BhagavadGita You Are God🔗

◆ Swamiji, you have used the word ‘pity’ in describing Arjuna’s state. Some people call it compassion that does not allow him to fight his kinsmen. Is there a difference?

◆ Krishna uses the term ārya. People say that Aryans were invaders of the ancient Indian people. Is that true?

◆ Why did Krishna choose the battlefield to deliver the great knowledge of Gita?

◆ How does the guru help the disciple? What is the process?

◆ When will Gita be accepted universally as a scripture?

◆ Why is Krishna wasting His time with Arjuna? Again and again Arjuna is coming up with the same questions. Obviously Arjuna does not have what it takes to understand the truth.

◆ You have been critical of philosophers. Isn’t it a bit unfair? There have been many great philosophers who have contributed highly to human consciousness.

◆ When Arjuna says that he cannot attack his revered teachers like Drona and Bhishma, is he not saying what needs to be said by any intelligent and righteous person?

◆ The question I have is about the past and the future. This has to do with astrologers and palmists who tell us our past and future. Some of them are correct and some of them are wrong. Does astrology have validity?

◆ How can we not grieve for the dead? Perhaps it is possible for Krishna and great masters like you, but for ordinary mortals this is not feasible.

◆ You said earlier that you are repeating Gita. Do you mean you are Krishna? Many proclaim they are God. Are you also in the same business?

◆ Is death the thoughtless state that you talked about? Does that mean death is the ultimate present moment?

◆ Why is it that we do not have memories of our past lives? It would be so easy to know what to do if we knew what mistakes we made in our past lives.

◆ Some masters talk of the Self as pūrṇa and some as śūnya. These have contradictory meanings. How can both be correct?

◆ Krishna urges Arjuna to fight. Many Westerners say that Krishna preached and practiced violence. Is this correct?

◆ The concept of reincarnation gets even more complicated when we are told that we can be reborn as animals or even insects. That is pretty tough to understand, is it not?

◆ Based on the beliefs of Christianity and Islam, rebirth or reincarnation is denied by the majority of the world's population today. Why do these religions deny this phenomenon if this is true?

◆ Swamiji, you talked earlier about the depression of success, which affects many people around the world. What if a young person has experienced this several times? Is there hope?

◆ In many countries the death penalty has been banned as being inhumane. In others it is maintained as being essential to law and order. Which approach is correct?

◆ Swamiji, please comment on desires. Most masters recommend sealing of desires. How can this be done?

◆ If the Self cannot be destroyed or harmed, it cannot be hurt. Why then do we feel pain and why does the body get hurt?

◆ If the body one takes is determined by what one does in the previous life, would it mean that evil persons like Hitler will continue to be reborn as evil persons? Is there no redemption for such people under this scheme of things?

◆ Are Krishna and Christ the same? Both were born in confined places. Krishna was born in Mathura; Christ in a place called Mathiria. Both were shepherds and so on. If so, please explain.

◆ Krishna says that the truth is seemingly tangible in the middle and intangible in the beginning and the end. If he is referring to past, present and future, the past is also clear to us. Why is the beginning unclear then?

◆ I read somewhere that the whole concept of rebirth is negative. It is all about the continuance of suffering. All those who believe in rebirth are desperately trying to get out of it. So, what is the point in believing in it?

◆ Is it normal to speak less and seek silence as Sādhana or spiritual practice progresses?

◆ I have read that we have three bodies. You had talked about seven energy layers. Are these similar?

◆ If Krishna is the Jagat Guru, Lord of the universe, why was he only with the Pandava and Kaurava princes? Why did he not help the world?

◆ How can Krishna who is Vedas Himself denigrate the Vedas saying that they are useless?

◆ Krishna mentions Sānkhya as the knowledge that has been taught to Arjuna. He says He wants to take Arjuna through yoga. What is the difference?

◆ It is a natural response to look towards the end result whenever we do something. How can we give up thinking about the outcome?

◆ In the corporate world everything revolves around budgets and objectives. How realistic is it to work without goals in such an environment?

◆ Swamiji, you spoke about needs and wants, and that needs carry their own energy for fulfillment. Does this mean that we can do nothing and things will happen?

◆ When Krishna advises Arjuna to withdraw his senses as a tortoise does, is He advocating the practice of pratyāhāra?

◆ Swamiji, you have said that the mind can never be stopped. Yet you speak of the no-mind state as the ideal. How can we reach the no-mind state if the mind cannot be stopped?

◆ How can Krishna generalize saying that desire leads to destruction? The world cannot operate if we have no desires and if everybody only meditates!

◆ Swamiji, when you say that we should live without ego, is it really possible to do that when we live in the material world? Wouldn't we then become failures materially?

◆ You described four states of mind. How does one distinguish between the state of deep sleep, suṣupti, and the mindless state of awareness, turiya, the fourth state?