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[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...
[A question by Smt. Chhanda Chandra]
Swami replied:- Since Krishna was her own son, she could not be tested by the joint test of bond with child and bond with wealth (butter). Since she was the mother of Krishna, she could not be tested in the bond with spouse. Due to the test of bond with spouse...
1. a) What is the real meaning of surrendering to God (Human Incarnation)?
[Ms. Amudha Sambath asked: Padha Namaskaram Swami]
Swami replied:- First you have to have the perfect belief that God comes as human incarnation like Rama, Krishna etc. By this, 75% surrender to God is completed. Rest 25% will complete by a complete Jnaana Yoga (knowledge), Bhakti Yoga (devotion)...
[Smt. Arati Satavekar asked: Namskar swamiji, When we die, materialistic things, we leave everything behind. What are the spiritual assets that go with us in the journey? Regards, Arati.]
Swami replied:- Your practical sacrifice to God alone...
1. Will Your divine knowledge in future be polluted by insertions and deletions? If so what is the solution?
[Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Please give Your answers to the following questions. At Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil. 1. Video and audio cassette of some of Your preaching exists and also Your divine discourses are printed in book form. In such case...
Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Swami, while answering the question of Smt. Amudha, You told that 75% surrender comes by recognizing the contemporary human incarnation. The rest 25% is given to knowledge, devotion and practice...
Shri Anil Antony asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Please give Your responses to the following question. At Your Lotus Feet-anil. You said “The sages in their previous birth were asking God to test about their Daareshanaa (bond with spouse), but, Krishna conducted the joint-test for the bond with money (Dhaneshanaa) and the bond with children (Putreshanaa).” Based on the above preaching, were the Gopikas not expecting that God Krishna will conduct...
[Shri Anil Antony asked: Please elaborate the concept of ‘law of the land’, in the context and background of topic of Madhura Bhakti; is there any difference in the law of land if the places were Jerusalem and Mecca?]
Swami replied:- ‘The law of the land’ means the belief of the public present in a land. Sometimes, a specific belief may be wrong. Generally, such specific belief, which is wrong is opposed by at least some people...
[Shri Anil Antony asked: The statement that Prophet Muhammad is the seal of Prophet, is perfectly applicable directly to You as You have covered all the angles in the spiritual path in Your knowledge. What is Your opinion on this?]
Swami replied:- If I say ‘yes’ to your question, immediately you will call Me egoistic! I am following Universal Spirituality and consider Prophet Muhammad also as the incarnation of God Allah, who is none but Jehovah...
[Shri Anil Antony asked: Your next incarnation is in Devgad, however by now You have preached everything in the spiritual knowledge covering all the aspects. What will be Your program in Your next incarnation at Devgad?]
Swami replied:- The Veda says that spiritual knowledge is true and infinite. The word ‘infinite’ means very large as per the figure of speech (utprekshaa alankaara). The Veda also says that the same one concept can be explained...
[A question by Shri Anil Antony]
Swami replied:- Jesus is the incarnation of God on this earth. Hence, He has no fear for death. He came to the earth to preach true spiritual knowledge and He will not accept the false spiritual knowledge of the priests. Just to escape from death, He will not yield to the pressure of priests, who proposed their false spiritual knowledge to be accepted by Him. His very purpose of the divine incarnation...
[Shri PVNM Sarma asked: Swami, the present society is very much attached to film songs than the devotional songs. What is the way to uplift them?]
Swami replied:- The same cinema songs can be sung on God, keeping God as the goal of that song. In fact, there are -very very powerful cinema songs involving the intensity of love to the climax state. The Veda says that all souls are females and wives/darlings of God (Striyaḥ satīḥ…). Hence, any soul can think about itself as female and wife of God. Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa lived in Brundaavanam...
[Smt. Chhanda Chandra asked:- All forms of God are one and the same. In such a case, can we worship Rama through the path in which Krishna was worshipped? Can Gopikas worship Rama in their own illegal path through which Krishna was worshipped?]
Swami replied:- Suppose that one person has several different qualities, this is possible in the world. When you approach that person, you must choose the path that is related to that specific quality only through...
[Smt. Chhanda Chandra asked:- You told that unless one succeeds in Pravrutti, he/she will not be admitted into Nivrutti. What I mean is that since Radha failed in justice with her husband, Ayanaghosha, she should not be admitted into Nivrutti by Krishna.]
Swami replied:- If you take the case of Radha, it is climax mad love towards Krishna, which is an infinite ocean that drowned...
[A question by Ms. Thrylokya]
Swami replied:- First type of devotion-worship of God Rama:- There are many people, who are mad of worldly life, but also care about God so that the most difficult worldly problems can be solved by the grace of God. For these people, God is not the goal, but, God is the instrument to get some special worldly benefits. This is controlled devotion to God. These devotees follow justice strictly and please God...
[A question by Smt. Chhanda Chandra]
Swami replied:- If a devotee is known to be absorbed in God, the detachment from the world gives the measurement of his/her attachment to God. Generally, this is a convenient method because absorption in God cannot be known directly. By observing...
[A question by Smt. Chhanda Chandra]
Swami replied:- Of course, emergency lies to establish the basic foundation of Pravrutti, which is to earn the basic needs. After this fundamental step, emergency lies in the spiritual line only. The reason...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- On Datta Jayanti, after the narration of the computer-miracle by Shri Veena Datta, You spoke about Vidyaa and Avidyaa. Please explain this concept once again.]
Swami replied:- I told that I have done several miracles on the computer, and this is called as Vidyaa, which means awareness of Myself through which I could expose My unimaginable power through miracle. Vidyaa means knowledge...
1. Do the gunas remain in the same proportions at the time of birth?
[Shri Divakar asked: Padnamskaram Swami, As I understood, soul samskaras are expressed in a certain percentage of 3 gunas. Let's say X, Y, Z are the percentage proportions of 3 gunas at the time of death. Do the gunas stay in the same proportions at the time of birth as mentioned above if at all soul takes new birth. If percentage proportions of the 3 gunas gets changed for a soul at the time of birth...
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