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(Aphorisms (Sūtrams) Composed By Shri Datta Swami As Answers To Questions Asked By His Devotees)
9) Putreṣaṇāyāṃ bandho na tu vyaktiḥ |
[Shri. Sudha Rani asked why is Shri Datta Swami always against children. Shri Datta Swami answers that Swami is not against children, but against the bond with children. Excess fascination for this bond is the very reason for corruption in the world. Everyone wants to earn wealth even in unjust ways for the sake of their children only. If this fascination for one’s own children is controlled, then corruption...
5) Indravṛttena surāṇāmapyanya bandhāḥ |
[Shri. Chhanda asked how God can test the Angels in the upper worlds when they do not have the strongest bond for children. Shri Datta Swami answers that angels belong to a different race, which is far far higher than the human race. If the bond with children is absent, it does not mean that all other worldly bonds are absent. Ego, jealousy, attachment to race, greed for a powerful position, sexual...
[Ms. Jahnavi asked: Swami, I am blessed to be in Your service of propagation activities. Please guide me on how to serve You better and how to always be in Your service consistently forever?]
Swami replied:- Unlike all missions of God, this mission of God Datta is a very unique mission. It is because the spiritual knowledge preached by God Datta through Me is well-received only by some deserving devotees. But, those deserving devotees are scattered across the world and not localized to any particular city or country. If you do the propagation of these concepts in a localized area...
[Shri Kishore Ram asked:- Swami, You told that God will select a devotee to do the spiritual propagation. But, You also say that everyone must do spiritual propagation. How to correlate both?]
Swami replied:- One must not get confused about the two types of spiritual propagation. The first type is propagation of spiritual knowledge at the personal level. Every devotee, who learns the true concepts of spiritual knowledge, must propagate to others so that everyone is uplifted. If anyone doesn’t propagate the learnt spiritual knowledge to others, then he/she will become a ghost called ‘Brahma Raakshasa’ as punishment...
(Aphorisms (Sūtrams) Composed By Shri Datta Swami As Answers To Questions Asked By His Devotees)
1) Anūhya taijasa bhautika bheda iti ।
[Shri Krishna Iyer asked about the difference between original God and different forms of God present in various religions. Shri Datta Swami answers that whatever may be the religion, the fundamental point is that the original God (Parabrahman) is unimaginable. There are two types of forms of God:- i) Energetic incarnations pertaining to upper worlds containing only inert energy and awareness and ii) Human incarnations pertaining to earth containing inert energy...
1. Is it mandatory for Urdhvareta that he has to be a perfect celibate accompanied by Mahaa Bhaava?
[Smt. Chhanda asked:- Padanamaskaram O Lord Datta! In yesterday’s (21st June, 2026) satsanga, it was told that Shri RamaKrishna Pramahamsa was totally free of any sexual desire and is the best example of Urdhvareta. This is a fact indeed. In this regard, I had a small discussion with Nikhil sir. From that discussion, I got the following queries. They are given below. I would like to request You to kindly clarify them. Is it mandatory for Urdhvareta that he has to be a perfect celibate accompanied by Mahaa Bhaava?]
Swami replied:- Mahaa Bhaava means the concentration of feelings on God. Mahaa means God (Mahat Brahma iti proktam). Bhaava means feeling. The most important point here is that the attractive feeling on God must be natural...
[Prof. JSR Prasad asked:- Sāṣṭāṅga namaskāraṃ Swami. When Nivṛtti (spiritual life) is said to be capable of giving the highest fruit (Nivṛttistu mahāphalā), what is the need for Pravṛtti (worldly life)?]
Swami replied:- Pravṛtti is a part of the path to Nivṛtti and therefore, while explaining the path to Nivṛtti, Pravṛtti has to be explained. Like this, Pravṛtti is not the main topic, but it is a sub-topic of the path that leads to Nivṛtti. Nivṛtti gives the grace and closeness of God and this divine fruit is the highest. There is no doubt in this concept. But, Pravṛtti helps the attainment of Nivṛtti. Pravṛtti is concerned...
[Prof. C. Annapurna asked:- God Krishna took an oath before the war that He will not handle any weapon in the war. But, He took the wheel of a chariot and using it as a weapon, He ran towards Bhīṣma to kill him in the war. Is it justified to break an oath taken by Krishna, Who is the ultimate God?]
Swami replied:- When Duryodhana and Arjuna came to God Krishna asking for His help in the war, God Krishna said that He has taken an oath not to fight using any weapon. One cannot argue that the wheel...
Shri Ganesh V asked: Padanamaskaram Swamiji, You have clearly said that the real yagna is to feed the human incarnation of God. That is real yagna is karma phala tyaga and for sanyasis karma samnyasa. In the light of the above meaning of Yagna...
1. Is the process of creating the world from space, something that can be understood?
[Shri Ganesh Venkatesh asked:- Padanamskaram Swamiji, Parabrahman (the unimaginable God) created space, and from space the rest of creation emerged. I have a question regarding this concept: Is the process of creating the world from space something that can be understood or imagined? If so, can scientists comment on this process? I apologise for asking this again even though you have already explained it several times]
Swami replied:- If you understand that space is...
(Knowledge of Advises for Yoga)
1. The first advice is that you shall not think yourself as God or part of God, in which case there is no need for you to do any effort to reach God. This advice is given to you assuming that you are already theist believing in the existence...
(Knowledge of Correlation of Ways of Yoga)
Discrimination of souls by region, religion, caste, colour and gender is the worst angle of ignorance, which is very much disliked by God and one has to take this precaution in order to please God. Among these factors, religion is very important because the original human incarnation of any religion is the same mediated God (Ishvara) existing in different human media and the same God
(Knowledge of Precautions of Yoga)
We have already established that Yoga means the attainment of grace of God. The Gita says that Yoga means practical talent (Yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam). This means that yoga does not mean simply practice, but, it means the practice with which lot of points of care is associated. The care, if not taken, spoils the attainment of grace of God. Hence, not only the practical efforts...
(Knowledge of Means of Yoga)
The top most problem for any soul is suffering with miseries in this world as well as in the hell after death. Even if enjoyment of pleasures is absent, it does not make any big difference. For this main problem only, souls catch God since the first prayer of any soul to God is to protect it from worldly miseries and from future hell. If the soul is immersed in devotion, it may not experience ...
[Shri Durgaprasad asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami, please clarify whether these two Vedic statements mean the same - i) na karmana na prajaya dhanena tyagenaike amrutatva manasuh and ii) Amṛitatvasya tu nāśāsti vitteneti. At Your lotus feet, Durgaprasad]
Swami replied:- The first statement says that you can attain the grace of God (which is immortality by permanently merging...
1. What happens if I couldn't be caught by You due to my bad qualities in future births? Please guide me.
[Smt. Sudharani asked: Question to lose self-centredness: Padanamaskaram Swami. Thank You Swami for choosing me, and giving me Your Knowledge. Swami I find a lot of faults in the qualities that are not matching the true devotee, as explained by You. Obviously this birth is not sufficient for my practice. I worry about my future fate in the next birth as, what if I couldn't be caught...
Shri PVNM Sarma asked:- Paadanamaskaaram, Swami. To a devotee, who was regularly going to the temple at Bhadracalam from Hyderabad to see God Rama, You told not to travel so frequently and advised him to overcome the illusion of space. To another devotee, who is visiting You regularly in Hyderabad...
1. Does supporting the organizations, which try to expose injustice, come under justice and please God?
Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Across the world, poor people are getting exploited. The socialist and communist organizations in every country are trying to mobilize people exposing the injustice and hypocrisy in the political...
Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Swami! Can You say a Mantra to me by which my mind can be attracted towards Lord Venkateshwara and Lord Krishna? Due to their polygamy, my mind is not getting attracted to them.]
Swami replied:- Mantra means a concept or a line of prose or poetry or song that attracts your mind naturally without the basis of desire for any boon in return. Nobody is authorized to give Mantra to anybody...
[22 May 2025] In Hanumatsamhitaa, Hanuman told that if any devotee has any worldly problem, the devotee shall pray Him to get the solution. People mistakenly think that Hanuman works in the department of civil services so that Hanuman can attend to all worldly problems of the public! Hence, anybody, who has worldly problem, will start praying God Hanuman for the solution offering banana...
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