Questions
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I am childless. Innumerable treatments and penances have all proved useless.
What kinds of sins do our Shastras list/point out to in the matter of one remaining
childless?
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Though I decide to do 'japa' everyday, for a certain number of times, I am unable
to meet the vow taken. What am I to do?
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What is 'Rama Rajya?'
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How is one to practise sakyam, paada sevanam (service of the Lotus Feet),
atma nivedanam (complete surrender) which are the
last mentioned 'sadanas' in 'nava vida' (nine steps of) Bhakti?
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Why should we chant the Lord's name repeatedly if it is true that the utterance of
His Name just once shall burn up the sins?
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Having received 'upadesa' from a SathGuru a friend of mine was practicing the
'sadanas'. However, he has now stopped practicing the 'sadanas'. All advices
to him to take up the 'sadanas' fall on deaf ears. What is to be done?
I am childless. Innumerable treatments and penances have all proved useless.
What kinds of sins do our Shastras list/point out to in the matter of one remaining
childless?
Our Shastras specify that one who had committed the following sins in his/her
previous 'janmas' (births) shall not beget a child:
had aborted the foetus in the womb through medicine or poison,
had murdered a child at his own will or on the advice of someone else
had abandoned his wife
had taken away the entire milk of the cow depriving the calf of its share
had hacked down the peepul tree
had killed a snake living in its hole and taken away the gem.
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Though I decide to do 'japa' everyday, for a certain number of times, I am unable
to meet the vow taken. What am I to do?
Normally, it is only the strong-willed who can fulfill the
vow made.
Always vow to do the 'japa' much higher - double or thrice -
than the actual number that you aspire. Only then will you be able to
meet atleast a little of it! For example, all those who toiled for our Nation's
independence did so with a single-minded effort. But once it had been attained
we were at a loss to know what was to be done next. However, had the effort been
towards the attainment of 'Rama Rajya' we would not have reached the goal
till date and would have continued to work for it. Therefore, we should always
keep our motive (goal) beyond reach!
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What is 'Rama Rajya?'
The Nation in which all the citizens sing the praise of the Lord and surrender
all their actions to the Lord is known as 'Rama Rajya'.
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How is one to practise sakyam, paada sevanam (service of the Lotus Feet),
atma nivedanam (complete surrender) which are the
last mentioned 'sadanas' in 'nava vida' (nine steps of) Bhakti?
In 'Ashtangayoga' (eight steps of yoga) yama, niyama, aasanam, praanayaamam
pertain to the body. Prathyaharam, dharanai, dhyanam and samadhi pertain to
the mind. Similarly, in 'nava vida' Bhakti sakyam, paada sevanam, atma
nivedanam can be attained only by the highest order of spiritual aspirants.
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Why should we chant the Lord's name repeatedly if it is true that the utterance of
His Name just once shall burn up the sins?
Some chant the Lord's Name for extricating their sins. Some do it for the sheer joy
experienced in the mere chanting. There is absolutely no doubt that chanting of
the Lord's Name shall remove sins. However high the quality of the seeds be,
its growth depends on the quality of the soil it has been sown in.
Likewise, the geatness of the Naama is unique indeed but the result depends on
the maturity of the one who chants it. Yet, the truth is that one who chants
Bhagavan Naama (the Name of the Lord) does not do so in vain.
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Having received 'upadesa' from a SathGuru a friend of mine was practicing the
'sadanas'. However, he has now stopped practicing the 'sadanas'. All advices
to him to take up the 'sadanas' fall on deaf ears. What is to be done?
You need not worry on this account! The 'upadesa' of a real Guru does not go
in vain. At the appropriate time it will work, inducing him to take up the
sadanas once more.
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