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[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Swami, I find the modern preachers stressing on the relief of stress only and they speak hardly 1% about God. In Your preaching, I find 100% stress on God only. Why is there so much difference?]
Swami replied:- I have answered this in the first chapter of the Trailokya Gita. Stress relief is the burning problem of many human beings. When that topic is touched, people run to these modern preachers hoping...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Swami, how should parents deal with their children, starting from their childhood?]
Swami replied:- The scripture says “Rājavat pañcavarṣāṇi, Daśavarṣāṇi dāsavat, Prāpte tu ṣodaśe varṣe putraṃ mitravadācaret”. Meaning:-
i) From birth to the end of the 5th year (5 years), parents should treat their child as the king by serving...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- How to save money in a justified way unlike a greedy fellow, who saves by controlling even the necessary expenditure?]
Swami replied:- A greedy fellow saves money even by controlling the necessary food to be taken for the sake of maintenance of life and the food required with good quality to maintain good health is also avoided by him. But, one shall know what is good...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- God does not need money. But, God is giving value for the donors of money only. Are these two concepts contradicting mutually?]
Swami replied:- Certainly, God is not in need of money from any soul because every soul gets money from God only. Your doubt is that in such a case, why is God favoring the donors of money. Here, you are caught up by an illusion, which will be analyzed and explained now...
[Shri Satthi Reddy asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami]
Swami replied:- Putreshanaa (fascination to own children) is the strongest among the three strongest worldly bonds. The other two are Dhaneshanaa (fascination to money) and Daareshanaa (fascination to spouse). These are natural bonds...
1. I want to know about myself.
[A question by Shri D. Vaibhav Pandey]
Swami replied:- There is nothing in you, which is not known to you. It is only an illusion to think that there is something in you, which is not known to you. If you search for something, which is not known to you because it does not exist in you, you may dig yourself to any extent, you’ll get nothing. It is a false thinking that you are God or God is in you. That may give some satisfaction and encouragement...
1. What is the reason for the inability to implement the theoretical concepts even though they are well understood?
Swami replied:- The concepts belonging to God become impossible to implement in practice for two reasons:- i) Your attachment to God is not strong and ii) Your detachment from the world is not complete. If you worry about the first reason, the second reason can be automatically solved. This means that if you are very very strongly attached to God, the detachment from the world comes as a spontaneous...
[A question by Smt. Vaishnavi]
Swami replied:- My advice is that you keep something for present needs and save something for the future needs. Also, save something to give to your children. God does not need your money because really, there is no need for Him. God only tests you to know whether you possess only theoretical false love or practical true love also. Only in this angle, you can offer Guru Dakshina to God. Except this one angle...
Baby Sripaada Aaraadhya asked: Why did Shirdi Sai Baba cook non-vegetarian food for the sake of non-vegetarian Muslims?
Swami replied:- God Datta came as Shirdi Sai Baba to unite Hinduism and Islam so that there will be no religious quarrels. Muslims are generally highly emotional whereas Hindus are with balanced nature...
1. Is it advisable to do what we don't love so much to increase our patience and mental strength?
Shri Soumyadip Mondal asked: We prefer to keep ourselves busy in doing what we love. But is it not advisable to do exactly what we don't love so much but are necessities in worldly life?? Doesn't it increase the patience and mental strength...
Shri Subramanian R asked: Namaskaaram Swami! I am Subramanian R, a 24 year old currently in Bangalore. I am facing a lot of medical issues. Requesting to kindly pray for my improvement Swami. By Subramanian R
Swami replied:- You pray to God Hanuman and...
Shri Anil Antony asked: Paaadanamaskaaram Swami, Please give response to the following questions. At Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil. When a devotee fascinated to his own religion abuses the God of other religion (first abuse), and when a follower of universal religion retort back by abusing the God of fascinated devotee, such abuse will not touch the internal God present in the form of God and God does not mind it. The normally observed abuses are...
[Shri Praveen Nageswaran asked: Regards, Praveen]
Swami replied: ‘Present in our hands’ means that we shall not brood over the past and dream about the future. We shall concentrate on our present work only. If God wills to give a fruit to you (since God feels that you are deserving)...
Smt. Aruna Jyothi asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, I am hearing frequently from my family that Pregnant Women after 5 Months should not enter the temple and also should not light a diya even at home puja mandir. What is the reason if this is true?...
[Shri PVNM Sarma asked:- While chanting the name of God, if a devotional song from Bhakti Ganga composed by You is heard, I become unable to chant the name of God. Is it a mistake?]
Swami replied:- Singularity or plurality in spiritual line is good and singularity or plurality in worldly line is bad. The main point is that whether you are in spiritual line or worldly line, people often mistake singularity to be better than plurality...
[Prof. JSR Prasad asked:- Swami, You told that different religions are like schools preaching in different media or languages. Then, how conversion of a person from one religion to another religion becomes a sin? This question has reference to Your answer given for a latest question asked by Shri Anil regarding Mother Theresa.]
Swami replied:- When a Christian is converting a Hindu into Christianity, there is necessity for him to show some merit in the conversion. Such merit is not regarding the medium or language because the Christian preacher...
Swami replied:
Avataara means descending from the highest to lowest level,
You, the soul, ascended to highest level of practical devotion,
Hence, God becomes the servant of devotee in this dualism,
O Chhanda Master! I get the highest pleasure in serving you...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Swami, in A.P., Satya Sai District, Hindupuram, opposite to Saraswati Vidya Mandir School, a poor family lives and from the feet of a very small statue of Shirdi Sai Baba in their house, water is continuously flowing and sacred ash is falling from the statue. Will You comment on this miracle?]
Swami replied:- The water is flowing continuously from two months. Devotees from a near by temple of Shirdi Sai came and examined this miracle by sitting there during the entire day time. They took the statue into their hands and wiped the statue strongly with a cloth and held the statue in the palm. The water flowed down along the hand. They again wiped the statue and placed on a towel. The towel was drenched...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Swami, in answering my latest question, You told that it is better to save money as fixed deposits or permanent assets to give to children in their grown up age. Does this not provoke parents to earn more money through sinful corruption?]
Swami replied:- I never told that the parents should grow their earnings through sinful corruption. What I told is that they shall save within the limits of their justified earnings. If the parents want to give a hundred rupees...
Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Swami, You have sent Your children to government schools only, even though You were working as a Professor. Why?
Swami replied:- The management of private schools swallow Rs.90,000 and pay only Rs.10,000 to the teachers from the one lakh fee paid by you. Instead of this, you pay Rs.30,000 to a tuition teacher directly and save Rs.70,000 with you as Fixed Deposit...
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