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Does understanding the Reality make us immune to the ups and downs of life, the death of near and dear ones? Life and pain appear more than real at such times—Sunita Savla

Swami Brahmavidananda

If you don’t understand the Reality, you will be bogged down by every little up and down in life. If you do understand the Reality,

How does one practice `Om’ meditation ? How do I know I’m doing it right? Are there any signs and indications that I am on the right track?—Mahesh R

Swami Brahmavidananda

Generally, when you talk about meditation on Om, you do it only when you come to Mandukya Karita. Otherwise, remember, when you say `I am meditating on

Swamiji, in an earlier post, you said `A person needs to the attitude that if you don’t get what you wish for, then you don’t need it.’ But if one had this attitude, then one would already be wise. Isn’t it too much to expect of ordinary mortals like us?—Mahesh R

Swami Brahmavidananda

I had said this in the context of a wise person. More than a wise person, I had said it in the context of a sanyasi. This

Language has changed, meanings have changed. There is lot of symbolism in the Gita. For example, Krishna says, `Worship me with a flower’ and people don’t go beyond offering a flower or water, Krishna says, `Worship me as the Himalayas’ and people continue to worship the Himalayas and pollute them at the same time. What has gone wrong? And how can one get around the gap between the symbol and the understanding of God?—Mahesh R

Swami Brahmavidananda

What has gone wrong is that people take the words literally without understanding the whole. Without understanding Ishvara, if I invoke the Himalayas, it will not work.