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Smt. Chhanda asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, while going through the discourse of Approach to God, I got the following two doubts. In one place it is written that when approaching Lord Krishna, Sudama was prepared to undergo the result of his sins and suffer in poverty and at the same time he also did the highest sacrifice in the form of ahandful of rice. In this way a devotee should not ask or even think about the removal of his difficulties by God. He should be prepared to undergo the results of his sins. He should offer Guru Dakshina (donation) to the human form of God to his level best. Then God will remove his difficulties. In another place it is written that Sudama went back home without begging anything from the Lord. Yet Sudama...
[Smt. Chhanda asked: While writing about Satyabhama, it is written that by bearing the violence of all the demons that were strengthened by the boons of God, she was tolerating God indirectly. Is it tolerating or helping Swami? Please make my mind clear as You have done always. At Your divine lotus feet. Chhanda. By Chhanda Chandra]
Swami replied:- Satyabhama is the incarnation of Goddess Earth, who was tolerating the sins of demons. We shall not say that she is tolerating God indirectly because God gave several boons to demons. Demons did severe...
Shri Satthireddy asked: Paadanamaskaram Swami, I am Satthireddy. I am very blessed by You Swami. Without Your blessings, I cannot even read or listen to Your knowledge swami. Swami, in Jnaana Saraswati, You explained about Avesha avataras. In that, You mentioned about five avataras (Kala avataram, Amsha avataram, Avesha avataram, Purna avataram, Paripurna avataram). Please explain the differences between these avataras with examples. In how much percentage does God express in each and every Avatar and how to recognize that God came in a particular avatar because...
[By Smt. Chhanda Chandra]
Padanamaskaram to Swami. Every day in my life I’m experiencing some or the other form of miracle. It is happening only due to your infinite kindness to all of us. Today I would like to share the beautiful process of coming to this stage of feeling your presence around me which I think is the most wonderful miracle of my life as too many miracles are comprised in it. This started with the very first miracle with my birth to such parents for whom bringing...
Shri Soumyadip Mondal asked: How can we find happiness from inside? How can we be happy with what we have? By Soumyadip Mondal
Swami replied:- People say that happiness is inside. I don’t believe this. Inside means the soul that is travelling through several births in this world. The soul collects both misery and happiness from the world based on its cycle of deeds. Hence, happiness...
1. Are there two unimaginable entities before the creation?
[Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, please give Your reply to the following questions. At Your Lotus Feet -anil
With regards to the state of the unimaginable God before creation, You mentioned “Loving His own self and being loved by His own self existed.” Here in this statement; it is as if two unimaginable...
[By Shri K. Ravinder Reddy]
Today, I am going to briefly explain four miraculous experiences given by Swami to me. I understood from my real-life situations that love for/of God is superior to the worldly love and relations. So, I had an urge to experience the love of Paramatma. Last year when the construction of my house was going on, despite of several financial problems the work progressed well and came to completion successfully. I was very satisfied and had a Divine feeling that the house was a shrine or a temple...
[By Shri Ganesh Venkatesh]
This miracle happened when I was newly introduced to Swamy's knowledge. For a week I was thinking to myself that why don't I ask God for Bhakti rather than asking for materialistic boons and I kept on praying to God for that. The following week (17/11/2020) during the Satsang, I asked a question to Swamy. “Is having a desire to attain correct spiritual knowledge...
[By Shri. Lakshman Ganapathy]
Padanamaskaram to Swami. I would like to present some of the miraculous experiences given by Swami in this life time. It is very fortunate if any human soul meets a Human Incarnation during His life time. After meeting, staying with Him, reading His knowledge and serving Him is the most important aspect for any soul...
1. Arthājñā mokṣamicchanti, jñāte dūraṃ palāyitāḥ |
Calacitre vanānande, mokṣārthaḥ pariniṣṭhitaḥ ||
[Everybody prays to God for salvation because the actual meaning of salvation is not known. If the actual meaning is known, everybody will run away from praying God for salvation. Everybody thinks that salvation is enjoyment of divine bliss and this impression is created by cinemas, which show the soul after salvation with immense bliss moving in a beautiful garden! The actual meaning of salvation is liberation...
[By Shri. Phani Kumar]
Shri Phani Spoke: Swami, I would like to talk about a miracle that happened in my life. This miracle happened not only in my life but in every devotee’s life who is present before a contemporary Human Incarnation of God. Identifying a Contemporary Human Incarnation of God (Satguru), approaching Him, talking to Him, discussing with Him and learning from Him itself is a greatest miracle. This happens in every devotee’s life who identified a Satguru. You perform so many miracles but identifying You as Human Incarnation is greatest miracle that is (Maya Mathiam Tharamtite...Gita). So, meeting Swami itself is a greatest miracle...
Shri Jayesh Pandey asked: Dandvat Namaskaram Swami ji! Which is the sure-shot method for attaining knowledge and devotion in this Kaliyuga? What is faith, love and devotion? Am I wrong and committing sin in disobeying my parents? Please enlighten me...
Shri Jayesh Pandey asked: Dandvat Namaskaram Swami ji! In the Hanuman Chalisa, which of the following are correct verses?
1. 'Shankar Suvan Kesari Nandan' or 2. 'Shankar Swayam Kesari Nandan' and
1. ' Kandhe Munja Janeu Saaje...
Shri Balaji asked: Namaste Swami, Kindly clarify on the following verse in Mukunda Mala Stotram by Kulasekara Alwar. 'Majjanmanah phalamidam ........ Bhrtya Bhrtya Bhrtyasya Bhratya iti Smara Maam Lokanaatha'. Here, the saint asks the Lord to consider him as the servant of the servant ....... of the servant of the Lord's servant.
How can one practically understand and apply this statement in the current Kali Yuga? There are various levels of devotees starting from Hanuman, Gopikas, Garuda etc., upto ordinary devotees of low level who form the majority...
1) Trigurusthāna saṅgādi—dvayorekatva pūrṇavān |
Yoga ityucyate daive, mito laukikavānapi||
[The word Yoga has a wide range of meanings. The union may start with just meeting a person by another person. This may progress further by coming more and more near and close. The nearness and closeness may increase further so that both persons become very very close. This may end with the final step of becoming one with the other person. It starts with closeness in the dualism of Madhva...
1. Bhinnajñānāni cāṅgānām, aṅgī hastī sa bhidyate |
Jñeyaprakaraṇe bhinne, tattadanvaya ujjhitaḥ ||
[All the ancient philosophers, who developed various theories are quarrelling with each other because the concept of totality is missing. Every theory is correct when it is applied to a part of the total concept as in the case of blind people studying the form of an elephant by touching different parts of the elephant (Andhagaja nyāya). The elephant is like a pillar if its leg is touched. The same elephant...
For Scholars Posted on: 17/05/20221) Cit bhinna yantra vaividhyāt, na jaḍo daiva dānataḥ |
Ajñālpajña sarvajñau, sraṣṭā na kvaci deṣa hi ||
[Only one fundamental energy is appearing in different work forms like light, sound etc., in different functioning equipment (like bulb, phone etc., respectively). The same inert energy becoming a specific work form in a specific functioning brain-nervous system is called as awareness. The point is that while all forms of inert energy are inert, why is this specific form of inert energy called awareness...
For Scholars Posted on: 16/05/20221) Dravya cijjanakākāśaḥ, tejaḥ sṛṣṭaṃ tadarthataḥ |
Tenobhayaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ viśva—prakṛtiḥ kevalā hi tat ||
[It is a very clear point that creation of energy was the first process of God and hence, energy was the first item that was created by God. From energy, matter and awareness came out with the help of which various inert and non-inert items were designed by God resulting in this vast universe. Since space was the first created item, space itself is the subtle energy from which this world is developed by God. Space must be the first item...
1. Vedoktamekato'nyasya, ramaṇaṃ rājava dvibhoḥ |
Mānuṣa Brahmaṇor bhedāt, kālakṣepo na kevalam||
[Scholars say that the Veda clearly states that God alone existed before the creation and thought of creating this universe to get entertainment to get rid of the boredom of loneliness (Ekākī na ramate sa dvitīyamaicchat). In this context, scholars say that even though God...
Shri Jayesh Pandey asked: Dandvat Namaskaram Swami ji! Is it right for me if I resist donating money to social service organisations coming at my doorstep? Dandvat Namaskaram to Swami ji and to His blessed...
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