Swami answers devotees' questions

1. What is the best way to decrease emotions and increase intellectual analysis?

[Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, what is the best way to decrease emotions and increase intellectual analysis so that one can concentrate on spiritual knowledge without any prejudice or bias? -At Your Divine Lotus Feet, Bhanu Samykya.]

Swami replied:- If you are fully involved in the study of spiritual knowledge, the analytical faculty will develop and taste in logical analysis increases. Automatically the emotional side weakens. If you start eating hot dishes, you will naturally lose interest on sweets.

2. I try to justify my mistakes through spiritual knowledge. What should my conduct be?

[Shri Jayesh Pandey asked: Padanamaskaram Swami ji! Whenever I do a mistake, I try justifying it through the spiritual knowledge. What should be my ideal conduct in such situations? Below Your Feet.]

Swami replied:- When you know that it is a mistake, how can you get the support from true spiritual knowledge. Your trial to do this is another mistake.

3. Is it sinful to serve non-vegetarian food at a party?

[Shri Ganesh V asked: Padanamaskaram Swamiji, My colleagues want a treat from my money because I completed my probation period successfully. They want me to buy them non-vegetarian food and alcohol for them. I refused because I believe it to be a sin. Is it sin according to You, Swamiji? At Your divine feet, Ganesh V]

Swami replied:- Yes. it is a sin in the view of God.

4. Is there any significance to the individual yugas?

[Shri Soumyadip Mondal asked: Pronam Swamiji, Kindly enlighten us with Your exceptional knowledge. I want to know if there are any significance of the individual yugas? If yes, what are the significance of each yuga starting from Satya(krita) to Treta to Dwapar and Kali. Also the duration of the yugas are different from each other, one yuga should have matched with other yuga in terms of number of years, to my limited knowledge. Kindly forgive me if I have raised a non-relevant query. By, Soumyadip Mondal]

Swami replied:- The main idea behind the yugas is that justice falls gradually as the time passes on. When the justice is standing fully, the world can be tolerated by God for a long time and hence, Satya Yuga can be tolerated fully by God with full happiness. As justice starts falling down, intolerance also starts and hence, the subsequent yugas get gradually reduced. When the fall down of justice reaches climax in Kali Yuga, this Yuga gets minimum duration because this Yuga is almost intolerable to God.

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