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{{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=Svadharme nidhanaḿ shreyah – that is, “If human beings die while following the path of Bhágavata dharma, that death will open up the path to liberation.” Paradharmo bhayávaha. And the mind of a person following animal dharma will become degraded – and that person, after death, will be reborn as an animal or plant. So, paradharmo bhayávaha [“do not live as an animal”]. Here svadharma does not mean Shákta Dharma, Vaishnavite Dharma or Hindu Dharma.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}} | {{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=Svadharme nidhanaḿ shreyah – that is, “If human beings die while following the path of Bhágavata dharma, that death will open up the path to liberation.” Paradharmo bhayávaha. And the mind of a person following animal dharma will become degraded – and that person, after death, will be reborn as an animal or plant. So, paradharmo bhayávaha [“do not live as an animal”]. Here svadharma does not mean Shákta Dharma, Vaishnavite Dharma or Hindu Dharma.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}} | ||
Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that | Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that during infancy, children have no developed intellect and no one expects them to be responsible for their actions. A vedic initiation occurs when children develop some maturity of mind; they are taught to pray God for showing them the right path. Anandamurti then explains that the next stage is a Tantric initiation, when people are ready to receive his their Ista mantra (a personal mantra which helps us to identify with our supreme self). On the next stage people have to face a variety of obstacles and when they finally do, they can no longer tolerate sin or injustice or commit those two. Anandamurti goes on saying that such human beings eventually attain Godhood. their actions become noble and benevolent and they keep evolving until they merge in God.<ref name="AV4"/> | ||
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