Baba Story by Dr. Ravi Batra

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BABA STORY BY DR. RAVI BATRA

I first met Baba on August 16, 1964 in a town called Lucknow, U.P. I entered his room around 6 pm with a mind full of skepticism, but came out enchanted and blissful. Baba advised me to build myself through hard and long meditation in order to serve the people. And hard meditation I did. However, it created a lot of unexpected problems; so two months later I went to see him in Jaipur, where I was fortunate to meet him again.
     
I was then a student at the Delhi School of Economics, and India was one of the poorest nations at that time. As soon as I entered his room, I forgot my problems and was lost in a blissful state again. As I opened my eyes, Baba started talking to me, and I forced myself to listen to him. Baba asked me, “Rabi, as he used to address me some times, what have you been doing over the past two months?”
    
I said, “Baba, I have been meditating about three to four  hours every day, but have faced enormous troubles. I got bad headaches and stomach pain; almost everyone is angry with me. My parents are in shock; even my friends think I have become insane. I don’t understand any of this, especially when I am trying to be helpful to everybody.”
    
Baba smiled as if my experience was not unusual. He said, “The path of sadhna is studded with thorns, but I will give you one advice. You should surrender your body, mind and soul to Him, and He will make you do whatever is good for you and society. Now tell me what you would like to do for the people.”
    
I said, “Baba, I would like to eradicate poverty in India.”

Baba’s mood changed all of a sudden; he looked disappointed—even angry. I could not understand what I had done wrong. He said sternly, “Rabi, you are very shallow. Your goal in life should be to eradicate poverty around the world. This is my assignment to you. India is not the only poor nation; at some other places, poverty is even worse.”
   
I was astonished, to say the least. I was a mere student at the time; I had no credentials as an economist. I said, “Sir, How can I possibly fulfill this assignment, when I have not even finished my Master’s degree?”
   
Baba replied: “The one who gives you work also provides the means to finish that work. I will remain with you all your life, even when you go abroad.” At this point, I interjected: “Did you say ‘abroad,’ Baba? I don’t want to go out of India, when you are here. I can’t imagine ever leaving you.”
  
Then Baba said, “No Rabi, you have to go to a foreign land, and indeed you will to fulfill the assignment I have given you.”
  
Two years later, I left for America to do a Ph. D. in economics, even though I had no interest in doing it. Delhi had become very hostile to me and I just wanted to leave the city and go somewhere else. I received a scholarship from Southern Illinois University, and off I went.
   
Years passed. I wrote many books on Baba’s theories and philosophy, but they were thoroughly criticized. In spite of my best efforts, I could never convince the experts to minimize wealth concentration so as to eliminate poverty. In fact, I became obsessed with discovering a poverty eradication plan, and worked on a solution almost 10 hours a day, 7 days a week. Finally, my health gave in, and I was diagnosed with leukemia in 2013. My doctor, in fact a team of 3 doctors, indicated that my cancer was of the worst type, with no cure in sight. I was told I  had about 6 months to live, although I could prolong my life to 2 years with regular blood transfusions.
   
I was shaken somewhat, but worried more about my family. I asked the doctors if they could find my blood type from a vegetarian, and they all laughed heartily. One morning in July 2013, I woke up with my heart pulsating  hard; I was sure my time had come; so I started to meditate on Baba’s Varabhaya mudra form. I chanted my guru mantra, and said to Baba, “It looks like I am soon coming to you. What a joy it would be to live with you; I am only sad I could not fulfill my assignment. Perhaps I should take the blood transfusion, prolong my life, write a new book and make a last-ditch effort to find a way to eliminate global poverty. What do you say, Baba? “
     
Immediately, I heard a voice: “Tatha-Astu. (So be it). Go, have a transfusion right away. And don’t worry about a medicine; I have already arranged that for you; you will find it in Washington, DC.”

To cut the story short: I had a blood transfusion that day, which gave me enough energy to go to DC, where the NIH (National Institute of Health) admitted me for a clinical trial on a new medicine. They were especially interested in my case, because I had the worst type of leukemia and was over 65 as well. Fifteen days later, my cancer symptoms were gone. No longer did I have dizzy spells, chronic fatigue, or shortness of breath. I could walk up the stairs effortlessly. Dr. Farooqhi of the NIH said to me, “We have 75 patients for this clinical trial, and except for a 35 year old boy you have had the fastest recovery. Looks like this drug is tailor made for you. What is your secret?”
    
My answer astonished him.  I said, “I am a yogi and my secret is my Guru. I am also doing some other things he has taught me. They include asanas (yoga exercises), healing dance (kaushiki), sun bathing, a special type of healing pranayama, and a home-made oil that keeps my pain under control. Above all, I do a lot of meditation and chant a healing mantra that keeps my anxiety in check.”
    
This was all mumbo-jumbo to him. He said that whatever I did produced nothing short of a miracle; he sent me home but asked me to return once a month for regular check-ups.
    
Upon the advice of my doctors, much to my dismay, I had stopped playing tennis; however, in September I was back on the tennis court, where my friends gave me a hearty welcome. They had missed their regular partner.
    
Even though the cancer symptoms were all gone, I visited NIH once a month, underwent blood tests and other medical exams, obtained medicine and then returned to Dallas. My health showed a steady improvement. The biggest change was in my hemoglobin, which was once down to five, and was low enough to cause a stroke or a heart attack, none of which ever happened. Now my hemoglobin is above 14, greater than that of my doctor.
     
In April 2014, as I sat in a hotel room in DC, I recapitulated the events of the past year; how I had escaped certain death with Baba’s grace and help. I closed my eyes and meditated on Baba’s form. After about an hour, various chapters of another book came into my vision. Several practical solutions for poverty eradication flashed across my mind. Suddenly, the assignment Baba had given me long ago seemed within reach. The by-product of that thought in a DC hotel is my new book, End Unemployment Now: How to Eliminate Joblessness, Debt and Poverty Despite Congress.

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Links

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http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/12/two-important-topics.html

Unique Forecasting Power Of + We Do Not Differentiate Between High And Low

Baba

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1. End Quote: Unique Forcast Power Of...
2. PS #3821: We Do Not Differentiate Between High And Low...
3. Links

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Unique Forecasting Power Of

Prehistoric People, Animals And Birds

   "You cannot perceive the essences of ultra-subtle and ultra-crude entities: it is beyond your mental capacity to receive their vibrational waves and that is why, you cannot normally detect their existence. There are many birds and reptiles that can receive the premonitive vibrations of an event before its actual materialization. A frog detects the pre-indication of rains long before many other living beings do: it catches the premonitory vibrations beforehand and keeps croaking the announcement of the forthcoming happiness to the four winds. Normally humans, however, cannot know anything before the rain actually starts, for the requisite subtle mechanism to receive the pre-rain vibrations is not well developed in them. So for forecast they have to take recourse to meteorology and use a special type of scientific instrument."
   "A crow has a natural premonitive instinct regarding storms. An owl and to some extent a dog can sense beforehand the possible occurrence of an earthquake or some other unforeseen natural calamity of great magnitude. Such power of apprehending phenomenal vibrations exists not in ten or twenty but in innumerable species of birds. Such a power is indeed of paramount necessity in their rigorous struggle for survival. Such a power did exist, too, to some extent, among the prehistoric people. But today, in this age of so-called civilization, human beings, having become extremely ease-loving, have lost that power through misuse and lack of necessity; just as their tails, their ability to move their ears and their capacity to hold things with their feet have disappeared. Now the hairiness of their bodies and the strength of their teeth and nails are also becoming extinct. The greater the preoccupation of creatures with the struggle for existence, the necessarily greater must be their power of premonition or prescience of impending danger, or else their existence will be effaced from the surface of the earth – this is the law of nature." (Subhasita Samgraha - 3, Vibration, Form and Colour)

Animals Can Sense Severe Storm Systems

New study of migrating birds adds to signs that animals may make better meteorologists than humans do.

The latest evidence: A flock of birds flew away from its nesting site days before there were any signs of danger and well before forecasters predicted the arrival of a massive storm system that spawned 84 confirmed tornadoes and killed at least 35 people, researchers reported Thursday in Current Biology.

"Meteorologists were predicting that the storm might come our way," says the study's lead author, Henry Streby, a National Science Foundation postdoctoral research fellow and visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. "But by the time they were saying they were sure it was coming, the birds had already figured it out and were gone."

The golden-winged warblers normally spend winters in South America and fly up to Tennessee to nest, Streby says. They had been at their nesting site for just a couple of days before they turned around and headed south again.

The discovery was completely fortuitous. Researchers had been testing to see if a new kind of geolocator could be carried by the tiny birds. The geolocators fit like little backpacks on the birds' backs with harnesses attached around their legs.

The geolocators were a success and stayed on the warblers for a year, recording everywhere the birds went. When the researchers recaptured the birds and analyzed the location data they were stunned to discover that the warblers had taken off from their breeding grounds in the Cumberland Mountains of eastern Tennessee, where they had only just arrived, for an unplanned migration south taking them out of the path of the oncoming storm. All told, the warblers travelled 1,500 kilometers (932 miles) in five days to steer clear of the tornado-producing system.

Streby suspects that the birds were alerted by low-frequency sound waves sparked by the tornadic storm. Those waves would be right in the range birds can pick up, but undetectable by human ears.

"They might be able to hear the storms coming and make a decision to leave and come back rather than hunker down and try to survive the tornadoes," he says.

Henry Streby with a male golden-winged warbler and the geolocator that the bird carried for more than 12 months, including during the evacuation migration.

Some other sense involved?

Tornado expert John Allen isn't convinced that the birds are hearing the sounds of developing whirlwinds, but he says, "clearly they are sensing something we can't, and that's really interesting. Those warblers are predicting weather better than we are."

There's no doubt that the warblers took the warning seriously, whatever form it came in, says Allen, a postdoctoral researcher at Columbia University's International Research Institute for Climate and Society.

"The distances they traveled are amazing," he says. "They migrated to their nesting area and then two days later they have to fly out to another location. They went to the Gulf Coast and still got rain there. But it's not the rain that worries them, but the temperature differences. Little birds like the warblers have got to keep themselves warm."

"This is the first really sound data showing that, yes, animals can sense severe storm systems."

The new findings are "incredibly exciting," says Dr. Erica Miller, an adjunct associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. "This is the first really sound data showing that, yes, animals can sense severe storm systems and will evade them. Certainly we have a sense of that from lots of anecdotal stories, like birdfeeders swarmed by birds the day before a big snowstorm comes."

Other evidence for Miller comes from back when she worked at a bird rescue.

"After a hurricane would come through we would brace ourselves in anticipation expecting to see birds thrown around by the storm," Miller says. "But we never saw that. We always wondered, where do the birds go? Somehow they are avoiding damage from the storm."

And it's not just birds that seem to have a sixth sense when it comes to dangerous weather.

"I am most familiar with birds, but I know from talking to my colleagues that even zoo animals will act differently when there is a storm coming," Miller says. "They may spend more time in their dens or more time pacing. They just know something is up."

Just ask your horse

Horses, both wild and domesticated, seem to have the ability to avoid giving birth in stormy weather.

"We've actually investigated that, but haven't yet published the findings," says horse specialist Sue McDonnell, an adjunct professor of reproductive behavior at the University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center and founding head of Penn Vet's Equine Behavior Program. "We have a semi-feral herd that is out 24/7. And it turns out that they delay parturition, and then the first nice day after a bad stretch of weather in the spring we have a flurry of births."

Even domesticated horses being kept indoors will delay labor until stormy weather has passed, McDonnell says.

Though no one can say for sure how animals know a storm is brewing, "it's clear they are better forecasters than we humans are," Allen says.

(Courtesy of NBC news - http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/feathered-forecasters-tiny-birds-knew-killer-tornadoes-were-coming-n270381)

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We Do Not Differentiate Between High And Low, 

Rich And Poor, Sinner And Virtuous, Literate And Illiterate

"Toma'kei bha'loba'si a'mara'..." (PS 3821)

Purport:

O' Parama Purusa, You are our everything, our Heart of hearts. We love only You. By Your grace, we are moving ceaselessly along Your divine path; we are treading on that very path which You have     graciously shown to us. O' Supreme One, day and night we sing Your boundless glories and dance according to Your sweet rhythms. We always propagate Your grand ideals. O' Lord, You have created us: We are Your thought projection; we are Your progeny. You are our Father - Our Ista. We love only You.

O' Divine Entity, by Your grace we love one and all equally; everyone's existence is treasured. We do not differentiate between high and low, small and big, rich and poor, touchable and untouchable, sinner and virtuous, literate and illiterate etc. All are kith and kin - all are family members. All are part of that singular humanity. We are all bound together with Your divine love. O' Lord, with Your infinite compassion You always call us to come close with Your beacon call, which pulls our heart close to You. By Your grace, we hear Your call and move towards You. You are the Goal. Our each and every action and deed is aimed toward Your divine stance - toward reaching up to You. You are our Aim and the Polestar of our life.   

O' Parama Purusa Baba, You have blessed us with the ideals of neo-humanism. First, You have graciously granted us individual freedom; second, You have infused us with universal spirit; and third, You have spiritualised our minds with the dhyana of the Supreme One [1]. With these three attributions one other quality unfolds: We wage a relentless fight against all the evils and sin. And by Your grace victory is sure. Baba, by these four noble qualities of neo-humanism - individual freedom, universal spirit, dhyana of the Supreme entity, and the fight against evil forces - we have created a potent, bitter medicine that cures all sorts of ailments like dogma, infighting, and narrow-mindedness. O' Divine Entity, O' Baba, with this approach we have made this dusty earth into a golden paradise, by Your divine blessing.

Baba, we all love only You; You are our Goal. O' our most Adored One...


NOTES ABOUT PRABHAT SAMGIITA #3821:

[1] "Vya's't'...amara'r": In the third and final stanza of the above song, Baba describes 4 special principles that are part and parcel of our neo-humanistic philosophy: (a) individual freedom, (b) universal spirit, (c) dhyana of the Supreme entity, (d) the fight against injustices and sin. All are four are needed to create a golden paradise on this earth and build a society in the real sense of the term. 

Spirituality is an essential aspect of neo-humanism. Without proper dhyana, individual freedom can be twisted to exploit the masses. Such is the case in capitalism since it is devoid of a spiritual approach. People just equate individual freedom with selfish pleasure and degrading activities. Communism does not allow for individual freedom nor does it recognise spirituality: Both are missing. For this reason, collective interest and a loving society could not be attained in communism. So it is more murderous than capitalism. Comparatively speaking, communists are worse than capitalists.

Then in the dogma-centered philosophy such as in the various religions, individual freedom and perfect spirituality are missing. The religions are ritualistic and dogma-based. There is no true feeling of universal love. That is why even followers of same religion can kill each other - what to speak of harming members of other religions. History has witnessed this again and again. So the religious society is also defective.

Baba guides us that in an ideal society all 4 principles are needed:  (a) individual freedom, (b) universal spirit, (c) dhyana of the Supreme entity, and (d) the fight against injustices and sin. Failing that, this world cannot become a golden paradise. In the absence of any of these aforementioned principles, groupism and factionalism will erupt.

So our neo-humanistic approach is wholly revolutionary. In this God-centered approach, individual freedom is used for virtuous deeds which bring collective welfare, and all the while there is a pactless fight against all injustices. This is the speciality of our neo-humanism and this is the grand ideal Baba is propagating in His above song. 

Present day group leaders and their bootlickers are not following anything like (a) individual freedom, (b) universal spirit, (c) dhyana of the Supreme entity, and (d) the fight against injustices.

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Links

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2013/06/some-blindly-running-east-some-west.html

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/12/two-important-topics.html

Those Who Sell Marga Properties Are Sinners - Why?

Baba

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THOSE WHO SELL MARGA PROPERTIES ARE SINNERS - WHY?

Note: This letter is not for those who have ill-feeling towards Ananda Marga. This is about a very key issue as again some are trying to sell NY sectorial office - the ramifications of which are grave and severe.

Namaskar,
When margiis & sympathizers donate land to our Ananda Marga, their intent is not for someone to sell that land and then misuse the money - like some of our Wts are doing. Rather people donate land with a high ideal in mind - to serve humanity. That is what motivates them to give that which they so greatly treasure.

They donate the land because it is for Ba'ba's mission. They donate their land with the great hope that this will be useful for Ananda Marga social service work and that their offering of land will please Baba. Where there is no land donor, margiis save money for months & year to buy a piece of land with that same motive and hope.

NOW TRYING TO SELL NEW YORK SECTORIAL OFFICE

At present, those in-charges are allegedly trying to sell New York sectorial office (Corona, Queens, NYC), If you go there then you are bound to see this "For Sale" sign:

And reportedly, if you call the phone number on the "For Sale" sign, then a realtor answers and confirms it is for sale. Apparently the listing price is around 1.5 million dollars. And this is all being done with the go-ahead from the very tip-top of Ranchi administration, i.e. Ac Rudranandji Avt, since he is the one controlling and pulling the strings behind Ranchi PP and GS.

Remember, although NY sectorial office may seem far away to you, but the next land / jagrti / property sale may be in your backyard. So we must stop this negative trend here - just nip it in the bud before it spreads around further. Now is the time to act and raise the voice that all Ananda Marga properties must be safeguarded. If this one gets sold, then start looking over your shoulder to see what they put up for sale in your area. Because those Dadas are in big debt from court cases and they are liable to sell any property.

Namaskar,
in Him,
Gunadiisha


REFERENCES
1. AV-31, Sinners and Their Rectification

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Links

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Baba

This email contains four sections:
1. Posting: The guilty Are Innocent: L N Mishra's Son's Startling Revelation
2. End Quote: Definition of Hypocrites and When To Forgive Them
3. PS #1455: उस मायालोक में कोई एक दूसरे का शोषण नहीं  करता
4. Links

The guilty are innocent: L N Mishra's son's startling revelation

December 09, 2014 13:15 IST

L N Mishra was the first Cabinet minister to be assassinated in Independent India.

After Monday's judgment, almost 40 years after the murder, the minister's son tells Rediff.com why the government must reveal who really killed his father.

Nearly 40 years after former railways minister Lalit Narayan Mishra, left, was killed in a bomb blast at Samastipur in Bihar, a Delhi court on Monday, December 8, convicted four men of murder and criminal conspiracy.

Following the verdict, Vijay Mishra, the late minister's son, tells M I Khan why he is disappointed with the verdict.

Are you satisfied with the verdict?

The verdict disappointed us because the four people found guilty by the court -- advocate Ranjan Dwivedi, Gopalji, Santoshanand Avadhuta and Sudevananda Avadhuta -- are actually innocent.

We are not happy; we are still waiting for justice.

We never thought it would take 40 years for the verdict in the case of a railway minister who was so popular back then.

Innocent?

The four accused convicted by the court are innocent, I am 100 per cent sure. Innocents have been framed in the case.

I am not blaming or questioning the court because the verdict is on the basis of the chargesheet filed by the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation). The CBI is known for manipulating such things.

What do you base your views on?

I have been saying this ever since I appeared as a witness in the case years ago.

The Ananda Marg (a religious group) was not behind my father's killing ( the four men convicted in the case belong to the Ananda Marg which was then accused of anti-government activities).

Anand Margis had no reason or cause to go to the extent of eliminating my father. My father was a deeply religious person and a devout Hindu. He used to worship and offer rituals.

Who do you think was involved?

It is for the government and its investigative agencies to come out with the real story and the real people behind the murder of a powerful leader of the country.

Can you recall the incident?

I was only 22 or 23 years old and never dared to talk to my father directly, who was considered close to Mrs Indira Gandhi, the prime minister.

I remember when he was brought to Danapur near Patna (after the blast), hours were lost because of a delayed train, but my father was coherent despite serious injuries.

While he was being taken for an X-ray, he told me, 'Hum theek hain, humko kuch nahin huan hain, Jagannath ko dekho, bahut khun nikla hain' ('I am alright, you look after Jagannath -- he is bleeding profusely' -- referring to his younger brother Jagannath Mishra, who was also injured in the blast, and later became Bihar chief minister twice.)

What do you think should be done now?

The government should order the CBI to re-investigate the case. They should re-investigate the case on the basis of the initial inquiry conducted by the Bihar government following my father's murder.

I have information that the CBI had taken over the case without the recommendation of the Bihar government which was then investigating the case. (Courtesy of Rediff News)

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The section below demarcated by asterisks is an entirely different topic,
completely unrelated to the above material. It stands on its own as a point of interest.

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Definition of Hypocrites and When To Forgive Them

"(5) Hypocrites are:"

"(a) Those who give indulgence to falsehood;"

"(b) Those who are ungrateful to their benefactors;"

"(c) Those who do not keep their word;"

"(d) Those who betray;"

"(e) Those who slander behind one's back."

"(6) You may come to a temporary truce with a hypocrite, but do not forgive till his/her nature is reformed. Immediate forgiveness is a special weakness of mind. It results in worse harm to society."

"Those who cherish class distinctions, communalism, provincialism and casteism while indulging in propaganda about universalism are also hypocrites." (Caryacarya, part 2, Society, points #5-6)

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~ उस मायालोक में कोई एक दूसरे का शोषण नहीं  करता ~
प्रभात संगीत 1455 एक स्वप्नेर देशे  आमि मायाभरा जोछनाय...

भावार्थ

हे परममपुरुष ! मैं मोहक चाॅंदनी में डूबे स्वप्नलोक में था |
बिलकुल अकेले बैठा मैं आनन्दपूर्वक तुम्हारे लिये तुम्हारे ही
गीत गा रहा था। हे दिव्य सत्ता ! तुम कितने कृपालु हो।


उस स्थान पर कोई भूख से नहीं मरता है।
वहाॅं  उस स्वप्नलोक में अज्ञानता भी नहीं है। वहाॅं जड़ता और
भावजड़ता की तरंगे नहीं बहती। उस भूमि उस स्वप्नलोक में सभी
मानव अपने को एक ही सार्वभौमिक परिवार का अंग मानते हैं। वे
एक दूसरे पर घातप्रतिघात कर लड़ते नहीं और न ही वे एक दूसरे की
हत्या कर खून की नदी बहने देते हैं।


हे प्यारे प्रभु! वहाॅं उस लोक में मानव बुद्धि भावजड़ता से धुंधली नहीं होती,
वह तो विवेक और तार्किकता में डूबी रहती है और अन्तर्बोध की यथार्थता प्रकट करती है।
 उस स्थान पर  उस लोक में, कोई भी दम्भ और दर्प के अंधेरे को,
अपने पास में नहीं फटकने देता | 
न ही कोई एक दूसरे का शोषण करता है। यह नव्यमानवतावाद की भूमि है।
मैं मोहक चाॅंदनी में डूबे इसी स्वप्नलोक था।

हे मेरे प्रभु! हे बाबा! मैं उस दिव्य स्वप्नलोक में था और तुम्हारे लिये गीत गा रहा था।

- Trans. T.R. Sukul


Following is the phonetic spelling in Roman Script of the above purport:

Usa māyā lōka mēṁ kō'ī ēka dūsarē kā śōṣaṇa nahīṁ karatā

prabhāta saṅgīta 1455 ēka svapnēra dēśē āmi māyābharā jōchanāya...

Bhāvārtha

hē paramamapuruṣa! Maiṁ mōhaka cāĕndanī mēṁ ḍūbē svapnalōka mēṁ thā |
bilakula akēlē baiṭhā maiṁ ānandapūrvaka tumhārē liyē tumhārē hī
gīta gā rahā thā. Hē divya sattā! Tuma kitanē kr̥pālu hō.

Usa sthāna para kō'ī bhūkha sē nahīṁ maratā hai. 
Vahāĕṁ usa svapnalōka mēṁ ajñānatā bhī nahīṁ hai. Vahāĕṁ jaṛatā aura
bhāvajaṛatā kī taraṅgē nahīṁ bahatī. Usa bhūmi usa svapnalōka mēṁ sabhī 
mānava apanē kō ēka hī sārvabhaumika parivāra kā aṅga mānatē haiṁ. Vē
ēka dūsarē para ghātapratighāta kara laṛatē nahīṁ aura na hī vē ēka dūsarē kī 
hatyā kara khūna kī nadī bahanē dētē haiṁ.

Hē pyārē prabhu! Vahāĕṁ usa lōka mēṁ mānava bud'dhi bhāvajaṛatā sē dhundhalī nahīṁ hōtī, vaha tō vivēka aura tārkikatā mēṁ ḍūbī rahatī hai aura antarbōdha kī yathārthatā prakaṭa karatī hai. Usa sthāna para usa lōka mēṁ, kō'ī bhī dambha aura darpa kē andhērē kō, apanē pāsa mēṁ nahīṁ phaṭakanē dētā | na hī kō'ī ēka dūsarē kā śōṣaṇa karatā hai. Yaha navyamānavatāvāda kī bhūmi hai. Maiṁ mōhaka cāĕndanī mēṁ ḍūbē isī svapnalōka thā.

Hē mērē prabhu! Hē bābā! Maiṁ usa divya svapnalōka mēṁ thā aura tumhārē liyē gīta gā rahā thā.

- Trans. T.R. Sukul

Note: The Hindi purport has been posted in two scripts: Hindi script and roman script. This is the final time. From now on if you are interested to read in Roman let us know. Otherwise, this will be discontinued.


== Section 4 ==

Links


http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/12/unholy-thing-in-one-retreat.html

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/05/maybe-your-jagrti-mu-land-also-to-be.html

Two Interesting Things

Baba

This email contains three sections:
1. PS #2288: In Spite Of Having You Very Close, It Is Still Hard To Fully Realise You
2. End Quote: Would Drive Them To The Brink Of Insanity
3. Links


~ In Spite Of Having You Very Close, It Is Still Hard To Fully Realise You ~

"Toma'ke ka'che peyeo cena' da'y..." (PS 2288)

Purport:

O' Parama Purusa, Baba, O' my Dearmost, You are mine - You are very close to me. Often I think that I have understood You completely; but when I contemplate more deeply I realise that I know not. To understand You fully, the unit mind must lose its individual identity. As long as one is cognizant of their own unit existence, then You cannot be realised. So, in spite of having You very close, it is still not possible for me to fully realise You. O' Divine Entity, You are my very intimate and closest One: You smile softly and say You love me. Yet when I long for You and yearn to have You in a more intimate way, You are not coming that close. Then I think that I do not properly understand Your mind - Your desire. Otherwise surely You would come deep into the depths of my heart. Alas, I do not know how to satisfy You completely.

O' my Lord, just when I think I have completely understood You, and just when I think I have truly come to know You, i.e. Your ways and Your inner plans, then with Your divine liila You shower even more of Your divine love and I become restless to get You more and more close. I feel so much love for You in my heart that my eyes constantly rain and shower tears when I think of You. It is Your grace.

O' Parama Purusa Baba, due to Your infinite compassion I have understood that only You are the Essence. You alone are the Cosmic Nucleus of this vast universe. By Your grace I have forgotten all those transitory expressions. I no longer run after the ephemeral things of this mundane world. Baba, I have accepted the greatness of Your divine liila. I understand that Your liila cannot be understood. [1]  Now I only think and sing: "O' Lord, please forgive me for my lapses, wrongdoing and negative deeds. Please shower Your causeless grace on me."

Baba, You can only be attained through surrender and love. O' Lord please grace me; please fill me with Your divine compassion...


NOTES FOR PRABHAT SAMGIITA #2288:

[1] "Toma'r liila'y ha'r ma'niya'chi": This phrase from the third stanza of the above Prabhat Samgiita is neatly represented by these below teachings.

"Surrender yourself to His will. Shake off your load of self-conceit. Lighten the burden of your life and float yourself on the waves of His will. It is He who is teaching you the sa'dhana' in the guise of a Guru (preceptor); it is He who is strengthening your knowledge and faith in the guise of a philosopher. You are plundering His mercy in everything day and night. Go on working as a machine, leaving the doership to Him. How little can your poor intellect comprehend or analyse His unfathomable sport (liila')! So, instead of trying to comprehend or analyse keep the bearing of that inscrutable juggler aglow before your eyes." (Ananda Marga Ideology and Way of Life - 4)

"Parama Puruśa is beyond the scope of relativity. Why is He making the world dance? Why has He made Paramarasa-Samudra? The answer to this cannot be known in the world of causality. Why Paramátmá has done something has no answer because He is beyond the scope of causality. Hence that which is non-causal, that which is beyond the scope of causality is Liilá. Whatever Paramátmá does is Liilá, but what Jiiva does is Kriidá. The wise will do Kriidá in such a way as to adjust their waves with the waves of Liilá. They will not try to know why Liilámaya has done an action. They will simply try to know Liilámaya Himself. If you cannot know the cause of a trifling thing like dancing, how can you know the cause of the action of Liilámaya? Jiiva has a very small brain and a very small cranium. It is not possible for it to know the action of Liilámaya. Suppose someone is an MA in 20 subjects. If he or she is asked suddenly to appear in the MA examination, he will not pass – he will have to read again, then he will have to appear. This proves that the Jiiva fails even to succeed in its own Kriidá. So how can it understand the cause of the Liilá of Liilámaya? It cannot. The best approach is to love Him, is to join His party. If there is true love the Master Magician will certainly make you understand everything because the more the members of His party know, the more convenient it is for Him." (Subhasita Samgraha - 19, Parama Puruśa)

== Section 2 ==

The section below demarcated by asterisks is an entirely different topic,

completely unrelated to the above material. It stands on its own as a point of interest.

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Would Drive Them To The Brink Of Insanity

"Forgetfulness is a providential decree. Usually human beings forget their past lives. Is this forgetfulness a blessing or a curse? It is a blessing because human beings feel burdened by the weight of one life. It would be impossible for them to carry the burden of many lives together."

"The human mind is sentimental – full of love, affection, camaraderie, etc. People have a deep attraction to this world; they remain preoccupied throughout their lives with fears and anxieties for the safety of their families. So many problems have to be confronted. The problems of one life alone are enough to make people restless. If they had to face the problems of several lives, they would be unable to lead a natural life. The problems of the past lives, compounded by the strife of the present life, would drive them to the brink of insanity. Secondly, it is difficult for people to be detached from love and attachment for one life. So much effort is required to overcome the bondages of attachment and march towards Parama Puruśa. If the memory of the past lives is revived, the bondage of attachment will tighten its grip, putting a halt to spiritual advancement. One will be caught in the grip of worldly attachment. Thus the decree of merciful providence is, “Let human beings be oblivious of their past lives.”" (APH-4, Cerebral and Extra-Cerebral Memory)

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== Section 3 ==

Links

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/12/asana-longevity-all-around-health.html

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/11/some-important-myths-in-am-3-more.html

O' Parama Purusa, You Are My Eternal Bandhu, No One Else

Baba

This email contains two sections:
1. PS #1370: O' Parama Purusa, You Are My Eternal Bandhu, No One Else
2. Links


~ O' Parama Purusa, You Are My Eternal Bandhu, No One Else ~

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

Purport:

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, this expressed universe is situated in the mirror of Your maya. Everything is resonating in Your divine sound - omnkara (shinjit o nu'pure), i.e. A U M, srsti sthithi laya [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 Dearmost, 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. Baba, You are like the moon and I am 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 Pursua 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.

Baba 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.

Baba says, "'rainjana', which means 'the One who colours' - that which colours the mind." (Ananda Vacanamrtam - 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] Shinjit O Nu'pure: 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.

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “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.” (AV-14, Acoustic Roots)

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 one's 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 colour-blind they will only see 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 saturated 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 philosophy states, "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'." (Subhasita Samgraha - 24, p.97)


[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 Baba's above devotional song, the bhakta is compared to the cakor and Parama Purusa is likened to the moon.

== Section 2 ==

Links

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/09/story-falsely-displayed-parama-purusa.html

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/09/how-can-i-protect-my-child-from-sexual.html

Baba Graced Ailing Patient Yesterday

(This below Baba story is courtesy of Ananda Marga Google Groups - posted by Devesh Kumar)

Baba Graced Ailing Patient Yesterday

(Fresh Baba story received from Bro. Santoshji via brother Rajesh ji Delhi):

"Namaskar Dada,

Baba ka Chamatkar (Divine Grace of Baba). Mrs. Sanjula, a non margii sister, was admitted in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital  due to brain tumor  and an operation was held on 19 /11/2014 (19th Nov). After operation, she didn't gain her conscious and  parents get depressed day by day.

Today (27th Nov 2014), after 8 days, at 6.30pm doctors shifted her from ICU ward to General ward due to financial problem. I was with her in general ward and played "Baba Nam Kevalam" kiirtan on my mobile phone. A miracle takes place, after five minutes of kiirtan, Sister Sanjula open her eyes slightly, moved her hand and rubbed her face. Everyone present are amazed & gone ecstatic. Now, the family & Doctors have a great hope of her recovery........

Santosh".

(Those who wish to contact Bro. Santoshji, may please call him on- 00 91 9871209548.)

A Great Inspiring & Motivating News yesterday.

== Section 2 ==

~ The Boat Of My Life Is Floating Along Safely In The Midst Of The Stormy Sea ~

"Toma'ri bharasa'y ma'jh-dariya'y, bhese ja'y jiivanatarii a'ma'r..." (P.S. 777)

Purport:

O' Parama Purusa Baba, depending on You alone, the boat of my life is floating along safely in the midst of the stormy sea, by Your grace. With Your care, I am carrying on with my life in stormy days. My boat floats along smoothly. Even while surrounded by hurricanes and confronted with adversity, the boat of my life never stops nor does it lament loudly. Because You are with me to save me. So why should I be scared of the problems and horrifying conditions on my path. Everything is in Your hand. You are the Saviour; You are the solution of everything.

O' Parama Purusa Baba, with full trust on You alone, the boat of my life is floating along safely in the midst of the stormy sea, by Your grace.

O' Parama Purusa, You are grace personified and the abode of compassion, You are the solution to every problem. I always remember You - You are always in my thoughts. It is Your grace that I do pranam again and again at Your rosy feet and surrender myself completely.  O' my Lord, with Your blessings I move ahead smiling, carrying the particles of Your grace with me. Your blessings and Your grace propel me onwards in my journey.

O' Parama Purusa Baba, with full trust on You alone, the boat of my life is floating along safely in the midst of the stormy sea, by Your grace.

O' Parama Purusa Baba, by Your melody, rhythm, and love, the divine sweetness is collected in the pollen of my heart. Meditating on You, my existence becomes full of bliss. O' my Lord, by always chanting Your name and constantly singing Your song, by Your grace I realized that You are the Essence of essence. You are my Dearmost.

O' Parama Purusa Baba, with full trust on You alone, the boat of my life is floating along safely in the midst of the stormy sea, by Your grace.

Baba, I surrender at Your feet...

Filled Up Your Basket By Plucking All My Flowers + How Humans Used To Cure Themselves - 4: Avaleha

Baba

This email contains three sections:
1. PS #2111: Filled Up Your Basket By Plucking All My Flowers
2. End Quote: How Humans Used To Cure Themselves - 4
3. Links


~ Filled Up Your Basket By Plucking All My Flowers ~

PS Intro: One of the names of the Lord is Makhan Cor. In that role, Parama Purusa graces the devotee by coming close and taking away their most precious thing - the mind. Bhaktas always want to offer the best things that they have to Parama Purusa; and in His role as Makhan Cor He graciously takes those offerings. So in the below song, the mental flower is the best thing that the bhakta has, and Parama Purusa is taking away those flowers. The common psychology is that when there is close intimacy between two people, then they like to offer the best thing that they have. Between the bhakta and Parama Purusa, the best thing one can offer to Him is a purified mind. In the below song, that purified mind is represented by the flowers. So this song must not be taken literally. Parama Purusa is not stealing flowers rather He is gracing the bhakta by accepting His offering of mind. In their sadhana, sadhakas have had this experience and realisation.


Parama Purusa is Butter Thief

"Usually the human mind has different weaknesses and frailties. But as people continue to refine their intellect and perfect their spiritual practices, their minds move upwards through the different kośas (layers): kamamaya, manomaya, atimanasa, vijiṋánamaya and hiranyamaya, resulting in the crude portion of the mind becoming increasingly subtle. Take the case of cream: when churned, its essence (butter) is separated from the non-essential part (whey)...That is why Hari is nicknamed “makhan cor” – the butter thief. It is wrong to take these words literally. Take it for granted that Krśńa never stole the cream or butter from the milkmaids houses." (1)

"Whatever you think or do in your mind is also internal for Him. He enters your internal world, your mind and you dont know that He has entered i.e., He will steal away your mind and you will not know. A person too wants that Paramátmá should steal away his mind. Therefore I remember to have told you that one of His names is Mákhanacora (Butter thief). Generally one says to God to come to him but actually God is already with him – He is simply unable to see Him...He will steal away the Átman of a person and his mind will not know it, Therefore, He is named Mákhanacora. As the cream is the essence of milk so is the Átman of the body. He steals away the Átman, so He is Mákhanacora." (2)


"Ke go tumi a'ji bhare nile sa'ji, na' boliya' mor phulavane..."  (PS 2111)

Purport:

O' Divine Entity, who are You who has come today in the flower garden of my mind & without my awareness filled up Your basket by plucking all my flowers. Which Divine Personality are You who has done like this. Neither did I ask You to come, nor did I ask You to please sit - indeed I could not receive You properly in the canopy of my mental flower garden.

O' Supreme Being, Your grace is unimaginable. When I call You, then You do not come; and now without any invitation You have blessed me by coming - it is Your grace. And You are silently looking at everything in the flower garden of my mind and You are not telling anything - just You smiled and started plucking the flowers. Your liila is unique.

O' Parama Purusa, I do not have the capacity to understand what type of liila' You are playing. Why do You go on playing with my mind. In my mental garden, without my awareness, You go on swaying Your love. And You go on creating vibrations in my mind without my awareness. And You fill my mind with Your divine attraction and love.

Baba, O' the Divine Entity, You have graced me by coming...


REFERENCES
1. AV-8, The Lord Should Always Be Praised
2. SS-19, Parama Puruśa

== Section 2 ==

The section below demarcated by asterisks is an entirely different topic,
completely unrelated to the above material. It stands on its own as a point of interest.

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How Humans Used To Cure Themselves - 4:

Avaleha

"Where medicines were not effective as external ointments, it became necessary to rub them on the skin or on the nerves where they could be absorbed through the pores. People discovered these rubbing medicines somewhat later. These massage or rubbing ointments were the discovery of a later stage."

"Where there was any poisonous effect of the rubbing ointment, there was no recourse but to use it externally. However, people learned to use them without any poisonous effect in the form of liquid medicines by dissolving them in water or other liquid solvents."

"There are certain ointments which, if ingested in small doses, have no poisonous effect, but which may have a poisonous effect if taken in large doses. Human beings learned to use them by licking them so that they could act effectively through the nerve fibres. They used to swallow those medicines after licking them with the tongue for a long time. Because the quantity is very small there is no harmful effect; rather one gets the full benefit. Such medicines are called avaleha [licking] in Ayurveda."

"People even discovered some medicines that develop certain special beneficial qualities when mixed with other specific substances. In other words, the same medicine when mixed with substance “a” became a medicine for headaches, when mixed with substance “b” became a medicine for diarrhea, and when mixed with substance “c” became a medicine for respiratory ailments. In this case, people gave the name anupána [ingredient] to the substances “a,” “b” and “c”. That is, by discovering that the medicinal qualities varied according to the different anupánas, people began to use them as medicines." (Shabda Cayanika, Kulya to Kuvela (Discourse 34))

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== Section 3 ==

Links

http://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2014/11/those-who-do-like-this-are-in-trouble.html

http://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2014/11/laughterhouse-more-questions-answers.html

Slaughterhouse: More Questions, Answers Needed

Baba

This email contains three sections:
1. Posting: Slaughterhouse: More Questions, Answers Needed
2. Responses: Those Who Opposed Slaughterhouse Kiirtan
3. Links

SLAUGHTERHOUSE:

MORE QUESTIONS, ANSWERS NEEDED

Namaskar,
Some of you have given the logic that it is not good to assemble and do kiirtan at any venue that violates the dharmic guidelines of Caryacarya.

In other words, one must not do kiirtan at any site that is hosting a program that goes against Caryacarya. Because then it will look like the kiirtan participants are supporting that adharmic action.

The conclusion you gave is that one must not do kiirtan at any venue where people are breaking the rules of Caryacarya.

UNDERSTANDING YOUR PERSPECTIVE:

SCENARIOS WHEN KIIRTAN SHOULD NOT BE DONE

Now let me see if I understand your suggestions or not. Here below I apply your guidelines to four independent scenarios to ensure I properly understand your viewpoint.

Scenario #1: According to your approach, if a religious ceremony is being held where they are performing animal sacrifices, then we should not participate in kiirtan at that gathering. Because that act of doing animal sacrifices is itself anti-Caryacarya. So kiirtan should not be performed at that religious ceremony otherwise it will look like those kiirtan dancers are supporting those animal sacrifices.

Scenario #2: Or if a caste marriage is being held, then we should not participate in kiirtan at that venue. Because that caste marriage itself is anti-Caryacarya. So kiirtan should not be performed at that place otherwise it will look like those kiirtan dancers are supporting that caste marriage and the caste system.

Scenario #3: Or suppose, someone is celebrating the inauguration of their liquor store / pub, then we should not participate in kiirtan at that venue. Because alcohol consumption and the use of intoxicants is against Caryacarya. Thus, kiirtan should not be done at the inauguration of that pub. Otherwise it will look like those kiirtan practitioners are supporting the use of liquor / intoxicants etc.

Scenario #4: Or take the case of a death ceremony that is being held in one village. The surviving male family members shave all of the hair from their head and face as per the prevailing dogma. In that case, one must not do kiirtan at that death ceremony. Otherwise it will look like those kiirtan participants support that local Hindu dogma.

KINDLY RESPOND:

I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU

So according to your theory, one must not do kiirtan at any venue that violates the dharmic guidelines of Caryacarya. Am I correct in understanding your viewpoint?

Specifically, I want to hear from all who have written. Certainly anyone can reply, but in particular I would like to hear from those who wrote in objecting to doing kiirtan at the inauguration of the slaughterhouse.

Thank you for your time and guideline, and I await hearing from you.

In Him,
Shyam Narayan

== Section 2 ==

RESPONSES OF THOSE WHO

OPPOSED SLAUGHTERHOUSE KIIRTAN

Here again is the sampling of responses that oppose the notion of doing kiirtan at the slaughterhouse inauguration.


Here is response #1:

Namaskar, i think to have a meeting  and inform Mr. Kareem politely about our stand point. I feel, even we go and just have food, its not right. Its like we are supporting his slaughtering work.

I have a experience before, one Dada not attending the Margi wedding in temple. When i ask why, he say: If i attend this wedding its like im supporting temple worship.

So, i find it not right. Thanks, Namaskar

rgds
~gowri~


Here is response #2:


Namaskar All,

(1) In AM philosophy, we have been taught to love and respect every creature's life as our own with mind ,word and deed. So, it is not advisable to support such an act which is intended to snatch any one's life for the sake of business and earn money a little of which may be donated to children's home  as you mentioned like this:-

* Mr. Kareem Mohammad is a well-wisher as he donates money - from time to time - to our children's home.

(2) Should we do the 6-hour kiirtan and feast at the inauguration of this slaughterhouse or not?

  No, we should not participate in the feast and do kiirtan for inauguration of slaughterhouse , this will go against our basic principles of philosophy. Kiirtan is done for purification of mind and environment hence by doing this  Kiirtan if Mr. Kareem Mohammad purifies his mind and leaves the idea to inaugurate slaughterhouse  than it may be permitted. To be a well-wisher of AM is good but to be an Anandmargi is better. Since he is not margi there is no bound to do kirtan and take feast at the inauguration of his slaughterhouse.

Again you also quoted following idea:-

Then supporters of the program gave this counter response. Our Ananda Marga Caryacarya does not support the annual death day ceremony and the feast of that ceremony, i.e. shraddhanna. But even then we do kiirtan and eat at such programs because the kiirtan purifies everything. So why not do kiirtan and eat at the slaughterhouse and enjoy a feast there.


Such suggestion  can be given and supported by those  who have  only interest in enjoying delicious feast and not saving the lives of innocents. Will this not be like giving licence to kill innocent animals in exchange of doing six hours kiirtan and delicious feast?

Thus it is clear that we should not go against our basic principles in greed of a feast or loosing a well-wisher. We should keep the idea to have "shuddhodan" only i.e. the food that is earned with purity of mind, word and deed .

Respectfully,
Dr T R Sukul


Here is response #3:


No.

[We should not participate.]

- Anonymous


Here is response #4:


Stupid question.
Although, no doubt, kirtan is super powerful,we, margiis, cannot support, ideologically, this kind of events.
Namaskar
Rajesh



Here is response #5:

Namaskar,

Is Mr. Mohammed wanting kiirtan to absolve him from the reaction of his actions?   That wrong idea should not be supported. 

- Anonymous


Here is response #6:


BABA

Namaskar.

When I first read this posting I said to myself, 'Is this for real?' "Can this really be happening?" If it is genuine then it is just another instance of people not be fully established in their sadhana. This is one of the most ridiculous things I have heard paralleling the continual practice of MPD.

Wise up people! You are Ananda Margiis! Act like it! Do your sadhana more and more. Then you will see your mistakes to compromise your ideals to accommodate a tamasic brother who happens to sympathize with us from time to time by donating money. Let us not ignore our Ideology just to get more money or not to hurt this non-Margii brother's feelings.

Please, please, please. Come to your senses! There is no accounts where Baba condoned such a thing. In fact, there is a Baba story where while on Tour in India He did not want to stay in a hotel because of the non-sentient environment and He asked His PA to find a margii to host Him.

By His Grace, the margiis of the unit in question will come to their senses and realize that to follow 16 points and dharma we must not forsake Baba's Ideology that He taught us for so many years. Let us muster up the strength to assert our beliefs and the way to do that is do perform more of our spiritual practices and ideate on Him. Besides, didn't He once say that a sadhu is one who say, if I may paraphrase: "Just as I value my own life, other living beings also value their own lives?" Let us honor the animals who cannot speak up for themselves. It is one of the 16 points to serve animals. He has given us a chance to check that one off on our 16 points chart; let us not miss the glorious opportunity to serve Him.

Baba Nam Kevalam.

Vyasa

And Many More Letters:

And many others responded with similar logic and reasoning in opposition to participating in the kiirtan program at the inauguration of the slaughterhouse. So the above neatly encapsulates the prevailing those for those who opposed the kiirtan program

== Section 3 ==

Links

Here is a link to the initial letter on this topic:

http://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2014/10/dispute-in-unit-need-your-suggestion.html


Here is a link to responses by those who supported the kiirtan / slaughterhouse program:

http://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2014/11/re-dispute-in-unit-need-your-suggestion.html