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The Upanishads say that God has no attributes or gunas at all and, therefore, is present everywhere? How is this explained?God has no attributes or gunas at all and, therefore, is able to be present everywhere. If space or akasha, which has only one quality, namely sound, is present everywhere, then God who has no quality or no attribute at all, can be present

everywhere. ) Sunday, December 30, 2007 Q117 How do the three qualities of Tamas, Rajas and Satwa affect man ?Tamas is

ignorance. Its removal makes discrimination possible and allows Rajas to surface. Rajas binds by alluring the mind into a continuous chain of desires. When Rajas is also surpassed, Satwa reigns and brings enlightenment. Saturday, December 29, 2007 Q116 What is the main obstacle on the path and how to get past it ?For Maya-constituted beings, there are two Maya-gates; the appetite for sex and the appetite of the tongue. These two have to be conquered by every man; so long as they persist, they cause sorrow. All worldly desires are comprehended by these two; so, only those who have mastered these two can be said to have successfully waded through the world. These are the causes of all sins; and, sin is the nature on which Maya thrives. Really speaking, this Maya-prapancha or world has to serve only the purpose of just sustaining the body. Those aspiring for Liberation have to subdue the senses. Friday, December 28, 2007 Q115 Is it possible to discover the beginning or the end of Maya? Can one know when Maya will end?None can discover the beginning of Maya. Neither the personalized God (Easwara), nor the individual self (soul), nor the objective world can ever succeed in discovering the beginning of the Maya, which brought them into existence and started the chain of 'act-consequence-act'. Nevertheless, one can succeed in discovering when Maya will end! When will it end? When the objective world is ignored, set aside, denied or discovered to be immanent in the

Divine, the jeeva (individualized being) is no more. Thursday, December 27, 2007 Q114 What is the truth of God, the objective world and man? What is their mutual relationship?Maya is the Will that causes all three. It is a clear flawless mirror. When the satwic nature is reflected in that mirror, God results; when the rajasic nature is

reflected, the jeeva (individualized Self) results. It is ever anxious to grow, to grab, to survive and to be secure. When tamasic nature is reflected, matter (the objective world) is the result.All three are Paramatma, but they derive their reality as Its reflections. When undergoing reflections, they attain different forms and combinations and characteristics. The One becomes many; every one of the many is Real only because of the One in it. Maya too is a component of the One; by the emphasis on that component, the One transformed Itself into the many. Wednesday, December 26, 2007 Q113 How is one to control ignorance or Maya ?"As fog before the Sun, Ignorance melts away before Knowledge." Knowledge is acquired by uninterrupted inquiry. One should constantly be engaged in Inquiry on the nature of Brahman, the reality of 'I', the transformations that occur to the individual at birth and death and such matters. As you remove the husk that covers rice, so too the Ignorance that adheres to the mind has to be removed by the frequent application of the abrasive Atmic Inquiry. It is only when full knowledge is won that one can get liberated, or in other words, attain Moksha

Tuesday, December 25, 2007 Q112 How can the effect of Rudras

be contained ?The Maha Shivaratri festival has been designed to subdue these 11 Rudras. This means that by the control of the senses, the Rudras can be controlled. Control of the senses is not that easy... When the entire Shivaratri night is dedicated to the chanting of the Lord's name, one's mind, speech and senses all get centered on

God. This is itself a form of sense control. At least on one day in a year all our thoughts and worlds should be centered on God. When this is done, people can realize the Supreme as described in the terms Sathyam, Shivam, Sundaram. Monday, December 24, 2007 Q111 Do Rudras induce fear in the minds of the men ?Whatever emanates from

Rudras is fraught with fear. The name itself testifies to the dangerous power implicit in it. Rudram means that which induces fear. ( Sunday, December 23, 2007 Q110 What are Rudras and what are the functions of these Rudras ?Rudras are negative or destructive

principles. The Rudras in association with the intellect enter the minds of the people and cause them various types of difficulties and worries. Saturday, December 22, 2007 Q109 How many types of ills does man suffer from and how are they caused and how is one to preserve good health ?Spiritual health is preserved and promoted by

attention to three gunas : Sathwa, Rajas and Tamas. Health is preserved and promoted by attention to three humors : wind, bile and phlegm. Tri-dosha has to be avoided, that is to say, the three humors must not get vitiated or unbalanced. A healthy body is the best container for a healthy mind; illness makes the mind agitated and anxious. The material and the spiritual are the two pans in the balance; they have to be attended to, in equal measure, at least until a certain stage of progress is attained in spiritual development. Friday, December 21, 2007 Q108 Why does suffering invade man and how does one alleviate it ?You are bound to face the consequences of your actions. So, do good and you will certainly reap good results. Do not get disheartened if there is no immediate reward. Wait for a while, you will certainly be rewarded. Your suffering is nothing but the consequence of bad deeds in the past. Prayer alone can alleviate your suffering to some extent. Thursday, December 20, 2007 Q107 What does Klesha mean and what are the 5 types of Klesha ?Klesha is the affliction in the mind or a mental complex. They are Ignorance complex, Attachment complex, Vacillation complex, Greed complex and Hate complex. All these complexes are nothing but mental aberrations, which are injurious to man himself. Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Q106 Why is there no contentment in happiness ?You strain so much just to fill your small belly. You earn money in every possible way for this. Does this bring contentment to you? No. There can be no contentment in this. On this basis, it is said you cannot derive happiness out of happiness. Happiness is the fructification of difficulties. If you want to have a taste of happiness and peace, then difficulties are necessary in life. ( Tuesday, December 18, 2007 Q105 How will suffering of man cease ?The removal of the recurring sorrow of Samsara can be affected only the attachment of Brahman. It cannot be earned by means of desires. It can come only by experiencing the Atma. Monday, December 17, 2007 Q104 How to escape sorrow ?Joy and peace do not inhere in the external objects; they are in you yourself. But people in their foolishness search for those outside themselves in a world from which, today or tomorrow, they are bound to depart. So long as one has worldly desires in view, he cannot escape sorrow. Sunday, December 16, 2007 Q103

What is it that man has to get over for getting liberated ?Ignorance is the cause of ego, which breeds attachment and hatred. For getting liberation, one has to get rid of the ego, ignorance and attachment. The ego gives rise to desire, which plunges man in karma, which, in turn, causes birth. Saturday, December 15, 2007 Q102 What are the seven types of ropes that bind man ?Man is bound by seven types of ropes. They are body, desire, anger, ego, fate, ignorance and lack of discrimination.

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