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1. Is a disciple wrong towards his Sadguru if he gets attracted towards the knowledge of other Preachers as well?
[Shri Jayesh Pandey asked: Padanamaskaram Swami ji! Is a disciple Wrong/Unfaithful towards his Sadhguru if he (the disciple) listens and gets attracted towards the knowledge of other Spiritual Preachers as well?]
Swami replied:- If he is a Sadguru, there is no need to go to another Guru. Sadguru means the incarnation of God. After hearing the Gita, Arjuna did not go to any other preacher. The Sadguru will give true spiritual knowledge...
1. How to identify a human incarnation in case He did not preach special spiritual knowledge?
[Shri Durgaprasad asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami, Since the goal of Lord Rama was only to establish pravrutti, He didn't preach spiritual knowledge. In the absence of the exhibition of the identity marks (Prajnanam Brahma), how to identify a human incarnation? Kindly enlighten me. At Your lotus feet, -Durgaprasad
Swami replied:- For God, both Pravrutti and Nivrutti are equally important. In fact, God gives more importance...
[A poem by Smt. Chhandaa Chandra on Shri Datta Swami]
I heard that upon earth, God keeps on descending,
In the form of Datta Swami, He is much beyond fascinating.
All my untold, unheard and unseen wishes...
Ms. Thrylokya asked:- You told that if a devotee leaves the family bonds and becomes ineligible to face the tests of three strongest worldly bonds, such a devotee cannot be declared having passed these three tests. Unless the test is faced, pass or failure cannot be declared. In such case, Radha did not allow her husband to touch her and avoided issues. Then, Radha also becomes equal...
Shri Surya asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami, You told in the last Datta Jayanti Satsanga that the spontaneous answers given by Swami to the questions of the devotees are far better and effective than the answers You give in writing. You also told that both God component and human being component interfere with each other while writing answers and only the God component replies...
Shri PVNM Sarma asked:- Is it true that God will stop giving service opportunities to a devotee who feels satisfied (Trupti) with the service-opportunities already given by God? Will God give His service opportunities to only those devotees who are not satisfied...
Shri PVNM Sarma asked:- Is it correct to feel that I should end my life if service to God is not done by me? I feel that the purpose to live is only to serve God.
Swami replied:- Such thought is very bad because suicide will make the soul to fall in a special hell, called Asurya Loka, which is completely filled with darkness without a trace of light. Such devotees will never...
Ms. Samaikya asked:- Swami, the married Gopikas had more pressure than Radha in reaching God Krishna. You told that Gopikas left their husbands after union with Krishna and became mad roaming on roads. Then, how is Radha praised...
Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Swami, Radha is greater than the Gopikas. Similarly, the celibate saints (male and female) are greater than the Gopikas and become equal to Radha. Please correct me.
Swami replied:- There is no need of correcting you because they are equal to Radha...
Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Radha and Durvaasa are incarnations of God Shiva. Then, Radha can curse her husband directly. Why Durvaasa cursed her husband?
Swami replied:- Since Radha married Ayanaghosha, it is not proper if she curses her husband. Radha was not even having the idea to curse Ayanaghosha. But, when Ayanaghosha tried to meet her with force...
[A poem by Smt. Chhandaa Chandra on Shri Datta Swami]
What is in Swami’s name, that is my pride,
Insignificant me can’t understand, whatever way I might have tried.
Still I feel, I know You for eternity...
Swami – The Ocean
(A poem by Smt. Chhandaa Chandra on Shri Datta Swami)
O Swami! You are the ocean of compassion,
(compassion:- love)
And I am just a part of drop in that ocean.
Like river mixes with sea in the ocean...
[A poem written by Smt. Priyanka, Canada on Shri Datta Swami]
My Swami, has the time come now finally?
Has it really been 7 years or 7 lives?
My heart is racing faster now
With the thought of being in Your presence already...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami, I find sometimes, there is a serious competition in devotees in doing Your service. How to avoid this, convincing everyone?]
Swami replied:- The service of Swami is to be divided among the devotees based on their financial capability and intellectual capability. Swami sees that His service is distributed as far as possible among devotees...
[Smt. Swathi M asked:- Paadanamaskaaram, Swami. Radha used to visit Dwaraka to meet Krishna now and then, but, the other Gopikas never went to Dwaraka. Is it not discrimination between Radha and other Gopikas even though all were very strong devotees of God Krishna?]
Swami replied:- The case of Radha is entirely different from the other Gopikas. Radha loved Krishna, but since Radha was older than Krishna, she was married to Ayanaghosha, who was the younger brother of Yashoda...
O Learned and Devoted Servants of God,
1. What is the essence of Jesus statement, “I am the bread of life”?
[Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Please give Your answers to the following questions. At Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil. Jesus said in John 6:35 “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never go hungry and whoever believes in Me never go thirsty”. Swami, what is the essence of this?]
Swami replied:- Bread means spiritual knowledge and hunger means the interest to get spiritual knowledge...
1. Where is the word “Hindu” written in the religious books of Hindus?
Swami replied:- The word ‘Hindu’ is present in scriptures related to Hinduism. Please make a thorough search in Google.
2. Whom did Lord Rama love the most between Laxman and Hanuman?
Swami replied:- Both are climax devotees and Rama loved...
Whatever philosophy presented by Shankara in His commentaries can be exactly found in the case of the contemporary human incarnation and Shankara Himself is a contemporary human incarnation of God. He simply extended this philosophy to every human being, which is highly specific to the contemporary human incarnation only. Such extension was very essential to convert atheists (Purvamiimaamsakas and Buddhists) into theists...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Padanamaskaram, Swami.]
Swami replied:- The soul, goal and path are called as spiritual triad (Triputi). The defects in these three items are:-
1. Soul:– If the human soul thinks that it is God, the spiritual effort becomes useless. It is like thinking yourself as Mumbai city in which case there is no need of any effort to do the journey to Mumbai. Thinking oneself...
Chhandā Gītam
(Divine song of Smt. Chhanda)
Smt. Chhanda sent the following poem describing her spiritual journey starting from childhood. She is the second unimaginable item apart from the unimaginable God or Parabrahman. She is the climax devotee in both theoretical and practical phases. This is my unshakable declaration. At the age of 12 yrs, she had the vision of Goddess Saraswati in human form, who told her “Why to worry? I am there with you”. After some years, she also had a vision...
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