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Servant’s Request to Swami
Smt. Devi
Where’s the goal, dear Lordwithout You? Where’s devotion without You?
You’re the devotee’s sole mission. (Even) devotion is a total wastewithout You.
How can I agree to let You go, O Lord Venu Gopala?
My whole world will be taken away from me.
Take away from me the ability to live,
Else tell me how to live without breath...
Questions from Kishore Ram: 1) The modern science reveals the positive benefits of Alcohol consumption in a limited quantity. But, scriptures are against this. Can you please throw light on this?
Swami replied: Limited quantity of alcohol is already supplied to the body through food items. Fermentation generates alcohol and in several food items fermentation is inevitable. This means that consumption of alcohol in limited quantities is good for health and therefore God arranged for such supply of alcohol in limited quantities...
Anil asked: Swami! You told that donation to undeserving is a sin. Then, how to rectify the past sin done due to lack of knowledge of this concept?
Swami replied: Giving milk to a serpent is certainly a sin since it bites several good people also with the strength given by your milk. Naturally, you have to share the sin as a promoter. Four partners share the sin: actual doer, doer behind curtain, promoter and supporter (Kartaa, Kaarayitaa chaiva, prerakashcha, anumodakah...chatvaarah sama bhaaginah...). Hence, the Veda says that you should donate only after deep analysis...
Peddibhotla Krishna Murthy asked:
Swamy ji, 1) Swami Pranamams. Vibhudi-its gives trigunatmaka. If so why the people wearing vubudhi on their forehead are under continuous suffering. Why?. 2) Bhasma dharma. It is said that bhaskar gives trigunatmaka. If so I used to see a lot of them wearing bhasmam on the forehead, but their problems are numerous in this physical plane. It is the doubt whether they are enjoying...
Swami replied: Before believing the concept, its authority is very important. In Hindu religion the Veda is considered to be the best pure authority without polluting insertions since the Veda is preserved through recitation from one generation to the other. Even such authority is subjected to very deep logical discussions by Shankara, Ramanuja and Madhva...
Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, 1) Please give Your explanation on the following verse from bible. [John 5:19-24 19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son...
Swami Replied: The energetic incarnation in which unimaginable God merged is meant by the word ‘Father’. Son means the human being component selected by Father in which the Father gets merged and such son is called as human incarnation or Son of God. Since the unimaginable God exists in both Father and Son, both are one and the same because...
Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Kindly give Your responses to the following questions: 1) There are some misunderstanding regarding the following verses from Quran. Kindly give the right meaning of these verses. a. Fight non-Muslims: Qur'an 9:29 -This widely known verse orders Muslims to fight non-Muslims simply because they do not believe in the same God that Muslims do:...
Shri Swami Replied: Introduction: The human incarnation of unimaginable God or Father of heaven (called Allah), Prophet Mohammad gave comments on the situations of events existed in some old span of time. These comments exactly suit and were valid to that context of time and to that limited region of the world in which the pious Prophet appeared...
That is My Swami
Dr. Nikhil
That’s my Swami! Incomparable Datta Sadguru.
Abode of matchless divine qualities; served by the gods.
What fame in all the fifteen worlds can ever elude You?
Yet You’ve hidden Yourself from all worldly fame.
That is my Swami! The incomparable Datta Sadguru...
Shri Karthik asked: I am adopting some special technique to attain peace by connecting myself (I) to pure awareness. Is it correct?
Shri Swami replied: It is certainly correct to attain mental peace by detaching yourself from the gross body and attaching yourself to the pure awareness. In this process, there is only self-effort. For scientists and atheists, this procedure is highly suitable because they do not believe in the existence of God, who is beyond this world. They believe only in the existence of this world and in the existence of themselves...
Swami , Divine Nectar-Sweet
Dr. Nikhil
Sweet My Datta! Sweet You are, nectar-sweet.
Sweet is Your form; Sweet is Your song.
Sweet are Your feet; Sweet Your voice.
Sweet the morsel You fed; sweet Your grace.
Sweet My Datta! Sweet You are, nectar-sweet...
Shri Pavan asked: I heard some scholars saying that Buddha mentioned in the list of incarnations as per Bhagavatam is totally different from the present Gautama Buddha, whom we are referring as Buddha. Can you please clear this point?
Shri Swami replied: After the incarnation of Krishna, the Dwapara age ended and a few years only passed over since Kali age started. In this short span of time there is no necessity of establishing a separate Buddha apart from this Gautama Buddha. Of course, there are two reasons for such misunderstanding of our scholars: Gautama Buddha negated God as an atheist and...
I’ve Seen, I’ve Seen
Smt. Devi
I’ve seen, I’ve seen! O Earth, O Sky! Our Creator I’ve seen!
No, No! Not in a dream! In reality, our wonderful Artist I’ve seen!
I’ve seen, I’ve seen! O Wind, our Lord, with these eyes I’ve seen!
You, I’ve not seen, but the Maker of us both, with my eyes I’ve seen...
Dr. Nikhil:
Shri Datta Swami Sadguru
Abode of knowledge infinite ‘n true.
Shri Datta Swami Sadguru
You chose Your birth in a devout family
Cursed to childlessness by two sorcerers.
Seven infants dead and the eighth to come
The family surrounded with fears...
Padanamaskaram Swami, Please give Your responses to the following questions - Anil
1) Genesis 11:1-9: The Tower of Babel - 1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward, [a] they found a plain in Shinar[b] and settled there.
Shri Swami replied: This indicates the universal religion and settlement indicates the eternal peace in the world. When two rivers meet, the joint line is uncertain creating confusion due to absence of clear certainty in the joining boundary. Similarly, when two religions are correlated, uncertain boundary of the joint brings disputes. Moving towards to East indicates the rise of sun, the sharp intellectual analysis in the spiritual knowledge that gradually becomes sharper and sharper like the sunlight...
Padanamaskaram Swami, Please give Your responses to the following questions - Anil
1) Genesis 11:1-9: The Tower of Babel -1 Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward, [a] they found a plain in Shinar[b] and settled there.
Shri Swami replied: This indicates the universal religion and settlement indicates the eternal peace in the world. When two rivers meet, the joint line is uncertain creating confusion due to absence of clear certainty in the joining boundary. Similarly, when two religions are correlated, uncertain boundary of the joint brings disputes. Moving towards to East indicates the rise of sun, the sharp intellectual analysis in the spiritual knowledge that gradually becomes sharper and sharper like the sunlight...
Swami My Pillar
Arsha
When I don’t have courage, You alone make me stronger.
All the problems of everyone, You alone bear on Your shoulder.
When You are near, I have nothing to fear.
I love You so much because, You are my Dear.
If ever I am confused, You make my doubts crystal clear.
When I am in problem, You alone are there.
And when I am crying, You alone wipe my tear.
O Swami! My Dear Swami, my lovely Swami, my favorite God...
Questions from Shri Anil: 1) If Jesus was God, why did he say in John 20:17: "I'm ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God"?
Shri Swami Replied: A human incarnation is a two component system appearing in single phase. Sometimes God directly speaks and sometimes the human being component speaks directly. Both the speeches are expressed through the voice of the human being only. Hence, you cannot distinguish the speaker through His inherent and characteristic voice. You have to differentiate the two speakers by the context of the statement only. When Jesus said that He is truth and light...
Fragment of Glass
Dr. Nikhil
On a hot afternoon as I stood in the shade
A glimmer in the sand caught my gaze.
Through a piece of glass had shone the sun.
I felt thedusty fragment and I, were one...
Dr. Nikhil: When parents who are devoted to You, discuss spiritual knowledge with their children, and advise them, the children get bored and sometimes irritated. Could You please advise both the parents and children. Parents who are devoted to You, feel that Your divine knowledge is absolutely essential for all human beings, and especially their own children. As a result, they try to emphasize the same to their children...
Shri Swami Replied: Your question is very important since children are the future generation and anything enters the brain of a child easily, especially when preached by their parents due to the strong confidence present in the hearts of children towards their parents. When a soul is born in this world after thoroughly washed in the hell, the child born here contains all mentalities (Samskaraas) in minute quantities...
Ever Since I’ve Seen You, O Guru Datta!
Smt. Devi
Ever since I’ve seen You O Guru Datta, why does my heart long to attain You?
Was far from You till now; why does my heart long to come closer to You?
Had a lot of complaints in life; why does my heart want to forget them all?
Ever since I’ve seen You O Guru Datta, why does my heart long to attain You...
Ms. Shyama Kamala Lochana (daughter of Shri. Ajay), a computer engineer asked: I am very happy to see your recent message given to my father regarding the propagation of spiritual knowledge. Please give any more information, if you feel to give.
Shri Swami Replied: You have studied computer engineering that is applied in science and technology for the materialistic welfare (Pravrutti) of the humanity. This is a wonderful field added to science. Actually, this is a boon from the Lord. The scripture says that the Veda, the Shastra (secondary scripture like logic) and Vijnana (Science) are from God only...
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