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Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami, why did the 12 Sthitaprajna Gopikas commit suicide when God Krishna left the body, but could control their emotions when He physically left Vrindavan? In both the cases, they were living Physically away from Him right? And their sole desire is always to please God only. What was their thought process behind this decision after God's physical...
1. Please give the essence of the following Hadiths.
[Shri Anil asked: Swami, few hadith verses are given below. I request You to give the essence to be learned from it. At Your Lotus Divine Feet-anil. "The son of Adam does not fill any vessel worse than his stomach. It is sufficient for the son of Adam to eat a few mouthfuls to keep his spine straight. But if he must fill it, then one third for his food, one third for his drink and one third for his breath." (Ibn Majah 3349)]
Swami replied:- This explains the selfishness of the human being. The Hadith recommends...
Please give the essence of the following verses from the Bible.
[Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, kindly give the essence, which can be learned from the following verses from the Bible. Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them He was hungry. [Luke 4:1-2]. Why was Jesus tempted by satan, and why only after 40 days He felt hungry?]
Swami replied:- The human being-component of the human incarnation...
1. Can we say that by crossing Dharma, Artha, Kaama, one gets liberation?
[Shri Ramakanth asked: Paada Namskaram Swami 🙏 I have the below questions. Kindly help me in eradicating my ignorance. 🙏 At Your divine lotus feet 🙏 In the Purushaarthas, is purusha just a reference for male gender? You said that the Lord alone is Purusha and the last birth will be a female birth before getting salvation like in the case of Gopikas. In that case, can we say that by crossing Dharma...
[Shri Anil asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami, I request You to give the answers for the following questions, at Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil. A question from internet forum.]
1. Why does not Krishna stay permanently for our guidance?
Swami replied:- If the teacher teaches the class continuously without giving any interval, the students can’t absorb the teaching properly. Between one and the next incarnation, there shall be a gap just like the student...
[Shri Durgaprasad asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami, Why do You encourage to use the decorated photos of You rather than live photos on the website and social media? At Your lotus feet, -Durgaprasad]
Swami replied:- Instead of displaying My personal photos, I always encourage to display My decorated photos as Gods and Goddesses for developing devotion towards God in the hearts of devotees. Another point...
[Shri Anil asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami. Shankara being omnipotent God, why did He enter the dead body of the king to acquire the knowledge of sex? He could have known it anyway being omnipotent God? At Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil]
Swami replied:- When God enters the human medium, He will not use His special miraculous powers when there is an alternative worldly way to achieve a specific goal. He wanted to have the knowledge...
1. Is selfishness the nature of the soul and impossible to get over?
[Ms. Saatvika asked: Paadanamaskaram Swami. Please forgive my ignorance and guide on following. Thank You for always being with me and guiding me. Swami You have given so many mantras for controlling ego. How do we control selfishness? Is selfishness the nature of the soul and impossible to get over it?]
Swami replied:- Selfishness means the quality of self. If the ring is made of gold, it will shine with yellow colour. Gold is self and yellow colour is selfishness. You are perfectly correct in saying that it is impossible to get rid of selfishness...
1. Why did God Brahma tell Naarada that the only celibate is Krishna only?
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Paadanamaskaaram, Swami. God Krishna married 16,108 women and produced 10 sons plus 1 daughter through each wife! Why God Brahma told Sage Naarada that the only celibate (Brahmacaarii) is Krishna only?]
Swami replied:- First of all, I can say that your question is actually the question and its answer. The number of children (1,77,188) itself proves that Krishna is God. God is omnipotent. Omnipotence...
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5. Why did Krishna say that He is Radha and also Gopika, who are real and unreal forms respectively?
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Swami, God Krishna said to Radha that He and Radha are one and the same. God Krishna told the same sentence to every Gopika also. Every Gopika is the unreal form of the Maayaa power of Krishna whereas Radha is the real form of Krishna. In such case, how He could say the same sentence to both real and unreal forms?]
Swami replied:- In the case of Radha, really, Krishna and Radha are one and the same as explained above. Hence, in the case of Radha, Krishna told the truth. In the case of each Gopika, He told the same...
1. Since Gopikas jumped into fire after Krishna left His body, they are failed as Sthitaprajna. What do You say?
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Paadanamaskaaram, Swami. The 12 Gopikas were Sthitaprajnas throughout their lives. There is no doubt in this. But, You have to accept that they failed when they jumped into fire after God Krishna left His gross body. Failure is always a failure and cannot be treated as pass. What do You say?]
Swami replied:- Actually, the 12 Gopikas passed this test of sacrifice of life also by jumping into fire and they did not fail. I was telling that they failed with a view that such suicide shall not be encouraged. By your bombarding...
1. Please give essence of the following Hadith.
[Shri Anil asked:- Padanamaskaram Swami, I request You to give essence of the following Hadiths. At Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil. The Messenger of Allah, said, “The Hour will not be established until the sun rises from...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:-]
1. If we have to pray God every day with a justified desire, what would it be?
Swami replied:- You must pray God to give you food and also give the digestion capacity to digest the food that you have eaten. If you have these both, you have everything in life. You cannot take your wealth with you after death. Even if you have crores...
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...
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