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1. What is the meaning of ‘curved path’ in the following context?
[Shri Anil Antony asked:- Padanamaskaram Swami, I request You to kindly give answer to the following questions. At Your Divine Lotus Feet-Anil Antony.
"Everybody will reach the central point through any path provided he/she is not an atheist. But, one will reach God quickly by straight path and the other will reach God after a long time through curved path...
Shri Anil Antony asked: Padanamaskaram Swami. Regarding human incarnation and devotees serving Him, a Muslim devotee named Abbas Moaiyadi, commented as follows. I request You to answer this. –At Your Divine Lotus Feet, Anil Antony
God the supreme will choose a person on earth to reveal His message. God does not take human form. God is all powerful, He does everything solely with His power. He does not need any help. He is all knowing. Ram needed...
[Shri Anil Antony asked]
Swami replied:- Out of nine planets, five are called auspicious planets and the rest four are called as malefic planets. This does not mean that five planets are good and four planets are bad. It only means that five planets work in giving good fruits and four planets work in giving bad fruits. The four malefic planets are Shani, Kuja, Rahu and Ketu. Shani is pacified by worshipping God Hanuman...
1. What truly matters while choosing a life partner?
[Ms. Amudha Sambath asked: Pada Namaskaram Bhagavan Shri Datta Swami🙏🏻🙇🏻♀️ Swami, I seek Your kind guidance. I am struggling to trust and accept people, especially while thinking about marriage. You have taught that while selecting a life partner, we must mainly check two qualities:
1. The person is a true believer of God, 2. The person has belief in God’s administration....
1. What is the time period for a Jiiva to live on this earth? Does this differ from one to the other?
[Shri Hrushikesh asked:- Dear Swami, My friend Deepika has asked the following questions. I request you to kindly enlighten us with the answers. What is the time period for a Jeeva to live on this earth? Does this differ from one Jeeva to another? What factors influence the increase or decrease in the time a Jeeva spends on earth? Who decides these factors, and on what basis?]
Swami replied:- Generally, the human longevity is in the range of 80 to 90 years. There will be differences in the longevity among the souls, which is based on several factors. For example, the scripture...
[Ms. Saatvika asked:- Paadanamaskaram Swami, I have following doubt from an excerpt from Your discourse (link- https://www.universal-spirituality.org/discourses/essence-of-religious-scriptures---ii--812--1511--ENG).
"The husband or wife gets attracted by a better ‘total personality’ of opposite sex, whom he or she meets in life. Mental attraction is hidden by several people by controlling their words. Words and actions of the body are inert and do not participate in the sin. When this body, which spoke or did some wrong activity is left over here [death], the soul is taken to hell in some other energetic body and is punished...
[Shri Sharath V asked:- Shashtanga Pranamas to Sri Swamiji,
In the philosophical world, the subject of Karthrutva (doership) and Karma is profoundly complex. Are all actions performed by the Jiva (individual soul), or by Paramatma? Is the Jiva svatantra (independent), or paratantra (dependent)?
The Rigveda says न ऋते त्वत्क्रियते किञ्चनारे महामर्कं मघवञ्चित्रमर्च (1.84)...
Shri Yash asked:- Namaste Swami, Please clarify the below doubts regarding the rules of pravrutti (worldly conduct). Some start-up companies offer lower salaries to employees. Similarly, some households pay lower wages to domestic helpers such as cooks, cleaners, and washermen. In many other situations also, wages and payments vary. For example, in clothing shops or shopping malls, some employees...
1. Is the process of creating the world from space, something that can be understood?
[Shri Ganesh Venkatesh asked:- Padanamskaram Swamiji, Parabrahman (the unimaginable God) created space, and from space the rest of creation emerged. I have a question regarding this concept: Is the process of creating the world from space something that can be understood or imagined? If so, can scientists comment on this process? I apologise for asking this again even though you have already explained it several times]
Swami replied:- If you understand that space is...
Sahana asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, It is said that Tridevi's are powers and Trimurti's are possessor's of their respective powers. So, I assumed that Tridevi's are formed as energetic incarnations...
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[Shri PVNM Sharma asked:- How to correlate Saamkhya of Kapila and Yoga of Patanjali in the philosophy of Shankara with reference to the Gita of Krishna?]
Swami Replied:- Kapila, Krishna and Shankara are incarnations of God and in their philosophies, a specific soul (like their souls) is God only. Kapila indicated that Purusha or human incarnation like Himself is God. Krishna told that He Himself is God in human form. Shankara told that the soul (like His own soul) alone is God. All these three mean the absolute unimaginable awareness or God expressed in a mediated...
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[Shri M. Gangaiah garu (Advocate and excellent scholar of Gita and Upanishads) asked:- The Veda (Mahaavaakyaas) says that the soul is God (Brahman) and awareness is Brahman. The explanation says that God became the soul by forgetting Himself and by knowing that it is God, it becomes again God. Salvation means that soul is liberated from its nature on becoming God.]
Swami replied:- This is the most attracting rope (that soul is God) by which any soul, especially an atheist is attracted. In this theory, there is no need of any effort and by simply knowing that one is God, the soul must become God. I may forget some parts of the subject I studied, but, I (including the illiterate) never forget my identity. Only a mad person forgets his identity. Does this not mean that...
(Divine experiences of Mrs Vyshnavi and Baby Aradhya)
Paadanamaskaaram Swami. As the mother of Sripada Aradhya, I have witnessed the instant recovery of my daughter due to Your love and grace. Since a month, her health has deteriorated very badly. From being a hyperactive girl, she has become a weak patient lying on bed, unable to answer even if someone calls her. High fever was consistently attacking her, but she was attending exams at school with that illness...
Shri Lakshman asked:- Padanamaskaaram Swami. I have a question regarding Your recent reply to Smt. Chhanda’s question in which You said that since all the four aashramas are different from each other, God Datta can’t be in all the aashramas at the same time, which brings the unimaginable nature to His aashrama that was called by Him as Turiiya Aashrama. I felt it should be that He can be...
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11. In Hinduism, what is the meaning of seeing a lizard constantly in the wash?
Swami replied:- There are certain traditional believes about the falling of lizard. Different places of the body touched by the lizard are said to be associated with different results. This is not an important topic because this is...
1. I want Krishna as My husband. What should I do?
[Shri Anil Antony asked:- Padanamaskaram Swami. Some questions from the internet are given below. Please give answer to them. At Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil.
I am 31 years old. I love Lord Krishna. When I saw His picture, my eyes filled with tears. I play with His cheeks and I hug Him. I want Him as My husband. What should I do?]
Swami replied:- In love, there is no lust. Love is true and eternal, which is irrespective of age. Lust is concerned with youth. Krishna is God. When you love God, you should not have aspiration for any selfish pleasure. Love is sacrifice...
1. Please give Your comment on the following saying of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
[Shri Anil Antony asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami, I request You to give answers to the following questions. At Your Lotus Divine Feet-anil. “A man practicing semen retention for twelve years develops a special power. He grows a new inner nerve called the nerve of memory”. Swami please give Your comment on this saying of Sri Ramakrishna Parama Hamsa.]
Swami replied:- The semen is prepared from blood. Its retention will make the person very healthy...
Smt. Lakshmi Lavanya K asked:- Namaste Swami. You wrote in a song, "Whenever I think only, the feeling of darling arises in the soul." In the knowledge, You said that the fascinations on all the worldly bonds should be diverted towards God; these include the spouse bond and boyfriend bond. Why is there lust between husband (God)-wife (devotee) bond which is not between brother (God)-sister (devotee), Father (God)-daughter...
1. How can a devotee in the midst of worldly problems know You in end of life?
[A devotee from Vijayawada asked:- Pada Namaskaram Swami. Please explain the difference between Japa, Dhyana and Tapa? O Bhagavaan Vaasudeva! How can a devotee in the midst of worldly problems, know You in antya...
For Scholars Posted on: 24/03/2026THIRD PART
[Dr. Nikhil asked:- I need clarification: Advaitins never say that the unimaginable God mediated by awareness is Īśvara. According to them, awareness is Brahman. The same awareness when limited by a small (vyashti) upaadhi is an individual, and when ‘limited’ by the infinite or limitless (samashti) upadhi, is Ishwara. The concepts of “unimaginable God mediated by awareness” or “unimaginable God mediated by an energetic body containing awareness” are both part of Swami’s philosophy. Advaitins never speak about them.]
Swami replied:- In both these words (unimaginable awareness and imaginable awareness) the common word is awareness, which means to know about itself (Atma jnaanam) and to know things other than...
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