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A Destiny with Suicide; Who's Nada do I hear?

Title: A Destiny with Suicide; Who's Nada do I hear?
Category: The Spiritual Path
Duration: 2 min., 25 seconds
Date Given: January 31st 2001
Date Posted: February 3, 2001

Cybertalk: A cyber cadet in Chennai asks if it is in our destiny to commit suicide then what should we do. Gurudeva says that the concept of destiny has nothing to do with Sanatana Dharma and that it comes from the Abrahamic religions. Gurudeva says that suicide is absolutely unacceptable and it is a poor investment in our future karmas. Another cyberspace cadet asks how can one tell if he is listening to the nada of his guru or his own nada. Gurudeva says that if he is in touch with a line of gurus then it would be the nada of that lineage which is his own nada too


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