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{{Infobox discourse
{{Infobox discourse
| title = <!-- Write the name of the title -->The Best Mental Engagement
| title = <!-- Write the name of the title -->Can Women Attain Salvation?
| image = <!--Write image name eg. Example.jpg, do not include "File:" -->
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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-->1988 May 28
| date    = <!-- Date-->1978 October
| time    = <!-- Time or Morning/Evening -->Unknown
| time    = <!-- Time or Morning/Evening -->Unknown
| place = <!-- Location -->Anandanagar, India
| place = <!-- Location -->Patna, India
| coordinates = <!-- Coord -->
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| also known as = <!--Other names -->
| also known as = <!--Other names -->
| language = English
| language = English
| topic    = <!-- Topic -->The optimal psychic pabulum
| topic    = <!-- Topic -->Parama Purusa encourages no discrimination
| event    = <!-- Event, if any -->
| event    = <!-- Event, if any -->
| included in = [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 3]]
| included in = [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 3]]
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'''''Blind Mind and Conscience''''' is a discourse given by [[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]] on 1965 November 19 in Ernakulam, India. This discourse is the twelfth chapter of [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 3]].<ref name="AV3">{{cite book|title=Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 3|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}</ref>
'''''Can Women Attain Salvation?''''' is a discourse given by [[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]] on 1978 october in Patna, India. This discourse is the first chapter of [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 3]].<ref name="AV3">{{cite book|title=Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 3|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}</ref>


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
{{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=I said just now, the mind cannot remain vacant. Whenever there is no important job to do, do not waste your time in idle thinking, because idle thinking means mental deterioration, mental degradation, psychic degeneration. So utilize each and every moment of your life in doing something good, in thinking something good. When you are not physically doing something good, then mentally do something good. And the best mental work, the best mental engagement, is kiirtaniiyah sadá harih – “Do the kiirtana of Parama Puruśa.”.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}
{{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=Those vested interests, or those who had vested interests in the realm of religion, not spirituality, used to say that salvation is only for males. They perpetrated their exploitation over females for an indefinite period. This was the psychology. They were guided by this psychology. That is why they used to say that salvation and emancipation are for males only.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}
Anandamurti starts the discourse by inroducing a ''shloka'' (verse) given by [[:wikipedia:Chaitanya Mahaprabhu|Chaitanya Mahaprabhu]]: ''Trńádapi suniicena taroriva sahiśńuná; Amániinaḿ mánadena kiirtaniyah sadá Harih.'' A person has to become very humble and extremely tolerant and pay deference to those who are deprived and distressed. Anandamurti then explains that it would be best to engross the mind with psycho-spiritual or purely spiritual thoughts, as in singing kiirtan to the Lord. Anandamurti goes on explaining that ''Hari'' means the one who steals. Out of great love for His devotees, [[Parama Purusa]] stealthily removes their sins.<ref name="AV3"/>
Anandamurti starts the discourse by presenting a question that was posed to Him: "Are women entitled to get emancipation, yes or no?" According to tantric spiritual practice, the minimum requirement for self-realization is having a human body. That alone makes it obvious that women can get salvation. Anandamurti then explains that since time immemorial, religious scriptures perpetrated distinctions among females and males with a deliberate agenda of exploiting women. Anandamurti goes on explaining that all entities are descendants of [[Parama Purusa]]. Animals too, although they possess no human structure, can attain salvation if only He desires.<ref name="AV3"/>


== References ==
== References ==
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  | title  =  [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 3]]
  | title  =  [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 3]]
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  | with  = The Best Mental Engagement
  | with  = Can Women Attain Salvation?
  | before = ''[[Revolt against Dogma]]''
  | before = {{Grey|N.A.}}
  | after  = ''[[The Best Mental Engagement]]''
  | after  = ''[[The Tantric Definition of Yoga]]''
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