SpiritualExpression

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1. What is meant when Muhammad claims to be the Seal of the Prophets?

 [Mr. Talin Rowe asked: Hello Blessed Lord Datta Swami, thank You always for Your divine knowledge and willingness to help correct us sinners. I was wondering what is meant within Islam that Muhammad is claimed to be the seal of the prophets? Why are so many followers of Islam claiming that there will be no others? At your feet, Talin Rowe]

Swami replied: Here, the followers of Islam claim that there will be no others. But, Mohammed did not say the same thing. He only sealed the syllabus of spiritual knowledge meant for the Islam religion of that particular time present in specific area only. For suppose, when the teacher says that the syllabus is completed, it doesn't mean that the syllabus for the next year will not be taught. Next year, some new concepts which were discovered in science may be added to the syllabus. Syllabus may be revised. Today, suppose the syllabus committee says that the syllabus is covered, it doesn’t mean that some new concepts in that subject will not be added to the syllabus next year. The syllabus is completed doesn’t mean that there will be no further addition of new concepts. Syllabus is completed in that particular time in that particular religion to that particular extent. It doesn't mean that no more change in this syllabus will occur, no new concepts will be added and this syllabus will stay for thousands and lakhs of years! No, it’s not like that. For that time, for that religion, and for that region, Mohammed told, “the syllabus is completed”. It doesn’t mean that the syllabus will not be repeated again with new explanations and will not be revised again by adding some new concepts. So, it shouldn't be taken in a rigid sense. The statement ‘Syllabus is sealed’ is correct as far as the statement is concerned to a particular religion, to a particular place and to a particular sect of people.

2. What deeds cause a person to undergo extreme suffering due to deadly diseases like cancer, heart disease, etc.?

[A question by Dr. Nikhil Kothurkar]

Swami replied: The intensity of the punishment always depends on the intensity of the sin. If the sin is more intense, the punishment will also be more intense. The Garuda Puranam gives the details of which punishment is prescribed for which sin, according to the divine constitution.