Re: Dispute in Unit - Need Your Suggestion

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Re: DISPUTE IN UNIT - NEED YOUR SUGGESTION

Note: A link to the original letter on this topic has been appended below.

Namaskar,
Recently, one unit  was embroiled in a debate about whether to lead an akhanda kiirtan program for the inauguration of a slaughterhouse. Some in that unit documented their concerns and made an appeal for help. That posting was titled, "Dispute in Unit - Need Your Suggestion."

Thereafter, many letters were received from margiis from around the globe.

Here is a small yet representative sampling of responses that supported the notion of doing kiirtan at the slaughterhouse inauguration.

In Him,
Paresh
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Here is response #1:

Reply to "OUR REQUEST - PLEASE HELP RESOLVE THIS ISSUE"

I think margiis should do kiirtan but not with ideation of let there be successive slaughterhousing, but with ideation of purification and Supreme. Simply go there and do it like you could do it in any other place or like with closed eyed. Concentrate on kiirtan, not on place.

Namaskar, Atmajotii.
(Krasnodarskij Kraj, Russia)


Here is response #2:


आदरणीय दादा श्याम नारायण जी,

सादर प्रणाम,

कीर्त्तन कहीं भी कभी भी या किसी के यहाँ भी बड़े उत्साह के साथ तथा पूर्ण समर्पित भाव, निष्कामता व भक्ति के साथ करना चाहिये, मोके को हाथ से नहीं जाने देना चहिये । चाहे आदर्णीय महुम्मद जी पापी, पुन्यवान, सहायक अथवा दुशमन ही क्यों न हो । हर समुदाय को सम्मिलित करके, कीर्त्तन का भाव, पधति—महत्व समझा व सिखा कर पूर्ण सहयोग दो । भेदभाव, भावजड़ताएं, अधिक ज्ञान प्रदर्शन आदि मार्ग में उचित नहीं है । सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनाम सर्वे सन्तु------------------- । हमारा तो मार्ग ही है--- आत्म मौक्षार्थम जगत हितायच । सर्वजन हितार्थाय सर्वजन सुखार्थाय ।

एक साधारण व सरल मार्गी । कोई भूल हो तो कृपया क्षमा करने का कष्ट करें ।

बाबा जी के श्री चर्णो में

B.K. Tantia


Here is response #3:.


Namaskar,

I believe it should be done, but with the caveat that you must be allowed to distribute a flyer (done in a very diplomatic way) that condemns the practice of slaughtering animals.  This is just another opportunity to address a group that otherwise would never have the opportunity to hear our message.

- Anonymous


And Many More Letters:

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

In the next instalment we shall examine the other side of this issue.

== Section 2 ==

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