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For Scholars Posted on: 11/03/2026SECOND PART
[Phani:- How can we correlate the concepts of God and Mithyaa nature of world etc., in the philosophies of the three preachers (Shankara, Ramanuja and Madhva) in this context?]
Swami replied:- The basic unimaginable dualism (that unimaginable God can separate from Īśvara if wishes even though He never separates) made Shankara to stick to unimaginable God before creation only called as Nirguna Brahman...
(Saṃśaya Samāpti vicāra Yogaḥ)
Śrī Rādhā Devī Uvāca:-
(Shri Radha Devi Spoke):-
16) Janmato dharma mārgasthāḥ, tvanniṣṭhās tvaṃ svarūpavān।
Samāgacchasi ced yuktaṃ, tvaṃ pitā janako na yat॥
[All the above said 16,107 female devotees are strictly clinging to the justice of Pravṛtti from their births. I feel that marrying them through Your multiplied real forms will be the real justice. They are not related to Duṣpravṛtti...
(Saṃśaya Samāpti vicāra Yogaḥ)
Śrī Rādhā Devī Uvāca:-
(Shri Radha Devi Spoke):-
1) Parīkṣāyāṃ tvayā nītā, ratiḥ pāpaṃ tvaduktitaḥ।
Trikaraṇair apāpīti, proktavāṃś ca kathaṃ bhavān?॥
[O Krishna! You said that You sometimes test a devotee for her total surrender for the sake of which, You invite Your female devotee for sexual union! At the same time, You say that You have not done any sin by body, words and mind...
For Scholars Posted on: 07/03/2026[Shri Durgaprasad asked:- Swami, following is the discussion between myself and an advaita follower in an advaita group on Brahman and Parabrahman. Swami, kindly explain. At Your lotus feet –Durgaprasad]
FIRST PART:- SShri Durgaprasad: Śaṅkara differentiated the awareness of all things (sarvajña) from the awareness of a few things (alpajña) using the terms ‘Īśvara’ and ‘jīva’ respectively. The word jīva stands for the ordinary awarenss...
(Paripraśna Vicāra Yogaḥ)
18) Prema tyāga hata svārthaṃ, kāmaḥ svārtha sukhotthitaḥ।
Moho'tiśaya ubhaye, yena mokṣaś ca bandhanam॥
There are two items: i) ‘premā’ or love and ii) ‘kāma’ or lust. In love, the sacrifice is complete and it fully destroys all the selfish desire. In lust, there is only selfish desire for happiness. The third item is ‘moha’ or fascination, which can exist in both love and lust. Thus, fascination is common in both love and lust. If this fascination is in love, the salvation is obtained. If the same fascination is in lust, the soul is bound...
SECOND PART: After bringing realisation about the existence of unimaginable God, who is responsible for the unimaginable nature of the first mediated energetic incarnation called Datta or Father of Heaven, subsequent energetic incarnations for the upper worlds and materialised Human incarnations for the Earth, must be explained. The ego and jealousy of human beings towards common medium resulting...
(Paripraśna Vicāra Yogaḥ)
Śrī Rādhā Uvāca:-
[Shri Radha Devi spoke:-]
1) Kāminyekā duṣpravṛttā, parā Daiva parāyaṇā।
Parā kāmakṣayā dāsī, yuktā muktā ca Kṛṣṇa! kā?॥
[O Krishna! Suppose there are five cases. Out of these five, which case will be united with God and liberated from world? The five cases are: i) A female devotee with full illegal lust (Duṣpravṛtti) is enjoying several male human beings...
[Dr Nikhil asked:- I like to conduct a course for students in Spiritual Knowledge and I request You to give suggestions for this program.]
FIRST PART: Existence of unimaginable God and hell :-
Swami replied:- Tell Me whether a serpent-child is soft or an older cow. We can’t say that all children are good and all elders are bad. The goodness or badness depends upon the mental setup with which a soul is taking birth in this world. In the same mental setup, age can be considered. An elder serpent is more dangerous than a child serpent. A child-cow is more soft than a grown up cow...
For Scholars Posted on: 26/02/2026FIFTH PART: Conclusions :-
A producer-director of a cinema came to see the cinema along with his servant. The producer-director saw the cinema from the beginning to end without sleeping. The servant saw the cinema up to the interval and slept after the interval. The cinema continued to run till end since the producer-director is seeing it. In fact, the cinema is put on the screen only for his sake and not for the sake of his servant...
For Scholars Posted on: 23/02/2026FOURTH PART: Five Items in the Process of Knowing :-
Knowing is an action. In the context of any action, including the action of knowing, there are five items. They are the kartā or the doer of the action, the karma or the object on which the action is done, the karaṇam or the instrument with which the action is done, the kriyā or the process of doing itself and the kriyā phalam or the fruit of the action. Let us try to identify what these five items exactly...
For Scholars Posted on: 21/02/2026THIRD PART: Enjoyer in all the three states :-
If you consider the bundle of thoughts itself to be the subtle body, it means that you are considering it to be the container. Who then is the possessor contained inside the container of the bundle of thoughts? You might argue that the possessor contained in the bundle of thoughts is pure awareness. That might be fine, but it leads to another problem. If the bundle of thoughts itself is considered...
For Scholars Posted on: 18/02/2026SECOND PART: Interpreting the Four States for a Human Being
As per the theory of Śaṅkara, every human being is said to be Brahman (God) in an essential sense. So, every human being becomes an Incarnation of God. This, of course, is not true! Śaṅkara was forced to twist facts in His theory so as to encourage atheists to adopt His theory and become theists. So, in His commentary regarding these four states, Śaṅkara interpreted the Veda in the context of an ordinary...
For Scholars Posted on: 16/02/2026Dr. Nikhil asked (on phone):- Advaitins say that the subtle body is made of thoughts (vāsanās) and the causal body is made of ignorance (avidyā). Can You please clarify this point?
FIRST PART: The Four States Analysis Applies Only to an Incarnation
Swami replied: O Learned and Devoted Servants of God! In the case of a human being, the gross body is made of the five elements or matter, the subtle body is made of inert energy and the causal body is made of awareness in the form of thoughts or qualities (Vaasanas). These thoughts (forms of awareness) are the cause of the entire behavior of the individual soul and hence, this body can be called...
(Triguṇa Vicāra Yogaḥ)
Śrī Rādhā Uvāca:-
[Shri Radha Devi spoke:-]
1) Ekato mṛgayā nindā, Daiva sevā prajā'nyataḥ।
Nivṛttau vikṛta prema, Kṛṣṇa! kiṃ nānu modase?॥
[O Krishna! On one side, You are telling that sexual union is like hunting a soft natured animal by a wild animal and on the other side, You are telling that the generation of children through sexual union is service to God since it continuously...
(Eṣaṇā Traya Vicāra Yogaḥ)
20) Bhārate Dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca, Gopyo Bhāgavate tathā।
Rāmāyaṇe ca Kaikeyī, Mahā putreṣaṇā jitāḥ॥
[In the Mahā Bhāratam, king Dhṛtarāṣṭra was blind by the fascination towards his sons about their kingdom-wealth (he wanted his sons to also enjoy the portion of kingdom belonging to the sons of his brother). In the Bhāgavatam, Gopikas were blind by the fascination towards their children about their butter-wealth (they complained to the mother of Krishna about His stealing butter from...
[By Ms. Lakshmi Lavanya]
Namaste Swami, On 2nd December 2025, I returned home at 10 a.m. after completing my night duty at school. My house owner is a Homeopathy Doctor, who does free service to public in the hospital run by Sri Satya Sai Baba Mandir. As I arrived home, I immediately noticed a gas leakage in the kitchen of my house owner and asked him to check the cylinder. He replied that he had just installed...
For Scholars Posted on: 23/01/2026Every Soul Has Equal Chance to Become Incarnation
Shri Datta Swami could easily bring this 1% monism to 0% since the difference is negligible and in this point all the credit goes to earlier divine preachers only, who paved the way to be very smooth. In this line, there is no danger since removal of ambition does not hurt the ego of any human being. But, in His philosophy, the most dangerous concept of contemporary human incarnation was projected very well. Generally, this concept results in terrible...
(Eṣaṇā Traya Vicāra Yogaḥ)
Śrī Rādhā Uvāca:-
[Shri Radha Devi spoke:-]
1) Pravṛttau Kṛṣṇa! dharmā''rtiḥ, nivṛttau Bhagavat cyutiḥ।
Gopibhi rīkṣitā dṛśyā, kalau hetus sa ucyatām॥
[O God Krishna! In the coming time of Kali age, justice will suffer in the worldly life and even God will be neglected in the spiritual life. This negligence towards God is seen even in the case of sages born as Gopikas,
For Scholars Posted on: 20/01/2026[Shri. Ajay asked: “Bhagavan Shri Satya Sai Baba was repeatedly telling that every human being is God, which perfectly coincides with the Advaita Philosophy of Shankara. This philosophy is opposed mainly by the concept that a specific human being alone is God, which is contemporary human incarnation. Reconciliation of these two contradicting concepts is to be clarified and this is the basic necessity in the spiritual knowledge”.]
Shri Swami Replied: First, let us take the most important and most sacred epics like the Shrimad Ramayanam and the Shrimad Bhagavatam, which represent the concept of the specific contemporary human incarnation. Thus, we are starting from one side thoroughly...
For Scholars Posted on: 17/01/20261. Is medium Kārya Māyā Śakti and internal form the Kāraṇa Māyā Śakti + Parabrahman in incarnation of God?
[Shri Ramakanth asked:- Swami, in the 11th verse of 17th Chapter in Radhakrishna Gita, it is written “Following the first meaning as product, Prakruti is having both inert and non-inert items. Both Anaghā and Datta bear Prakruti (product) externally as their media. Internally, both have Purusha (cause). Hence, both Anaghā and Datta have Prakruti (Mahā Māyā) externally as their media and Purusha...
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