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  1. In India, there are so many temples but unfortunately there is ill maintenance of our temples. The people who visit these temples behave badly and mess up the temples. As a result, a lot of our children do not want to go to temples anymore. What is the way forward?

    Yes, this is true especially in Tamil Nadu, but not in Karnataka. If you see the temples in Karnataka, they are kept very neat and clean. We need to teach the people in Tamil Nadu to maintain cleanliness.Often people come to the temple, break a co ...
  2. If every wish gets fulfilled at a particular time as per the will of God, what is the necessity of prayer?

    Well, prayer is not something that you impose on yourself or anyone else. Prayer is a natural call for help, or a natural expression of gratefulness. Prayer can happen only on two occasions:1. When you are desperately in need of something then you ...
  3. If every wish gets fulfilled at a particular time as per the will of God, what is the necessity of prayer?

    Well, prayer is not something that you impose on yourself or anyone else. Prayer is a natural call for help, or a natural expression of gratefulness. Prayer can happen only on two occasions:1. When you are desperately in need of something then you ...
  4. What is Pavamana Suktam?

    It's a prayer. It says, "Let all the Gods and the divine purify our heart. Let everything be pure. Our mind, intellect, environment, thoughts, emotions - let everything be pure. Let even the body be pure. ...
  5. Gurudev, sometimes our prayers get a little delayed in getting answered, is this because the number of your devotees are increasing day by day? How do you keep up with the demands of your devotees?

    The consciousness is like a super computer. It is not a body but a consciousness and there is only one consciousness in the entire universe. So, to whom-so-ever you may connect to, whom-so-ever you pray to, it connects to the same consciousness. The div ...
  6. Can you please say something about the Devikavacham?

    The Devikavacham is the different names of the Devi taken to different parts of the body. It’s almost like Yoga Nidra but with names because every name has got some quality and some energy, and name and form are very closely related. &lsqu ...
  7. During the Sandhya Vandanam, we say, ‘I am the Brahman’. But after it, we bow down to the directions. What is the meaning of this?

    See, it is all an exercise to keep the mind free, that’s all. We bow down to all the directions, that is the way we get our mind free from all that bugs that bother our mind. So if you like it, do it, if you don’t like it, then don’t d ...
  8. How do I remember God or Guru all the time, and not only when I am in pain?

    See, when you are happy, then you be grateful and remember God, and when you are unhappy, you naturally remember God as you want to get rid of your misery. These are the two occasions when your prayer is very authentic: when you are totally grateful ...
  9. How to pray and what should I ask for in my prayers?

    Prayer is something that no one needs to explain to you. Real fulfillment of prayer happens in two conditions:1. When you are desperate and totally helpless. When all doors are shut, and when all your efforts seem to be leading you nowhere, then y ...
  10. How powerful are prayers? Can they outright our fate? Since we don’t know what is better for us, is it better not to pray and just leave it to the divine?

    It is always good to say ask the divine, but you can also say, ‘If there is anything better that you have planned for me, then let that happen.’There is nothing wrong in asking, ask and it shall be given to you. This has also been said ...