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Removing Religious Differences
All the religions in the world are the feathers of the same bird i.e., God with different colours. There is only one God and there is only one universe. Similarly, the man is also only one. Man should aim that one God and he should belong to all the religions in the universe. He should pick up the diamonds from all the religions and use in his spiritual path. One can have love towards the nationality...
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...
Conversation between Swami and a Christian Father:
[Following is the divine experience of Shri Phani Kumar, a devotee of Swami as narrated by him.]
Recently, I had the fortune to accompany Swami in a train journey from Narasaraopet to Vijayawada. A Christian father was our co-passenger. The conversation between Swami and the Christian father took place as given below.
Father: Those who do not have faith in Jesus Christ are destined to be consigned to the flames of liquid fire in Hell. This is the declaration of our faith.
Swami: Does that mean that there is no salvation to all the devotees on this earth prior to the incarnation of Jesus Christ? If so, all those devotees were subjects of prejudice of God, as they were deprived of that revelation,..
Once you recognized Lord in human form, follow Him blindly. Hanuman followed Rama and served Him in His personal work of getting Sita. It should not be mistaken. It is clubbed with protection of the world that is killing Ravana. So, you should not analyze God. Whatever is dear to Him is Dharma and whatever is not dear to Him is Adharma. So, do what He orders you. You do it. Shirdi Sai asked a Brahmin...
[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...
Swami Replied: Universal means union of small things to make a big thing. Universal also means uniting the big things to make a bigger or biggest....
1) Yat Daivarūpa miṣṭam te, praṇama tvamaharniśam |
Avajñā pararūpasya, tava daivasya mūlataḥ ||
[Whichever form of God you like, worship it day and night. But, don’t insult other forms of God of your religion or of other religions. If you insult the other forms of God, you have insulted...
[This is the speech given by Shri Datta Swami at the First World Parliament on Spirituality on December 19, 2012 in Hall-1 (Babaji Hall), Session 9 Global Peace Auditorium, Hyderabad. It was webcast live on December 19, 2012 between 10.00-11.30 hrs IST on the conference website http://www.wpsconnect.org/home.php ]
The Veda says that God is unimaginable—beyond words, mind, intelligence and even imagination (Yato vacho…, Manasaa saha…, Yobuddheh paratah…, Atarkyah…). If God is thought to be imaginable, then due to the multiplicity in imaginable items...
This address was given to a gathering of Hindus and Christians] You are the cream of Christianity and Hinduism. In course of time the devotees of other religions will also join you and make this group a complete representative of Universal Spirituality. I wish that all of you retain the identification of your individual religions. Let this group be a chain of gems of different colours. Let not the other gems be coloured by white paint so that the whole chain can become a garland of only white gems. Let the pearls remain in the garland, which are white in colour. Let them not insist that the other gems also be coloured by white paint. A chain with different coloured gems looks more beautiful than a chain of mere pearls. The thread running through all these gems is Universal Spirituality. Religion is a gem with a particular colour. Spirituality is the thread that is holding...
God gives value for the spiritual knowledge contained in the religion. Religion is the external cup and spiritual knowledge is the internal material supplied to the customer in the hotel. The customer pays for the internal material and not for the external cup. The sweet Payasam in the cheap ceramic cup will have high payment. The cheap drinking water given in costly golden cup has no payment at all. The customer takes the material only and not the container. Similarly, the spiritual knowledge alone follows the soul from birth to birth and not the religion. When the external body is left over here, the soul raises up in a new energetic body. The soul in the new energetic body is associated with the spiritual knowledge...
Trailokyā Uvāca:-
1) Datta! Sadguṇavārāśe!, praśaṃsārhā'smi natvaham |
Haindavasyeva kiṃ sādhyaḥ, vaiśvo mata samanvayaḥ? ||
[Ms. Trailokya asked:- O God Datta! You are the ocean of good qualities. I am not eligible for Your praise. Is it possible to unite all worldly religions like the sub-religions of Hinduism...
1. Bhinnajñānāni cāṅgānām, aṅgī hastī sa bhidyate |
Jñeyaprakaraṇe bhinne, tattadanvaya ujjhitaḥ ||
[All the ancient philosophers, who developed various theories are quarrelling with each other because the concept of totality is missing. Every theory is correct when it is applied to a part of the total concept as in the case of blind people studying the form of an elephant by touching different parts of the elephant (Andhagaja nyāya). The elephant is like a pillar if its leg is touched. The same elephant...
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