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Mantras and headaches?

Nayaswami Anandi

Question from Jennifer: Hello and thank you in advance. I experience a headache when I silently chant my chosen mantra. Is this a sign that it is the wrong mantra for me or that it is working and I need to keep with it and get past the pain?

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Is it Dharmic to Sell Liquor?

Nayaswami Hriman

Question from Som: If a businessmen with a liquor business wishes to do service with his money, then is it acceptable ? If he chooses not to do the liquor business, then his earnings reduce, and by extension, so does the amount of service he does. Is a lesser act acceptable for the “greater good” ? A businessman asked me this query, and…

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Who Is to Blame when Bad Things Happen?

Nayaswami Anandi

Question from ABC: Why do people blame God when bad things happens? Why is it that humans blame God and not the humans that does the crime? Or can God be blamed for the crime of humans since he created us? Or is he free of blame becuse he gave us free will?

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How and Why Does Consciousness Exist?

Nayaswami Parvati

Question from Som: Hi, Till now, I’ve understood that the world is made of consciousness, and is an illusion, which I accept, and am experiencing entirely. But, Why/how does consciousness/spirit itself exist ?

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The Yogic Significance of Long Hair

Tyagi Jayadev

Question from Sompal: Why do most saints grow a beard and/or long hair ? Apart from appearance, is there any other significance ? Any spiritual significance such as change in the flow of prana/energy etc ?

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Regret About a Past Decision

Nayaswami Parvati

Question from K: I have been in despair and feel deep regret over this. I was once granted a scholarship for a discipline I never considered studying, but, even on the advice of parents, I took another path I always wanted and instead studied something else. This led to an odyssey of disasters, which was a learning process, only to make me realize…

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How Do Foreigners Fit into the Caste System in India?

Nayaswami Sadhana Devi

Question from alan: I consider myself an American practitioner of Hindu ideas. As a foreigner how can I expect to be treated when visiting India, and where do foreigners fall in the world of caste?

Overcoming Boredom with One’s Daily Life

Question from santanu mukherjee: Respected Sir, How to overcome boredom in one’s daily life when there seems no specific goal to attain/acheive. with regards, Santanu Mukherjee

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Contacting a Departed Loved One

Nayaswami Anandi

Question from annu: How can i feel the presence of the soul of the loved one whom i lost in a tragic accident. Is there any method to feel connected? What happens to the extremely strong unfulfilled desires of the life time after departure? What happens to those who die untimely? Please ans soon im desperate to be connected to my loved one.