from Christian Popes. Will Jesus become angry with me?]
Swami replied:- There was a case in which Christians in a church were killed by terrorists. The same question...
1. Do Karma Samnyaasa and Karma Phala Tyaaga come under personal service or the mission of God?
Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami, these are the petty questions from this petty soul. Please clear my mind from the storm of misunderstandings. At Your Divine Lotus feet, Bhanu Samykya. Do Karma Samnyaasa and Karma Phala Tyaaga come under personal service to God or to the mission of God? Is it the choice of the soul to serve the mission of God or to serve God personally? I personally feel...
1. Swami, my mother conveys her gratitude to You because today she has cleared the house loan.
[A question by Ms. Thrylokya]
Swami replied:- It is a great surprise that the soul is laughing with happiness for clearing the loan on the house. At the same time, when a worldly bond like issue or spouse is cut off due to the clearance of the loan taken in the previous
1. Please give Your reply on the following statement of a Muslim.
Shri Anil Antony asked: Padanamaskaram Swami. A Muslim devotee Dr. Zakir Naik preaches the following points. I request You to give responses to these points, at Your Lotus Divine Feet-anil.
Allah cannot be Brahma: Muslims can have no objection if Almighty God is referred to as ‘Kaaliq’ or ‘Creator’ or ‘Brahma’. However if it is said that Brahma is Almighty God who has four heads with each head having crown...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami. In certain religious scriptures (like Christianity and Islam), statements exist saying that if their form of God is not worshipped and if other forms of God are worshipped, such people shall be killed. In this light, is Secularism (Universal Spirituality) justified?]
Swami replied:- Thousand times I shouted that in absence of direct audio-video record-proof of dictation of the scripture of any religion, all the illogical statements (that can’t be supported by any type of logic) shall be considered...
[Shri Jayesh Pandey asked: Pada Namaskaram Swami ji!, Does having Shani Dev as the Lord of the Ascendent (lagna) in an astrological chart mean good or bad?]
Swami replied:- Shani Dev is very good since he is the deity of spiritual knowledge (Jnaana kaaraka). The planet Saturn (Shani Dev) stands for Tamas, which stands for firm decision in implementing spiritual knowledge...
[A question by Shri Jayesh Pandey: Pada Namaskaram Swami ji!, Below Your Feet!]
Swami replied:- Every soul is a noble part of the screen giving entertainment to God. In the cinema, the actor of every role is heavily paid by the producer and there is no negative angle in any role. As far as the entertainment of God...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Swami, some say that Jnaana Yoga is the ultimate, some say that Bhakti Yoga is the ultimate and some say that Karma Yoga is the ultimate. How do You answer this?]
Swami replied:- In fact, all the three Yogas are the ultimate and are equally important. Jnaana Yoga (true and complete Spiritual Knowledge) is very important just like water for a plant. Bhakti Yoga (theoretical devotion) is also...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Shri Radha Manohar Dasji vehemently preaching for Hinduism against other religions says that the secularism of Hindus is wrong since it is making Hindus weak. What do You say?]
Swami replied:- There are four angles in any religion:- i) Offensive angle to attack other religions when they attack your religion aggressively ii) Defensive angle to answer their blames and protect our religion...
[A question ny Ms. Thrylokya]
Swami replied:- I tell you a beautiful story, which itself clearly reveals this answer. A great personality (God) established an industry (creation). One lady (devoted soul) was appointed as the personal secretary for the owner of that industry...
Swami replied:-
What is the use of describing about a mud-pond,
In which all similar pigs, almost-drowned, enjoy?
Even if a lotus flower with unimaginable fragrance,
Standing near them tries to scent those mad animals...
1. What is the true meaning of Anagha? Creation or sinless?
[Smt. Chhanda asked: Paadanamaskaram Swami, please clarify the following doubts: Swami, somewhere I read that Anagha means creation. It represents the form of creation. And You say Anagha means sinless. Is there any contradiction between these two meanings? Please enlighten me.]
Swami replied:- There is no contradiction. The literal sense is that Anagha means sinless. She is sinless because she left justice for the sake of God and not for the sake of any selfish fascination. She, being the best half of God Datta...
[Shri G. Lakshman asked: Padanamaskarams Swami. This is related to deep sleep. Deep sleep is full of ignorance and awareness doesn't exist. Please explain to me the process of how this ignorance is broken (i) when normal awakening happens, (ii) through external forceful awakening during deep sleep. At Your lotus feet, I always remain. G Lakshman]
Swami replied:- It is a natural law setup by God that the brain-nervous system starts functioning after taking rest for some period of time. When the rest is completed, the function of the system is restored by inert mechanical process...
1. Please comment on the following statement of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
[Smt. Chhanda Chandra asked:- Paadanamaskaram Swami, please clarify the following doubts:- Ramakrishna Paramahamsa used to say many times, “Maa, one day is wasted as You did not appear before me”. I think He used to say this for His devotees as He Himself is God. Please comment.]
Swami replied:- What you said is exactly correct. Even the incarnation of God behaves...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Paadanamaskaaram, Swami. It is said in Gita that single pointed devotion is the best (Eka bhaktih…) and also was told that no other form other than God Krishna shall be thought (Ananyaah…) and such statements exist in every religion provoking to say that except their form of God, other forms of God shall not be worshipped. What is Your answer?]
Swami replied:- Everybody is forgetting the most important basic fundamental point, which is that God is only one present in different forms like a person present in different dresses. Hence, “Worship Me Only” means that anybody...
[Prof. JSR Prasad asked:- Ref.: Satyanveshi, a YouTuber]
1. Satyanveshi says that the Bhagavad Gita is a murder manual. Swami, please comment.
Swami replied:- Murder means killing an individual for some personal reasons. The Kurukshetra war can be compared to the first world war or the second world war. Till recently, several wars have taken place in this world. You (Satyanveshi) should have given this advice to various countries participating in the wars. Even our India did some wars and got victory. The Kauravas cheated and harmed the Pandavas...
Smt. TINKU K asked: Pada Namaskaram Swami, Please forgive this ignorant fellow who can't understand Your beautiful explanation of spiritual knowledge. I kindly ask for clarification on my doubts below: Swami, as You said in the discourse below, how can God (Parabrahman), who is complete and doesn't need anything, feel bored and lonely, and seek entertainment?
Swami replied:- Boredom here is not in a negative sense. Boredom is not due to lack of anything. Continuity of the same lonely state is called boredom and such boredom by itself is neither positive nor negative. Boredom becomes positive if it is associated with happiness. For example...
[Swami: Even the incarnation of God like Parashurama was a Janma Brahmana and Karma Kshatriya because his qualities belonged to the Kshatriya caste only. If you take the case of Rama, He was Janma Kshatriya. But His qualities were of sattva, and hence, He is Karma Brahmana. Ravana is Janma Brahmana but Karma Chandala.
Question by Smt. TINKU K: God Parashurama had rajas qualities and so he killed all the kings on earth 21 times. But Lord Rama also killed Vali, Ravana, and Khara Dushana. Then why does Lord Rama belong to the sattvam quality?]
Swami replied:- In the case of Rama, His killing demons was based on perfect analysis...
[Questions by Smt. TINKU K on Swamiji's discourses]
1. a) Does ‘Avyaktam’ mean the world is paused for some time and then starts again with the same conditions?
[Swami: "Since God is the only one as the absolute reality, He was bored with His loneliness (Ekākī na ramate…- Veda). Hence, God created this entire world with several living beings. This world gives Him entertainment and removes the boredom obtained from loneliness...
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