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  1. Dearest Guruji, it is said in Shiv Sutras- Gyanam Banda’. How can knowledge be a bondage?

    You study that; I have spoken very well on that. Read the whole Shiv Sutra. ...
  2. Dear Guruji, why is Vedanta considered the most supreme knowledge?

    Because it is! There is nothing parallel to it. ...
  3. Dear Guruji, in the Quran it is said, ‘You are god, you are one, you are eternal. You are not born nor have you given birth. Nobody and nothing is like you.’ This is confusing especially when it says, ’nobody and nothing is like you.’ Could you please say something about this?

    Well, this is perfect. This is exactly what is said in the Vedas as well. In Sanskrit it is said, ‘Ekam’, you are one, you are eternal. You are not born, you have not given birth. When nothing is born nothing dies, you are eternal. These are the ...
  4. Gurudev, what is Vigyan Bhairav? Please throw some light on it.

    Vigyan Bhairav is a unique scripture of Kashmiri Shaivism. Only a Yogi or an intellectual can provide the essence of it. The gist of this book is that all this is consciousness and has arisen from consciousness. Dive deep into consciousness throug ...
  5. Gurudev, in the Bhagavad Gita there is a phrase, ‘sarvarambha-parityagi yo mad-bhaktah sa me priyah’- one who renounces all beginnings and is not striving for some result is a devotee. How will such a person move forward, if he doesn't start doing anything?

    ‘I am beginning something’, drop this. ‘Everything is happening through me’, one who realized this is a devotee (bhakta). A devotee understands that, ‘I am not doing anything, but through me it is being done.’ One who is in this witness cons ...
  6. Gurudev, I always have confusion between ‘Dvaita’ philosophy and ‘Advaita’ philosophy. Madhvacharya has spoken about ‘Dvaita’ and Adi Shankaracharya has spoken about ‘Advaita’. Please explain both.

    ‘Advaita’ is like quantum physics and ‘Dvaita’ is like chemistry. In chemistry you say there are these many isotopes or you refer a periodic table where they categorize all the different elements. But if you go to a quantum physicist, he will say, ‘it is ...
  7. Gurudev, there are so many Upanishads. Out of them which is the most important one?

    Out of the 108 Upanishads, the first eleven are considered extremely significant; and among those eleven, Ishavasya Upanishad - which says ‘Everything is God’; everything is soaking with the Divinity. Experience this Divinity, do not harbor any hatred, re ...
  8. The ultimate knowledge is ‘Aham Brahmasmi’, but there is so much bliss in Bhakti. Realizing that you are one with Divine will be boring as we need two to enjoy. Is being in devotion the final destination or there is much further to go?

    Yes, only as a concept ‘Aham Brahmasmi’ is boring, but as a reality it is not that way. Once you reached that state the only thing you can go for is devotion. If not then devotion automatically leads you to that. ...
  9. Krishna has said in the Bhagavad Gita that neither he likes anybody nor does he dislike anybody. On the other hand he says some people are very dear to me. Can you please explain this duality?

    That is Krishna’s specialty, to speak all the opposites and create confusion. At different levels of existence and for different incidences he says these statements and both are true. On one level he says people who are calm, compassionate, happy ...
  10. It is said that after Mahabharata war India’s downfall started as we lost a lot of talented people and scholars during that war. What is your opinion?

    Of course with every war there is a destruction of talents, resources, human beings and values. But it is incorrect to say that India did not have greater talents after that. Many others came much after Mahabharata, Chanakya, Shankaracharya, Gaudapada ...