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(Aphorisms (Sūtrams) Composed By Shri Datta Swami As Answers To Questions Asked By His Devotees)
33) Jñāna karma yogau vṛddhau samagratas sādhanena |
[Shri. Amudha asked whether the incarnation of God Himself will take care of the soul’s spiritual journey after recognising the incarnation? Or does the soul have a responsibility in such a situation? If so, what should that responsibility be? Shri Datta Swami answers that Sadguru or the Incarnation of God is not a museum or pilgrimage centre, where you go for a picnic and enjoy watching...
(Aphorisms (Sūtrams) Composed By Shri Datta Swami As Answers To Questions Asked By His Devotees)
25) Daivopāsakas śāntamanāḥ |
[Shri. Amudha asked if it is okay to talk with devotees when I feel low mentally? Shri Datta Swami answers that the goal of human life is to please God through practical devotion and the goal of human life is not to live a happy life with good mental peace. Always remember that you and your mind are different. The mind is your instrument that must be dedicated to the practical service of God. A true devotee, who is determined to serve God, will ignore the unstable mind to maintain consistency in God’s service. If that determination is not firm, the devotee tries to wait until the mind becomes...
(Aphorisms (Sūtrams) Composed By Shri Datta Swami As Answers To Questions Asked By His Devotees)
21) Kendrīkaraṇa śaktivyayaḥ paramātmanyeva |
[Shri. Amudha asked how one can have clarity in everything, especially when it comes to spiritual knowledge and worldly life? Shri Datta Swami answers that one should never try to gain clarity about...
(Aphorisms (Sūtrams) Composed By Shri Datta Swami As Answers To Questions Asked By His Devotees)
17) Daśa śāsanāni nirdiṣṭāni |
[Shri. Amudha asked to please give the concepts of Dharma, Samsara, etc., in Hinduism to our current generation, like the Ten Commandments in other religions. Shri Datta Swami answers that the commandments to My devotees are: i) Food must never be wasted. The soul, which wastes food, will suffer from indigestion and starve due to poverty because of the anger of God. ii) The donation of money must be done to a deserving...
(Aphorisms (Sūtrams) Composed By Shri Datta Swami As Answers To Questions Asked By His Devotees)
13) Jagadvapu ranitya smṛter vyāyāmena ca |
[Shri. Amudha asked what is the right way to train or practice the mind, body and soul? Shri Datta Swami answers that to uplift your soul, your mind must be stable and concentrating on God and your limbs of the body must constantly be in movement. As long as you are in the awakened state, do the physical exercises as far as possible so that blood circulation takes place, giving good health...
(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) Athā'to bhāgavata praśnottarāṇi |
[Then (after finishing the study of true spiritual knowledge) and therefore (since clearance of doubts gives maximum clarity of the knowledge), questions from devotees and answers for them (the questions of the devotees...
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...
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