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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
{{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=“Taddhávato’nyánatyeti tiśt́hat tasminnápo mátarishvá dadháti.” Everybody obeys Him. Everybody will have to do according to His desires, according to His laws, according to the laws created by him for the welfare of the entire creation. And that is why air, water, light and so many entities are doing their prescribed duties, and will have to do their prescribed duties. There is no alternative.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}} | {{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=“Taddhávato’nyánatyeti tiśt́hat tasminnápo mátarishvá dadháti.” Everybody obeys Him. Everybody will have to do according to His desires, according to His laws, according to the laws created by him for the welfare of the entire creation. And that is why air, water, light and so many entities are doing their prescribed duties, and will have to do their prescribed duties. There is no alternative.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}} | ||
Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that there are different observations | Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that there are different observations in regard to the departed, some of which date back to prehistoric times. These are termed ''shráddhá'' in Sanskrit. Anandamurti then explains that practices such as offering food and clothing to the deceased or repeating a special prayer to supposedly locate the dead in a secure surrounding, are nothing but the exploitation of the intellectually less developed. Anandamurti goes on explaining that our social responsibilities towards a person terminate when they no longer remain with us. The only thing we can do in this regard is ask [[Parama Purusa]] to take care of them. This is our only ''shráddhá''.<ref name="AV3"/> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||