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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
{{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=Tathápi mama sarvasva Ráma kamalalocana. | {{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=''Tathápi mama sarvasva Ráma kamalalocana.'' | ||
So, all the propensities of the mind should be guided unto a singular entity with a singular name only using one’s own Iśt́a mantra and not any second mantra. That is why Hanumána says, “I always use the word Ráma and never Náráyańa. I don’t know who Náráyańa is.” | So, all the propensities of the mind should be guided unto a singular entity with a singular name only using one’s own Iśt́a mantra and not any second mantra. That is why Hanumána says, “I always use the word Ráma and never Náráyańa. I don’t know who Náráyańa is.” | ||
So every sádhaka should know that the only mantra in the universe is his Iśt́a mantra. He knows no other mantra.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}} | So every sádhaka should know that the only mantra in the universe is his Iśt́a mantra. He knows no other mantra.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}} | ||
Anandamurti starts the discourse by introducing a story in which Hanuman was asked why he uses only the name Rama and not the name Narayana, although they carry the same meaning. He then explains the various meanings of the words Narayana( | Anandamurti starts the discourse by introducing a story in which Hanuman was asked why he uses only the name Rama and not the name Narayana, although they carry the same meaning. He then explains the various meanings of the words Narayana (the one who shelters the cognitive faculty) and Rama (the most glittering entity). They both mean the Supreme Consciousness. Anandamurti goes on explaining the following shloka: ''Tathápi mama sarvasva Ráma kamalalocana.'' (All propensities should be goaded towards the one singular entity, using only one name, only one's Ista mantra and not any other mantra, even if it carries the same meaning.)<ref name="AV2"/> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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| title = | | title = [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 2]] | ||
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| with = Interpretation of | | with = Interpretation of "Rama" and "Narayana" | ||
| before = ''[[Pratyahara Yoga and Paramagati]]'' | | before = ''[[Pratyahara Yoga and Paramagati]]'' | ||
| after = ''[[Krsna, the Nucleus of the Universe]]'' | | after = ''[[Krsna, the Nucleus of the Universe]]'' | ||