31 Jan 2023
1. People who think of themselves as God based on Shankara’s philosophy, may do sins. Did Shankara take any step to avoid these sins?
[Shri Bharath Krishna asked: Padanamaskaram Swami🙏🙂. Shankaracharya preached Advaita to convert atheists into theists. Following are the 2 conclusions (which I am aware) of those atheists after they listened to the preaching of Shankaracharya.
a) I am God, there is no point in doing sins because everything is unreal and also it is not good to commit sins being GOD.
b) I am God, everything is unreal, I can freely do sins.
The atheists whose conclusion is as mentioned in above point "b" must be a minority compared to who concluded point "a". Shankaracharya must have taken some precautionary measures to even avoid this side-effect as well until Shri Ramanujacharya came. Can You please tell me about those precautionary measures Swami?]
Swami replied: Shankara brought atheists to the right path by turning them to theists. Even though He told that every soul is God, He also told that unless the soul worships God as devotee, the soul cannot become God. This is the precautionary measure taken by Shankara.
2. Pada namaskaram Swamiji! Am I in contact with the right people spiritually? Below Your Feet.
[A question by Shri Jayesh Pandey]
Swami replied: As long as you follow the Sadguru, you are in right contact with right people.
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