Baba
This email contains four sections:
1. Beginning Quote: Cause of one's suffering and blaming someone else
2. Bangla Quote: এটা করেছে সে, যে হেতু, সে মন-প্রধান জীব
3. PS #1041: I love You with the sole purpose of giving You pleasure
4. Links
"Blaming God for the consequences of our actions...is only foolishness. One who performs actions will have to bear the reactions also. If you plunge your hand in fire you will surely burn it. To blame God for burning your hand is merely ignorance or stupidity." (1)
Note: According to Ananda Marga philosophy, people must suffer the consequences of their negative samskaras of their past deeds - actions performed either in this life or a prior life. Regardless, one will have to undergo that reaction, i.e. the requital of their past samskaras. In result, they may break their leg, lose their job, fall from the tree, experience the death of a spouse, or be stricken with a serious illness etc. All these types of reactions one may have to undergo due to their own past actions.
Those who are devotees realise they are suffering due to their own bad samskaras. And they take full responsibility and accept their fault. Furthermore, they get the lesson not to harm anybody knowingly or unknowingly in the future.
But those who are naive blame Parama Purusa for testing and harassing them. They accuse Him of putting them in problem needlessly – just for the sake of giving them a test and rubbing their nose in the mud. In their ignorance such persons think they have no fault of their own. They think the culprit is Parama Purusa and Parama Purusa alone. In order to test and harass them, He took away their job and livelihood etc, and made life miserable for them. In short, He created a huge mess. They think that, “Without any rhyme or reason, I had to suffer and undergo this test.” In this way they blame Parama Purusa for giving tests and putting them in problem. That is very bad.
But true devotees never blame Parama Purusa. They always feel their suffering is due to their own samskara - no one else is at fault. So those bhaktas never blame Parama Purusa nor do they accuse Him of harassing them and giving them tests.
For better understanding of Guru's guideline here is a longer version of His above teaching.
"Logically it has been proved that the experiencing of the reaction (karmaphala) of an action cannot be evaded. That being so, blaming God (Bhagaván) for the consequences of our actions or praying to be released from bearing the consequences is only foolishness. One who performs actions will have to bear the reactions also. If you plunge your hand in fire you will surely burn it. To blame God for burning your hand is merely ignorance or stupidity. It is the nature of fire to burn, and whatsoever comes in contact with it will be burnt. Similarly, it is a self-evident law of Prakrti or Her very nature that all actions will have reactions. God (Bhagaván) is not in the least responsible for it. The performer of the actions is responsible for it. The performer of the actions is responsible for the reactions also, since God has not performed the actions. He cannot be responsible for the reactions. It is only people who are responsible for actions as well as for bearing the consequences of these actions." (2)
References
1. Ananda Marga Elementary Philosophy, How Should Human Beings Live In This World?
2. Ananda Marga Elementary Philosophy, How Should Human Beings Live In This World?
এটা করেছে সে, যে হেতু, সে মন-প্রধান জীব
“হ্যাঁ, মানুষ মানে “মন-প্রধান জীব” | মন-প্রধান জীব মানুষকে ৰলা হয় কেন ? না, মানুষের কাছে খাওয়া-পরা বা শারীরিক স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যটাই চরম পরম নয় | কেউ তোমাকে খুৰ ভাল-মন্দ খেতে দিলে, খুৰ খাওয়ার দাওয়ার ব্যাপারে খুৰ যত্ন করল, কিন্তু তোমাকে খোঁটা দিয়ে-দিয়ে কথা ৰলছে | তোমারে অন্তরে ঘা দিয়েছে, কথা ৰলছে | তুমি তার কাছে ভাল-মন্দ খেতে যাৰে না | এই হচ্ছে মানুষের স্বভাব | তা কেন মানুষের এইটা স্বভাব ? কেন মানুষ এ রকম করে ? না, সে মন-প্রধান |”
“দেখো কোনও একটা দেশ মনে করো | সে দেশে থেকে কোনও একজন মানুষ, হয়তো খুৰ ভাল ভাবেই ৰাঁচতে পারত, যদি সে তার ধর্মটুকু পরিবর্ত্তন করে দিত | কিন্তু মানুষ ধর্মটা পরিবর্ত্তন না করে, সে শত-সহস্র লাঞ্চনা অপমান সহ্য করেও, অন্য দেশে উদ্বাস্তু হিসেৰে চলে আসে | কেন আসে ? সে যে খাওয়ার পরৰার অভাবে এসেছে, তা নয় | তার মন, সেই পরিস্থিতিতে মানিয়ে নিতে পারেনি ৰলে, সে চলে এসেছে | এটা করেছে সে, যে হেতু, সে মন-প্রধান জীব |” [1]
Reference
1. অপ্রকাশিত, 1981 Kolkata
I love You with the sole purpose of giving You pleasure - that is parabhakti / ragatmika bhakti
"Anek shuniá anek bháviá,tomákei bhálobesechi.." (Prabhat Samgiita #1041)
Purport:
O’ Parama Purusa, Your tales are infinite. From the mouths of devotees I have heard endless, heart-touching stories how You have showered Your boundless love and grace. As soon as I heard all those things about You, I began to contemplate Your grandeur and glory, over and over again. By that way I realised that You are inseparably linked with my heart, mind, and my entire existence. I have fallen in love with You; I can't live without You. You are my most intimate One. In order to find You I have searched in each and every town and village, by the rivers and the oceans, in the hills and the valleys, in the mountains and the caves. I have searched You in the sky and earth, even in pa'ta'la - everywhere. Baba, by Your grace I have discovered that You are that priceless jewel sitting in my heart.
O’ Parama Purusa, I do not have any explanation why I have fallen in love with You. All I can say is that it is solely Your grace. Love knows no logic or reasoning. All I can tell is that You graciously pulled me towards You and by that way I have fallen in love with You. It is Your grace. O' my Dearmost, I do not love You in order to get mukti [1]. I love You because by that way I receive Your bliss. I think that is the reason why I love You. Baba, I love You to get a'nandam. This is raganuga bhakti. This is the aim of my life: To love You so that I may be bathed in Your bliss. This is eternal truth I understand.
O’ Parama Purusa Baba, I do not have parabhakti - highest devotion. But keeping in mind that parabhakti is the greatest quality, I will go on doing Your work and serving You according to whatever strength I have. I will expend every ounce of energy to satisfy You. Baba, by Your grace, I understand that. Now I love You to give You bliss - not for my own bliss [2]. Parábhakti, ragatmika bhakti, is the culmination of all devotion. This is the quintessence as Ihave learned, by Your grace.
Baba, please grace me , O my Dearmost...
Notes for Prabhat Samgiita #1041:
[1] Mukti: (Literally means 'liberation'). Just as the sadhaka in the above song is not doing sadhana to get mukti, similarly, in the below discourse Ananda Marga ideological teachings guide us that one should not do sadhana to get mukti.
Ananda Marga ideology says, "While surrendering oneself at the altar of the Supreme, what is one to do? One must not ask for anything from Parama Purus'a. [For example,] for a bhakta, mukti has got no importance. A bhakta wants Parama Purus'a, and nothing from Him, not even mukti. Suppose Parama Purus'a says, 'O devotee, what do you want?' - his reply is, 'I want You'. One must not say, 'I want mukti', because suppose one says, 'I want mukti', one may get mukti, but one may not get Parama Purus´a. Which is more valuable - mukti or Parama Purus'a? Parama Purus'a!" (1)
So this is a good teaching: A sadhaka should not ask for anything, not even mukti. Even then some do sadhana for mukti; but in the above Prabhat Samgiita as well as in the above quotation, Ananda Marga ideology is instructing us that one should not do sadhana to get mukti. One should do sadhana so that one may come close and serve and please Him.
[2] A'nanda deva'r l'a'gi: (Literally means 'to give bliss'). The last stanza of this song describes the stance of ragatmika devotion where one does sadhana to please Him-- to give Him bliss. That is the culmination of all devotion.
Ananda Marga ideology says, "The ra'ga'tmika' bhakta says: 'I love Parama Purus'a because I want to give Him a'nandam. I don't care whether or not I get a'nandam. My only desire is to give Him joy through my love. I shall perform, even at the cost of profuse sweat and difficulty, only those noble deeds which will give Him joy. I am ready to undergo any amount of pain and suffering to give Him joy." (2)
References
1. Subhasita Samgraha - 24, 'Bhakti, Mukti and Parama Purusa'
2. Namami Krsnasundaram: Disc 25
This email contains four sections:
1. Beginning Quote: Cause of one's suffering and blaming someone else
2. Bangla Quote: এটা করেছে সে, যে হেতু, সে মন-প্রধান জীব
3. PS #1041: I love You with the sole purpose of giving You pleasure
4. Links
Cause of one's suffering and
blaming someone else
"Blaming God for the consequences of our actions...is only foolishness. One who performs actions will have to bear the reactions also. If you plunge your hand in fire you will surely burn it. To blame God for burning your hand is merely ignorance or stupidity." (1)
Note: According to Ananda Marga philosophy, people must suffer the consequences of their negative samskaras of their past deeds - actions performed either in this life or a prior life. Regardless, one will have to undergo that reaction, i.e. the requital of their past samskaras. In result, they may break their leg, lose their job, fall from the tree, experience the death of a spouse, or be stricken with a serious illness etc. All these types of reactions one may have to undergo due to their own past actions.
Those who are devotees realise they are suffering due to their own bad samskaras. And they take full responsibility and accept their fault. Furthermore, they get the lesson not to harm anybody knowingly or unknowingly in the future.
But those who are naive blame Parama Purusa for testing and harassing them. They accuse Him of putting them in problem needlessly – just for the sake of giving them a test and rubbing their nose in the mud. In their ignorance such persons think they have no fault of their own. They think the culprit is Parama Purusa and Parama Purusa alone. In order to test and harass them, He took away their job and livelihood etc, and made life miserable for them. In short, He created a huge mess. They think that, “Without any rhyme or reason, I had to suffer and undergo this test.” In this way they blame Parama Purusa for giving tests and putting them in problem. That is very bad.
But true devotees never blame Parama Purusa. They always feel their suffering is due to their own samskara - no one else is at fault. So those bhaktas never blame Parama Purusa nor do they accuse Him of harassing them and giving them tests.
For better understanding of Guru's guideline here is a longer version of His above teaching.
"Logically it has been proved that the experiencing of the reaction (karmaphala) of an action cannot be evaded. That being so, blaming God (Bhagaván) for the consequences of our actions or praying to be released from bearing the consequences is only foolishness. One who performs actions will have to bear the reactions also. If you plunge your hand in fire you will surely burn it. To blame God for burning your hand is merely ignorance or stupidity. It is the nature of fire to burn, and whatsoever comes in contact with it will be burnt. Similarly, it is a self-evident law of Prakrti or Her very nature that all actions will have reactions. God (Bhagaván) is not in the least responsible for it. The performer of the actions is responsible for it. The performer of the actions is responsible for the reactions also, since God has not performed the actions. He cannot be responsible for the reactions. It is only people who are responsible for actions as well as for bearing the consequences of these actions." (2)
References
1. Ananda Marga Elementary Philosophy, How Should Human Beings Live In This World?
2. Ananda Marga Elementary Philosophy, How Should Human Beings Live In This World?
== Section 2 ==
এটা করেছে সে, যে হেতু, সে মন-প্রধান জীব
“হ্যাঁ, মানুষ মানে “মন-প্রধান জীব” | মন-প্রধান জীব মানুষকে ৰলা হয় কেন ? না, মানুষের কাছে খাওয়া-পরা বা শারীরিক স্বাচ্ছন্দ্যটাই চরম পরম নয় | কেউ তোমাকে খুৰ ভাল-মন্দ খেতে দিলে, খুৰ খাওয়ার দাওয়ার ব্যাপারে খুৰ যত্ন করল, কিন্তু তোমাকে খোঁটা দিয়ে-দিয়ে কথা ৰলছে | তোমারে অন্তরে ঘা দিয়েছে, কথা ৰলছে | তুমি তার কাছে ভাল-মন্দ খেতে যাৰে না | এই হচ্ছে মানুষের স্বভাব | তা কেন মানুষের এইটা স্বভাব ? কেন মানুষ এ রকম করে ? না, সে মন-প্রধান |”
“দেখো কোনও একটা দেশ মনে করো | সে দেশে থেকে কোনও একজন মানুষ, হয়তো খুৰ ভাল ভাবেই ৰাঁচতে পারত, যদি সে তার ধর্মটুকু পরিবর্ত্তন করে দিত | কিন্তু মানুষ ধর্মটা পরিবর্ত্তন না করে, সে শত-সহস্র লাঞ্চনা অপমান সহ্য করেও, অন্য দেশে উদ্বাস্তু হিসেৰে চলে আসে | কেন আসে ? সে যে খাওয়ার পরৰার অভাবে এসেছে, তা নয় | তার মন, সেই পরিস্থিতিতে মানিয়ে নিতে পারেনি ৰলে, সে চলে এসেছে | এটা করেছে সে, যে হেতু, সে মন-প্রধান জীব |” [1]
Reference
1. অপ্রকাশিত, 1981 Kolkata
== Section 3
==
O’ Parama
Purusa I love You not because I get bliss by loving You -
that is lower devotion;I love You with the sole purpose of giving You pleasure - that is parabhakti / ragatmika bhakti
"Anek shuniá anek bháviá,tomákei bhálobesechi.." (Prabhat Samgiita #1041)
Purport:
O’ Parama Purusa, Your tales are infinite. From the mouths of devotees I have heard endless, heart-touching stories how You have showered Your boundless love and grace. As soon as I heard all those things about You, I began to contemplate Your grandeur and glory, over and over again. By that way I realised that You are inseparably linked with my heart, mind, and my entire existence. I have fallen in love with You; I can't live without You. You are my most intimate One. In order to find You I have searched in each and every town and village, by the rivers and the oceans, in the hills and the valleys, in the mountains and the caves. I have searched You in the sky and earth, even in pa'ta'la - everywhere. Baba, by Your grace I have discovered that You are that priceless jewel sitting in my heart.
O’ Parama Purusa, I do not have any explanation why I have fallen in love with You. All I can say is that it is solely Your grace. Love knows no logic or reasoning. All I can tell is that You graciously pulled me towards You and by that way I have fallen in love with You. It is Your grace. O' my Dearmost, I do not love You in order to get mukti [1]. I love You because by that way I receive Your bliss. I think that is the reason why I love You. Baba, I love You to get a'nandam. This is raganuga bhakti. This is the aim of my life: To love You so that I may be bathed in Your bliss. This is eternal truth I understand.
O’ Parama Purusa Baba, I do not have parabhakti - highest devotion. But keeping in mind that parabhakti is the greatest quality, I will go on doing Your work and serving You according to whatever strength I have. I will expend every ounce of energy to satisfy You. Baba, by Your grace, I understand that. Now I love You to give You bliss - not for my own bliss [2]. Parábhakti, ragatmika bhakti, is the culmination of all devotion. This is the quintessence as Ihave learned, by Your grace.
Baba, please grace me , O my Dearmost...
Notes for Prabhat Samgiita #1041:
[1] Mukti: (Literally means 'liberation'). Just as the sadhaka in the above song is not doing sadhana to get mukti, similarly, in the below discourse Ananda Marga ideological teachings guide us that one should not do sadhana to get mukti.
Ananda Marga ideology says, "While surrendering oneself at the altar of the Supreme, what is one to do? One must not ask for anything from Parama Purus'a. [For example,] for a bhakta, mukti has got no importance. A bhakta wants Parama Purus'a, and nothing from Him, not even mukti. Suppose Parama Purus'a says, 'O devotee, what do you want?' - his reply is, 'I want You'. One must not say, 'I want mukti', because suppose one says, 'I want mukti', one may get mukti, but one may not get Parama Purus´a. Which is more valuable - mukti or Parama Purus'a? Parama Purus'a!" (1)
So this is a good teaching: A sadhaka should not ask for anything, not even mukti. Even then some do sadhana for mukti; but in the above Prabhat Samgiita as well as in the above quotation, Ananda Marga ideology is instructing us that one should not do sadhana to get mukti. One should do sadhana so that one may come close and serve and please Him.
[2] A'nanda deva'r l'a'gi: (Literally means 'to give bliss'). The last stanza of this song describes the stance of ragatmika devotion where one does sadhana to please Him-- to give Him bliss. That is the culmination of all devotion.
Ananda Marga ideology says, "The ra'ga'tmika' bhakta says: 'I love Parama Purus'a because I want to give Him a'nandam. I don't care whether or not I get a'nandam. My only desire is to give Him joy through my love. I shall perform, even at the cost of profuse sweat and difficulty, only those noble deeds which will give Him joy. I am ready to undergo any amount of pain and suffering to give Him joy." (2)
References
1. Subhasita Samgraha - 24, 'Bhakti, Mukti and Parama Purusa'
2. Namami Krsnasundaram: Disc 25
== Section 4 ==
Links
Here are some recent letters
Is Ananda Marga immune to this tragedy
Is PP Dada above the law of Ananda Marga
Other topics of interest
Best way to do pratyahara yoga
Do's and don'ts of pracara
Links
Here are some recent letters
Is Ananda Marga immune to this tragedy
Is PP Dada above the law of Ananda Marga
Other topics of interest
Best way to do pratyahara yoga
Do's and don'ts of pracara
