Posted on: 22 Mar 2023
[Mr. Talin Rowe asked: Great and generous Shri Datta Swami, There are many different spiritual and scriptural texts available in the world today across world religions. There are a great many books and additional expositional pieces of literature available for spiritual aspirants as well. You’ve highlighted in Your discourses and videos that the Vedas are some of the most unadulterated spiritual texts due to them being orally passed from scholar to scholar over a very long period of time.
You have also composed great works such as the Datta Veda Sutram, Sri Datta Vedam, Datta Upanishat, Shri Datta Guru Bhagavat Gita and many others. Do these new works by You, make obsolete the traditional Vedas? Is there a need to research in depth other scriptures when Your writings are available to study? In essence my question is if a spiritual aspirant is seeking knowledge in written form, should they seek it from all these places, or should in depth study of Your writing be sufficient? Thank You for taking Your precious time to answer our questions. Warmest and highest praise at Your feet, Your devotee, Talin Rowe]
Swami replied:- I have taken the essence of the scriptures of all religions present in this world along with the Vedas of Hinduism and the fundamentals are one and the same in the scriptures of all religions. Some superficial differences may exist, which are based on different cultures of different sects of people living in different regions and these differences based on cultures upon mixing with the same basic spiritual knowledge resulted as different religions. Pure water is the basic spiritual knowledge and when this is mixed with different colors, you get different colored solutions, which appear as totally different from each other since we do not realize the common basic pure water like spiritual knowledge. The water is the main basis of all these colored solutions, which is the main common content. The colors are minor components masking the commonality of the basic pure water creating ignorant difference. Unless we expose this fundamental concept, world peace cannot be attained permanently. All My works are in this direction and all concepts necessary for this achievement are well explained. My works are related to the central common spirituality present in all the religions present in this world.