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Are formal scriptural study, ritual worship and meditation essential for discovering the Self?

Posted on: 04/02/2005

Swami replied:- The study of scriptures is like studying a subject through a correspondence course. The scriptures contain the total truth. But...

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What should be the motivation for a spiritual aspirant to excel in his career and worldly interactions?

Posted on: 04/02/2005

Swami replied:- The materialistic field (Pravritti) consists of the day-to-day interactions in the world. The spiritual field (Nivritti)...

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Shouldn't Divine Knowledge give bliss to me?

Posted on: 04/02/2005

Swami replied:- Every spiritual aspirant aims at his own bliss (Atmaananda). Salvation means the liberation from all the worries and misery....

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What concept do the statues of the Lord and the Divine Mother in the temple indicate?

Posted on: 04/02/2005

Swami replied:- From the beginning, the wife is in the control of the husband [traditionally]. The Veda says that the Lord is...

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Should we not ask the Lord for help?

Posted on: 04/02/2005

Swami replied:- If you are an ordinary person, you should follow the rules of your deeds and nature [Karma]. If you are a devotee, even then,...

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Rohit Gita - III

Posted on: 03/02/2005

Rohit: Swami! We should not follow a wrong person at any cost.

Swami: Yes, Rohit! You are absolutely correct in this point

It is better to be in zero if not plus, but should not be minus

But one should try and succeed to achieve the plus

Fearing that you may fall in minus you should not be in zero...

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Don't we have to progress from the concept of form to that of formless God?

Posted on: 03/02/2005

Swami replied:- Do you think that we have to travel from clarity to confusion or from confusion to clarity? Anything becomes complicated when...

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Why is there a very strong resistance to the spreading of the true knowledge in the world?

Posted on: 03/02/2005

Swami replied:- The true God comes down in human form with the true knowledge and His few true devotees accompany him. These few devotees...

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If pure awareness is God, then isn't every human being God?

Posted on: 03/02/2005

Swami replied:- The medium in the human incarnation and human being is one and the same. The medium consists of three bodies: 1. Gross body...

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What is the real nature of Datta?

Posted on: 03/02/2005

Swami replied:- Datta is essentially a teacher. His very nature is the nature of a teacher. If you study the nature of teacher, you have...

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Since Jesus suffered for our sins, is He not our only Savior?

Posted on: 03/02/2005

Swami replied:- Please remember that if you say 100 times that Jesus is God, I am saying a million times that Jesus is God. Therefore I request...

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Should we not condemn fraud preachers?

Posted on: 03/02/2005

Swami replied:- In this world only an atheist is the fraud preacher and you should condemn such fraud preachers who preach that God does not...

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What is the significance of this day which is Your birthday?

Posted on: 03/02/2005

Swami replied:- Today is the birthday of this body. It is also a Thursday and a full moon day. These three aspects indicate the three-headed...

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Who is the human incarnation in the present human generation?

Posted on: 03/02/2005

Swami replied:- In the chemistry laboratory the practical procedure is given to you and the salt [chemical compound] is given. According to the...

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Why don’t You wander around like a realized soul?

Posted on: 03/02/2005

Swami replied:- [A realized soul, who is called an Avadhuta, is supposed to wander all over like a person totally disconnected from this world...

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Why was the wonderful knowledge preached by You not revealed by earlier incarnations of Lord Datta?

Posted on: 03/02/2005

Swami replied:- You still have a small doubt about Me. You have not confirmed that I am the fullest incarnation of Lord Datta. Therefore your...

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Is there no distinction between the human incarnation of the Lord and the original Lord?

Posted on: 03/02/2005

Swami replied:- As long as the human incarnation is alive there is no distinction between the original Lord and the human incarnation because...

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What is the real identity mark for recognizing the human incarnation of the Lord?

Posted on: 03/02/2005

Swami replied:- The real characteristic properties of the Lord as declared by the Veda are the Special Knowledge (Prajnana), the Love (Rasa or...

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Why do people insult and neglect the human incarnation?

Posted on: 03/02/2005

Swami replied:- An ignorant person neglects Mahatma Gandhi seeing his cheap clothes. He cannot estimate the real value of Gandhi. He will give...

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What is the difference between two incarnations of the Lord?

Posted on: 03/02/2005

Swami replied:- Suppose there is a diamond with light [luster] in a glass case which is placed in a wooden box and which is placed in an iron...

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