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Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked:
1. Paadanamskaram Swami, Is the statement "If you need God, You deserve God" true?
Swami replied:- This is not correct concept because following God by attraction without any need is the best devotion. Need based devotion...
Dattamata Viṃśatiḥ: Verse 7
(Philosophy of God Datta in twenty verses)
अहं यदि स पूर्वतः कथमयं विभूतेः कणो
न दृष्ट इति पृच्छतो मलविशुद्धये भक्तिवाक् ।
क्रियात्मक समाप्ति भाषित गुरुत्रयात्तान्वयात्
त्वयैव सकलं मतं परमते हि ते सेविनोः ।। 7 ...
Dattamata Viṃśatiḥ: Verse 6
(Philosophy of God Datta in twenty verses)
स शङ्कर इहागत स्त्वमसि दत्त! नान्यायनो
निवर्तयसि नास्तिकां स्त्रिपथया गिरा गङ्गया ।
सदस्यपि यदस्यतो ऽस्ति तदिति त्रिवाक्कर्षितान्
गुरुत्व मिद मेकसद्वचन पण्डितो ऽवत्सलः ।। 6 ...
Dattamata Viṃśatiḥ: Verse 5
(Philosophy of God Datta in twenty verses)
असत्पर मतस्त्वमेक इति तत्परांशाः परे
त्रिकर्म न विभूतयो न च तदिच्छया तीर्णवान् ।
अवातर दहो! न चोदतर देष दत्तप्रभो!
विनावतरणं हि हास्यरस एष चाद्वैतवाक् ।। 5 ...
Dattamata Viṃśatiḥ: Verse 4
(Philosophy of God Datta in twenty verses)
फलं न तव मायया फल मविद्यया ऽस्मादृशां
भ्रमस्य समतापि दत्त! पदसाम्यता सम्भ्रमः ।
अकर्तरि न कर्तृता घन चिदीक्षणात्तैजसे
करोति नहि कोऽपि पापमिह धर्मधेनूद्धर ! ।। 4 ...
Dattamata Viṃśatiḥ: Verse 3
(Philosophy of God Datta in twenty verses)
प्रदत्त निजसत्तया स्फुरति दत्त! सद्ब्रह्मणो
जगद्यदिद मद्भुतं दृगदृगेक नोह्यं सकृत् ।
विनोद सदतो विभूतिरपि तर्क हर्त्रा त्वया
वयं त्रिगुण कन्दुकै र्जगति खेलितैः खेलिताः ।। 3 ...
[Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked: You said that the weight of love of Draupadi was more than the sweet bonds of God Krishna. Then, why didn't Draupadi go to Goloka?]
Swami replied:- Gopikas were sages and Draupadi was the incarnation of Goddess Parvati, who treated God Vishnu as her brother. Hence, Draupadi also treated Krishna as her brother. Even the five Pandavas are the five faces of God Shiva. The God components of Pandavas and Draupadi merged with their original sources i.e., God Shiva and Goddess Parvati. The human being components...
Ms. Thrylokya asked: Swami, I have practical experience that You can remove any problem of a devotee. In such a case, why do You recommend the chanting of the names of other forms of God and also recommend some special food preparations to be given to beggars for pacification of planets?
Swami replied:- Miracles are only examples to create faith in the existence and omnipotence...
Dattamata Viṃśatiḥ: Verse 1
(Philosophy of God Datta in twenty verses)
अहेतुपरपार वत्सलतया प्रसीद प्रभो!
सदैव तव पादयो र्वसतु दत्त! चित्तं मम ।
क्षमस्व मम पातकं सकल मज्ञ गर्वोत्थितम्
भवन्त मपहाय मे न गति रस्ति नास्त्येव हि ।। 1 ...
Dattamata Viṃśatiḥ: Verse 2
(Philosophy of God Datta in twenty verses)
भवान् प्रथम तैजस प्रकृति कावतारेश्वरो
जगत्प्रभव संस्थिति प्रलयमूल दत्तप्रभो! ।
उपाधि सहितं त्वमप्यनुपधेः परब्रह्म तत्
विवस्त्र पट वद्वदेक मसि शक्ति तत्त्वाद्वयात् ।। 2 ...
[A question by Ms. Mahathi Jalasutram]
Swami replied:- Life is something different from inert items. Mind and intelligence are the main constituents of life. Due to mind, thoughts are generated and due to intelligence, analysis is done and correct thoughts are decided. Actually, the word ‘life’ applies to the process of respiration in which oxygen is inhaled and CO2 is exhaled. The inhaled oxygen is used to oxidise the food to liberate inert energy that is necessary...
Mrs. Jyothi Chilukuru asked: Hanuman, Nandi, Garuda etc., are half human and half animals/birds. What is the development of nervous system in them?
Swami Replied:- They have got a far far developed nervous system than even excellent human scholars. If you carefully examine them, all of them are human beings only with some distorted facial features. The important point here is that the real beauty of a human being is his/her devotion to God and not the temporary physical beauty. Hanuman is said to be the most beautiful person based on His devotion...
Shri C. Balu asked: Mere faith is useless as You said previously. But, if devotion is associated with it, faith gets some value. Is it not?
Swami Replied:- Faith by itself is not good, if you analyse it. What do you mean by faith? Faith means that you are confident of God’s help in the fulfilment of some desire in return from God for your devotion. Such aspiration is poisonous to devotion itself. In devotion also, if the entire devotion is theoretical, there is no use of it. Practical devotion...
[A question by Ms. Thrylokya]
Swami replied:- In fact, this concept arose from the philosophy of Madhva only. Shankara told the relationship between God and soul as monism (both are one and the same), which is awareness and He stressed on the knowledge i.e., to know the soul is God. Ramanuja took God Narayana, the first energetic incarnation (God Datta) as the goal...
[A question by Ms. Thrylokya]
Swami replied:- The Veda says that all souls are females and wives of God (Striyaḥ satīḥ puṃsaḥ). The soul is common for all human beings. The soul takes births of male and female as per its fruits and deeds. In this sense, even names have no restrictions. Even sages, who are males became females in the same birth and wanted to hug...
Guru Purnima is the birth day of sage Veda Vyaasa. The Veda means spiritual knowledge that is useful to uplift human life and to achieve the ultimate goal, which is to please the ultimate God. Vyaasa means very large extent. Hence, Veda Vyaasa means the embodiment of infinite spiritual knowledge (Satyaṃ Jñānamanantaṃ Brahma— Veda). Infinite (Anantam) means very large that stands for the word Vyaasa...
1. Please forgive me for my mistakes and ignorance, and please help me not to repeat any sins.
[Smt. Amudha Sambath asked: At Your Divine Lotus Feet, Swami I am 100% sure that I am not worthy and I am an undeserving soul to receive Your grace. But I am holding Your feet because of my selfishness.
Swami's grace on me: I severely felt headache and eye pain. I was bearing the pain till midnight 1'o clock and it keeps on increasing then finally I opened Swami photo in my mobile and I didn't even request Swami to remove the pain but the next second that pain ran away. I felt instant relief and was back to normal. Swami, Please let me hold Your feet to express my gratefulness. Thank You Swami for holding...
1. Swami, kindly elaborate the meaning of the underlined portion of the verse.
[Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, kindly give Your responses to the following questions. At Your Lotus Feet-anil. Matthew 6:33-34: But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own. Swami kindly elaborate the meaning underlined portion of this verse.]
Swami replied:- Seeking righteousness means sticking to justice and that is Pravrutti. You can reach God only through...
[Questions by Shri Anil]
1. What is action and what is inaction?
[किं कर्म किमकर्मेति कवयोऽप्यत्र मोहिता: |
तत्ते कर्म प्रवक्ष्यामि यज्ज्ञात्वा मोक्ष्यसेऽशुभात् ||16||
What is action and what is inaction? (Gita 4:16)]
Swami replied:- Karma does not mean simply action in the context of the Gita even though fundamentally...
1. Is accepting the contemporary incarnation of God and surrendering to Him easier for a female devotee than a male devotee?
Swami replied:- You have asked this question from the point of sweet devotion that is possible for a female soul and that is not possible for a male soul. This is completely wrong because after detaching from 99 worldly bonds, then only, the last bond, which is with the spouse is tested in the final female birth. This means unless you detach from almost all worldly bonds, you cannot enter the topic of sweet devotion...
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