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Isn't doing one's duties without mental attachment, the highest yoga according to the Gita?

Posted on: 07/02/2005

Actually, it is just the beginning of yoga. By merely doing your duties, you are attached to action. If you start by cutting the mental attachment,...

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Should I obey my parents who prevent me from donating money to the Sadguru?

Posted on: 07/02/2005

The concept of Guru Dakshina comes as the sacrifice of the fruit of your work to Sadguru or God. This is the path and actually it is the only path...

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Did Arjuna not worship Lord Krishna who was the human incarnation?

Posted on: 07/02/2005

Arjuna is called as Nara. Nara means a human being. He perfectly represented the state of a human being. The human being has always a mixed feeling....

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How can we send our child to join the Lord’s mission?

Posted on: 07/02/2005

I am shocked by this question. Swami has not seen such a devotee in this creation so far. Swami has seen parents obstructing their children when...

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How do some materialistic persons also get spiritual experiences?

Posted on: 07/02/2005

The main inseparable characteristic of God is the special divine knowledge. When you are associated with God in samadhi, you must get that knowledge...

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What should we do with people, who do not realize that You are the complete and highest incarnation of the Lord?

Posted on: 07/02/2005

You have developed a rock-solid faith on Me that I am the human incarnation of the Lord. If your faith, which must have been based on very sharp...

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Will undertaking a pilgrimage help my spiritual development?

Posted on: 07/02/2005

First you must decide the level in which you are present. If you are in the preliminary ignorant state, you can proceed to the pilgrimage because...

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Why does a person become a devotee at some times and a worldly person chasing desires at other times?

Posted on: 07/02/2005

You are better than a person who does not get the grace of Sadguru at all. You have not reached the goal yet. You are neither poor nor rich. You...

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Why does the mind waver violently with worldly thoughts and desires? Why does it refuse to calm down in meditation?

Posted on: 07/02/2005

First of all, you must know that meditation is not the real path to attain the grace of the Lord. Meditation means fixing your mind on a form or...

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Why should I leave my father when he himself wants me to become a saint?

Posted on: 07/02/2005

You must not be hasty in drawing fast conclusions, which may vary from case to case depending on their merits and defects. The first prerequisite in...

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How can You reject imagination when the world itself is an imagination?

Posted on: 07/02/2005

I like to answer a question only when it is in the quest of truth. Such a question is called as Pari Prashna in the Gita. The person asks such...

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Is the mind destroyed by an objective approach to God?

Posted on: 07/02/2005

This entire universe is objective because the Creator is the subject and the Creation is the object. Any item in the Creation is also an object. The...

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Is it possible to practice your spiritual knowledge?

Posted on: 07/02/2005

You analyse your bond with your wife and the bond with your son. You love your wife only for your happiness as said in the Veda (Atmanah...

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Rohit Gita - VI

Posted on: 06/02/2005

Swami: Oh Nikhil! How are you? Are you Happy?

Nikhil: Swami I am happy by your divine grace on me
Except some little mental disturbances that worried me

Swami: Oh Husband of Devi! Try to enjoy the worry
When worry is inevitable, enjoy it and be wise
Even continued happiness leads to mental worry...

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Why did Krishna steal butter and dance with the Gopikas?

Posted on: 06/02/2005

[Is it not a black scar on the full white moon?] First we must understand that the real aim in following Dharma (justice) is only to please the...

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In the tests of Datta, did all the Gopikas win?

Posted on: 06/02/2005

The Gopikas who won the test of Datta are called as the Siddha Gopikas. The the Gopikas who were defeated are called as Sadhaka Gopikas. The former...

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What is the essence of the Vishwarupam showed by Shri Vasudeva?

Posted on: 06/02/2005

You must understand the spiritual essence of Vishwarupam in which the entire world became the body of Lord Krishna. This means that when you are not...

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Did Duryodhana start the Mahabharata war on a new moon day?

Posted on: 06/02/2005

I have taken this story that is circulated among the scholars in this world. The essence of this story is that the Lord is beyond all the planets...

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Why did Lord Rama favor Shabari more than the sages?

Posted on: 06/02/2005

Shabari showed real love in the sacrifice to the Lord rather than formality. When Rama went to sages, they gave Him fruits and only after Rama had...

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Why did the Lord give salvation to Shabari and Hanuman but not to the other sages?

Posted on: 06/02/2005

The Lord is impressed by the spiritual values only and not by nationality, religion, caste, age, sex etc. The only real spiritual value is...

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