Anil: I found links online that allege that Manusmriti supports eating non-vegetarian food.
Swami Ramswarup: Namaste ji.

Manu Smriti is true holy book written by Manu Bhagwan. Manu Bhagwan was the first emperor of this earth and he spread the knowledge of Vedas. He ruled over the earth in accordance with the rules and regulation based on Vedas. He was ancestor of Sri Ram.

However, some false shlokas have been added in Manusmriti to destroy our Hindu culture. Similarly several false shlokas have been added in Mahabharat Granth. Original/authentic Manusmriti clearly states:-

“Varjeit Madhu Maasam Cha”

i.e., non-vegetarian and alcohol etc., are strictly prohibited.

Manusmriti is based on eternal Vedic culture, wherein non-vegetarian and addiction is not allowed.

Similarly fact has been stated in Manusmriti by Manu Bhagwan. I paste my Vedic article in this regard below:-

Vegetarians

Vegetarians and non-vegetarians are two categories. Accordingly the construction of body i.e., teeth, small intestine and large intestine, and digestive system has been made by God.

S:Pranam guruji, I wanted to know that should one donate his body parts after his death?
Swami Ramswarup: My blessings to you.
In this regard I paste my article:-

Donating organs after death

As said in Yajurveda mantra 40/15 our human body made of prakriti is to cremated at last. So better if the body parts are donated to any needy person whose life can be filled with happiness. This will be act of benevolence and sure God will give blessings to the soul who has gone to heavenly abode.

Siddhart: Pranam guruji, Guru ji telling a lie is a sin . But what if someone asks something from me and I instead of telling truth doesn't say any thing at all? I mean I didn't lied nor I spoke the truth,instead I changed the topic or something.
Swami Ramswarup: My blessings to you.

Yes, if you would not speak then the person who asks question may force you to give answer. Now, this is upto you whether you speak truth or go away from the site to avoid quarrel etc.

If someone is empowered to tell the truth i.e., is able to face the consequences then he should speak truth otherwise may keep silent.

S: Pranam guru ji, I am in college and I am a bit tensed for my future as I want to prepare for civil services but there are my college studies also ,so I am not able to focous on any of them due this unwanted stress.So please guide me. Besides I have been trying to wake up early in the morning but then I keep on feeling dozy and sleepy throughout the day so please tell me what sould I do for both of these problems? pranam guruji.
Swami Ramswarup: My blessings to you. To advise properly, please intimate your year of college studies.

As regards feeling drowsy on getting up early in the morning, it may be due to stomach problem like constipation etc. I paste my articles also for your guidance below:-

Shubh Karma

Hard working, devotion, dedication, honesty, services to the parents and elders to follow eternal religion mentioned in Vedas, practice of Ashtang Yoga, discharging moral duties to get progress in education, science simultaneously with spiritualism like, daily havan, to be in contact with the learned Acharya, to get his advice, are some of the pious deeds which make the future bright and obliterate the sorrows, problems, diseases, etc.

Rakesh: Pranaam gugruji i would like to ask; how do i perform Yajyen/hawan in daily ? what are the procedures and mantras or samgiri pls tell me guruji
Swami Ramswarup: My blessings to you.

Havan Samagri

Four matters are to be mixed to prepare havan samagri, the kinds of which are several:
1. Sweet matter like jaggery, honey etc. which are mixed on the same day when the havan is performed.
2. Nutritive matters like all pulses, flour, dry fruits, ghee etc.
3. Antibiotic like gyol etc.
4. Fragrant matters like guggal, chandan bala etc.

Atta, jau, kale til, rice, nagarmotha, balchhar, etc. can also be mixed.

21 best herbs for Havan

KASTURI, KESAR, AGAR-TAGAR, CHANDAN, JATAMANSI, ELAYCHI, JAYFAL, JAVITRI, GOOGAL, NAGARMOTHA, BALCHHAD, SUGANDHBALA, DALCHINI, JAU, GILOYA, CHUARA, BADAM, AKHROT, BANAKSHA, GUD, AND KISHMISH.

How to do havan

Please sit in the morning to perform havan. Havan must be in sunlight then it is more beneficial. Then half a bowl of fresh water with a tablespoon must be with you with small twigs especially of mango tree if possible, havan samagri, ghee, camphor and match box must be there with you. Please sit on sukh asan on four times folded blanket and blanket must be on mat.

Anonymous: With your blessings me and my family went to a book exhibition and shared the Vedic literature with others. Two school principal visited and took all the 4 parts of vedas divine light for their schools. Indian express also covered our stall and took details about our books and yourself. We pray to you to give us more opportunity like this to spread the message of Vedas everywhere.
Swami Ramswarup: My heartiest blessings to you both my son. Really, you’ve discharged your responsibility happily and I’m proud of you. my blessings are always with you both and my love to your daughter.

Jaju: bhagvadgita vedanukul hai iska kya praman hai gita me ;yada yada hi dharmasya....is shlok ka kya matlab hai?kya is se parmeshwar ka avtar lena sidhha hota hota hai?kya gita me ishwar ke niwas sthan k bareme kuch likha hai?

Kripa: Can you please give me the root word for EHSAAN in sanskrit and how it means anugraha or kripa...
Swami Ramswarup:Anugraha means kindness/favour. Kripa means grace.

Anonymous: If the gotras are different, can marriage be possible with cousins?
Swami Ramswarup: Marriage within blood relations is strictly prohibited in Vedas.

Anish: Charan Sparsh Swamiji, Swamiji thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge to ignorant people like me through this website. Kindly advice me how to improve my concentration and do meditation.Also send me valuable books on brahmacharya.
Swami Ramswarup: My blessings to you. Thanking you, please.

Anonymous: Pranam, Guruji. Charan Sparsh. With your blessings my worship is going on. Guruji, as informed I have two young daughters. One of my wish is that my both daughters should learn Vedas and follow its path in their life. During my morning havan they are not able to attend it but during havan in evening they are attending it. They are chanting Ved mantras and doing entire havan with me. I am trying to give them knowledge about 4 Vedas. But I want your guidance as to which knowledge shall I share initially to them so that they can know and understand it and how much time daily. So kindly request to please guide us in this regard. With Charan Sparsh.
Swami Ramswarup: My blessings to you, my son.

I feel happy to read about your sadhna. Please go ahead because it is the only path to fulfill the target of human life, in the absence of which, shastras declare us as animals. Yes, the daughters are infact called ‘Devi’. Devi means who has Vedic divine knowledge. So, your views for your loving daughters are appreciated. My blessings are also to your daughters for a long, happy life. you may give them Vedic books which are already with you to study daily, even 1-2 pages are enough everyday. Their participation in evening hawan along with you, is sufficient at this juncture. After sometime, they would themselves realise to do morning hawan also.

Chittararanjan: Swami ji, Namaste. Please, I want to learn the meaning (Bhavarth) of the 13th Mantra of Chapter 2 of the Yajurveda. The Mantra ends with " OM PRATISHTH ". Dhanyawad.
Swami Ramswarup: Namaste. Idea (Bhavarth) of Yajurveda mantra 2/13 is as under-
1. Ishwar orders that mind of every human-being should be indulged only in pious deeds. The best pious deed is Yajyen. In addition, every moral duty preached in Vedas should be discharged faithfully.

2. God states that I order the whole universe (human-beings) to daily perform holy yajyen. Yajyen will give you happiness and by doing yajyen, you will make others happy as well.

3. Om is the name of Almighty God. The relation between the name of God and human-being must be same as in the relation between father and son.

4. In the absence of doing pious deeds based on Vedas, nobody can get respect/honour. Therefore, all the human-beings should leave the impious deeds and should always do pious deeds. By performing pious deeds, illusion is overcome and rays of light of knowledge can be attained.

PB: Respected Swamiji, Namaskar, I feel honoured in receiving from your holiness,answers to my various querries regarding religion and metephysics.Accept my sincere grateful thanks to you, sir. Again I wish to putforth a few of disputed beliefs and understandings, as written below:-
COSMOLOGY;- according to uptodate scientic researches;
(1) HIRANYAGARBHA; A cosmic Egg burst open (Big-Bang-Theory) and thus Ever-expanding Universe came into Existence.
(2) From innumerable Galaxies, in one of them (ours) a Star "Sun" created our present Solar System and Earth is one planet of estimated life of 10.7 billions years ago.
(3) Earth's dry lands separated with each other due to internal shifting of plates forming different Continents and seas of present day, and India camenout of African continent.
ORIGIN OF HUMAN RACES & LANGUAGES:-
(4) The oldest human-like fossil found is about 7 millions years old, in Africa.
(5) Oldest known Civilisations found all over the world are many but oldest among them (developped) is Harrappan or
Sindhu-Saraswati Valley, now in Pakistan, it is about 7000 years BCE.

G P: Pranam Guruji, As you said nothing is mentioned about castes in Vedas.And Vedas doesn't approve caste system & discrimination based on caste system. Then when & how exactly the castes got created & why there is so much cultural differences amongst different castes?
Swami Ramswarup: Caste system has been created within three-thousand years. After Mahabharat war, the eternal knowledge of four Vedas started diminishing and as a result, people have made their own path of worship due to lack of knowledge of Vedas. Differences of culture among different castes is self-made and therefore is totally against Vedas.

J K: Pranam acharyaji. mai roj subah uth kar omkar jap,anulom vilom pranayam,asan,aur bhajan nitya karta hu,lekin mai dhyan nahi kar pa raha hu,mere man me vichar aatehi hai,kya mai koi sangit lagakar dhyan karu ya koi aur upay bataye taki mera dhyan lage..
Swami Ramswarup: My blessings to you.

Navin: Pranam Swamiji, Jai shree Krishna, Your answer and my question tally each other as there is vast difference between Vedas and niti sastra or puran, here I wish to add that Mahabharat, and Bhagwat are written by Ved Vyas. He must have kept his eyes open on Ved when such a master piece granth written. I am yet to be convinced that Kunti was rewarded with mantra to get child when ever she perform that mantra, ok it is his fruit of tapasia or his karma, but what about surya who can give child to kunti a unmarried lady, same with indra and aswin kumar for maitri? Bhismah was given boon that he can have his death at will, to me this puran and ved matter confuse me like any thing. there must be some truth on this type of stories, Please let me know the truth behind this type of episode? Once again pranam and jai shree krishna.
Swami Ramswarup: My blessings to you.

Yes, please there is vast difference between Vedas and niti shastra or purann. Vedas, being eternal knowledge direct from God whereas niti shastra and purann are man made. So, I appreciate your views.

Kiran: Namaste yoga acharya charna sparsh.the physical body of a person consists of billion of living cells,which are different from hearts,lungs,muscles,kidney etc ... And have different individulity and different functions.however only when they all combine the physical body is formed.they are bond together as a unified whole by the SOUL (Veda tatva) or WILL (science ) regarding this topic my question is that whether VEDA is greater than Science?
Swami Ramswarup: My blessings to you.

Vedas are an eternal knowledge which emanate direct from God and are originated in the heart of four rishis in the beginning of every non-sexual creation. In this connection, I paste my article below:-

Vedas’ Philosophy

God has made universe and blessed us human body to do pious deeds only. He has not made any heaven or hell. All have to face the result of their deeds, good or bad here only, even by taking rebirth. (Rigveda mantra 10/135/1,2)

God has not only made universe but has also given knowledge of four Vedas where answers to your and everyone’s questions have been given. There are four Vedas:

1. Rig Veda - gives knowledge of science, matter of the universe like sun, moon, air body etc., etc.

Lalit: Swamiji please explain the following mantra:
Abhayam mitrad-abhayam-amitrad abhyam-jnatad abhayam paroksat*
*Abhayam naktam-abhayam diva nah sarva asa mama mitram bhavantu* Atharvaveda 19.15.6 thank you
Swami Ramswarup: This is a prayer to God as under-
Oh! God, (Mitrad abhyam- amitrad abhyam) May we be fearless from my friends and from those who are not my friends. (Gyatat abhyam) may we be fearless from known persons and (yah puraha abhyam) and from those who are in front of me ( Naha naktam abhyam) may we be fearless from night (Diva abhyam) as well as in day (Mama sarvaha ashaha) all our desires and all the four directions (Mitram bhavantu) may become our friends.

S D Gupta: What is difference between stuti, prathna and upasna?
Swami Ramswarup: Stuti means praise of Almighty God during Yajyen/Havan with Ved mantras only. Prarthna means we pray to God to fulfill our desire through Ved mantras in Yajyen. To do Yajyen and to do practice of ashtang Yoga philosophy is the worship of God.
br> Deepak: Pranaam Guruji, Kindly advice how to increase my concentration both during prayers and at work.I would also like to know how to start meditation. I have tried many times, but my mind is very restless. Need your help.
Swami Ramswarup: My blessings to you. On the matter of concentration, my article is as appended below:-

Hemant: Namasakar Swamiji. Please explain how can I reduce my sleep as you do for two hours only even at the age of 67 years. I being a common man but still with the help of learned acharya, can I? I want to start perfoming Yajyen. Please guide me in detail the whole procedure. I have read little in your book. Awaiting your valuable answer.
Swami Ramswarup: Namaskarji. Daily Yajyen and practice of Ashtang Yoga Philosophy along with consumption of only vegetarian food helps to overcome sleep.

Secondly, your decision to perform daily hawan is highly appreciated. Yajyen has been stated as the best pious deed of the world. And is also the best worship of God. A VCD is available explaining the procedure to perform Hawan along with meaning of Gayatri mantra. The VCD is worth Rs. 40/- excluding postal charges.

The same can be sent to you on receipt of your postal address if you desire.

S K: Can I have your book on student life/brahamcharya the English version please? Thank you Swamiji.
Swami Ramswarup: English version has not yet been printed, my daughter.