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DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN AWARENESS, ENERGY AND GOD

Posted on: 29/06/2008

The soul is an imaginable item. It is a part of creation and creation is imaginable. The soul taken as basic inert energy can be seen by eyes with the help of powerful scientific instruments. The soul taken in the form of special work or transportation of information by special neuron cells can also be visualized. Thus, the soul taken in any form is visualized and hence, it cannot be the unimaginable God. The Veda (Drushyatetvagraya…) and the Gita (Pashyanti Jnanachakshushah…) clearly say that the soul can be visualized by Scholars or Scientists. God is beyond space and hence, can never be imagined even by intelligence (logic), which is highest faculty of Knowledge. The human imagination can never go beyond space. Since God is the generator of space...

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PROGRESS OF THE COUNTRY

Posted on: 27/04/2008

[A talk given by Swami at the inauguration function of Montessori Engineering College and College of Pharmacy, Vijayawada.] Today, several people speak about the various ways to develop our country. All are forgetting one basic concept. The progress of a country is like the improvement of strength of a normal healthy person by giving various tonics. But, if the person is a patient of cancer, what is the use of talking about strengthening him without looking into the treatment of the cancer? Any number of tonics given to such patient becomes useless. Similarly, our country is not a normal healthy person to plan about the improvement of progress through several schemes. Our country is a patient suffering with the incurable...

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SCRIPTURES ARE PERSONAL VERSIONS

Posted on: 26/04/2008

[I heard that somebody refused the propagation of My divine knowledge based on the reason that this knowledge is the personal version of Myself.]

Examine Logically To Arrive at the Truth: The Gita was told by Krishna only. The Bible was told by Jesus only. The Quran was told by Mohammad only. Buddhism was preached by Buddha alone. All the Brahma Sutras and Puranas were the personal version of sage Vyasa only. Shankara, Ramanuja and Madhva preached the three schools of philosophy as their personal versions only. Each Sukta in the Veda was told by a single sage only and thus, the entire Veda is a bundle of personal versions only. God told the scripture...

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SHRI BABA: THE INCARNATION OF GOD

Posted on: 06/10/2007

Miracles are done by God and not by the individual soul (Jeeva). The Veda says that God alone does miracles (Satyakamah…). The logic in this point is that this entire creation is just His will. This world is just the imagination of God. You can do any impossible thing in your imaginary world. In that imaginary world, you can also make somebody who is created by you, to do anything. That somebody is able to do anything only due to your will. Hence, if somebody is doing a miracle, that somebody is not doing the miracle. God, the Creator of the world, is doing the miracle through him. Your will power is the material of your imaginary world and is responsible for any action that is natural...

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Shri Baba's Life, Miracles and Preaching

Posted on: 05/10/2007

The human incarnation is a homogeneous mixture of God (Narayana) and human being (Nara) existing as a single-phase alloy of two metals. An alloy with gold as the major component and copper as the minor component, is called gold alone[1]. Similarly, the human incarnation is considered to be God. The live wire is treated as the electric current. God is unimaginable even to the intelligence and certainly none can see God with one’s eyes (Na chakshusha—Veda). But the Veda says that a rare blessed soul sees God directly (Kashchit dhiirah…). God as a pure component is not seen directly. But the same God can be seen through the medium of a human being (Manusheem tanum—Gita). Everybody takes Him to be only a human being as seen by the eyes. But only a rare blessed soul sees Him as God. Sage Vyasa saw Krishna as God...

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SHRI BABA'S COSMIC VISION ON THE MOON

Posted on: 04/10/2007

[It was announced that Shri Satya Sai Baba was going to publically show the cosmic vision (Vishwarupam) on the moon at Puttaparthi airport. Large crowds of people gathered to witness the event. Shri Baba arrived at the appointed time. However, the moon was not visible at that time and He did not perform the said miracle. There was a lot of criticism from opponents. Devotees asked Swami for clarification on the issue. Swami gave the following discourse to devotees].

Significance of the Unshown Miracle: Shri Baba has shown thousands of miracles to the world and even scientists have accepted the truth in the miracles. If this particular miracle was not done, does it mean that all the previous miracles are invalid? Even if this miracle were done, our atheist friends will say that some laser technology was adopted [to create an optical illusion]. Our friends have disposed all the earlier miracles also as magic. When Lord Krishna...

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How can one recognize a devotee?

Posted on: 10/08/2007

[Reply to Dr. Sheshadri Thiruvenkadam (Balaji).] A devotee is like a student. A student varies in his level of study starting from LKG[1] to PG[2]...

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JUSTICE AND SPIRITUAL EFFORT

Posted on: 04/08/2007

The entire spiritual knowledge exists in the Upanishads (Veda) or Shruti. Smriti is another category of texts, which should be taken as an authority if it does not contradict the Shruti (Shruti Smriti virodhetu…). Smriti consists of the Gita along with the Ramayana, Bhagavata and Mahabharata (the three sacred epics). In fact, the Gita itself is a part of the Mahabharata. The Puranas come after the Smriti (Shruti Smriti Purananam…). The sacred epics deal with the secrets of the spiritual effort of Hanuman, the Gopikas and Arjuna towards their contemporary human incarnations called as Rama and Krishna. Third class people take these three epics as some historical stories and get entertainment...

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How can I know that I am in the right spiritual path?

Posted on: 01/08/2007

[Question by Dr. Sheshadri Thiruvenkadam (Balaji).] Your inner conscience, aided by logical analysis of the scriptures, which is given by the...

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Can I expect some visions from God to know that I am on the right path?

Posted on: 01/08/2007

[Question by Dr. Sheshadri Thiruvenkadam (Balaji).] Visions are miracles done by God to rectify defective students. Visions are not necessary for...

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How can one understand words like Dharma (justice) and Adharma (injustice) in the spiritual effort?

Posted on: 01/08/2007

[Question by Dr. Sheshadri Thiruvenkadam (Balaji).] In Pravritti (social behavior), one should vote for justice and vote against injustice. In the...

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Is it not better to earn more and sacrifice more for God's work?

Posted on: 01/08/2007

[Question by Dr. Sheshadri Thiruvenkadam (Balaji).] One should not be lazy and one should put his maximum effort in doing any work. But if one earns...

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When I asked a spiritual preacher to show me my Sadguru, he just smiled silently. What does it mean?

Posted on: 01/08/2007

[Question by Dr. Sheshadri Thiruvenkadam (Balaji).] Recognizing the Sadguru is the essence of the whole spiritual effort. In a chemistry practical...

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Why does God keep silent to some people even though they cry to Him intensely?

Posted on: 01/08/2007

[Question by Dr. Sheshadri Thiruvenkadam (Balaji).] A diabetic patient cries before a doctor to get a sweet to eat. The doctor has infinite number...

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Why are people involved in killing each other in the name of God?

Posted on: 01/08/2007

[Question by Dr. Sheshadri Thiruvenkadam (Balaji).] The original founders of the religions were Human Incarnations of the same God like Krishna,...

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For what type of service I am suited?

Posted on: 01/08/2007

[Question by Dr. Sheshadri Thiruvenkadam (Balaji).] Any soul is suitable for that type of service to God, in which it is spontaneously talented. You...

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How should we respond to the opposition that comes while propagating God's knowledge in the world?

Posted on: 01/08/2007

[Question by Dr. Sheshadri Thiruvenkadam (Balaji).] Even God keeps silent to such opposition and therefore, you need not bother about that issue....

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Vaishnavas say that Narayana alone should be worshipped and Shaivas say that Shiva alone should be worshipped. What is correct?

Posted on: 01/08/2007

[Question by Dr. Sheshadri Thiruvenkadam (Balaji).] If this means that God alone should be worshipped and that one should not concentrate on the...

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Why do I become angry in the propagation of knowledge when some one opposes it?

Posted on: 01/08/2007

[Question by Dr. Sheshadri Thiruvenkadam (Balaji).] You need not become angry with opponents, who argue with you because the opponent approaches you...

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GURU POURNIMA

Posted on: 29/07/2007

God created this world with happiness and misery, which are alternate cyclically like the spokes in a rotating wheel. God arranged the fruits of good and bad deeds in an alternating manner even though the good or bad deeds may be done repeatedly in sequence. This reshuffled arrangement of happiness and misery resembles sweet and hot dishes in a meal or a movie containing scenes of both happiness and tragedy in an alternating manner. This system of alternating arrangement of happiness and sorrow gives continuous entertainment not only to God but also to the individual soul. Thus, the basic intention of God is only to entertain Himself and also all the individual souls...

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