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What is the difference between Dharma and Dharma Suukshma?

Posted on: 30/07/2024

[Smt. Chhanda asked: Paadanamaskaram Swami. Please explain ‘What is Suukshma Dharma? Can it be different from dharma?’At Your divine lotus feet always, Chhanda]

Swami replied:- Dharma or justice is like this gross body made of matter that can be seen by anybody. Dharma Suukshma is like the subtle body made of subtle energy that leaves this gross body at the time of death and this is not seen by anybody...

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Please guide the devotee who feels pained due to separation from God.

Posted on: 30/07/2024

Smt. Chhanda asked: Paadanamaskaram Swami. One of my friends asked me the following question. Please reply to it. “When a devotee is in Nivrutti, he/she always feels blessed in Pravrutti life. But in Nivrutti, the same devotee feels very sad due to separation from God. This pain goes on increasing with time even after knowing that nearness brings negligence and farness makes closer to God.” You please comment...

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What is meant by the word 'praarabdha'?

Posted on: 30/07/2024

[Prof JSR Prasad asked:- Sāṣṭāṅga namaskāram Swami. What is meant by the word ‘praarabdha’, which is generally stated as the fruit of the last action in the list called ‘sancita’? Some say that the unenjoyed last part of ‘sancita’ list becomes the sancita of the new born soul. Is it correct?]

Swami replied:- The general view is that a soul is associated with a list of fruits of sancita while the soul in subtle body is travelling to the upper worlds after the death of its gross body for enjoying the fruits of deeds present in sancita list...

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Why is the God-component on the left half of the Sadguru?

Posted on: 30/07/2024

[Prof JSR Prasad asked:- Why do You say that the left half of the Sadguru is God-component and the right half is human being-component? Right is more important than left and hence, this should be reverse. – At Your Holy lotus feet.]

Swami Replied:- In the left side of the body only, heart exists, which is maintainin...

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Guru Purnima Message (21-07-2024)

Posted on: 28/07/2024

Purnima is the full moon night. Night represents the spiritual ignorance, which means the ignorance about true and complete spiritual knowledge. Worldly ignorance means the lack of knowledge of worldly matters. The full moon means the Sadguru, who is the contemporary human incarnation of God coming down to earth to uplift all the human beings in spiritual line. Angels have full spiritual knowledge and hence, there is no need for God to incarnate for them. Demons have excess of ego and hence, there is no use of preaching them. Human beings are in the middle level and can either go up or fall down...

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Reply from His Holiness Shri Datta Swami to the poem 'Swami - The Guru Datta' of Smt. Chhanda

Posted on: 25/07/2024

Swami replied:

Biggest world-wonder is that one recites Raamaayanam and Bhaagavatam,
But, does not understand at all the main essence of these two divine epics,
Still worships statues of irrelevant energetic incarnations of upper worlds,
And past human incarnations that have gone from our eyes in the temples...

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Swami answers devotees' questions

Posted on: 24/07/2024

1. Can we say that Potana is Brahmana by Pravrutti?

[Shri Phani asked: Potana did cultivation and so is shudra by profession. But, he translated Bhagavatam to Telugu and propagated it. First is vrutti and the second is pravrutti (inherent nature of the soul). So, can we say that he is Brahmana by pravrutti ...

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Divine Satsanga on 13-07-2024

Posted on: 23/07/2024

[Satsanga at Swami’s home on July 13, 2024: Shri Hrushikesh, Smt. Vaishnavi, Smt. Bharathi, Smt. Sreeusha, Ms. Sumangali Devi, Ms. Veena, Ms. Lalitha Lavanya, Shri Balaji visited His Holiness Shri Datta Swami at His home in Hyderabad on July 13, 2024 for a Satsanga. The following are the questions by the devotees and replies of Swami.]

1. My friend is worried about her job due to instability in the job market. How to tackle such a situation?

 [Due to work pressure and job market uncertainty, I feel a lot of tension and many times feel a lack of energy to do routine normal work as well. Related question: My friend is worried that she might lose her job due to instability in the global job market. How to tackle such situations in life? She is always tense and unable...

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How can an ordinary soul differentiate justice and injustice?

Posted on: 22/07/2024

Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami, as a soul I don't have the correct instrument to diagnose what is justice and injustice. My eyes see only a partial scene of the full movie and my intelligence can analyze partial knowledge of present (as knowledge of past karma is absent). A devoted soul is supposed to accept any bad results of injustice as its own bad karma and leave the matter to God...

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No role in the Bhagavatam has constant merit. How to keep them as examples?

Posted on: 22/07/2024

Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked:- Swami, You said that we should be like Satyabhama, who overcame her fascination over her demonic child Narakaasura and killed him. But, comparing her with Rukmini in the context of Krishna Tulaabhaaram, You told that Satyabhama has rajas and God appreciated the Sattvam of Rukmini. Comparing Rukmini with Radha and Gopikas, You told that care-not devotion of the latter is the highest...

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Isn't God partial towards the first generation of Brahmana souls?

Posted on: 22/07/2024

Ms. Geetha Lahari asked:- Paadanamaskaaram, Swami. The first generation of souls were having caste based on birth as decided by God. Next future generations of souls had freedom to choose the caste and hence, it was decided based on qualities and deeds. You also said that the first generation means the entire Satya Yuga, which spans for 32 lakh years. In that case, the soul, which is born as Brahmana...

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Swami answers questions of Shri Ramakanth

Posted on: 22/07/2024

1. Can I learn the first 49 shlokas of Soundarya Lahari being a male?

[Shri Ramakanth asked:- Being a male, can I learn the first 49 shlokas of Soundarya Lahari called Aananda Lahari?]

Swami replied:- Soundarya Lahari deals with the description of the beauty of the Divine Mother. It is better that males avoid it and pray to God Vishnu in the place of the Divine Mother. God Vishnu is the male form of the Divine...

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Can You give us a prayer of gratitude, which can be recited before going to bed?

Posted on: 22/07/2024

[Smt. Priyanka asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami, just like You have given us a daily prayer recently, can You give us a prayer of gratitude, which even children can recite at night every day before going to bed? At Your divine lotus feet, Priyanka]

Swami replied:-

O God! This is my gratefulness-prayer to You for giving me a human birth, even though...

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Can we trust the Vedas as the information was transferred through oral recitation?

Posted on: 22/07/2024

Smt. Priyanka asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami, When I was talking about some spiritual concept, the opponent asked where I had got the information from. I replied that it was mentioned in the Veda. The opponent rejected it saying we can never trust anything blindly because there might have been modifications to the original scripture. I said one can try to analyse it deeply and see if it makes sense as per the context...

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Is Kali Yuga the most beautiful Yuga because God gets maximum entertainment from the love of devotees?

Posted on: 22/07/2024

Shri Ganesh asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swamiji, is it right to tell that the Kali Yuga is the most beautiful Yuga because the human incarnation of God experiences the maximum entertainment from the love displayed by devotees...

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Divine Satsanga at Hyderabad on 07-07-2024: Part-2

Posted on: 20/07/2024

O Learned and Devoted Servants of God

(Part-2 of Satsang: Following Satsang took place at Hyderabad attended by Shri Kunal Chatterjee, Smt. Suchandra Chatterjee, Ms. Noishadha and some local devotees such as Shri JSR Prasad, Shri PVNM Sarma, Smt. Annapurna, Shri Abhiram, Smt. Sudha Rani and Ms. Thrylokya. For Part-1 of Satsang click here)

1. How is Shiva giving boons to demons justified?

[The demons do penance just for boons only without any real devotion to God. God Shiva gives the boons immediately. How is this justified?]

Swami replied:- God is the real Father and the real Mother for all the souls since beginning of this creation till the end of the creation, which involves millions and millions of births. The biological parents are involved in a single birth only. Before understanding the parental love of God...

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Divine Satsanga at Hyderabad on 06-07-2024: Part-1

Posted on: 19/07/2024

(Part-1 of Satsang: Following Satsang took place at Hyderabad attended by Shri Kunal Chatterjee, Smt. Suchandra Chatterjee, Ms. Noishadha and some local devotees such as Shri JSR Prasad, Shri PVNM Sarma, Smt. Annapurna, Shri Abhiram, Smt. Sudha Rani and Ms. Thrylokya.)

1. How to detect the human incarnation by one point without any confusion?

[How to detect the human incarnation simply by one point without any confusion? There is a female devotee of God Rama and she is describing several new incidents of the life of Rama. Is she genuine?]

Swami replied:- The purpose of God coming down to earth is simply only one point, which is that He should help humanity in Pravrutti or Nivrutti or both. In every activity of the human incarnation, this point should be clearly projected...

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Reply from His Holiness Shri Datta Swami to the poem 'O Shyam (Krishna)' of Smt. Chhanda

Posted on: 19/07/2024

Swami replied:

For Me, one human birth is just just one second only,
Don’t aspire to get the divine fruit in this present birth,
People feel that this present life itself is the entire time,
I declare that you have got salvation from worldly bonds...

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Are reservations provided by the constitution to backward castes justified?

Posted on: 18/07/2024

[Prof. JSR Prasad asked:- Sāṣṭāṅga namaskāram Swami, What is Your comment on the reservations provided by the constitution for the backward castes?]

Swami replied:- The basis for providing reservations for the backward castes decided by birth is that in the past time, these backward castes were suppressed by the upward castes due to which the backward castes did not have full encouragement in their studies and hence, did not get good jobs. We agree to this allegation because since the beginning of this Kali age (since about 5000 years onwards), Pravrutti did not proceed...

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What do the Vedic statements Samvida deyam, Hriya deyam and Bhiya deyam mean?

Posted on: 18/07/2024

[Prof. JSR Prasad asked:- Sāṣṭāṅga namaskāram Swami, Please explain the following Vedic statements - ‘Saṃvidā deyam, hriyā deyam, bhiyā deyam’]

Swami replied:- i) ‘Deyam’ means to donate. What is to be donated to God? It can be practical sacrifice of service (Karma Samnyaasa) or it can be practical sacrifice of the fruit of work (Karma Phala Tyaaga). Both these steps constitute Karma Yoga or practical devotion...

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