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Swami answers a question of an Advaita follower on Brahman and Parabrahman (Part-4)
FOURTH PART: [Shri M. Gangaiah garu (Advocate and excellent scholar of Gita and Upanishads) asked:- The Veda (Mahaavaakyaas) says that the soul is God (Brahman) and awareness is Brahman. The explanation says that God became the soul by forgetting Himself and by knowing that it is God, it becomes again God. Salvation means that soul is liberated from its nature on becoming God.] Swami replied:- This is the most attracting rope (that soul is God) by which any soul, especially an atheist is attracted. In this theory, there is no need of any effort and by simply knowing that one is God, the soul must become God. I may forget some parts of the subject I studied, but, I (including the illiterate) never forget my identity. Only a mad person forgets his identity. Does this not mean that...
Shri RaadhaaKrishna Gita - Anu Gita: Chapter-4: The Association of Clarification of Doubts (Verses 16-33)
(Saṃśaya Samāpti vicāra Yogaḥ) Śrī Rādhā Devī Uvāca:- (Shri Radha Devi Spoke):- 16) Janmato dharma mārgasthāḥ, tvanniṣṭhās tvaṃ svarūpavān। Samāgacchasi ced yuktaṃ, tvaṃ pitā janako na yat॥ [All the above said 16,107 female devotees are strictly clinging to the justice of Pravṛtti from their births. I feel that marrying them through Your multiplied real forms will be the real justice. They are not related to Duṣpravṛtti...
Why was Renuka punished practically for her theoretical sin?
[Ms. Saatvika asked:- Paadanamaskaram Swami, I have following doubt from an excerpt from Your discourse (link- https://www.universal-spirituality.org/discourses/essence-of-religious-scriptures---ii--812--1511--ENG). "The husband or wife gets attracted by a better ‘total personality’ of opposite sex, whom he or she meets in life. Mental attraction is hidden by several people by controlling their words. Words and actions of the body are inert and do not participate in the sin. When this body, which spoke or did some wrong activity is left over here [death], the soul is taken to hell in some other energetic body and is punished...
Swami answers questions of Smt. Chhanda (Part-1)
1. Are the meanings of Vairagya and Samnyaasa more or less same? [Smt. Chhanda asked:- Paadanamaskaram my Lord Krishna! Please enlighten me by clarifying my following ignorance: By reading a discourse given by You, I got an understanding that the meanings of Vairagya and Samnyaasa are more or less same? As per my understanding, they are different. Please clarify. The discourse follows: “…Scholars are also confused about the meaning of the word ‘Vairagya’. This word is used in the meaning of special love or broken love. In other words, the word ‘Vairagya’ has two meanings...
Swami answers questions of Shri Hrushikesh
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...
Swami answers a question of an Advaita follower on Brahman and Parabrahman (Part-2)
SECOND PART [Phani:- How can we correlate the concepts of God and Mithyaa nature of world etc., in the philosophies of the three preachers (Shankara, Ramanuja and Madhva) in this context?] Swami replied:- The basic unimaginable dualism (that unimaginable God can separate from Īśvara if wishes even though He never separates) made Shankara to stick to unimaginable God before creation only called as Nirguna Brahman...
More clarification on Turiiya Aashrama
Shri Lakshman asked:- Padanamaskaaram Swami. I have a question regarding Your recent reply to Smt. Chhanda’s question in which You said that since all the four aashramas are different from each other, God Datta can’t be in all the aashramas at the same time, which brings the unimaginable nature to His aashrama that was called by Him as Turiiya Aashrama. I felt it should be that He can be...
మరచిపోకుము దత్తుని మంచిమాట (Part-21)
సాధువంచనా హింసలే సత్యమఘము, తన్నివారణ పుణ్యంబు, ధర్మకర్మి సహకరించిన పరమాత్మ సంతసించు, మరచిపోకుము దత్తుని మంచిమాట. ॥116॥ తా॥ సాధువులను వంచించుట, హింసించుటయే నిజమైన పాపము. అట్టి పాపమును జరుగకుండా నివారించుటయే పుణ్యము. ఈ పుణ్యమును చేయువాడే ధర్మమును ఆచరించినవాడు. పరుల విషయము నాకెందుకని ఉపేక్షసేయక, కలుగజేసుకొని...
Is it true that wealthy people who hire workers at lower wages do not incur sin if the worker agrees?
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...
Avidyaa and the States of Consciousness (Part-1)
Dr. Nikhil asked (on phone):- Advaitins say that the subtle body is made of thoughts (vāsanās) and the causal body is made of ignorance (avidyā). Can You please clarify this point? FIRST PART: The Four States Analysis Applies Only to an Incarnation Swami replied: O Learned and Devoted Servants of God! In the case of a human being, the gross body is made of the five elements or matter, the subtle body is made of inert energy and the causal body is made of awareness in the form of thoughts or qualities (Vaasanas). These thoughts (forms of awareness) are the cause of the entire behavior of the individual soul and hence, this body can be called...
Swami Guiding a Professor in Conducting a Course on Spiritual Knowledge (Part-2)
SECOND PART: After bringing realisation about the existence of unimaginable God, who is responsible for the unimaginable nature of the first mediated energetic incarnation called Datta or Father of Heaven, subsequent energetic incarnations for the upper worlds and materialised Human incarnations for the Earth, must be explained. The ego and jealousy of human beings towards common medium resulting...
Swami answers questions forwarded by Shri Anil Antony (Part-1)
1. I want Krishna as My husband. What should I do? [Shri Anil Antony asked:- Padanamaskaram Swami. Some questions from the internet are given below. Please give answer to them. At Your Divine Lotus Feet-anil. I am 31 years old. I love Lord Krishna. When I saw His picture, my eyes filled with tears. I play with His cheeks and I hug Him. I want Him as My husband. What should I do?] Swami replied:- In love, there is no lust. Love is true and eternal, which is irrespective of age. Lust is concerned with youth. Krishna is God. When you love God, you should not have aspiration for any selfish pleasure. Love is sacrifice...
Swami Guiding a Professor in Conducting a Course on Spiritual Knowledge (Part-1)
[Dr Nikhil asked:- I like to conduct a course for students in Spiritual Knowledge and I request You to give suggestions for this program.] FIRST PART: Existence of unimaginable God and hell :- Swami replied:- Tell Me whether a serpent-child is soft or an older cow. We can’t say that all children are good and all elders are bad. The goodness or badness depends upon the mental setup with which a soul is taking birth in this world. In the same mental setup, age can be considered. An elder serpent is more dangerous than a child serpent. A child-cow is more soft than a grown up cow...
Swami answers questions forwarded by Shri Anil Antony (Part-2)
Shri Anil Antony asked:- 11. In Hinduism, what is the meaning of seeing a lizard constantly in the wash? Swami replied:- There are certain traditional believes about the falling of lizard. Different places of the body touched by the lizard are said to be associated with different results. This is not an important topic because this is...
Satsanga During Shri Satya Narayana Vratam on 19-03-2026
[His Holiness Shri Datta Swami has conducted the worship of Shri Satya Narayana Swami as the Priest on 19th March 2026, after the marriage of Dr. Geetha Lahari (Yashoda Hospital) and Shri Vishnu (IT Professional). Many devotees have attended the worship and few flashes of the spiritual knowledge radiated from Swami’s mouth are presented here.] 1. Why do we call the God as Satya Narayana instead of simply calling as Narayana? The extra word ‘Satya’ means the essence of Narayana. It means that the actual (satya) form of God Narayana or God Vishnu is feminine Shakti. This worship is recommended to be done in the night and not during the day time since the scripture says “Take bath in the evening and start the worship when night begins.” (Sāyaṃ kāle punaḥ snātvā, yajet Devaṃ niśā mukhe– First Chapter...