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(Some of my friends and colleagues have asked these personal questions about their worldly life and family life. I have sent those questions to His Holiness Shri Datta Swami to seek the spiritual answers and the answers are given by Him as below. The devotees want to stay anonymous and hence, their names are not mentioned. Swami again and again stressed that in the context of any problem, when we study spiritual knowledge about God, all these ignorant questions will not arise in the mind and chanting the Maha Mantra "Shri Anjaneya Shri Subrahmanya" will resolve all kinds of worldly problems. - Ms. Thrylokya)
1. Why is God testing me so much with difficulties?
[Devotee-1 (Female) asked:- My life has never been good since 15 years after my marriage. I am constantly undergoing some problem all the time. As soon as one problem ends, another problem starts. I worship God every day without fail. Whenever I get time, the name of God comes to my mind spontaneously. Why is God testing me so much with difficulties?]
Swami replied:- You stop worshipping God for some time and see how the intensity of your problems will increase. Then, you will not get this question in your mind. Problems come due to your own bad deeds done...
[Shri Anil Antony asked]
Swami replied:- Out of nine planets, five are called auspicious planets and the rest four are called as malefic planets. This does not mean that five planets are good and four planets are bad. It only means that five planets work in giving good fruits and four planets work in giving bad fruits. The four malefic planets are Shani, Kuja, Rahu and Ketu. Shani is pacified by worshipping God Hanuman...
1. What truly matters while choosing a life partner?
[Ms. Amudha Sambath asked: Pada Namaskaram Bhagavan Shri Datta Swami🙏🏻🙇🏻♀️ Swami, I seek Your kind guidance. I am struggling to trust and accept people, especially while thinking about marriage. You have taught that while selecting a life partner, we must mainly check two qualities:
1. The person is a true believer of God, 2. The person has belief in God’s administration....
1. What is the time period for a Jiiva to live on this earth? Does this differ from one to the other?
[Shri Hrushikesh asked:- Dear Swami, My friend Deepika has asked the following questions. I request you to kindly enlighten us with the answers. What is the time period for a Jeeva to live on this earth? Does this differ from one Jeeva to another? What factors influence the increase or decrease in the time a Jeeva spends on earth? Who decides these factors, and on what basis?]
Swami replied:- Generally, the human longevity is in the range of 80 to 90 years. There will be differences in the longevity among the souls, which is based on several factors. For example, the scripture...
Shri Yash asked:- Namaste Swami, Please clarify the below doubts regarding the rules of pravrutti (worldly conduct). Some start-up companies offer lower salaries to employees. Similarly, some households pay lower wages to domestic helpers such as cooks, cleaners, and washermen. In many other situations also, wages and payments vary. For example, in clothing shops or shopping malls, some employees...
1. If Pravrutti is full of selfishness, then how can there be justice?
Smt. Chhandaa asked:- Padanamaskaram to my Almighty. Request You to kindly enlighten me on the following doubts: In one of our regular satsangas You told, “Pravrutti is full of selfishness.” Most of the time we experience this. We also learnt from Your knowledge that Pravrutti is the justified life meaning justice has to be followed among the souls. If it is full of selfishness, then how can there...
Smt. Lakshmi Lavanya K asked:- Namaste Swami. You talked about the ‘Evil Eye’. If I feel jealousy that I am able to live so peacefully because of the miracles happening in my life due to my faith in God, will I still get the result of that evil eye? Many people around me judge me as not being what they like, not being under their control and everything going wrong in my life. I will accept whatever ...
[Ms. Kiranmai asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami, Yesterday was ShivaRatri and I already read in Your Preaching on Your website that one should not do fasting because he/she will not have energy to worship God. Also, if one does fasting, it is said that he/she eats one's own excretory matter leftover in the last part of digestive system called rectum. You sarcastically commented that the person...
[Ms. Thrylokya asked:- Paadanamaskaaram Swami. An older devotee approached for an advice to divide his property between his two children. I request You to please enlighten us about how to follow justice in division of wealth among children.]
Swami replied:- The Veda says that the parents shall give property, gold and money equally to all the children irrespective of male and female gender (Manuḥ putrebhyo dāya madāt). The word 'putra' means both...
1. When is the right situation to ask You something and when can we do Your service without consulting You?
[Shri Ramakanth asked:- Paadanamaskaaram, Swami. My humble salutations at Your Lotus feet🙏. I have already asked You this question, so I sincerely apologise for asking You the same question again. When I associate with few devotees for the opportunity to contribute to Your divine service, I am being told to get Your permission and only then, they will involve me in Your service. First time, I phoned to You for permission...
[This Satsanga (spiritual discussion) with His Holiness Shri Datta Swami happened at Hyderabad on 11th October 2025. Many local devotees attended this Satsanga including Ms. Thrylokya, Smt. Annapurna, Shri PVNM Sarma, Shri Hrushikesh, Smt. Vaishnavi, Shri Karthik, Smt. Suma Lavanya etc.]
1. How to correlate this concept of ‘Evil Eye’ with the concept of ‘Cycle of deeds’?
[Devotee asked:- Swami, a Guru told us that we are suffering from Nara Drushti (also called as “evil eye”) referring to the negative energy or gaze cast by others due to their jealousy on us. But, You have clearly explained...
1. How to keep faith in God when He is not saving kids from getting raped?
[Jinia Islam asked (Forwarded by Shri Hrushikesh):- I am finding it hard to keep faith in God as even people with good intentions like kids are getting raped or killed in wars or plane crash. If God is the ultimate supreme power, why can’t He save them?]
Swami replied:- Why don’t you criticize a judge, who is killing people by granting death punishment? Here, he is seen directly killing the people. You may answer that since they are criminals...
Ms. Kiranmai asked:- Padanamaskaram Swami! I read Shri Guru Charithra whenever I feel low, everytime I read I get stuck at one adhyayam where a Chandala recalls past lives after Shri Nrusimha Saraswati Swami places vibhuti on him. He learns he was once a Brahmin but is now born as a chandala, Swami tells the reason is due to abandoning his parents. If castes are formed out of the interest in a field one chooses...
1. Will You please explain what are the characteristics of each worldly bond?
[Shri Uday Boya asked: Padanamaskaram Swami! In yoga, wheels or lotus flowers represent strong worldly bonds such as Mother, Father, Life partner, Child, False preacher. Will You please explain what are the characteristics of each bond which helps me to self-analyse my progress!]
Swami replied:- Dhaneshanaa, the bond with wealth has no significance at all if the spouse...
1. What is meant by liberation from cycle of deeds or bond of deeds?
[Shri Avinash Kakumanu asked: Namaskaram Swami, This is asked in reference to points 24 and 26 in Part 1, Chapter 1 of Sri Dattaguru Bhagavad Gita. What exactly is meant by liberation from cycle of deeds or bond of deeds? For liberated souls, how does the deed “fruit and deed” thought cycle behave? Is it different from other souls? When You said, I will liberate only My servant, does...
Smt. Sudharani asked: Padanamaskaram Swami. Thank You Swami for caring and nurturing me every minute. Swami, sage Durvaasa could transform his anger into continuous love in his next birth as Radha. Is such an extremely opposite quality modification possible in the case of an ordinary soul...
(Many local devotees have attended this Satsanga given by His Holiness Shri Datta Swami)
Health is the real wealth. The essence of the ancient science of ‘Ayurveda’ is that a healthy person attains longevity in life and this longevity must be utilised in the service of God to please God and earn His grace so that the soul is protected here while alive as well as in the upper worlds after death. God’s grace is important not only to attain salvation in spiritual life (Nivrutti), but also to attain...
[Shri Kunal Chatterjee asked:- Today, a lot of corruption and wrong thinking of human beings exist everywhere in the world. What is the solution for this?[
Swami replied:- In the beginning of the creation, for a long time (Kruta Yuga, which was for 17 lakhs years), there was lot of discipline everywhere. Slowly, the human beings got bored with the routine and strict discipline...
1. Kindly guide us if it is a sin to drink non-veg. milk.
[Shri Hrushikesh asked: Dear Swami, Request you to kindly answer the below question.
In the recent past there has been a lot of debate about the Non-veg milk. Non-veg milk refers to milk from cows that have been fed feed containing animal byproducts like bone meal...
Shri Kenan Waked asked: Swami please guide me...Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba always insisted on not asking for material desires. But now I have become 35 years and because of my poverty, I started doubting myself and deservedness...
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