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For ScholarsPosted on: 27/04/2018(Scripture of Knowledge of God)
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11) त्रिसिद्धान्तः नरावतारे एव न सर्वजीवेषु । अनूह्यशक्तेः युगपदेव स्थितिः जीवानाम् असूयाऽहन्तया ।
11) Trisiddhāntaḥ narāvatāre eva na sarvajīveṣu ।
anūhyaśakteḥ yugapadeva sthitiḥ jīvānām asūyā'hantayā ।
[The relationship between God and ordinary soul (awareness) is not the subject of three divine preachers (Shankara, Ramanuja and Madhva)...
For ScholarsPosted on: 25/04/2018(Scripture of Knowledge of God)
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10) इतिहासैर्निरूप्यते वर्तमानदृश्यश्रव्योपकरणैः प्रत्यक्षीक्रियते । मदमात्सर्यप्रकृतिः प्रधानहेतुः । नराः मिश्रमाः नरावतारस्य स्थितिः क्लिष्टा ।
10) Itihāsairnirūpyate vartamānadṛśyaśravyopakaraṇaiḥ pratyakṣīkriyate ।
madamātsaryaprakṛtiḥ pradhānahetuḥ । narāḥ miśramāḥ narāvatārasya sthitiḥ kliṣṭā ।
[The human incarnations appeared all over the world, which result by total merge of unimaginable God with a devoted and selected human...
For ScholarsPosted on: 16/04/2018(Scripture of Knowledge of God)
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9) अनूह्यशक्तेरनेकत्वात् सर्वशक्तिमत् नरावतारेण भूमिं प्रवेष्टुं शक्नोति तदुचितमेव वात्सल्यात् ।
9) Anūhyaśakteranekatvāt sarvaśaktimat narāvatāreṇa bhūmiṃ praveṣṭuṃ śaknoti taducitameva vātsalyāt ।
[Observation of a miracle in this world proves one type of unimaginable power. There are several types...
For ScholarsPosted on: 14/04/2018(Scripture of Knowledge of God)
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8) बहुसत्फलानां दृशा तेन विभूतयः प्रदर्शिताः नत्वहमकारि दैत्यवत् ।
8) Bahusatphalānāṃ dṛśā tena vibhūtayaḥ pradarśitāḥ natvahamakāri daityavat ।
[Expression of miracles is very important aspect of spiritual knowledge. God exhibits miracles not for projecting Himself as omniscient and omnipotent. Such intention exists with egoistic human beings...
For ScholarsPosted on: 07/04/2018(Scripture of Knowledge of God)
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5) वेदान्तविज्ञानं केवल प्रत्यक्षात् विभूतीनां नेन्द्रजाल निरूपितानाम् ।
5) Vedāntavijñānaṃ kevala pratyakṣāt vibhūtīnāṃ nendrajāla nirūpitānām ।
[A miracle is exhibited by unimaginable God present in a human incarnation in this world, which is open to falsifiability or testability for any scientist. Everybody has open chance to disprove it as false magic. Does falsifiability mean that the miracle must be disproved...
For ScholarsPosted on: 25/03/2018(Scripture of Knowledge of God)
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3) विज्ञानेऽप्यनिश्चितत्त्वसूत्रात् अनूह्यमपि सदेव ।
3) Vijñāne'pyaniścitattvasūtrāt anūhyamapi sadeva ।
[Unimaginable God is undetectable by our human brains. ‘Undetectable’ does not mean that it does not exist. The simultaneous position...
For ScholarsPosted on: 15/03/2018UTTARĀRDHA CARCĀ - (Second Half Part Discussion)
1) अज्ञातपरिधिराकाशस्यास्ति ब्रह्मविदितः यदनन्तरं नोह्यमपरिमाणं स्यादेव विज्ञानमौनं नास्तिकजल्पः ।
1) Ajñātaparidhirākāśasyāsti brahmaviditaḥ yadanantaraṃ
nohyamaparimāṇaṃ syādeva vijñānamaunaṃ nāstikajalpaḥ ।
[Science discussed a lot about the boundary of space and beyond it. This boundary is unreachable for any human being and hence, is called as infinite. Unreachable...
For ScholarsPosted on: 09/03/2018(Scripture of Knowledge of God)
PŪRVĀRDHACARCĀ - (First Half Part of Discussion)
1) किं मूलमस्य? इदं विज्ञेयमत्राकाशः पुरोभूतं यद्विना नान्यत् यन्नासत् न द्रव्यापेक्षितं व्यत्ययेन वाच्यं सूक्ष्मशक्तिराकाशो हि ।
1) Kiṃ mūlamasya? idaṃ vijñeyamatrākāśaḥ purobhūtaṃ yadvinā nānyat
yannāsat na dravyāpekṣitaṃ vyatyayena vācyaṃ sūkṣmaśaktirākāśo hi ।
[What is the root cause of this world? – Before getting answer for this, we must know that space is the first of five elements (the five components) of this world. Without space, no other element can appear or exist. Hence, space is the fundamental...
For ScholarsPosted on: 11/02/20181) Jagatyatra chakshurdrushaam sannikarshaat,
Anuhyakriyaanaam anuhyam hi mulam,
Tadaakaashasimnah param dandadaayi,
Parabrahma vastvasti nunam tvanuhyam.
In this world itself, unimaginable events called as miracles are seen by naked eyes and hence, there must be the source of these miracles, which is called as unimaginable God. Therefore, the unimaginable God has perception-authority, which is the basis for all authorities. Unimaginable means beyond imagination or logical analysis. Anything beyond space is unimaginable because any item beyond space ...
For ScholarsPosted on: 01/10/2017Shri Phani asked: Why shall not we take the cosmic energy as the original basis that creates, rules and destroys world as the ultimate God?
Swami replied: In fact, it is taken so by the science, which speaks that this inert cosmic energy is the fundamental cause and basis of creation of world, which can dissolve also in it. By this, the creation, ruling and destruction of world, told as the inherent associated characteristics (not revealing the unimaginable nature of God) of God apply to the basic root cause-material...
For ScholarsPosted on: 02/09/2017Shri Anil asked:- Can you explain the mixed domain with more clarity?
Swami replied:- The mixed domain is a mixture of both imaginable and unimaginable powers and therefore unless you understand clearly the imaginable and unimaginable domains, you cannot achieve your aim. All these domains are created by God only. The imaginable domain is starting with the creation of the imaginable energy from unimaginable God. This process of generation of imaginable from unimaginable...
For ScholarsPosted on: 20/08/2017Shri Anil asked: “Swami! With reference to your answer to the question of Smt. Devi, kindly clarify the concept with more clarity about the unimaginable and imaginable domains coexisting in the case of these supernatural worlds of supernatural energetic beings”.
Swami replied: There are two clearly different domains, which are unimaginable creator and imaginable creation. Just for the convenience of explanation in terms of imaginable logic, I may use words like unimaginable nature or unimaginable power or unimaginable awareness or unimaginable process etc. You must always remember that all these terms having ‘unimaginable’...
For ScholarsPosted on: 14/08/2017Shri Anil asked: 1) “You told that Charvaka (atheist) told that awareness is generated from food only and this point being true shall be accepted even if the speaker is an atheist. If this point is true, is it also told in the scripture?
Swami replied: This truth is clearly told in the scripture that (relative) awareness is generated from food (Annat purushah). Purusha means the awareness or soul, which lies in the body (puri shete). This awareness is called as the relative awareness treated as one of the items of creation (kshetra) by the Gita (Chatanaa dhrutih). This awareness is the specific work form of inert energy generated in a specific nervous system while functioning. This awareness should not be confused with the unimaginable awareness...
For ScholarsPosted on: 13/08/2017Smt. Devi (w/o. Dr. Nikhil) asked: You told that the upper and Lower worlds are to be treated as upper and lower levels of devotion to God and should not be treated as the physical places separated by physical distance. But, simultaneously, you say that the upper and lower worlds exist in space geographically, which can’t be seen by us due to the God’s will acting as unimaginable barrier. How to co-relate both these two concepts?
Swami Replied: Coimbatore-city in which you presently reside is called as the Manchester-city of India. Manchester-city exists in the world outside India. The statement means that like the Manchester-city in the world, Coimbatore-city is in India. Coimbatore doesn’t contradict the geographical existence of Manchester outside the India. This human body called as Pindaanda is a representative mini model...
For ScholarsPosted on: 06/08/2017Ms. Shyama Kamala Lochana asked: 1) While answering the question of Vena Datta, You told that the human incarnation is like sugar dissolved in water and the sweetness of water is due to sugar only. This means that God-component and human being-component are always separate in the finest level, which means that dualism is ultimately correct and not the monism. Can You explain this point?
Swami replied: I have taken the solution of sugar dissolved in water as a simile to express the dualism in monism in view of certain devotees, who do not like perfect monism in the ultimate level due to some extent of jealousy in them towards co-human beings. This is dualism in monism taking the example of human incarnation in view of devotees having some jealousy...
For ScholarsPosted on: 05/08/2017Shri Veena Datta asked: Please explain the God and souls in three states (Refer Dr. Nikhil’s question).
Swami replied: The unimaginable God is always in one state and there is no effect of any state on Him. He is always omniscient observing the entire creation. To be omniscient He need not be omnipresent. Without being omnipresent, He can be omniscient due to His omnipotence. If one requires to be omnipresent to become omniscient, such a seer is bound by logic. God is beyond logic...
For ScholarsPosted on: 29/07/2017Shri P. Surya asked: “Swami! Please explain more about the word ‘Universal subjectivity’, used by Dr. Nikhil.
Swami replied: Subject means knower (kartaa or jnaataa). The process of knowing (kriyaa or Jnaanam) is the link between subject and object to be known. The object is the item known (Karma or Jneyam). Subjectivity means the experience or knowledge gained by the subject. The subject can be Unimaginable God or imaginable soul. The soul knows certain limited objects...
For ScholarsPosted on: 24/06/2017Shri Lakshman asked: Padamanamaskarams to Swami!! I put forth my humble question to you. This is in light of the statement made by Jesus, when the unimaginable God was leaving him, he exclaimed, “Why are you leaving me God”. In a Human Incarnation, is the soul aware of the unimaginable God at all times? Then in deep sleep is there an existence of a witness or (soul) and the witnessed (unimaginable God)? At the lotus feet of Sri Dattaswami. Regards, Lakshman
Swami replied: Awareness of unimaginable God does not mean knowledge of the nature of unimaginable God. Here, awareness means awareness of the existence of unimaginable God. The Veda says that only awareness of existence of unimaginable God is possible (asteetyeva…). Such knowledge is possible by inference. Such knowledge is not a mere theoretical knowledge...
For ScholarsPosted on: 24/06/2017[June 24, 2017 2nd Message] Shri Balaji asked: Namaste Swamiji. Kindly clarify the Gita verse
(ye 'py anya-devata-bhakta yajante sraddhayanvitah
te 'pi mam eva kaunteya yajanty avidhi-purvakam)
By anyadevataa, does Lord Krishna mean even energetic incarnations of God like Lord Vishnu or Lord Shiva? Or is He referring only to angels like Indra etc. It is confusing in this verse whether by 'maam', He means Lord Krishna (human body) or Lord Vishnu (energetic body). In a few verses back in the same chapter, He says 'Avajaanantimaam…manusheem…' where He clearly means human body...
Swami replied: The word ‘devataa’ means energetic form or body since the root word “div” stands for light or energy whether the energetic body is of Indra or Lord Vishnu (or Lord Shiva), it means the same because in both cases the body is made of inert energy and awareness (awareness is also a specific work form of inert energy only). As far as the medium...
For ScholarsPosted on: 25/03/2017Dr. K.V. Prasad asked: What is the difference between Eshwara of Shankara and Hiranyagarbha of Datta Swami in the state of deep sleep?
Swami replied: In the deep sleep, imaginable relative awareness (generated by inert energy functioning in a specific nervous system) cannot exist. Of course, a part of the brain is always functioning sending signals for the sake of the functioning of various biological systems of the body and such inert activity can’t be called as awareness, which is just similar to functioning of signal lights...
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