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| title = <!-- Write the name of the title --> | | title = <!-- Write the name of the title -->Names of the Lord | ||
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| speaker = <!-- Write the name of the speaker -->[[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]] | | speaker = <!-- Write the name of the speaker -->[[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]] | ||
| date = <!-- Date-->1979 May | | date = <!-- Date-->1979 May 11 | ||
| time = <!-- Time or Morning/Evening -->Morning | | time = <!-- Time or Morning/Evening -->Morning | ||
| place = <!-- Location -->Fiesch, Switzerland | | place = <!-- Location -->Fiesch, Switzerland | ||
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| also known as = <!--Other names --> | | also known as = <!--Other names --> | ||
| language = English | | language = English | ||
| topic = <!-- Topic --> | | topic = <!-- Topic -->Various names of the Lord | ||
| event = <!-- Event, if any --> | | event = <!-- Event, if any --> | ||
| included in = [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 12]] | | included in = [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 12]] | ||
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''''' | '''''Names of the Lord''''' is the eighth discourse given by [[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]] in Fiesch, Switzerland. The discourse was delivered in English on the morning of 1979 May 11. This discourse is the eighth chapter of [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 12]].<ref name="AV12">{{cite book|title=Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 12|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}</ref> For other discourses with the same or similar title, see ''[[Names of the Lord]]''. | ||
== | == Synopsis == | ||
{{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=It is the wont of human psychology that a person is never satisfied, because his goal is infinite and whatever he gets is finite. Suppose one has a weakness for cake. You are enjoying the cake, but only until it passes the tongue do you enjoy the taste. After that-the cake is finite, it is something finite, so when it comes here [points to the throat] the taste is lost. Similarly, it is human nature that a person wants to enjoy something infinite. But in our world of relativities nothing is infinite, everything is finite. So all | {{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=It is the wont of human psychology that a person is never satisfied, because his goal is infinite and whatever he gets is finite. Suppose one has a weakness for cake. You are enjoying the cake, but only until it passes the tongue do you enjoy the taste. After that-the cake is finite, it is something finite, so when it comes here [points to the throat] the taste is lost. Similarly, it is human nature that a person wants to enjoy something infinite. But in our world of relativities nothing is infinite, everything is finite. So all sorts of enjoyment are finite. The only infinite entity is Parama Puruśa. So when one loves Parama Puruśa, one enjoys infinite pleasure, infinite bliss.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}} | ||
Anandamurti starts the discourse by explaining the name "Keshava", The Lord who enables us to control our respiratory system. He then states other names for the Lord, like Narayana and Madhava and their meanings.<ref name="AV12"/> Anandamurti goes on by describing the name Rama as another name for [[Parama Purusa]], the glittering entity which everyone derives bliss from.<ref name="AV12"/> | |||
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== References == | == References == | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
{{Portal|Ananda Vacanamrtam}} | {{Portal|Ananda Vacanamrtam}} | ||
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| title = | | title = [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 12]] | ||
| years = | | years = | ||
| with = | | with = Names of the Lord | ||
| before = ''[[ | | before = ''[[The Supreme Witness and the Great Thief]]'' | ||
| after = '' [[ | | after = '' [[A Purely Personal Entity]]'' | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{S-end}} | {{S-end}} |