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Treading the Broad Path of Spirituality | |
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Speaker | Shrii Shrii Anandamurti |
Date | 1978 November 10 |
Time | Morning |
Place | Kolkata, India |
Topic | Free from pettiness and falsehood |
Included in | Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4 |
Location in Sarkarverse |
Treading the Broad Path of Spirituality is a discourse given by Shrii Shrii Anandamurti in Kolkata, India. The discourse was delivered on the morning of 1978 November 10. This discourse is the eighteenth chapter of Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4.[1]
Synopsis
The falsehood which may exist today will not exist tomorrow. “Yah ágacchati sah gacchati” (whatever comes, goes). But satya is something which was in the past, which is today, and which will be in the future; and thus it is satya which ultimately triumphs. Untruth, being a moving phenomenon, may attain a temporary victory on its march, but never a permanent one. In Saḿskrta, permanent victory is called “vijaya” and temporary victory, “jaya”. “Satyameva jayate nánrtaḿ” (only truth triumphs, not falsehood). Falsehood does not win because it is relative, it is ever-changing.
Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that every object has a particular nature with certain characteristics. Anandamurti then explains the ten characteristics that a virtuous person (dharmika) must posses: Patience, forgiveness, self control, non-stealing, cleanliness, control over the sensory and motor organs and nerves, developed wisdom (fixed memory of one's goal), self knowledge, Satyam(that which one thinks or says should be with the intention of welfare for all) and being free from anger. that the best abode for the mind is the Supreme entity-the entity free from all bondage. We obtain some knowledge from different transient objects (Prapti) but it tends to get quickly forgotten. On the other hand, the knowledge we obtain directly from the Supreme entity remains with us unfailingly (Apti). Anandamurti goes on saying that those who fill their minds with the Supreme truth and always remain under His shelter, will never be distracted by pettiness nor selfishness. They will fearlessly move along the path of bliss and achieve their spiritual goal.[1]
References
Preceded by The Minimum Qualifications for a Sádhaka |
Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 4 1978 With: Treading the Broad Path of Spirituality |
Succeeded by The Ten Characteristics of a Dhármika |