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[A devotee, Shri G. Lakshman asked Swami "What is the use of the form of God, when I can experience God directly as I came to know His qualities". Swami replied to his question by a spontaneous discourse in two parts.
Shri. G. Lakshman is an excellent devotee having the craze for divine knowledge. When he hears the divine knowledge, he does not eat or sleep. He donates lot of money for the propagation of this divine knowledge in the service of Lord Datta. Recently Swami gave him a vision of Lord Ananta Padmanabha for a long time and he was immersed in the infinite bliss for several days.]
The Only Technique - I: Let us assume that Parabrahma is the fire. The qualities of Parabrahma like knowledge, bliss and love put together can be assumed as the heat. Let us assume the human incarnation as a wire. Unless you have experience you cannot have the knowledge. The Vedas, the Shastras and logic should also support the experience. Otherwise a mad fellow may experience some false thing that cannot be taken...
The incarnation of God concentrates more on rich people, than the poor people. People are criticizing for this. But remember, that all the human beings are the children of God. Father concentrates on the child, who is suffering with cancer. Though cancer is incurable, still the father attempts to do something for the child. He is more concerned with that child and pays more attention...
The same Swami appeared in the decorations of Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha, Scientist, Rama, Krishna, Shiva etc., to show that the same God exists in different incarnations. Unfortunately in the pictures of Gods [or the past human incarnations] such a concept is not obvious. When we see different pictures or images of Gods, they appear quite different from each other and give the psychological impression that the ‘Gods’ are different. Even in Hinduism, in which the same God is supposed to have taken different forms, this concept is not clearly reflected...
Kum. Laxmi Thrylokya: If a person has prayed to God that the person will donate his or her hair to God at a holy temple after successfully overcoming a certain situation, can the person skip the donation of hair in that temple and instead donate it to any cancer foundation with inner devotion to God? After knowing the truth that God resides in the Human Incarnation, is doing puja everyday at home compulsory?
Swami replied: Donation for some useful purpose such as to the poor or to sick people in need is always a better idea. It is more valid than donating to a temple in which our donation may or may not be used...
Shri Hrushikesh asked: Among the various forms of God, why do You only stress on the form of God Datta?
Swami replied: The absolute God, being beyond matter, energy, time, and space, cannot be perceived by us. He cannot even be imagined by us. Datta means the Unimaginable God who has ‘given’ Himself to souls, by entering into a medium and allowing souls to perceive Him. Datta is the first Energetic Incarnation of God in the upper world. Datta is not limited to any one specific religion. Datta, this First Incarnation of God, enters into other energetic...
The unimaginable God requires a medium for expression. When the medium is charged by God, the medium is treated as God directly and service to such medium is the direct service to God. When the current charges the wire, touching the live wire is touching the current only. But if you touch the picture of a live wire on a paper, you are not touching the current. It is only an indirect representative...
When you see your son, your love flows on him spontaneously. Do you love him, since he serves you? No. Even if he beats you, you love him and you give your property to him only. But, what about God? You love Him only because He removes your difficulties and gives you benefits. If He keeps silent to your prayers, you will remove His photo and put another photo of God. If He gives troubles to your prayers...
[Shri Ramanath asked Swami whether Akkalkot Maharaj whose birth is not known is the fullest human incarnation as His devotees say. Following is Swami’s reply]:
For any concept, the scripture is valued. Otherwise everybody speaks whatever he likes and gives his own logic. The advocate has to quote the constitution and apply the logic in that line. Otherwise the argument has no base. The scriptures say that Sri Krishna is the fullest human incarnation (Shri Krishno Nanya Evahi). This is agreed by all since it has scriptural basis. But Krishna was born to Devaki. Therefore, the concept of fullest human incarnation...
[Mr. Kenan from Syria asked:- Please can I ask our dearest Avatar about the difference between The Dalai Lama and Sathya Sai Baba. What is the difference between incarnation and Avatar?]
Swami replied:- Shri Dalai Lama is the divine messenger and Shri Satya Sai Baba is divine incarnation of God in a different external human form. A great political leader sent his message through a tape recorder...
(Avatāra Vicāra Yogaḥ)
Śrī Rājīva Uvāca:-
[Shri Rajiv Spoke]:-
1) Abheda bheda carcā syāt, Avatāre paraśvadhe।
Bhedaḥ Kṛṣṇe tva bhedaś ca, Katha manyonya śatrutā?॥
[In the case of Incarnation, both difference and oneness are involved. In the case of Śrī Paraśurāma, God quits Him when the work is over. In the case of Kṛṣṇa, God exists in Him forever. Both these cases contradict...
Swami replied: I have already clarified the concept of human incarnation in the above part. God enters a deserving devotee and gets Himself...
[This speech was delivered by Shri Datta Swami at the First World Parliament on Spirituality on December 21, 2012 in Hall-3 (Socrates Hall) Session 1, at the Global Peace Auditorium, Hyderabad. It was webcast live between 11.00-13.00 hrs IST on the conference website(http://www.wpsconnect.org/home.php )]
The Human Incarnation is Most Suitable for Humans: God comes to earth to direct the spiritual aspirants to the correct path. Direction is very important. Hence, we find that the position of ‘Director’ happens to be the topmost position in any institution...
Miracles are done by God and not by individual soul (Jiiva). The Veda says that God alone does miracles (Satyakamah…). The logic in this point is that this entire creation is just His will only. This world is just imagination of God. You can do any impossible thing in your imaginary world. You can also make somebody created by you in the imaginary world to do anything. That somebody is able to do anything...
Several devotees ask Me about the truth of truth regarding Me and they are always bothered about others only and not about themselves. I do not know, how many of you can digest the truth of truth regarding Me in this minute. O.K. Let Me tell you the absolute truth regarding Myself. Did you hear about God Dattatreya? He is the energetic form into which the God (Parabrahman) entered. What is the difference between...
God and Your Efforts
The Gita says “Bahūni me” i.e., “several births have passed away for you and for Me. I remember all those but you do not remember”. Sometimes the ‘Saadhanaa’ of a devotee may be less during this birth. God shows lot of grace on that devotee. The reason for this is the penance done by that devotee during the previous births. Even that devotee forgot that penance done by him. The other devotees...
[Krishnashtami day] Krishna is not counted in the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu as per the verse “Pari Purna Tamah Sakshat….” The Ashtapadi of Jayadeva also reveals the same. Vishnu represents the quality of Sattvam. However, if you see Krishna, He exhibited all the three qualities i.e. Sattvam, Rajas and Tamas equally. Brahma stands for Rajas and Shiva stands for Tamas. Vishnu stands for maintenance and administration of creation. Brahma is the author of the constitution of creation (Veda). Shiva is the force that punishes evil. An administrator needs the knowledge of the constitution and also the potentiality of punishment and only then will the administration...
Brahman was one and alone. Only Brahman knows about Brahman and this is the meaning of the Vedic text “Brahmavit Brahmaiva Bhavati”. But this text is misinterpreted and people say that he who knows Brahman becomes Brahman. This is not correct meaning because the Veda says that Brahman cannot be known by senses or mind or intelligence or logic (Yato Vācaḥ, Na cakṣuṣā, Aprāpya manasā, Na methayā...
The association (Sanga) decides your path. Worldly people will poison you with the materialistic knowledge of this world only. Spiritual people will uplift you with the divine knowledge of the Lord. You fellow, you associate always with poisoning people since they are your kith and kin like wife, children, relatives and friends. They always inject the poison of materialism of this world into your mind so that you always think, talk and do materialistic things only. This wrong poisonous knowledge, which is called as ignorance can be cut only by the right spiritual knowledge. Knowledge leads to decision...
1. Parabrahmāvatārāḥ syuḥ, taijasāḥ mānavāḥ viśet |
Datta eva tanuṃ tau hi, tasya Dattasya caikataḥ ||
Datta is the energetic Avatāra or incarnation of the unimaginable God or Parabrahman. The latter incarnations are incarnations of Datta, which may be either energetic for the sake of energetic beings in the upper worlds or human for the sake of human beings on the earth. God Datta enters and merges with selected energetic beings or human beings to become energetic or human incarnations...
(Avatāra Vicāra Yogaḥ)
Śrī Kṛṣṇa Bhagavān uvāca:-
[God Shri Krishna spoke:-]
Caturvidhā labhante'tra, tyāge tu kāmabandhayoḥ।
Bandhāt kāmasya saṃnyāso, śreyastara iti dhṛvam॥
[There are two items:- i) Fascination to the worldly bonds that exists internally and ii) The worldly bond that exists externally. Based on the sacrifice of these two items, we get four types of devotees:- i) Those, who couldn’t sacrifice both fascinations...
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