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PRACTICAL SERVICE WITHOUT MIND HAS LITTLE EFFECT

Posted on: 25/02/2017

[Maha Shivraatri Message] The three instruments (Trikarana) are 1) Mind, 2) Word and 3) Action. Mind generates word and action. Action gives full effect to others. If you injure somebody, the other person suffers a lot and thus action is the full potential field of fruit. Though, Mind is generator of action, by itself, it is ineffective to exhibit any practical fruit. If you think in your mind that you have injured him, the other person is not suffering at...

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Datta Veda - Chapter-6 Part-1: Deeds, Fruits And The Goal of Souls

Posted on: 12/02/2017

[20-09-1993] The couple along with Shri Swami visited a saint called Swami Narendra Maharaj. As all three of them submitted their salutations with respect at the feet of Maharaj, Maharaj felt some divinity in Shri Swami. That evening, the couple and Shri Swami went to the temple as usual. Maharaj also came to the temple. He was standing far behind and found Swami and the couple in the crowd. Maharaj thought that if this Swami has some divinity in Him, He should come back a little and ring the old bell, which had been tied up to prevent it from being used. Shri Swami looked back, smiled at Maharaj...

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Datta Veda - Chapter-6 Part-2: Deeds, Fruits And The Goal of Souls

Posted on: 12/02/2017

Leaving for Holy Places in Oldage [22—05—1994, 05.30 am]: In the old age people think to go to holy places and live there so that they think that they will be far from the worldly issues involving their grand children. First of all you are wasting your energy and time by such thoughts in your house. Do you think that all those who stay in holy places got salvation? Do you think that all those who stayed in their houses did not get salvation? There is one psychological clue here. When you stay in congenial atmosphere, your mind will run to the opposite atmosphere. When you are at home, your mind goes to the holy place. When you are in holy place, your mind goes to home. Your mind always gets repelled by whatever is before you and is attracted to whatever...

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Passing of Nivrutti Test Should Not be Based on Fear and Attraction

Posted on: 10/02/2017

Shri Anil asked (on phone): In the recent answers, you told that Peter failed in the Nivrutti test of God. But, Peter offered his life to save the life of Jesus. Does it not prove that he is a high devotee of the level of Nivrutti?

Swami replied (On phone): In the question paper given by God, which is referred by you, Peter failed. Peter might have passed in chemistry paper, but, failed in the physics paper conducted in March examination. The result given for that March is that Peter passed in chemistry but failed in physics. In the next September examination, Peter might have passed in the physics paper also...

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LAST BIRTH FOR GETTING SALVATION MUST BE BIRTH OF FEMALE ONLY

Posted on: 06/02/2017

Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, 2) BIBLE: Acts 5:: Ananias and Sapphira Kindly give the message behind the following incident in bible. [5 Now a man named Ananias, together with his wife Sapphira, also sold a piece of property. 2 With his wife’s full knowledge he kept back part of the money for himself, but brought the rest and put it at the apostles’ feet...

Swami Replied: A father has Rs.100/- with him. He kept some money for his requirements and gave the rest of money to his issue. The issue wanted more money and the father says that he does not possess any more money with him. Since the son is not omniscient, he believed his father and went away with satisfaction

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Mind Gains Strength Due to Emotion and Intelligence Becomes Weak

Posted on: 06/02/2017

Shri Balaji (on Phone): Swami! Two colleagues become emotional to scold a concept not liked by them and I too become emotional. Please advise me.

Swami replied (on Phone): While doing propagation of spiritual knowledge to humanity in this word, the first required quality of the preacher is to have lot of patience without any trace of emotion. In the commentary of the first Brahma Sutra, Shankara prescribed the patience as the first required quality (Shama damaadi...). Due to emotion, mind gains strength...

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Better to Analyze Yourself and Rise to Higher Level

Posted on: 29/01/2017

Shri Balaji asked: Respected Swamiji, Kindly clarify the following questions which came up during discussions with my friends Shri. Shriram, Shri. Chandan and Shri. Sohan: 1) Today, many religious conservatives agree that the different religions are messages from the same God. But they add a point saying that "Other religions were messages relevant only to a particular time, region, and section of people. At that time and place, people were at a lower level spiritually...

Swami replied: Every religion has various levels of knowledge corresponding to different levels of devotees. In every language of every country, the education system varies from LKG to PG level. Of course, metaphysics was deeply developed in India compared to other countries. All these levels are related to theoretical level. Practical level is far higher than the theoretical level of devotion. The achievement of practical level depends...

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Datta Veda - Chapter-5 Part-1: Human Incarnation of The Unimaginable God

Posted on: 22/01/2017

(Smt. Bhavani got a dream in which Lord Datta appeared saying “I will now tell you three important points”. She suddenly awoke and found Swami sitting on His bed, who told her “following are the three important points: 1) don’t brood over past and plan for future dream. 2) Concentrate in the present time to do the important work and 3) no soul here, about which you are so fascinated, will at least even recognize you there after death. She was shocked to realize that same Lord Datta appeared in dream continued the message through Swami! That was the last day of their visit to that holy place and the next visit happened on 20—07—1993. After the above incident, the couple, Smt. Bhavani and Shri C B K Murthy returned to Vijayawada along with Swami to their house. Smt. Bhavani became very anxious...

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Datta Veda - Chapter-5 Part-2: Human Incarnation of The Unimaginable God

Posted on: 22/01/2017

God’s association with creation: When I incarnate, My creation (prakṛti) is associated with Me through which only I can become close to human beings, which are parts of creation. At the same time, this prakruti also misleads the human beings from Me by her talent. When I came as Rāma, this associated prakṛti didn’t show any miracle, so that the human beings are easily misled. The most unfortunate aspect is that every human being decides God through miracles only. It is proper also that unimaginable miracles indicate the unimaginable God. But, you should not decide God just by miracles, which are exhibited by devils and demons also. God gives miraculous powers to demons due to their rigidity in devotion...

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Datta Veda - Chapter.4: Spiritual Path Revealed

Posted on: 18/01/2017

[Spiritual Preachings of Shir Datta Swami at Srisailam,31-03-1993, 4.00 am.] God Brahma is in the upper most world called as Satya loka or Brahma Loka sitting above 1000 petal lotus flower. Brahma is said to be the creator existing before creation. This means that Brahma represents the unimaginable God existing before creation as creator. Such God is the unimaginable God present above the intelligence (lotus flower), which conducts logical analysis in thousand (many) ways (petals). This means that you have to first recognize the unimaginable God, who created the entire world, by many ways of analysis in rejecting every item of creation not to be God. The first energetic incarnation of unimaginable God is Brahma Datta, who continues forever even if the creation is over...

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REPLY TO DR.NIKHIL ON HIS DREAM

Posted on: 15/01/2017

Dr. Nikhil asked: Padanamaskarams Swamiji, I had an amazing dream of You as a Professor last night. You were in an auditorium with Your students. But You were not on the stage, You were casually addressing a crowd of students, who were standing around You. You were wearing a greyish-brown suit and looking so handsome that it is impossible to describe in words. Some of Your devotees including me...

Swami replied: The dream is always an index of two contexts: 1) Ideas from level of consciousness (this birth) and level of sub-consciousness (previous births) projected as dream and 2) God enters the dream to give you some message. The dream you got belongs to context No 2...

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VIOLATION OF JUSTICE IN CERTAIN CONTEXTS NOT ACCEPTED IN GENERAL

Posted on: 08/01/2017

Smt. Padma Ram asked: Please explain Dharma sukshma, which is useful in the daily activities of a human being.

Swami replied: Dharma means justice. It is clearly known. To speak truth is justice. To speak a lie is injustice. “Speak truth” is called as vidhi dharma or justice insisted. “Don't tell a lie.” is nishedha dharma or negation of injustice. Apaddharma means the justice modified in certain cases. Dharma sukshma means the deep analysis of a case in which the apparent justice...

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Datta Veda - Chapter-3: Preparing For The Spiritual Path

Posted on: 02/01/2017

[Spiritual Preachings of Shir Datta Swami at Srisailam,29-03-1993, 4.00 am.] Generally, devotees think that if one has seen the energetic form of God, it is the highest stage. But, I assuredly tell you that it is the lowest step. There is nothing in it. Several times Ravana saw the energetic form of God (Shiva). But, Ravana was not blessed by the God and was bitterly killed along with all his family! Rama never saw God Shiva, but was blessed by God with grand victory. What you should aspire is the grace of God and not mere vision of God. As the Prime Minister goes in the street, you might have seen him. But, you are not favored by him in anyway. There is another person, who has not at all seen the prime minister. But, the Prime Minister was pleased with his application and sanctioned a big post to him. Between these two, who is the lucky person? Obviously the second person is fortunate. Hence, you must always try to impress the mind of God...

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MIRACLE IS UNIMAGINABLE EVENT AND CHARACTERISTIC OF UNIMAGINABLE GOD

Posted on: 24/12/2016

Dr Nikhil asked: In the poem composed by Shankara there is a line “Shivah kevaloham”. The translation of this line can be done in two ways. 1) The word ‘kevala’ (only) stands as an adjective to God Shiva or 2) The word ‘kevala’ (only) stands as an adjective of Myself (Aham). The first way is preferred by Advaitins and thus every soul becomes God Shiva. How can you explain this verse in the second way only?

Swami replied: In the first way, the translation will be “the only President of India is Myself”. In the second way “only I am the President of India”. In both these ways “Myself is the President of India” is the result. Of course, in the first way the stress is given on the President and in the second way stress is given on Myself. Hence, the conclusion...

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IF EVERY HUMAN BEING IS GOD, IT SHOULD PASS THROUGH BOLTED DOOR EVEN IF IT DOES NOT KNOW THAT IT IS GOD

Posted on: 18/12/2016

Dr. Nikhil asked (on phone): You said that atheist does sins since he does not believe in the existence of God. An Advaita philosopher also feels that he is God and hence, does not agree in the existence of God other than himself and hence, can we say that he also does sins like an atheist?

Swami replied: There is difference between Advaita philosopher and atheist. Atheist believes in his existence and believes neither that God other than himself exists nor believes that he himself is God. The Advaita philosopher believes in the existence of God...

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Datta Veda - Chapter-2: The Paths of Wordly And Spiritual Life

Posted on: 03/12/2016

[Spiritual Preachings of Shir Datta Swami at Srisailam, 23-3-1993, 4.00 am.] Yajna means sacrifice. Dravya Yajna means sacrifice of food materials after worshipping God. Food is converted into inert energy, which in turn is converted into awareness in a specific system called nervous system. Thus, if you give food to someone, it means that you are donating inert energy to that person, which is becoming awareness. Apart from awareness, the inert energy is responsible for several activities like blood circulation, respiration, walking, talking etc. This inert energy is turned into awareness partly when it enters a specific system called brain and nervous system. No doubt, you have donated the awareness or nervous energy...

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DECISION OF REBIRTH IN HANDS OF GOD AND SOUL SHOULD BETTER THINK NO CHANCE OF REBIRTH

Posted on: 27/11/2016

1) Isn't this statement by Prophet Mohammed proof that Islam like Dharmic Tradition believes in the concept of rebirth?

The Prophet said: …I would love to be martyred in Allah's Cause and then get resurrected and then get martyred, and then get resurrected again and then get martyred and then get resurrected again and then get martyred… [Bukhari 4.54]

Swami replied: Hinduism believes in rebirth of the soul. Christianity and Islam do not believe in rebirth. Thus, both these are extreme contradicting concepts without the Aristotle’s middle golden path. This means that there are three possibilities: 1) Every soul has rebirth, 2) Every soul has no rebirth, 3) Some souls have rebirth...

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EACH SOUL DEVELOPS ITS OWN DIRECTION BASED ON FREE WILL GIVEN BY GOD

Posted on: 26/11/2016

1) Respected Swamiji, Namaste, Kindly clarify the following question,

There are many scientific inventions. A few are path breaking and have immensely benefited the world. But others are mediocre in quality and are not useful/have failed. Some have actually been harmful to humanity. Also, many inventions have only promoted sensory enjoyment largely and are leading people to waste a lot of time. In view of above, kindly clarify if the statement "vijnanam yetad sarvam janaardhnath" should apply only to path breaking inventions that have benefited mankind? Sincerely, Balaji

Swami replied: The scientific logic leading to inventions is blessed by God. Hence, the energy required for a scientific process and the resulting discovery are certainly due to the grace of God (Janaardhana) only. The application of the discovery is the direction of the invention in...

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POWER OF ATTRACTION IN MY KNOWLEDGE IS ONLY TRUTH

Posted on: 13/11/2016

Dr. Nikhil told “Your translation of Datta Veda is amazing”. Smt. Devi (wife of Dr. Nikhil) told “to whomever we give this knowledge, such person is terribly attracted!”

Swami replied: The power of attraction in My knowledge is only truth, which is the first requisite of preaching the spiritual knowledge as per the Veda (Satyam jnanam). Truth is always very clear and very attractive. I have not made any effort to keep clarity and attraction in My preaching. I just stuck to one basic requisite...

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Datta Veda - Chapter-1: The First Message of Lord Datta

Posted on: 05/11/2016

[Spiritual Preachings of Shir Datta Swami at Srisailam, 12-03-1993, 4.00 am.]

Pilgrimage is the body and experience is the mind in it,
What is the use of the body in the absence of the mind?
The experience in the pilgrimage reveals divine secrets,
Which are the main points of the spiritual knowledge.

There is no use of pilgrimage if spiritual knowledge is not attained in it. Mere pilgrimage without divine experience is just a picnic! Mind, word and action are the three instrumental forms of the spiritual effort or spiritual power (energy). Of course, you can use these three for the sake of essential needs and there is no objection here. But, don’t waste these three for unnecessary...

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