Madhura Bhakti (sweet devotion) was discovered, developed and dragged to climax by the devotees only and not by God. It is the main theme of the scripture Bhāgavatam. Without understanding the topic, some religions try to mock at Hinduism. For the first time in 5000 years, Shri Swami is explaining why this is the highest scripture that gives salvation to the soul in 7 days. The triad (Tripuṭī) of this topic is also highest since 1) Gopikas (Gantā) are the highest reborn sages, who were being worshipped even by angels, 2) Kṛṣṇa (Gamyam) is the highest form of incarnation (Paripūrṇa tamaḥ) and His highest abode is Goloka, which is higher than Brahma loka and 3) The path (Gamanam) adopted to reach the highest goal was liberation from all worldly bonds including the bond with life-partner in which even worldly justice is opposed (Sarvadharmān... Gītā).
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(Samnyāsa Tattva Yogaḥ)
Verses 9-41:
9) Kantā kāñcana kāṣāyāḥ, guravo lokadūṣitāḥ |
Sadguruśca tathā magno, hema hemāvṛteṣviva ||
[Although the human spiritual preachers (Gurus) wear the orange robes externally, they are internally fascinated towards money and illegal sex. These gurus are criticized by the public. Since the true divine spiritual preacher wearing orange robes also exists in this same world, He also gets...
QA:72-77
72. Is my following assumption correct?]
[Ms. Thrylokya asked: Suppose all the souls in the creation follow sweet devotion or support sweet devotion without caring about justice, there would be no soul wanting God to follow justice and hence, God will be happy to have sexual union with every sweet devotee in His real form only without creating His illusory forms and there would be no need to create a personified embodiment of His own power as wife for the sake of dualistic entertainment. Isn’t it?]
Swami replied:- All this is theoretical assumption only, which never happened from the beginning of creation and will not happen in future also. Can you say that mother...
QA:69-71
69. How can You prove that God has a feeling of father towards His created souls?
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- How can You prove that God has a feeling of father towards the created souls of His creation when we practically see God Krishna having 1,77,188 children with His devoted souls as wives? Which father can even think of having married life with his daughters?]
Swami replied:- I have already explained previously that at the highest level of spiritual knowledge, all the bonds are unreal and the reality is only the true love present...
QA:63-68
63. Swami, please comment on the following hypothesis.
[Swami, there is a proposal of hypothesis as follows: "Tattvamasi" is a Sanskrit phrase, which is one of the four Mahaavaakyaas (great pronouncements) of the Vedanta written in Chandogya Upanishad, where Svetaketu is told by his father Uddalaka...
QA:54-62
54. Why should God punish the souls involved in consensual sex outside marriage?
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Punishment by God for the sin of rape is justified since it hurts another soul. When sweet devotion is also a good line encouraged by God, why should God punish the souls involved in consensual sex outside marriage? It means that God encourages and rewards consensual sex outside marriage provided it is with Him and not with another soul. Is it not showing the double standards...
(Samnyāsa Tattva Yogaḥ)
Śrī Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān uvāca:-
[God Shri Krishna spoke:-]
1) Na kāmecchā mamāhaṃ yat, Brahmānanda mahārṇavaḥ |
Ṛṣīṇāṃ dagdha dharmecchā - Tapognīnāṃ na ca priye! ||
[O Darling Rādhā! I am the infinite ocean of divine bliss and hence, I do not have the desire for petty-illusory sexual happiness...
39) Vaidikā 'vaidikau mārgau, krīḍākarṣaṇa lālasāḥ |
Mucyante madvido jīvāḥ, arthavāda phalacyutāḥ ||
There are two ways of developing devotion to God:- i) The Vedic way:- By performing sacrifices (Yajnas) concentrating on various names like Indra, Agni etc., of God. These devotees like formless God having these names. The males are attracted by female heavenly dancers...
[Prof J.S.R. Prasad asked:- Saashtaanga Namaskaaram Swami. I heard a professor saying that the Sanskrit book ‘Gita Govindam’ is full of eroticism and for some time, it was banned from the general reading in the medieval times. She also commented that it had an impact on the later Bhakti movement in India. Kindly enlighten me on this point.]
Swami replied:- Everybody reads a verse at the end of the most holy ritual called ‘Sandhyaa Vandanam’, which is done three...
[Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked:- Swami, by revealing about God creating His illusory forms for the sake of sweet devotion, does God want Madhura Bhakti devotees to continue in this path or change it? I mean what is the final message for the Madhura Bhakti devotees from God?]
Swami replied:- There are two types of advices. First type of advice aims at your welfare and its taste is sour to your mind. Second type of advice is not bothered about your welfare and aims to give sweetness...
Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Swami, can we extend the concept of real Krishna having romance with real Radha and illusory Krishna having romance with Gopikas to the case...
Shri Durgaprasad asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami, my question is related to Your new revelation about created forms of Krishna. I summarise from Your earlier discourse about sexual actions of Vyaasa and Shankara - "Sage Vyasa participated in the sex with the widow-wives of His brothers on the order of His mother for the extensio...
(Śrī Rādhā Viṣāda Yogaḥ)
25) Daiva pātre'pyahaṃ bhaktā – pātre tvaṃ bhakta dohade |
Mānavī mānava śreyaḥ – kṛte bhakti tamārthinī ||
[Since we both are in the roles of devotee and Divine Preacher, I have to treat you as a devotee only so that you can stand as the ideal devotee for all the other devotees. Therefore, there is necessity of My testing of your level in the devotion. I have to decide whether your devotion is in the human level or divine level. If your devotion...
(Śrī Rādhā Viṣāda Yogaḥ)
1) Ekadā vyathayā Rādhā, Tyaktvā Bṛndāvanaṃ vanam|
Mahārāsād gatā dūraṃ, Rudantī madhurasvarā ||
[Once upon a time, in the Dvāpara age, Śrī Rādhā left the Mahā-Rāsa dance taking place in the forest of Bṛndāvanam and went very far from the forest...
QA:48-53
48. Is sweet devotion cheap and fake because it is based on Arthavaada?
[Since the sweet devotion is based on the illusory forms of God and devotees are made to believe them as real forms of God based on Arthavaada, sweet devotion is appearing very cheap and fake to me. Also, God loses His credibility if a devotee learns about the concept of Arthavaada. To whatever God says, there exists a 50:50 probability with...
QA: 40-47
40. Why doesn’t God come as female and become the wife/darling for a male devotee in the path of sweet devotion?
[Ms. Thrylokya asked]
Swami replied:- God is bearing all the creation as supporter and He is called as Bhartaa (Supporter) for the entire creation. Bhaaryaa means the maintained (supported item). On a table, there are several items. The table is not only supporter for all the items, but also is the supporter for each item. Hence, God is the supporter (Bhartā – Bibharti iti Bhartā) of the entire creation and also is the supporter for each individual...
QA: 37-39
37. What is the main reason for God to encourage sweet devotion for reaching Him?
[A Series of Questions of Ms. Thrylokya]
Swami replied:- Only through the strongest bond with God, one can reach God. Some have sweet devotion bond as their strongest bond because the tastes of souls are always different (Loko bhinna ruciḥ). Hence, each soul has a different strongest worldly bond...
QA:32-36
32. Will Radha be upset by seeing the forms of Her husband satisfying thousands of His wives?
[Ms. Thrylokya asked: Due to permanently imposed ignorance, the knowledge given by God Krishna cannot stand in Radha for long time. Throughout her life, will Radha not feel upset again and again by seeing the forms of her husband satisfying thousands of His wives?]
Swami replied:- What all you said is correct if Radha was in the state of full ignorance covering her since birth for the sake of her future role to act as devotee. But, God Krishna explained her the entire background...
QA: 27-31
27. Can Radha distinguish between real Krishna and unreal Krishna?
[Ms. Thrylokya asked: Can Radha distinguish between real Krishna and unreal Krishna? If she simply has to believe the words of Krishna that herself and Krishna are one and the same, she is just like every other Gopika, who is believing the same since Krishna says the same sentence to every Gopika. How did Radha believe Krishna? Didn’t she doubt Krishna at any point of time?]
Swami replied:- Assuming that Radha is not the incarnation of God Shiva and assuming that she is an ordinary Gopika, the understanding of true spiritual knowledge is based on both the preacher and disciple. If both are human...
QA 21-26:
21. Swami, what is the historical background of sweet devotion starting from the beginning of the creation or Kruta Yuga or Satya Yuga?
[A Series of Questions of Ms. Thrylokya]
Swami replied:- In Kruta Yuga, there was no sweet devotion. Even if sweet devotion existed, it was not against justice, which means that it was confined between husband and wife only. In that time, God never said that the devotee shall cross justice for the sake of God as said in the end of Dvaapara Yuga (Sarvadharmān parityajya… - Gita). Any type of justice was not crossed for the sake of sweet love...
(Today is my Birthday and Swami answered my question stating that His answer is my Birthday gift. - Thrylokya)
Ms. Thrylokya asked: Swami, You told that Madhumati embraced Sage Dattatreya with sweet devotion towards her husband only. You may say that her fault is to embrace her husband while Dattatreya is doing the worship of God and hence, she was cursed by Dattatreya to become a demon. But, Madhumati knows that Dattatreya...