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If you lead a virtuous life and die, you will die as a good man, not as a saint. You will not
attain Moksha.
You have hundreds of good men. But, how many saints have you got? Even real
aspirants are rare in the world now. Even in your category of “good men”, there are grades.
How many good men have you got of Gandhiji’s type?
What do your good men do? They may be truthful and noble; they may be charitable and
pious. But, even they will be selfish at the core. They will hoard wealth and look after onl
To understand this you should resort to Satsang and study of scriptures. An intellect that
is clouded by all sorts of desires and evil Samskaras will not be able to grasp even the need for
Moksha. Such an intellect is Asuric. Read the Gita. Attend Satsang. Listen to the discourses of
saints and Sannyasins. Then Viveka will arise in you. You will understand that this world is full
of pain and sorrow. The bungalow, the motor-car, the little position and the small salary that you
are having now will no
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Yes, yes. That is the Tutelary Deity or Ishta Devata. The mind cannot all at once rise
beyond itself. The ego will seldom cut its own throat. Your consciousness will find it a hard
task to realize the Cosmic Consciousness. Therefore the Name and the Form of a Deity are
chosen to meditate upon. In due time, this Deity will manifest Itself before you and do the work
of annihilating the ego and the mind, enabling you to realize Cosmic Consciousness.
From "May I answer that" by Swami Sivananda (1987-196
There is no man in the world who is not divine by nature. The divinity in man differs
only in degree, but not in kind. Even the so-called atheist has got a ray of divinity in him. No
man is devoid of the three Gunas¾Sattva, Rajas and Tamas¾in varying proportions. Whether
one is a skeptic or an atheist or a nihilist or some other, that portion of Sattva that abides in man
helps him do some virtuous actions, which result in further actions of like nature, either in this
birth or in some future births.
I feel that they are not worth studying, since they do not contain the element that would satisfy my hungering soul.
Beloved child! It is too early for you to renounce the world. Besides, you have got your
parents. You should serve them nicely. Earn your livelihood by honest means. Work hard. At
the same time, adopt the Nimitta Bhav: work as an instrument in His hands. Cultivate this.
Carry on your studies also. No doubt, knowledge of this phenomenal world would not confer
Moksha on you. Yet, it has
There is yet Moha for family, for position, for money and for worldly life. It is strange,
Swamiji, I confess.
Maya is powerful, and except in very rare cases where the Samskaras are very strong,
taste for a life of contemplation does not manifest itself in man. No doubt, Satsang, Japa and
Dhyana help a Sadhak a lot. But the Avarana of Avidya or the veil of ignorance is so thick that
these are not sufficient to pierce it. They only create Samskaras which take shape in future
births. But, if at the sa
Should one’s repeated failures in respect of a certain
work be also taken as the Will of the Lord? Is it a fact that we get what we deserve or is it
that we are not really fit for what we actually aspire for? This doubt is eluding a clear-cut
answer from my own limited brain. I refer the same to your greater brain to re solve this
doubt and I hope you will do so.
It is true that everything is predestined and pre-planned by the Lord; and only in
accordance with the holy writ, everything takes place. G
Here’s a link to an Excel file, containing ready to print fliers, with which I preach vegetarianism on the streets of Burgas. On one side I print Bulgarian and on the other English or German. Anyone who wishes to spread vegetarianism in their region of the world is encouraged to use these fliers. They are in 6 languages.
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“Those who kill animals and give them unnecessary pain—as people do in slaughterhouses—will be killed in the same way in the next life and in many li
If we do not waste time and energy in propagating spiritual ideas, Gita studies and
Sankirtan, but devote that energy to the above end, then we shall get economic betterment
earlier, after which those who wish can pursue philosophy and religion.
We should develop our material and physical powers and get to the same peak of
progress, power and comfort as the Western nations before we can dabble in philosophy
and the like.
Two types of workers, social and religious, are necessary in this world. Social
As you would see the material objects with the help of a material instrument in the form
of the eye, the Yogi would see subtler objects through the help of subtler instruments. Except in
the plane of intuition, in all other lower planes, there exists a subject-object relationship as far as
cognition is concerned. The only thing is: the instrument used in perceiving the object should be
of the same material of which the object of perception is made.
For further grasping of the exact vision of the Yog
I shall be obliged if you could explain to me what happens to the soul after death and what merits
we could do for the peace of the departed soul and whether he could see or hear us,
mortals. Is there any truth in what the spiritualists say that we could commune with the
dead through a thing called ‘medium’ and is it really the dead person who answers?
Do not allow yourself to be fascinated by spiritualism, mediumship, crystal crazing, etc.
They will lead you astray. Communication with the dead and
Yes. All spirits do not possess the power of materialization. Only advanced spirits that
are endowed with psychic power are able to materialize. They take human form, sit in the chair
in the seance and shake hands with those who sit in the seance. They talk also. The touch is as
tangible and warm as that of a living human body. In a short time, the hand of the spirit melts
away. Photographs of the spirits also have been taken.
From "May I answer that" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Information
His bewailings rent the clouds when Lakshmana fell down
on the ground in an unconscious state, being struck by the arrow of Indrajit. Why did
Rama, the Supreme Being, forget his real divine nature? He was sunk in the ocean of
sorrow at the ordeal of Sita. If Rama always knew his true Self, why did he grieve for the
loss of Sita?
The answer to this question is that verily Rama was the Supreme Self. He never moved
or did anything. He was never subject to joy or sorrow, birth or death, pleasure or pain.
What was the age of Lord Krishna at that time? Was He not a boy of seven? Can there
be a tinge of passion in Him? Who can understand the secret of Rasa Lila and Madhurya Bhav,
the culmination of the highest Bhakti, Atmanivedan or total surrender to the Lord? It is only
Narada, Suka Deva, Chaitanya, Mira, Hafiz, Ramananda and the Sakhis or Gopis that can
understand the secret of Rasa Lila. The Sakhis only are qualified for this. Did He not play
miracles when he was a boy? Did He not show that He was
Even a Sannyasin should work in the political field. There is no necessity for a life of seclusion or
the order of Sannyas or Nivritti Marga. We want workers only.
This is a sad mistake. The Census Report is false. Beggars are included in the list of
Sannyasins and Sadhus. Real Sannyasins are rare. They can be counted on the finger-tips. A
real Sannyasin is the only mighty potentate of this earth. He never takes anything. He always
gives. It was Sannyasins only who did glorious sublime work in the p
The astral body is the subtle body which is within this physical body like the bladder of a
football. It is an exact counterpart of the physical body. It is made up of the five organs of
action, the five organs of knowledge, the five Pranas, mind, intellect, Chitta or the subconscious
mind, and Ahankar or egoism. Some call it “the double”. It is this astral body that comes out of
the physical body after death and moves to heaven. Death of this astral body through the
knowledge of the Eternal frees o
One can accomplish the Absolute in gross material life
The Sense enjoyment is not alike slow poison but having excessive desire and involvement on them may cause of death and could be considered as a slow poison. All senses have got their own importance and they mean for their purposes. The death is a truth which comes to everyone but very few one get the immortality in life. People generally think on about sexual sense only while talking about senses but it apply in all together ten senses (touc
So long as Prana pulls up and Apana pulls down the life-forces, there is continuity of life.
But, the moment either of these becomes weaker, there is an exit of the life-force. If the Apana
gives way, then the Jiva will pass out of the body through either the head or the nose or the ear or
the mouth. If the Prana gives way, then it will pass out of the body through the anus.
From "May I answer that" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda: on the Website of Divine Life
