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'''Parama Purusa, Not Scriptures''' is the eleventh discourse given by [[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]] in Fiesch, Switzerland.<ref name="AV12">{{cite book|title=Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 12|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}</ref> The discourse was delivered in English on the morning of 1979 May 13.
'''Parama Purusa, Not Scriptures''' is the eleventh discourse given by [[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]] in Fiesch, Switzerland.<ref name="AV12">{{cite book|title=Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 12|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}</ref> The discourse was delivered in English on the morning of 1979 May 13.


== Snyopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
{{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=''Mahájano yena gatah sah panthá.'' So you are to follow the path, you are to follow the cult, and you are to do according to the approaches of the aspirants of the past, the kaolas of the past. You are to be practical in your life of occult science. Your only object of ideation is Parama Puruśa, and not any dogma, nor any scripture.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}
{{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=''Mahájano yena gatah sah panthá.'' So you are to follow the path, you are to follow the cult, and you are to do according to the approaches of the aspirants of the past, the kaolas of the past. You are to be practical in your life of occult science. Your only object of ideation is Parama Puruśa, and not any dogma, nor any scripture.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}
Anandamurti starts the discourse by stating that in the past, whenever their logic failed, intellectuals created various scriptures which in turn caused disunity and conflict in human mind and society. He explains that once King Yudhiśt́hira was approached with a question: "There are so many scriptures and norms. Whom should one follow?"  
Anandamurti starts the discourse by stating that in the past, whenever their logic failed, intellectuals created various scriptures which in turn caused disunity and conflict in human mind and society. He explains that once King Yudhiśt́hira was approached with a question: "There are so many scriptures and norms. Whom should one follow?"<ref name="AV12" />


Anandamurti goes on by explaining that one should look internally and not externally, because [[Parama Purusa]] lies within our very own existence. He ought to be our only object of ideation, not any scripture.<ref name="AV12" />
Anandamurti goes on by explaining that one should look internally and not externally, because [[Parama Purusa]] lies within our very own existence. He ought to be our only object of ideation, not any scripture.<ref name="AV12" />
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== References ==
== References ==
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{{Portal|Ananda Vacanamrtam}}
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  | title  =  ''[[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 12]]''
  | title  =  ''[[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 12]]''
  | years  =
  | years  = 1979
  | with  = Parama Purussa, Not Scriptures
  | with  = Parama Purussa, Not Scriptures
  | before = ''[[He Knows His Duty]]''
  | before = ''[[He Knows His Duty]]''
  | after  = '' [[The Coming of Taraka Brahma]]''
  | after  = '' [[The Coming of Taraka Brahma]]''