18. Why are you quoting Bible when you are talking about Hindu religion and tradition?
I want to bring the world peace by bringing the brotherly-hood among the religions. Unless this is brought, the brotherly-hood among the followers of various religions will not come. Religion is only the external plastic cover. Spiritualism is the same material packed in different religions. Whatever may be the color of the external plastic cover, the internal metallic wire and current are one and the same in all the wires. Whatever may be the color of the plastic cover, every wire will move the fan since the same current is passing in all the wires. For the sake of money, one man is quarreling with another man without recognizing the same soul that is present in all the human beings. Similarly one country is fighting with another country due to the difference in the religions without recognizing the same spiritual current that exists in all the religions. If you want to convey the greatness of spiritualism present in your religion, you must expose the common points between your religion and the other religion. Then the person of other religion will become your friend. After that you expose the greatness of spiritualism in your religion. Then he will understand and appreciate your religion. But if you deeply analyze, the same spiritualism to the same depth is present in all the religions. The Lord is only one and came to different countries and taught the same syllabus in different languages. Religion is only the external culture of dress, food habits, language etc; Spiritualism is the subject related to one God who created this entire universe.

19. A book called Tripur Rahasya contains the preaching of Dattaa. Is it valid?
Several scholars have written several Sanskrit verses in the name of the Lord to get the validity. It has become a habit of writing "Eeshwar Uvaach" which means that Shiv told like this. But all these books can not be authority in spiritualism unless they are in line with Ved. If there is a contradiction between Ved and a Sanskrit verse, the Sanskrit verse is rejected (Shruti Smriti Virodhetu). Ved were protected by recitation by the old sages when there was no printing. Apart from recitation they discussed the meaning of Ved and practiced it. The recitation was necessary because in those days printing did not exist. But today Veds are printed and there is no need of recitation. The meaning of Ved must be inquired and should be practiced. Whatever is necessary that is not done. Whatever is unnecessary, that is being done. Therefore whatever is told in Ved and the Sanskrit verses which are in line with Ved can be taken as authority.

20. You say that the foreigners are doing sacrifice and not the Indians. Is it correct?
You must note that I am an Indian. But I never feel that I am Indian because my feeling is that I am the universal human being. I don’t distinguish the Indians from foreigners. I appreciated the foreigners in one point and Indians in another point. One student may be good in mathematics. Another student may be good in physics. Both must become good in both the subjects by mutual help. Regarding sacrificing the money and detachment with the family bonds, I appreciated foreigners. They are not only sacrificing to their Christian missionaries but also to several Indian Spiritual centers. In this aspect, I asked Indians to learn from foreigners because Indian always sacrifice words, mind and intelligence to the God extensively, but are very poor in the practical sacrifice. Of course exceptions are everywhere. It is a general comment.

Swami Vivekananda was inquiring the reason for the poverty in India in spite of so much spiritual knowledge. Swami Ramtirth told in USA that foreigners practice philosophy and Indian speaks philosophy. He also told that this is the reason why the foreigners are high and Indians are low. I gave the analytical approach to the comments of these great saints. I appreciated Indians in the tolerance. Every Indian worships different forms of the Lord. In this aspect an Indian stands as an example for the foreigners to have tolerance for the other forms of God and other religions. Thus where ever there is a good point, I appreciated. A foreign diamond is diamond and an Indian stone is a stone. I have to frankly accept the universal truth without any prejudice.

21. Are you a saint, since there is cross belt as well as the Saffron clothe in your case?
You know I belong to the tradition of Lord Dattaa. In the forest of Badari Van, Siddh put the same question. He told that He belongs to 'Tureeya Aashram' which is beyond all the four Aashram. Tureeya means the final stage, where there are no rules.

22. Are you interested in cleaning the Hindu religion or in the world peace?
I have both the programs. For the first program I need the support of Hindu rich people. For the second program I need the support of the rich people of any religion in the world. I want to clean my house and also my town since both are important.

23. "Brahma Vit Brahma" means that He who knows Brahman becomes Brahman. But you say that the meaning of this is that Brahman alone knows Brahman. How is it?
People have given your interpretation, which I know very well. But I give this interpretation because Geetaa says 'Mamtu Ved Nakashchan’ which means that no body knows Brahm. Your meaning will contradict Geetaa. If you say that if one knows Brahm, He becomes Brahm, then there are two stages. In the first stage a person knows Brahm. In the second stage the person becomes Brahman. But Geetaa contradicts the first stage because no person can exist as a person while knowing the Brahm. Moreover Ved says that Brahm is beyond words, mind, intelligence and logic. Ved also says that if one knows that he cannot know Brahm, he knows at least some thing about Brahman (Yasyamatam Tasya matam). Therefore my interpretation is in line with Geetaa and also with the other Vaidik Mantra.

24. You are condemning Ved Adhyayan at present. Is it correct?
The word Adhyayan means actually to know Ved and not to recite Ved. Of course in olden days when there was no printing Ved was also recited. But the knowledge of Ved was discussed and practiced. Ved itself means knowledge. Shaastra says that mere recitation of Ved is worst (Anarthajnah Paathakaadhamah) without knowing the knowledge. At present Ved are published and computerized and so there is no need of mere recitation. Please note once again that Adhyayan means to know the knowledge of Ved and not mere recitation. Ved mocked at the person who simply recites Ved as a divine animal (Devaanaam Pashurahaha).

25. Can we get salvation by offering money to God earned by sinful ways?
The hunter Kannappa was given salvation even though he offered the flesh of rabbit, which was killed by him in hunting. Killing an innocent animal is the highest sin. But the Lord neglected the sin because neither he enjoyed the flesh nor his family. The sacrifice is very pious path as told in Geetaa "Apichet Saduraacharah Bhajate Maam" ie even a sinner is blessed by God when he serves the God. In this verse the word Bhajate means service (Bhaja-Sevaayaam) according to the root word in grammar. Geetaa says that sacrifice of fruit of work is greater than meditation, knowledge and even devotion and only by such sacrifice one can attain the peace (Tyagat Santhih).

26. Do you appreciate or condemn the life initiation in statues? (Praan Pratisthaa).
If you take the life initiation as a model of knowledge, it is appreciated the inert statue + life initiation indicates the living human being because the Lord comes in living human form. But if you say that the life initiation brings life in the statue, it should be condemned because the statue is not moving even an inch. You cannot bring life in a dead body by this life initiation.

27. Why do you say that the Lord comes in human form only? What about Matsya, (form of fish) etc.
Matsya etc are the forms in which the Lord came temporarily to destroy the demons. Such forms were not worshipped because they did not live along with the human beings like Raam and Krishn. They could not preach the divine knowledge.

28. In Geetaa in the verse Maanusheem Tanu Maashritam the Lord said that He was insulted while He was in human form. Does it mean that He comes only in human form?
In the above question I told you that the Lord in human form alone could be a Guru and preach the divine knowledge. In the verse you mentioned the human form was responsible for the insult. In Geetaa it is said "Vaasudevah Sarvam" which means that the son of Vasudev (human form) is every thing and the highest form. In Vibhooti Yog He told that He would be in the highest form of any category. All the essence of Vibhooti Yog is that He is in the highest form. Man is the highest form in this world. Therefore He comes in the form of man to preach or at least in the form of a living being to kill demons. If you say that He is the inert Sun among the inert planets (Jyothishaam Ravih), the highest inert form among a category of the inert objects is the representative model of the Lord. Otherwise Ved contradicts since it is said in Ved that the Sun is not the Lord (Nedam tat) and the Lord does not exist in the inert objects (Natasya Pratimaa). You must interpret Geetaa without contradicting the Ved. If Geetaa opposes Ved, I do not mind to refuse the verse in Geetaa because a Scholar in Geetaa must have penetrated such verse. Ved was the only test that was preserved by recitation from a long time.

29. Dharm is greater than the Lord. Krishn asked Dharm Raaj to tell a lie. Dharm Raja told the lie by uttering the word elephant in low voice. Therefore Dharm Raja went to the hell for uttering the lie as advised by Krishn. Is this not correct?
Geetaa says 'Sarva Dharman Parityaajya' which means that the Lord is greater than the justice is. The Lord Dattaa is protecting the deity of justice existing in the form a cow. The protector is greater than the protected. Therefore Dharm Raaj went to hell for a greater sin not for the lower sin. The greater sin is not hearing the advice of the Lord.

30. You say that the statue in the temple indicates the human form. Do you mean that the statue should be replaced by a human being?
Your question is twisted. I never told that the statue in the temple represents a general human being. I also told that the statue in the temple is not the form of a general human being. It is in the form of a special human being like Raam, Krishn etc, If you really see Raam alive, you will not keep the statue of Raam in the temple. Will you not replace the statue by the actual Raam? You have misunderstood my interpretation of statues.

31. Your interpretations are deviating from the commentary of Shankar. I have read the translation of the commentary in my mother tongue (Telugu). Therefore your interpretation is deviating from Ved and Geetaa. How do you justify this?
You yourself are saying that my interpretation is deviating from Shankar. That is correct. How can you say that my interpretation is deviating from the original text? Do you think that the interpretation of Shankar is only correct? If so, Ramanuja wrote commentary deviating from Shankar. In such case according to your version Ramanuja also deviated from the original text. You have done two mistakes. The first mistake is to think that the commentary of Shankar alone is correct. The second mistake is that you have not read the original text since you do not know Sanskrit and Shaastra and due to this you could not directly observe the original text. If you see the commentary of Ramanuja, it is also correct because his commentary was according to all the Shaastra. When you don’t know Sanskrit and the Shaastra, how can you say that Shankar is correct and Ramanuja is wrong?

Now you say that I am wrong like Ramanuja. You can oppose my interpretation and blame me for deviating from the original text, provided you show any contradiction to my interpretation by Sastras. But you don’t know Shaastra and you are not competent to say this. Moreover, scholars as well as ignorant people do these translations. For ex: You observe the verse "Karmajam Buddhi Yuktahi, Phalam Tyaktva". In this verse when the translation was given word by word, it is written that wise scholars sacrifice the fruit of the work. But if you see the translation as a commentary below that, the translator writes that wise scholars sacrifice the desire for the fruit of the work. He contradicts his own translation. Generally people do not read the translation word by word. They read only the translation below as a commentary which is wrong in this case. Therefore translators are misleading you. My interpretation cannot coincide with Shankar or Ramanuja or Madhwa. If it coincides with the interpretation any Aachaarya I become the follower of that Aachaarya. My interpretation is the fourth path in which all the commentaries of the three Aachaarya are correlated. I want to prove that all the three Aacharya are correct and their interpretations differed according to the circumstances in which they existed. Therefore I cannot be the follower of any Acharya when my aim is to correlate all the three Aachaarya. Therefore the follower of Ramanuja and the follower of Madhwa will also blame me like you.

32. Sacrificing the ambition on the fruit of the work is sufficient. It is not necessary to sacrifice the fruit of the work as per Geetaa. Is it not correct?
In the very beginning itself (inthe second Adhyaaya) Geetaa says that the fruit of the work must be sacrificed (Karmaajam Buddhi Yuktahi Phalam Tyaktwa Maneeshinah). This means that realized scholars sacrifice the fruit of the work. Geetaa keeps sacrifice of the fruit of the work on the top most level (Dhyaanath Karm Phala Tyaagah). According to Ved, sacrifice of fruit of work means sacrifice of money only (Dhanen Tyaagenaike). Karm Phalam means self-earned money with which the man is more attached. Reason for the inability to do the sacrifice of fruit of work (Karma Phala Tyaga) is the selfish ambition for the fruit of the work. Therefore if the selfish ambition is removed, the fruit of the work can be easily sacrificed. It is funny to enjoy the fruit of work and say that he has no ambition for the fruit of the work. In such case you must also enjoy the fruit of your sin in the hell also ie, cutting of your muscles by knife etc, without any selfish ambition. Saktuprastha was tested in the sacrifice of the fruit of the work, which alone can prove the lack of selfish ambition for the fruit of the work. If one says that he has sacrificed the ambition for the fruit of the work and yet, enjoys the fruit of work is trying to fool the author of Geetaa. In turn the Lord will fool him in the hell.

33. You are trying to interpret the four Mahaa Vaakya of Ved in terms of simile, which is a figure of speech. Don’t you think that Mahaa Vaakya are above the figure of speech?
Your question shows your ignorance about Ved. In Ved the simile is used at several places. For Ex: "Yathorna Nabhihi…  Sambhavateeha Vishwam" means the world is coming from the Lord like the net comes from the spider and like the plants come out from the earth. "Aakaash-vat Sarvgatah" means that the Lord is pervading all over the world like the space. Thus the Alanksar Shaastra (Figure of speech) is seen everywhere in Ved. Therefore when I interpreted the Mahaa Vaakya in terms of the figure of speech it is not absurd. Moreover it is quite natural to the trend of Vaidik hymns. My interpretation is different from the interpretations of the three Aachaarya because I have to correlate all the three in my interpretation. The first three Mahaa Vaakya speak that the external form of the Lord (human form) is like you, him and myself. The fourth Mahaa Vaakya says that the inner form of the human incarnation is a special knowledge, which is not possible to any other human being. Thus the four Mahaa Vaakya speak about the human incarnation of the Lord. Even great scholars hate any thing before eyes and love which is not before the eyes as said in Ved (Paroksh Priyaah). Ved says that Brahm is before the eyes only (Yat Saakshaat Aparokshat Brahm) ie, only human form of Lord as said in Geetaa (Maanusheem Tanu Maashritam). Jealousy and egoism obstruct such meaning.

34. Who is the human incarnation in the present human generation?
In the Chemistry laboratory the practical procedure is given to you and the salt is given. According to the procedure you have to analyze the substance and find out the name of the salt by yourself. Ved says that the infinite true special knowledge, which cannot be preached by any one and which generates love and bliss in our hearts is the main characteristic of the Lord. He possesses super powers but does not use for exhibition due to egoism. By these confirmatory tests you can find out the fullest form of the Lord (Paripoorn Avataar) who is Lord Dattaa himself. Of course all the preachers are the human incarnations of the disciples of Lord Dattaa. Some are the partial incarnations of Lord Dattaa like Kalaavataar, or Anshaavataar etc.

35. The realized soul will be wandering as Avadhoot who is beyond this world. If you are a realized soul why don't you wander in this world like Avadhoot?
Shankar wandered all over India to propagate the divine knowledge. He never wandered as a naked Avadhoot who is mad and beyond the world. Avadhoot is a stage of madness in the case of a Jeev, which is a step of the spiritual path. But the human incarnation will not wander like Avadhoot. He will be wandering to establish the divine knowledge and devotion to put the people in the right path. A Jeev in the stage of Avadhoot is different from the human incarnation. Actually the work Avadhoot does not mean to become naked. It only means that these worldly matters will be thrown away by the realized soul like the waves hitting a rock present on the seashore.

36. Archanam is one of the nine stages of devotion. How can you object the Archanam of statue?
Archanam means worship. Although the word Archanam is mentioned among the nine stages of devotion, it does not mean the Archanam of Pratimaa (worship of statue). It can be the worship of a human form of Lord. In fact examples given in the nine stages of devotion relate only to the human form of the Lord. For ex: Arjun was told as an example from friendship (Sakhyam). But Arjun was a friend to Lord Krishn and not a friend of any statue.

37. You say "Drashtavya" means that the statue in a temple should be seen. But Ved says 'Aatma Drashtavya' which means that the soul should be known. Please Explain?
Drashtavya means that something should be seen. Of course according to the context Drashtavya also can be taken in the sense of knowing something because the Sanskrit Grammar allows it (Gatyardhanam…. Gyaanaarth Katwat). This does not mean that the original meaning of Drashtavya should not be taken. Here the meaning of the word 'Aatmaa' can be taken as the body also as per Amar Kosh. Therefore you cannot contradict my interpretation of the original text. Shankar tells the meaning, which you say. I am not opposing that meaning. But my interpretation is also not against the Shaastra and so can be taken. Therefore the statue should be seen and then the priest should explain the divine qualities. The devotee must think and then must be intoxicated by the devotion. This meaning also can be taken in the context of the temples.

38. When one preaches a concept should we not verify whether he practiced it or not?
A doctor may be smoking a cigarette. But when he advised not to smoke, you can follow his advice and get the benefit. If the doctor smokes, he will suffer. Why should you worry about him? Even the manufacturer of cigarette is writing on the cigarette as "Smoking is injurious to health". Some times the human incarnation of Lord Dattaa practices in the opposite way in order to test your faith on him. Shri Shirdi Sai used to smoke. He was testing the faith of Hindu orthodox devotees by that. You can follow the preaching of the Guru and get the benefit. When a doctor says that you should not smoke, you will blame him criticizing him as the smoker and say that he is not eligible for preaching. Why should you worry about his practice? If he smokes he will be affected. That does not benefit you. Are you stopping your smoking when a doctor who does not smoke advises you? Even then you are not stopping smoking. Even if the Guru is an ordinary human being, you can follow his preaching, even if he does not practice his own preaching. If he does not practice, he will suffer. Suppose such Guru is a human form of the Lord, then practicing or not practicing the concept does not touch the Lord. He is above all the things. In such case you cannot blame him. Even if the Lord in human form practices, you will say that since He is the Lord He can practice it. Therefore in any case you are unable to practice and you are searching for a lame excuse in any case.

39. What is the difference between Guru and Satguru?
A Guru may replace your present ignorance by another type of ignorance. But Satguru replaces all types of ignorance by the true knowledge. Sat means the infinite special knowledge, which is the Brahm itself (Satyam Gyaanam Anantam Brahm).

40. What is the importance of human incarnation over a statue in our worship?
A statue cannot test your real essence in the sacrifice. When you offer food to a statue the sacrifice is only by words and by mind but when you sacrifice the food to the human incarnation the sacrifice is real because the human form of the Lord eats the food. Thus the reality of the worship comes out only when the Lord is in human form. Sakthuprastha was tested by the Lord in human form and not by the statue.

41. What is the importance of Gyaan Yog for attaining the salvation?
Gyaan Yog means recognition of the Lord in human form in your human generation. Such recognition can be misled by several factors of ignorance. The real diamond is mixed with several artificial diamonds. To eliminate the real diamond from all the other artificial diamonds requires knowledge of the real diamond and also the knowledge of artificial diamonds (Gyaan Yog). Thus there are several fraud incarnations in this world and only one real human incarnation exists. As the real diamond is recognized by its total multiple internal reflections of light in various angles, similarly the real incarnation is recognized by the various reflections of the internal knowledge in various angles. Such knowledge is called as Pragyaa, which is special to the Lord only and is not possible for others. The other scholars can have only the knowledge learnt from books, which is called as Gyaan. The refractive index of diamond is very high by which the real diamond is recognized. Similarly by the special knowledge (Pragyaa) the real human incarnation is recognized. By such special knowledge you will be liberated from all the worldly bonds and that is the salvation. Coming close to the Lord in human form is called Saayujya and Kaivalya. Thus you can attain both the benefits ie, Moksh (Salvation) and also Saayujya (Becoming close to the Lord) and Kaivalya (becoming one with the Lord, which means that whatever you wish the Lord will have the same wish or vice versa).

42. What do you mean by Triputi?
Triputi means the knowledge of three items. (1) The Lord who is the goal, (2) The path to please the Lord and (3) yourself. The true knowledge of these three items is (1) you should know that the Lord for a human being is always available in the human form and you can get complete benefit from such human form of the Lord only. You must also know the knowledge the characteristics of the Lord in human form to identify Him (Maanusheem Tanumaashritam – Geetaa). (2) You must know that the only path to please the Lord is sacrifice of all the worldly bonds. The root bond of all these bonds is only the bond with money, which is called ‘Dhaneshan’ since if money is not present the entire bonds will break (Dhanen Tyaagenaike). (3) You must know that you are the soul, which is a bundle of the three qualities mixed in different proportions (Naanyam Gunebhyah Kartaaram – Geetaa). You must differentiate yourself from the Lord since the Lord is beyond the qualities (Gunaateet – Geetaa). You are the colored shirt and the Lord is the person who is wearing the colored shirt.

You can learn about the importance of human form from Hanumaan who recognized and worshipped Raam and from Gopikaa who recognized who worshipped Krishn. Both are the human incarnations present during their lifetime. They never worshipped statues of the previous incarnations or the forms of the Lord, which are in the upper world like Brahmaa, Vishnu and Shiv. Similarly you must learn the path of sacrifice from Sakthuprastha who sacrificed even little flour which he was going to eat after fasting for the last ten days. You must also learn that you are only a soul but not the Lord from Hanumaan. You are nothing before Hanumaan in knowledge, devotion and power. When such greatest Hero in this world is surrendering to the Lord saying that he is the servant of the Lord (Daasoham Kausalendrasya), you are after all a small baby monkey before him. Therefore you should know that you are not the Lord and surrender to the Lord as a humble servant. In fact you should become the servant of His servant (Hanumaan) before you become a direct servant of the Lord (Daasasya Daasah).

43. People say that the characteristic of the spiritual path is peace. Is it correct?
It is correct to certain extent till you reach the self (Jeevatma) it is correct. But the spiritual journey does not stop there. When you differentiate yourself from your body as pure awareness you will attain peace but you have to go further to reach the ultimate goal which is the super self (Paramatma). When you are travelling in the path to reach the super self after attaining the knowledge of self, you will loose the peace because that path is full of sacrifice. Sacrifice will disturb your mind because you have to cut all the worldly bonds including the bond with your body and even life. While reaching the self you are eating a sweet which will give you satisfaction. You cannot have fruit from the Lord again. You have already eaten the sweet and you cannot charge money for eating the sweet. Already you are given the fruit when you attain your self but when you are reaching the Paramatma you are giving the sweet to Him and you have to suffer with hunger. Therefore the Lord will pay you for the sacrifice of the sweet. When you loose the peace the Lord becomes peaceful. Therefore attaining the self by removing the illusion that you are the body etc., is only a half journey.

The Lord is called as Aatmeshwar in Ved, which means that He is the controller of even the self. In Adwait philosophy you are reaching the self which is only the intermediate station. Of course you must attain the peace which gives you lot of strength so that you will withstand the suffering by sacrifice in the next half of the journey. Shankar stopped by preaching this intermediate station to all the people. When a few people reached this station, then He opened the further path to them only. He swallowed the molten lead and preached to the disciples that He alone is the Lord. They realized the self and reached the intermediate station called Brahman by the path of 'Aham Brahmasmi' (I am Brahm). Brahman means simple awareness. The next half path is to reach Lord who is Eeshwar. Peace is not the final fruit. Peace is only the intermediate fruit, which gives you the strength in the journey. The fruit given by the Lord is the final fruit, which are peace, bliss and all the eight super powers. If one takes a sleeping tablet, he can get peace during the sleep as well as after awakening. Detachment from the world gives you the peace (Brahman) but the fruit given by the Lord is to remain peaceful, blissful while living in this world and helping the real devotees with the help of the eight super powers (Ashta Siddhi). The fruit given by the Lord will give you the real bliss i.e., the entertainment in the life game played by you in this world itself which is certainly far higher than the peace. Shivoham (I am Eeshwar) as told by Shankar is the final goal and not 'Aham Brahmasmi'. Shankar lived in the world and did lot of work. He never sat idle thinking Aham Brahmasmi like the present Adwait Philosophers.

Patanjali wrote Yog Sootra and fixed Eeshwar as the final goal. We remember Shankar today as the divine hero but not the other Adwait philosophers. Shankar sacrificed His mother and earning of money for the sake of the mission of the Lord. But the Advait Philosophers sit in their houses and roll with their family bonds and simply say Aham Brahmasmi. One should become a divine hero like Shankar, Ramanuja, Madhwa, Swami Vivekananda etc.; they were dynamic doing the Karm Yog, which was without any selfishness. Their Karm Yog was the propagation of the divine knowledge, which is Gyaan Yog but today the Adwait Philosopher is doing Karm Yog with selfishness for his family bonds only. What is the use of their Gyaan Yog?

44. Why the body of the Yogee does not give bad smell even for several days after death?
The Yogee means that participates in the service of the Lord in human form as said in Geetaa (Karm Yogen Yoginaam). Service means practical sacrifice, which proves lack of even an iota of selfishness. Selfishness is the bad odor. Sacrifice is the sweet scent. People are sacrificing words and mind only to the Lord, that too, in leisure time only. Their Sacrifice is illusory and completely false. This is the reason why the body of any person gives bad smell immediately after the death. Since the Yogee is the embodiment of sacrifice, his body does not give bad odor. This is the reason why the fragrance of Lotus flowers, scented sacred ash, sandal paste etc., is emitted from the Lord as our devotees experience frequently. Datta means Daan i.e., sacrifice. He is the embodiment of the sweet fragrance (Devotees of Swami often experience the sweet fragrances).

45. If we catch a fraud Guru by error, what will be our fate?
Ved means knowledge. When the knowledge is given to you to identify the real human form of the Lord and if you fail in identifying the real human incarnation and catch a fraud Guru you are lost. In the Chemistry laboratory when there is error in doing the analysis according to the given procedure and if you identify it as a wrong salt you are failing in the examination. But there is another chance to attend the examination for the failed candidates. Similarly you must revise the procedure and you can pass in the examination. But you must identify the Satguru before your life ends. Otherwise, you cannot be sure of the human birth again (Jantunaam Nar Janm Durlabhamidam – Shankar).

46. Why there is contradiction between Shankar, Ramanuja and Madhwa?
The commentaries of the three Aachaarya are different, but are not contradicting each other. Only the disciples of Aachaarya are contradicting each other’s, because they have not taken the correct version of the commentaries. The disciples misunderstand the commentaries. The correct version of the commentary can be seen from their practical life of Aachaarya, because the Aachaarya definitely knows the correct version of His own commentary and must have practiced it. If you see the life of Shankar, He left His mother and moved in the entire India. The entire world became His family. He could have earned lot of money by visiting any King. This shows that He has cut all His bonds with the family and money. He did not sit ideal. He propagated the divine knowledge and worked day and night for that. He worked for the upliftment of all the people. He swallowed the molted led and preached to his disciples that he alone is the Lord in human form. He may confuse in a theory class, but he will have the clear concept from the practical class in a laboratory. Therefore, observe what the Aacharya practiced, you will get the correct version of his commentary. Shankar gave the knowledge of self, which is pure awareness. This awareness is Brahman. Therefore your self is the Brahman and not the body. By this you are getting the peace because all the bonds with the body and the family are removed. This is an intermediate stage. Shankar preached this stage to all the people. The final stage is reaching Eeshwar who is in the human form. Shankar, himself was the Lord in the human form. He preached this to a few deserving disciples by swallowing the molted led.

After Shankar, Ramunaja came, who is Shankar Himself. He showed the final goal that is Eeshwar as Lord Vishnu who is not before your eyes. You will not believe Lord Krishn in human form that is before your eyes due to your jealousy. At last Madhwa came and introduced Hanumaan who is the servant of the Lord in human form (Raam). He claimed himself as the younger brother of Hanumaan. That means as the younger brother serves the elder brother, first you must serve the servant of the Lord before you become the direct servant of the Lord. Thus the three Aachaarya came in the correct sequence of time showing the correct sequence of the steps in the spiritual path.

47. Why Krishn stole the butter and danced with Gopikaa? Is it not a black scar on the full white moon?
First we must understand that the real aim in following Dharm (justice) is to please the Lord only. The Lord is protector and Dharma is protected. Protector is greater than protected. Among the other souls you have to reject the injustice and vote for the justice. But when the Lord competes with the justice, you have to vote for the Lord. In Pravritti justice and injustice compete and you have to vote for the justice. But in Nivritti the Lord competes with the justice and you have to vote for the Lord. In fact, you don’t have patience to understand what the Lord does and blame Him. There are certain subtle aspects of Dharm (Dharm Sookshm), which look like injustice. Only deep analysis one can understand the Dharm Sookshm. The butter indicates the extra stored money. You are expected to take the money from this world, which is required for your minimum needs. This entire world is the money of the Lord. But you are earning extra and storing for your future generations due to greediness. You must donate that extra money to the Lord who is in the human form and He will distribute that to His devotees for their upliftment. If you are not doing this, the Lord will steal your money, which is actually His own money. Butter is the fruit of their work, which is the money. Similarly He danced with Gopikaa who were sages. They prayed Him (Rama) in their previous birth for the same. He is fulfilling the boon given by Him to His devotees.

48. Today some people are doing the rituals with the help of tape recorder. Is it right?
In one angle it is right. Because a priest is just like a tape recorder, which is uttering the hymns without knowing their meaning and without preaching them to the people. Suppose you ask whether you can use a tape recorder in which the hymns are recorded along their meanings also, even then it is not correct in the real angle. The main aim of doing the rituals is not only to know the Vedic knowledge but also to do the sacrifice of the fruit of your work (money) to a deserving person. When you are using a tape recorder the real aim of ritual is not satisfied because the tape recorder cannot take the ‘Gurudakshina’. Whether you use a tape recorder or a priest you must know that burning substances like ghee or oil in the lamp, fume sticks, camphor etc., are not mentioned in Veds and are unnecessary. You must also know that the statues or photos worshipped in the rituals indicate the human form of the Lord to which only you have to perform all the sixteen modes of worship called ‘upacharas’, which involve the real sacrifice.

49. You are emphasizing the sacrifice of fruit of work as the sacrifice of money. But people say that you cannot purchase the Lord by money. Does this not mean that only rich people can purchase the Lord?
A rich man can never purchase the Lord because the Lord sees the percentage of the money he sacrifices out of the total amount possesses by him. A person having 1 crore rupees may sacrifice 10 lakhs. He sacrificed only ten percent of his money. But a poor fellow having 10 rupees sacrificed 5 rupees, which is equal to 50 per cent. The poor man is greater than that rich man is. For any person to sacrifice 5 rupees is easier than 10 lakhs. Therefore the poor man can easily purchase the God than the rich man. The importance of sacrifice of money is stressed by Ved (Dhanen Tyaagen). The first Mantra of the first Upanishad says that the entire world is the money of the Lord and one has to return back the extra stored money to the Lord. The second Mantra says that you should constantly work and earn money, you can keep the minimum required and sacrifice the extra stored money to the Lord. You should not be lazy without doing work, after earning the minimum required money. Thus Ved is encouraging the constant work to earn the money. Ved discourages only storing of extra-earned money.

50. You say that even a cinema song slightly modified and diverted to the Lord can be the Gayatri Mantra. A cinema song like ‘Churaa liyaa Hai..’ is not having pious meaning. How can it be a Gayatri Mantra?
You are mocking a person travelling on the donkey towards the goal. But you are travelling on a pig covered by silk cloth. Then how can you mock at the donkey? You are singing the Ashtapadee song to please God, which has very much vulgar meaning in Sanskrit i.e., "Gopee Peen Payodhar Mardan Chanchal Kara yugaa Saali". This means that Lord Krishn is pressing the breasts of Gopikaa. Don’t you think that our cinema song has better-polished meaning than this? Because it is in Sanskrit and you don’t know its meaning, you are singing it very loudly. Churaa liyaa Hai Tumne Jo dil ko – Nazar Nahi Churaanaa Hare (The word Sanam is replaced by the word Hare and the song is diverted to Lord Krishn). Therefore whatever may be the nature of the vehicle if it is turned towards God it is pious. Gopikaa reached and pleased the Lord through romance as said in Bhaagavat. Since it is diverted to the Lord such romance is the pious spiritual path. An atheist may do social service but that is only a sinful service. Any quality diverted towards the Lord is good and any quality diverted towards the world is bad. You may know Vedic hymns but if you praying the Lord with Vaidik hymns to achieve something in return from the Lord you are travelling by a good horse in the opposite direction you are becoming more and more far from the Lord. A pig or donkey towards the direction of Lord is better than a horse travelling in the opposite direction.

51. It is said "Gange Gangeti…. Shivalokam Gamishyati". The meaning of this verse is He who utters the word Gangaa is liberated from all the sins and will reach Lord Shiv. In such case what is the use of all this spiritual effort?
The Guru encourages you to climb the first step by saying that that step is the final step. When you climb the first step He will allow you to sit there for some time. Then slowly he will show you the second step and will again say that that step is the final step. Like this the Guru encourages you till you climb the last step. This is called as Arth-vaad, which means a lie, told for some good purpose. The person will start uttering the word Gangaa after this, the Guru will say that you should go to Gangaa in Vaaranasee for a bath to get rid of your sins. Then you will go to Vaaraanasee and take bath in Gaangaa. Then the Guru will say that you must have a Darshan of Shiv Ling, which represents the God without form. Then the Guru will say that you must see the Kaal Bhairav before you leave Vaaraanasee. The statue of Kaal Bhairav is in human form representing the Lord in human form. Once you catch the Lord in human form the Guru will say that you must worship Him with prayers (words) and devotion (mind). Finally the Guru will say you must worship Him by service practically. At every step the Guru will be encouraging you stating that it is the final step. Some people sit on some lower step and do not climb the higher steps. Such people can never get the highest fruit because when they die the human birth is again not assured.

52. In Hinduism why continuous rituals are performed after the death?
When a householder dies the rituals are performed and the cow is donated (Go Daan). This proves that a householder certainly goes to the hell because the cow is donated to help the householder to cross a river of blood and pus called Vaitarinee flowing in the path of the hell. But when a saint dies these rituals are not done and the cow is not donated. The tradition itself proves that the householder who is doing all the rituals, worshipping the statues and doing Gayatri Mantra is going to the hell. A saint is not doing any one of these things and is doing only the propagation of divine knowledge. A saint does not mean removing the cross belt and putting the saffron cloth. The quaky uniform of an actor cannot make him a police. A police is valid while doing his duty even in mufti dress. Therefore a saint is He who works for the propagation of the knowledge.

The rituals consist of two parts. (1) Prayers to the Lord and (2) Sacrifice of fruit of work in the form of money or service to the deserving people. Prayers will give satisfaction and peace. The practical sacrifice will bring the fruit from the Lord. When a person is not doing these two things while he is alive, he is not getting anything when His son does these things after his death. The son will get the fruits and not the father or mother who died. Therefore one should pray the Lord while he is alive and get the peace and satisfaction. Similarly one should sacrifice the fruit of his work (food and money) to deserving people while he is alive. The food offered by the son will not reach the dead person. The Lord has made all the arrangements for food in the upper world. Even for a jailed person the government arranges food. The Lord will certainly arrange the food to all the souls present in all the worlds. The threat of giving food to the parents who died was given so that a greedy person is forced to do these rituals. But there is no truth in such threat. A person who did these things while he is alive does not aspire either for sons or for such rituals.

Shankar, Vivekananda, Meera etc., who participated in the propagation of divine knowledge and devotion did not have children and they never bothered about such rituals. Their path is the path of knowledge (Archiraadi Maarg) as said in Geetaa (Ekayaa Yatya naa Vrittim). It is said that such people do not need such rituals "Nahi tena Pathaa Tanuthyajah, Tanaya Varjita Pinda Kankshinah" ie, the people in the path of the service of the Lord do not require the son and such rituals after death. A person must be wise to pray the Lord and to donate a deserving person, while he is alive he should not depend on his sons for this after his death. In that unhappy moment the sons will not be able to get a proper deserving person to receive the fruit of the work (money and food). When they sacrifice the fruit to the undeserving persons, sin is purchased by the donation of food and money. Therefore it is better to do the donation while one is alive by searching a proper deserving person who can be the human incarnation of Lord or at least a great devotee of the Lord. If this real aim of the rituals is not understood, performing the rituals after the death are simply a waste, which are done as a formality. In such rituals the priests are reciting the hymns without knowing their meanings like tape recorders. The concept of prayer is completely lost in such recitation. When you donate to such undeserving tape recorders you cannot get the real fruit and you will get the sin in such rituals. If one has prayed the Lord and donated to the most deserving person while he is alive such rituals are not necessary for him after his death.

53. By sacrifice we are unhappy and the Lord is happy. Is it not the sadism of the Lord?
The real love requires the unhappiness by sacrifice. In such sacrifice one feels happy since he sacrificed to the Lord. You take the mother. She gives the food to her child and suffers with hunger. But she feels very happy in that suffering. A human being cannot give back any thing for such real love. Even if he gives something i.e., temporary only. But when the real love is proved by the sacrifice the Lord gives the permanent fruit ie, Brahma Lok. Sakthuprashta gave his food to the Lord in human form though he was not having food for the past ten days. If the guest was an ordinary human being, the guest must have been a sadist, because he never cared about the hunger of Sakthuprastha. But since the guest was the Lord, Sakthuprastha was given infinite wealth in this world and also the permanent Brahma Lok after death. Therefore you must be very careful in fixing the human form of the Lord. Otherwise if the human form is an ordinary human being you are deceived and such a human being is definitely a sadist. The unhappiness in sacrifice and the happiness that neutralizes unhappiness are the characteristics of the path of the sacrifice. The Lord does not insist such path. The path should come from the depth of your heart with full willingness. If you fear for the unhappiness you can never follow that path. When the case comes to your children, you will not put this question because you have real love to them. Are you not sacrificing your food to your child even though you suffer with hunger and feel happy? Since you are not having the real love on the Lord this question is coming to your mind.

54. The majority of the people will oppose the spiritual path preached by you. Only one in thousands can accept your path. Should you not be universal and preach the path acceptable to all the people?
In spiritual path, majority always goes to hell. Geetaa says that one in thousands can only reach the God. Even that one person will reach the Lord after several births (Kaschit Maam Vetti, Bahunaam Janmanaam). Jesus also says that the path leading the hell is very wide with full of rush. The path leading to the Lord is very narrow and only one or two persons will be travelling. The path to the hell is filled with flowers and the path to the Lord is filled with thorns. Therefore the path to the Lord is not acceptable to all. Then shall I recommend the path filled with flowers to all the people which is easily acceptable to all of them? I am universal because I am preaching the narrow thorny path to all the people. But the path is not universal. I cannot help for that. In the spiritual path only minority exists. There is only one in millions like Shankar, Ramanuj, Madhwa, Jesus, Sai, Vivekananda etc., in the spiritual path. The gravel stones are in majority. There is only one Kohinoor diamond, which is valuable. The fraud Gurus shows that flowery path which is "Amrita Visham" ie, it looks like nectar but it is actually the poison. The Satguru shows the thorny path, which is "Vish Amritham" i.e., it looks like poison but it is actually the nectar. Geetaa says the same (Yat Tat Agre Vishamiva).

55. On one hand scriptures preach the prayers by words and on the other hand the scripture advises silence (Maunam). On the one hand scripture preaches devotion which is the mental expression. On the other hand the scripture preaches the control of mind without any expression. How do you correlate these opposite concepts in Saadhanaa?
In the first stage, a servant is sitting and singing on the owner without doing any work. He is asking the remuneration for his song from the owner. The owner refuses remuneration because the singer has already got happiness by singing and that happiness itself is the remuneration. One cannot get two remunerations for single work even if you treat the singing as a work. In the second stage the servant is doing work and is also singing. The owner will pay for his work only but not for the song. The servant is singing while he is doing the work in order to get happiness to forget the tiredness in the work. Therefore, here also only the work is remunerated but not the song. In the third stage the servant is advised to stop singing because his energy is wasted in the song. If he works without singing all his energy can be concentrated in the work and the servant will get more remuneration. In this third stage it is only an advice but the servant is not blamed for singing. Singing is not wrong at all. But singing has no remuneration.

Similarly in the first stage people pray and express devotion without proving their love in action. In this stage the people are getting the peace and bliss by the prayers and expression of devotion. They cannot charge the Lord again for their prayers and devotion. In the second stage people participate in the mission of the Lord by sacrificing the work and the fruit of the work. While working for the Lord, they pray and sing devotional songs, which give them peace and happiness. Their prayers and songs are not wrong at all. But they will get the fruit from the Lord for their work only and not for their prayers (words) and for their devotion (mind). In the third stage they are advised to stop the prayers and expression of devotion by practicing silence and control of mind. The reason for this is that they can store their energy, which is wasted in prayers, and devotion and which cannot bring any fruit from the Lord. The energy wasted in these two channels can be diverted to the work only and more work can be done so that they can get a better fruit from the Lord. Of course, they should not expect any fruit for their work. Then only the Lord is pleased and will give the real fruit. But if they concentrate all their energy in the work only, they can get a better real fruit from the Lord though they do not aspire for any fruit. Please note that we are not finding fault with the prayers and devotion. We are only saying that you are wasting your energy in those two channels, which cannot bring any fruit from the Lord. If you control those two channels, better fruit is given to you. If you need relaxation by prayers and devotion, you will be in the second stage. Therefore there is no contradiction because in the third stage it is only an advice in the light of Yoga. Yoga means concentration of the entire energy in one channel that is useful. The root word of Yoga is "Yuj", which means to unite the dissipated streams of energy in various useless channels and concentrate the whole energy as a single stream in the useful channel.

The third stage is the highest stage. Hanumaan never uttered prayers and never expressed devotional feelings on the Lord as per the Vaalmeeki Raamaayan, which is the only authority. Hanumaan concentrated all His energy in the work of Lord Raam. Lord Raam also never expressed His love through words or feelings on Hanumaan. He also gave silently the highest real fruit to Hanumaan, which is the post of future creator (Brahmaa). Ved says "Yato Vaacho Nivartante Apraapya Manasaasah". This means that the words and mind cannot touch the Lord and will return back to you only. He will never hear your prayers and will never observe your expression of devotional feelings. The reason is that they are giving you the immediate fruit, which is peace, happiness and satisfaction. It is like a self-employment scheme. Since the fruit is immediate and automatic the Lord need not pay any attention. But when you work for Him by sacrifice, you are not getting the peace, happiness and satisfaction. When you offer the sweet to the Lord you are suffering with hunger though you may feel it as happiness. But the Lord is not a sadist. He will pay His attention to you and will give you the real fruit. Therefore in this highest stage silence and control of mind are recommended by Geetaa also (Maunam Aatmaa Vinigrahah).

In the second stage by prayers and devotion, you are eating the sweet. Why should the Lord pay attention for that because you are getting the enjoyment in eating the sweet? Shall He give you the cost of the sweet to you for your eating? When you give the sweet to Him without aspiring for its cost, the Lord will be pleased for your sacrifice, which alone can prove your real love on Him and then reward you with real infinite fruit at the appropriate time and place. He will delay in giving the fruit since He wants to see you whether you have sacrificed the fruit expecting something in return. If you have sacrificed the sweet in terms of business, you will come out with your real color in the time of delay done by the Lord. The Lord is the top most genius.