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The Ten Characteristics of a Dhármika | |
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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 |
The Ten Characteristics of a Dhármika 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
With which qualities should one be endowed? The greatest quality of a person within an assembly is the capacity to convince others. The highest quality in the battlefield is “yudhi vikramam”, or valour in the battle. While in danger, one’s great quality is patience. So what are the qualities of a dhármika (virtuous person)? First, he or she must have patience. Without patience one’s intellect can easily get misguided resulting in misunderstandings as to what should be done and what should not be done. Losing the faculty of judgment, one is easily defeated.
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. Anandamurti goes on saying that those who are free from anger will be victorious in any battle and will easily win an intellectual argument because the mind of an angry person becomes restless and cannot hold any rational thought.[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 |