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[Shri Anil Antony asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Kindly give answers to the following questions –at Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil.]
1. Just before death Jesus prays, “Father, into Your hands I commit My soul.” Is it an example of Atma Nivedanam?
Swami replied:- Certainly, this is the final step of devotion. In total surrender, there is no self-desire. Every action of the soul is aimed at the pleasure of God only and not for self-pleasure...
1. Kindly elaborate the meaning of the following parable from the Bible.
[Shri Anil asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami, Kindly elaborate the meaning of the following parable from the Bible.
The Parable of the Talents [Matthew 25:14-30]:- “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted to them his property. To one he gave five talents, to another two...
Shri Anil asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, Please give answers to the following questions. At Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil. Matthew 13:13-15 This is why I speak to them in parables: “Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand. In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah: “ 'You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing...
Shri Anil asked: During the crucifixion of Jesus, did the ‘real Jesus’ undergo or an ‘unreal Jesus’ underwent the suffering on the cross? Quran says that a person resembling Jesus was crucified and the real Jesus was taken up into the heaven...
1. Why did Jesus say “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me”?
[Shri Anil Antony asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, During crucifixion, why did Jesus say, “Eli, Eli, Lama sabachthani,” that is to say, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?]
Swami replied:- The human being-component of human incarnation speaks this and not the God-component. Moreover, the incarnation acts like a devotee so that...
Please give the essence of the following verses from the Bible.
[Shri Anil Antony asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, kindly give the essence, which can be learned from the following verses from the Bible. Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them He was hungry. [Luke 4:1-2]. Why was Jesus tempted by satan, and why only after 40 days He felt hungry?]
Swami replied:- The human being-component of the human incarnation...
Shri Anil Antony asked:
1. Have You converted Jesus into Hinduism by composing ‘Namavali’ on Him?
[Swami You ‘converted’ Jesus into ‘Hinduism’ by performing Yajna by composing ‘Namavali’ on Jesus. Kindly elaborate this incident.]
Swami replied:- When some devotee told Me that Christians are converting Hindus into Christianity, I told him in a light vein that I am converting Jesus Christ Himself into Hindu! I performed a sacrifice, which is the main...
1. I request You to give the essence of the following verse.
[Shri Anil Antony asked: Paadanamaskaaram Swami, few verses from Quran and Hadith are given below. I request You to give the essence of these verses. At Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil.
1. And [they] said, ‘Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah. But they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble...
Shri Anil asked:- In the Bible, after rising from death, Jesus appeared to His disciples and He spoke to Peter as follows. Why did Jesus ask Peter the following 3 times? At Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil.
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord, You know that I love You.” He said to him, “Feed My lambs.” He then said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love Me...
1. Is the following verse of the Rig Veda referring to Jesus?
[Shri Anil asked: Jesus in Vedas. Padanamaskaram Swami, I happen to watch a video in which the preacher says that Jesus is mentioned in the Vedas as per the following verses, hence Jesus is the only saviour to the mankind. Swami kindly give Your responses to the following, at Your Lotus Divine Feet-anil.
Rig Veda 10:90:7: A sacrificial animal (goat) should be without a blemish. A bush (balusu) be placed around its Head. To be bound to a sacrificial (wooden) post/tree...
[Shri Anil Antony asked: Swami can You please co-relate the following verse from the Bible with Your recent reply to Miss Thrylokya on the question How, the son of God, is God Himself dated 16/08/2024?
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind...
1. Why does Jesus need Judas for His betrayal? Judas acted only as an instrument. Is he a sinner?
[Shri Anil Antony asked:- Padanamaskaram Swami, please give Your replies to the following questions. At Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil. An advocate asked the following question. Jesus is God. His crucifixion is foretold in the Bible. In such a case, why did Jesus need Judas for His betrayal? Judas ac...ted only as an instrument
[Shri Phani asked:- One Christian scolded the Hindu God since some devotees were killed in a temple. He said that the Hindu God is inefficient. I also told that Jesus could not protect Himself from Christian Popes. Will Jesus become angry with me?]
Swami replied:- There was a case in which Christians in a church were killed by terrorists. The same question...
1. What is the reason for the different scriptures for Jews, Christians and Muslims even though their lineage is the same?
[Shri Anil Antony asked: Jews do not accept any Prophet after Moses and their scripture is Torah. Christians accept Jesus as God in human form and the scripture they follow is the Bible. Islam accepts all the prophets till Muhammad and their scripture is the Quran. Even though all 3 are from the same lineage...
[Shri Anil Antony asked: Padanamaskaram Swami, I request You to answer the following questions raised in a discussion forum. At Your Lotus Feet-anil.]
1. What does it mean that Jesus says I am the Alpha and the Omega -- the Beginning and End -- the First and the Last. (Revelation 22:13)?
Swami replied:- God is the beginning since He created the creation...
1. Can someone believe in the Bible but not in God? What would be the implications of this belief?
Swami replied:- The aim of any religious scripture is to establish the existence of God...
1. How does the concept of the Trinity impact our understanding of God's nature and His relationship with us?
Swami replied:- God creates, maintains and destroys the creation along with all ordinary human beings like us and this is the Trinity...
[A question by Shri Anil Antony]
Swami replied:- Jesus is the incarnation of God on this earth. Hence, He has no fear for death. He came to the earth to preach true spiritual knowledge and He will not accept the false spiritual knowledge of the priests. Just to escape from death, He will not yield to the pressure of priests, who proposed their false spiritual knowledge to be accepted by Him. His very purpose of the divine incarnation...
[A question by Shri Anil]
Swami replied:- The human incarnation suffers just like the ordinary human being. In the process of suffering, there is no difference between the incarnation and human being. The difference is only in the final fruit of suffering. In the case of the suffering of an ordinary human being, the fruit of such suffering...
[Dr. Nikhil asked: Padanamaskarams Swamiji, I seek Your kind clarification on the following question. Your servant, Nikhil.
A renowned Christian philosopher claims that there is a fundamental difference between Christianity and other monotheistic religions such as Judaism and Islam. He says that Christianity is an acceptance-based religion, whereas the other monotheistic religions...
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