09 Sep 2021
1. How did Lord Krishna feel when Yaadava Clan got destroyed at the end?
[Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, some questions raised in internet discussion forum is presented below. Please grace Your response to the same. At Your Lotus Divine Feet-anil. How did Lord Krishna feel when Yaadava Clan got destroyed and the end of Dvaaarka as part of the fulfilment of Gaandhaari's curse after the Mahabharata war?]
Swami Replied:- God Krishna is completely detached from the concept of relatives and outsiders. He wanted everything to go as per the rule of the Pravrutti constitution written by Him. He did not want even Himself to be considered as an exception.
2. When Hindu Gods had many wives, why do Hindus insist of having one only?
[Hindu Gods had many wives, e.g., Krishna had more than 16000, so why do Hindus insist of having one only? Man should be allowed to have more than one wife; it is how we are built.]
Swami Replied:- Human beings are different from various forms of God. In the case of God, there will be lot of background in such number of marriages. Do you know that 16000 daughters of kings forced Krishna to marry them and threatened Him that they will commit suicide if He rejects them?
3. Why do most Hindus not know their basic scriptures like Vedas, Upanishads and Vedaanta?
Swami Replied:- Most people are fascinated towards worldly bonds and worldly life.
4. Why does the modern generation feel sympathy towards Karna?
Swami Replied:- Modern generation is also near the nature of demons. Karna was a demon reborn. Good qualities of Karna are like milk pot and the bad quality of Karna is like a drop of poison added to the milk.
5. Why there are no evil Gods like the Hindu evil God called "Shani" or "Saturn" in Christianity or Islam?
Swami Replied:- Shani or Saturn is said to be the giver of Spiritual knowledge (Jnaanakaaraka). Giving punishments to sins is not evil nature, but, the highest good nature since it helps to reform the souls.
6. Why were the incarnations of Vishnu and Maheshwara afraid, being supreme powers?
[Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesha are the supreme powers. But Vishnu incarnation Krishna, ran away from battle field and Mahesha was afraid of Bhasmaasura, why so?]
Swami Replied:- These are plays of God to enjoy the fear, which is called Bhayaanakarasa, one of the nine rasas. The creation is done for entertainment of the drama in which nine rasas exist.
7. How pigs are considered Godly for Hindus?
Swami Replied:- God took incarnation as pig to preach the human beings that hatred shall not be towards any living being. Another idea of God that the internal beauty or love is most important than the temporary external beauty.
8. Will Krishna help me in getting what I want?
[I believe in Krishna a lot. I only had one dream to crack the JEE in the last three attempts. I am getting a vibe that I might not crack it. Will Krishna help me in getting what I want?]
Swami Replied:- You develop devotion to Krishna without aspiring anything in return. Please accept whatever line He gives to you. You will realise that the line given by Him will be more beneficial than the line aspired by you.
9. How did Krishna get time to talk with Arjuna during their battle with Bhagadatta? Did He stop the time?
Swami Replied:- God is beyond time and space. His power is unimaginable.
10. Is it a sin in Hinduism to have bad thoughts if we don't have any intention to act on them?
Swami Replied:- You will be severely warned theoretically in the hell for your bad thoughts. But, the thought will materialise shortly and about this you have to be very careful because the practical sin will give practical punishment.
11. Is it true that the demons (Gruhasthaashramis) will overpower the holy people (Brahmachaaris and samnyaasis) in Kali Yuga?
Swami Replied:- Whatever may be the Aashrama, the holy people will be blessed and the unholy people will be punished.
12. When sin is fully grown, does it lead to death?
Swami Replied:- Certainly death will stop temporarily the effect of sin and such soul will be washed thoroughly in horrible hell.
13. What is the proof that Bhagavad Gita is not a copy of Dhammapadda? I am frustrated because of anti-Hindus.
Swami Replied:- Buddha is incarnation of God Vishnu and Krishna is also incarnation of God Vishnu. Where is the contradiction or difference between the two scriptures?
14. According to Hinduism, what terrible sins did we commit in past lives, to deserve being born in Ghor Kali Yuga?
Swami Replied:- In Kaliyuga also there are very good people of Pravrutti and climax devotees of Nivrutti.
15. Why does Krishna have peacock and cow in most pictures?
Swami Replied:- Cow represents justice. Peacock kills poisonous serpents representing destruction of injustice.
16. Who is the wife of Lord Dattaatreya?
Swami Replied:- Anaghaa or Madhumatii is said to be wife of God Dattaatreya.
17. Why is snake associated with most of the Hindu Gods?
Swami Replied:- Snake represents the awareness, which is the basic material of knowledge. Awareness is a specific work form of inert energy travelling like snake in the form of waves. Various forms of God are associated with preaching true Spiritual knowledge.
18. Is it a sin not to attend a funeral?
Swami Replied:- It is not sin at all.
19. What is the secret mantra of Lord Hanuman?
Swami Replied:- The secret Mantra of Lord Hanuman is any devotional song on Him treating Him as your eldest brother, who is equal to your father to mould you in the right path.
20. Why did Lord Raama allow Agni Pariiksha of Siitaa? Is the incident interpolated?
Swami Replied:- Siitaa abused Lakshmana in the forest with such bad language, the fruit of which is the entry into fire. God Raama exhausted the punishment of Siitaa on the earth itself. Even abandoning Siitaa was the extension of the same sin.
21. Does Krishna really say in Bhagavad Gita that all paths go to the same destination?
[Does Krishna really say in Bhagavad Gita that all paths go to the same destination or whichever God we worship we will attain Krishna? Does it really make any sense?]
Swami Replied:- It is the most sensible concept because the same unimaginable God (Parabrahman) is mediated in different media and what Krishna spoke was the speech of the unimaginable God.
22. Is Hinduism true? Are Gods and Goddesses in Hinduism real?
Swami Replied:- You are not real because you are relative reality being a tiny part of this relatively real world. The subject of absolute reality is any religion and every mediated God is absolutely real.
23. What is the difference or similarity between Sanaatana Dharmam and Sharia law?
Swami Replied:- The law regarding Pravrutti or worldly life may differ between religions since such law is framed by human beings. The subject of Nivrutti or Spiritual life in any religion is one and the same because Nivrutti scripture is written by the same unimaginable God, who is mediated in different media of different religions.
24. Does Hinduism promote alienation of widows?
Swami Replied:- These matters belong to Pravrutti or worldly life, which are decided by the human beings of a specific area on the earth. I am concerned with the Universal Spirituality established by the single God.
25. In my dream, I went to the Maa Kali temple. There, one cow calf came and slept on my shoulder. What does this mean?
Swami Replied:- That means protection of justice is on your shoulders.
26. Which deity should be worshiped in Kali Yuga?
Swami Replied:- You can worship any deity because the same Father of heaven or God Datta containing the same unimaginable God exists in every deity.
27. What do Veda says about adoption?
Swami Replied:- This is again the matter of worldly life about which you can take your own decision. The Veda says that you shall marry and get issues. The Manusmruti says that if you don’t get issues even after marriage, you can opt adoption of issue.
28. Why is the phrase “Rukminii Krishna” not popular?
[Like Lakshmii Naaraayana and Siitaa Raama, why do we say Raadha Krishna but not Rukmini Krishna? Why doesn’t the phrase “Rukminii Krishna” rhyme correctly?]
Swami Replied:- Rukminii is Lakshmii, who is the power of God Vishnu. Rukminii and Siitaa are the incarnations of Goddess Lakshmii. Raadhaa is the incarnation of God Shiva and Hanumaan is the incarnation of God Shiva. God Vishnu and God Shiva are one and the same as per the Veda. Shiva and Vishnu together are 2/3rds of the entire divine power since total power is God Brahmaa, God Vishnu and God Shiva in the total form of God Datta (Three In One).
29. Why does this world often seem to be promoting sin and wrongdoing, even glamorising it in many ways?
Swami Replied:- The world looks in the same colour as per the colour of lenses of the spectacle put on your eyes.
30. Why is one eye closed and the other half open in the idol of Dvaarakaadhish Temple in Gujarat?
Swami Replied:- One closed eye represents the unimaginable God. The second eye half opened represents the imaginable but invisible God Datta. This means that both the unimaginable God and God Datta exist in God Krishna (the unimaginable God exists in God Datta already in merged state).
31. Will God get angry if animals like a cat and dog enter a Puuja room and touch the idol?
Swami Replied:- Not at all. God loves all the souls and cat and dog also contain souls.
32. Why did India fail to design the Constitution of India based on the Vedic concept?
Swami Replied:- There is nothing like Vedic concept and non-Vedic concept. Any true and holy concept is the Vedic concept.
33. Why is Lord Vishnu there in ocean of milk and why is He sleeping on the snake?
Swami Replied:- The ocean of milk represents the good quality of Sattvam. The serpent with 1000 heads represents the final faculty of awareness doing sharp analysis in 1000 ways. Both these are necessary for an administrator. God Vishnu is the administrator of this creation.
34. Did Lord Krishna ever cry for something/someone?
Swami Replied:- He always cries for His climax devotees in His heart.
35. If Adam and Eve didn't sin, will we have the invention of knives today?
Swami Replied:- The genes coming from parents decide only some minor mannerisms and not their real qualities. Qualities are attained from atmosphere and due to God given freedom.
36. Did Vedas have monotheism in them or did they borrow it from Judaism? Are Vedas older than Judaism?
Swami Replied:- What will you gain by this question? Both are one and the same because the same unimaginable God formulated both.
37. Did God say that Muhammad was the last Prophet? If so when?
Swami Replied:- Every divine prophet frames complete Spiritual knowledge and thus becomes the last prophet for that generation. By next generation, misinterpretations and misunderstandings come due to which a new prophet arrives in the world.
38. Why is Judas Iscariot seen as a bad person?
[If the mission of Christ to the world is to die for our sins, why is Judas Iscariot seen as a bad person since Christ needed His betrayal to be crucified?]
Swami Replied:- God never gives punishment with vengeance, but, gives punishment for reformation of the soul only. Jesus died not for the sins of all, but died for the sins of His climax devotees only (see the meaning of the word Emmanuel).
39. Was it God's plan for His son Jesus to be tempted?
Swami Replied:- The temptation is the characteristic of the human being component present in human incarnation.
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