24 Aug 2021
1. An Andhra woman builds temple for her dead husband and worships his statue. Is it a good practice?
Swami replied:- She is worshipping the statue of her husband and this is a representative model-worship of her husband since the statue is a representative model of her husband. Neither she forces others to worship the statue nor says that her husband is God. Even if she says that her husband is God, it only refers her and not to all. One shall be convinced that a specific human being is God, called as human incarnation.
2. What shall I do if you can't find a partner but I have a sexual drive?
Swami replied:- You must immediately find out the partner in legal way.
3. Why does the verse 2.223 of the Quran compare wife to a tilth?
[Your wives are like tilth (cultivation land/farm) for you, so come to your tilth when and how you like. And send good beforehand for yourselves. And keep your duty to Allah, and know that you will meet. Why does the verse 2.223 of the Quran compare wife to a tilth?]
Swami replied:- Comparison does not insult any item. Comparison gives clarity about the concept and does not involve in praise or abuse of any item.
4. Is there any book that can match the Quran?
Swami replied:- Certainly not. But, you should remember that Quran is as good and as holy as any other religious scripture.
5. What should a Hindu do with a Quran given to him/her by a Muslim friend?
Swami replied:- One shall accept any holy scripture of any religion and try to read it to understand Universal Spirituality in more clear way.
6. Are there other Gods to worship as per the ten commandments of Bible?
[The first of the ten commandments of Bible says you shall worship no other Gods before Me. Are there other Gods and if so, then would it be okay to worship them in some secondary manner?]
Swami replied:- The human being is not capable to find out which is primary form and which is the secondary form. It is better to treat all divine forms as primary forms. Even if there is a secondary form, it is not sin to treat secondary form as primary form (Brahma dṛṣṭirutkarsṣāt – Brahma Sūtram). It is sin if you treat primary form as secondary form.
7. What made the disciples of Jesus leave Him alone at the end?
Swami replied:- The firmness of devotion in practical field is the real devotion. Theoretically anybody can express devotion to any extent.
8. Why did Jesus not choose women to be among the 12 disciples?
Swami replied:- It is an accidental co-incidence because He never separated the souls based on gender.
9. If Jesus was Jewish, why aren't Christians considered Jewish?
Swami replied:- Jesus does not mean His body. The body has caste, gender etc., as per the standards of ignorant people.
10. Why isn't slavery condemned by God or Jesus in the Bible?
Swami replied:- Slavery to God is the best path in which suppression of ego exists completely. Slavery to another human being is only wrong. When knowledge is preached, the preacher shall consider the then social background of the society also.
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