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{{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=Svadharme nidhanaḿ shreyah – that is, “If human beings die while following the path of Bhágavata dharma, that death will open up the path to liberation.” Paradharmo bhayávaha. And the mind of a person following animal dharma will become degraded – and that person, after death, will be reborn as an animal or plant. So, paradharmo bhayávaha [“do not live as an animal”]. Here svadharma does not mean Shákta Dharma, Vaishnavite Dharma or Hindu Dharma.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}} | {{Quote box|width=360px|bgcolor=|align=left|quoted=1|salign=right|quote=Svadharme nidhanaḿ shreyah – that is, “If human beings die while following the path of Bhágavata dharma, that death will open up the path to liberation.” Paradharmo bhayávaha. And the mind of a person following animal dharma will become degraded – and that person, after death, will be reborn as an animal or plant. So, paradharmo bhayávaha [“do not live as an animal”]. Here svadharma does not mean Shákta Dharma, Vaishnavite Dharma or Hindu Dharma.|source=Shrii Shrii Anandamurti}} | ||
Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that | Anandamurti starts the discourse by saying that in any condition can humans be called animals. During infancy, a child has no developed intellect and no one expect him to be responsible for this or that action. A vedic initiation occurs when children develop some maturity of mind; they are taught to ask God to show them the right path. Anandamurti then explains that the next stage is a Tantric initiation, that is when a person is ready to receive their Ista mantra (a personal mantra in which one identifies with their goal of meditation - Supreme Consciousness). On the following stage people have to face a variety of obstacles and when they do, they can no longer tolerate sin or injustice. Anandamurti goes on saying that Bhagavata dharma has three distinctive attributes: Vistara (expansion), Rasa (flow) and Seva (service). Following divine dharma, human beings pave their own path toward liberation.<ref name="AV4"/> | ||
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