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  1. Gurudev, in the past few years there seems to be an increase in natural calamities like tsunamis, earthquakes, tornados and floods. Will there be a way to completely avert these happenings through sadhana, meditation or yagya?

    When people are putting so many of these dynamites under the earth, drilling mountains and mining, the earth reacts. We must care for nature. People are not caring enough for nature. One of the reasons for tsunami is said to be the cutting of so many ...
  2. An unprecedented calamity hit Kedarnath and thousands of people lost their lives and have been misplaced. All of them went to the pilgrim to pray and have faced this calamity. The faith of many people may be shaken at this stage. How do we deal with this?

    First of all, let us understand that God is impartial. Nature is impartial. It does not see what is mine and what is yours. God is not living only in Kedarnath. He is all over. He is in your heart. He is everywhere. The pilgrim spots where many tourist ...
  3. Why is everyone different and not the same?

    Why should everyone be the same? If we will feed you only potatoes for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and that too, the same preparation of potato, will you like it? Why do you wear different colors of clothes? You should wear the same clothes ever ...
  4. My dearest Gurudev, how can I be more like you? What tips can you give me to grow more into my true nature?

    Just turn back and see how much you have grown. Look back and see, what the state of your mind was before you took the Basic Course. Can you relate to that person who never did meditation and who you are now? Notice that big difference! This is good enough ...
  5. Please tell us about the importance of offering food (Prasad) to the Divine before eating. Also please tell us the authentic way of offering food. Is there any mantra needed?

    When a lady cooks food at home, the first thing she does is takes out a spoon of rice, or dal, or whatever she cooks, and puts it outside in the garden for the birds, for the ants, and for the creatures. The significance of this is to say that the envi ...
  6. My dear Gurudev, sometimes the expectations of people around me and my own expectations from myself don't let me be natural. What to do to become natural?

    Only sometimes, not all the time, isn’t it? If it is all the time then I will give you a solution. Sometimes it is okay. As you grow more in wisdom, as you see the dream nature of the world – that everything is like a dream, everything is pass ...
  7. Please let us know what is the biggest limitation for human beings?

    Body has limitation, mind has limitation, but the spirit has no limitation. When you think you are the body then you have limitation. Then you can do only that much. When you think you are the mind, mind also has some limitation. But your love ha ...
  8. Gurudev, my brother and me received the same upbringing, but at the same time we both are very different, how is it like that?

    This is very deep science. You need to think about it some time. The microcosm and the macrocosm are united. In fact it is only one thing. But there is a link from the microcosm to the macrocosm. Every little grain on this planet is linked to the unive ...
  9. Gurudev, can you please talk about Ahimsa (non-violence)? Also, how can a vegetarian answer a non-vegetarian when he say, ’You vegetarians also kill plants and plants feel pain and scream too!’

    Well, ask those non-vegetarians, if they have a puppy at home would they put the puppy on the dining table? No, they won’t! Nobody will. See, our human physiology is made to consume a vegetarian diet. There are a number of research works on this. You ...
  10. Gurudev, can you please talk about Ahimsa (non-violence)? Also, how can a vegetarian answer a non-vegetarian when he say, ’You vegetarians also kill plants and plants feel pain and scream too!’

    Well, ask those non-vegetarians, if they have a puppy at home would they put the puppy on the dining table? No, they won’t! Nobody will. See, our human physiology is made to consume a vegetarian diet. There are a number of research works on this. You ...