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In the entire spiritual knowledge meant for humanity, the most essential and the most complicated concepts are only two. One is the contemporary human incarnation and the other is the sacrifice of fruit of the work (Karmaphala Tyaga). The Gita gives stress on these two points projecting Krishna as the contemporary human incarnation in that time...
For Scholars Posted on: 26/10/2013Shri Ajay: God is said to be the truth. This does not give any specific information about God. In such case, the statement is useless since the word Truth also does not give any specific information.
Shri Swami: ‘Truth’ or ‘existence’ is a verbal noun that can be projected as subject as per requirement of the statement. If you say ‘he walks’, the word ‘he’ is the subject and the word ‘walks’ is the verb. The verb always needs a subject...
For Scholars Posted on: 21/10/2013Shri Phani: The Gita says that the soul is not different from the living thoughts of awareness and also is beyond the thoughts meaning that the soul is the basic inert energy (Nanyam Gunebhyah Kartaaram…). In such case, the soul is said to be non-inert and inert, which is a self-contradiction. What is Your explanation here?
Shri Swami: The word Atman used for the soul means that which pervades all the items (Atati iti Atmaa). If all the items indicate this entire world, the infinite cosmic inert energy is referred by the word Atman. In such case, the inert cosmic energy is the cause...
There are two phases of a dream. One is that the feelings, which are very strong impressions on mind either in this life or in the previous lives,...
Radha represents Gopikas and is equally worshipped by the side of Krishna. Radha is said to be the incarnation of the sage Durvasa, who is the...
A Scripture preserved by recitation can also have the possibility of the adulteration through insertion of some statements by certain human...
[Mr. Guna Darshana from Indonesia asked “When will God destroy injustice by stopping the people who find entertainment in gambling, cock-fights and so on?” Given below is Shri Swami’s response.]
The creation created by God always consists of pairs of opposite items like day and night, summer and winter, justice and injustice etc. If one of the pair is absent, the other loses its significance and does not...
Shri Swami: The meanings of the words work and worship differ from one context to the other. Some people follow work as worship and such people may...
[Reply to Mr.Anil] The fruit of work is another form of work only. Work is a form of energy and fruit of work (money) is a form of matter. Energy...
[Mr. Martin from USA asked “What does Shri Datta Swami say regarding Sathya Sai Baba leaving human form and the connection to devotees? Is Shri Datta Swami the new God in human form for devotees?” Given below is Shri Swami’s response.]
Swami Replied: If I accept your proposal that I am the new God, it will create new problems. It will hurt the minds of several devotees. Generally, human beings are reluctant to accept the alive human incarnation due to repulsion between external common media. Ego and jealousy are almost common in all the human beings that hinder the acceptance...
Mr. Moti Lal Dhiman: (via Speaking Tree, an online discussion forum). My question is based on your earlier writing, which I am quoting below: “The knowledge of God avoids crime and corruption in devotee. If individuals are transformed...
Shri Swami: When I say that the sin is fully controlled it does not mean in the absolute sense. The control is not 100% but 99% only. A trace can be neglected and the fullness can be claimed. Even in the ancient times the kings (governments), police and courts existed but in very small number...
[A letter by Shri Swami to the Group of Ministers (GOM) for the formation of Telangana State, New Delhi, advising them to make Hyderabad as the joint capital of the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, after their division, instead of building a new capital for Andhra Pradesh.]
Our country is in financial crisis due to lot of loans and hence, every rupee must be carefully spent to achieve maximum utility avoiding even a trace of wastage. When a state is divided in to two or three...
For Scholars Posted on: 13/10/2013Shri Surya: You told previously that Apara Prakriti is a category containing five elements and three internal instruments (Antahkaranams) i.e., mind, intelligence and ego. The left over fourth internal instrument is memory (Chitta), which can be taken as general awareness (Chit)...
Shri Swami: Whatever already said by Me was the version of misconstrued Advaita Philosophy, which says that Para Prakriti is general awareness (Chit) and this general awareness maintains this entire...
[Shri Anil asked “God is the Father of all the human beings. The father is always selfish and partial towards his children due to excess love. Similarly, God must be also selfish and partial since He has infinite love towards His children, who are the human beings. Then, how to say that God is impartial and non-selfish?” Given below is Shri Swami’s response.]
Swami Replied: The main point is about the real love.The main point is about the real love. The father in this world does not have real love towards his children. The real love is always recognised in the purification of the soul. If the defects of the children are not given punishments impartially, such love is not real...
[Shri Phani Kumar asked, “How can the contradicting philosophies i.e., monism (advaita) of Shankara and the dualism (dvaita) of Ramanuja and Madhva help the same human being in the same time?” Given below is Shri Swami’s response.]
Swami Replied: The same human being should identify the human incarnation as God and simultaneously should identify himself as not the God, being the servant of God. The first view is possible by the concept of Shankara and the second view is possible by the concept of Ramanuja and Madhva...
[Dr. Nikhil asked: In the Gita, the Lord told that He does the work to keep the people involved in work (Lokasangrahamevapi…) since people take a great man as an example (Yadyadacharati…). The same message should be taken by all so that work can be done without any selfish motive. Such work can be treated as the work done without its related desire. Given below is Shri Swami’s response.]
Swami Replied: The work will never exist without its related desire. Desire is the cause and work is its effect. There can be desire without work as in the case of impossibility to do a work. But, once work is seen, its concerned desire must exist. Gold is the cause and ornament is its effect. There can be raw lump of gold without ornament. But, there cannot be ornament without...
[Guru Purnima Message] Mind always vibrates (Chanchalamhi manah– Gita) and the vibration indicates the continuous activity. If the mind becomes static or inactive, it is no more a mind, which becomes inactive and inert stone. The activity of mind is the nature of attraction by aspiring and attaching itself to something. Such aspiration for something to be achieved generates action or work. Hence, any living being having developed mind is always identified...
Smt. Sonia Gandhiji, Please consider the following suggestions regarding the issue of Andhra Pradesh. The peace of a state or nation or world is very important subject, which is concerned to God. We must rise to the level of Divinity in which we should fear about the basic injustice and basic sin for which we shall be personally punished by God. This level is most important than the levels of political angle of a party...
[Mr. Anil asked: ‘One person says that the details of human incarnation are given in the scripture itself so that we need not search for the human incarnation through our analysis’. Given below is Shri Swami’s response.]
Swami Replied: The scripture does not give the detailed address of any specific human incarnation since God is not bound by any official schedule and can incarnate anywhere and anytime as per the justified necessity. In the Gita, the Lord said that He will incarnate whenever there is necessity...
[Shri Anil asked Swami to give a message on the recent havoc followed by several deaths in the pilgrimage to Kedarnath. Given below is Shri Swami’s response.]
Swami Replied: The fundamental point that everybody should note is that God is not present in any inert stone or statue and hence, a specific place containing such stone or statue has no real significance. The spiritual significance is forcibly rubbed on such places and the stones and statues stand only as representative models of God. Such places certainly help...
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