How can I tell my friend about real love if he doesn’t want to hear anything about this philosophy? It’s known: you can’t tell somebody something if they don’t want to know it. See, there has to be a receptive audience. If you’re sitting here and don’t want to know what I’ve just said, then it’s not going to go very far. But if you want to...
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What about reincarnation? That’s a whole lecture in itself… but very briefly: The spirit soul, being eternal, obviously resides somewhere. When we have our material consciousness that means we reside in the material world, in material bodies (many different kinds). Each body is very temporary, it doesn’t last long. We live our term in that body, then...
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How does the spirit enter the body? What determines what body you get? The soul, say, it that comes into a human body is contained in the sperm of the father. So, the mother produces “the seed”, if you will, for the body and the father produces the life that enters that. And according to our activities and desires in our past life, we will be placed in...
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There is a saying: “The soul hurts.” How to cure the soul? The soul doesn’t actually get hurt. It does but it does not. Like all of these emotions and everything that we feel, this is basically on the emotional, mental level. The problem for the soul is: it’s void of this love for God. That’s the real hurt for the soul. But all the drama in...
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Is there a religion you belong to? Which one? Not as you’re thinking of religion. Like Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, this kind of thing – no. It’s called Sanatana Dharma which means “the eternal religion of the soul.” There’s only one true religion and that’s doing the will of God. Loving service to God is pure religion. Sanatana Dharma...
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If one comes to this true love and overcomes his ego one day, can it be said that this love will remain forever till the end of the life, or it comes and goes away from day to day? True love doesn’t come and go. And once you achieve it, it is so complete and so satisfying that you don’t involve yourself in activities, lifestyles that cover that, take it...
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While chanting the second mantra, I felt like crying. Why is it? I can’t tell you exactly because it’s very personal, but I can tell you this is deep meditation which contacts you with the Supreme Lord directly. And that can produce all kinds of feelings, emotions, etc. Like I said, it’s very personal, but certainly this is not some shallow thing,...
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I am used to starting and ending my day with prayers. Is it right? In the Greek language there is a saying: “God is love, it will never cease, the Lord never changes.” Very good. It’s great. You should always do it like this. God actually says Himself that if we chant His names, this is the most pleasing to Him. So, if you combine the chantings of...
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In Christian tradition God is love, He has one name: Love. Why does God have many names in the Vedic tradition? There’s no doubt about the truth of that statement: “God is love,” yes. But really what does that mean? I mean, you can envision all kinds of different things. God is love, but what it means is God, the Supreme Person, is filled with love,...
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All the time you were talking about the source of love, that it exists and that one has to aim towards Him. By which means, by which practices one can come to the source? What to start with? Start with hearing. This is the first process. So, you have been engaged in that process tonight. And the next process is chanting. Those are the two main activities:...
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