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Shri P V N M Sharma asked: How to correlate the two contradicting concepts: 1) the human being component is different from God. 2) The human form (human being) in which God exists Itself is God?
Swami replied: Due to this question only, the spiritual knowledge (Brahma Vidyaa or Brahma jnaanam) becomes most complicated to be understood by the devotees. The general saying in the world also resulted due to this complication only and the saying is “Is it Brahma Vidyaa?, So that we cannot understand that?” The confusion comes only when you see...
Shri Anil asked (on phone): “I am requesting for Your analysis on the following points: 1) Are the miracles so important before the unimaginable knowledge given by You?
Swami replied: The level of miracles is very very low (not low, not very low, but very very low) since miracles are just meant to give a proof for the existence of unimaginable God as the source of the unimaginable events called miracles. Such proof is needed only for the atheist, who is in far lower state than theist. Even these theists were atheists only...
Dr Annapurna, Professor, asked: “Lord Rama did not respond to the severe suffering of the greatest devotee, Ramadas, given to him by the king Taanishaa through punishment for constructing the temple of Rama. How to accept the kindness and justice of Rama?”
Swami replied: You have used two words: kindness and justice, which can’t go together like water and fire. The human incarnation of Rama was purely for Pravrutti of the humanity. He left even His dearest wife, Sita for the sake of justice in the administration of a ruler. A ruler should take care of the comments of every citizen...
[Evening Message] Shri Surya asked: “In the Gita repeated practice, knowledge, meditation and sacrifice of fruit of work are told in ascending order of importance (Shreyohi...). Please elaborate this concept.
Swami replied: 1) Shreyohi Jnaana Mabhyaasaat: This means knowledge (Jnaana) is better than repeated practice (Abhyaasa). This clearly means that there is no knowledge in repeated practice since both are told as separate entities and also it is told that the second entity is better than the first entity. This clearly proves that the repeated practice...
Shri Kishore Ram asked: The point of family bonds against God may be kindly elaborated more since it is a delicate topic.
Swami replied: Bond means love. Love means the feeling or mind. Mind means the nervous energy or awareness. This nervous energy or love has a finite value in every human being. Hence, when this finite quantity of nervous energy or love or mind is dedicated to a specific goal, it is said that your total love or bond is with that specific goal alone. The love or bond can have the units of energy. The units of inert energy can be expressed...
MESSAGE-1: Following are the objections raised by two users to Your recent article on Sri Shirdi Sai Baba: (forwarded by Shri Kartik)
Objections from user 1: 'The Swami has no idea what smaarta means. smaarta has no relation with Advaita as such (it only happened in the late 1700s on a mass scale with the rise of Kanchi Sankara maṭha). It simply means someone who performs the basic Śrauta karmans...
Swami replied: Thinking that I am also a person, who is master of none and jack of all trades, they have gone to the extent of climax of their ego and climax of jealousy (to others), to go to such level to say that I don’t know the meaning of the word ‘Smaarta’ (as user 1 says)...
MESSAGE-2: Expression of Individual Opinion Must To Start Debate
I (Karthik) posted another message (Message-2) from Swami, which deals with the importance of logical analysis in arriving at the conclusion of a specific interpretation of a statement from the scripture. User 2 submitted his criticism on the message of Swami and also on the replies given by me. Swami gives replies to the criticism of User 2 on:
A) Swami’s own message and
B) On my replies to his criticism separately.
A) Swami’s reply to criticism from User 2 and User 3 (Shabri): I once again request you to stress on the points and not to use words like ‘ridiculous’, ‘horrible advice’, etc. because such words neither convey any point nor support your points expressed. Both of you told that we should change our wrong conclusions, if such conclusions contradict...
(Recently some ardent devotees of Shri Shirdi Sai Baba approached Swami expressing their pain about the criticism of Baba from Shri Swamiji (Shri Swarupananda ji), the head of Dvaarakaapeeth. Swami gave the following message to them).
Swami replied: I shall answer all the criticism of Shri Sai Baba that came from Shri Swamiji, the head of Shankara Peetha of Dvaaraka. I can’t tolerate this attack and this is the issue of prestige of My ancestral dynasty, the precious chain starting from Lord Dattatreya, whose human incarnations like Shri Padavallabha, Shri Narasimha Saraswati, Shri Maanikya Prabhu, Shri Akkalkot Maharaj, Shri Shirdi Sai Baba, Shri Satya Sai Baba etc., who are the diamonds.
Union of Religions: Shri Swamiji differentiates Hinduism and Islam opposing the trials of Shri Sai Baba for the correlation of the two religions, which is totally unfair. Religion means the path of efforts...
Shri Balaji asked: Veda says that Brahma and Shiva are Narayana (Brahmaah cha Naaraayanah...) and at the same time also says that Indra and sides like East are also Narayana (Indrashcha...Dishashcha...). How to understand these statements in a proper way?
Swami replied: Unless you understand every word with the detailed background involving Sanskrit grammar, logic etc., the final conclusion being incomplete and diverted to wrong path becomes confusion. Here, you must take the first point that Narayana is an energetic form in which the unimaginable God (Parabrahman) got merged. Similarly, Brahma and Shiva are also energetic forms in which the unimaginable God...
Shri P V N M Sharma & Shri Phani asked same question separately “so far, I am under the impression that whatever is thought by God, it will materialize simultaneously. But, in the latest message you said that God also gets some ideas without simultaneous materialization and has a phase of thinking alone like us. Please clarify this”.
Swami Replied: So far I was always discussing about the context of God creating the world only and hence I stressed on the simultaneous materialization of the thought of God because in that context every thought got by God was only creation of simultaneous materialization of world only. Unless God gets the spirit of materialization of thought, the thought will not materialize simultaneously...
Shri Anil Asked: Padmanamaskaram Swami!! Kindly give your response to the following queries
1) In Para Brahma Gita, You mentioned that when one ask God for a boon, God will analyze and gives it to you, if it is good, but when boon is not obtained people catch and worship Shakti, divine mother of all souls being para and apara for grant of boons. When divine mother sanctions a boon, indirectly the Father-God only sanctions it? In Christianity also people pray St. Mary and other saints like St. Antony's, St. George etc to fulfil their wishes very fast. However such facilities are not there in Islam since they only accept Allah as God and no intermediates between Allah and them. Kindly enlighten on this.
Swami replied: In Islam also, Dargahs which are tombs of great devotees of Allah are worshipped by Muslim devotees (even Hindu devotees) for boons apart from their prayers to Allah. Such tradition is everywhere. To get the interview with prime minister, you try through his P.A. To get some work done, you will try through his wife and his issues. All this is based on the psychology of human beings. Of course, it is true...
Padmanamaskaram Swami!! 1) God is said to be in state of Continuous Bliss(Ananda) before creation as well(Correct me if I am wrong). Is that the reason which led to misery and boredom state for God and such state led him to create this Creation (other than himself) for entertainment? If so, then God's State (Ananda) and normal Soul happiness becomes same? Padmanamaskaram Swami!! kishore ram
Swami replied: God is beyond this creation and this doesn’t mean that His happiness is also beyond creation. Happiness is a quality of awareness. When we say that God is with full bliss even before creation, it shows that awareness was already created by God, which got associated with Him. Hence, the quality of awareness, which is bliss (excess of happiness only is bliss) also got associated with God. When the Veda said that He got bored (Ekaaki na ramate) with continuous and excess happiness, it means that the first stage of creation was already over. However, if you go beyond...
Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Kindly give Your explanations to following verses taken from Quran.
Q1) Some muslims say that in Quran it is given that Allah can be seen on the Day of Judgment, can be seen by Paradise Dwellers and also can be seen in Dreams. It is mentioned that Prophet Mohammad saw Allah during the night of ascension and also in this world. Other places it is said that Allah cannot be seen by anyone in this World, or in Dreams, or on the Day of Judgment or in Paradise. The supporting verses are given by some muslims are given below. Kindly enlighten us these contradicting views.
Swami replied: (Introduction) – There are three views expressed here: 1) One can see God here. This means that the unimaginable God merged with human form through the energetic incarnation is clearly seen with eyes of every human being in this world. Since unimaginable God merged with energetic form (Father of Heaven or Holy Spirit) and the energetic form merged with human form (Mohammed or Jesus or Krishna etc.). Mohammed should be treated as God and hence, God is clearly seen here with naked eyes by all human beings. The human form of God also performs miracles or unimaginable events, which indicate the unimaginable...
Shri Pavan asked: There are verses praying God to avoid death or to sanction easy death without agony. Please give your analysis on this important topic of death about which everybody fears.
Swami replied: The Vedic hymn called as Mrutyunjaya mantra or Apamrutyumantra (Triambakam yajamahe…) refers to the protection from untimely death only and not from the death in the old age since the Gita says that every living being born must face the death one day or other (Jaatasyahi dhruvo…). The untimely death must be avoided because the precious human life given by God is very much useful to do effort to attain the grace of God. This means that the sole purpose of human life is not to eat, drink and waste the lifetime in the illusion of worldly bonds, which are just temporary and limited to this birth only. If you have forgotten...
Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Kindly give Your explanations to following verses/parables taken from New Testaments of Bible written by St. Mathew. Some of the verses are stand alone verses giving enough understanding still Your commentaries on those are requested for the benefit of all devotees.
Q1) Matthew 12:14-21: [14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus. 15 Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. 16 He warned them not to tell others about him. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah...
Swami replied: Father of heaven (energetic incarnation of unimaginable God) formulates a program and even the human incarnation (human being in which Father of Heaven merged) follows the program in toto irrespective of the comments of human beings regarding the omnipotence of God existing in It. When the ear of a soldier, who came to arrest Him, was cut by a disciple, Jesus placed that in its original...
Shri Anil asked: Q3) There are lot of strong verses as mentioned below in Quran, in which Jesus Himself address Him as a mere messenger of God. Quran also vehemently criticise the concept of trinity 'Father-Son of God- Holy Spirit'. Kindly enlighten us. [Allah do not have son “O people of the Scripture, do not go to extremes in your religion, and do not say about God except the truth. The Messiah Jesus, son of Mary, is only a messenger from God and a word from Him (“Be” and it is), which He sent to Mary...
Swami replied: There are two points in this context: 1) The human being is a joint system of the soul with awareness and the inert body, which has awareness due to very close association with the soul. Both the light and the room in which light is present have illumination helping our perception. Jesus was also addressed as the human son (manushya kumara). Hence, it is a perfect truth that Jesus is the son of Mary only and very much deserving for the selection by God to become human incarnation. There are three components basically:..
Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Kindly give Your explanations to following verses/parables taken from New Testaments of Bible 5. True and False Prophets [Matthew 7:15-20] 15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.]
Swami replied: A preacher is called as Guru with little or half knowledge and is very dangerous like a wolf covered by leather of sheep. This leather of sheep is spiritual knowledge related to God and by this external leather, you get attracted and approach the false preacher. The Guru strictly following the knowledge of human form of God (Satguru) is not dangerous since he is sheep inside and outside, following strictly the text like sheep...
Shri Anil asked: [Q1) Some of the Muslim devotees says that their religions is the only true path because Quran says so. They quote the following verses in support of it. a. Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam. And those who were given the Scripture did not differ except after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves. And whoever disbelieves in the verses of Allah , then indeed, Allah is swift in [taking] account. [Quran: 3:19] b. The Quran says (what means): "And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it shall not be accepted from him, and in the life to come he shall be among the losers.” [Quran 3:85]. c. "This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed My favor upon you and have chosen for you Islam as your religion.” [Quran 5:3]...
Swami replied: Following a religion strictly and simultaneously following the universal spirituality of all world religions are one and the same concept. I illustrate this by an example. You have the required medicine for a specific disease in a single bottle. If you strictly take 4ml of the medicine per day from that single bottle only, your illness is completely cured, since the quality of the medicine is same in all the four bottles. 4ml per day from a single bottle or 1ml per day from four bottles stand to be the same in both quality...
Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, [Kindly give Your explanations to following verses/parables taken from New Testaments of Bible. 2. The eye is the lamp of the body [Matthew 6:22-23] 22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!]
Swami replied: Here, the eye and sight referred indicate the highest faculty in the body called as intelligence doing analysis discriminating false and truth. The knowledge or awareness is the light. If darkness enters the light (awareness), such darkness must be greater than the light (awareness). Here, darkness means wrong knowledge. The wrong concept entering the awareness is denoted by the darkness entering light. It is said that the whole body will be filled with light...
Shri Phani asked: It is said that if we move one foot towards God, God will move hundred feet towards us. What is the meaning of this statement?
Swami replied: The subject about the relationship between God and devotee is of two types: 1) Nivrutti and 2) Pravrutti. In Nivrutti, the devotee serves God practically with full knowledge and climax of devotion without aspiring for any fruit in return. This type of devotion is almost practically impossible in this world and is applicable hardly to one or two devotees, that too, after strenuous spiritual effort for millions of births as said in the Gita (Kashchitmaam, bahunaam janmanaam). In Pravrutti, the devotion means only for fruit in return from God. Almost all the world is based on this devotion only. If the aspiration of fruit is deleted, there will be no concept of God at all in this world and I very surely tell...
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