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Everybody Obeys Him
Speaker Shrii Shrii Anandamurti
Date 1978 October 16
Time Unknown
Place Patna, India
Language English
Topic The master of both vidya and avidya
Included in Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 3
Location in Sarkarverse
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Everybody Obeys Him is a discourse given by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti on 1978 October 16 in Patna, India. This discourse is the fourteenth chapter of Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 3.[1]

Synopsis

“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.

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that there are different observations regarding the departed, some are as ancient as prehistoric times. They 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 exploitation of those superstitious and 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.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Shrii Shrii Anandamurti Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 3 
Preceded by
Nityaḿ Shuddhaḿ
Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 3
With: Everybody Obeys Him
Succeeded by
Superstitions about Death