Nunca hagas esto

Baba

Nunca hagas esto

Nota: Este artículo es solo para aquellos que tienen reverencia por Sadguru Baba Shrii Shrii Anandamurti ji y tratan de seguir Su ideología Ananda Marga.

Namaskar,

Recuerdo cómo uno de mis amigos Kripal siempre se quejaba de que no podía concentrarse en la sadhana y luego, después de un tiempo, lo volví a ver y le pregunté sobre su sahana. Él respondió que su sadhana es muy buena en estos días. Me sorprendió escuchar esto y le pregunté cómo remedió la situación. Kripal dijo: “Fue muy fácil. Anteriormente estaba trabajando en préstamos de día de pago, y cuando llegué a saber que esta era una de las ocupaciones negativas, renuncié a mi trabajo y conseguí un trabajo adecuado; y, desde entonces, mi sadhana ha sido mejor”.

Algunas personas confundidas piensan que si no están directamente involucradas en ocupaciones negativas como negocios de préstamos, préstamos de día de pago, etc., y no están directamente involucradas y acosando a la gente común, entonces está bien. Sienten que está bien dar dinero a una empresa de negocios de préstamos para que haga tales cosas, mientras ellos mismos permanecen en “territorio seguro”. Esas personas no creen que incurrirán en ningún mal samskara. Pero eso simplemente no es cierto.


Todos están involucrados

Para tener una mejor idea, tomemos una vista de gran angular de la situación. En esta era moderna, todo está sucediendo a gran escala. Varias empresas y agencias dentro del sector financiero, como fondos de cobertura y ciertos corredores de bolsa, están haciendo este tipo de trabajo negativo. Entonces, si deposita su dinero con ellos y está obteniendo las recompensas de un alto rendimiento de interés con aquellos que están usurpando préstamos y haciendo préstamos de día de pago, entonces tu también eres 100% culpable, aunque indirectamente.

Es como si el jefe de la mafia estuviera sentado lejos de la escena y ordenara a uno de sus sicarios que asesine a alguien. Entonces ciertamente el jefe de la mafia está involucrado en ese ataque. Algunas personas tontas podrían pensar que solo el asesino a sueldo o goondha es responsable. Pero eso no es cierto: el gran jefe también está implicado, ya que ordenó el ataque.

La idea concluyente es que cuando ocurre un asesinato, todos los involucrados, directa o indirectamente, son delincuentes, independientemente de cuán remotamente involucrados estén. Hace miles de años, los asesinos estrangulaban a las personas con sus propias manos. Hoy en día, las personas usan armas avanzadas como pistolas, cohetes, misiles y drones, etc. para matar a otros. Y, en algunos casos, pueden estar a miles de kilómetros de la escena del ataque. Incluso entonces son totalmente culpables de sus pecados.
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Esta misma teoría se aplica a la inversión en la economía ultracapitalista actual. Si está depositando dinero en fondos de cobertura que hacen usurpación de préstamos, entonces también está involucrado en ese pecado. En ese caso, tu comida también es intocable. Tendrás que enfrentar las consecuencias de parama prakrti. El principal factor rector es que en este tipo de trabajos el público es innegablemente engañado, explotado y perjudicado. Son depredados. Entonces, etiquetar tales ocupaciones negativas como pecaminosas es para la protección de las personas vulnerables, es decir, el público común.

Conclusión: lista de trabajos pecaminosos

Recuerde, estos puntos fueron dados por Lord Buddha hace 2500 años. Desde entonces, la sociedad ha avanzado: los tiempos han cambiado. Ahora los elementos antisociales se mueven vestidos de civil como ciudadanos aparentemente respetables. Cuando en realidad todo su trabajo está dirigido a explotar a las masas desprevenidas. La necesidad del día es alistar todos los trabajos de este tipo y advertir a todos.

Para empezar, aquí hay algunos: la industria de la pornografía, los burdeles, el comercio ilegal de vida silvestre, los juegos de azar, la lotería, el tabaco, las drogas ilícitas, el negocio legal de la marihuana, la industria cárnica, etc. Ayúdenos a formular esta lista. En verdad, la lista es tan larga en estos días. Todos deben abrir los ojos y no depositar ni invertir dinero, directa o indirectamente, en ningún campo donde se perjudique al público. De lo contrario, uno tendrá que enfrentar las consecuencias de prakrti. En ese caso, el dinero barato será muy costoso.
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En un resumen en español de Ananda Vacanamrtam - 30, “Ideological Flow and the Eight-fold Path”, Baba nos dice: Uno debe tener una ocupación limpia, es decir, uno no debe hacer nada antisocial, uno no debe alentar nada antisocial, nada que vaya en contra del interés colectivo. Eso es samyak ájiiva en la esfera física. Uno puede ganar dinero vendiendo vino. Uno puede ganar dinero robando. Estos no son samyak ájiiva. Su ocupación debe ser ordenada y limpia, sin ir en contra de los intereses de la sociedad. (resumen en español)

En Él,
Mayadhiish

- Here is a link to the original English posting: Never do this

- Here are more Spanish postings

- Here is a link to Spanish Prabhat Samgiita

Why Baba praised them + 3 more

Baba

Why Baba praised them

Namaskar,

In His discourses Baba cites the names of various spiritual leaders and thinkers: Bhagavan Buddha, Bhagavan Mahaviira Jain, Bhagavan Shankaracarya, Caetanya Mahaprabhu, Tulsi, Kabir Das, Surdas, Mirabai, Ramprasad, Chandidas, Ramakrsna, Vidyapati, and Swami Vivekananda etc. Plus Baba refers to various social thinkers: Ravindranath, Subhasa Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi, and Karl Marx etc. And Baba refers to numerous poets: Padmadanta, Jaya Deva, Valmiki, Rahim, Raskhan, Saraha, Rupgoswami, Krttivas, Bhusuku, Bharat Chandra, and Mr. Carl Sandburg, etc.

Putting whose photos on the wall

Some readers mistakenly think that Baba has approved of that person and all their teachings. And in response those readers started buying all of so and so’s books and putting their photos on the wall etc. And in pracara they started propagating that Ananda Marga supports all the teachings of so and so etc. However, this is the wrong approach to take. The main theme of Guru’s discourses is that He is putting forth the new and revolutionary teachings of Ananda Marga philosophy, and He is using their teachings as a stepping stone for readers to understand AM teachings. Baba’s aim is not to highlight any particular philosopher or poet etc.
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Why Baba gives these examples

Ananda Marga philosophy is wholly unique; everything Sadguru Baba has given is completely new. People cannot understand it until Baba tells people something that is similar to what they know. So Guru brings points of reference if someone in the past has commented on a particular matter.

For example, if you want to teach someone about an elephant and that person has never seen or heard of an elephant, then you will describe the elephant by using references familiar to the person. You will say that the tail is like a rope because the person knows what a rope is. By that way, he will have a little idea about what an elephant’s tail is like. Even though that rope has nothing to do with how an elephant’s tail really is.

Similarly, Baba is trying to teach the otherwise incomprehensible Ananda Marga philosophy in an easy, palatable way. So He gives examples of what Buddha says on that topic. People know about Buddha so they can relate to it. But it does not mean that Baba appreciates all that Buddha told. Just as when a person uses the analogy of a rope to describe an elephant’s tail, it does not mean that person is wholly sponsoring that rope manufacturer.

Baba merely brings those commonly known names to make it easier for people to understand Ananda Marga philosophy. One should never mistakenly think that Baba is explaining or wholly supporting the philosophy of Buddha, Shankaracarya, or others teachings. Just He is using those examples as a reference point to convey His new and revolutionary teachings of Ananda Marga.
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Only particular aspects of someone's teachings

In that process, Baba cites others’ teachings as a point of reference for the reader in His propagation of Ananda Marga ideology. So Baba mentions the names and particular aspects of their philosophy merely as a footnote to guide others about His tantric teachings. Because, till now, no single thinker or philosopher of the past could expound a set of teachings that are wholly free from defects. Even the most revered teachers and leaders have dogmatic and harmful elements incorporated into their teachings. That is why it was needed for Him to come and give Ananda Marga ideology.

As His disciples, we must clearly understand that we may support particular aspects of someone's teachings - like Bhagavan Shankaracarya's proclamation that bhakti is the best path - but in no case do we as Ananda Margiis embrace the notion that their entire philosophy is proper. There is not a single example of any thinker whose full spectrum of teachings is dharmic. Only Parama Purusa as Mahasambhuti is able to present a perfect ideology that properly guides all people in all circumstances. That is what Parama Purusa Baba has graciously given and bestowed upon the humanity.

As Ananda Margiis it is important that we understand how and where past thinkers have erred, and know that only Ananda Marga ideology is complete unto itself and veritably perfect. Remember, only Parama Purusa Mahasambhuti can truly guide the society in all the realms of life. Only Mahasambuti's teachings of Ananda Marga are perfect across time and space, and always represent dharma and the path of universal welfare.
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Conclusion

Baba brings those commonly known names to make it easier for people to understand Ananda Marga philosophy. One should never mistakenly think that Baba is explaining or wholly supporting the philosophy of Buddha, Shankaracarya, or others teachings. Just He is using those examples as a reference point to convey His new and revolutionary teachings of Ananda Marga.

Namaskar,
In Him,
Cidambar


Why Baba mentioned Yudhisthira

Here following is a case study of King Yudhisthira, the eldest Pandava brother of the Mahabharata era. As we know, he was a good and pious man, and some of his teachings were very dharmic, such as his guideline about pranayama.

Ananda Marga philosophy states, "When práńáyáma is performed with the mind fixed at a particular point along with Cosmic ideation, it is called Yudhiśt́hira práńáyáma. [The eldest Pandava, Yudhisthira, was the first person to popularize práńáyáma according to this method.]" (1)

So Baba highlights this teaching because in Ananda Marga sadhana, pranayama is done at a particular point imbibing Cosmic ideation. Of course, Ananda Marga pranayama is far more advanced and scientific. Yet in referencing Yudhisthira, readers can gain an understanding about Ananda Marga sadhana. It will help seekers understand the spiritual teachings of Ananda Marga. For that reason alone, Baba has made reference to Yudhisthira.
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So, Ananda Margiis should not be led to believe that all of Yudhisthira's guidelines and answers were perfect and blemishless. We should take to heart that no person on this earth has ever put forth a truly proper philosophy. On this point, the guidelines of Ananda Marga ideology stand unparalleled. Indeed if we see more closely in the light of the dharmic teachings of Ananda Marga ideology, it is quite clear that Yudhisthira's example sometimes contravenes basic codes of spiritual morality etc.

Reference
1. Yoga Psychology, Questions and Answers on Meditation #13

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New tombs in AMPS 

Namaskar, 

As Baba guides us, AM is completely against all sorts of religious dogma like idol dogma and tomb dogma etc. But now take a look here at what is going on. H group has imposed the ritual of tomb dogma everywhere. Verily, the growing concern is that this has turned into an ongoing issue / dogma.

Tomb of Ac XYZ

Every so often they complete the construction of a tomb dogma site of Ac XYZ. One such effort was led by the notorious Sanjiivananda. But as we know, such tombs are completely against the ethics of dharma for multiple reasons: 
 
(a) Caryacarya rejects tomb dogma. 
(b) There is a shortage of arable land in the world whereby people are forced to live in the slums.
(c) AM wholly condemns all forms of religious dogma like tomb worship etc. 
(d) The life of an avadhuta is supposed to be a life of service. To be punished with a tomb for being the first dogmatic rector master of XYZ master unit completely undermines the spirit of what it means to be an avadhuta. 
(e) Even naive and simple people understand that this is an Islamic dogma. 
(f) Our Wt cadre will turn this into a race over who can make the biggest tomb in their honour, which is completely dogmatic.

For all these reasons and more our AM ideology is completely against this dogmatic trend of tomb dogma.

Dadas branded as dogmatic

And here are a few more tragedies surrounding the construction of this dogmatic tomb. First, Ac Viirvratananda was a simple and honest Wt who was keen to follow Sadguru Baba’s central tenets, and now at the time of death, unbeknownst to him, he has been punished by this dogmatic tomb and forever labeled as dogmatic. This is a complete injustice. Dada ji led a life based on dharmic principles, and now he will be more blamed and labeled as a grand dogmatic proponent for this dogmatic tomb that Sanjiivananda has constructed in his name. How sad and ironic.  

Furthermore, this tomb was made to blame Dada ji and anoint him as a some religious leader for being the first rector master and founder of the Ananda Trivenii MU. This sets the precedent that any Wt who starts a school, funds a service project, begins a press, or builds a jagrti will be cursed with a dogmatic tomb upon their death. This completely undermines their life of service and makes AM look like Islam etc. This is indeed an awful precedent. But sadly this is not an isolated incident. It is part of an ongoing and growing dogma.

Growing list of tombs in AMPS
 
Take a look around and see how this dogma of tomb construction sprouted from nothing and is now beginning to dot the countryside. 

Most notably, Dada Acintananda treated Nigamananda like a dogmatic cleric and led an effort to construct a tomb in Ananda Nagar for Ac Nigamananda Avt. Indeed, those harmed and tortured by the ruthless dealings and thuggish / hitmen acts of Nigamananda come to the tomb to curse him. 

In the same manner, dogmatic tombs have been constructed for the following Wts as they are treated as dogmatic religious zealots as well:

• Ac Arteshananda 
  
• Ac Ramananda
  
• Ac Arteshananda
  
• Vishvatmananda
  
• Nirmeghananda

Conclusion

For all these reasons and more AM ideology is completely against this dogmatic trend of tomb dogma. 

In Him, 
Bhavanii

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “I have already said that Ananda Marga is the first movement aimed at liberating spirituality from the unwholesome influences from dogma. Hence you must not in any way encourage dogma. Rather, you should carry on an endless fight against dogma...So human beings have got to be established in human excellence and carry on a ceaseless struggle against dogma.” (1)

Reference
1. Prout in a Nutshell - 18, Various Forms of Exploitation

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== Section: Important Teaching ==

This is very constructive

Ananda Marga ideology states, “Sulocana” means the man who only sees the bright side of everything, only the positive qualities, only the good side, and not the bad side. Such a person never supports any sort of destructive criticism, rather always constructive criticism. The person who always sees the good side of everything, is “Sulocana” in [the] masculine; in [the] feminine it will be “Sulocaná”. One "a" is to be suffixed to the word.” (1)

In His above guideline, Baba equates “seeing the bright side” with constructive criticism. That means if anyone points out the problem in order to make the situation better, then they are “seeing the bright side.”

For instance, suppose sadhaka X contravenes the code of conduct and indulges in negative things. If sadhaka B points out the problem with the aim of raising the standard of sadhaka X, then sadhaka B is “seeing the bright side”.

All too often some are confused about this. One should know that when pointing out is done in a constructive manner then it is a positive approach. Then they are “seeing the bright side.”

Reference
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 12, One Should Know Everything

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How to measure your financial status

Prout philosophy says, "In the subtle economic sense, the value of wealth is the real wealth. Wealth, if not properly defined, may mean only riches. But the value of wealth is to be measured in terms of its capacity to purchase commodities. That is, the purchasing capacity of wealth is its real value. This real value of wealth has not yet been properly understood in numerical terms by economists." (1)

Commonly in society - especially when dealing with laborers - people demand a certain wage. They think that that wage or salary defines their wealth. When in actuality, the value of that wage is only relative to the cost of living / purchasing capacity. For instance, if a person was making $5 per hour and they got a pay raise to $7 per hour, but the cost of living (food, housing, medicine etc) doubled, then that pay raise is meaningless. Because their purchasing capacity actually decreased. That is why Prout philosophy states that real wealth is determined by one’s ability to afford the requirements of life. That is one’s purchasing capacity. And if one’s purchasing capacity increases then that has value. Because it means they can buy more with the money they have. Whereas if one’s wage or salary increases but their purchasing capacity remains the same or decreases, then that pay raise is meaningless.

Reference
1. Proutist Economics, Questions and Answers on Economics – Excerpt B

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