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Namaskar,
Baba has given the rule that Ananda Margiis should not circumcise their infants/boys. This Baba gave in 1955 - now 50 years have passed. Yet still we are keeping those teachings to ourselves, and we could not disseminate these important guidelines to the entire world. In result, so much undue suffering has been occurred.
See here below how countless innocent youths are suffering and getting maimed. If we had propagated Baba’s teachings then this terrible situation could have been averted.
In South Africa, circumcision ritual becomes health crisis
JOHANNESBURG — The young South African thought he was going to the hills to become a man. He came back with a horrifying injury that made him an outcast.
Asanda lost his genital organ to gangrene in a botched circumcision ritual performed by a traditional surgeon wielding the same spear on more than a dozen initiates. He was an unusual case among thousands of men hospitalized after such ceremonies in past years because he broke a code of secrecy about the tradition and spoke out in protest. For that, he endured public humiliation and even a severe beating a few months ago.
“People would just stare at me, as if I were not a man,” 25-year-old Asanda told The Associated Press. He did not want his family name published for fear of a bigger backlash from his community.
See below that damaged child that lost its genital due to circumcision.
This month, youths in some rural areas will head to secluded huts for circumcision rituals meant to usher them into manhood, an annual rite of passage during the current South African winter, and in the summer at year’s end. Officials hope to prevent another wave of injuries and deaths triggered by factors including infection and the tight binding of genital organ wounds, which cuts off blood supply, as well as sleep deprivation, exposure to winter cold and other harsh conditions.
Septic shock causes many fatalities. The problem is most severe in the Eastern Cape province, where nearly 500 young men have died in circumcision rituals since 2006, including 83 last year, according to the provincial health department.
Officials further north in Mpumalanga province reported 31 deaths in 2013. Twenty-three people, including doctors and traditional surgeons, face charges including negligent killing for the Mpumalanga deaths, South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority announced Tuesday. - Modal Trigger
Initiations are mostly practiced by the Xhosa tribe in eastern South Africa. Tens of thousands of young men undergo ritual circumcisions every year.
Asanda was circumcised near Lusikisiki town in the Eastern Cape. He fled the initiation school, but was forced to return and was beaten, said Dingeman Rijken, a Dutch doctor who later treated him. A bandage on Asanda’s genital organ cut off blood flow and he was hospitalized, according to Rijken. After the gangrenous flesh fell away, Asanda was discharged with a catheter to help him urinate.
Rijken said an injured genital organ with dry gangrene eventually falls away from the body by itself, while a genital organ with wet gangrene sometimes has to be amputated to prevent further infection.
“Amputating a genital organ is not something you do easily, because of the mental implications,” Rijken wrote in an email. “We know that these boys are going to lose their genital organ, but they will often blame the doctor for taking it off. Most of them come with hopes that it will become all right or grow again (which is what they are also being told by traditional nurses). On arrival, they are tired (sleep deprivation), malnourished (diet restrictions), dehydrated (fluid restriction): it takes a number of days for them to be able to discuss these things.”
A 21-year-old man who identified himself only by his first name, Bheki, described in an AP interview how he lost the tip of his genital organ in a ritual.
Bheki, who is reluctant to tell his father about his injury and did not want to give his family name for fear he would be humiliated in his community.
Asanda shocked his community by complaining about unsafe circumcisions at a local meeting. The next morning, Asanda was beaten by several villagers and accused of being an “impipi,” or “traitor” in the Xhosa language, he said.
“I would always feel like sitting on my own,” he said, describing his ordeal. “It would feel like I’m not alive.”
Asanda left his home village but now wants to return. He’s not sure when he’ll go back, though, or what kind of reception he’ll receive. (1)
Senior Acarya Diary on circumcision:
not a part of our Ananda Marga way of life
Following is Baba's guideline from Senior Acarya Diary where He clearly states that circumcision is not done in Ananda Marga. This is not one of our accepted practices. Instead, after reaching puberty the foreskin should be pulled back. If for any reason, the foreskin cannot be pulled back, then the below process should be done. Be aware that from infancy up to puberty, there is no need to pull back the foreskin.
Caryacarya part 2 - Bangla edition:
no scope for circumcision
In the Bengali edition of Caryacarya part 2 and point #2 of Sixteen Points, Baba simply gives the instruction to pull back the foreskin. That is point #2 of Sixteen Points - there is no option given for circumcision.
When to pull back the foreskin
Here Baba guides us that for health and hygiene, one should pull back the foreskin at the time of puberty - before that age the foreskin can remain as is.
"Immediately upon reaching adolescence (in India, one reaches adolescence in between the ages of twelve and fourteen), males should start using Kaopiina (laungot́á) and should pull back the foreskin of the penis." (2)
"The foreskin should be pulled back and the area washed and kept clean." (3)
Thus there is no scope for performing circumcision at the time of birth - or at any time. Guru's guideline is that from birth to pre-adolescence the foreskin should remain as is, and then at the time of puberty the foreskin should be pulled back.
Namaskar,
in Him,
Liila
Leslie Orenbach
Note 1: Seminal Book on Circumcision
Following is the very informative book on this point of circumcision. If you want to educate oneself on the negative side of circumcision you can go through this.
CIRCUMCISION: THE HIDDEN TRAUMA is the first intensive exploration of the unrecognized psychological and social aspects of this increasingly controversial American cultural practice. The book has been endorsed by dozens of professionals in psychology, psychiatry, child development, pediatrics, obstetrics, childbirth education, sociology, and anthropology, including Ashley Montagu, Christiane Northrup, Warren Farrell, Sheila Kitzinger, Sam Keen, and Penelope Leach. Without much knowledge, the American public generally assumes that our cultural practice of circumcision is a trivial and benign procedure. Plain facts and research results conflict with these beliefs and raise serious questions. Dr. Goldman's application of psychological and social research coherently explains both the tenacity of the practice and the contradictory information and beliefs about it. After a review of the surprising abilities of infants and their responses to circumcision pain, the long-term psychological effects of circumcision are examined from the perspectives of both traditional and innovative psychological theories. We learn that circumcision has potential effects not only on men and sexuality, but also on mother-child relationships, male-female relationships, and societal traits and problems. The text is supported with clinical reports, interviews, surveys, and thorough documentation. CIRCUMCISION: THE HIDDEN TRAUMA identifies an overlooked source of early pain and points us in the direction of both healing and preventing this pain. It is of particular interest to men who seek to explore their sexuality and deepen self-awareness; women who want to understand men better; parents and children's advocates; childbirth educators and allied workers; and mental health, medical, and academic professionals. The book has wide appeal because, more generally, it is about trusting our instincts, questioning some of our cultural values and assumptions, and reflecting on who we are and who we can be as individuals and as a society. Ronald Goldman, Ph.D., is a psychologist, educator, and executive director of the Circumcision Resource Center in Boston (www.circumcision.org), a nonprofit educational organization. He gives lectures and seminars on the psychological and social aspects of circumcision and provides consultation to expectant parents and circumcised men. Dr. Goldman has been a featured guest on local and national radio and television shows and has been cited in numerous newspapers and periodicals.
References
1. Courtesy of http://www.cbsnews.com
2. CC-3, General Health Rules, For Males, Point #1
3. CC-3, General Health Rules, For Males, Point #2
This email contains two sections:
1. Posting: Circumcision is killing innocent boys we have to save
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Circumcision is killing
innocent boys we have to save
Namaskar,
Baba has given the rule that Ananda Margiis should not circumcise their infants/boys. This Baba gave in 1955 - now 50 years have passed. Yet still we are keeping those teachings to ourselves, and we could not disseminate these important guidelines to the entire world. In result, so much undue suffering has been occurred.
See here below how countless innocent youths are suffering and getting maimed. If we had propagated Baba’s teachings then this terrible situation could have been averted.
In South Africa, circumcision ritual becomes health crisis
JOHANNESBURG — The young South African thought he was going to the hills to become a man. He came back with a horrifying injury that made him an outcast.
Asanda lost his genital organ to gangrene in a botched circumcision ritual performed by a traditional surgeon wielding the same spear on more than a dozen initiates. He was an unusual case among thousands of men hospitalized after such ceremonies in past years because he broke a code of secrecy about the tradition and spoke out in protest. For that, he endured public humiliation and even a severe beating a few months ago.
“People would just stare at me, as if I were not a man,” 25-year-old Asanda told The Associated Press. He did not want his family name published for fear of a bigger backlash from his community.
See below that damaged child that lost its genital due to circumcision.
This month, youths in some rural areas will head to secluded huts for circumcision rituals meant to usher them into manhood, an annual rite of passage during the current South African winter, and in the summer at year’s end. Officials hope to prevent another wave of injuries and deaths triggered by factors including infection and the tight binding of genital organ wounds, which cuts off blood supply, as well as sleep deprivation, exposure to winter cold and other harsh conditions.
Septic shock causes many fatalities. The problem is most severe in the Eastern Cape province, where nearly 500 young men have died in circumcision rituals since 2006, including 83 last year, according to the provincial health department.
Officials further north in Mpumalanga province reported 31 deaths in 2013. Twenty-three people, including doctors and traditional surgeons, face charges including negligent killing for the Mpumalanga deaths, South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority announced Tuesday. - Modal Trigger
Initiations are mostly practiced by the Xhosa tribe in eastern South Africa. Tens of thousands of young men undergo ritual circumcisions every year.
Asanda was circumcised near Lusikisiki town in the Eastern Cape. He fled the initiation school, but was forced to return and was beaten, said Dingeman Rijken, a Dutch doctor who later treated him. A bandage on Asanda’s genital organ cut off blood flow and he was hospitalized, according to Rijken. After the gangrenous flesh fell away, Asanda was discharged with a catheter to help him urinate.
Rijken said an injured genital organ with dry gangrene eventually falls away from the body by itself, while a genital organ with wet gangrene sometimes has to be amputated to prevent further infection.
“Amputating a genital organ is not something you do easily, because of the mental implications,” Rijken wrote in an email. “We know that these boys are going to lose their genital organ, but they will often blame the doctor for taking it off. Most of them come with hopes that it will become all right or grow again (which is what they are also being told by traditional nurses). On arrival, they are tired (sleep deprivation), malnourished (diet restrictions), dehydrated (fluid restriction): it takes a number of days for them to be able to discuss these things.”
A 21-year-old man who identified himself only by his first name, Bheki, described in an AP interview how he lost the tip of his genital organ in a ritual.
Bheki, who is reluctant to tell his father about his injury and did not want to give his family name for fear he would be humiliated in his community.
Asanda shocked his community by complaining about unsafe circumcisions at a local meeting. The next morning, Asanda was beaten by several villagers and accused of being an “impipi,” or “traitor” in the Xhosa language, he said.
“I would always feel like sitting on my own,” he said, describing his ordeal. “It would feel like I’m not alive.”
Asanda left his home village but now wants to return. He’s not sure when he’ll go back, though, or what kind of reception he’ll receive. (1)
Senior Acarya Diary on circumcision:
not a part of our Ananda Marga way of life
Following is Baba's guideline from Senior Acarya Diary where He clearly states that circumcision is not done in Ananda Marga. This is not one of our accepted practices. Instead, after reaching puberty the foreskin should be pulled back. If for any reason, the foreskin cannot be pulled back, then the below process should be done. Be aware that from infancy up to puberty, there is no need to pull back the foreskin.
Caryacarya part 2 - Bangla edition:
no scope for circumcision
In the Bengali edition of Caryacarya part 2 and point #2 of Sixteen Points, Baba simply gives the instruction to pull back the foreskin. That is point #2 of Sixteen Points - there is no option given for circumcision.
When to pull back the foreskin
Here Baba guides us that for health and hygiene, one should pull back the foreskin at the time of puberty - before that age the foreskin can remain as is.
"Immediately upon reaching adolescence (in India, one reaches adolescence in between the ages of twelve and fourteen), males should start using Kaopiina (laungot́á) and should pull back the foreskin of the penis." (2)
"The foreskin should be pulled back and the area washed and kept clean." (3)
Thus there is no scope for performing circumcision at the time of birth - or at any time. Guru's guideline is that from birth to pre-adolescence the foreskin should remain as is, and then at the time of puberty the foreskin should be pulled back.
Namaskar,
in Him,
Liila
Leslie Orenbach
Note 1: Seminal Book on Circumcision
Following is the very informative book on this point of circumcision. If you want to educate oneself on the negative side of circumcision you can go through this.
CIRCUMCISION: THE HIDDEN TRAUMA is the first intensive exploration of the unrecognized psychological and social aspects of this increasingly controversial American cultural practice. The book has been endorsed by dozens of professionals in psychology, psychiatry, child development, pediatrics, obstetrics, childbirth education, sociology, and anthropology, including Ashley Montagu, Christiane Northrup, Warren Farrell, Sheila Kitzinger, Sam Keen, and Penelope Leach. Without much knowledge, the American public generally assumes that our cultural practice of circumcision is a trivial and benign procedure. Plain facts and research results conflict with these beliefs and raise serious questions. Dr. Goldman's application of psychological and social research coherently explains both the tenacity of the practice and the contradictory information and beliefs about it. After a review of the surprising abilities of infants and their responses to circumcision pain, the long-term psychological effects of circumcision are examined from the perspectives of both traditional and innovative psychological theories. We learn that circumcision has potential effects not only on men and sexuality, but also on mother-child relationships, male-female relationships, and societal traits and problems. The text is supported with clinical reports, interviews, surveys, and thorough documentation. CIRCUMCISION: THE HIDDEN TRAUMA identifies an overlooked source of early pain and points us in the direction of both healing and preventing this pain. It is of particular interest to men who seek to explore their sexuality and deepen self-awareness; women who want to understand men better; parents and children's advocates; childbirth educators and allied workers; and mental health, medical, and academic professionals. The book has wide appeal because, more generally, it is about trusting our instincts, questioning some of our cultural values and assumptions, and reflecting on who we are and who we can be as individuals and as a society. Ronald Goldman, Ph.D., is a psychologist, educator, and executive director of the Circumcision Resource Center in Boston (www.circumcision.org), a nonprofit educational organization. He gives lectures and seminars on the psychological and social aspects of circumcision and provides consultation to expectant parents and circumcised men. Dr. Goldman has been a featured guest on local and national radio and television shows and has been cited in numerous newspapers and periodicals.
References
1. Courtesy of http://www.cbsnews.com
2. CC-3, General Health Rules, For Males, Point #1
3. CC-3, General Health Rules, For Males, Point #2
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Links
http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/06/hypocrisy-shambhushivananda-ji.html
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Links
http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/06/hypocrisy-shambhushivananda-ji.html
http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/06/pb-example-litter-published-in-name-of.html
