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Shri. Abhiram Kudala asked: Padanamaskaram Swamy. Swamy it is said that whatever we think at the time of death, the next birth would be related or will be closer to that thought. For example: Jada Maharshi who is a great saint who thought about the deer...
[Smt. Chhanda asked: Padanamaskaram Swami. What is the significance of reaching God in 7 births as devotee or in 3 births as enemy? By Chhanda Chandra]
Swami replied:- God Vishnu tested His two devotees standing at His gate when they were cursed by the four devoted divine boys that they shall become demons...
Smt. Arati asked: Namaskar Swamiji, If we go to an astrologer, they will tell us to do Puja, Shanti and wear stones. Does it really have an impact after doing Puja or wearing stones? Will it cure our problems? Why is being born...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Swami, please explain the reason for a Yogi to become Yogabhrashta referred in recent explanation of 12th Prakaranam of Brahma Jnaanam.]
Swami replied:- Yogi means the devotee trying to reach the contemporary human incarnation of God. In the path, the Yogi sometimes falls down and becomes Yogabhrashta to take birth again on the earth so that he/she tries again...
[Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, How to come out of past bad experiences and their emotional grip on the mind? How much ever I try, again I keep going backwards and feel sad about it. Please guide me forward Swami. -At Your Divine Lotus Feet, Bhanu Samykya.]
Swami replied:- If the experience belongs to this birth itself, it is in the initial...
1. What are Brahma Tandav, Vishnu Tandav and Rudra Tandav?
[Smt. Chhanda asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, please clear my mind: Please explain the meaning and significance of Brahma tandav, Vishnu Tandav and Rudra Tandav? Are they related to chakras? At Your divine lotus feet Swami, Chhanda]
Swami replied:- Chakra is only illusion, which is the fascination about worldly bonds. Don’t fall in the chakkar of chakras and waste your time...
[Smt. Chhanda asked: Can the merging with the climax devotee be considered as a miracle once it has taken place as He becomes God Himself from that moment?]
Swami replied:- Merging of the unimaginable God with the first energetic form (Datta) is unimaginable because the unimaginable God Himself is the God component here. But, when God Datta merges with an energetic being or a human being, it can be explained with a practical example...
1. What is the difference between the love of Sati and Radha?
[Shri Satthireddy asked: Mee Paadapadmalaki Namaskram Swamiji, Sati Devi and Radha Devi, Swamiji's wives, both participated in Satisahagamanam. But in the instance of Radha Devi, you are compared to a powerful electrical force that struck...
1. Why was the crowd very adamant about giving punishment to Jesus?
[Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Kindly give Your responses to the following questions. At Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil. Why was the crowd very adamant in giving punishment to Jesus?
Matthew 27:24-25: When Pilate saw that he was not succeeding at all, but that a riot was breaking out instead, he took water and washed his hands in the sight of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man's blood (Jesus’s). Look to it yourselves.” “And all the people answered and said, His blood be on us...
[A question by Smt. Sri Lakshmi]
Swami replied:- The word Atma means not only self but also the human incarnation of God looking like self externally. Hence, the meaning shall be taken as per the context. Atmadarshi can mean seeing your self-awareness and identifying yourself as awareness and not the body. This is necessary so that you will be detached from the body and all the worldly bonds that are linked to the body. Now, you have become...
1. What is meant by Chaitanyam? Are atma, jeeva and chaitanyam mean same?
Swami replied:- Atma means the inert energy that is produced by the oxidation of food in mitochondria cells. This inert energy enters the functioning brain-nervous system and is transformed into a specific work form, called awareness and this awareness...
[By Shri Manikanta]
Padanamaskaram Swami, I, Manikanta, want to share a miracle that happened by the grace of Swami on my sister’s marriage occasion. Initially, my sister’s marriage was fixed on 26th August, 2021. While I was discussing about the muhurtham with Shri Phaniji, I told that there were two grandparents...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami, You told that Ramakrishna Paramahamsa asked Swami Dayananda that whether He (Dayananda) got permission from God to propagate a new interpretation of the Veda. Hearing that, Swami Dayananda left. You said that both are incarnations of God. Then, how did this happen between them?]
Swami replied:- Rama and Parashurama are incarnations of the same God Vishnu. Then, how did Parashurama...
[By Shri Nitin]
[13-08-2023] Jai Guru Datta, I would like to share a miracle that Swami graced me and my family with recently. Sometime ago, Swami had warned me and my brother, Nihal, to not travel out of the city in the near future. He had told us that our time was bad, and that we would be safer staying in Hyderabad. Despite this warning from Swami...
[Smt. Purnima asked: Nameste Swamy, Where can I find Shri Datta Swamy Ashram, could you pls advise for devotees like me who wanted to do service (sushrusha) to lord Datta Swamy. Kindly suggest. By Purnima]
Swami replied:- Aashrama means complete tiredness (Ā Samantāt śrāmyanti tapasā iti). This means always becoming tired in doing the service of God. It does not mean a particular place to which all the devotees come to do service. All the houses...
Shri Satthireddy asked: Mee Paadapadmalaku namaskaram Swamiji, Swamiji, In the Parabrahma Gita it is mentioned "I am just the reflection of the devotee". Swamiji, a soul expects true love even though the soul is selfish towards God. In the context of God and soul, selfishness or any quality towards Him become sacred but if You show the same selfishness or any quality the way the soul shows towards...
Shri Satthireddy asked: Mee Paada Padmalaku Namaskaram Swamiji, Swamiji, Satya Hari Chandra sold his wife, was about to kill his wife for his Satya nishta and Lord Rama Chandra also sent His wife Sitamma to the forest. Please explain these two contexts. Swamiji ultimately You are great but in this context, sacrifice of Satya Hari Chandra exceeds Lord Rama. please kill my ignorance with Your spiritual sword Swamij...
(A brief Satsanga took place between Swami and Ms. Thrylokya on phone as given below.)
Ms. Thrylokya asked:-
1. Is doing good deeds important and not God Himself?
[Paadanamaskaaram Swami, You told that if the human being does only justified deeds avoiding unjust deeds, God is pleased. In that case, doing good actions is important and not God. Please explain about this point.]
Swami replied:- It is correct that God is pleased with your good actions especially when you simultaneously avoid bad actions. But, God is more important...
[Dr. Jsr Prasad asked:- Sāṣṭāṅga praṇāmas Swami, You told that both God component and human being component exist in the human incarnation. You also told that God merges perfectly with the human being component and becomes the human being component also and for this reason, we have to treat the human form also as God. Please elaborate on this point. --At Your holy lotus feet]
Swami Replied:- God created this world and entered it. Some say that God has entered the world as souls because God is awareness...
Dattamata Viṃśatiḥ: Verse 13
(Philosophy of God Datta in twenty verses)
नभश्चिदिह सर्वतो गतमिति ब्रुवाणा स्स्वतो
चिदूह इति दोषसङ्कलित गर्विता योधवत् ।
प्रमादृगखिलं मतं मनुज एव हि स्वप्नगम्
पुरश्शशिनि वक्त्रभा स्तदनु रोपितं वै बलात् ।।13।।...
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