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1. Can I always praise You in the following way?
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Swami, You are Parabrahman or God Datta, the absolute reality and this creation is only inherently relative reality becoming absolute reality due to Your gifted absolute reality. I like to praise You through this concept all the time. Is it okay?]
Swami replied:- This shows your climax jealousy on Me! I covered Myself with self-ignorance so that I will be controlled by illusion to feel this creation as absolute reality so that I can entertain Myself with this creation...
Krishna means the most attractive one,
You are that same Krishna for me, the Ultimate one....
[Shri Anil Antony asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, I request You to answer the following questions on Hinduism and other general questions raised in a discussion forum. At Your Lotus Feet-anil]
1. Did Lord Krishna have wounds on His face during the Mahabharata war?
Swami replied:- Lord Krishna had wounds throughout...
Smt. Chhanda Chandra asked:- Paadanamaskaram Swami, in reply to Miss Thrylokya’s question related to Sattvam and intelligence, You said, “there is a set of people involved in worldly business who are made of predominant rajas and lesser tamas with a trace of sattvam. Due to lesser tamas, they are not much oriented to spiritual knowledge, which is due to the ignorance caused...
Smt. Chhanda Chandra asked:- Swami, in a discussion, somebody commented, “Rama never showed any divinity and Krishna showed several forms of divinity. So, we can say that the devotees who worship Rama are more matured than the devotees who worshipped Krishna” Please reply to this. At Your divine lotus feet always, Chhanda.
Swami replied:- God Rama was in Tretaa Yuga when the justice was 75% alive. The standard of both Pravrutti...
[Shri PVNM Sarma asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami. Guru Dakshina is given to the Sadguru for the needs of the Sadguru. Is this concept correct or is there anything extra than this?]
Swami replied:- The Guru Dakshina (Money offering or Karma Phala Tyaaga) and Karma Samnyaasa (the service done to the Sadguru) support the meaning given by you. When the Sadguru gives the deep spiritual knowledge...
[A question by Ms. Thrylokya]
Swami replied:- The Gopikas saw husband in God Krishna. The Veda also says that God alone is male and any soul is not only female but also a wife of God because God is the maintainer (Bhartaa or husband) of the world including...
[Shri Anil Antony asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, I request You to answer the following questions raised in a discussion forum. At Your Lotus Feet-anil.]
1. What does it mean that Jesus says I am the Alpha and the Omega -- the Beginning and End -- the First and the Last. (Revelation 22:13)?
Swami replied:- God is the beginning since He created the creation...
[Shri Anil Antony asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, I request You to answer the following questions raised in a discussion forum related to Islam. At Your Lotus Feet-anil.]
1. Why was there conflict between Jesus and Muhammad, as well as their followers, if they were both considered messengers of God?
Swami replied:- There is no conflict between the messengers...
[Shri Anil Antony asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, I request You to answer the following questions raised in a discussion forum related to Islam. At Your Lotus Feet-anil.]
1. Why did God create God?
Swami replied:- God created His dress or medium so that He can be visible to all the souls after coming out of the bathroom...
1. Does having pets like cats add up to runaanubandha?
[Smt. Anita Renkuntla asked: Paada Namaskaaram Swami Guru Datta Sri Datta Prabhu Datta Swami, does having pets like cats bring misfortune and add up to our runaanubandha? At Your Holi feet Anita]
Swami replied:- Pets are also souls born in those bodies. The concept...
Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked: Paadanamskaram Swami, You have given a simile that a devotee, doing service and sacrifice, but having ego and jealousy, is like a rich bride having beautiful face but having a small leprosy spot on leg. That devotee-bride ultimately receives rejection from God-the groom. So, by reading spiritual knowledge alone, can we eradicate this ego and jealousy? If I spend time in reading...
Ms. Gita Lahari asked:- Swami, what shall be the attitude of the devotee in doing service to God? How to get clear mind in doing the service to God?
Swami replied:- The attitude shall be that of fan devotion and not of business devotion. This means that you shall not aspire anything in return from God. You must serve God like a fan serving his/her favorite hero attracted...
How shall I tell You O Krishna!
[A poem by Smt. Chhandaa Chandra on Shri Datta Swami]
Swami, You are the Parabrahman, came to me as Lord Krishna!
Everything good that has happened to me, You are the kaaranaa (cause).
Is it possible for me to write down everything?
I will still try to mention at least some happenings...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked: Swami, some devotees are suffering with fascination to worldly films. How to detach from such blind fascination?]
Swami replied:- If you want detachment from worldly films, you must attach to the films of God since God is opposite to the world as said in the Veda (Dūramete viparīte viṣūcī). If you want to detach from winter (cold air), you must associate with summer (hot air). Shankara told that there are four stages to get strong association with God. The first one is association with spiritual scholars and devotees...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked: People living in remote deserts and snow fall areas have no option to eat vegetarian food due to unavailability. Therefore, they consume meat. Is that a sin?]
Swami replied:- Under any circumstances, the non-vegetarian food involving killing the zoological living beings is a sin. This sin has no exemption in any time or any place. Such people can migrate to the other convenient parts of the earth, where botanical living beings are grown up well. Eating botanical living beings is not a sin since God has already given the command in the Veda (Oṣadhībhyo'nnam)...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked: Swami, You told that God provides sufficient vegetarian food to each soul before its birth. Then, why are people dying out of hunger and starvation across the globe?]
Swami replied:- The starvation deaths do not take place due to lack of food in the world. These deaths take place due to the social injustice and social selfishness related to the souls. Such cases are very rare...
1. How do You justify avoiding happiness? Does bliss come under happiness?
[Ms. Thrylokya asked: Swami, You told that avoiding happiness and misery are mentioned by the Gita. How do You justify avoiding happiness? Does bliss also come under happiness?]
Swami replied:- The Gita says that you should not be happy by the profit and you should not be miserable by loss (Na prahṛṣyet…- Gita). Both happiness and depression consume your energy. This is explained by the first law of thermodynamics (Q = ΔE + W). When the energy is consumed in the rise of internal energy (ΔE) happening due to happiness or misery, there is no energy (Q) leftover...
[Smt. Chhandaa Chandra asked:- In one discourse, You told the subtle energy called space, which is the first creation as Aadishakti. Is it not correct to call Divine Mother Durgaa as Aadishakti or Aadiparaashakti?]
Swami replied:- Space and Durgaa are the fixed names of specific items. Space is the first energy and hence, space can be called as Aadishakti (Aadi = first, Shakti = energy). The words like Aadishakti or Aadiparaashakti are only adjective nouns, which are not fixed names (primary nouns) of any specific items. Suppose that you have switched on a light today for the first time. You can call such light as Aadishakti...
[Shri Soumyadip Mondal asked: Most respectful pronam to Swamiji, Swami ji, it is said that, "it is choice and not chance that fixes your destiny". But, finding the Sadguru is a chance and following Him is a choice - to my understanding. And the Sadguru blesses a soul bound by its deed to fix its destiny. Please correct me.]
Swami replied:- Chance means the grace of God. Choice means the desire of the soul. Many a time, both are interlinked with each other. If the desire of the soul is correct, God will always help even without the prayer...
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