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1. I am thinking of 5 headed serpent. Is it teaching me anything?
[Ms. Amudha Sambath asked:- Padanamaskaram Swami, I am feeling or coming to my mind of 5 headed serpent, Swami, does it teaching me or guiding any. Or it's a thought to not consider. At Your Divine Lotus Feet Your servant šš»āļøšš»]
Swami replied:- Five-headed serpent indicates...
[Prof. JSR Prasad asked:- SÄį¹£į¹Äį¹ ga NamaskÄram Swami.]
Swami replied:- The first five steps of Yoga (Yama, Niyama, Äsana, PrÄnÄyÄma and PratyÄhÄra) are related to the development of physical and mental health. After attaining this health perfectly through these preliminary five steps, the 6th step is called ‘DhÄrÄį¹Ä’, which means catching...
1. Does God grant human birth forever for the one who is always engaged in earning money?
[Smt. Chhanda Chandra asked:- Paadanamaskaram Swami! Swami, in one of Your discourse, following is written: “So do the most important duties and use the rest of your time and energy in the service of Lord Datta or earn money with the remaining time and energy”. Does it then mean that if one is always engaged in earning money, God will grant him human birth forever?]
Swami replied:- By earning, a devotee can do the sacrifice of fruit of work for the sake of God’s mission...
Some devotees of God Vishnu say that God Shiva is not auspicious because He is related to destruction and not to construction. This is a foolish comment based on ignorance and not on analysis. If you want to construct and establish good, are you not destroying the bad simultaneously? Merely, the word ‘Destruction’ should not be entertained because ‘Destruction of what?’ is very important...
Ms. Amudha asked: Paadha Namaskaram Swami, Thinking of the greatest and most devoted servants of the Lord—Hanuman, Adi Shesha, Garuda, Prahlada, the Gopikas, and many others—I am reminded of the many devoted souls I see in this lifetime who are truly dedicated to You. Also, we should not aspire to be close to You in the way that Swami Vivekananda was to Shri Rama Krishna Paramahamsa, for it is God's will to bless one with such a relationship....
Shri Ganesh V asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swamiji, Is it a sin to provide fake documents for exceptions to the central government to avoid high...
[Master Samadrito asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami. Currently, I am reading this book called Puranas. Here are some doubts that occurred in my mind. Please clarify them. At Your divine lotus feet, Samadrito.]
1. What does Lord Brahma's form represent?
Swami replied:- The four faces are looking at the complete surroundings covering all the directions around. Therefore, the spiritual knowledge that is coming out from His four mouths indicates that such spiritual knowledge...
Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami, whatever I do, there are many mistakes in it. In both worldly work and divine service. With what attitude I should take my mistakes and correct it? Is it possible for souls to not make any mistakes...
Shri Durgaprasad asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami, You said that the same God Datta resides in all the divine forms (33 crores of devataas). However, in Venkateshwara Suprabhatam...
1. Would it be correct on Vibhishana's part to join Shri Rama to fight against his brother?
[Smt. Priyanka asked:- Padanamaskaram Swami, I am asking these questions on behalf of my son, Atri. "Vibhishana left Lanka and joined Shri Rama (the side of Dharma) after he tried to convince Ravana of his wrongdoings but it was in vain. Ravana...
Shri Jayesh Pandey asked: Pada Namaskaram Swami ji! šš» I Hope and Pray that You have been in Good Health all along. š It's my humble request to You for providing me with Your guidance, as You have always generously done, on my following queries.]
1. How am I doing in life according to You?
Swami replied:- You have not done well so far...
Shri Abhiram Kudala asked: Paadanamaskaaram, Swamy. Swamy, in one of the conversations with my friend, he mentioned that in his opinion, buying milk and meat from outside are one and the same because even...
Smt. Chhanda asked: My most beloved Swami! Paadanamaskaram to You! Please throw Your light on the following ignorance of mine. I have tried to understand the wonderful discourse on 'FOUNDATION OF SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE' for which the link is given here (Click) . In this discourse, I could not understand one point logically. Please enlighten me on that:
In the sentence "If the original God has spatial dimensions, it means, the space is in God...
Smt. Chhanda asked:
1a. Is worldly knowledge only Rajasic and Tamasic?
[Recently in reply to Prof. Prasad’s question, You told that Sattvam is characterized by knowledge and such knowledge is also spiritual knowledge. Based on this, can we say the following:
Does it mean that all worldly knowledge...
1. Is Sthitaprajna related to the control of emotions or the death of the devotee where it will accept it by remaining undisturbed?
[Smt. Chhanda asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami! In our everyday discussion, we got the following doubt on Sthitaprajna. Please clear our minds. What actually a real Sthitaprajna is? By taking the examples of king Janaka and Gopikas, You revealed that king...
[Prof. JSR Prasad asked:- SÄį¹£į¹Äį¹ ga namaskÄraį¹ Swami. Shankara wrote in a prayer “KaupÄ«navantaįø„ khalu bhÄgyavantah” that the great soul is wandering saying that it is God or Brahman (BrahmÄhamasmÄ«ti vibhÄvayantaįø„). Does this not mean that Shankara agreed every soul is God? --At Your divine holy lotus feet]
Swami replied:- The monism told by Shankara applies to human incarnation, which can say that it is Brahman...
Ms. Purnima asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami - is it important to take a holy dip in the Mahaakumbh for those, who are on a spiritual path? Why is the world going crazy about taking a holy dip including Naga Sadhus? Is there a specific significance on taking holy dip in Mahaakumbh...
Smt. Chhanda asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami! Swami, in reply to a question asked by Shri Anil recently, You said that excess of devotion will spoil the health and bring madness. You also said that devotion is emotion that is uncontrolled due to lack of complete spiritual knowledge. Swami, can I apply this same concept to understand...
Shri Durgaprasad asked: Paada Namaskaaram, Swami. My following question refers to a statement of Lord Krishna that came up during a discussion with a colleague. In a recent discourse, You mentioned a verse from Gita that says all living beings dwell in Lord Krishna, but Krishna does not dwell in them (Mat-sthÄni sarva-bhÅ«tÄni na cÄhaį¹...). But this statement appears to contradict...
Shri Yash asked: Paada Namaskaaram Swami, could You please guide me on how to practice devotion without any expectations from God? Whenever I read scriptures or discourses, I sometimes remember that I should not ask God for anything, whether worldly...
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