Swami answers the questions by Shri Kishore Ram

1. Is it a right choice to adopt a poor orphan by a childless couple?

[Questions by Kishore Ram: Swamiji, if a married couple is not able to produce children despite all possible efforts and medical treatments, is it the right choice to adopt a poor orphan as their child? Or upon the consent of the wife (considering the defect is in the lady's health to produce a child), should the husband marry again and produce children? Which one of them will please God?]

Swami replied:- God is pleased as long as nobody is hurt. With full willingness and without any trace of pain anything is pleasing God. People shall be convinced and shall not suffer even a little in this matter. Especially, good people shall not suffer, which makes God very furious.

2. Is the Nirvikalpa Samadhi state defined by a single-pointed devotion to contemporary incarnation?

[Swamiji, in the recent satsanga, Your explanation on the verse "eka bhatir vishishyate" was simply mind blowing and excellent. I really really enjoyed it a lot and experienced pure bliss. You explained about being single pointed focus on the contemporary Human Incarnation and not deviating at all (eka bhakti vishishyate). Is it similar to the "Nirvikalpa Samadhi" state? What is the difference between meditation (dhyana), Stitha Prajna and Samadhi?]

Swami replied:- Nirvikalpa Samaadhi means the same single pointed devotion and such devotion shall not be shaken at any cost. This additional point also exists in Nirvikalpa Samaadhi. Of course, this additional point can be also added in the words like ‘Eka bhakti’, meditation, sthitaprajna. Samaadhi means single pointed devotion and if it is firm without any change it is called Nirvikalpa Samaadhi and if it changes now and then, it is called Savikalpa Samaadhi.

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