Baba
AMPS: away from AM
Namaskar,
Here following are some very unique precedents from Sadguru Baba's own actions and dealing where He refused to compromise on points of ideology. We are to apply these same measures in our organizational / ideological life.
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Baba's example: "I will not forego Prout"
When Baba was in jail then political leaders sent a representative to convey the following message to Baba. If You drop Prout from Your agenda, everything will be fine."
This was the essence of the message: For Baba to forgo His Prout philosophy.
In reply, Sadguru Baba told, "My ideology is more important than my life. I prefer to remain in jail than compromise on My ideology."
By Baba's response, we are to understand that standing up for our ideological principles is the greatest endeavour in life. This is evidenced by the fact that Baba refused to compromise or give in to the demands of those governmental leaders by giving up His Prout philosophy. Verily, in innumerable places and in countless ways, Baba guides us that we are never to sacrifice or compromise our Ananda Marga ideals.
Thus when certain Dadas have ruined margii rights, made a Fake Bhukti Pradhan manual, distorted Baba's scripture, invented Fake Ananda Vaniis, created the dogma of mahaprayan, ruined the ACB system, and victimised and marginalised countless innocent margiis etc, then we must not compromise or make any deals with such persons. Baba's overarching directive is to hold firm to ideology - no matter what. We should follow His ideal.
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Do not be swayed by praise or abuse
Ananda Marga ideology guides us, “If I am too concerned with those who praise or censure me, I will not find time to do my real work. As I have come to this world only for a short period, my only concern should be to keep on doing the duty the Lord has assigned to me. And while doing this allotted duty, I should remember that I belong to Parama Puruśa. I have come from Him, and I will have to return to Him – and to do that, I must complete my allotted duty.” (1)
Ananda Marga ideology says, "The Sha'stras say that a person must stick to his ideals irrespective of whether he receives praise or abuse, whether wealth comes or wealth goes, whether he lives a thousand years or suffers death the next moment. Such a person is called “dhiira”. My direction to you is to be Dhiira. You must stick to your ideals in spite to everything. In this lies your spiritual growth." (2)
Bogus: Keep together at expense of AM values
From time to time, a few persons cry out that we should "keep everyone together" - at the expense of our Ananda Marga values and ideological principles. But that type of approach is just like a crowd where everyone is physically together but has their own separate agenda. That is to say, some confused persons plead and beg us to overlook ideological wrongdoings like scriptural distortions and BP rights, and come under the shelter of one particular group or bring all the groups under one umbrella group. This is their unholy approach. Indeed, they are essentially demanding that we forego our ideological principles for the sake of some type of group pact etc. Yet, Baba never wants us to make such mistakes: Under no conditions are we to compromise on points of ideology.
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If really we are to make a pact with unideological group leaders, then Baba would have invited all kinds of communists, capitalists, and dogmatic religious fanatics to bring their dogma into Ananda Marga. But Baba rejected this approach. Because for Baba, ideology is supreme, and He wants that we also follow this way of life: never compromise on ideology.
That means not compromising an inch with those who have ruined margii rights, invented the weapon of expulsion, victimised innocent margiis, and distorted Baba's scripture etc. We cannot forgive such persons and forget their sinful deeds. That is Baba's decree.
Sastaunga pranam to Baba,
Devasvarup
~ In-depth study ~
Another well-known incident occurred when Baba was in jail and undertaking His fast. At that time, various political leaders of India came to Baba in a very respectful manner and pleaded with Him to stop His fast. Those political leaders expressed that (a) the long fast was having a very detrimental effect on His body, (b) it was difficult to maintain such a fast, and (c) that His life is very important. Those well-wishers reasoned and concluded that best will be for Baba to discontinue His fast. This was their well-intentioned plea.
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Yet, Baba replied that His fast was for ideological reasons - not for the wellness of His physical existence. For that reason, He must continue the fast.
Baba's response and action again shows that following His ideological principles is first and foremost in life. So on no account should an Ananda Margii ever compromise on Ananda Marga teachings or philosophy.
Hence, when certain Dadas have indulged in Bangalisation, invented dogmatic tiirthas, used expulsion as a weapon, and attacked innocent margiis who took up silent action etc, we must hold them accountable for contravening Baba's guidelines. There is no other way.
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No compromise on dharmic principles
Ananda Vanii states, "Fight for your Ideology. Be one with your Ideology. Live for your Ideology. Die for your Ideology." (3)
Ananda Marga ideology states, "An employer and a worker may compromise after a struggle. But Ananda Marga is fighting for Satya (Absolute Truth) and unless and until we get total victory in both individual and collective life we must not stop the struggle. Compromising with injustice during battle is asatya [untruth]." (4)
Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Where the question of benevolence and malevolence is concerned we will not deviate an inch from our ideology....One cannot promote human welfare if one bothers too much about public criticism, about the reaction in the papers or among the voters.” (5)
References
1. Subháśita Sam'graha Part 12, How an Ideal Person Should Live
2. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 1, What Do You Want?
3. A'nanda Va'nii #14
4. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 31, The Conduct of an Ácárya
5. Namah Shivaya Shantaya, Shiva's Teachings – 2 (continued) (Discourse 14)
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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 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==
Your love will not be forgotten
Note: This Prabhat Samgiita can only be understood by those who have above-average bhakti.
“Je águn mane jvele diye gele, se águn nebáno holo dáy…” (Prabhat Samgiita #1851)
Purport:
My Parama Purusa, the fire of prema which You kindled in my mind is painful to extinguish. I am weeping in longing for You. Even after applying the balm of the coolness of the sandalwood paste, the burning is not going away. Your love can not be forgotten. My melancholic pain remains.
Baba, these days, in Your absence, even flowers no longer have any beauty. Everything has become dull, lifeless, and monotonous; life itself has lost all its charm. The mental bee does not like the honey - my mind no longer likes that which it used to enjoy. Without You, this world has become lusterless. In the moonlit night, I cannot go on weaving colourful dreams of the astral world. Without You, everything is dry and dreary.
Parama Purusa, that magical lighting stick of maya which You have makes the bhulok and dyulok go on dancing. That very mystical lighting stick has created the divine mirror. And in that sublime reflection, all three lokas dazzle, sparkle, and shine.
Parama Purusa, the glow of bhakti which You lit in my mental sphere is hard to dampen. Baba, please come and remain with me always in my dream as well as in my meditation, wakeful state...
Fish justice rampant nowadays
Namaskar,
These days fish justice is a common phenomenon in society. Sadly, those who are exploited the most don't even know that they are being exploited. For example, capitalists are exploiting in all spheres of life, but the common people think that those capitalists are helping them. In the US and many places, the people think that those big corporations are providing jobs, food, and stability, and are thus doing a great service to society. Yet those capitalists are doing this for their own selfish profit motive; they have no regard for the common people.
In our Proutistic outlook, we know that the entire property of the cosmos belongs to Parama Purusa, but the common people in materialistic areas think that those wealthy people are fortunate and blessed - regardless of how they acquired their riches and fortune.
How blind people think
In India, the people think that the super rich did some great virtue in their past life and that accounts for their tremendous wealth in this life. And those same commoners believe that, “I am poor because of my past misdeeds.” So they accept the tyranny of those capitalists.
The west is exporting pseudo-culture everywhere by various media. Yet naive people think that the west is helping them and they feel proud and glorified by adopting western pseudo-culture. But, by that way, those simple communities are being degenerated and swallowed whole by those big capitalist entities.
Conclusion
So wherever you look exploitation is going on. Yet the people are not aware. That is the sad state of affairs these days. Mass awakening is needed to turn this situation around. When people become cognizant of the presence of exploitation, then the tides will begin to turn in the right direction.
In Him,
Harideva
There are examples of fish justice. In Samskrta literature different words and analogies have been formed based on the characteristics of various creatures. The below teaching on fish justice is one such example. The main purpose is to educate the public about the inherent qualities of those animals and demonstrate how this concerns our human society. To this end, in Samskrta literature, there is an abundance of words and phrases related with the natural world, i.e. animals, birds, and various other creatures.
Here below is an English summary of Baba’s original teaching from Shabda Cayanika in Bengali:
Reference
1. English summary of Shabda Cayanika - 20 Bangla, disc 156
Note: This Prabhat Samgiita can only be understood by those who have above-average bhakti.
“Je águn mane jvele diye gele, se águn nebáno holo dáy…” (Prabhat Samgiita #1851)
Purport:
My Parama Purusa, the fire of prema which You kindled in my mind is painful to extinguish. I am weeping in longing for You. Even after applying the balm of the coolness of the sandalwood paste, the burning is not going away. Your love can not be forgotten. My melancholic pain remains.
Baba, these days, in Your absence, even flowers no longer have any beauty. Everything has become dull, lifeless, and monotonous; life itself has lost all its charm. The mental bee does not like the honey - my mind no longer likes that which it used to enjoy. Without You, this world has become lusterless. In the moonlit night, I cannot go on weaving colourful dreams of the astral world. Without You, everything is dry and dreary.
Parama Purusa, that magical lighting stick of maya which You have makes the bhulok and dyulok go on dancing. That very mystical lighting stick has created the divine mirror. And in that sublime reflection, all three lokas dazzle, sparkle, and shine.
Parama Purusa, the glow of bhakti which You lit in my mental sphere is hard to dampen. Baba, please come and remain with me always in my dream as well as in my meditation, wakeful state...
== Section 3: Important Teaching ==
Namaskar,
These days fish justice is a common phenomenon in society. Sadly, those who are exploited the most don't even know that they are being exploited. For example, capitalists are exploiting in all spheres of life, but the common people think that those capitalists are helping them. In the US and many places, the people think that those big corporations are providing jobs, food, and stability, and are thus doing a great service to society. Yet those capitalists are doing this for their own selfish profit motive; they have no regard for the common people.
In our Proutistic outlook, we know that the entire property of the cosmos belongs to Parama Purusa, but the common people in materialistic areas think that those wealthy people are fortunate and blessed - regardless of how they acquired their riches and fortune.
How blind people think
In India, the people think that the super rich did some great virtue in their past life and that accounts for their tremendous wealth in this life. And those same commoners believe that, “I am poor because of my past misdeeds.” So they accept the tyranny of those capitalists.
The west is exporting pseudo-culture everywhere by various media. Yet naive people think that the west is helping them and they feel proud and glorified by adopting western pseudo-culture. But, by that way, those simple communities are being degenerated and swallowed whole by those big capitalist entities.
Conclusion
So wherever you look exploitation is going on. Yet the people are not aware. That is the sad state of affairs these days. Mass awakening is needed to turn this situation around. When people become cognizant of the presence of exploitation, then the tides will begin to turn in the right direction.
In Him,
Harideva
There are examples of fish justice. In Samskrta literature different words and analogies have been formed based on the characteristics of various creatures. The below teaching on fish justice is one such example. The main purpose is to educate the public about the inherent qualities of those animals and demonstrate how this concerns our human society. To this end, in Samskrta literature, there is an abundance of words and phrases related with the natural world, i.e. animals, birds, and various other creatures.
Here below is an English summary of Baba’s original teaching from Shabda Cayanika in Bengali:
The reign of fish is known as matsya-nya'ya (fish justice). Fish justice means a disorderly, unjust condition where the strong eat the weak. When this situation arises in our social life then we say that in society fish justice is going on. (English summary) (1)
Reference
1. English summary of Shabda Cayanika - 20 Bangla, disc 156
== Section: Ananda Vanii ==
What happens to those firm in morality
“The more the honest people are firm on morality, the more the evil forces will be active against them. So all the moralists of the universe should remain organized and confront the evil forces unitedly.” (Ananda Vanii #59)
Note: The above is one of Baba’s original Ananda Vaniis. These original and true Ananda Vaniis are unique, eternal guidelines that stand as complete discourses in and of themselves. They are unlike Fake Ananda Vaniis which are fabricated by most of the groups - H, B etc.
== Section: Important Teaching ==
Question: Baba is talking about which religion
Ananda Marga ideology states, "At one time people were told that this world is for human enjoyment only, so the existence of all the plants, of all the birds and animals, in the world is intended merely to provide objects of enjoyment for human beings. Their hopes and aspirations, their intense desire to live, their pains and pleasures, their affectionate family or community lives are simply without value. However much a baby goat may wish to live, the main consideration is how much meat that kid carries on its frame. This defective philosophy has made people ruthlessly violent – even more dangerous than blood-thirsty tigers. Tigers kill only to fill their stomachs, to preserve their physical existence; whereas human beings kill animals mostly out of greed. Generally people have resorted to hypocrisy to camouflage this instinct of greed; they have killed animals on the pretext of pleasing the gods, while actually their main motive in doing so was to please their own tongues. These are all the inevitable results of such defective philosophies." (1)
Answer: Baba is talking about the Semitic religions.
Reference
1. NSS, Shiva's Teachings – 2 (continued) (Discourse 14)
== Section: Hindi Quote ==
मानसिक जगत् में नहीं हो सकती
वक्तव्य यही है कि मनुष्य की तरक्की स्थूल जगत् में या मानसिक जगत् में नहीं हो सकती है | कोई अगर कहे कि—"जहानी तरक्की या जिस्मानी तरक्की मैं चाहता हूँ", तो मैं कहूँगा—नहीं, यह तरक्की होनेवाली नहीं है | तरक्की हो सकती है सिर्फ़ कहाँ ? न रुहानी तरक्की ही तरक्की है; और तरक्की, तरक्की नहीं |
तो, आध्यात्मिक उन्नति ही उन्नति है; और जागतिक, मानसिक जगत् में तरक्की, उन्नति नहीं हो सकती है| एक तरफ़ तरक्की है, तो तरफ़ अधोगति है; जितना पाते हैं, उतना खो बैठते हैं | काल-पुरुष दाहिना हाथ से जो देते हैं, बाएँ हाथ से ले लेते हैं | तो, बुद्धिमान मनुष्य को समझना चाहिए कि—हम दुनिया में जो कुछ भी पाते हैं, वह काल-पुरुष देते हैं | क्यों देते हैं ? लेने के लिए, छीनने के लिए | तो, बुद्धिमान मनुष्य इसे भूलेंगे नहीं | ये चाहेंगे नहीं, परमपुरुष से कुछ चाहना नहीं है, कुछ माँगना नहीं है |
[यह प्रवचन-अंश, बाबा के कैसेट से सीधे लिखा गया है । बाबा का यह असली प्रवचन, अमृतोपदेश है। आनन्दमार्ग हिन्दी पुस्तकों में छपे प्रवचन तो नक़ली प्रवचन हैं, असली नहीं हैं -- बंगालीकरण (बँगलाइजेसन) के तहत उनकी बर्बादी की गई] (1)
Reference
1. V12-34, EGD 8 June 1979, Bombay
वक्तव्य यही है कि मनुष्य की तरक्की स्थूल जगत् में या मानसिक जगत् में नहीं हो सकती है | कोई अगर कहे कि—"जहानी तरक्की या जिस्मानी तरक्की मैं चाहता हूँ", तो मैं कहूँगा—नहीं, यह तरक्की होनेवाली नहीं है | तरक्की हो सकती है सिर्फ़ कहाँ ? न रुहानी तरक्की ही तरक्की है; और तरक्की, तरक्की नहीं |
तो, आध्यात्मिक उन्नति ही उन्नति है; और जागतिक, मानसिक जगत् में तरक्की, उन्नति नहीं हो सकती है| एक तरफ़ तरक्की है, तो तरफ़ अधोगति है; जितना पाते हैं, उतना खो बैठते हैं | काल-पुरुष दाहिना हाथ से जो देते हैं, बाएँ हाथ से ले लेते हैं | तो, बुद्धिमान मनुष्य को समझना चाहिए कि—हम दुनिया में जो कुछ भी पाते हैं, वह काल-पुरुष देते हैं | क्यों देते हैं ? लेने के लिए, छीनने के लिए | तो, बुद्धिमान मनुष्य इसे भूलेंगे नहीं | ये चाहेंगे नहीं, परमपुरुष से कुछ चाहना नहीं है, कुछ माँगना नहीं है |
[यह प्रवचन-अंश, बाबा के कैसेट से सीधे लिखा गया है । बाबा का यह असली प्रवचन, अमृतोपदेश है। आनन्दमार्ग हिन्दी पुस्तकों में छपे प्रवचन तो नक़ली प्रवचन हैं, असली नहीं हैं -- बंगालीकरण (बँगलाइजेसन) के तहत उनकी बर्बादी की गई] (1)
Reference
1. V12-34, EGD 8 June 1979, Bombay
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