Cardinal Attributions of God
Cardinal Attributions of God is a discourse given by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti on 1978 September 14 in Patna, India. This discourse is the sixth chapter of Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 2.[1]
Cardinal Attributions of God | |
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Speaker | Shrii Shrii Anandamurti |
Date | 1978 September 14 |
Place | Patna, India |
Topic | Iishvara is the entity unassailed by mental propensities |
Included in | Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 2 |
Location in Sarkarverse |
Synopsis
Klesha-karma-vipákáshayaeraparámrśt́ah Puruśa Visheśah Iishvarah. The Visheśa Puruśa, not these jiivátmás but that very Átman, that particular Átman who remains unassailed by the influence of klesha, karma, vipáka, and áshaya is known as Iishvara. In the Moghul period, kings at Delhi used to sometimes think that they were Dilliishvaras – that they were Jagadiishavaras. Often they were forgetting the fact that they were neither Dilliishvara nor Jagadiishvara. They were ordinary souls.
Anandamurti starts the discourse by explaining the term Iishvara: The entity unassailed by cardinal propensities. He then says that klesha (afflictions) are caused by Avidya (ignorance) and thoroughly explains the five stages of cardinal ignorance: avidyá, asmitá, rága, dveśa, and abhinivesha. Anandamurti goes on explaining the rest of the cardinal propensities: karma, vipáka, and áshaya, concluding that Parama Purusa is unsullied by these tendencies and therefore He is called Iishvara.[1]
References
Preceded by Love – the Essential Prerequisite |
Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 2 1978 With: Cardinal Attributions of God |
Succeeded by Salvation and Corporeal Beings |