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13. Shri Lithin asked: Were there any other intelligent beings as devotees before humans were created?
Swami replied: This question is based on the sequence of creation of different souls and this kind of information is not important for spiritual progress. Whether there were some beings or not, how does that matter for your spiritual progress? It is absolutely unnecessary research...
27. Some devotees pray to God and also donate money earned through sinful means to temples. How does God deal with such devotees?
[Shri. Sathi Reddy asked:- Some devotees worship God by donating some money to the temples that is earned either by selling unhealthy products like alcohol or earned through corruption even from poor people. How does God deal with such people, Swami?]
Swami replied:- I repeat that your merit cannot cancel your sin. Suppose you have put some money in God’s hundi and you have earned that money through corruption. Sacrificing money for the sake of God is merit and corruption is sin...
Smt. Anita asked:- Swamiji, Mee Paadapadmalaku Shathakoti pranamamulu🙏🙏🙏🙇♀️ Thank You Swamiji for everything You have showered upon and guiding at the same time with precious divine knowledge through Your volumes and Satsangas. Here are my doubts- It is said that one should enjoy misery and happiness equally. God is insulted if misery is refused. Is it not the Karma playing its role...
[Smt. Anita asked:- Since humans are a mixture of good and bad actions, they are dependent more on Astrology and Horoscope for their well-being for different reasons. Does it benefit them in worldly and spiritual life as Samskaras too are a part of souls? Do comment Swamiji 🙏 Always At Your Holi Divine Feet 🙏🙇♀️🙏 Anita]
Swami replied:- Astrology certainly helps ordinary devotees because their deficiency...
Ms. Bhargavi Veesam asked:- Paadanamaskrams Swami, Swami, through Your discourses I learnt that Yajna means 'feeding the hungry'. Thank You so much for educating us. But Swami I didn't understand why God allowed king Dasaratha to perform the Ashvamedha Yajna (which could include burning of wood, offering of ghee rice etc ). And I don't know the actual facts, but I also learnt somewhere that Ashvamedha means 'Bali of a horse'...
Shri Durgaprasad asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami, Gita says that the soul cannot be destroyed by fire or weapons (nainam chhindanti...). But in the first place, the soul is not generated due to a possible shortage of food for a living being (as understood...
[Smt. Sudha Rani asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami. Thank You Swami for Your infinite love and kind guidance. Swami, You have said “Sin is relative with reference to other souls. But it is absolute with reference to God”. I couldn't understand it properly. Can You please elaborate. At Your divine Lotus Feet, Y. Sudha Rani.]
Swami replied:- I will explain this point with the help of an example. God Rama killed Vali by hiding Himself behind...
[Shri Anil asked:- Padanamaskaram Swami. Please give answer to the following questions, at Your Lotus Divine Feet-anil. Kindly correlate following two incidents; God Krishna praying to God Shiva for a son and Jesus praying to Father of Heaven for multiplication of bread for feeding 5000 people who came for the Satsang.]
Swami replied:- The human incarnation of God always acts as a devotee to inspire the human devotees in this world. The message or preaching given to the devotees is that they must rise to a very high level of devotion...
[A question by Shri Anil]
Swami replied:- You can call unimaginable God only as Sat, which means that the unimaginable God exists (Astītyeva… Veda, Om tatsaditi... Gita). Other details of His unimaginable nature are unknown to anybody except the unimaginable God Himself...
[Smt. Chhanda asked: Swami, today is the day of Rakshaa Bandhan. Please explain its significance.]
Swami replied:- While doing any ritual, the first step is to follow the Rakshaa Bandhanam, which is binding a yellow or red thread with a leaf or flower around the wrist. The significance of this step is that God protects the devoted soul...
[Mini Satsanga -1 by Shri PVNM Sarma]
Today morning, I was hearing devotional songs on God Krishna and was enjoying very much. Swami was sitting opposite to me and made the following comments:- “Do you know that no devotee sang songs like this while Krishna was alive? In His time, everybody was singing very emotional devotional songs on Rama only. In the time of Rama, nobody was singing any devotional song on Rama...
1. Should we share the related discourse link to Your website at the end of the discussion?
[Ms. Saatvika asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami. Kindly clarify following questions. Please forgive my ignorance ,Swami. At Your Divine Lotus Feet, Saatvika.
When we get into the spiritual discussions with colleagues even if it is related to Pravrutti, should we also share the related...
[A question by Ms. Saatvika]
Swami replied:- You are correct. When the basic ego goes down, the resulting under-confidence leads to inferiority complex and depression like sub-normal temperature. As first aid, you must use the heater in the room, which is praising yourself...
[Ms. Saatvika asked: In the world, people like managing directors, who sacrifice weak nervous energy i.e., awareness (mind and word) are paid more than the people like labourers, who sacrifice their strong nervous energy (physical service). In spirituality, why is the sacrifice of word and mind (theoretical devotion) less valuable than the sacrifice of service (practical devotion)?]
Swami replied:- In spiritual line also, we said that theory is the source...
[Ms. Saatvika asked: Since we are putting effort in learning knowledge and analysing and assimilating, is Jnaana yoga overlapping with Karma yoga? In the case of Samnyaasis, aren't both the same. Aren't they using only word and mind? How are they doing karma?]
Swami replied:- In strict sense, every item and every action is Karma Yoga or dynamism only. If you take even...
[Ms. Saatvika asked: Is love possible without a reason for souls? Is it possible only for God? When there are reasons to love God (like God has always been there for me, protecting me, guiding me), is it not like a devotion with aspiration?]
Swami replied:- What you said is the existing fact. What I say is the fact to be achieved by a devoted soul...
1. Please guide me how to control my ego.
[Ms. Swathika Shanmugam asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami. Please guide this ignorant and egoistic soul on the following. At Your Divine Lotus Feet, Saatvika. Swami I’m failing miserably in Your service due to my ego. To even realise that I have so much ego is very painful. Please guide me how to control it. I don’t want to miss You because of my ego.]
Swami replied:- You please read the answer given by Me to the recent...
Shri Durgaprasad asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami, Kindly forgive me if this is an irrelevant question. If a student studied 10th class and passed the exam, we call him a 10th pass student. Similarly, if a soul passes all Nivrutti tests (crossing the three bonds), we can call him a successful Nivrutti. What is the necessity of another level 'Mahaa Nivrutti' in spirituality in which the tests mentioned...
1. Please comment on the specialty of Naaradiiya bhakti.
[Smt. Chhanda asked:- Paadanamaskaram Swami. Please enlighten us for the following doubts: Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa often said that in Kaliyuga Naaradiiya bhakti is required. Please comment on the specialty of this Naaradiiya bhakti.]
Swami replied:- The only authority in bhakti (devotion) is the Bhakti Suutram written by sage Naarada...
a. What about imagination about God versus God in real life?
[Ms. Bhanu Samaikya asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami, my imagination of Swami in my mind is different from Swami practically in real life. Sometimes I get to doubt if that relationship with God I'm having is real or not? Because reality never matches my mind and imagination...
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