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[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...
[Ms. Bhanu Samykya asked: Swami, kindly make clear if the first step means doing Karma Phala Tyaaga or Sacrifice of fruit of work?]
Swami replied:- You have chosen the highest path of spiritual knowledge (Jnaana Yoga), devotion (Bhakti Yoga) and practice (Karma Yoga). In this path, Karma Yoga is the last step in which service (Karma Samnyaasa)...
Shri Anil asked: Swami as per Your preaching, salvation is an individual affair. But in the following verse of the Bible, it is mentioned that the entire family of the believer in the Incarnation of God will get salvation. They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will...
Shri S Phani Kumar asked:- The three strongest worldly bonds are also justice in Pravrutti because loving the wealth to give to children, loving children and loving the spouse are justified Pravrutti (Worldly life) only. In Nivrutti, justice is violated for the sake of God. When a devotee commits suicide for the sake of God, here also, justice (that one should not kill himself/herself) is violated for the sake of God. In such case, why God objects the test for fascination...
[Prof. JSR Prasad asked:- Sāṣṭāṅga Namaskāram Swami.]
Swami replied:- The first five steps of Yoga (Yama, Niyama, Āsana, Prānāyāma and Pratyāhāra) are related to the development of physical and mental health. After attaining this health perfectly through these preliminary five steps, the 6th step is called ‘Dhārāṇā’, which means catching...
Ms. Amudha asked: Paadha Namaskaram Swami, Thinking of the greatest and most devoted servants of the Lord—Hanuman, Adi Shesha, Garuda, Prahlada, the Gopikas, and many others—I am reminded of the many devoted souls I see in this lifetime who are truly dedicated to You. Also, we should not aspire to be close to You in the way that Swami Vivekananda was to Shri Rama Krishna Paramahamsa, for it is God's will to bless one with such a relationship....
Shri Yash asked: Paada Namaskaaram Swami, could You please guide me on how to practice devotion without any expectations from God? Whenever I read scriptures or discourses, I sometimes remember that I should not ask God for anything, whether worldly...
Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Swami, some elders at my home are saying that even if I dedicate my life in propagating the true spiritual knowledge of God, this world is not going to change and I would end up wasting my time and energy. Please help me answer them.
Swami replied:- God sees the intensity of your dedication...
Prof. J.S.R Prasad asked:- Sāṣṭāṅga namaskāram Swami. You told that Karma Yoga consists of two parts:- i) Karma Samnyaasa, which is sacrifice of service or physical energy, ii) Karma Phala Tyaaga, which is the sacrifice of hard earned money or matter. In both, the sacrifice is common. In such case, we can call both as Karma Samnyaasa and Karma Phala Samnyaasa or we can call both as
[Prof JSR Prasad asked:- Sāṣṭāṅga namaskāram Swami.]
Swami replied:- Mind is related to emotion (Bhakti Yoga), whereas intelligence is related to logical analysis (Jnaana Yoga). You can find the truth only by intelligence and you can stick to the truth by emotional mind. You cannot transform the true spiritual knowledge into practice with the help of intelligence because...
Prof. J.S.R. Prasad asked:- Sāṣṭāṅga namaskāraṃ Swami. You told about four steps of a reaction:- i) Acquiring correct spiritual knowledge, ii) Generation of theoretical devotion from spiritual knowledge, iii) Generation of practical devotion (service and sacrifice) from theoretical devotion, iv) Achieving the fruit of salvation and union with God. You told that the first step takes all the time since the other three steps are spontaneous steps. You also told that Shankara told that the final divine fruit is attained once you acquire the knowledge. This means once the first step is over, the second...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami. When God is magnet, as soon as the iron object comes to it, it will be spontaneously attracted. In such case, why should there be initial effort on the path of the devotee to get attracted to God?]
Swami replied:- The magnet is always a magnet and always attracts the magnetic materials like steel and the iron objects spontaneously. But, a magnet will not attract other non-magnetic...
(Shri G. Lakshman and Smt. Chhanda from Mumbai and Smt. Priyanka from Canada participated in this Satsanga along with some local devotees.)
Shri G Lakshman asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami. For the liberation of the soul, is the association with some divine personality necessary?
Swami replied:- For the liberation of a soul, three conditions are there as told by Shankara in His book called ‘Viveka Cuudaamani’, which are i) Human birth, ii) Intensive desire for liberation and iii) Associating with Sadguru...
(Shri G. Lakshman and Smt. Chhanda from Mumbai and Smt. Priyanka from Canada participated in this Satsanga along with some local devotees.)
[Prof. JSR Prasad asked:- Swami, in the Gita, God Krishna says that there is no need of weeping in any context (Tatra kaa paridevanaa?). Is it real and practically possible?]
Swami replied:- The creation is existing in both expressed state (Vyakta) during existence of creation and in subtle state (Avyakta) after dissolution of the creation like the film show and the film reel after the show is over. Therefore, nothing is destroyed and everything...
(Shri G. Lakshman and Smt. Chhanda from Mumbai and Smt. Priyanka from Canada participated in this Satsanga along with some local devotees.)
Dr. Geetha Lahari asked:- Swami, You told that we should not control our devotion but control our self to become a Sthitaprajna. But, when a devotee loves God selflessly, there is no ‘self’ only. Therefore, how can we control the ‘self’ when it doesn’t exist in devotion to God?
Swami replied:- ‘Selfless’ does not mean that the ‘self’ is really absent. It only means that you should not be aware of your ‘self’. When you are not aware...
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