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For ScholarsPosted on: 07/01/2013[This message is the reply of Shri Datta Swami to the query of ‘Human Excellency’ in Speaking Tree forum (http://www.speakingtree.in/public/wall-updates/9131992). The above devotee asked about the need of existence of God and about the cheating behaviour of the devotees of God. He also questioned about the miraculous power of God, which is not used to change the minds of present politicians.]
Swami replied: Since the behaviour of devotees is bad, you need not negate the existence of God. If the son is wrong, you may say that the father is also wrong but you should not say that father does not exist. The existence...
For ScholarsPosted on: 05/01/2013The word ‘Vishwarupadarshanam’ is understood as seeing the infinite space with infinite matter and energy as planets and radiations based on the Lord by Arjuna. This is not the correct understanding the correct sense of this word. The word ‘darshanam’ means a physical work of seeing something with the eyes. In Sanskrit grammar, it is told that all the verbs meant for physical actions or works like walking, seeing etc., indicate the sense of knowing something (Gatyarthaanaam dhaatunaam jnanaarthakatvaat). Hence, ‘to see’ means ‘to know’. Therefore, the meaning here is that knowing...
For ScholarsPosted on: 04/08/2012The first action of the original-absolute-unimaginable God is a thought, which is the process of thinking. Except this thought, no other action is known to us before such thought. Such thought was to create this world constituted by many items. The reason for many items is that a single item will bore, resulting in non-enjoyment. Therefore, God alone could not enjoy and there is requirement of many items also for continuous enjoyment. Thought is the process of thinking and that is awareness itself. Awareness is knowledge, which is the process of knowing. There is no basic difference...
For ScholarsPosted on: 04/08/2012[Evening Discourse] God does not become imaginable since His existence, which is the inherent characteristic, is known. No doubt, the existence of an item is its inherent characteristic. But, this inherent characteristic is common to all the existing items. It is only a general inherent characteristic, which is common to all the existing items. It is not specific and hence, the knowledge of such general inherent characteristic does not isolate that item from other items. It does not give any specific information about the item by which you can isolate and recognize it. If you say that something exists in the locked room...
For ScholarsPosted on: 07/07/2012[This is a continuation of the question and answer session on Guru Purnima.]
7. Recently, scientists say that God-particle is discovered, which is the cause for Universe. Does this not eliminate God?
The scientists think that the energy itself is the root cause or God. The scientists stop at the imaginable cause only. They do not agree with the existence of the unimaginable cause, which is the generator of space or energy. The generator of anything should be beyond its boundary. If you are in a cloud of gas and if you travel to the boundary of the cloud, you will find the generator of that...
For ScholarsPosted on: 05/07/2012[This is a continuation of the question and answer session on Guru Purnima.]
6. How to bring unity among the philosophies of Shankara, Ramanuja, and Madhva?
[The three philosophies of Shankara, Ramanuja and Madhva differ from each other as we see the disputed arguments in their followers. How to bring unity in these three main philosophies?]
Swami replied: The aim of the preacher is not only the exposure of truth but also upliftment of the people from their existing levels. If exposure of truth alone is the aim, there is no difference between these three preachers...
For ScholarsPosted on: 04/07/2012On the day of Guru Purnima, Swami answered the questions posed by the devotees, which are presented here.
1. What is the reason for the most intellectual beings to be the most disturbed without peace?
[The human being is the most intellectual among all the living beings. The same human being is also the most disturbed without peace and happiness. What is the reason?]
Swami replied: A runner is very capable in the process of running. But, he is running in the opposite direction. Will he reach the goal? Therefore, the direction is important, which decides the goal. If the goal is right, which...
For ScholarsPosted on: 13/05/2012The unimaginable God created this Universe, which is different from God since this is imaginable. There are two schools in philosophy regarding the process of creation.
In the first type, the cause is really modified into the effect like the modification of milk into curd. In the second type, the cause is apparently modified...
For ScholarsPosted on: 10/01/2012Buddhists became atheists since they applied the theory of relativity of cause and effect in endless way and found that everything is nothing. As a result, even the God, the root cause, also does not exist. Shankara attacked this argument that there should be some real receiver, which receives the knowledge that nothing is real. Such receiver can be only awareness, which alone is the receiver of information. Hence, awareness should exist. Shankara called this awareness as God so that the existence of God must be accepted. If everything is unreal, the experience of everybody...
For ScholarsPosted on: 08/01/2012[Following is a very close discussion of Swami with His devotees clarifying their doubts.]
Shri Lakshman: You say that the awareness is the product of inert energy and also that awareness is non-inert. Where from the characteristic of non-inertness entered the awareness?
Swami replied: Let Me know your intention. Did you put this question to establish awareness as God like the Advaita philosopher? If so, it is a waste. I have elaborately dealt that awareness is not God and the reasons...
For ScholarsPosted on: 04/11/2011Shankara told that the awareness, which is filtered from all types of thoughts and left over with a single thought that it is awareness, is the absolute God (Nirguna Brahman). All the thoughts can be classified into three types, which are called as Trigunas. Awareness, aware of itself is a thought by itself, which is the inherent characteristic of the awareness and is called as awareness in general. The Sattvam is one of the three types of thoughts. The type Sattvam represents all good and divine thoughts. The general awareness (Jnanam) is also included in this first category...
For ScholarsPosted on: 04/11/2011The Buddhists took the concept of cause and effect to analyze this creation. The effect is always unreal with respect to the cause. But, when the cause is analyzed, it becomes the effect of some other internal cause. Mud, the cause, is real whereas its effect, the pot, is unreal. When the mud is analyzed, it becomes the effect and the particles become the cause. Hence, the mud, which is real with respect to the pot, becomes unreal with respect to its cause, the particles. If you go deep like this, the particle is the effect and the crystals in it become its cause. The crystal again...
For ScholarsPosted on: 29/10/2011[Shri Phani Kumar asked: “Is there difference between soul and intelligence, which are described as the two birds by Shankara? You said the two birds as God and soul in the context of human incarnation.”]
Swami replied: The Mantra in the Veda says that there are two birds on the tree. One bird eats the fruits and the other shines without eating. Shankara took these two birds as the soul and the intelligence. I have taken these two birds as the unimaginable God and imaginable soul existing in the human incarnation. If you carefully analyze, both these versions become one and same...
For ScholarsPosted on: 20/06/2011The gross matter is visible and imaginable. The subtle energy is invisible and imaginable. The common point in matter and energy is that both are imaginable. Both matter and energy form the two parts of imaginable creation. Even science says that matter is a form of energy and both are inter-convertible. But, now, due to development of sophisticated instruments by science, even the energy becomes visible through instruments. But, since the energy is invisible to the naked eye, you can still maintain the difference between the matter and energy saying that matter is visible and energy...
For ScholarsPosted on: 09/06/2011The light energy is quantized and its fundamental bits are called as photons. A photon exists with certain frequency but the frequency is variable. The light energy is a part of cosmic energy and therefore, you should not say that the entire cosmic energy is light energy. Similarly, awareness is quantized into bits, called as the individual souls. Even though the light energy occupies a part of the cosmic space, it is continuous within its limited boundaries. But, the awareness is not like that. It is not continuous within the specified boundaries. It is discontinuous. It is just like some jewels...
For ScholarsPosted on: 26/04/2011The absolute reality is always without spatial dimensions and the relative reality is always with spatial dimensions. The creator is the absolute reality and the creation is the relative reality. The relative reality is always imaginable since it has spatial dimensions. The creation contains both visible and invisible items. The visible items have macro-spatial dimensions. The invisible items have micro-spatial dimensions and hence, the eye cannot...
For ScholarsPosted on: 20/04/2011The word ‘Atman’ means both the soul representing energy as well as the body representing the matter. The soul or energy creates the imaginary world, maintains and dissolves it. The soul has full control on the imaginary world and can do anything. Similarly, God creates, maintains and destroys this world. God is omnipotent since He can do anything in this world. All these are good aspects of comparison. But, there are defective aspects of limitations. The soul is converted into imaginary world whereas, the unimaginable God is not converted and hence, the process of creation...
For ScholarsPosted on: 16/04/2011Science goes up to the space only, which is very subtle form of energy. Due to bending of space around the boundaries of object, space cannot be treated as nothing since nothing can bend. The topmost scientist, Einstein, treats the space as geometrical entity and not absolutely existing item. He treats space as relatively existing based on the existence of two materialistic items, since space is the distance between two materialistic items. If the matter disappears, space also disappears according to him. If all the matter is converted into energy, you may imagine the situation as space in which...
For ScholarsPosted on: 10/04/2011When similes are selected for the unimaginable God, the concepts of comparison should be always limited and not to be fully extended in all other aspects. This principle exists even if you give a simile to an imaginable item taking another imaginable item. For example, if you compare the face of somebody to moon, the aspect of simile should be confined to the pleasantness only. You should not extend the aspect of similarity to other points and say that the face contains black spots since the moon also has black spots. If this is the case of simile between two imaginable items...
For ScholarsPosted on: 03/04/2011[Mr. Anil asked: “You said that God is beyond creation and at the same time, You say that God is in human body, which is in the creation. Is it not a contradiction?”]
Swami replied: Unless the contradiction arises and you are unable to solve it through your analysis, you cannot call it as unimaginable action. Unless you recognize the unimaginable action, you cannot accept that God is unimaginable, who is the source of the unimaginable actions. For the establishment of unimaginable actions, there should be pre-established imaginable background so that the violation...
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