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Smt. Anita R asked:- Paada Namaskaram Swamiji. Guru Datta Sri Datta Prabhu Datta. Swamiji, I have some questions regarding Grihapravesham or House warming ceremony. This involves some traditions and customs along with some wastage of food items. You said that food shall not be wasted strictly according to the Veda. The following pujas are performed to worship the Gods and Goddesses:- i) Before entering the house, for the worship of Gadapa (threshold below the main door), breaking...
[Shri PVNM Sarma asked:- Swami! What are the precautions to be taken by us to protect our health regarding the food we take?]
Swami replied:- The Gita says that you shall eat food as soon as it is prepared while the food is hot (Yātayāmaṃ gatarasam, pūti paryuṣitaṃ ca yat). If you prepare the food and allow it to cool for some time, bacteria...
Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami; Please give Your answers to the following questions. At Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil. Swami, 12 Gopikas were successful in 3 tests, however after God Krishna left His body they could not control their emotions and jumped into fire and committed suicide. Since they could not control...
[Shri Anil asked: Swami, You gave a beautiful counter argument for advaitins who treat ‘Atman’ as God, stating the verse ‘Avajananti mam…’. Will You please elaborate on this?]
Swami replied:- Advaitins believe that the soul in the incarnation is also God just like their souls. Due to such wrong misunderstanding, they do not give any special treatment to the incarnation because...
Shri Anil asked:
1. Have You converted Jesus into Hinduism by composing ‘Namavali’ on Him?
[Swami You ‘converted’ Jesus into ‘Hinduism’ by performing Yajna by composing ‘Namavali’ on Jesus. Kindly elaborate this incident.]
Swami replied:- When some devotee told Me that Christians are converting Hindus into Christianity, I told him in a light vein that I am converting Jesus Christ Himself into Hindu! I performed a sacrifice, which is the main...
1. Swami, how can ‘awareness of awareness’ be awareness itself or thinker?
Swami replied:- Awareness itself means awareness of awareness, which happens naturally in the absence of any other object about which the awareness should be aware. Thinking can take place only due to the presence...
[Questions from internet forum brought by Shri Anil]
1. Why does the creator God Brahma have a low profile in Hinduism?
Swami replied:- All the Sages, who are considered to have even the higher profile than angels, worshipped God Brahma as their ultimate divine form. As time passed, the standards of spiritual knowledge came down...
[Shri Anil asked]
Swami replied:- Shani Deva is the presiding deity of the planet Saturn, who delivers the punishments of bad deeds to the souls and he gives the spiritual knowledge to the souls (Jnaana Kaaraka) while they are suffering...
1. I am thinking of 5 headed serpent. Is it teaching me anything?
[Ms. Amudha Sambath asked:- Padanamaskaram Swami, I am feeling or coming to my mind of 5 headed serpent, Swami, does it teaching me or guiding any. Or it's a thought to not consider. At Your Divine Lotus Feet Your servant 🙇🏻♀️🙏🏻]
Swami replied:- Five-headed serpent indicates...
[Prof. JSR Prasad asked:- Sāṣṭāṅga Namaskāram Swami.]
Swami replied:- The first five steps of Yoga (Yama, Niyama, Āsana, Prānāyāma and Pratyāhāra) are related to the development of physical and mental health. After attaining this health perfectly through these preliminary five steps, the 6th step is called ‘Dhārāṇā’, which means catching...
Some devotees of God Vishnu say that God Shiva is not auspicious because He is related to destruction and not to construction. This is a foolish comment based on ignorance and not on analysis. If you want to construct and establish good, are you not destroying the bad simultaneously? Merely, the word ‘Destruction’ should not be entertained because ‘Destruction of what?’ is very important...
1. Does God grant human birth forever for the one who is always engaged in earning money?
[Smt. Chhanda Chandra asked:- Paadanamaskaram Swami! Swami, in one of Your discourse, following is written: “So do the most important duties and use the rest of your time and energy in the service of Lord Datta or earn money with the remaining time and energy”. Does it then mean that if one is always engaged in earning money, God will grant him human birth forever?]
Swami replied:- By earning, a devotee can do the sacrifice of fruit of work for the sake of God’s mission...
Ms. Amudha asked: Paadha Namaskaram Swami, Thinking of the greatest and most devoted servants of the Lord—Hanuman, Adi Shesha, Garuda, Prahlada, the Gopikas, and many others—I am reminded of the many devoted souls I see in this lifetime who are truly dedicated to You. Also, we should not aspire to be close to You in the way that Swami Vivekananda was to Shri Rama Krishna Paramahamsa, for it is God's will to bless one with such a relationship....
Shri Ganesh V asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swamiji, Is it a sin to provide fake documents for exceptions to the central government to avoid high...
[Master Samadrito asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami. Currently, I am reading this book called Puranas. Here are some doubts that occurred in my mind. Please clarify them. At Your divine lotus feet, Samadrito.]
1. What does Lord Brahma's form represent?
Swami replied:- The four faces are looking at the complete surroundings covering all the directions around. Therefore, the spiritual knowledge that is coming out from His four mouths indicates that such spiritual knowledge...
Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami, whatever I do, there are many mistakes in it. In both worldly work and divine service. With what attitude I should take my mistakes and correct it? Is it possible for souls to not make any mistakes...
Shri Durgaprasad asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami, You said that the same God Datta resides in all the divine forms (33 crores of devataas). However, in Venkateshwara Suprabhatam...
1. Would it be correct on Vibhishana's part to join Shri Rama to fight against his brother?
[Smt. Priyanka asked:- Padanamaskaram Swami, I am asking these questions on behalf of my son, Atri. "Vibhishana left Lanka and joined Shri Rama (the side of Dharma) after he tried to convince Ravana of his wrongdoings but it was in vain. Ravana...
Shri Jayesh Pandey asked: Pada Namaskaram Swami ji! 🙏🏻 I Hope and Pray that You have been in Good Health all along. 🙂 It's my humble request to You for providing me with Your guidance, as You have always generously done, on my following queries.]
1. How am I doing in life according to You?
Swami replied:- You have not done well so far...
Shri Abhiram Kudala asked: Paadanamaskaaram, Swamy. Swamy, in one of the conversations with my friend, he mentioned that in his opinion, buying milk and meat from outside are one and the same because even...
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