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| title = <!-- Write the name of the title --> | | title = <!-- Write the name of the title -->Your Real Friend | ||
| image = <!--Write image name eg. Example.jpg, do not include "File:" --> | | image = <!--Write image name eg. Example.jpg, do not include "File:" --> | ||
| caption = | | caption = | ||
| speaker = <!-- Write the name of the speaker -->[[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]] | | speaker = <!-- Write the name of the speaker -->[[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]] | ||
| date = <!-- Date-->1978 October | | date = <!-- Date-->1978 October 25 | ||
| time = <!-- Time or Morning/Evening -->Unknown | | time = <!-- Time or Morning/Evening -->Unknown | ||
| place = <!-- Location -->Patna, India | | place = <!-- Location -->Patna, India | ||
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| also known as = <!--Other names --> | | also known as = <!--Other names --> | ||
| language = English | | language = English | ||
| topic = <!-- Topic --> | | topic = <!-- Topic -->A friend for eternity | ||
| event = <!-- Event, if any --> | | event = <!-- Event, if any --> | ||
| included in = [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4]] | | included in = [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
''''' | '''''Your Real Friend''''' is a discourse given by [[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]] on 1978 October 25 in Patna, India. This discourse is the third chapter of [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4]].<ref name="AV4">{{cite book|title=Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4|author=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}}</ref> | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
{{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote= | {{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=“Eka eva suhrda dharma nidhane apyanutatiyah” – “Dharma is the only suhrda (a type of friend) who remains with you even after your death.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}} | ||
Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that Dharma stays with a person even after death. Its a person's friend for eternity. Anandamurti then explains the four different [[Samskrta]] words for the English term friend: ''Bandhu'' (when love is so strong that separation cannot be endured), ''Suhrda'' (a friend who guides you mentally and remains with you forever), ''Mitram'' (a colleague), and ''Sakha'' (due to so much love, the unit entities feel mentally identical with their sakha. Anandamurti goes on explaining that only [[Parama | Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that Dharma stays with a person even after death. Its a person's friend for eternity. Anandamurti then explains the four different [[Samskrta]] words for the English term friend: ''Bandhu'' (when love is so strong that separation cannot be endured), ''Suhrda'' (a friend who guides you mentally and remains with you forever), ''Mitram'' (a colleague), and ''Sakha'' (due to so much love, the unit entities feel mentally identical with their sakha. Anandamurti goes on explaining that only [[Parama Purusa]] can be one's bandhu, shurda and sakha. The devotees ought to always remember God until they merge with Him.<ref name="AV4"/> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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| title = [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4]] | | title = [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4]] | ||
| years = | | years = | ||
| with = | | with = Your Real Friend | ||
| before = ''[[The | | before = ''[[The Three Prerequisites for Spiritual Knowledge]]'' | ||
| after = ''[[ | | after = ''[[The Role of the Cosmic Puruśa]]'' | ||
}} | }} | ||
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