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Q: What is religion?

A: A power that sustains a man.

Q: What is the function of this power?

A: Religion is a discipline and behavior of mind to cultivate mental peace and happiness.

Q: What are the consequences if a man does not accept religion?

A: The man will be just like an animal.

Q: If a man does not like religion, then?

A: Religion is not the matter of liking or disliking, one who does not accept religion, does in practional life, follow religion.

Q: How?

A: Respect to parents, love to friends, clean living the type of behavior means the acceptance of religion.

Q: When was Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya born?

A: On 'Vaishakh Krishna Ekadashi', Samvat 1535.

Q: Was the Christian era not in practice that time?

A: He being Indian (Bharati-yah), it is apt to date his birth from Hindi era of Vikramaditya the Vedic way. Even then, if you are interested to know as per Christian era, it was 1478 A.D.

Q: Where was Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharyaji born?

A: He was born in Champaranya of Madhya Pradesh. Now a days it is known as Champaran.

Q: Were his ancestors from Madhya Pradesh?

A: No. They were from Andhra Pradesh.

Q: Which Place of Andhra Pradesh?

A: From Kakarvada please.

Q: By what nickname his ancestors were known there?

A: They were known as Belunad or Vellunadu.

Q: What was his father's name?

A: Shri Laxman Bhatt (Dixit).

Q: Was his Gotra 'Dixit'?

A: No, his Gotra was 'Bha-rad-dwaj'. He was Tai-lang Brahmin.

Q: Why then 'Dixit'?

A: They were inspired for 100 Som Yajnas (Yagya's) and anointed (ceremonially appointed) as the doer of Yajnas (as Yajmans or Yagya's). Hence their nickname was 'Dixit'.