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{{Infobox discourse | {{Infobox discourse | ||
| title = <!-- Write the name of the title --> | | title = <!-- Write the name of the title -->The Three Stages of Spiritual Progress | ||
| 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 November | | date = <!-- Date-->1978 November 6 | ||
| time = <!-- Time or Morning/Evening --> | | time = <!-- Time or Morning/Evening -->Morning | ||
| place = <!-- Location -->Kolkata, India | | place = <!-- Location -->Kolkata, India | ||
| coordinates = <!-- Coord --> | | coordinates = <!-- Coord --> | ||
| also known as = <!--Other names --> | | also known as = <!--Other names --> | ||
| language = <!-- Only mention if known --> | | language = <!-- Only mention if known --> | ||
| topic = <!-- Topic --> | | topic = <!-- Topic -->Evolution towards perfection | ||
| event = <!-- Event, if any --> | | event = <!-- Event, if any --> | ||
| included in = [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4]] | | included in = [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4]] | ||
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''''' | '''''The Three Stages of Spiritual Progress''''' is a discourse given by [[Shrii Shrii Anandamurti]] in Kolkata, India. The discourse was delivered on the morning of 1978 November 6. This discourse is the thirteenth 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=Even though human beings may not be very highly evolved, there is the potential in them to attain the height of evolution. Those who utilize this potential are intelligent but those who do not, and live like animals, will be born as even more inferior creatures in the next life. Animals have no intellect and therefore cannot work intellectually. Humans, however, are already endowed with intellect and the faculty of judgement. So if they do not act properly or fail to follow the path of spirituality, they are no better than animals. It is therefore the duty of every sádhaka to propagate dharma so that humans will not make this mistake but will follow the path of spirituality. This should be our inherent nature.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}} | ||
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"/> | 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"/> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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| title = [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4]] | | title = [[Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4]] | ||
| years = | | years = | ||
| with = | | with = The Three Stages of Spiritual Progress | ||
| before = ''[[ | | before = ''[[It Is Better to Die While Following Bhágavata Dharma]]'' | ||
| after = ''[[ | | after = ''[[Tantra Is Sádhaná, Sádhaná Is Tantra]]'' | ||
}} | }} | ||