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Shri Ajay asked: What is the way out to resist this corruption for money, which is spread almost every area of this world?
Shri Swami replied: The reason for the disease must be known so that the treatment is at the level of the reason but not at the level of the effect. The present doctors treat the disease based on the symptoms and therefore, such treatment is only temporary. In Ayurveda, the treatment is at the level of the cause of the disease, which is called as ‘Nidaanam’. The root cause of all these diseases...
Shri Kishore Ram asked: You have given two powerful messages regarding Pravrutti. Is there any mistake on my side regarding pravrutti?
Shri Swami replied: I have given the messages to you because there is no mistake on your side in Pravrutti. The style of Lord Datta is to indirectly preach the people, who really need rectification in a specific line, by preaching directly the person, who does not need rectification in that specific line. If you preach a sinner regarding his sin, he will be hurt due to the basic inherent ego that is touched...
[Padanamaskarams Swamiji, My daughter Arsha, asked why the Lord is said to be Yajna Swarupa in the Shivapanchakshara Stotra (Yajnaswarupaaya jataadharaaya…). A number of possible explanations came to mind, I seek Your guidance on whether those ideas are relevant and how they could be correlated. Also, there might other relevant concepts that too need to be correlated. At Your Divine Feet,-Nikhil
Why is God said to be of the form of sacrifice (Yajna Swarupa)?
The possible explanations that came to my mind are: 1. In the Chhandogya Upanishad , King Pravahana had posed five questions to Shvetaketu. Neither Shvetaketu, nor his father Gautama had been able to answer the questions. Finally, the king himself instructed Gautama and provided the answers to the five questions...
Shri Swami replied: All the interpretations given by Dr. Nikhil to his daughter, Chi. Sow. Arsha are very good and acceptable. However, I am giving My interpretation in correlation with his explanation through analysis, which is more important than even scriptures...
Shri Anil asked: 1) Even Arjuna was caught by ego and jealousy in the end by not getting down from the chariot. What is the case of ordinary human beings? 2) How to transform a terrorist? 3) God is pleased with a perfect person in Pravrutti and is furious to a person, who is corrupt. Is not God affected by such feelings? 4) How about forming a spiritual university?
Shri Swami replied: 1) The example shows that ego and jealousy are the most serious deceases in the spiritual path. But, it is not said that they are incurable. Knowledge gives the diagnosis to identify the specific virus so that the subsequent treatment can proceed in the corresponding specific direction. Once you have identified the virus through the spiritual knowledge, the treatment...
[Evening Message] Shri Kishore Ram asked: Please explain the significance of the special rules followed by the devotees of Ayappa before reaching His shrine.
Shri Swami replied: The discipline to be attained by following the rules is very important in the spiritual path. The external body and the food habits should be disciplined by certain hard rules. The health of the body affects the nature of mind. The internal mind is the most important instrument to please God. The external bath of the body by cold water in the morning gives resistance to cold resulting in perfect immunity...
Shri Anil asked: What is the significance of death in the spiritual knowledge?
Shri Swami Replied: Death is spiritual and scientific requirement of the individual soul and its external body. Just like the dress on the external body, the body is also an external dress on the individual soul. Everyday, anybody leaves the dress for wash and the body is also subjected to bath. Similarly, death is the washing process of the body and after death the washing process of the individual soul takes place in the hell. The body is composed of...
Padanamaskaram Swami, Kindly enlighten us with Your answer for the following query from Shri Kishore ram:
Dear DattaSwami: I came to know about you in early 2008 and I dont know if its my inner consciousness or great fortune to started believing you as the True Incarnation of the unimaginable God. But I somehow deviating from this path though I trust you and more of your divine knowledge. Not only that, I am not able to be good enough in Worldly life as well (Pravrutti).
Can you advise me whats my problem thats hindering or stopping me from leading a righteous life in this world(Pravrutti)? Unless I concentrate and do the things in right way in Pravrutti, I know I cant be eligible for Nivrutti. I am failing in the base step itself(Pravrutti)
At Your feet,-Anil
Shri Swami Replied: Pravrutti (your behaviour towards other human beings in this world) is the most important topic of concentration for God. Infact, He says that He comes down in the human form for the sake of establishing justice in pravrutti only (Dharma Samsthapanarthaaya- Gita). In the boyhood, the Lord finished the issue of Nivrutti...
Dr. Nikhil asked “You said that You are cooking the food (spiritual knowledge) and that we have to cater the food to the deserving devotees. Several people say that this spiritual knowledge is excellent. Please tell the program about this”.
Shri Swami replied: You can establish a trust along with your friendly devotees and form a trust for the propagation of the spiritual knowledge given by Lord Dattatreya through Me. You need not seek permission from anybody to do good divine work by which God is extremely pleased. God has given this knowledge through Me and the same God will propagate this knowledge...
Shri Veena Datta (S/o Ajay) asked “why the Indians always crave for material-life?”
Shri Swami replied: When you do not have something, you will always crave for it. When you have something to the full extent, you will not be bothered about it. In the middle age, Indians always approached God through theory only and avoided the practice of the theory concluded. God said in the Gita that He will approach you in the same way through which you approached Him (Ye Yathaa). God blessed Indians with excellent knowledge...
A lady, devoted to Shri Shirdi Sai Baba, asked: “Please give a message to me for my spiritual life”.
Shri Swami Replied: All your devotion is concentrated on Baba and there is no doubt in this. But, whenever you worship Baba through devotional songs, you are always for a solution of worldly problem from Him. Such devotion is false, artificial and hypocrite only since the devotion is not on Baba but on the solution of your problem that is to be obtained from the miraculous power of Baba only. A son is pressing the feet of his father daily...
For Scholars Posted on: 03/11/2015Padanamaskaram Swami; An atheist commented on Swami's knowledge as below. Bold sentences are Quotation from Swami's message, below which his questions are given. Kindly enlighten with us with Your response.
Questions from: Soluresk Dianar Turissmont (TuryCury)
Quote from Swami's message: 'Science means the perfect unbiased analysis of all the items and concepts of the imaginable creation.'
1) Objective perfection is unachievable because objective perfection is an unrealistic concept. Also, How do you know that everything was Created and wasn't just brought into existence by quantum fluxuations and energy?
Shri Swami: Whether the object is perfect or imperfect is determined by the perfect scientific analysis. Even if the object is imperfect, it is decided as imperfect by the scientific analysis. The imperfection may lie with the object but not with the analysis. We do not say that world is unreal and henc...
Shri Surya asked: Some person asked about the first source of human race on this world as whether monkey or God directly. Please clarify this.
Shri Swami replied: Whenever you do research on a topic, it should have some pragmatic value. It should be useful to either Pravrutti or Nivrutti. Pravrutti is the code of conduct in this world by which the society is balanced. Nivrutti is the spiritual path by travelling in which you can obtain God’s grace. Even the subject, History, has some practical value in Pravrutti...
Shri Swami replied: The person does not share the sin in such referred case. Even if the person refuses to bring the non-vegetarian food from...
Shri Phani asked: Somebody told that Lord Manikantha (Ayyappa) is born to Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu and says further that this means that the concept of homosexual relationship exists from the beginning even in divine personalities, which need not be criticized.
Shri Swami Replied: This argument projected is meaningless showing the climax of stupid ignorance. Shri Manikantha is not born to Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu. He is born to Lord Shiva and Goddess Mohini, who is the female incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Even in the case of human beings, a female in the present birth, married to a male and delivered...
Shri P V N M Sharma asked: Surdas sang about Lord Krishna telling his mother that He did not eat the butter (mai nahi khaaya) and subsequently telling that He alone ate the butter (mai ne hi khaaya). I enjoyed the beauty of similarity in the words in both statements.
Shri Swami Replied: The enjoyment you got from the words is very little compared to the bliss you receive on knowing the inner meaning. The serpents licked the grass on which the vessel of divine nectar was kept. The angels licked the drops of the divine nectar directly. The difference existing between serpents...
Dr Nikhil asked “I am presenting the views of some important persons regarding the non-vegetarian food. They feel that there is no sin in it since several scriptures of various religions mention about the non-vegetarian food taken by very great people. I bring these views to Your notice so that You can throw light on this topic through Your systematic analysis”.
Shri Swami Replied: You are doing great service in the propagation of divine knowledge by projecting the points with careful scientific analysis as background. Today, science is very widely covering basic field of knowledge like logic in the olden days. At present, the concepts of spiritual knowledge enlightened...
Shri Surya asked some questions sent by some intellectuals, which came into the light through the website.
1) In the scripture God said that which lives and moves around you shall be your food. In such case, how can you say that the non-vegetarian food is a sin? And also the Muslims eat meat. So? - Bruno Berardinone
Shri Swami Replied: There are several angles in giving answer to this question. The first angle is that the point need not be valid because it is mentioned in the scripture. There is no guarantee that the scripture is maintained pure without the insertions by some persons, who have selfish motives...
Shri Surya referred a question asked by a person through website. The questions are: 1) what is the proof for the re-birth of the soul? 2) What is the proof for the existence of hell and if the hell exists what is the reason for not having the memory of the punishments in the hell and also the previous birth? 3) If a soul is born in a criminal family and becomes the criminal, the fault lies with the family and not with the soul. In such case, why should the soul be punished? -Shreyans Kanswa
Shri Swami replied: The topic of deeds and the corresponding fruits is a very complicated cycle involving the three dimensional network of various aspects as said in the Gita (Gahanaa karmano Gatih). You cannot simply give a passing remark based on superficial observation of very limited area of this topic. First, you must understand...
For Scholars Posted on: 07/10/2015[Replies to Dr. Nikhil's Enquiries] Shankara stated that God has no attributes (Nirguna). Ramanuja said that God has all the good attributes (Saguna and Kalyanagunavishishta). Both these statements look contradicting each other. But, if you analyse carefully, both the statements are one and the same. The relationship or association of even a rigid quality with God is always external like the yellow thread of a married lady. The yellow thread is only externally associated and can be separable very easily. But, the yellow thread is never separated...
For Scholars Posted on: 05/10/2015Shri Anil asked: How can you say that God is non-existent (Asat)?
Shri Swami Replied: In the Gita, God Himself said (Sadasat chaahamarjuna) that He is not only existent (Sat) but also non-existent (Asat). I will just give a tautology of Sat and Asat to be applied not only to God but also to the world. The Gita says that God is both existent and non-existent. In the Gita, elsewhere also, same point is stated that God cannot be told as either existent or non-existent (Nasat tat naasaduchyate) Simultaneously, the Veda says that this world is existent...
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