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1. Why did Rama Himself go to meet Shabari while Sudama went to Dwaraka to meet Krishna?
[Smt. Lakshmi Lavanya K asked: Namaste Swami. What is the difference between Sabari and Sudama. Why did Rama Himself go to meet Sabari but Sudama went to Dwaraka to meet Krishna?]
Swami replied:- Rama did not go to Shabari specifically. While searching for Sita in the forest, the asylum of Shabari...
।।गुरुदत्त शरणाष्टकम्।।
।।Guru Datta Śaraṇāṣṭakam।।
(Composed by His Holiness Shri Dattaswami)
सकलं परचक्र परिभ्रमणं
मनुते परमात्म कथाश्रवणः ।
ननु यो विनुत स्तनुते स सुखं
भव दत्त गुरूत्तम! मे शरणम् ।।१।।
Sakalaṃ Paracakra paribhramaṇaṃ
Manute Paramātma kathāśravaṇaḥ ।
Nanu Yo Vinuta stanute Sa Sukhaṃ
Bhava Datta Gurūttama! Me Śaraṇam ।।1।।...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked: People say that when Karma (action) is over, spiritual things like getting Sadguru, salvation, etc. will happen. To end the karma, we have to stay in the worldly life and do our worldly duties. What is the meaning of this?]
Swami replied: Strictly speaking, there is no meaning and coherence in these statements. What is the meaning of “when karma is over”? Any human being is constantly ...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked: While answering the question of Smt. Jhansi, You told that the demons after getting the boons spoil their lives and then realize the truth. But, they spoil the lives of society also. How is this justified?]
Swami replied: The demons cannot spoil the lives of strongly reformed...
[A question by Ms. Thrylokya]
Swami replied: It depends on the total surrender of the devotee to God. God saves from...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked: If I am convinced by the conclusions of a debate with my co-devotees, is it sufficient or have we to verify with the Sadguru? Is it not disturbing the time of the Sadguru?]
Swami replied: Sometimes due to the weak potential of the analysis, you may be convinced by a wrong conclusion. Due to this defect only...
[A question by Ms. Thrylokya]
Swami replied: The best exercise is to think thrice everyday that you shall avoid ego and jealousy. Such attention...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Swami, yesterday in the Satsang, You spoke about real and unreal superimposed by concentration and dilution. Please explain this more clearly.]
Swami Replied:- When a gross item becomes subtle, we think its reality is diluted. Actually, real is real and unreal is unreal and there is no intermediate stage like dilution in reality. Whatever may be the degree of dilution, the reality of the item exists till it disappears completely, which can be, then only, told to be unreal...
[Shri S. Bhimashankaram (father of Phani) asked:- Since the cosmic energy is eternal and since the cosmic energy is the causal material of the individual soul (awareness), does it not mean that the jiiva or individual soul is eternal?]
Swami Replied:- We are talking about the individual soul only and not about the eternal soul, which is inert energy. Of course, inert energy was also created by the absolute reality (God) only and itself is only an absolute...
[Smt. Chinnamatham Jhansi asked:- God knows that demons are ignorant and that if boons are given to them, they will spoil themselves and the world also. In such a case, why is God appearing to demons also for their penance and is giving harmful boons?]
Swami Replied:- God is the Father of all the souls (Ahaṃ bījapradaḥ pitā). If you want to understand...
[A question by Shri D. Nagendra]
Swami Replied:- It is not a sin because mosquitos are not only harming you but also harming the entire society, which contains very good people. God used to kill the demons since they are harmful to the society. Due to the mosquito, illness
[A question by Shri D. Nagendra]
Swami Replied:- You can become close to anybody if you please that person...
[A question by Shri D. Nagendra]
Swami Replied:- Milk is not the blood or flesh of the cow. While taking the milk from the cow, the cow is not killed. After allowing its child to drink sufficient milk, the milk was taken from the cow in ancient days. If the milk...
[A question by Shri M. Rakesh]
Swami Replied:- A soul like Rama or Krishna or Sai Baba is God. Both extremities are wrong. One extremity...
[A question by Shri M. Rakesh]
Swami Replied:- The mind is falling due to the attachment to the worldly bonds. It is very difficult to detach from the worldly bonds unless you are caught by a strong worldly bond like a girl whom you love very much. Your attraction...
[Shri Amit Narang asked:- There are huge number of temples of Lord Vishnu and Lord Shiva whereas there are only few (only one I can remember in Pushkar) temples of Lord Brahma. I would like to know why there is this discrimination or there is no need to please Lord Brahma.]
Swami Replied:- You must remember that the Veda says that Narayana is Brahma...
[Shri K. Abhiram asked:- Shankara says that knowledge gives salvation. Ramanuja says that theoretical devotion (Vedanā) gives salvation. Madhva says that practical devotion or service (Sevā) gives salvation. How to correlate these three?]
Swami Replied:- Sadguru gives true knowledge (A→B). Knowledge gives theoretical devotion (B→C). Theoretical devotion gives practical devotion (C→ D). Practical devotion...
[Prof. Dr. Jsr Prasad asked:- If an Advaita philosopher thinks that he is Brahman and enters the bliss, is it not the same bliss in which the Brahman is entertained? Since bliss is a form of thought only, how can we criticise such an Advaita philosopher?]
Swami Replied:- I will give the whole story of the Advaita philosopher and also the point where he stopped...
If you understand the spiritual line of Shri Hanuman, there is nothing more to understand in the spiritual knowledge (Nivrutti). If you understand the worldly life of Shri Rama, there is nothing more to understand in worldly line (Pravrutti). Hanuman also did several works related to Pravrutti, but, He did not do any such work for His personal life and He did all those Pravrutti works for Shri Rama only. Shri Hanuman is the incarnation of God Shiva and it is said that one must learn spiritual knowledge from God Shiva...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Padanamaskaram Swami! Can You kindly explain God Hanuman’s statement said to God Rama: - In the angle of My body, I am Your servant. In the angle of My individual soul (Jiiva), I am part of You. In the angle of My soul, I am Yourself?]
Swami replied:- The Sanskrit verse of this statement is:-
Dehabuddhyā tu dāso'ham, Jīvabuddhyā tvadaṃśakaḥ |<
Ātmabuddhyā tvamevāham, iti me niścitā matiḥ ||
Meaning:- From the angle of My body I am Your servant. From the angle of My individual...
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