QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION,
"WE ARE SHARING SWAMI'S DIRECTIONS BASED ON BHAGAVAN'S TEACHINGS"
DECEMBER 9, 2019
(THERE ARE 5 PARTS)
"WE ARE SHARING SWAMI'S DIRECTIONS BASED ON BHAGAVAN'S TEACHINGS"
DECEMBER 9, 2019
(THERE ARE 5 PARTS)
PART 1, Q. 1 - 6:
1. “Is your talk considered official and is it ok’d by our organization?
2. “Many devotees don’t want to talk about other issues because they consider it as a matter of criticism of others, and Swami says not to criticize others.”
3. “God is everywhere, so it is ok to go wherever you want, including that place as God is there too. What is Swami’s response?”
4. “Why should we do anything about this? (Meaning about the other group) Leave it to Swami. Let Him take care of it. It’s His problem, not ours.”
5. “They do such good seva so that’s why I’m going (there).”
6. “Everything is God, it is all God. So why should you oppose it?”
2. “Many devotees don’t want to talk about other issues because they consider it as a matter of criticism of others, and Swami says not to criticize others.”
3. “God is everywhere, so it is ok to go wherever you want, including that place as God is there too. What is Swami’s response?”
4. “Why should we do anything about this? (Meaning about the other group) Leave it to Swami. Let Him take care of it. It’s His problem, not ours.”
5. “They do such good seva so that’s why I’m going (there).”
6. “Everything is God, it is all God. So why should you oppose it?”
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QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION,
"WE ARE SHARING SWAMI'S DIRECTIONS BASED ON BHAGAVAN'S TEACHINGS"
DECEMBER 9, 2019
"WE ARE SHARING SWAMI'S DIRECTIONS BASED ON BHAGAVAN'S TEACHINGS"
DECEMBER 9, 2019
PART 2, Q. 7 - 14
7. Do believe this: “It’s all Swami’s plan. He’s the doer. He created this.”
8. “Swami tells us not to criticize. So I do not appreciate all these anti-MDH devotees who speak so much against it. I think they have an issue with ‘Love all, Serve all.’ ”
9. “Swami says, ‘Love all, Serve all.’ So what’s the problem?”
10. “I joined because that place does so much good seva. How can it not be Swami?”
11. “I don’t want to talk about it. I had my experience there of Swami. I saw a vision of Swami there. So I know it is Swami.”
12. “You people are always quoting from Swami what He said. But He never mentioned Madhu’s name in His quotes, so it does not apply!”
13. “The subtle body is updating us with the latest Sai information” – one part of the question. “The subtle body is updating us with the latest Sai information -- I see. “So I don’t want to hear about what Swami said in the past.”
14. “Have you ever been there? How can you speak about it if you have not been there? You should go and see for yourself!”
8. “Swami tells us not to criticize. So I do not appreciate all these anti-MDH devotees who speak so much against it. I think they have an issue with ‘Love all, Serve all.’ ”
9. “Swami says, ‘Love all, Serve all.’ So what’s the problem?”
10. “I joined because that place does so much good seva. How can it not be Swami?”
11. “I don’t want to talk about it. I had my experience there of Swami. I saw a vision of Swami there. So I know it is Swami.”
12. “You people are always quoting from Swami what He said. But He never mentioned Madhu’s name in His quotes, so it does not apply!”
13. “The subtle body is updating us with the latest Sai information” – one part of the question. “The subtle body is updating us with the latest Sai information -- I see. “So I don’t want to hear about what Swami said in the past.”
14. “Have you ever been there? How can you speak about it if you have not been there? You should go and see for yourself!”
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QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION,
"WE ARE SHARING SWAMI'S DIRECTIONS BASED ON BHAGAVAN'S TEACHINGS"
DECEMBER 9, 2019
"WE ARE SHARING SWAMI'S DIRECTIONS BASED ON BHAGAVAN'S TEACHINGS"
DECEMBER 9, 2019
PART 3, Q. 15 - 24
15. “What about the law of karma and how one’s choices change the karmic consequences or their fate?”
16. “Are these next silly questions based on maturity and experience?”
17. “What are the consequences of following my friends?”
18. “Is it true that the words of the Purna Avatar are no longer valid after His leaving the body? (Someone is declaring that.)”
19. “What is it that Swami said about collection of funds versus the completely opposite tactics of that (other) place?”
20. “Is there any rule in Sathya Sai International Organization that declares that if any center member starts following another teacher, they’re no longer allowed to participate in the center?”
21. “Why has not this rule been enforced at all in any country by the leaders of the Sri Sathya Sai International Organization and heads of each country’s Sai Organization?”
22. “If the leaders don’t follow this, don’t the members have equal right to take up the matter in your meeting of the organizers?”
23. “Don’t leaders feel any prick of conscience that they are NOT following the guidelines set up by Bhagavan himself?”
24. “How can devotees remove these leaders who are silently contributing to the success of Muddenahalli by their silence and inaction?”
16. “Are these next silly questions based on maturity and experience?”
17. “What are the consequences of following my friends?”
18. “Is it true that the words of the Purna Avatar are no longer valid after His leaving the body? (Someone is declaring that.)”
19. “What is it that Swami said about collection of funds versus the completely opposite tactics of that (other) place?”
20. “Is there any rule in Sathya Sai International Organization that declares that if any center member starts following another teacher, they’re no longer allowed to participate in the center?”
21. “Why has not this rule been enforced at all in any country by the leaders of the Sri Sathya Sai International Organization and heads of each country’s Sai Organization?”
22. “If the leaders don’t follow this, don’t the members have equal right to take up the matter in your meeting of the organizers?”
23. “Don’t leaders feel any prick of conscience that they are NOT following the guidelines set up by Bhagavan himself?”
24. “How can devotees remove these leaders who are silently contributing to the success of Muddenahalli by their silence and inaction?”
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QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION,
"WE ARE SHARING SWAMI'S DIRECTIONS BASED ON BHAGAVAN'S TEACHINGS"
DECEMBER 9, 2019
"WE ARE SHARING SWAMI'S DIRECTIONS BASED ON BHAGAVAN'S TEACHINGS"
DECEMBER 9, 2019
PART 4, Q. 25 - 32
25. “Had they [office bears and leaders in the Sai Organization] taken up this stand, fighting from the beginning, this [Muddenahalli] group would never have met with any success! Please comment.”
26. “Has Sathya Sai Baba instructed that officers of Sathya Sai centers should not serve as officers in other spiritual organizations?”
27. “Well, I know the president of the center is a regular follower of Madhu in USA. What should I do?”
28. “But in the case of repeated serious transgressions, the officer may be removed from office by or on behalf of the National Council or Coordinating Committee. Please advise.”
29. “If everything is already preordained, if everything is already written, if God is the Puppeteer pulling the strings, why do we have to do sadhana?”
30. “Why did Baba allow Muddenahalli fraud? Why did Baba let the birth of the subtle body deception happen? Why did He do that?”
31. “Have you ever thought of going to talk to those [Madhu/Muddenahalli] people, look at him straight in his eyes and tell him what you think of him?”
32. “How is it possible that Narasimhamurty, Tigrett, Srinivas, who were close to Swami for many years, have fallen into the trap of Muddenahalli?”
26. “Has Sathya Sai Baba instructed that officers of Sathya Sai centers should not serve as officers in other spiritual organizations?”
27. “Well, I know the president of the center is a regular follower of Madhu in USA. What should I do?”
28. “But in the case of repeated serious transgressions, the officer may be removed from office by or on behalf of the National Council or Coordinating Committee. Please advise.”
29. “If everything is already preordained, if everything is already written, if God is the Puppeteer pulling the strings, why do we have to do sadhana?”
30. “Why did Baba allow Muddenahalli fraud? Why did Baba let the birth of the subtle body deception happen? Why did He do that?”
31. “Have you ever thought of going to talk to those [Madhu/Muddenahalli] people, look at him straight in his eyes and tell him what you think of him?”
32. “How is it possible that Narasimhamurty, Tigrett, Srinivas, who were close to Swami for many years, have fallen into the trap of Muddenahalli?”
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QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION,
"WE ARE SHARING SWAMI'S DIRECTIONS BASED ON BHAGAVAN'S TEACHINGS"
DECEMBER 9, 2019
"WE ARE SHARING SWAMI'S DIRECTIONS BASED ON BHAGAVAN'S TEACHINGS"
DECEMBER 9, 2019
PART 5, Q. 33 - 41
33. The question says, “Baba said that Prema Sai would be born eight years after His physical death.” And the same questioner says that he has not been able to find this statement in any of Swami’s discourses.
34. “Do you think Sai leadership has done everything possible to stop Madhu? What else can we do now?”
35. “God cannot get sick, but Baba became seriously ill and then He died in the hospital like all human beings. Do you think He decided to take humanity’s karma through His illness to save us?”
36. “I am a devotee of Paramahamsa Yogananda but I also love Baba, and also other masters like Mata Amritanandamayi. They are all real masters I think. Why Baba never mentioned them in His discourse?”
37. “I visited Sathya Sai Baba in the sookshma roopa in my early days. I had never had the darshan of Sathya Sai Baba physically. How to connect to Baba now?”
38. “I visited Puttaparthi recently. I have come to know many of the experiences and emotions. I no longer feel the same desire for research. I no longer feel the same enthusiasm. Why should it happen? There may be inner silence,” this statement says.
39. “I would like to know if Swami met Grigori Grabovoi in 90’s, the Russian scientist and clairvoyant.”
40. “Reading on the internet I found that Sanskrit was taken to India by the Aryan race. If this were so, could be that Vedas were taken to India by the same Aryan race.”
41. “When the (Sai) leadership has not acted in the way you expected, has not acted in the way they should, the question is, what else can we do now?”
34. “Do you think Sai leadership has done everything possible to stop Madhu? What else can we do now?”
35. “God cannot get sick, but Baba became seriously ill and then He died in the hospital like all human beings. Do you think He decided to take humanity’s karma through His illness to save us?”
36. “I am a devotee of Paramahamsa Yogananda but I also love Baba, and also other masters like Mata Amritanandamayi. They are all real masters I think. Why Baba never mentioned them in His discourse?”
37. “I visited Sathya Sai Baba in the sookshma roopa in my early days. I had never had the darshan of Sathya Sai Baba physically. How to connect to Baba now?”
38. “I visited Puttaparthi recently. I have come to know many of the experiences and emotions. I no longer feel the same desire for research. I no longer feel the same enthusiasm. Why should it happen? There may be inner silence,” this statement says.
39. “I would like to know if Swami met Grigori Grabovoi in 90’s, the Russian scientist and clairvoyant.”
40. “Reading on the internet I found that Sanskrit was taken to India by the Aryan race. If this were so, could be that Vedas were taken to India by the same Aryan race.”
41. “When the (Sai) leadership has not acted in the way you expected, has not acted in the way they should, the question is, what else can we do now?”
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