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Names of the Lord
Speaker Shrii Shrii Anandamurti
Date 1978 October 27
Time Unknown
Place Patna, India
Language English
Topic the various names of God
Included in Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4
Location in Sarkarverse
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Names of the Lord is a discourse given by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti on 1978 October 27 in Patna, India. This discourse is the fifth chapter of Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4.[1]

Synopsis

“Hari”. “Pápáni harati ityarthe harih.” He who steals sins is Hari. Suppose a man, Mr. X, has committed many sins, but after committing those sins, he has become a devotee, a sincere spiritual aspirant. What will Parama Puruśa do? Parama Puruśa will ask him to give all his sins to Him to purify himself. But the devotee will say, “No, no, no. I will give you everything, but not my sins. That would be another sin. Let me undergo the reactions of my own sins.” But the Cosmic Entity, Parama Puruśa, loves that boy, so what will He do? What is stealing? Taking something without the permission of the owner is called stealing. So what will Parama Puruśa do? He will take away the man’s sins without his permission. In Saḿskrta, stealing is “harar”. That’s why He is “Hari”.

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

Anandamurti starts the discourse by describing various names of Parama Purusa. Names such as Gopala or Govinda (unit consciousness) and Krsna (without His presence, I can't exist and a few other meanings). Anandamurti then explains that Narayana and Madhava mean the shelter and the husband of the Operative Principle consecutively. Anandamurti goes on saying that Hari means that entity who stills the sins from the devotees with the purpose of lessening their burden. One meaning of Rama is that by taking His shelter, all evil forces get obliterated.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Shrii Shrii Anandamurti Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4 
Preceded by
The Role of the Cosmic Puruśa
Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4
With: Names of the Lord (AV4)
Succeeded by
The Endless Quest for Him