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(Following Satsang took place at Hyderabad attended by Smt. Priyanka from Canada, Shri Kunal Chatterjee, Smt. Suchandra Chatterjee, Shri Soumyadip Mondal, Smt. Chhandaa Chhandra, Shri Surya, Smt. Bhagya and Shri Srivatsa Datta from Mumbai; Shri Phani and some other local devotees. Satsanga happened from 22nd to 25th March 2024 and on the last day, Swami gave Satsang continuously for 10 hours.)
1. Is this liberated state influenced by energy and awareness?
Smt. Chhandaa asked:- Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's teaching says, "Souls are influenced by matter in physical form and not influenced by matter in liberated state – these two statements are attributed to the ‘tatastha’ nature of the soul." Is this liberated state influenced...
(Following Satsang took place at Hyderabad attended by Smt. Priyanka from Canada, Shri Kunal Chatterjee, Smt. Suchandra Chatterjee, Shri Soumyadip Mondal, Smt. Chhandaa Chhandra, Shri Surya, Smt. Bhagya and Shri Srivatsa Datta from Mumbai; Shri Phani and some other local devotees. Satsanga happened from 22nd to 25th March 2024 and on the last day, Swami gave Satsang continuously for 10 hours.)
1. Do we need to control unnecessary expenditure in Nivrutti also?
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Swami, You advised us that we should not do unnecessary expenditure either in worldly life or in the service of God. But, You also told that Jesus appreciated a devotee, who applied costly perfume on His feet rather than serving beggars...
Jai Guru Datta Swami. Guru Datta Shri Datta Prabhu Datta
[Pretext: - Swami’s 77th Birthday Satsang happened in the small apartment of Ms. Mohini, Ms. Geetha and Ms. Swathika at Hyderabad. This miraculous experience is presented by Ms. Geetha]
Paadanamaskaaram Swami, Thank You so much, Swami, for blessing us with this divine opportunity to share the unimaginable experiences...
[By Noishadha]
Paadanamskaram Swami, About four weeks ago, I was a little stressed out unable to find a part-time job on campus. I had been searching everywhere but couldn't land anything. Then one day, I was half asleep in semi-conscious state, where I was randomly saying things without any thought. I suddenly blurted out some bitter...
Shri Phani Kumar asked:- Padanamaskaram Swami, if some devotee has only ancestral wealth without any hard earned money, can we treat the bond with ancestral money as the strongest bond and sacrifice from ancestral money
Prof. JSR Prasad asked:- Swami, Omniscient God Datta tests devotees in practical devotion. Please enlighten both the cases of passing and failing candidates. -At Your holy divine lotus feet
Swami replied:- Let us take the cases of Saktuprastha and Sudaama who are passing the test...
Updated on March 19, 2024 (for Sutras 91 onwards)
Bhāvamātra miti cet na, dṛśyamāna karmayogāt. |58|
[Smt. Chhandaa asked:- O the king of spiritual knowledge! Kindly clear the following doubts. Please comment on the following: If a devotee thinks, why should God come into its life as he has not done anything and only theoretical love exists?]
Swami replied:- God is omniscient and omnipotent. God will not come in proper time. Whenever He comes, that is the proper time. You cannot analyse the actions of God since His actions are unimaginable and beyond your logic...
1. Is not the devotion of the Gopikas greater than the devotion of the Sthitaprajna – King Janaka?
[A question by Shri Kishore Ram]
Swami replied:- I have clearly told that the intensity of devotion of both cases to God is one and the same and hence, no devotion is greater or lesser. The Gopikas could not control the climax devotion and became mad when God Krishna left Brundaavanam. In the case of the Sthitaprajna, King Janaka, he could control the same climax devotion. Due to madness, the Gopikas could not do worldly...
1. How to differentiate God from Satan? How to believe that You are Jesus?
Shri Hrushikesh asked: Dear Swami, I request you to answer the below questions based on my discussions with a few friends on Spirituality. How to differentiate God from Satan? As per the Bible, Satan can take any form, which means he can come in the form of a human being and act like a Human Incarnation and preach wrong knowledge...
Shri Divakara Rao asked: Padnamaskaram Swami, In recent days, I heard about "chitragupta nomu" by which we will perform rituals to god Chitragupta. People are saying that if we don't do Chitragupta nomu, whatever rituals (nomulu) performed will not yield the results. What is the real essence of this ritual performed towards God Chitragupta. Please apologise me if I made a mistake Swami. This is the question...
[A question by Ms. Thrylokya]
Swami replied:- All these four abodes are one abode only called Satyaloka or Brahmaloka. As per the angle of the devotee, the same abode becomes the specific abode of the devotee. This is a very complicated situation...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Swami, You told that there is no need of any test for a Sthitaprajna. But, King Janaka was tested by the Sage Yaajnavalkya. What is the difference between a Sthitaprajna and the Gopikas?]
Swami replied:- It is true that there is no need of testing a real Sthitaprajna since the reality is always known by the omniscient God. The public may be cheated by a false Sthitaprajna, who is doing the external duties saying that those duties have no link with his internal love and fascination present on God. To distinguish a real Sthitaprajna from false Sthitaprajna, though not for God, at least for the sake...
[Prof. JSR Prasad asked:- Swami, You told that God is like a horse taking you to your desired goal. Since direction is related to the soul, the enjoyer of the fruit of the action is the soul. In this, You mentioned that God is the power of the action (Karma Shakti). How is God giving this power of action to the soul?]
Swami Replied:- God is the creator of this entire universe in which various types of imaginable items like matter, energy and awareness exist. Energy is also created by God along with matter. Energy is needed for doing...
[Prof. JSR Prasad asked:- Swami, Shri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa told that that sage Shuka is still travelling in absolute non-existence (Mahaa Shuunyam). What is the meaning of this? - At Your holy lotus feet]
Swami Replied:- The relative non-existence (Shuunyam) is the space present in this creation as the foremost out of five elements. When the other four elements (air, fire, water and solid) are absent, the first element...
1. What are the differences and similarities between Samkhya and Vedanta?
[Shri Anil Antony asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Please give Your answers to the following questions asked in an internet forum. At Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil]
Swami replied:- Saamkhya has two branches. i) Seshvara Saamkhya of Patanjali and ii) Niriishvara Saamkhya of Kapila. Vedanta is more close to the Saamkhya of Patanjali because both believe in God as the ultimate controller...
1. Can someone believe in the Bible but not in God? What would be the implications of this belief?
Swami replied:- The aim of any religious scripture is to establish the existence of God...
1. Why can't Allah prevent the Quran from being burned in Sweden by an ex-Islam?
[If Allah is so powerful, why can't He prevent the Quran from being burned in Sweden by an ex-Islam? How can someone burn something to ashes that is considered so holy?]
Swami replied:- It is a test conducted by God for Muslims...
Smt. Sudha Rani asked: Padanamaskaram Swami. Thank You Swami for always driving us towards enlightenment. Swami! Being a language teacher of high school students in Telangana, I feel the syllabus is not capable of guiding these age groups for Pravṛtti. Please remove my ignorance and show the path with what the contents to be taught, and how the schooling is to be done to a child under...
1. How can one deal with Mockery?
[Shri Jayesh Pandey asked: Padanamaskaram Swami Ji!]
Swami replied:- By becoming serious and neglecting the mockery...
[Shri Durgprasad asked: Paadanamaskaram Swami, In a Gita verse, while encouraging Arjuna (Paandavanaam Dhanunjayah), Krishna also equated Himself to Shukracharya. Why did He mention Shukracharya who always sided with demons?]
Swami replied:- God Krishna told twice that He is Shukracharya...
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