Baba
Namaskar,
Today I really got a wonderful teaching by this mail. It is extremely educative as well as informative about sadhana.
I will discuss this teaching in my unit among all margiis on Sunday D.C. followed by this we will inspire all margiis old or new to revise all their lessons.
In connection with this I am thinking to prepare a complete database of the brothers and sisters of the bhukti where we can keep track about no. of lessons taken, name of acharya, their contact no, email id, profession. Plus we will keep a separate database for the minor brothers and sisters so that we can program accordingly to make separate groups to frame their life as per Ananda Marga ideology.
In Him,
Anandam
On 01/23/2014 11:24 PM, Ananda Marga Universal wrote:
Namaskar,
Today I really got a wonderful teaching by this mail. It is extremely educative as well as informative about sadhana.
I will discuss this teaching in my unit among all margiis on Sunday D.C. followed by this we will inspire all margiis old or new to revise all their lessons.
In connection with this I am thinking to prepare a complete database of the brothers and sisters of the bhukti where we can keep track about no. of lessons taken, name of acharya, their contact no, email id, profession. Plus we will keep a separate database for the minor brothers and sisters so that we can program accordingly to make separate groups to frame their life as per Ananda Marga ideology.
In Him,
Anandam
On 01/23/2014 11:24 PM, Ananda Marga Universal wrote:
From: "Ananda Deva" divinebliss@ecco---
To: ananda-marga-universal-forum-3@yogasamsthanam.net
Subject: Why Dry Sadhana
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 21:32:43
Baba
WHY DRY SADHANA
MUST KNOW THE MEANING OF THE MANTRA
1. Without knowing the meaning of one's ista mantra, mantra caetanya (awakening of the mantra) will not be achieved. That means one's mantra will not vibrate their being or become "live".
2. In that case, proper ideation will not come.
3. Instead, the mantra will remain dry - as if one is just involved in some parrot type of repetition.
4. The sadhana mantra is in Sanskrit, and if one does not know the meaning of the Sanskrit mantra then it will not work. For example, if English speaking people who do not know Hindi are told to repeat niibu', then saliva will not be generated in their mouth. But if the same English speaking person is told the meaning of niibu' is lemon, automatically their mouth will produce saliva. Because they know the meaning of that particular word: niibu'. The overall point is that knowing the meaning of a word or phrase is necessary to achieve the desired result. One must know the meaning of the mantra.
5. In our Ananda Marga sadhana system, there are many different ista mantras, and the meaning varies from one to another.
6. Each and every sadhaka must know the meaning of their own ista mantra.
BETTER NOT TO LEARN FROM QUACK ACARYAS
Unfortunately, there are many acaryas who themselves are unaware about all these points because they give more emphasis and importance to earning money than doing sadhana. Not only that, they do not like to admit or accept their deficit, so they just continue to misguide others by giving false answers and wrong teachings. In this regard, margiis should be careful and alert.
At the same time, when you see an acarya sincerely involved in sadhana and spiritual life then you should learn from them.
It is just like if you want to win a court case, then you do not hire xyz persons like a potato-seller or fruit seller etc. Rather one should seek out a trained attorney. And if you want to be cured of a disease, then do not consult a bicycle mechanic; rather one should find a doctor. Same is the case with learning sadhana: Seek out an acarya deeply involved in meditation.
Note: If anyone has any confusion about their ista cakra or ista mantra then they should not start haphazardly guessing and practicing it in the wrong way. Because that will be harmful. In that case, best is to communicate with a proper acarya.
