Six important issues

Baba

This email contains seven sections:
1. Borne in mind that hindrances are... - Ananda Vanii
2. Mid Quote: Prout: which language is the best?
3. End Quote: Who accuse whom for their own evil deeds 

4. Bangla Quote: মুরলী-ধ্বনি সাধকের কানে ধরা দেয়
5. Hindi Quote: हमारे प्राणों के प्राण
6. PS #241: उस समय मैंने तुमको अपने हृदय में क्यों नहीं रखा लिया
7. Links

Borne in mind that hindrances are beneficial to human beings - Ananda Vanii #4

“The purport of Dharma Sádhaná is to look upon every person, every object of this universe as one integral entity. To jeopardize the unity of the human race by creating factions is not the purpose of Dharma. Those who encourage vested interests survive on the mental weaknesses of people and their dissensions, and that is why they are scared of the spread of the ideals of Dharma and exhibit their intolerance towards it in all sorts of immoral ways, such as abuse, false propaganda and lies. People must not be cowed by this, they have got to march ahead. It is to be borne in mind that hindrances are beneficial to human beings on the path of righteousness and to continue to fight against them is what is sádhaná.”

Note: The above is one of Baba’s original Ananda Vaniis. These original and true Ananda Vaniis are unique, eternal guidelines that stand as complete discourses in and of themselves. They are unlike Fake Ananda Vaniis which are fabricated by most of the groups - H, B etc.

== Section 2 ==

Prout: which language is the best?

“In the past undeveloped persons used to express their thoughts through gestures and postures. A time will come when there will be no language. With the advancement of science human beings may again adopt new types of postures and gestures, and they may think of using the energy saved by minimizing the use of spoken language for higher pursuits.

Intelligent people will evolve a common world language and will not be guided by false, narrow sentiments. Like all other mundane property, languages are the common property of the Cosmic Father. We should love all these languages, hate none, and adopt one of these languages as the world language. As all languages are our common property, we should not oppose the existence of other languages. We should not brand any language as foreign or national.

In the present system the English language deserves to be the world language because it is scientific and widely spoken. It would be a great folly for any government to deny this fact. With the change of time future generations may select any other language as the world language. Thus we should adopt a common lingua franca for the mutual exchange of ideas. For this purpose English may be accepted as the world lingua franca for some time more. We should however feel that all the languages of the world are our own languages. No language should be treated as indigenous, foreign or national, and nobody should treat the world language as a foreign language and discourage its propagation.” (1)


Reference
1. Prout in a Nutshell - 15, Talks on Prout

== Section 3 ==

Who accuse whom for their own evil deeds

Ananda Marga scripture says, ”People often hold Parama Purusa responsible for calamities that befall them, but in fact they alone are responsible, as the suffering of fate is only reaction of their own previous actions. How can Parama Purusa be responsible? Human beings themselves are answerable for their fate as it is their actions alone which create it. They alone will have to bear the consequences of all their actions. No one else can substitute for them. Their good deeds beget good result, while bad ones beget bad results, and they will have to experience both without exception. This is the law of Prakrti and no one can change this law.” (1)

This topic is very hard for some people to understand - indeed it seems it is almost impossible for them to grasp. In their mind, they cannot think that they should not blame Parama Purusa - i.e. they cannot think that Parama Purusa does not give tests to harass His devotees.

I know one person who lost his faith in his Guru and he was blaming that Guru is the cause He destroyed my mind. I was shocked to hear this.

Those who know a little about Ananda Marga philosophy know that one must face the consequences of their bad deeds and that brings about all kinds of problems. But those who are 3rd class devotees never realise.

Some go to such an extent that they wrote an entire book blaming Parama Purusa for “giving tests and misdirecting my mind and in result I commit wrongs and sins.” Those who blame Parama Purusa in this way unfortunately suffer from dry sadhana.

Reference
1. Ananda Marga Elementary Philosophy, p.86-87

== Section 4 ==

মুরলী-ধ্বনি সাধকের কানে ধরা দেয়

“পরমপুরুষ যে অভিব্যক্ত হচ্ছেন ছন্দে, সেই ছন্দে রয়েছে রূপ, রাগ, বর্ণ, আৰার সেই ছন্দেই রয়েছে {মাধু} মাধুর্য় ভারা শাব্দিক স্পন্দন | এই শাব্দিক স্পন্দন বিভিন্ন ভাবে, বিভিন্ন সৃষ্টির মাধ্যমে, বিভিন্ন রকম অভিব্যক্তি ঘটাতে-ঘটাতে এগিয়ে চলেছে | এবং তার ফলে, তার ভেতর দিয়ে এই যে শব্দ, অনুরণিত হচ্ছে, তাকে ৰলা হয় কৃষ্ণের মুরলী-ধ্বনি, বংশী-ধ্বনি | এবং সামগ্রিক ভাবে, তা ওঁকারের নামান্তর মাত্র | এবং বিভিন্ন স্তরে, সে বিভিন্ন ভাবে মানুষের কানে সাধকের কানে, সাধকের কানে ধরা দেয় | ঠিক, এটা তোমরা সাধনায় যখন যেমন এগোৰে সেই ধ্বনিটাও শুনতে পাৰে | এই সকরর্ণেই শুনৰে |” (1)

Reference
1. ১ মার্চ ১৯৮০ Vasantotsava

== Section 5 ==

हमारे प्राणों के प्राण

“ये जो परमसत्ता हैं, विश्वब्रह्माण्ड इन्हीं में आधृत है | आध्यात्मिक लोक में जो चलनेवाले हैं वे इस बृहत्‌ सत्ता को भी अस्वीकार नहीं कर सकते हैं | आध्यात्मिक उन्नति के लिए बृहत्‌ की भावना लेना ही है, लेना फ़र्ज़ है | तो अणु से भी अणु और बृहत्‌ से भी बृहत्‌ हैं ये परमसत्ता, परमपुरुष जो हम से दूर नहीं है | जो हमारे प्राणों के प्राण हैं, जो हमारे सबसे अपने हैं | जिन्हें हम भूल नहीं सकते हैं | आध्यात्मिक जगत्‌ में जिनकी भावना ही सबसे बड़ी चीज़ है, सबसे बड़ी बात है |”
 [यह बाबा के कैसेट से सीधे लिखा गया, बाबा का यह असली प्रवचन, अमृतोपदेश  है। आनन्द मार्ग हिन्दी पुस्तकों में छपे प्रवचन तो नक़ली प्रवचन हैं, असली नहीं] (1)

Reference
1. हिंदी, अप्रकाशित 29 May 1983 Ananda Nagar

== Section 6 ==

उस समय मैंने तुमको अपने हृदय में क्यों नहीं रखा लिया

(जो साधना का 6th पाठ नहीं करता, वह यह गाना नहीं समझ सकता )

प्रभात संगीत 241: तुमि आमार कातो  आपन —–

भावार्थ

प्रभात संगीत 241

बाबा! तुम मेरे कितने अपने नज़दीकी हो, मैं पहले नहीं जान सका।  तुम तो मेरे बहुत निकट हो, मेरे लिये सबसे अधिक प्रिय हो। भूतकाल में, मैं इस पवित्र सत्य को भूला हुआ था कि तुम मेरे आन्तरिक साथी हो। बाबा सब ओर से तुम मेरे आजूबाजू में ही रहे हो, जहाॅं कहीं भी मैं रहा, हमेशा  तुम मेरे हर कार्य और प्रयास में साथ रहे। पर यह बहुत ही दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण है कि मैं तुम्हारी दिव्य उपस्थिति से अनभिज्ञ रहा। मैंने कभी सोचा ही नहीं कि तुम मेरे साथ हो। ए परम प्रिय! मैंने तुम्हें क्यों नहीं  पुकारा और तुम्हारी स्नेहमयी निकटता क्यों नहीं पायी। बाबा, तुम अज्ञात समय से मेरे साथ मेरे हर छोटे बड़े काम में चाहे वह सारपूर्ण हो या निस्सार,  हमेशा  ही साथ रहे हो, पर दुर्भाग्य से उस समय मैंने तुम्हारी ओर देखा ही नहीं।

बाबा तुम मेरे गीतों, लय और तान में मेरे साथ रहे हो। ऐसा कोई अवसर नहीं रहा जब तुम मेरे साथ न थे । तुम्हारी वीणा का तार उस समय मेरे मन में कंपित होता था और आज भी अनुनादित हो रहा है। अब मैं उसे सुन सकता हॅूं । पर यह कितना दुखदायी है, कि भूतकाल में मैं तुम्हें क्यों भूला रहा। मैंने तुम्हारी वीणा की पुकार पर ध्यान नहीं दिया। मैंने सुना ही नहीं , ए मेरे प्रियतम ! मैंने क्यों नहीं  सुना? ओह! कितना अच्छा और आनन्ददायी होता यदि मैंने तुम्हें तब जान लिया होता।

ए दिव्य सत्ता! ए परमपुरुष! तुम मेरेे  साथ उस समय भी रहे हो, जब मैं घोर अंधकार में डूबा हुआ था। अब वह क्षण मेरे मन में बार बार जागता है कि तुम मेरे साथ थे। मेरे मन में बार बार यह आता है कि तुम मेरे निकट और मेरे साथ हो पर ओह! भूतकाल में, मैं तुम्हें भूला रहा और कभी नहीं पुकारा। मैं  भक्तिभाव से निकट न आकर दूर ही बना रहा , भले ही तुम मेरे साथ थे। बड़ा दुखद है यह! केवल अब जान पाया हॅूं कि तुम मेरे साथ हो और मैं तुमसे बातचीत कर सकता हॅूं।

ए मेरे परमेश्वर ! मेरा आध्यात्मिक जीवन, उस समय क्यों नहीं प्रारंभ हुआ? मैं बहुत पछता रहा हॅूं कि मैंने तुमको उन प्रारंभिक दिनों में क्यों नहीं पुकारा। चूॅंकि मैं तुमको नहीं पुकार रहा था शायद इसीलिये मुझसे दुःखित होकर तुम मुझे अकेला छोड़ कर अज्ञात स्थान पर बहुत दूर चले गये । उस समय मैंने तुमको अपने हृदय में क्यों नहीं रखा लिया था, और तुम्हारे पैर क्यों नहीं पकड़ लिये! तुम्हारे प्रति मैंने अपने सभी भ्रम उसी समय क्यों नहीं दूर कर लिये, और ध्यान में पकड़ कर तुम्हें अपना क्यों नही बना लिया! मैंने यह क्यों नहीं किया! यह कितना दुखदायी है कि समय निकल गया, और तुम दूर ही बने रहे। आज हम निकट हैं पर मैं इतना पछता रहा हॅूं कि यदि पहले से तुम्हारी यह निकटता मिल गयी होती तो मेरा जीवन कितना आनन्ददायी रहा होता! मैं  यह दुख अपने हृदय में रखे हुये हॅूं।

बाबा! तुम तो मेरे बहुत निकट हो, मेरे लिये सबसे अधिक प्रिय हो।

- Trans: Dr. T.R.S.

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== Section 7 ==

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Who is worse + 5 more

Baba

This email contains six sections:

1. End Quote: Who is worse: God-fearing worshipers or atheists
2. Hindi Quote: दो भाई का दो जात नहीं हो सकता है | यह common sense है
3. Bangla Quote: তুমিই আমার পরাগতি
4. PS #2206: Please be gracious, remaining forgetful about You
5. Inspire those who are liars and criminals to lead honest lives - Ananda Vanii
6. Links

Who is worse: God-fearing worshipers or atheists

Namaskar,

Ananda Marga ideology states, “The word “godly” and “god-fearing” do not have the same meaning. Behind godliness is a soul-stirring sentiment – an ardent zeal to realize one’s true Self; and the reason behind the fear of God is the important attempt to escape from the consequential suffering of one’s misdeeds. Yet the latter is still superior to the atheists, because at least for fear of divine punishment they refrain from sinful acts. The greatest advantage of the theists is that they do not endure the pangs of internal clash. But no matter how brazenly sceptics indulge in tall talks or sharpen the edge of their verbal weapons to win in an argument, there is always a fight going on in their minds. Reading a few pages of a book or listening to the eloquences of a few speakers, they seek to violate their own nature. With their fragmental external knowledge they try to struggle against the indivisible Supreme Entity, and in the end, being defeated, the say, “If He does exist, then why can’t we find Him?” Yet all the while their inner selves lament within them.” (1)

Note: There are three key and important points from the above teaching.

(1) The religions preach that one must be God-fearing otherwise God will punish and destroy you. They think that is the best possible relationship one can have with the Divine, i.e to be God-fearing. According to Ananda Marga philosophy, fear is worst type of relation with God. If one fears Him they will not like to go close to Him. In which case, one can never become one with that Divine Entity. So it is very obvious that by this religious formula, no one can reach the Supreme One.

(2) The teachings of Ananda Marga are the topmost: Ananda Marga preaches that one should cultivate love for the Divine Entity. By that way, the devotee wishes to go close to Him and ultimately becomes one with Him, by His grace.

(3) The status of atheists is worse than followers of the dogmatic religions. Religious adherents refrain from doing bad due to fear of the Lord. But atheists have two problems. First, they do not have any genuine, dharmic rules in their life. Secondly, such atheists perpetually suffer from existential issues. With their logic they say they do not believe in God and try to disprove His existence, yet their heart tells them otherwise. Then their logical mind retorts, “If God exists then why can I not see Him?” So they live in a perpetual dilemma - always in limbo. That is why Baba says that no one is an atheist. All in all, their condition is pathetic as they live in perpetual crisis and misery.

in Him,
Mayatiita

Reference
1. Subhasita Samgraha - 3, Supreme Benevolence and Mundane Pleasure

== Section 5 ==

दो भाई का दो जात नहीं हो सकता है | यह common sense है |

”दो भाई का दो जात नहीं हो सकता है | यह common sense है | यह साधारण बुद्धि से ही मनुष्य समझेंगे, कि—एक पिता है, दो भाई हैं, राम और श्याम; राम का एक जात, श्याम का एक जात नहीं हो सकता है | कभी नहीं हो सकता है | कोई अगर बोले कि—राम और श्याम दो अलग जात हैं, तो बाप भी दो हो गए तब | तब वह तो बाप को नहीं मानता है |
[हँसी]
आँऽ ? जो बाप को नहीं मानता है, वह तो जारज है | तो, जो बाप को मानते हैं, परमपिता को मानते हैं, वे जात नहीं मानेंगे |
[मार्गी लोग—“बाबा, बाबा, बाबा !”]
जो परमात्मा को मानते हैं, जो धार्मिक हैं, उनके पास जात नहीं है |”
[यह बाबा के कैसेट से सीधे लिखा गया, बाबा का यह असली प्रवचन, अमृतोपदेश है। आनन्द मार्ग हिन्दी पुस्तकों में छपे प्रवचन तो नक़ली प्रवचन हैं, असली नहीं]  [1]

Reference
1. परोपकारात्‌ महत्‌, Paropaka'ra't Mahat, V28-19, GD 2 January 1970 Patna

== Section 3 ==

তুমিই আমার পরাগতি

“নিবেদয়ামি চাত্মানং ত্বং গতিঃ পরমেশ্বরঃ |” তাহলে এইটাই একমাত্র পথ; এ ছাড়া অন্য কোনও পথই নেই | ৰাকী জিনিসগুলো কাজ নয়, অকাজ | এইটাই একমাত্র কাজ | আর সৰ সময় তাই এই মনে রেখে অন্যান্য জাগতিক কাজ করতে হয় | কি মনে রেখে ? না, “নিবেদয়ামি চাত্মানং ত্বং গতিঃ পরমেশ্বরঃ |” আমি আমার সমস্ত শারীরিক, মানসিক, আত্মিক সত্তা তোমাকে সমর্পণ করে দিলাম | তুমিই আমার একমাত্র গতি | তুমিই আমার পরাগতি | ৰাঁচৰার, আগে চলৰার নিজের অস্তিত্বকে জ্যোতিতে ঝলমলিয়ে দেওয়ার এই একমাত্র পথ |  নান্যঃ পন্থা বিদ্যতেঽয়নায় |” কল্যাণমস্তু |” (1)

Reference
1. DMC 1 January 1982 Ananda Nagar

== Section 4 ==

Please be gracious, remaining forgetful about You,
my whole life is getting wasted

"Tomáre bhúle bhesechi akúle,karuńá karo he krpá nidhán,..."  (Prabhat Samgiita 2206)

Note: Only those who sincerely practice the higher lessons of sahaja yoga meditation can understand this song in the depths of their heart.

Purport:

O' Parama Purusa, O' Baba, remaining forgetful about You, my whole existence is floating aimlessly without a Goal or destination. Sometimes I think this mundane thing is my goal. Other times I think that mundane thing is my goal. By this way, my life is getting wasted. O' karuńá-Personified, merciful, ever-gracious One, please be gracious and bestow Your karuńá [1] upon me. Please save me  from avidya maya. My days pass in meaningless pursuits - various vicious, negative works. I remain oblivious about the gift which You have graciously bestowed upon me. You have given me a human body & mind but I could not use these precious gifts of Yours, to do sadhana.

Baba, You have graciously sent me to do Your work - sadhana, seva, sacrifice - and fulfill Your desire, follow Your command, execute Your task, serve everyone, and fill this world with colour and beauty. You have given me the duty to bring happiness in the life of all living beings, after wiping away their tears, and fill everyone's life with bliss.

Baba, still some time is remaining in my life. If You shower a wee-bit of Your cosmic grace on me then what cannot happen. Everything is possible. My only request is that You bless me with Your varabhaya mudra - with that strength I can go on completing all Your allotted tasks. And I can go on singing Your song and spreading Your glory always - and continue serving all with the ideation of Narayana.


Note for Prabhat Samgiita #2206:

[1] Karun'a': This is when one is pained by seeing another's suffering and feels, "I should help them.” This type of empathetic feeling is karun'a'. For example, suppose you saw one beggar who is suffering. By seeing his pitiful situation then you felt in your heart that, "I should help him and remove his suffering. This very feeling of the heart towards that suffering beggar is the expression of karuna'.

Similarly, suppose a bhakta is suffering and unable to move ahead in the physical, psychic, or spiritual realm. In such circumstances, Parama Purusa cannot bear to watch His bhaktas go through so much suffering. When devotees are helpless and trying hard to move ahead on their forward journey and they face all kinds of obstacles, complexes, bondages, and suffering due to their own samskaras - and the situation arises where they can no longer move ahead - seeing this unbearable scene, Parama Purusa feels He must rescue them immediately from their suffering. With His deep empathy and mercy, Parama Purusa removes their suffering, so that once again they can move ahead in all realms of life. This entire liila is called His karun'a'.

Difference Between Krpa' & Karun'a'

In the case of karun'a', Parama Purusa is moved by a bhakta's suffering and comes forward to save that bhakta from their suffering. With krpa' (grace), the bhakta is not suffering but even then Parama Purusa is bestowing His blessing.

It is just like if a baby is sick and with great empathy a neighbor selflessly gives that infant more attention without expecting anything in return. That neighbor just lovingly places the sick baby on her lap in a very special way and serves the baby. That is karuna. Because the neighbor is moved and motivated into action by seeing the sick child's suffering. In contrast, if that same baby is not sick, and the neighbor just wishes to bring the baby on her lap to serve the baby, then that is krpa.

Similarly, when out of empathy Parama Purusa lovingly comes to the aid of His suffering devotee to relieve them of their spiritual strife, that is His karuna; and, if that same devotee is not suffering devotionally, yet Baba still bestows His blessing, that is His krpa.

So there is a distinct difference between krpa (grace) and karuna (compassion).

When Parama Purusa showers His karuna He helps that suffering person and relieves them of their pain and agony - in all spheres of life.

== Section 5 ==

Inspire those who are liars and criminals to lead honest lives - Ananda Vanii #8

“Those who can maintain their restraint in spite of intense provocation are the real spiritual aspirants. They alone have overcome anger. Inspire those who are liars and criminals to live honest lives by pointing out their defects. This is the only spiritual approach to punish wrongdoers. Supreme truth is ever resplendent and can never be tarnished by false propaganda.”

Note: The above is one of Baba’s original Ananda Vaniis. These original and true Ananda Vaniis are unique, eternal guidelines that stand as complete discourses in and of themselves. They are unlike Fake Ananda Vaniis which are fabricated by most of the groups - H, B etc.

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Kanyadan, girl donation ritual, marriage: girls are treated at cattle + 2 more

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Kanyadan, girl donation ritual, marriage:
girls are treated as cattle

Note: Please pay attention to the yellow highlighted sections; those are Guru's direct teachings. The rest of the writing is a report on this issue. 

Namaskar,
Every Ananda Margii knows that Baba has given the guideline that males and females have equal status. But in old Indian traditions that is not the case. Especially, marriage ceremonies are done in a very lopsided way. This letter talks about the kanyadan Hindu marriage system. These days even highly educated boys and girls marry according to the old ritual of kanyadan or girl donation - whereby girls are donated to boys and treated as slaves. Those getting married do not think about what they are doing - nor do the participants. They are so indoctrinated that they do not consider or question how abominable this kanyadan ritual is. To understand please go reading.

Sadguru Baba says, “Renaissance people will have to start a movement for social equality and fight against such inequality based on sexual difference. Are women like cattle, or sacks of cloth that people give as gifts at the time of marriage? Are they slaves to be sold to others? As long as women lacked courage or intellect, they tolerated these things – but what a great humiliation! To submit them to such indignities is far worse than to whip them publicly on the road. Are women simply like bundles of cloth to be sent to the washerman’s house?” (1)

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Girls dressed up a decorative gifts to be given away like mere objects

In the above photo, the prevailing Hindu marriage dogma is on full display whereby the girls in the first two rows have been decorated and wrapped like holiday gifts. They are treated as mere possessions that will be donated to the husband and his family - just as one would donate a sheep, cow, or a table cloth etc. These girls are viewed as physical property to be donated and traded etc. Verily, females in the Hindu marriage system are not treated as human beings, but rather as mere objects. It is akin to the era of slavery where slaves were taken to the market to be bought, sold, and traded like mundane possessions etc. Similarly, these girls are dressed up as mere decorative objects to be given away. This is the case with typical Hindu marriage ceremonies, whereas the Muslim marriage ceremonies are even worse as they proclaim that three females are equal to one male. That is why sincere Ananda Margiis do not participate in such types of dogmatic ceremonies - even if non-margiis are hosting such events. Participating means degrading the status of women. Indeed, this type of marriage ritual is abhorrent.


Kanyadan dogma: girls are property of boys not vice-versa

Pictured above is the girl donation ceremony. In India, girls are treated as property - just as one has a house, a car, a bicycle, horses, or animals etc. Boys are not treated as property, but girls are. This is pervasive in throughout the Indian subcontinent, the Muslim world, and many other regions as well. In the west, females were formerly treated this way but things have changed drastically in the last half-century whereby women have gained both legal and social rights. But in India - such as in the Hindu wedding scene picture above, girls are mere objects to be traded.

Because this dogma is so ingrained, some may feel frustrated reading this. They have been so indoctrinated into this defective mentality that they think the donation of their girls is something holy or virtuous. In the above scene, the young girls are dressed up and decorated in gems and jewels etc.


Quite humiliating and denigrating for the girl

The name of this social ritual is kanya’da’n (girl donation). Kanya’ means girl, and da’n means gift or donation.Thus when they donate their girls it is called kanya’da’n (girl donation). They think of this as being something virtuous. But in reality, we know that nothing can be donated unless it is something you own. Thus girls are mere commodities or property.

As Sadguru Baba points out, this whole scene is quite humiliating and denigrating for those girls but due to their ignorance they feel ecstatic and glorified during this ceremony. When that girl was small she was taught that a one fine day she will become the property of another family. So they believe that this is a respectful and dignified outcome - i.e. to live as the property of someone else.


Submit women to such indignities is far worse than to whip them publicly on the road

This defective mentality is similar to that of a caged bird that has been caged for so long that it cannot conceive of its own freedom. It likes that small, puny cage.

In His below guideline, Baba is warning us about this kanyadan dogma: Females are not anyone’s personal property like cattle or sacks of cloth. Yet treating females as mere objects is worse than whipping them publicly on the road. Only a few confused or very new margiis participate in this dogmatic Hindu marriage ritual. Every true Ananda Margii is keen to refrain from attending any such type of event etc - sincere sadhakas understand they cannot support or attend this Hindu ritual of kanya’da’n (girl donation) ceremony. After all, these are not innocent affairs, but rather represent the imposition of dogma and the exploitation of women.  It is our duty to educate the public and remove this social injustice and gender difference.

“Renaissance people will have to start a movement for social equality and fight against such inequality based on sexual difference. Are women like cattle, or sacks of cloth that people give as gifts at the time of marriage? Are they slaves to be sold to others? As long as women lacked courage or intellect, they tolerated these things – but what a great humiliation! To submit them to such indignities is far worse than to whip them publicly on the road. Are women simply like bundles of cloth to be sent to the washerman’s house? Women must not be suppressed, and there should not be domination of males in the society. Society should have a cooperative leadership, not a subordinated leadership; there should be a coordinated, cooperative leadership, leadership between males and females. Renaissance people will have to start a movement immediately to fight against all these disparities; otherwise if fifty percent of the population, that is the ladies, remain downtrodden, how can there be all-round progress of human society? So these are all the social duties, the social responsibilities of the Renaissance movement. Renaissance people will have to wage war on these disparities, these inequalities – they will have to be rooted out of the society.” (1)


Solution

In order to save our universal human family from various dogmas and degrading traditions of ritualistic marriages, Sadguru Baba has graciously given an ideal revolutionary marriage ceremony that grants full respect and dignity to females and places them on equal footing as men. The Ananda Marga system eradicates all dogmas - no kanyadan, no dowry, no castism - and enables our human society to march forward into a whole new era of gender equality based on neo-humanistic values.

Namaskar
in Him,
Sulekha’ Singh


Note 1: Reported in newspaper as kanya’da’na - not anything else

The above photo depicts the kanya’da’n (girl donation) ceremony that took place in Madhya Pradesh. In the newspaper, it is stated that the government sponsored eleven kanya’da’n (girl donation) ceremonies on this particular day that were witnessed by the chief minister’s staff. To ease the burden of marriage in India and overcome the trappings of the dowry system, the government founded a program where they financially back such kanya’da’n ceremonies like the one shown in the above photo. Verily the newspaper openly reports how these are not just marriages but kanya’da’n (girl donation) ceremonies as well. So there is no doubt about it.


Reference
1. AFPS-7, Renaissance in All the Strata of Life

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ধর্ম সরল পথেই চলে, কিন্তু 

“মহাকাল - সে কুটিল পথে চলে, কি ভাবে কি হয়ে যায়, লোকে ৰুঝতে পারে না | আজ যে সম্মানের সুবর্ণ শিখরে আরূঢ়, সে কখন কোথায়, কোন অতলে তলিয়ে যায়, ৰোঝা যায় না | তাই ৰলা হয় “কালস্য কুটিলা গতিঃ” | কিন্তু ধর্মের সম্বন্ধে ৰলা হয়, “ধর্মস্য সূক্ষ্মা গতিঃ” | ধর্ম সরল পথেই চলে, কিন্তু ৰড় সূক্ষ্মতার পথ” |(1)

Reference
1. Giitay Dharma Deshana-2

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Baba Story: बाबा भक्ति कथा:मूक होहि बाचाल + 4 more

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बाबा भक्ति कथा:मूक होहि बाचाल

गोविन्दपुर (धनबाद जिला) में मेरे पदस्थापन के समय बहुत से लोगों को दीक्षा दिलाई गयी। अच्छा प्रचार कार्य हुआ । एक व्यक्ति थे जो मेरे ही ऑफिस में कार्यरत थे और नाम था उनका श्री अर्जुन पंडित। वे लौकिक रूप में तथाकथित ‘कुम्भकार’ जाति में आते थे। मैंने उन्हें आनन्दमार्ग के बारे में समझाया तथा उनकी पूर्ण इच्छा नहीं रहने पर भी दीक्षा दिलवा दी। पंडित जी जब साधना करने लगे और अनुभूति प्राप्त की, तब उन में भी बाबा-भक्ति जग गयी। एक दिन गोविन्दपुर के बगल के एक गांव ‘बागसुथा’ में कथित ‘कुम्भकारों’ का जिला स्तरीय सम्मलेन हो रहा था। पंडित जी भी उसमे आमंत्रित थे। दीक्षा लिए हुए अभी इन्हें कुछ माह ही बीते थे। वे आवश्यकता से कुछ ज्यादा ही शर्मालु प्रकृति के थे। खड़ा होकर भाषण देना तो दूर की बात थी, वे मंच पर बैठने में भी घबराते थे। लेकिन वहाँ लोगो ने जबरदस्ती मंच पर उन्हें ला बैठाया। कुछ वक्ताओं के भाषण के बाद मंच संचालक ने पंडित जी को अपना भाषण देने के लिए आमंत्रित किया। अब, पंडित जी को काटो तो खून नहीं। “बाप रे बाप , हम अब भाषण कैसे देंगे ? क्या कहेंगे? हमें तो कुछ यह सब आता ही नही। बेकार हम इस सभा में चले आये” – यह सब भाव पंडित जी के मन मस्तिष्क में तैरने लगे और उन्होंने भाषण देने से साफ़ मना कर दिया। लेकिन उत्साही लोग मानने वाले कहाँ थे? वे जबरदस्ती उन्हें माइक के सामने खड़ा कर दिये। पंडित जी का तो हाल बेहाल था। अन्त में कुछ भी उपाय नहीं देख कर उन्होंने अपनी आँखे मूँदी और परम-पिता बाबा श्री श्री आनन्दमूर्ति जी का स्मरण कर उनके सामने आत्मसमर्पण कर दिया तथा विनती की – “हे बाबा, हमें कुछ भाषण–वाषण आता नहीं है। हम यहाँ इसी संकट में घिर गए हैं। हे परमपिता, आप सर्वशक्तिमान हैं, हमारी मदद करें|” बस अब क्या था? श्री अर्जुन पंडित कि आँखें तो बंद थी ही - होश भी गँवा बैठे और अनजाने में ही उनके मुख से धारा – प्रवाह भाषण शुरू हो गया। एक घंटा तक बोले होंगे। तालियाँ पर तालियाँ बज रही थी। अन्त में, जब उनका ‘भाषण’ समाप्त हुआ, तब उन्हें होश आया। लोग उन्हें बधाई देते नहीं थकते थे। और पंडित जी? वे तो अवाक् हो सब देख रहे थे। “क्या कहा हमने – यह तो मालूम ही नहीं है हमें। हमें तो ज़रा भी स्मरण नहीं अपने भाषण के बारे में। निश्चित रूप से परमपिता बाबा ने ही कृपा कर मेरे मुख से प्रवचन दे दिया। धन्य हैं हम और धन्य है ये लोग जो मेरे मुख से परमपिता का प्रवचन सुने|” पंडित जी हमसे उस घटना को कहते नहीं थकते थे और कहते कहते भाव विभोर हो जाते थे उन्हें ये विश्वास पूर्व में नहीं था कि परमपिता उनके जैसे एक साधारण व्यष्टि पर इतनी बड़ी कृपा भी कर सकते है|

परम प्रभु, बाबा चरण में
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== Section 2 ==

You are with me life after life always - up to eternity

"Nayaneri ainjan ma'nasranjain tumi janame maran'e sa'thii mor..." (PS 1370)

Purport:

Note: Those who don't do 6th lesson sadhana, they can not understand this song.

O' Parama Purusa, You are so gracious. You are the ainjan (ointment of knowledge) of my eyes; You are Manasrainjan [1], the One who saturates my mind with devotion; You are with me life after life, in birth and in death, always - up to eternity. O' Divine Entity, in the vast sky of my mind, in my mental horizon, Your attractive and charming form is vibrating and shining. Seeing Your exquisite beauty & divine vibration, I have become completely captivated and devotionally ensconced in You.

O' Parama Purusa, in  this expressed universe which  is situated in the mirror of Your maya. Everything is resonating in Your divine sound - nu'pura [2]. Please grace me, by looking towards me; please shower me in Your divine compassion. O' Citta-cor / Chit-chor [3], O' Parama Purusa, You are captivating my mind in all the ways.

Baba, O' my adored one, I want You and You alone. I do not want anything from You. I only have one desire: Please grant me parabhakti [4] and keep me at Your lotus feet, always. I want to surrender my entire being unto You. O' Lord, please grace me and allow me to concentrate all my feelings and surrender my whole existence at Your feet. You are my Goal; You are my Ista. You are like the moon and I am the like the cakor / chakor [5] bird, always involved in Your ideation.

O' Divine Entity, O' Baba, You are my everything; You are the Goal of my life. My only desire is that You please grace me and give me a place eternally at Your lotus feet by granting me parabhakti...


Notes For Prabhat Samgiita #1370:

[1] Ma'nasrainjan: The mind is affected or coloured by whatever one thinks about in day to day life. Every thought has a particular colour and that colour varies based on one's object of contemplation. If a businessman is thinking primarily about his business, then his mind is coloured in that way. A drunkard's mind is coloured with the thought of wine. When the mind is completely obsessed with a particular thought, the mind becomes fully coloured in that manner, whether it be tamasik, sentient, or spiritual etc.

When Parama Purusa graciously colours a sadhaka's mind with devotion, they remain wholly ensconced in the thought of Parama Purusa. If a new sadhaka cannot do sadhana at all, then we can understand that their mind is not coloured with devotion. And if someone longs to do more and more meditation, we can understand that their mind is deeply coloured with with divinity.

Depending on the nature of one's thought, their mental colour changes. It may be black, red, yellow or white etc. Those bhaktas who think of Parama Purusa exclusively will have a white-coloured mind; it will be white effulgence. A violent person's mind will be red in colour. Remember, this colour is not their skin colour, nor any other external colour. Here we are only talking about the colour of their mind - nothing else.

Ananda Marga ideology has given countless demonstrations on this. He used to make two sadhakas sit facing one another. Then He would bestow upon one the power to see into the other's mind. Then that devotee would be able to clearly see the colour of the other sadhaka's mental plate. Still today this is possible. When one advances in sadhana, they can easily see another's mental colour. Immediately, they can understand what type of person they are. In that case, nobody can hide. There is no scope for hypocrisy.

Parama Purusa, in His role as Ma'nasrainjan, is that Divine Entity who colours and saturates the mind of sadhakas in the fountain of devotion.

Ananda Marga ideology says, "'rainjana', which means 'the One who colours' - that which colours the mind." (1)

So He is that Cosmic Being who graciously showers devotional love into the heart and mind of the bhakta. And by such overwhelming Cosmic grace, the devotee becomes immersed in Supreme bliss and comes in the closest proximity with that Love Personified Entity: Parama Purusa.

We all know that devotion is that unique ingredient which allows one to advance in the spiritual field. Without innate love for Parama Purusa one can never succeed.


[2] Nu'pura: This universe exists in the mind of Parama Purusa and is marked by three processes: Creation, sustenance, and destruction. Those process are represented by three sounds: a-u-ma. That is the sound of omnkara. Thus Parama Purusa is dancing in the rhythm of creation, sustenance, and destruction. These are the sounds emanating from the ankle bell of Parama Purusa.

“Listen to these three sounds of aum: a, u, ma. They represent the creation, the retention [or preservation], and the destruction. The first sound, a, represents creation; the second sound, u, represents retention; the third sound, ma, represents destruction. So all those innumerable sounds, all those fifty sounds, are represented by these supreme sounds, a, u and ma; and collectively a-u-ma becomes aum.” (2)

For unit beings the sound they hear depends upon the degree of their realisation. If, by His grace, their mind is in an exalted state then they will hear the full omnkara sound. If the mind is less elevated they will hear a different type of sound like the roar of the ocean, the sweet melody of the flute, the chirping of the crickets etc. At different stages of realisation the sadhaka can hear these sounds as detailed in the discourse, “The Six Stages of Realization.”

So it is all depend upon the quality of mind. That determines which sound a person will hear. It is similar to someone looking at a very colourful flower. If their eyes are perfect they will see all the colours of that flower. And if their vision is compromised in any way or if they are colourblind they are only see a one or two of the colours.It depends upon the quality of their vision. In the same way, hearing the omnkara sound is wholly dependent upon the quality of mind of the aspirant.

In the case of Parama Purusa, He is always basking in that omnkara sound as that is the sound emanating from His own mind. 


[3] Citta-cor / Chit-chor / Citcor: In His role as 'Citcor', Parama Purusa is the Thief or Stealer of the devotee's mind. How does He steal the mind? He captivates their mind and attracts the bhakta by His exquisite beauty and charm - whereby the sadhaka cannot think of anything or anyone else. The sadhaka has lost control of his own mind: It incessantly and unknowingly rushes towards Parama Purusa. The One who makes this happen is Citcor - the Stealer of the mind.

And to some degree this happens in the mundane realm as well, though it is degenerating and not long-lasting. There are numerous worldly examples where a person's mind is stolen. For instance, if they lost money, if they are infatuated with mundane attraction, if they are anxious about something - in all such cases when the person's mind runs again and again in that direction. So to some degree their mind has been stolen. The person's mind is no longer their own - they do not have control over it. Over and over, their mind is thinking of something - yet that something is not eternal but rather short-lived. So the effect is degenerating. Because their I-feeling has become attached to something mundane. In the real sense that is not citcor, but rather a reflection of a reflection of the stage of citcor.

The Entity that causes someone to lose control of their mind is Citcor - the stealer of the mind. And this is a deeply spiritual state. In the devotional sphere, only Parama Purusa is Citcor. The sadhaka thinks of Him, unknowingly. Always the mind is goaded in that direction. Even if the bhakta intentionally tries not to think in this way, still his mind becomes ensconced in the thought of the Supreme, i.e. Parama Purusa. This is an elevating experience and has a wholly beneficial result.

Ultimately, when this condition climaxes, in that culminating state the unit mind - the jiiva'tma - becomes one with Supreme Consciousness.

Lastly, another name of Citcor is Makhan Cor (Butter Thief).

A number of dogmatic worshipers think that Lord Krsna is a butter-thief and they portray Lord Krsna as a small child who has stolen butter whereby the child Krsna is eating a lot of unsaturated fat. The sages tried to teach the common people with analogies but due to a very low standard the people took it in a literal way until finally it became an entrenched dogma. They do not like to hear the real truth of the matter. Even new people believe this.


[4] Parabhakti: Par means divine; and apara means worldly. The feminine is para and when combined with bhakti, it is parabhakti. That is the highest devotion. In that blessed state, devotees want to do each and everything for Parama Purusa and give Him pleasure. In return, they do not want anything. Those sadhakas who got Parama Purusa, by His grace, have gotten everything.

Ananda Marga ideology says, "When one wants Parama Purus'a from Parama Purus'a, then that bhakti is para'bhakti...And what is para'bhakti? 'O Parama Purus'a, You know whether I am Your devotee or not. It is You who are to judge whether I am Your devotee or not -- but I want You...I want You. And why do I want You? Because I want to serve You'." (3)


[5] Cakor / Chakor Bird: The red-legged Bartavelle bird or Greek Partridge that seems to subsist on moonlight alone. All night long the cakor bird looks and stares at the moon - wanting to soak up and drink each and every ounce of moonlight. It is completely linked with the moon (vidhu). That is why it is said that the cakor bird has a deeply loving relation with the moon. In above devotional song, the bhakta is compared to the cakor and Parama Purusa is likened to the moon.

References
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 1
2. Ananda Vacanrtam - 14, Acoustic Roots
3. Subhasita Samgraha - 24, p.97

== Section 3 ==

কোনও রকম বক্রতার কুটিলতার প্রশ্রয় না দিয়ে

“কোনও রকম বক্রতার কুটিলতার প্রশ্রয় না দিয়ে---যা চরম সত্য, তাকে স্পষ্ট ভাষায় স্বীকার করৰার মধ্যেই মানুষের মহত্তা রয়েছে | স্বীকার করাটা কি ? না, “আমি সত্পথে চলি, আমি অন্যায়কে সহ্য করি না, প্রয়োজন ৰোধায় আমি অন্যায়ের বিরুদ্ধে সংগ্রাম করি” | এইটাই সাধুতার পথ | নইলে তলে-তলে প্রস্তুতি চলাচ্ছি, আর মুখে শান্তির বাণী আউড়ে যাচ্ছি, এটাতে আর যা কিছু থাক না কেন, সাধুতা বা সরলতার লেশমাত্র নেই | এটা কপটতা |” (1)

Reference
1. Giitay Dharma Deshana-2

== Section 4 ==

Make humanity’s existence resplendent and
illumines its path of movement - Ananda Vanii #71

“The despondent humanity, in the monumental task of searching for veracity, sees the beacon leading to the path of effulgence. This immense task makes humanity’s existence resplendent and illumines its path of movement with the blazing tenderness of humanism. You are the blessed travellers on that effulgent path. Let the unique blending of your profound wisdom and intense urge for action rend asunder the mists of sinful deeds and smash to dust the jagged rocks of hypocrisy, and establish you in the realm of supreme fulfilment. This is my wish for you...”

Note: The above is one of Baba’s original Ananda Vaniis. These original and true Ananda Vaniis are unique, eternal guidelines that stand as complete discourses in and of themselves. They are unlike Fake Ananda Vaniis which are fabricated by most of the groups - H, B etc.

== Section 5 ==

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This email contains six sections:
1. Bangla Quote: চলে আসছে সৃষ্টির ঊষাকাল থেকে
2. Hindi Quote: क्या सोचना अनुचित है
3. Locking kitchen makes the child thief
4. Prout: Intuitional vision should be your guiding ideology
5. Result of this sádhaná is to be - Ananda Vanii
6. Links

Locking kitchen makes the child thief

“Antisocial behaviour is not always caused by lack of money. Where the parents or guardians are evil by nature, they try to infect the other members of their family with their disease. A few days ago I read in the newspaper that an upper-middle-class lady used to encourage her son to steal clothes, etc., from her neighbours by offering him money for cinema tickets if he did – in other words, by applying indirect pressure. When the incident became public, it was discovered that her family was not in financial difficulty. By putting pressure on her son, the lady was infecting him with her own mental disease.”

“There are many parents who, due to miserliness or whatever reason, deprive their children of delicious food and drink. (If there is some reason for this deprivation, they do not explain it to their children.) They serve such food and drink to others in the presence of their children without explaining to them why they are being deprived. As a result, the children, under the pressure of circumstance, steal to try to satisfy their natural desires.”

Reference
1. Human Society - 1, Justice

== Section 2 ==

Prout: Intuitional vision should be your guiding ideology

“The approach of PROUT is subjective approach through objective adjustment. This presupposes a connecting link between intuition and intellect. This connecting link or touching point is called “Bodhi Jiṋána”. With the help of Bodhi Jiṋána, intuitional knowledge can be utilized for solving mundane problems. Thus PROUT is a Bodhi Jiṋána.”

“Logic is a psychic survey. Such a survey may or may not be correct, therefore it is futile to follow logic blindly. The result of your psychic survey is called your rationality. This psychic survey, embedded in relativity, may or may not be correct. Intuitional vision is the best logic. Intuitional vision should be your guiding ideology. For example, it is an axiomatic truth that everything has come from the Cosmic Father and everything will merge in Him, but this truth is beyond the scope of intellectual logic.” (1)

Reference
1. Prout in a Nutshell - 15, Talks on Prout

== Section 3 ==

চলে আসছে সৃষ্টির ঊষাকাল থেকে

যমের ব্যবস্থা...যে এই যে যম, অর্থাৎ এই যে পরমপুরুষের নিয়ন্ত্রণ ব্যবস্থা, যা চলে আসছে সৃষ্টির ঊষাকাল থেকে, যে ৰিন্দু থেকে সৃষ্টি উত্সারিত হয়ে ছিল, সেই ৰিন্দু থেকে এই নিয়ন্ত্রণ ব্যবস্থাও ৰলবৎ আছে | এবং যত কাল সৃষ্টি থাকৰে, নিয়ন্ত্রণ ব্যবস্থাও থাকৰে | না থাকলে, সৰ কিছু উলট-পলট হয়ে যাৰে, বিশৃঙ্খল হয়ে যাৰে |(1)

Reference
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 18, chapter 8

== Section 4 ==

क्या सोचना अनुचित है 

“कुछ लोग कहते हैं कि—"उत्ताप की कमी के कारण विश्वब्रह्माण्ड की मौत हो जाएगी", जिसे अंग्रेज़ी में "thermal death" कहते हैं | ऐसा सोचना भी अनुचित है | हाँ, विश्वब्रह्माण्ड के एक विशेष भग्नांश में, किसी ग्रह या उपग्रह में, तापगत मृत्यु हो सकती है; होगी भी | तो विश्वब्रह्माण्ड में कहीं भी अगर यह thermal death हुई, तो मनुष्य के लिए, जीवों के लिए घबड़ाने की कोई बात नहीं है | उस दशा में वे और-ग्रहों में, और-उपग्रहों में, लोग पहुँच जाएँगे, लोग चले जाएँगे | परमात्मा की कृपा से मनुष्य को काफ़ी बुद्धि मिली है | उसी बुद्धि से वे विशेष यान के द्वारा निरापद जगह तक पहुँच जाएँगे | (1)

Reference
1. अप्रकाशित, हिन्दी, MGD, September 4, 1978 Patna

== Section 5 ==

Result of this sádhaná is to be - Ananda Vanii #12

“Life is a spiritual sádhaná and the result of this sádhaná is to be offered at the altar of the Supreme.”

Note: The above is one of Baba’s original Ananda Vaniis. These original and true Ananda Vaniis are unique, eternal guidelines that stand as complete discourses in and of themselves. They are unlike Fake Ananda Vaniis which are fabricated by most of the groups - H, B etc.

== Section 6 ==

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Baba

This email contains five sections:
1. Prout: city vs. village life,immorality vs. morality
2. Re: Most parents don’t know this, so they harm the child

3. Hindi Quote: जो सुदुराचार महापातकी, वे भी तो उनके बेटे हैं 
4. We should do rigorous efforts - Ananda Vanii
5. Links

Prout: city vs. village life, immorality vs. morality

“Today there are too many obstacles on the path of morality. Urban civilization is one of the chief reasons of moral degeneration because many people are compelled to live undesirably in small, congested places. This is inimical to morality in individual life. Solitary living for some time is essential for the cultivation and development of morality.”

“Where the population is very dense, milk and vegetables are in short supply, and these are indispensable for healthy survival. When the demand is more than the supply, adulteration goes unchecked. To meet the deficit in the supply of milk, people mix water with it. To meet the demand for diamonds, imitation diamonds are produced, because the demand is more than the supply. Cities become dens of corruption because of antisocial elements, but generally such things are not noticeable in villages.”


There are many swindlers lurking in their midst

“In villages, everybody knows everyone else. Everybody knows the livelihood of their neighbours. But even after twenty years of living in a city people seldom get acquainted with their neighbours. They don’t even know that there are many swindlers lurking in their midst.”

“However, the slogan, “Go back to the village” alone will not suffice. City life has a great attraction for people generally so they run to cities for their livelihood. To stop this trend intellectuals and others will have to look for their livelihood in villages. The supply of cheap electricity and the expansion of cottage industries in villages are of paramount necessity today. By cottage industries I do not mean outdated, primitive handicrafts. Cottage industries must be efficient, modern mechanized units.”

“From the economic viewpoint decentralization is an absolute necessity. With the exception of heavy industries and essential government offices, all industry should be shifted to the villages. To stop overcrowding in the cities this is the only feasible approach.”

“Villages are not congested, so antisocial people will not be able to hide themselves there. If they try, the police can easily detect them.” (1)

Reference
1. AFPS-2, Dialectical Materialism and Democracy

== Section 2 ==

Re: Most parents don’t know this, so they harm the child

Namaskar
At first I thought ...oh the writers of this are going overboard .

But then I opened my mind and began to recall incidences in my past and my fathers past etc.

My paternal grandfather used to tell my 3 year old father in 1930 when he sent him to the cellar of the house.."Be careful Frankie there's a cow down there" my father recalled this seemingly innocuous story to me while in his sixties and said how frightened he was as a child. My father had the highest IQ in the state he lived in...and yes he was highly successful with numerous patents...Research and research papers ..but he suffered from insecurities and anxieties - and such insecurities marked his whole life.

Of course not all linked to one incident ...but his father was quite "distant" .

My father too would not only frighten me,..with crazy wild horror stories..but would holler...Stop the baby! As I would attempt to climb small stairs etc. This was remembered to me by my maternal grandmother.

To this day I have to overcome my fear of heights daily and I'm almost 70 years of age..working developing properties for my son. Anything mechanical.. my father was inept..not being taught from his father..when I tried something new he would bellow.."you're not going to be able to do that!" I can still hear him when I dive into anything new.

As a result I found I would actually perform tasks throughout life always taking the most difficult path and methods...and sometimes subconsciously sabotaging myself.

So without going into too much detail, I agree with the margii writers whole heartedly.

I encourage my granddaughters with great zeal ...never complimenting them too much and only mentioning I was impressed with their great efforts.

When my first granddaughter was born on April 7 2007...I wrote my Acarya. He said she definitely would do something for all humanity. It sent chills up my spine.

Of course I mentioned this to no one in my family. But as I watch this girl and nurture her I notice an uncommon quiet creative genius beginning  to blossom.

These kinds of abstracts and themes written below in Ananda Marga Universal of BABA’S teaching should increase..more and more.

in Him,
Govinda

Here is a link to the initial letter on this topic of parenting....

== Section 3 ==

जो सुदुराचार महापातकी, वे भी तो उनके बेटे हैं |

“जो तगड़े-तगड़े साधक हैं, वे [परमपुरुष] उनके भी पिता हैं | और, जो सुदुराचार महापातकी, वे भी तो उनके बेटे हैं | तो, उनके भी वे ही मालिक हैं | वे साधक को प्यार करेंगे, और पापी को घृणा करेंगे, सो बात नहीं | साधक भी कहेंगे---"तू परमपिता है |" और, पापी भी कहेगा----"तू परमपिता है" | दोनों से समान सम्पर्क---वैयष्टिक relationship | इसलिए मैंने कहा कि पाप के लिए जो अधिक conscious है, और सोचता है---”मैं पापी हूँ |” तो, उन्हें याद रखनी चाहिए यह बात कि--पापी है, तो क्या है  परमपिता का तो पुत्त्र है | इसलिए घबड़ाने की कोई बात नहीं, कोई वजह नहीं है |” (1)

Reference:
1. Subhasita Samgraha 24 -chap 6

== Section 4 ==

We should do rigorous efforts to become worthy mediums (media)
 of Supreme Entity - Ananda Vanii #66

"From place to place, from age to age, the elixir of immortality has been flowing forever. Through the medium of human structures this message of immortality is transmitted onwards. So no human beings should ever belittle or slight themselves, rather they should make rigorous efforts to become worthy mediums (media). The wise and intelligent ideate less on their defects and demerits and more on the Supreme desideratum."

Note: The above is one of Baba’s original Ananda Vaniis. These original and true Ananda Vaniis are unique, eternal guidelines that stand as complete discourses in and of themselves. They are unlike Fake Ananda Vaniis which are fabricated by most of the groups - H, B etc.

== Section 5 ==

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