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1. Would You get fed up with any soul? How to get reformed and serve You always?
[Smt. Sudharani asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami. Among devotees of Shri Datta Swami or general public, would You get fed up with any soul? Assuming me as that object soul, please...
1. Devotees are within certain boundaries whereas social reformers are unbounded. Please comment.
[Smt. Sudha Rani asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami. Thank You, Swami, for guiding us from darkness to light. Below is a question from a social servant. “In society, devotees are observed to be within certain boundaries, whereas social reformers are unbounded...
[Prof. JSR Prasad asked:- Swami, You told that different religions are like schools preaching in different media or languages. Then, how conversion of a person from one religion to another religion becomes a sin? This question has reference to Your answer given for a latest question asked by Shri Anil regarding Mother Theresa.]
Swami replied:- When a Christian is converting a Hindu into Christianity, there is necessity for him to show some merit in the conversion. Such merit is not regarding the medium or language because the Christian preacher...
1. A Muslim devotee, Zakir Naik, says that even Mother Teresa would go to Hell by virtue of being non-Muslim. Swami, kindly respond.
[Shri Anil Antony asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Please give responses to the following questions, At Your Lotus Feet-anil. A muslim devotee Zakir Naik says that even Christians such as Mother Teresa would go to Hell by virtue of being non-Muslim. On being asked whether ‘righteous’ and ‘good’ non-Muslims such as Mother Teresa would still go to Hell, he replied, “There are four ways of going to Jannah...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami. In certain religious scriptures (like Christianity and Islam), statements exist saying that if their form of God is not worshipped and if other forms of God are worshipped, such people shall be killed. In this light, is Secularism (Universal Spirituality) justified?]
Swami replied:- Thousand times I shouted that in absence of direct audio-video record-proof of dictation of the scripture of any religion, all the illogical statements (that can’t be supported by any type of logic) shall be considered...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Paadanamaskaaram, Swami. It is said in Gita that single pointed devotion is the best (Eka bhaktih…) and also was told that no other form other than God Krishna shall be thought (Ananyaah…) and such statements exist in every religion provoking to say that except their form of God, other forms of God shall not be worshipped. What is Your answer?]
Swami replied:- Everybody is forgetting the most important basic fundamental point, which is that God is only one present in different forms like a person present in different dresses. Hence, “Worship Me Only” means that anybody...
Smt. Sudha Rani asked: Regarding current spiritual disputes, how can we correlate Avidya, Avarana, vikshepa, mala, adhyasa in the context of misunderstanding one God as a source present in all God forms of different religions...
O Learned and Devoted Servants of God,
1. What is the essence of Jesus statement, “I am the bread of life”?
[Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Please give Your answers to the following questions. At Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil. Jesus said in John 6:35 “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never go hungry and whoever believes in Me never go thirsty”. Swami, what is the essence of this?]
Swami replied:- Bread means spiritual knowledge and hunger means the interest to get spiritual knowledge...
1. Where is the word “Hindu” written in the religious books of Hindus?
Swami replied:- The word ‘Hindu’ is present in scriptures related to Hinduism. Please make a thorough search in Google.
2. Whom did Lord Rama love the most between Laxman and Hanuman?
Swami replied:- Both are climax devotees and Rama loved...
1. Will Your divine knowledge in future be polluted by insertions and deletions? If so what is the solution?
[Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Please give Your answers to the following questions. At Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil. 1. Video and audio cassette of some of Your preaching exists and also Your divine discourses are printed in book form. In such case...
[Shri Anil Antony asked: The statement that Prophet Muhammad is the seal of Prophet, is perfectly applicable directly to You as You have covered all the angles in the spiritual path in Your knowledge. What is Your opinion on this?]
Swami replied:- If I say ‘yes’ to your question, immediately you will call Me egoistic! I am following Universal Spirituality and consider Prophet Muhammad also as the incarnation of God Allah, who is none but Jehovah...
[Certain flash concepts radiated from Shri Datta Swami from 24/12/2023]
1) When a Hindu can find unity in hundred forms of God recognizing the underlying unmediated-unimaginable God called Parabrahman, why don’t you extend the same concept to other half a dozen forms of the world-religions of same God? You have already established universal spirituality by uniting sub-religions like Shaivism, Vaishnavism, Shakteya...
Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Swami, You said that when a person belonging to another religion attacks your religion with vulgar language, you shall also attack his religion in the same manner (referring Your answer given to Shri PV Sitarama Sastry, USA). In such case, will the horse and donkey become...
[A question by Shri TV Sitarama Shastry]
Swami Replied:- Your idea is that non-violent sub-religions of Hinduism can be correlated, but, some violent world-religions can’t be correlated with non-violent world-religions. In Hinduism also, the history says that in the past, there was violence among some sub-religions. Extreme emotional souls exist in every region and religion in this world. Hence, violence is a common point in all the world-religions due to the presence of extreme emotion...
1. Are religious holidays wrong in a secular nation?
[Smt. Priyanka asked:- Padanamaskaram Swami, Some atheists or agnostics I know have raised a few questions/ arguments. It all started with the state of Pennsylvania, USA declaring Diwali as a national holiday this year onwards. Please give Your counter-arguments to their comments posted below. "Religious holidays always...
1. Why is there a difference between the gospels of Matthew, etc., and those of John?
[Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, please give answer to the following questions-At Your Lotus Divine Feet -anil. The New testament was written by 4 different authors. Mathew, Mark, and Luke present the gospel in which Jesus is delivering the knowledge in Dvaita mode (messenger or Son of God etc). However, in the gospel written by John, Jesus is in the mode of Advaita (I and My Father are one and the same etc). What is the reason for this difference?]
Swami replied: The first is for the people, who do not believe...
Shri Rajasekara Reddy asked: To get rice on to our plate, paddy harvesting is needed which includes the activities of reaping, stacking, handling, threshing, cleaning, and hauling. If we consider these activities as sin and stop, we cannot survive. If a lion considers hunting as sin, it cannot survive. Therefore, world peace is a myth. How can You say that world peace can be achieved through True Spiritual Knowledge...
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...
Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Please refer to Your answer for the 2nd question asked by Smt. Chadra chanda garu. Islam does not agree to the concept of the human incarnation and even the concept of mediated God. At least in Nivrutti, how can You correlate Islam in Universal Spirituality?
Swami replied:- Universal spirituality deals with the basic unity present in all religions neglecting the superficial differences in Pravrutti and Nivrutti. In Pravrutti also there are differences in all the religions including Islam...
1. If founders of both Christianity and Islam is only one God, then why do their scriptures say that their path only is true?
[Mr. Wild Watcher asked: Dear Swami, I have some burning and tough questions for you. I am eager and excited to listen to Your response to my questions. If You already answered any of the query before, which I am asking now, then share Your answers. I hope You can answer them. I am not a Hindu, but I am ready to at least try to accept your answers. Thank you, looking forward to hearing from...
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