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In some cases, as the desires get fulfilled, more desires flare up and the unreal devotion to God for the sake of getting boons continues. It means that the first line of treatment has been ineffective. Then the second line of treatment is started. This treatment takes an offensive approach. God...

Spiritual knowledge means (i) knowing the details of the personality of God, (ii) knowing that the soul is not God and (iii) knowing the real path by which God will be really pleased. Once you know that you are not God, there will be interest to know about God about whom several people in this...

DEVOTION TO GOD IS TOPMOST The practical spiritual knowledge, which is the essence of the Gita and other scriptures is that you should approach God simply by your attraction to God (based on His Divine personality that is expressed through several stories presented in scriptures), which is...

Unity in sub religions of hinduism In ancient India, there were four main sub-religions and they are: (1) Śākteyam, which is the worship of God in feminine form as Śakti. (2) Hairaṇyagarbham or Brāhmam, which is worship of God as Brahmā. (3) Vaiṣṇavam, which is the worship of God as Viṣṇu. (4)...

WHY DID GOD EXPRESS HIMSELF IN DIFFERENT FORMS IN A SINGLE HINDU RELIGION IN INDIA? Why did God express Himself in different forms in a single Hindu religion in India? In the universe, God expressed Himself in a single form in every religion. In Christianity, there is only one expressed form...

Liberation Liberation while associating with gross body and without it shall be analyzed carefully along with total liberation. [Mukti means simply liberation. Jevanmukti means liberation from the bond of fascination to worldly bonds here while this gross body is alive in this life itself...

SALVATION Salvation means simply liberation. Generally, devotees pray God for salvation. But, they don’t know from what they desire the salvation! The word salvation is a general word. When You specify the item from which You desire the salvation or liberation, the meaning of the word...

In ancient India, there were four main sub-religions and they are: (1) Śākteyam, which is the worship of God in feminine form as Śakti. (2) Hairaṇyagarbham or Brāhmam, which is worship of God as Brahmā. (3) Vaiṣṇavam, which is the worship of God as Viṣṇu. (4) Śaivam, which is the worship of God...

The unimaginable God and His unimaginable power (māyā) are one and the same, whereas God’s imaginable power is different from Him. It has undergone modification to become creation (prakṛti) or it appears to be creation. How the unimaginable God possesses an imaginable power, which is different...

WHY DID GOD EXPRESS HIMSELF IN DIFFERENT FORMS IN A SINGLE HINDU RELIGION IN INDIA? Why did God express Himself in different forms in a single Hindu religion in India? In the universe, God expressed Himself in a single form in every religion. In Christianity, there is only one expressed form...

REBIRTH Hinduism believes in rebirth of the soul. Christianity and Islam do not believe in rebirth. Thus, both these are extreme contradicting concepts without the Aristotle’s middle golden path. This means that there are three possibilities: 1) Every soul has rebirth, 2) Every soul has no...

This worldly illusion (Maya) will be running before you, like your shadow, so that you always fail to capture it. If you turn to opposite side (since God and world are opposite as said above), the same shadow will run after you like your pet dog. If you get depression or fear or tension in your...

THE VEDA SAYS THAT GOD AND WORLD ARE OPPOSITE TO EACH OTHER LIKE NORTH AND SOUTH POLES The Veda says that God and world are opposite to each other like North and South poles (duramete...). Both God and world are the two election candidates competing with each other standing for your vote...

You need not change your own religion. God is the same in all religions. You can stay in your religion at the same time you can learn divine knowledge of God. The Universal Spirituality is the basic universal knowledge or philosophy. The one God, who created this entire creation and who is the...

When your devotion increases sufficiently, you may get spiritual knowledge from God. The spiritual knowledge is the only solution that will reform you permanently. Once you have reformed permanently, there is no further need to punish you. So, all the pending punishments, which had been...

Punishments Cancelled Upon Reformation; Not by Worship Now let us take the issue raised by you. You are wondering how the punishments for one’s sins, which come in the form of worldly problems, get cancelled by worshiping the planets or God? Are we trying to flatter the planets or God, so that...

Shri Swami’s Father: A Great Astrologer My father was a very famous astrologer. He never said that the planet should be worshiped through a priest. He always advised the clients to directly perform the worship of the planets on their own. The priest will not have much interest in your issue...

SHALL WE BELIEVE IN ASTROLOGY OR NOT? Astrology is a part of the subject of God (spiritual philosophy) although it is often misunderstood to be a field unrelated to the subject of God. You must also distinguish between astronomy and astrology. Astronomy deals with the inert planets that we see...

Was Jesus God? [Mr Antony said that one of his friends argued that since Jesus submitted His soul to God, He cannot be God.] You are giving value to one statement of Jesus and you are not giving value to another statement of the same Jesus. Jesus also said that He and His Father are one and...

You must not kill any living being for the sake of your food. () The killing is the greatest sin () You must not kill any living being for the sake of your food. God has given enough vegetable food that contains all the ingredients present in the non-vegetarian food. After all...