SWAMI SHANTANANDA'S DISCUSSION WITH ABHISEKH PRASAD OF PUNE, INDIA, ON ADVAITA AND VISHISTA-ADVAITA

On 8 August 2025:

Abhishekh (He): ‘Hi Ji, ur good name.Pl’

Me: Swami Shantananda but address me as Shantanu

He: Oh so sorry  Swamji (7.16 am) Me extremely sorry.

Me: Don’t worry (7.17 am)

He: Ji Swamiji. Charan Sparsh. Me touching your feet. Please do bless me. Me a true seeker of truth. Please do guide me on this spiritual path. I am keen to read your books Swamiji. How -you got my number Swamiji.. through email I think (7.20)

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He: Please recommend some very very deep books that can help me know God.

Me: I got your number from a contact page message sent to me in my website: https://knowledgeforworldconservation.com. [Logo: Dharma]

He: ‘Yes’.

Me: The only way to get to knowledge of God is yoga practice of karma in sanatan dharma.

He: Yes. Sanatan dharma. Any very deep books, Swamiji?

Me: ‘You should only read two books, the Mahabharatta and Bhagavad Gita, and Ramayana until it all sinks in your mind.

He: Oh yes Swamiji. Please do guide me on whose commentary I should pick up on Ramayana, Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharatta (7.34 am)

Me: Sankara transalated by Gambhiranda for Bhagavad Gita

He: Yes. And on Ramayana and Mahabharatta?

I really want to know God. Swamiji. Please bless me. Please (7.40 am)

Me: Ramayana is very important to be read with Hanuman Chaalisaa. Try to read them in Hindi rather than English translations. Remember: ‘Maryada Prushottam Bhagaban Ram’.

He: ji Swamiji.

Please do recommend me the best book on Ramayana and Mahabharatta. I can read both in Hindi and English. I will order these books today itself. I feel godly energy with me Swamiji. I do not know what God wants from me. I think God has planned something good for me Swamiji. I love God very very much.

Me. Good. These books will tell you the entire structure of Hinduism. If you put the lessons of this book as karma in sanatan dharma, it will lead to Bhagaban-prapti and Ananda of living your life with God.

He: Whose commentary for Ramayana and Mahabhraratta?

Me Mahabharatta by Rajgopalachari is sufficient (7.50 am)

He: I see. And Ramayana Swamiji?

Me: I do not have any specific suggestions for Ramayana. But another important book is ‘The Story of my experiments with truth’ by Mohan Das Karam Chand Gandhi’.

He: Oh yes. I will order these all three books today itself, Swamiji: (7.55 am)

Me: That is all you need.

He: Yes Swamiji, I feel blessed.

 ‘I will check for myself any best commentary on Ramayana.

Me: ‘Are you married?’

He: Yes Swamiji, I am married, but now attachments slowly going off.

Me: Do you have any children?

He: Yes, I have one cute daughter.

Me: ‘Me too’

He. Ji. But my so much interest now in God and His realisation.  I read spiritual books. I have read some of the books of Ramana Maharishi. (8.00 am)

Me: Throw them in the bin.

He: ‘Oh. ‘I will.. Swamiji. I will order three books today.

Me: ‘You must always remain a family man’.

He: Yes Swamiji. Please do keep guiding and blessing me on this spiritual journey Swamij.Pl pl. pl.

Tulsidas Ramayana or Valmiki Ramayana. I will choose on amazon.

Me: Valmiki, translated by Griffiths (8.06 am)

He: Oh yes. I will order all books today Swamiji.

Me: The first rule of truth search is survival. If you are married and have a child you have to fulfil their needs saying to yourself that you went round the wedding fire 7 times so were blessed by God.

He: True Swamiji. I love my family. I also love God. Being with God gives me much peace and happiness.

Me: These are my only mental attachments.

He: Yes, Swamiji: But I have read in one book that mental attachments itself is a great hindrance to cross over.

Me: Do you want to spend 27 years doing satya-advaita yoga to get to the day when you can honestly say to yourself that you are at one with the Reality of God Bhagban-prapti?, or so you want Realisation sooner?

He: Sooner, Sooner, Me already 47 years old. But I have had some Godly experience, I think.

Me: Do try to understand. More important than God is ‘Realisation’.

He: ‘Yes to know God.’

Me: ‘No’

Both

Together is the result of Vishista Advaita  truth.

He: Vishista Advait. I have read somewhere Advaita.

Me: That is the fantasy worldof Brahmao Advaita Vedanta for weak persons thinking that there is anything t be gained from non-duality with Brahman, the universe. Human beings have to live to survive in Brahma-Nature. (8.52 am)

He: True Swamiji. But in Advait philosophy there is no existence of the world. The world seems to exist in ignorance it says.

He: One Swamiji from Chinmayananda Mission suggested to me long back to read the book only books on Advaita, and suggested to me not to read any dualistic philosophy.

[At this point I Pu t a Red/Anger Emoji to these words] 9.25 am

He: All four correct ones Swamiji? He gave four links:

Ramayana complete pdf

Mahabharatta Rajgopalachari pdf.

Gandhi experiments

Bhagavad Gita.pdf

[I blocked him on WhatsApp at this point suspicious that of who might be kidding to trap me into matters that I had no understanding of.]

Unblocked

Me: I sent you an email (10.55 am)

He: I see. Let me check.

Prasadabhishekh370@gmail.com

He: Swamiji, I do not get your message: Dear Abhishekh, I had to block you on WhatsApp out of respect to various religious authorities of Hinduism but wished to continue our discussions here if you are available, or have another personal email to give to me. Shantanu Panigrahi.(11.41 am). Please.. to help me to get to ..

Me: I will help you for you are the first person who has called me Swamiji and done Charan Sparsh to me.

He: Ji Swamiji. I always touch lotus feet of Swamiji. Have darshan of Swamiji.. I touch lotus feet over phone I say Charan Sparse, I seek blessings of pure souls (12.04 pm)

Please do bless me on this spiritual path Swamiji.

Me too a true seeker of truth (12.14 am)

Me: I am not a the Classical Spiritual Master like Ramanna, Sankara, Gambhir, Saty Sai Baba, Sadhguru, Amma, Sri Sri Ravishankar, Ramakrishna, Vivekananda, Sai Baba, Mahatma Gandhi. I hope you realise that.

He: I do not think like that Swamiji. You also talk of Advait, talking of God, so you too a pure soul.

One Swamiji of Chinmaya Ananda told me that Advaita philosophy is the only true knowledge.

So I read now only books of Advait. Which country are you in Swamiji?

If possible could I listen to your divine sound. Possible to talk to you over, Should I call you Swamiji? (12.24 am)

Me: As I said WhatsApp is not safe, read your email.

He: OK Swamiji. WhatsApp also OK with Swamiji.

Me: I sent you an email that takes you to my Sampradaya.

He: ‘Ji Swamiji’ (1.59 pm)

Me: ‘ You do not want to take instructions from me 3.13 pm)

He: Surely I want to Swamiji. I just want to know what is Vishista Advaita. AI says Vishista Advaita is qualified monism, and Advait means just monism. Please help me know Swamiji. Why we use qualified before Advaita.

Me: Whats Appeal the http://vishistaadvaitavedanta.com link to him. (3.21 pm)

He: If possible could you please help me understand what is qualified monism, as till now I have only known monism.

AI says: Qualified monism or Vishista Advaita is a Vedantic philosophy primarily associated with the 11 Century Indian philosopher Ramanuja. It posits that Reality is fundamentally one with qualifications. But Sankaracharya says God is only one there is not any attributes related to.

I will be more than happy Swamiji if you help me know more of Qualified monism.

Me: Ask the person who writes that. I only write what I know to be true. I do not retain anything else to pullute my mind with. (3.28 pm)

He: Swamji Help me understand what is qualified monism.

[AT this point I accidentally started recording a voice message to him on WhatsApp but in that nothing actually got recorded]

Me: Understood? 3.29 pm.

He: Have you emailed. Let me check now … Swamiji.

Me: Until you join my Vishista Advaita Sampradaya in the link, do not message me on Whats App.

https://knowledgefoundersunited.com link added on WhatsApp to him (3.52 pm )

9 August 2025

Me: It is OK. Since you do not want to leave Advaita, but in my opinion Vishista Advaita is the Ultimate Realisation. (7.35 am)

He: Swamiji Charan Sparsh

Could you please help me know what is Vishista-advaita…Why we have to use Qualified before Monism.

Me: ‘Yes I can. It is left undefined because no one else before me found out what God residing in the psyche of all creatures blesses as the karma that a human being engages in. In fact no one knew that God lives in the mind and gets some people to do things in their lives. It is through bhakti that I have done the hard work that God (Sri Krishna-Durga) blessed the world with for our welfare.

Monism that excludes Brahman is wrong. The universe is not an illusion. Sri Krishna-Durga is  real. Otherwise after 47 years of live why are you searching for God.

First you need to understand the composition of Brahman in terms of guna consciousness as Brahma-Nature.

The struggle of the human being to survive in the dignity of libertarianism is the game and purpose of God’s Creation of Brahman. For that there is what is known as dharmayudha. Dharmayudha is enacted by a jiva losing his attachments to turn his mind into a Supermind. When through satya-advaita yoga the mind is cleansed into atman, it is the expression of atman=Brahman. In this State there are no attachments, no objectives, no aims, no wishes, no anticipations, no expectations, no longer hopes, no desires and no ego. One is Brahman acting instantly, spontaneously, nonchalantly and unpremeditatedly in all one’s dealings: the perfect karma. Brahmavid Brahmaiva bhavati.

Now let me tell you a few words on monism as the devil’s creation that treats the universe as an illusion. It is a destructive philosophy that rejects the existence of God. My version of Vishista Advaita is the true  version. It is not qualified monism. (7.01 am).

He: Swamiji. Advait says that existence itself is an illusion. That it is not any manifestation. This work seems to be real as long as we are under avidya ignorance. Once ignorance goes off, then we come to know that the world never exists.

Me: Thank you (7.57 am)

He: This world (8.01).

Me: ‘And which ashram do you get this vidya from?’

Me: Furthermore, it follows that karma in sanatan dharma is only a passing phase of satya-advaita yoga which goes  along the truth path to simply karma as Brahman man infestation.

He: Chinmaya anand Swamy and Sivananda Swamy.

Me: if it floats their boat they and their followers should adhere to the Teachings. Hinduism is vast.

He: Swamiji, I too fell that world exists not just an illusion or hallucination (10.43 am)

As long as there is play of mind. There is play of world. World is the outcome of mind (10.44 am)

Me. You can never get scientific proof of God Sri Krishna-Durga. He-she is the name I gave to God using my bhakti devotion 25 years ago., based on some visions I had of moving up from my laboratory and field science, and from that point I searched for Almighty God.

He: Who wants to fathom God. There is no one except God. (10.53 am)

He: Can we talk for two minutes… Swamiji?

Me: ‘Yes’.

He Should I call now: (10.54 am)

Me Yes

He called on the Mobile Phone: extensive conversation followed in Hindi. Voice Call 8

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