Q & A with Bhagavan Archive

Question: Swami, company is very essential for everybody. Is it as significant as it is said to be? Bhagavan: Undoubtedly, good company is very important for every one of you. In fact, you should

Question: Swami, we don’t find out our own faults. Even if we recognize them, we justify them. Because of our narrow-mindedness, we don’t understand Your infinite love. We doubt and limit Your love. As

Question: Swami, we take sumptuous meals twice a day. Again, we take heavy breakfast, evening snacks and several cups of coffee during the course of the day. Still, we feel weak and exhausted. You

Question: Swami, I beg your pardon for asking this question. While I am afraid to pose the question, I am also very keen to know the answer from You. Since You are our most

Question: Swami, Krishna was surrounded by eight consorts and is stated to have been associated with 16,000 gopis (cowherdesses). It is very disturbing and embarrassing to hear of Lord Krishna’s many wives. Kindly enlighten

Question: Swami, You seem to be very upset and annoyed when anything goes wrong regarding discipline, educational standards, and personality development in general. Swami, You come down heavily on students when they don’t meet

Question: Swami, to what extent are parents responsible for the degradation of values among children? Bhagavan: My opinion is that parents are solely responsible for spoiling children. Many parents behave like Dhritarashtra, the blind

Question: Swami, we are progressing in the fields of science and technology.  But, the modern youth are not able to face life’s problems courageously. They [the youth] are depressed by the slightest problem. They

Question: Swami! Kindly tell us how to achieve greatness in life? Bhagavan: Never allow this sort of idea to get into your head. You are mistaken if you think that you have achieved something

Question:  Swami, many speak of culture. What is the value of culture? Bhagawan: Culture is very important because your life and its value depend on it. Culture is a way of life. Culture enables

Question: Swami, many of us are helpless when we interact with youngsters. They often say, “Don’t interfere with our freedom. We are independent and act in the way we choose.” We find it difficult

Question: Swami, scriptures declare that God is omnipresent; God is everywhere. Kindly explain this aspect of Divinity? How are we to understand this? Bhagavan: The Bhagavad Gita says, Bijam mam sarvabhutanam, “God is the