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''''' | '''''It Is Better to Die While Following Bhágavata Dharma''''' is a discourse given by [[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]] in Kolkata, India. The discourse was delivered on the evening of 1978 November 5. This discourse is the twelfth chapter of [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4]].<ref name="AV4">{{cite book|title=Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 14:41, 22 July 2019
It Is Better to Die While Following Bhágavata Dharma | |
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Speaker | Shrii Shrii Anandamurti |
Date | 1978 November 5 |
Time | Evening |
Place | Kolkata, India |
Topic | Your divine nature |
Included in | Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4 |
Location in Sarkarverse |
It Is Better to Die While Following Bhágavata Dharma is a discourse given by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti in Kolkata, India. The discourse was delivered on the evening of 1978 November 5. This discourse is the twelfth chapter of Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4.[1]
Synopsis
Svadharme nidhanaḿ shreyah – that is, “If human beings die while following the path of Bhágavata dharma, that death will open up the path to liberation.” Paradharmo bhayávaha. And the mind of a person following animal dharma will become degraded – and that person, after death, will be reborn as an animal or plant. So, paradharmo bhayávaha [“do not live as an animal”]. Here svadharma does not mean Shákta Dharma, Vaishnavite Dharma or Hindu Dharma.
Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that it is better for human beings to live and die following manava dharma (human dharma) in lieu of trailing the dharma of others beings. Anandamurti then explains that although humans and animals share some characteristics, it is incorrect to call human beings "rational animals". Animal life is body centered while human life is an ideological flow. Therefore humans are to follow Bhagavata dharma (divine characteristics). Anandamurti goes on saying that Bhagavata dharma has three distinctive attributes: Vistara (expansion), Rasa (flow) and Seva (service). Following divine dharma, human beings pave their own path toward liberation.[1]
References
Preceded by Which Is the Right Path? |
Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4 With: It Is Better to Die While Following Bhágavata Dharma |
Succeeded by The Three Stages of Spiritual Progress |