Are you free or slave + 4 more

Baba

This email contains five sections:
1. Important Teaching: Are you free or slave
2. PS #1089: You have come to make everyone emancipated
3. Important Teaching: Ananda Marga: tomb worship is also idol worship
4. PS #3002: बाबा ! हे मेरे अलौकिक बंधु ! मेरे पास आकर मेरी नींद  तोड़ दो।
5. Links

Are you free or slave

Namaskar,
This entire creation - i.e. every created being - is bound by the cosmic operative principle (maya). Nobody is free. Yet if you ask anyone if they are bound they will reply they are free - not bound. But that is their ignorance. All are bound by death - nobody likes to die but everyone is going to die one day - nobody can avoid it. And nobody likes to face the reactions of their bad deeds and nobody wants to undergo suffering. Yet they have to undergo those trials. That is also a form of bondage. So nobody is free to do as they wish. And no one can stay here for thousands of years. These are all bondages. And to overcome such bondages of maya, one must fight, i.e. do sadhana. Flattery and prayer will not do.

Those involved in prayer (prárthana) ask the cosmic operative principle (maya) for worldly boons and request that maya to unbind them and grant salvation. But just as a slavemaster does not like to free his slaves, in the same way, maya also does not want to free those who are in her bondage. So praying to maya is useless.

Ananda Marga ideology states, “Dakśińácára sádhakas [i.e. those who do not do sadhana but just pray for favours etc] are afraid to declare war directly against Prakrti. On the contrary, they want to please Máyá through entreaties, and they pray for liberation from that propitiated Máyá. They chant devotional prayers and eulogies to implore Viśńumáyá to withdraw the negative influence of Máyá. Is it possible to attain liberation by such entreaties or flattery? Liberation means freedom from the bondage of slavery. It is never attained by flattery. Powerful people are greatly appeased by the entreaties and flattery of cowards, and might grant certain concessions or favours, but would never grant complete freedom. Dominion status may be granted, but the attainment of complete independence remains a far cry away. Thus, in order to attain salvation, to establish the reign of complete independence, a spiritual aspirant will have to fight against Avidyámáyá [i.e. do sadhana].” (1)

In Him
Rasatmika’

Reference
1. Ananda Marga Philosophy in a Nutshell - 4 The Influence of Máyá on the Human Mind

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== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==

You have come to make everyone emancipated

"Áloker saor rathe, sabái nite tumi esecho..."  - Prabhat Samgiita #1089

Purport:

Baba, O' Parama Purusa, You have come riding on the shining chariot of divine effulgence. You have come to make everyone emancipated, You have graciously come to take everyone to the Supreme abode. You do not differentiate between who is great, and who is meagre or small etc. You listen to everyone's tales of the mind - to everyone's feeling of the heart.

O' Supreme Entity, even without seeing You, I have loved You. By Your grace, I am always feeling close & harbour great attraction towards You. I have been attracted by You without fully knowing all Your attributions. Baba, You are so gracious. You do not judge others on their merits or demerits. You love all, unconditionally. And I understand that You are always present - across all time and space always.

O' my Dearmost, You have done so much for me, and in return You do not want anything. In spite of knowing about my countless weaknesses, You have made me Yours and accepted me as Your own. You have graced me by giving me shelter at Your lotus feet.

Baba, You have showered Your causeless grace on me. You are ever-merciful...

== Section 3: Important Teaching ==

Ananda Marga: tomb worship is also idol worship

Ananda Marga ideology guides us, "Those who worship idols, ascribing Brahma-hood to that idol, thinking that the very idol is God, the very image is God; worshipping stone, worshipping wood, worshipping metal. Tantra says, Mrcchiládhátudárvádimúrttáviishvaro buddhayo… [“Those who think that Parama Puruśa is confined within idols made of clay, stone, metal or wood…”] Mrt means “earthen image”; shilá means “made of stone”; dhátu means “made of metal”; and dáru means “made of wood”. And they ascribe Godhood to that wood or to that metal or to that stone. Then what happens? The person is ideating on that stone, or wood, or metal, and what happens? Yadrshii bhávaná yasya siddhir bhavati tádrshii – “A person adopts a body according to their object of ideation.” Their own self is transformed into that entity, the entity which was their object of meditation. Now such people worshipping different forms of Prakrti finally take the form of those entities, and become stone, become wood, become metal. They are called Prakrtiliina. They become one with Prakrti and remain there for an indefinite period. What a durdaeva, I will say! What a painful state of existence!" (1)

Note: Unfortunately, some have introduced the aforesaid dogmas into our Ananda Marga. How did this happen? Because a few have propated that a particular tomb or a particular stone is Parama Purusa.

(a) That is why in Jamalpur some go and lay prostrate to the Tiger’s grave. Because those worshipers think that only stone is Parama Purusa. That is why some sadhakas take the arduous journey to that spot to convey their feelings.
(b) And that is why some go and do sastaunga pranama to the mahasamadhi spot in Kolkata. Because those people think that Parama Purusa is only in that tomb. That is why some worshipers take trouble to go to that place and express their innermost thoughts.
(c) And that is why some prepare food and place food morsels on Baba's photo. Because those sadhakas think that only photo is actually Parama Purusa.

Sadly, such margiis will suffer from terrible degradation as those brothers and sisters have mistaken the all-encompassing Divine Entity Parama Purusa for a piece of wood, stone, rock or other inanimate material. By sincerely worshiping that stone etc and merging their mind into that inert matter, such innocent seekers unfortunately degenerate into that very crude matter. So we should be careful if we see anyone doing like this. Our duty is to help any and all sadhakas refrain from this approach, so everyone gets the opportunity to advance along the path of true spirituality.

In Him,
Suvidya’

Reference
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 3, Ghosts and Evil Spirits

== Section 4: Prabhat Samgiita ==

बाबा ! हे मेरे अलौकिक बंधु ! मेरे पास आकर मेरी नींद  तोड़ दो।

हे मेरे दिव्य साथी ! मुझ पर दयालु होकर मेरी मानसिक और  आध्यात्मिक उदासीनता  दूर कर दो। 

प्रभात संगीत 3002: चिरकालेर बंधु निकटे एसे घूम भाॅंगियो।

भावार्थ

हे परमपुरुष! तुम मेरे बंधु हो। तुम्हारा और मेरा संबंध केवल इसी जीवन का नहीं है, बल्कि जब से इस सृष्टि का निर्माण  हुआ है तब से है। इस जीवन के प्रारंभ से भी तुम मेरे साथ हो, भले मैं उसे हमेशा अनुभव करूं या नहीं। तुम मेरे दिव्य साथी हो तुम्हारा और हमारा संबंध समय के परे है। हे मेरे अलौकिक बंधु ! मेरे पास आकर मेरी नींद  तोड़ दो। कृपा कर मुझे मेरी मानसिक और  आध्यात्मिक नींद से जगा  दो। यदि मैं निम्न स्तरीय भौतिक विचारों में डूब जाता हूँ और तुम्हें भूल  जाता हूँ  तो मुझे जगाकर आध्यात्मिक रास्ता दिखा दो । यदि मैं साधना करना भूलकर भौतिक जगत से आकर्षित हो  जाऊँ, तो कृपा कर मुझे जगाकर सही रास्ते पर ले आओ ।

हे परमपुरुष ! मेरे  अलौकिक बंधु ! मेरे पास आकर मुझे नींद से जगा  दो।

बाबा ! तुम सर्वशक्तिमान और अन्तर्यामी हो, तुमसे कुछ भी छिपा नहीं है। भूत , वर्तमान और भविष्य सब कुछ तुम्हारे भीतर है। तुम प्रत्येक कण में उपस्थित हो, और ब्रह्माॅंड के व्यक्त और अव्यक्त सभी संसारों में हर जगह पाये जाते हो। मैं क्या करता हूँ  और क्या नहीं करता हॅूं, तुम सबकुछ देखते हो। तुम सब के साक्षी हो।  हे  मेरे प्यारे ! तुम मेरे ध्रुव तारे हो। यदि कभी मैं तुम्हें भूलकर इस असार संसार के आकर्षण में डूब ही  जाता हॅूं, तो मुझे वापस धर्म के रास्ते की ओर  खींच लेना। यदि मैं कभी सोडष विधियों को भूलकर इंद्रियों के सुख में भटक  जाऊं, तो मुझे आनन्द के पथ पर वापस खींच लेना।

हे परमपुरुष ! मेरे  अलौकिक बंधु ! मेरे पास आकर मुझे नींद से जगा  दो।

बाबा ! तुम्हारी इस प्रारम्भ  और अंतहीन दिव्य लीला में, तुम्हें तुम्हारे असली रूप में  खोजपाना बड़ा कठिन और कष्टदायी है। साधना करना और सभी साधना पाठ पूरे करना भी कठिन हैं, धर्म के रास्ते पर चलना बहुत ही कठिन है, हर प्रकार की अविद्या माया मुझे घेर लेती है। तुम्हारी माया द्वारा उत्पन्न भ्रम, मेरी दृष्टि को धुंधला कर देता  है । ये साॅंसारिक आकर्षण मुझे अपने लक्ष्य से भटका देते हैं, तुमसे दूर कर देते हैं। तुम तो मेरे परम प्रिय हो, कृपा कर दिव्य ज्ञान का दीपक जला दो, जो मेरा हृदय को  भक्ति से भर दे जिससे मैं आनंद के रास्ते पर सरलता से चल सकूं ।

हे परमपुरुष ! मेरे  अलौकिक बंधु ! मेरे पास आकर मुझे नींद से जगा  दो मेरा उद्धार करो, और अपने चरण कमलों में स्थान दो। (1)

Reference
1. Trans: Dr. T.R.S.

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