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BODHAYANTI PARASPARAM
posterity, for general good. All religions have stressed this. We have the unique distinction of forgetting this, all other religions follow that to some extent, so far as I know, we have a unique distinction of not trying to save for the good of others around us, to the society to which we belong and to the world to which we belong. This is a self or your own self which you want to see in your sons and grand sons, or your own love for your self. Any student of psychology would tell you very clearly that the interest in the progeny is only self interest. You want to continue in them. Therefore my son is more important than others. Not because of anything else but if you come to know that all progeny that is here is that of the Divine, you will not restrict it, a balanced existence would be one where there would be a sense of sharing. It is that principle of sharing that gave us the mind because the Divine agreed to share the mind that is common to him and to us, without that man would not be here. You would be one more beast without the capacity to think, analyse, critically evaluate and then move on. It is because of the greatest gift of the Divine namely mind which is His. He shared it with us. Those people, who know a bit of Purusha suktha 376