Baba
Namaskar,
The
concept of Ananda Marga is revolutionary. We follow the path of pure
spirituality, not that of dogma, or pseudo-spirituality. But because of
one’s past samskaras along with the entitative waves of the crude
society, even good people may fall into the clutch of dogma. So we
should be wary about the ill effects of the dogmatic religions, both to
save ourselves and to help others.
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Beliefs of dogmatic religions
The
dogmatic religions believe that God lives in some far distant place.
Dogmatic Christians believe that God lives in heaven. Dogmatic Hindus
believe God resides in vaekuntha. And Muslims believe God is living in
the seventh sky, and that He passes judgment sitting on the holy stone -
"arash". These are their common dogmatic beliefs. That’s why religion
is nothing but dogma or pseudo-spirituality.
Ananda Marga: path of pure spirituality
#1:
The teachings of Ananda Marga reject the notion that the Supreme Entity
resides in some far distant place like heaven or vaekuntha etc.
Ananda
Marga ideology says, "O Narada' I do not reside in vaekuntha…Where do I
reside? Where my devotees sing, where they perform Kiirtana, there I
reside" (1)
#2: Baba has revealed the truth that God is with us. That's why in one Prabhat Samgiita #4072, He composed the song in Urdu:
"Málika ho mere dilke áras pe baso jii..."
The
meaning is very simple - O’ Parama Purusa, please sit in the lotus of
my heart, that is arash -- "dilke arash", which is the holy place of my
heart. Here, heart means Guru or sahasrara cakra.
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Conclusion
The
teaching of bhagavad dharma is that Parama Purusa is with each and
every entity through His ota and prota yoga. In Ananda Marga, our
approach is that Parama Purusa is our nearest and dearest One who
resides in our heart.
Ananda
Marga ideology guides us that, "Parama Purus'a always remains with you,
within the very core of your heart. So search within, O spiritual
aspirant, not without, but within, within your very existence." (2)
Moreover,
when anyone starts to do sadhana—it may be any lesson, 1st lesson to
6th lesson— then they feel the presence of Parama Purusa Baba.
Ananda
Marga ideology further says, "You are to be practical in your life of
occult science. Your only object of ideation is Parama Purus'a, and not
any dogma, not any scriptures." (3)
In Him,
Shanti Svarupa
Religion is pseudo-spirituality
Pseudo-spirituality
means dogmatic beliefs. In that case, the mind is not moving in the
flow of bhagavad dharma and is instead plunged in the dogma that God is
in the distant sky. This dogma has been preached for centuries by
various dogmatic religions. And the effect has been very harmful.
Following the path of religious dogma means adopting
pseudo-spirituality, wherein the outcome is very negative.
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Ananda
Marga philosophy states, "Due to extremely narrow and selfish thoughts,
human thought processes degenerate and people lose rhythm in the
psychic world. Thus they deviate from the mainstream of the Cosmic
rhythm of the universe. So in the realm of the physico-psychic world,
pseudo-spirituality bears no significance. We do not want
pseudo-spirituality, we want perfect spirituality." (4)
Dogma is like serpentine noose
Baba's
teaching is very clear. Believing this dogma -- that God is living in
the sky, or in distant nebulae, or in the stars -- is just religious
pseudo-spirituality, not something dharmic. And that dogma is very
detrimental as it will stifle and destroy the mind’s ability to
progress. Dogma works like a snake. It is just like a serpentine noose
which captures and throttles one’s whole existence.
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Ananda
Marga philosophy says, "Whenever there is dogma, human thinking cannot
be free; and for want of, for paucity of, free thinking, there cannot be
any proper psycho-spiritual progress either. So here what we want is
perfect spirituality and not pseudo-spirituality. Pseudo-spirituality
cannot promote the cause of human welfare; the seed of welfare does not
lie there. The seed of welfare cannot exist where the seed of dogma
exists." (5)
Ananda
Marga philosophy states, "So pseudo-spirituality, full of dogma, does
not lead to collective welfare either in the physical, physico-psychic,
psychic or spiritual worlds." (6)
References
1. Subháśita Saḿgraha Part 19, The Supreme Aesthetic Science and the Cult of Devotion
2. Ánanda Vacanámrtam Part 12, Parama Puruśa, Not Scriptures
3. Ánanda Vacanámrtam Part 12, Parama Puruśa, Not Scriptures
4 Neohumanism in a Nutshell Part 1, Pseudo-Spirituality and Neohumanism
5. Neohumanism in a Nutshell Part 1, Pseudo-Spirituality and Neohumanism
6. Neohumanism in a Nutshell Part 1, Pseudo-Spirituality and Neohumanism
I desperately want to know You
“Khunje khunje klánta, hoye ekalá base tarur cháye…” (Prabhat Samgiita #3894)
Purport:
O’ Parama Purusa, I have been searching You for so long, ceaselessly without interruption. All of my time has been spent scouring this earth seeking You. Finally, after tiring of looking for You, I sit here alone in this shady rest beneath a tree. Looking upwards, I ponder only one thing: O’ Formless One, why are You so displeased with me? What wrong have I done? Why do You continue to hide from me?
O’ Parama Purusa, I have no occult powers, nor do I have a wealth of knowledge, nor unfathomable intuition, nor tremendous intellect, nor any grand history or lineage. Rather, I am quite dull-witted. Even then I yearn to know Your glories and attributions. Baba, I want to know everything about You.
O’ Parama Purusa, I do not want perfection of yoga sadhana, nor I want any wealth or riches. I also do not want a sharp and cunning intellect soaked in falsehood and deceit. O’ Parama Purusa, though You are unknown, I desperately want to know You, O’ my most revered One. That is the only thing I wish for.
Baba, O’ Parama Purusa, please be gracious and come to me in Your true form in the deep core of my heart…
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