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Shri Divakar Rao asked: Paadnamaskaram Swami, Does Lord Datta exist with 3 heads all the time or is it just a symbolic representation for Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva as we see in images? Thank you, Swami. Regards, Your Servant, Divakara Rao.
Swami replied:- If you take God Datta as a single person with single head doing all the three duties, you can imagine that the single head is doing all the three activities. Actually, when God Datta’s energetic body was created by Parabrahman...
Smt. Anita Renkuntla asked: PaadaNamaskaaram Swamiji, First of all, Thank You Swamiji for the grace You are showing upon me in both happiness and sufferings and do forgive me for my mistakes. I have a few questions to clear from You. Do enlighten me. AMMA and Satya Sai Baba say to love all and serve all. By reading this itself, we get positive vibes. But in our daily lives, we come across some people or relatives who have already done harm or humiliation which pricks...
Smt. Anita Renkuntla asked:
1. Should a person be an introvert or an extrovert? By being an introvert, is it possible to reach the spiritual goal?
Swami replied:- It is not possible to reach the spiritual goal (God) by becoming an introvert because God is existing outside of yourself as the contemporary human incarnation. Introversion is looking inside, which means seeing...
[By Ms. Bhanu Samykya]
On 17th of June, 2021, Swami gave a divine opportunity of His darshan to me, my mom Smt. Sudha Rani, my aunt Smt. Anitha and my sister Ms. Thrylokya. We had a very beautiful satsang on that day till noon. My mom and aunt always wanted to do PaadaPuja for Swami and hence, they brought all the required items for it. They were waiting for Swami to allow the Paadapuja. Although Swami discourages such things, luckily Swami accepted...
Smt. Priyanka asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Can You please explain the significance of the grass belt tied around Lord Dattatreya's waist? At Your divine lotus feet, Priyanka
Swami replied:- It is tied just as the belt that is tied around the pants to avoid the slip down of the pants...
Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, You have said that Maaya exists between a soul and God and it drags the soul away from God. But a soul with true devotion can achieve God crossing that maya. What are the steps and suggestions to become Your true...
1. Who is the true human being?
Smt. lakshmi lavanya K asked: Namaste Swami, Explain the meaning of this quote from Satya Sai baba website “God is searching for the true human being”. Who is the true human being?]
Swami replied:- The true human ...being is he/she having true love on God
Arati Satavekar asked: Namaskar Swamiji, Why are we always having health issues, why do humans suffer from one or the other disease? Someone told me it is because of karma. Then because of karma, people are born with disability...
For Scholars Posted on: 16/12/2022(For Intellectuals Only)
(This discussion took place in the morning of 07.12.2022, Shri Datta Jayanti)
[Shri J.S.R. Prasad asked:- Sashtanga Pranams Swami. May I request You to please correlate the following Vedic statements – A. Asdvā idamagra āsīt tato vai sadajāyata, B. Brahma vā idamagra āsīt, tadātmānamavet, Ahaṃ Brahmāsmīti (Bṛhadāraṇyakopaniṣad), C. Sadeva Saumyedamagra āsīt (Taittirīyopaniṣad)...
Shri Anil asked: Can You compare Quran and the Bhagavad Gita in a debate about religious scriptures (Question from a discussion forum)?
Swami replied: The difference between Quran and the Bhagavad Gita is the difference between the receivers of spiritual knowledge present in different regions. The similarity in both is about God, heaven for rewarding...
Shri Anil asked: Swami You have given Hanuman-Subrahmanya mantra for us. For a Muslim or a Christian who do not believe in such divine forms, what will be equivalent mantra? with regards, anil
Swami replied: You can pray to God of your religion. The external...
1. Why are Brahma Sūtrās referred as Nyāya Prasthāna?
[Shri Ganesh asked: Padanamskaram Swamiji, Why are the Brahma Sūtrās known as Nyāya Prasthāna? At Your divine feet, Ganesh V]
Swami replied: The various statements in the Upanishads appear to be contradicting each other. Through the Brahma Sutras, Sage Vyasa gave the logical analysis to remove these apparent contradictions and correlate them. Nyaya is another word for logic...
Shri P. Surya asked: In the Bible, it is said that why to fast when the bridegroom is with you. What is the inner meaning here?
Swami replied: In any group of items, the important item denotes God as we see in Bhagavad Gita that God tells He is the Moon in the stars etc. Similarly, in a marriage function, the important item is the bridegroom...
Dīpāvalī-Jñānadīpāvalī, Dīpāvalī-Bhakti Dīpāvalī
दीपावली-ज्ञानदीपावली, दीपावली-भक्ति दीपावली (पल्लवी)
Dīpāvalī-Jñānadīpāvalī, Dīpāvalī-Bhakti Dīpāvalī (Chorus)
Nights of lights-knowledge nights of lights
Nights of lights-devotion nights of lights...
1. Why did Lalita always support Radha's love to Krishna?
[Smt. Priyanka asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Among the Gopikas, why did Lalita always support Radha's love to Krishna and chose to keep quiet about her love for Krishna? At Your divine lotus feet, Priyanka]
Swami replied: The psychologies of devotees are not important because...
1. Is it better to concentrate on God and maintain relation with one or two people who can help us spiritually?
[Smt. Lakshmi Lavanya K asked: Swami, please give me clarity on some points regarding a discussion with my sister. She says that we should maintain good relations with devotees and discuss God's divine qualities among us regularly. I feel that although it starts as satsangam, it may lead to a misunderstanding and disturb us because of our ego and jealousy. So, is it better to concentrate only on God and maintain...
1. Is it a sin to perform experiments on animals?
[Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami, Is it a sin to perform medical experiments on animals? - At Your Divine Lotus Feet, Bhanu Samykya.]
Swami replied: It is not a sin provided...
1. Can we say that Lord Datta is the only true God present in all the incarnations?
[Shri Satthireddy asked: Paadanamaskararam Swamiji, Many preachers say that their God is true God. Can we say that Lord Datta is only the true God present in all the incarnations? Can we install the idol of Lord Datta in every temple, church and mosque? Swamiji if any mistakes are there in question itself please forgive this beggar satthireddy🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏]
Swami replied: Your concept is correct theoretically but not practically possible. Moreover, the original God is unimaginable, who is present in every incarnation. God Datta also acquired the unimaginable power of the unimaginable...
1. What is a dream state made up of?
Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami. Kindly please grace Your answers to the following questions-at Your Lotus Feet-anil. Why is the dream state only made up of inert energy and matter? Even in the dream state, during the dream, we are seeing items...
[Srivatsa Datta asked: While doing practical service to You, I feel that there are some defects in my ideas. Is it proper Swami?]
Swami replied: Jnana yoga is studying the true spiritual knowledge. This is the causal step. The effect or the product of this cause is either aspiration based-devotion, a Brass chain or aspiration free-devotion, a golden chain. Hence, basing on the material of the chain...
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