Ananda Marga Universal Forum: Feeling of bhakta + 3 more

Monday, March 17, 2025

Feeling of bhakta + 3 more

Baba

Feeling of bhakta

Namaskar,

There are three kinds of sadhakas in Ananda Marga, and here is a quick study of them.

(a) Jinani: Those who do not have faith in Parama Purusa, but they believe that there is some Supreme Entity in the field of philosophy or this vast creation. They are theists, but they do not believe in a personal God.

(b) Karmii: They think that Parama Purusa is somewhere far and that, “I cannot directly communicate with Him - but this creation is His so if I serve the creation then in His far distant abode Parama Purusa will be happy, but I cannot communicate directly.”

(c) Bhakta: They think that the Supreme Father is a personal Entity, and they feel some kind of relation with Him, i.e. Father or Friend or even closer etc. In their day to day life, they feel a distinct proximity with Him. So there is no need of calling on the phone or going to heaven in order to communicate with Him etc. They feel, "Parama Purusa is with me, and He is mine, and He is responding to me - always." It is just like how a child can communicate with their mother very easily - there is no formal approach. Whatever a child wants to say the mother understands, even if the child does not fully express themselves. No special course is needed by the child to communicate because the mother understands everything. And same is the case between the bhakta and Parama Purusa.
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Jiṋániis have no future

Ananda Marga ideology states, “Now altogether it is recognized that all these three approaches are correct, human beings who have come here only for a limited span of time, cannot spare much time to go through so many scriptures or perform so many actions. They will have to complete everything within the short span of their lives. So the best choice for the spiritual aspirants is the path of bhakti. These obstacles, these fetters of Máyá are the principle opposing forces, the most important belligerent forces. By individual effort it is very difficult to surmount that ocean of Máyá. For the jiṋániis, the intellectuals, the Goal is merely theoretical and impersonal. How can they expect a theoretical and impersonal entity to help them – and how can the jiṋániis even approach Him when for them His very existence is impersonal? So the jiṋániis, although they have recognized the importance of jiṋána or knowledge, have no future. They simply waste their valuable time, which is a very short span of hardly one hundred years.” (1)

Karmiis have no future

Ananda Marga ideology states, “And for the karmiis or people of action, the desideratum is partly personal and partly impersonal, but the link between the impersonal and the personal undergoes some distortion. With the help of this distorted link, how can they expect to receive perennial grace for their spiritual progress from the Supreme, and how can they struggle against the all-pervading influence of Máyá? So the karmiis having no fixed desideratum and no fixed personal goal, no personal God, also have no future.” (2)

Conclusion

Ananda Marga ideology guides us, “The future is with the devotees and with no one else. You boys and girls, you should always remember that you have come here for a very short span of time-you must not misuse your valuable time in intellectual altercations or actional infighting. Kalyáńamastu – may you all be blessed.” (3)

Namaskar,
In Him,
Dr Sudama

References
1. Subhasita Samgraha - 11, The Essence of Spiritual Progress
2. Subhasita Samgraha - 11, The Essence of Spiritual Progress
3. 3 December 1978 DMC, Madras

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The below sections are entirely different topics, unrelated to the above material.
They stand on their own as points of interest.

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== Section: Important Teaching ==

Test your knowledge of AM philosophy

Instructions: Kindly read the below quote from Baba's teachings. At the end of the quote a question has been posed. If your answer to the question is correct then it means you read Baba's books carefully; and, if your answer is wrong or you do not know the answer, then it signifies that you need to pay more attention when reading Guru's teachings. After all, if sadhakas are not diligent in studying Baba's books then who is going to read them - non-margiis?

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Cunning vipras [religious priests], whom I call intellectual satans, tried to turn the minds of the people from practical reality towards an imaginary void by preaching contrived philosophies. The essence of their voluminous treatises and verbose annotations to lengthy aphorisms was: the world is an illusion; therefore renounce the world and do not be attracted to its illusions. Become desireless, detached and self-abnegating by offering all your wealth at the feet of the vipras [religious priests]. Of course such philosophies did not preach that the world was also illusory for the vipras [religious priests] who received the offerings – clearly because it was through such ploys that they were able to achieve their objectives.” (1)

Question: Who is Baba referring to in the above quote?

Most probably, as an Ananda Margii, you know what the answer is. But if not, or if you want confirmation, read on below for the answer for the answer

Answer: In His above teaching, Baba is talking about the dogmatic, exploitative priests from the Buddhist and Hindu traditions. Those Buddhist priests (a) preach the doctrine of nihilism and (b) misguide people to empty the mind and meditate on nothingness. In a similar vein, Hindu priests imposed their faulty view that this entire world is an illusion, mayavada. Thus people were indoctrinated into the idea that they should not protest against exploitation, but rather focus only on the afterlife etc.

References
1. Human Society - 2, The Vipra Age

== Section: Important Teaching ==

Can our sons and daughters be haggled over in the marketplace

Prout philosophy guides us, “The dowry system is yet another glaring example of social injustice. In my book Human Society [Part 1], I have already mentioned that the dowry system has two major causes: the first is economic, and the second is the numerical disparity between women and men. With the decreasing economic dependence of women on men, the inequity of the dowry system will cease to exist. But to expedite this process, it is essential to propagate high ideals among young men and women. Our sons and daughters are not commodities like rice, pulse, salt, oil or cattle that they can be haggled over in the marketplace.” (1)

Reference
1. Problems of the Day, Point #14

== Section 3: Links ==

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