February 4, 2012 | In: Personal Growth

The Power of Inquiry

One great saintly personality remarked that everyone spends their lives within a series of questions and answers. When a bird rises in the morning, it begins asking questions and searching for answers. When it comes back to the nest at night, it is still asking questions and trying to find answers. Inhuman society the businessmen, politicians, lawyers, artists, farmers etc. all are seeking answers to their questions.

Life is a series of questions and answers:
How to solve our problems?
How to find happiness?
How to avoid suffering?
How to make friends?
How to gain power and prestige?
Of course, in today’s age the series of questions and answers is mostly abouthow to make money.
All the television shows, cinemas, newspapers, magazines, are about these questions and answers.
The Vedic scriptures explain that, now that you are a human being, inquire about who you are. The questions about eating, sleeping, mating and defendingand all of their various sub-divisions exhibit the basic trend of human intelligence in today’s world, but these are unimportant questions.

Who am I?
Why am I suffering?
Where am I coming from?
Where am I going?
Who is God?
What is the nature of this universe?
What is my relationship with God within this universe?
When a human being comes to the elevated platform of making serious inquiry on these subjects, then human life has real spiritual value.

If we really want to digest food, we have to have hunger. If we have no hunger, we have very weak digestion. Hunger is a very important part of life because it gives power to digest and that principle holds true for spiritual knowledge as well. When we feel the urgency and the hunger to solve the real problems of life and we inquire from people who act truly and who reveal the word of God in an unadulterated way, then our human life really begins.

The scriptures tell us that there is a final exam. That final exam is called death. It’s not a horrible thing unless we fail it. Death is neither good nor bad. If we fail the exam of death it’s a miserable situation. But if we pass that exam it’s the most glorious opportunity in all of creation. We can pass this examination by using our life to seek answers to the questions of the purpose of life and then following those answers which will lead us to the right path and destination of our life.

- Radhanath Swami

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69 Responses to The Power of Inquiry

Biswajit

February 4th, 2012 at 10:20 am

Hare Krishna

Ram Mahtani

February 4th, 2012 at 1:34 pm

Very enlightening…everyone is enquiring. Unfortunately the outcome of each individuals enquiry varies.

sajeev

February 4th, 2012 at 8:13 pm

enlightening article…thank uf or sharing.

Tallam Sita Ramaiah

February 5th, 2012 at 6:06 am

“We can pass this examination by using our life to seek answers to the questions of the purpose of life and then following those answers which will lead us to the right path and destination of our life.” This is so important but people spend life in matters that are very trivial from this prospective.

sri vallabhi dd

February 5th, 2012 at 9:04 am

Very enlightening article

Vidya Patham

February 5th, 2012 at 9:51 am

As it is explained in the Srimad Bhagvatam everyone is asking questions including the birds and the beasts. But only questions related to the Supreme Lord can really satisfy the soul.

Sumit Sharma

February 5th, 2012 at 10:15 am

Nice one.

surekha

February 5th, 2012 at 4:32 pm

This is a wonderful article warning us to utilise this human life for inquiring about God. Thank you for sharing this article.

anand

February 5th, 2012 at 9:29 pm

wonderful…thanks

Vrushali

February 5th, 2012 at 10:47 pm

Human life is about inquiry of the higher purpose of existence. Thank you!

suresh

February 6th, 2012 at 2:15 am

Short and sweet article.

bipin

February 6th, 2012 at 3:51 am

A very very beautiful article. How important is the inquiry to happen, and if it doesnt our life as a human becomes a wasteful tread.

Arjun K Ramachandra

February 6th, 2012 at 5:12 am

i appreciated the point on death – it’s the most glorious opportunity in all of creation if we pass that exam.

vraja

February 6th, 2012 at 6:01 am

very nice

Shalmalee

February 6th, 2012 at 6:04 am

If an being does not have question is as good as animal.. we have intelligence and we should i question .. to attain the love of God

shyama radhika devi dasi

February 6th, 2012 at 7:07 am

great article thank u.

Anil Timbe

February 6th, 2012 at 8:29 am

very helpful article… very nicely presented… thanks for sharing

Pankaj

February 6th, 2012 at 8:35 am

Thank you for telling the power of Inquiry which a que of success of our whole life

Kalpana Kulkarni

February 6th, 2012 at 11:34 am

Wonderful and thought provoking article.

February 7th, 2012 at 9:04 am

Powerful!

chandraprakash

February 7th, 2012 at 11:19 am

wonderful quote…………….really inspiring

nandkihor das

February 7th, 2012 at 9:54 pm

This common exam is the least thought over- The scriptures tell us that there is a final exam. That final exam is called death.

February 7th, 2012 at 10:36 pm

only in the proper association does one learn to ask perfect questions…thank u for sharing maharaj’s sastric wisdom.

February 8th, 2012 at 12:20 am

its a lader to go up

Y.Raja Shekar

February 8th, 2012 at 2:08 am

Very nice article by HH Radhanath Swami about how to mould our precious human form of life.

February 8th, 2012 at 5:59 am

Hare Krishna… Radhanath Swami Ki Jai

Paramesvara Dasa

February 8th, 2012 at 8:24 am

Very good lesson to answer the final exam of life. All glories to HH Radhanatha Swami Maharaja.

Kuldeep Soni

February 8th, 2012 at 11:41 am

Very Nice article which gives the mood of inquisitive person.

February 8th, 2012 at 12:16 pm

Hare krishna

February 8th, 2012 at 10:20 pm

thank you

Jagannath Dham Das

February 9th, 2012 at 2:54 am

Radhanath Swami so precisely presents all important inquiries we should ask in our life !

Ketan Pendse

February 9th, 2012 at 4:43 am

Thank you Radhanath Swami for precisely explaining the power of inquiry….

sunita paleja

February 9th, 2012 at 6:57 am

Hari Hari! Great… Amazing… Thank u.

February 9th, 2012 at 7:52 am

These are essential aspects of spiritual life which has to be practiced. Thank you Maharaj for these valuable teachings.

vijay

February 9th, 2012 at 12:06 pm

very true

Aishwarya

February 10th, 2012 at 1:57 am

Nice article revealing how life is just finding answers to questions and the most importantly asking the right question.

Nice article revealing how life is just finding answers to questions and most importantly asking the right question.

Shyam Mahtani

February 10th, 2012 at 5:57 pm

The true meaning of human life has been so nicely explained. We all need to inquire, but we need to inquire relative to our true selves. Thank you Swamiji.

February 10th, 2012 at 9:23 pm

enlightening…thanks for sharing