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Shri Balaji asked: Veda says that Brahma and Shiva are Narayana (Brahmaah cha Naaraayanah...) and at the same time also says that Indra and sides like East are also Narayana (Indrashcha...Dishashcha...). How to understand these statements in a proper way?
Swami replied: Unless you understand every word with the detailed background involving Sanskrit grammar, logic etc., the final conclusion being incomplete and diverted to wrong path becomes confusion. Here, you must take the first point that Narayana is an energetic form in which the unimaginable God (Parabrahman) got merged. Similarly, Brahma and Shiva are also energetic forms in which the unimaginable God...
Shri P V N M Sharma & Shri Phani asked same question separately “so far, I am under the impression that whatever is thought by God, it will materialize simultaneously. But, in the latest message you said that God also gets some ideas without simultaneous materialization and has a phase of thinking alone like us. Please clarify this”.
Swami Replied: So far I was always discussing about the context of God creating the world only and hence I stressed on the simultaneous materialization of the thought of God because in that context every thought got by God was only creation of simultaneous materialization of world only. Unless God gets the spirit of materialization of thought, the thought will not materialize simultaneously...
Shri Anil Asked: Padmanamaskaram Swami!! Kindly give your response to the following queries
1) In Para Brahma Gita, You mentioned that when one ask God for a boon, God will analyze and gives it to you, if it is good, but when boon is not obtained people catch and worship Shakti, divine mother of all souls being para and apara for grant of boons. When divine mother sanctions a boon, indirectly the Father-God only sanctions it? In Christianity also people pray St. Mary and other saints like St. Antony's, St. George etc to fulfil their wishes very fast. However such facilities are not there in Islam since they only accept Allah as God and no intermediates between Allah and them. Kindly enlighten on this.
Swami replied: In Islam also, Dargahs which are tombs of great devotees of Allah are worshipped by Muslim devotees (even Hindu devotees) for boons apart from their prayers to Allah. Such tradition is everywhere. To get the interview with prime minister, you try through his P.A. To get some work done, you will try through his wife and his issues. All this is based on the psychology of human beings. Of course, it is true...
Padmanamaskaram Swami!! 1) God is said to be in state of Continuous Bliss(Ananda) before creation as well(Correct me if I am wrong). Is that the reason which led to misery and boredom state for God and such state led him to create this Creation (other than himself) for entertainment? If so, then God's State (Ananda) and normal Soul happiness becomes same? Padmanamaskaram Swami!! kishore ram
Swami replied: God is beyond this creation and this doesn’t mean that His happiness is also beyond creation. Happiness is a quality of awareness. When we say that God is with full bliss even before creation, it shows that awareness was already created by God, which got associated with Him. Hence, the quality of awareness, which is bliss (excess of happiness only is bliss) also got associated with God. When the Veda said that He got bored (Ekaaki na ramate) with continuous and excess happiness, it means that the first stage of creation was already over. However, if you go beyond...
Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Kindly give Your explanations to following verses taken from Quran.
Q1) Some muslims say that in Quran it is given that Allah can be seen on the Day of Judgment, can be seen by Paradise Dwellers and also can be seen in Dreams. It is mentioned that Prophet Mohammad saw Allah during the night of ascension and also in this world. Other places it is said that Allah cannot be seen by anyone in this World, or in Dreams, or on the Day of Judgment or in Paradise. The supporting verses are given by some muslims are given below. Kindly enlighten us these contradicting views.
Swami replied: (Introduction) – There are three views expressed here: 1) One can see God here. This means that the unimaginable God merged with human form through the energetic incarnation is clearly seen with eyes of every human being in this world. Since unimaginable God merged with energetic form (Father of Heaven or Holy Spirit) and the energetic form merged with human form (Mohammed or Jesus or Krishna etc.). Mohammed should be treated as God and hence, God is clearly seen here with naked eyes by all human beings. The human form of God also performs miracles or unimaginable events, which indicate the unimaginable...
Shri Pavan asked: There are verses praying God to avoid death or to sanction easy death without agony. Please give your analysis on this important topic of death about which everybody fears.
Swami replied: The Vedic hymn called as Mrutyunjaya mantra or Apamrutyumantra (Triambakam yajamahe…) refers to the protection from untimely death only and not from the death in the old age since the Gita says that every living being born must face the death one day or other (Jaatasyahi dhruvo…). The untimely death must be avoided because the precious human life given by God is very much useful to do effort to attain the grace of God. This means that the sole purpose of human life is not to eat, drink and waste the lifetime in the illusion of worldly bonds, which are just temporary and limited to this birth only. If you have forgotten...
Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Kindly give Your explanations to following verses/parables taken from New Testaments of Bible written by St. Mathew. Some of the verses are stand alone verses giving enough understanding still Your commentaries on those are requested for the benefit of all devotees.
Q1) Matthew 12:14-21: [14 But the Pharisees went out and plotted how they might kill Jesus. 15 Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. A large crowd followed him, and he healed all who were ill. 16 He warned them not to tell others about him. 17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah...
Swami replied: Father of heaven (energetic incarnation of unimaginable God) formulates a program and even the human incarnation (human being in which Father of Heaven merged) follows the program in toto irrespective of the comments of human beings regarding the omnipotence of God existing in It. When the ear of a soldier, who came to arrest Him, was cut by a disciple, Jesus placed that in its original...
Shri Anil asked: Q3) There are lot of strong verses as mentioned below in Quran, in which Jesus Himself address Him as a mere messenger of God. Quran also vehemently criticise the concept of trinity 'Father-Son of God- Holy Spirit'. Kindly enlighten us. [Allah do not have son “O people of the Scripture, do not go to extremes in your religion, and do not say about God except the truth. The Messiah Jesus, son of Mary, is only a messenger from God and a word from Him (“Be” and it is), which He sent to Mary...
Swami replied: There are two points in this context: 1) The human being is a joint system of the soul with awareness and the inert body, which has awareness due to very close association with the soul. Both the light and the room in which light is present have illumination helping our perception. Jesus was also addressed as the human son (manushya kumara). Hence, it is a perfect truth that Jesus is the son of Mary only and very much deserving for the selection by God to become human incarnation. There are three components basically:..
Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Kindly give Your explanations to following verses/parables taken from New Testaments of Bible 5. True and False Prophets [Matthew 7:15-20] 15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.]
Swami replied: A preacher is called as Guru with little or half knowledge and is very dangerous like a wolf covered by leather of sheep. This leather of sheep is spiritual knowledge related to God and by this external leather, you get attracted and approach the false preacher. The Guru strictly following the knowledge of human form of God (Satguru) is not dangerous since he is sheep inside and outside, following strictly the text like sheep...
Shri Anil asked: [Q1) Some of the Muslim devotees says that their religions is the only true path because Quran says so. They quote the following verses in support of it. a. Indeed, the religion in the sight of Allah is Islam. And those who were given the Scripture did not differ except after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves. And whoever disbelieves in the verses of Allah , then indeed, Allah is swift in [taking] account. [Quran: 3:19] b. The Quran says (what means): "And whoever seeks a religion other than Islam, it shall not be accepted from him, and in the life to come he shall be among the losers.” [Quran 3:85]. c. "This day have I perfected your religion for you and completed My favor upon you and have chosen for you Islam as your religion.” [Quran 5:3]...
Swami replied: Following a religion strictly and simultaneously following the universal spirituality of all world religions are one and the same concept. I illustrate this by an example. You have the required medicine for a specific disease in a single bottle. If you strictly take 4ml of the medicine per day from that single bottle only, your illness is completely cured, since the quality of the medicine is same in all the four bottles. 4ml per day from a single bottle or 1ml per day from four bottles stand to be the same in both quality...
Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, [Kindly give Your explanations to following verses/parables taken from New Testaments of Bible. 2. The eye is the lamp of the body [Matthew 6:22-23] 22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eyes are unhealthy, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!]
Swami replied: Here, the eye and sight referred indicate the highest faculty in the body called as intelligence doing analysis discriminating false and truth. The knowledge or awareness is the light. If darkness enters the light (awareness), such darkness must be greater than the light (awareness). Here, darkness means wrong knowledge. The wrong concept entering the awareness is denoted by the darkness entering light. It is said that the whole body will be filled with light...
Shri Phani asked: It is said that if we move one foot towards God, God will move hundred feet towards us. What is the meaning of this statement?
Swami replied: The subject about the relationship between God and devotee is of two types: 1) Nivrutti and 2) Pravrutti. In Nivrutti, the devotee serves God practically with full knowledge and climax of devotion without aspiring for any fruit in return. This type of devotion is almost practically impossible in this world and is applicable hardly to one or two devotees, that too, after strenuous spiritual effort for millions of births as said in the Gita (Kashchitmaam, bahunaam janmanaam). In Pravrutti, the devotion means only for fruit in return from God. Almost all the world is based on this devotion only. If the aspiration of fruit is deleted, there will be no concept of God at all in this world and I very surely tell...
Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, [Kindly give Your explanations to following verses/parables taken from New Testaments of Bible written by St. Mathew. Some of the verses are stand alone verses giving enough understanding still Your commentaries on those are requested for the benefit of all devotees. 1. Treasures in Heaven [Matthew 6:19-21] 19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.]
Swami replied: Treasures on earth clearly mean the money and wealth only. This money and wealth stored in world for worldly bonds or personal enjoyment is always attacked by theft resulting in destruction. Whenever wealth is stored, the immediate virus that attacks it is ambition to grow it more. Just like the food stored is bacterialized, similarly wealth stored is also bacterialized in so many ways. The wealth in heaven means devotion to God in theoretical and practical senses. If you take the devotion in theoretical sense only, does it mean that you should not earn and store the wealth practically in this world and get immersed in theoretical devotion only? In such case, if you are involved in theoretical devotion like worships, prayers and devotional songs etc., how to earn the livelihood...
Shri Anil asked: Kindly give some suggestion regarding the solution of issue of Kashmir. When you are asked about the issue of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana long back before its solution came, you gave the correct prediction and it happened.
Swami replied: First, you must have full faith in the administration of God. He is omniscient and omnipotent knowing what to do and when to do. His solution, many a time, looks odd to you. The reason is that you are not aware of various factors involved in that issue. Your information about the issue is just like newspaper giving information about a case. That is superficial. If the same issue is proceeding as a case in the court with cross examinations followed by arguments of lawyers and if you are regularly sitting in the gallery of the court hall following the case very carefully, your information is total and perfect...
Blessed Dependence
Dr. Nikhil
Often have I wondered, and so have other devotees of Swami,
With jewels of virtuous soulslined up, sages and angels holy,
For the rarest chance of serving God Incarnate of supreme glory,
“Why did You choose a dull stone like meas a servant,O Swami”...
Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Kindly give Your explanations to following verses/parables taken from New Testaments of Bible written by St. Mathew. Some of the verses are stand alone verses giving enough understanding still Your commentaries on those are requested for the benefit of all devotees. [MATHEW 1. The Baptism of Jesus (Matthew 3:13-17) 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan...
Swami Replied: All the people do not know that Jesus is God in human form. Today, we both are knowing that truth. Your question does not apply to the present time. It applies to that past time and to that past region when and where Jesus was crucified even on hearing that He was son of God and not to speak of God in human form! There are three stages. In the first stage Jesus is just a human being born miraculously to His mother before His father met her. Certainly, the basis and the process of generation of Jesus is a miracle, an unimaginable event, which is beyond logic. Even though the basis...
Shri Anil asked: Kindly give Your explanations to following verses/parables taken from New Testaments of Bible written by St. Mathew. Some of the verses are stand alone verses giving enough understanding still Your commentaries on those are requested for the benefit of all devotees. [2. The Temptation of Jesus (Matthew 4:1-11) 1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. 2 And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry. 3 And the tempter came and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” 4 But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”
Swami replied: Jesus was in penance for God on the hill for 40 days without taking even a piece of bread. He was not hungry because He stopped taking bread not by force. He was immersed in the knowledge of details of God and subsequently in the love (devotion) to God. It was absorption by theoretical knowledge and theoretical devotion by which the hunger and thirst were not felt at all. Whenever you are strongly interested...
Shri Ajay asked: Swami! Please explain the essence of Bhagavatam with elaborate analysis, which is very complicated to understand.
Swami replied: If the goal is highest, there will be highest complication in the path. If the goal is at certain achievable height, the path to it will not have so much complication. Therefore, the intensity of complication increases as the height of the goal increases. Pravrutti is at normal height and is selected by majority of humanity. Here, you have to vote for justice against injustice in this path of pravrutti. You are protected by God in this path as long as you follow justice avoiding injustice. God also encourages this path of pravrutti in many ways by granting several rewards. If you do not want highest complication, avoid the goal of nivrutti and confine yourself with the path of pravrutti, which is followed by majority. In pravrutti employer-employee relationship exists between God and devotee. As long as the employee...
Unimaginable God
If Nivrutti-sacrifices are impossible for humanity, why to preach those?
If highest Nivrutti is goal, higher Pravrutti goal is reached very easily,
If 100 marks are goal, at least 40 pass marks can be surely achieved,
Moreover, Nivrutti is achieved by one in millions and that too after
Millions of generations, as Gita says, Nivrutti is almost impossible...
Shri P V N M Sharma asked: If we worship God, past sins are destroyed directly. When the direct way is available, why should we reform our minds and follow non-repetition of sin to destroy past sins?
Swami replied: Worship of God is expected to purify and reform the soul. Reformation means non-repetition of sin in practical sense. If you say that you are fully reformed but you are repeating the sin now and then, it is absurd. It only means that you have not attained full reformation of the soul. Reformation is theoretical and non-repetition of sin is a practical step. Doing something is practical and also not doing a specific action is also a practical step. Even though you are expected to do something and if you are not doing that thing, it shows your practical resistance to do that thing. This resistance to do a practical thing...
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