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Shri Kenan Waked asked: Swami please guide me...Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba always insisted on not asking for material desires. But now I have become 35 years and because of my poverty, I started doubting myself and deservedness...
Smt. Amudha Sambath asked: Padha Namaskaram🙇🏻♀️🙏🏻 Bhagavan Shri Datta Swami, I wish to surrender these 16 Divine Kalyana Gunas at Your Sacred Lotus Feet—You, who are the eternal source of all goodness, knowledge, and compassion. Thank You, Swami, for holding...
QA:63-68
63. Swami, please comment on the following hypothesis.
[Swami, there is a proposal of hypothesis as follows: "Tattvamasi" is a Sanskrit phrase, which is one of the four Mahaavaakyaas (great pronouncements) of the Vedanta written in Chandogya Upanishad, where Svetaketu is told by his father Uddalaka...
QA:54-62
54. Why should God punish the souls involved in consensual sex outside marriage?
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Punishment by God for the sin of rape is justified since it hurts another soul. When sweet devotion is also a good line encouraged by God, why should God punish the souls involved in consensual sex outside marriage? It means that God encourages and rewards consensual sex outside marriage provided it is with Him and not with another soul. Is it not showing the double standards...
(Samnyāsa Tattva Yogaḥ)
Śrī Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān uvāca:-
[God Shri Krishna spoke:-]
1) Na kāmecchā mamāhaṃ yat, Brahmānanda mahārṇavaḥ |
Ṛṣīṇāṃ dagdha dharmecchā - Tapognīnāṃ na ca priye! ||
[O Darling Rādhā! I am the infinite ocean of divine bliss and hence, I do not have the desire for petty-illusory sexual happiness...
39) Vaidikā 'vaidikau mārgau, krīḍākarṣaṇa lālasāḥ |
Mucyante madvido jīvāḥ, arthavāda phalacyutāḥ ||
There are two ways of developing devotion to God:- i) The Vedic way:- By performing sacrifices (Yajnas) concentrating on various names like Indra, Agni etc., of God. These devotees like formless God having these names. The males are attracted by female heavenly dancers...
[Prof J.S.R. Prasad asked:- Saashtaanga Namaskaaram Swami. I heard a professor saying that the Sanskrit book ‘Gita Govindam’ is full of eroticism and for some time, it was banned from the general reading in the medieval times. She also commented that it had an impact on the later Bhakti movement in India. Kindly enlighten me on this point.]
Swami replied:- Everybody reads a verse at the end of the most holy ritual called ‘Sandhyaa Vandanam’, which is done three...
[Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked:- Swami, by revealing about God creating His illusory forms for the sake of sweet devotion, does God want Madhura Bhakti devotees to continue in this path or change it? I mean what is the final message for the Madhura Bhakti devotees from God?]
Swami replied:- There are two types of advices. First type of advice aims at your welfare and its taste is sour to your mind. Second type of advice is not bothered about your welfare and aims to give sweetness...
[Prof. JSR Prasad asked:- Sashtanga namaskaram Swami, Shankara fell on the feet of the untouchable and praised Him as the preacher. What is the lesson we have to learn from this situation?]
Swami Replied: In today’s world, if we show any defect in any human being, he/she will immediately project false logic to not only defend oneself...
Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Swami, can we extend the concept of real Krishna having romance with real Radha and illusory Krishna having romance with Gopikas to the case...
1. Did Krishna bear the punishment of the Gopikas who passed only the test of Dareshana or for the 12 who passed in all the tests?
[Ms. Swathi asked: Padanamaskaram Swami 🙏 Swami, did God Krishna bear the punishment in hell for all the Gopikas who passed only the test of Dhareshana (bond with spouse), or only for the 12 who successfully...
Smt. Anita asked: Swamiji Paada Namaskaram 🙏 Guru Datta Sri Datta Prabhu Datta 🙇♀️ Swamiji, Self-praise brings sin as well as ego. Your another statement says “Self-praise is inevitable...
[Shri. Hrushikesh asked: Dear Swami, Request You to kindly help us with the answers for the below questions asked by Russian friend Ingrid.
Question 1: I want to ask Your Guru Shri Datta Swami, can he can give the knowledge of Shruti Vedas? The understanding of meaning of the Vedas?]
Swami replied:- The Veda says that the Veda is infinite (Anantā vai Vedāḥ). The Vedic knowledge...
Shri JSR Prasad asked:- Swami, after bowing to God in the first verse of the Bhaagavatam, sage Vyasa told about his defect in the second verse. He told that he ran after his son called Shuka who was going into the forest immersed...
Smt. Lakshmi lavanya K asked: Namaste Swami. In Ramayanam Sita went to forest with Rama (become emotional when Rama opposed her decision), Urmila...
Shri Durgaprasad asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami, my question is related to Your new revelation about created forms of Krishna. I summarise from Your earlier discourse about sexual actions of Vyaasa and Shankara - "Sage Vyasa participated in the sex with the widow-wives of His brothers on the order of His mother for the extensio...
[By Shri Ramakanth]
Paadanamaskaaram Swami 🙏, I experienced a tiny and adorable miracle blessed by You to me in the evening of 23rd June, 2025. After coming home from the office, I was casually speaking over the phone with my colleague and co-devotee Ms. Saatvika. At that time, I was standing in my balcony and our spiritual discussion got diverted towards the greatness of Your devotees. I was venting to her in this way “There are many...
(Śrī Rādhā Viṣāda Yogaḥ)
25) Daiva pātre'pyahaṃ bhaktā – pātre tvaṃ bhakta dohade |
Mānavī mānava śreyaḥ – kṛte bhakti tamārthinī ||
[Since we both are in the roles of devotee and Divine Preacher, I have to treat you as a devotee only so that you can stand as the ideal devotee for all the other devotees. Therefore, there is necessity of My testing of your level in the devotion. I have to decide whether your devotion is in the human level or divine level. If your devotion...
(Śrī Rādhā Viṣāda Yogaḥ)
1) Ekadā vyathayā Rādhā, Tyaktvā Bṛndāvanaṃ vanam|
Mahārāsād gatā dūraṃ, Rudantī madhurasvarā ||
[Once upon a time, in the Dvāpara age, Śrī Rādhā left the Mahā-Rāsa dance taking place in the forest of Bṛndāvanam and went very far from the forest...
QA:48-53
48. Is sweet devotion cheap and fake because it is based on Arthavaada?
[Since the sweet devotion is based on the illusory forms of God and devotees are made to believe them as real forms of God based on Arthavaada, sweet devotion is appearing very cheap and fake to me. Also, God loses His credibility if a devotee learns about the concept of Arthavaada. To whatever God says, there exists a 50:50 probability with...
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