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All the religions in the world are different feathers of the same bird i.e., different colors on the same God. There is only one God and there is only one universe. Similarly, man is also one. Man should aim for that one God. Man should belong to all the religions in the universe. He should pick up the diamonds of all religions and use them in his spiritual path. One can have love towards his nation. Every nation has some physical boundaries. All people living in that nation...
Dr. Nikhil asked: What are the various main misunderstood interpretations in Hinduism?
Shri Swami replied: 1) Unimaginable God: a) This is a misunderstanding in all the religions including Hinduism. This space, which is subtle energy, is infinite. This infinity is not the absolute inherent characteristic of the space. It means that the space is not infinite by itself. The space is generated from the unimaginable God. If you reach the boundary of the space, you touch God like...
Swami replied:- The Gita says that the caste is based on the qualities and profession (Guna Karma Vibhagashah) of the person. [The four castes...
Shri Hrushikesh asked: Why do Your photographs on Your website show You mostly as a Hindu even though You preach about Universal Spirituality?
Swami replied: Universal Spirituality or Universal Religion is like the central government of India and the specific religion followed by any person, is like the state government of any one state in India. The citizen belongs to both the central and state governments simultaneously. This means that you can be a follower of Universal Religion while still being a follower of your own religion. Universal Religion pervades all religions in the world...
Swami replied:- The whole life of Rama is simply based on action i.e., Karma Yoga. He is an incarnation of Lord Datta. Datta means practical...
Meaning of Light: The Veda says ‘Param Jyotih’. Brahma Sutra says ‘Jyoti radhikaraṇāt’. This means that whenever that word light comes, it means only God. In the ancient times light was lit using ghee or oil. Neither the kerosene nor current was present at that time. In the evening time when darkness comes the light was lit and it was a necessity. In such light they use to bring the concept of God. Due to light, darkness vanishes...
[Christmas message] Swami is giving separate lectures to devotees on the eve of coming Christmas. Some Christians have become devotees of Swami because they have experienced the miracles of Swami in several aspects. One of the Christian Devotees got the vision as Holy Jesus from Swami. In these discourses the statements in the Holy Bible are explained in the light of the Vedas and the Bhagavad Gita. Swami says, “These discourses will bring a co-ordination between Hinduism and Christianity. The messages of Hindu saint...
Abstract for conference on the Bhagavatam at Coimbatore] All the three sacred epics of Hinduism (the Ramayanam, the Bharatam and the Bhagavatam) deal with the main concept, which is the contemporary human incarnation of the unimaginable God on this earth for the sake of humanity. Unfortunately, this main point is not impressed in our minds so far in spite ...
The Bhagavadgita says that nobody knows God (Māṃ tu veda na kaścana). The Veda says that words, mind, intelligence, logic and even imagination (Yato vācaḥ, Manasā saha, Na medhayā, Naiṣā tarkeṇa) cannot touch God. The Veda also says that if one knows that God is unknown, he knows at least something about God (Yasyā mataṃ tasya matam). But the same Veda says that God is present on this earth itself (Yat sākṣāt aparokṣāt)...
How to Please God?
To reach and see God is not important. Even demons have seen God very closely but they were destroyed finally because God was not really pleased with them. These demons did penance and got boons by force. Their penance was only chanting the name of the God and meditation. So, they sacrificed only words and mind. They never sacrificed anything practically by participating in the mission of the Lord. Therefore, the people who want to get boons from the Lord by sacrificing just words and mind only are by no means different from the demons. Today people are sacrificing...
Significance of Temples
[Durgashtami Message] Why there is so much rush in the temples? There is only one reason. People think that if they go to the temples they can escape from the difficulties, which are the fruits of their sins. They are also thinking that they can also get the benefits, which are the fruits of good deeds, which in fact they have not performed. This is not true. Scriptures say “Avaśyam anubhoktavyam”. That means we must...
Vedas And Shlokas: Shlokas are verses in Sanskrit, which can be composed by any Sanskrit scholar and cannot be the authority. The present Hindu is unable to distinguish the Veda and Shloka. Anything read in Sanskrit is Veda for him! Anything read in English is not the Holy Bible! Merchants and Sanskrit scholars colluded and constructed this bad tradition. Merchants of flowers, coconuts, oil and camphor are doing the business in the temple. A devotee is giving Rs. 10/- to these merchants...
Astrologers And Priests
When a policeman beats a thief with his stick, he should not think that the stick is beating him. Of course, the stick is directly beating him, but the stick is inert and cannot beat him by itself. Only the policeman is beating him through the stick. If the thief prays the stick, there is no use. If he prays the uniform of the policeman then also there is no use. Only he should pray the policeman who wears...
Destroying the Buffalo
Today is Vijaya Dashami festival. Today Goddess Durga got victory over Mahishasura. Durga represents the highest power that is knowledge. Mahisha represents the foolish rigidity of blind tradition. On the Mahisha Yama Dharma Raja is sitting. Yama means the rules and regulations imparted by the tradition. Dharma means the age-old practice. Raja means the strictness and egoism. Therefore, Mahisha...
Light and Darkness: Shiva is knowledge (Jnanam Maheswaraat ichchhet). Knowledge is sattvam (Satvaat sanjaayate jnaanam). Sattvam is light (Prakaasa upajaayate, Vivruddham sattvamityuta). Therefore, Shiva is light and is white in colour. Science says that light energy is in the form of waves. The Shiva Linga (symbol of Shiva) is in the form of a wave. In the word ‘Shiva Raatri’, ‘raatri’ means tamas (darkness or ignorance). The Lord is controlling both...
Today even a mosquito is killing the man by giving dangerous fever. The man used to say, “I will quash you like a mosquito.” This means that mosquito is the most negligible creature. But today the mosquito has become an instrument of Yama to kill the people! What is the reason for this? The situation is reversed. The souls must realize now about their own real strength. It has become zero. If the zero has a number behind it, it gets value of ten, hundred, thousand etc. But when the number becomes absent, any number of zeros is zero only. The soul becomes hero when it is backed by God. Arjuna realized this after the exit of Krishna...
[The rituals are the occasions of propagating spiritual knowledge and devotion to God in the minds of people for which reason only many people assemble on such occasions. Today, the priests are not doing this actual work and they are only reciting blindly the Vedic hymns in Sanskrit. Neither readers nor audience know the meaning...
Shri P. V. N. M. Sharma asked Shri Swami to explain the significance of the Ramayanam in the spiritual knowledge. Given below is the reply of Shri Swami.
The Ramayanam provides guidance in worldly life (pravrutti) and it internally shows the path of spiritual life (nivrutti) also because the name of Rama is recognized as the path of total salvation (Taraka Mantra). There are three levels of souls. These levels are linked with the qualities of the souls and not with the form of the physical body. These three levels are:
Kishore Ram asked: Please explain the inner essence of the worship of Lord Satya Narayana, which is frequently done by several people in this country.
Swami Replied: A few days back, one person came to My house requesting Me to act as a priest for this worship saying that on that day priests were not available. I agreed to be the priest. Then, he asked Me “How much is Your fees?”. I replied “the fees is according to your capacity (Yathaa Shakti) and according to your impression on Me (Yathaa Bhakti). Between these two, whichever is lower, that must be followed by you. I will explain this point. You may have high capacity (100 rupees) but if you have a low impression about Me (10 rupees), you must give as per the low impression (10 rupees). If you have low capacity (10 rupees) and have high impression about Me...
[Shri Sharath V asked:- Shashtanga Pranamas to Sri Swamiji,
In the philosophical world, the subject of Karthrutva (doership) and Karma is profoundly complex. Are all actions performed by the Jiva (individual soul), or by Paramatma? Is the Jiva svatantra (independent), or paratantra (dependent)?
The Rigveda says न ऋते त्वत्क्रियते किञ्चनारे महामर्कं मघवञ्चित्रमर्च (1.84)...
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