PROF ANIL KUMAR'S Q & A

[Guest guest]

" Didn't Lord Krishna cheat everybody in Mahabharata? " (310705)

Very good! That's why He is Bada Chittha Chora. This man says that

Krishna was a successful cheater. He cheated Karna and He cheated

Dharmaraja, by asking them to do all that was not true. How can God

cheat everybody?

 

My friend, Swami gives a good example, which is there in

Satyopanishad. If you follow Satyopanishad, two volumes of which are

available in the bookstall, all these questions are answered. The

same question was put to Swami.

 

What did Swami say? " When the thief is running away from the main

door, you have to run and follow him. When the thief is escaping

through the back door, you cannot say, `I will go through the main

door.' You are the owner of the house. If thieves go and escape by

the back door, the owner goes through the same door. " Therefore to

meet this challenge, Krishna adopted that means. It is not that He is

a cheater.

 

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" What are your views about astral travel? " (Laughter)(310705)

 

Worldly travel itself is tiresome. Sometimes, we get the reservations

cancelled; plus visas and passports are highly expensive. When this

travel itself is a bore, why consider astral travel? Whether it's

astral travel, or physical travel, earthly travel --- travel is

travel. Astral travel is possible to some people in deep meditation,

and to those who take to penance. To travel, you don't need to do any

penance as there are cars and flights.

 

Somebody came to Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and said, " Swamiji, I did

penance for three years. "

 

Paramahamsa said, " Good, very nice meeting you. "

This man said, " Swami, after three years of penance, you know what I

got? I can generate fire here. I can produce fire here! "

Paramahamsa laughed and said, " If you have a matchbox, that is

enough! Why three years of penance?! (Laughter) Why three years of

penance? Use a matchbox! "

 

Similarly, why travel? Astral travel or earthly travel or heavenly

travel -- travel is not necessary. Sit and meditate. Travel within,

not without. Therefore, travelling inward is meditation; travelling

outward is a journey. Travelling within is spiritual; travelling

outward is tiresome. Travelling within is blissful; travelling

outside is disgusting and vexing. Travelling within is certainty;

travelling around is uncertainty.

 

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HOW CAN WE RAISE A CHILD WHO WILL BE A PILLAR OF SAI

PHILOSOPHY " (310705)

 

A very good question…the answer is straight. The Sri Sathya Sai Seva

organisation, under the Divine direction, has gifted us Bal Vikas to

train children. After completing Bal Vikas, as the child grows older,

he will pass through the training in Education in Human Values. And

as he comes to the college level, he will be given training in

Educare. That will make him the pillar of Sai philosophy. To sum up,

Bal Vikas, Education in Human Values, and Educare are the three wings

of Sathya Sai philosophy that will make you a worthy instrument in

the Divine Hands.

 

Ram Chugani

Kobe, Japan