home
Shri Datta Swami

Recent Articles (By Date)


Filters for articles

Showing 3501 to 3520 of 3726 total records

If the present Gayatri Mantra is not Gayatri at all, did You not perform it when You were young?

Posted on: 08/02/2005

I performed the Gayatri rituals in My childhood. But I never recited the present Gayatri Mantra, which is not the Gayatri at all, because the...

Read More→



Can a cinema song, when diverted to the Lord, become the Gayatri Mantra?

Posted on: 08/02/2005

You are mocking a person travelling on the donkey towards the goal. But you are travelling on a pig covered by silk cloth. Then how can you mock at...

Read More→



What truth can be learnt from the present Hindu tradition?

Posted on: 08/02/2005

If you carefully observe the present Hindu tradition itself, you can get the whole concept without referring to any holy scripture. When a...

Read More→



In Hinduism, why are so many rituals performed after a person's death?

Posted on: 08/02/2005

When a householder dies, rituals are performed and a cow is donated (Godana). This proves that a householder certainly goes to the hell because the...

Read More→



What is the importance of Agni (Holy Fire) in the sacrifice (Yajna)?

Posted on: 08/02/2005

The first Veda (Rig Veda) starts with the word Agni i.e., the Holy Fire. The Mantra says that Agni means Purohita, Ritvik and Hota. These three...

Read More→



How has the tradition inherited rituals, which are not given in the Vedas?

Posted on: 08/02/2005

Both sages (rishis) and demons (asuras) existed in humanity and even in the same caste called Brahmins. Ravana and Hiranyakasipu were Brahmins....

Read More→



Is it right to perform rituals with the help of a tape recorder?

Posted on: 08/02/2005

From one angle it is right, because a priest is just like a tape recorder, since he simply utters the sacred Vedic hymns without knowing their...

Read More→



Why does the sacred water not remove all sins and diseases of all people?

Posted on: 08/02/2005

The Gita says “Nadatte Kasyachit Papa” which means that the Lord will not take away the sins of any soul. The verse recited by the...

Read More→



How can You contradict the age old tradition by Your knowledge in a short time?

Posted on: 08/02/2005

Suppose there is a vacant room. Even if a hundred people said for a hundred years that the room is filled with pots, it cannot be true. I may be one...

Read More→



Can a person eat the food that is tasted by another?

Posted on: 08/02/2005

The Veda says that one should not eat such tasted food (Yaducchistham). But Rama ate the fruits, which were tasted by Shabari. Animals and birds...

Read More→



What is the inner meaning of an eclipse and the bath after eclipse?

Posted on: 08/02/2005

The Lord distributed the divine nectar in human form as Mohini. The human incarnation can be male or female. The sun and the moon are the planets...

Read More→



Can you explain the Shri Chakra clearly?

Posted on: 08/02/2005

Shri Chakra means the illusion of money existing in the heart of any human being. Shri means money. Chakra means the whirlpool. This Chakra is...

Read More→



Can you explain the 'Pancha Yajnas' in the view of sadhana?

Posted on: 08/02/2005

The five Yajnas are: Brahma Yajna: Serving the Lord in human form, who is called Brahma. Deva Yajna: Serving the devotees of the...

Read More→



Are you a saint (monk) or a householder?

Posted on: 08/02/2005

You know that I belong to the tradition of Lord Datta. In the forest of Badari, the Siddhas put the same question to Lord Dattatreya. He told them...

Read More→



What is the significance of early morning time in the worship of God?

Posted on: 08/02/2005

Early morning time [3.00-6.00 am] is called the Brahma Muhurtam, which means that it is the time to worship God. At that time, other people are in...

Read More→



Do you agree with scholars who say that performing Yajna is important?

Posted on: 08/02/2005

It is correct that Yajna is most important and it is elaborately discussed in the first part of the Veda called Karma Kanda. But unfortuntately, the...

Read More→



Is the worship of Lord Shiva inauspicious?

Posted on: 08/02/2005

The very meaning of the word Shiva is that He is ever auspicious. It is stated that Lord Shiva is the first Guru who gives divine knowledge (Jnanam...

Read More→



Why does Your preaching contradict that of Shri Satya Sai, who is also a Sadguru?

Posted on: 08/02/2005

I agree that Shri Baba has told that every human being is Brahman. But did you hear His discourse on 16th June, 2005 (Thursday) on Gemini Television...

Read More→



ROHIT GITA - VII

Posted on: 07/02/2005

Mother of Rohit:

Rohit is my son, who is following the study of your divine knowledge

I request you to restore his bonds with the family once again

There is a social need and social justice in my present request.

Swami:

Oh! Mother of Rohit! You are equally mother to me also

You can order me to do anything as you please in this world

The Veda says that mother is first and then comes the father

Then only the preacher comes in the sequence in the third place...

Read More→



Why is 'karmaphala tyaga' or sacrifice of wealth emphasized?

Posted on: 07/02/2005

The word karma in the case of a human being means the work done to earn money, which is essential for his food and offering the food to the guest....

Read More→



 

Note: Articles marked with symbol are meant for scholars and intellectuals only

 
 whatsnewContactSearch

Filters for articles