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Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Multi-deity worship harmful + 2 more

Baba
Multi-deity worship harmful

Namaskar,

India, and in particular the Hindu religion, has a long history of worshipping multiple gods and goddesses. Within Hinduism, there is a dizzying myriad of gods and goddesses whose number keeps on growing. This approach is wholly antithetical to our standard in Ananda Marga. Sadguru Baba guides us on the necessity of pointed bhakti for a singular Divine Entity. Unfortunately, some who grew up in this environment of a plethora of deities and entered into Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha could never adjust with the notion of one Supreme Entity, one single name, one object of ideation, one ista mantra, one-pointed bhakti, and calling Parama Purusa with one name.
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Why worship of multiple gods is harmful

Question: Why are Lord Shiva and Lord Krsna songs present in Prabhat Samgiita if they are not for Ananda Margiis?

According to Ananda Marga ideology, Ista is one - not many. This ethic leads to the cultivation of pointed bhakti and spiritual attainment. That is why in Ananda Marga we only sing those Prabhat Samgiita compositions that are for Baba. Those songs that are for Lord Shiva and Lord Krsna contravene our cult of bhakti. Prabhat Samgiita songs related with Shiva and Krsna are for the followers of Lord Shiva and Lord Krsna. Those are not songs that sincere Ananda Margis should sing for their spiritual practice such as in paincajanya etc. We are to learn Prabhat Samgiita songs related with Shiva and Krsna only for the sake of teaching others - to guide non-margiis.

Mind bifurcated & sadhana ruined


In various discourses Baba has taught us that the mind is one and if an aspirant uses multiple names to call that Divine Entity then the mind will become balkanised and sadhana will be ruined. That is why Baba's strict warning for the all-round development in sadhana is that there should only be one ista - not many. Those calling that Supreme Entity using various names like Krsna, Shiva, Radha, Rama, Sita, and countless other ways are confused and wasting their time. By using various names, the mind will become balkanised and unable to concentrate.

In Ananda Marga, Baba has given 16 points - one of which is the point of Ista. Ananda Margiis must be strict in Ista. In the practical realm that means that although there are countless names of Parama Purusa, but for bhaktas and disciples of Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurti ji, the Ista is Baba, not Lord Krsna, not Lord Shiva, not goddess Durga, not Gaunga nor various other deities. There is no important entity besides Baba.

So when singing bhajans / spiritual songs one should not call, “O' Lord Krsna be gracious”, or “O' Lord Shiva be gracious.” Because that will bifurcate or balkanise the mind. If one's Guru is Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurti ji and one is requesting His grace, then they should not call out to Lord Krsna, or Lord Shiva, or Goddess Gurga asking for grace.
 
Those doing Ananda Marga sadhana plus other religious services like church sermons, namaz, Hindu rituals, and Islamic and Jewish call to prayer etc are wasting their time. Such persons are most degraded and they will not realise anything. Their sadhana will be dry. Their sadhana will never bear any fruit because this type of toxic worship bifurcates or balkanises the mind.

Harmful ritual


In the below quote, one dogmatic follower is doing puja and calling out the names of countless gods and goddesses, and Baba is mocking that scene because that type of chant is not only useless - but harmful and a waste of time.
 
Sadguru Baba says, "A person whom I was very close to, a relative of mine, used to recite the following after taking bath: “Victory to mother Káli, victory, victory to Káli, victory to mother Káli of T́han T́haniá, victory to mother Káli of Dakśińeshvar, victory to Bábá Táraknáth, victory to Bábá Vaidyanath of Deoghar. O, Fathers! None of you should think that I am leaving out someone's name.” After this he would say, “O, gods and goddesses, please forgive me if I have omitted any name inadvertently. Please assume that I have mentioned your name also.” Does this yield anything at all? One says “victory to mother Káli of Kálighát” and in the same breath one says “victory to mother Káli of T́han T́haniá.” It signifies that the mind is moving both towards Kálighát and T́han T́haniá. Can the mind become concentrated in this way? Certainly not." (1)

By the above teaching it is very clear that Ananda Margiis should not say, “O' Goddess Parvati please be gracious, O' Lord Rama please be gracious, O' Lord Vishnu please be gracious, O' Lord Ganesh please be gracious, O' Lord Krsna please be gracious, O' Lord Shiva please be gracious.”

If one repeats so many names then the mind will become balkanised, and sadhana will be ruined. That person cannot progress in the spiritual field. That is what Baba's above teachings guides us. Then what should we do? Ananda Margiis must only say, “O' Baba Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji please be gracious.”
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Out of fear worship countless deities


In the below scene, there are shelves in a typical type of puja room (place of worship) common to Indian Hindu households. In Ananda Marga, we would equate this as being their sadhana room. On display, they have numerous gods and goddesses on the wall. There are some small idols as well. And everyday Hindu worshipers recite various songs or shlokas, to please all those deities - one by one. The fear complex has been injected in the mind that if they only worship one deity and not all the others, then they will be in trouble. Those other deities who are left out of the worship become frustrated and furious and they will lash out and bring about the ruination of those worshipers and curse them. So out of fear those Hindus worship countless gods and goddesses. They are dominated by the dogma that there are innumerable gods and each one controls various aspects of life. Ananda Marga ideology condemns this dogmatic approach type of dogma.




Those doing Ananda Marga sadhana plus other religious services like church sermons, namaz, Hindu rituals, and Islamic and Jewish call to prayer etc are wasting their time. Such persons are most degraded and they will not realise anything. Their sadhana will be dry. Their sadhana will never bear any fruit because this type of toxic worship bifurcates or balkanises the mind.


Dogmatic margiis do multi-deity worship

Those raised in dogmatic Hindu families who came into Ananda Marga, some of them still carry this old dogma with them. That is why in their puja room they keep photos of numerous deities like, Lord Krsna, Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji, the elephant god Ganesh mounted on a rat, the monkey god Hanuman in his langota, eight arms goddess Durga, goddess of wealth Laksmi mounted on an owl, ten-armed goddess Kali, Lord Jagannatha without arms and legs, the idol of Shiva’s phallus, and so many gods and goddesses including some real human beings like Ramakrishna Paramahansa, Swami Vivekananda, Shankaracarya etc. These humans are also treated as gods.

When such aforesaid dogmatic margiis do their Ananda Marga sadhana they chant the names of those deities along with their ista mantra. And when the opportunity comes they prefer to sing those Prabhat Samgiita related with Lord Shiva and Lord Krsna. All because of their dogmatic old mindset: It is very hard to give up the Hindu dogma of multiple deity worship.

Such pseudo-margiis have many istas Lord Krsna, Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji, the elephant god Ganesh, the monkey god Hanuman, and so many gods and goddesses including Ramakrishna Paramahansa, Swami Vivekananda, and Shankaracarya etc.

Whereas, those who are strict margiis only have one ista Baba Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji. So those strong, sincere margiis are strict in 16 Points and do not have multiple Istas. They have one-pointed bhakti for Baba Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji. For such dogmatic Indian margiis this point is extremely difficult. Even after reading the teaching from Baba - which appears in numerous discourses, still such dogmatic Indian margiis are confused: They cannot give up their Hindu dogma as they continue to worship Lord Shiva and Lord Krsna.

in Him,
Ragatmika'

Those doing Ananda Marga sadhana plus other religious services like church sermons, namaz, Hindu rituals, and Islamic and Jewish call to prayer etc are wasting their time. Such persons are most degraded and they will not realise anything. Their sadhana will be dry. Their sadhana will never bear any fruit because this type of toxic worship bifurcates or balkanises the mind.

 Ananda Marga ideology states, “Thus we see that ideation is association with one or the other idea – knowledge, action or devotion – just as meditation is associated with ideology. Thus in meditation and ideology, the spiritual aspirant is moving toward the singular Supreme Entity, the pinnacled goal. If the mind accepts two goals, two Lords, the mind becomes bifurcated.” (Subhasita Samgraha - 18, The Cult of Spirituality – the Cult of Pinnacled Order)


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Some overseas suffer in a similar manner


This above guideline is not only for those born on the Indian subcontinent etc. Those Ananda Margiis coming from the Semitic religions also suffer from similar problems regarding this point of Ista. Some from the Christian, Judeo, and Islamic backgrounds carry their religious dogma with them when they enter into Ananda Marga. They have attachment for their past religious photos, statues, and rituals etc. And in Christianity and Islam (shia) there is also multi worship for satan, an equally powerful negative God, and they perform the tomb worship of religious leaders. In addition, they offer their reverence to those old beliefs and dogmas and ask for boons. Such persons do not have the requisite strictness in Ista. So those from overseas regions should also pay heed to the guidelines offered above.
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Hanuman story of one ista

Here is a very significant story about the mythological bhakta - Hanuman.

"When Hanuman was asked why he was so insistent on taking the name of Ráma and never taking the name Náráyańa, he promptly replied:

Shriináthe jánakiináthe cábheda Paramátmani
Tathápi mama sarvasvah Rámah kamalalocana.

“I know by philosophical analysis that there is no difference between Náráyańa and Rama, and yet I will channelize my mind towards One Entity and not many. For me there is no Náráyańa, there is only Ráma.”

"Likewise for the genuine spiritual aspirants there is only One Entity, and they rush only towards that Supreme One. Their minds move only in one direction, not in a thousand directions." (3)

In that discourse, Baba's pointed teaching in this story is that a sadhaka's spiritual feeling must be linked with one Ista - for Ananda Margiis that Ista is Baba Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji. None else.
 

Special extra worship

Although on a regular daily basis - morning and evening - such dogmatic Hindus do their regular multiple deity worship, but then an extra puja comes on a special occasion for a particular deity. Every week or every month is allocated to pay homage to a different deity. Today is the puja of the monkey god and tomorrow or next week is reserved for the worship of Sarasvati (goddess of knowledge) or Durga puja etc.

Those doing Ananda Marga sadhana plus other religious services like church sermons, namaz, Hindu rituals, and Islamic and Jewish call to prayer etc are wasting their time. Such persons are most degraded and they will not realise anything. Their sadhana will be dry. Their sadhana will never bear any fruit because this type of toxic worship bifurcates or balkanises the mind.


Out of fear worship countless deities

In the below scene, there are shelves in a typical type of puja room (place of worship) common to Indian Hindu households. In Ananda Marga, we would equate this as being their sadhana room. On display, they have more than 50 gods and goddesses on the wall. There are some small idols as well. And everyday Hindu devotees recite various devotional songs or shlokas, to please all those deities - one by one. The fear complex has been injected in the mind that if they only worship one deity and not all the others, then they will be in trouble. Those other deities who are left out of the worship be frustrated and furious and they will lash out and bring about the ruination of those worshipers and curse them. So out of fear those Hindus worship countless gods and goddesses. They are dominated by the dogma that there are countless gods and each one controls various aspects of life. Ananda Marga ideology condemns this dogmatic approach type of dogma.





OUT OF FEAR WORSHIP COUNTLESS DEITIES

In the below scene, two dogmatic devotees are doing their puja worship. They are seated in typical type of puja room (place of worship) common to Indian Hindu households. In Ananda Marga, we would equate this as being their sadhana room. On display, they have more than 50 gods and goddesses on the wall. In the front there are some small idols as well. And everyday these Hindu devotees recite various devotional songs or shlokas, to please all those deities - one by one. The fear complex has been injected in the mind that if they only worship one deity and not all the others, then they will be in trouble. Those other deities will be frustrated and bring about their ruination and curse them. So out of fear those Hindus worship countless gods and goddesses. They are dominated by the dogma that there are countless gods and each one controls various aspects of life. Ananda Marga ideology condemns this dogmatic approach type of dogma.



TYPICAL HINDU PUJA ROOM

Here then below are those two Hindu devotees doing their ritual worship of countless gods and goddesses. They do this on a daily basis.



References
1. 11 April 1979, Kolkata
2. Subhasita Samgraha - 18, The Cult of Spirituality – the Cult of Pinnacled Order
3. Ananda Marga Way of Life - 11, Relativity and the Supreme Entity


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

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== Section: Important Teaching ==

Who can be forgiven and who not

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Those who perpetrate atrocities on collective life or on a particular human group, cannot be pardoned. In such cases pardoning not only reflects weakness, it also encourages injustice, because the oppressors become more tyrannical. In individual life, if an innocent person is oppressed by dishonest people, the person, if he or she so desires, may pardon the oppressors, just to test his or her capacity for tolerance or for some other reason. But if the oppressors torture a human group, in that case no single individual, as the representative of the group, can pardon them, and actually that person has no right to do so. If the representative acts beyond his or her jurisdiction, that person will be denounced by the group he or she represents. So it has to be said that pardoning is a practice for individual life only, not for collective life.” (1)

Note: The above teaching is difficult for some to understand. That is commonly people are confused about this. In this above teaching, Baba is guiding us that forgiveness is for individual life - only. Those who have eyes to see know that all around in the general society and inside Ananda Marga also, there are numerous injustices going on. These all fall within the scope of collective life. Nobody can excuse those culprits because they have harmed society on the whole.

In contrast, if someone stole your personal bicycle and the next day that person feels repentant and returns it to you and apologizes for their wrongdoing, then there are two options. One may excuse that person or not excuse that person. Baba guides us that it is better to excuse them for their wrongdoing - so long as that person is feeling repentant. Because it is an individual affair and the culprit is sorry for his misdeed etc. But in the case of organisational wrongdoing that harms the society etc, then there is no scope to forgive that wrongdoer. No one has the right or power to excuse them.

Due to all the aforesaid reasons, this is a very difficult situation for some to understand - especially lay people. So they follow their dogma and excuse everyone regardless, even the venomous snake that is lying inside their shoe ever-ready to bite them.

Reference
1. Problems of the Day #17



Por qué adorar a Parama Purusa + PS #3184 (español)

Baba

Por qué adorar a Parama Purusa

Namaskar,

En un resumen en español de Ananda Vacanamrtam - 22, "Serve the Supreme by Kiirtana", Baba nos dice: Si la gente hace kiirtana [alabar a Parama Purusa] sinceramente y de todo corazón, incluso durante cinco o diez minutos, Parama Puruśa se complace. Así que no es difícil complacerlo - cualquier persona puede satisfacerlo fácilmente... Si la gente hace kiirtana [alabando a Parama Purusa] durante unos pocos minutos solamente. (resumen en español)

La idea central es que Parama Purusa quiere que Él sea alabado.

#1: Así que por un lado la ideología de Ananda Marga nos guía a que Parama Purusa anhela la alabanza. Él quiere que Él sea alabado, es decir, que la gente haga kiirtana (es decir, alabar a Parama Purusa).

#2: Y por el otro lado, la ideología de Ananda Marga también nos guía a que uno no debe anhelar la alabanza.
https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/

Así que la pregunta sigue en pie, ¿por qué Parama Purusa anhela la alabanza? Él quiere que Él sea alabado, es decir, que la gente haga kiirtana (es decir, alabar a Parama Purusa).

La respuesta es la siguiente: Parama Purusa quiere que la gente cante Su kiirtana (es decir, que alaben a Parama Purusa) porque de esta manera Sus seres creados -los sadhakas- se elevan y progresan espiritualmente. Es similar a como los padres quieren que a sus hijos les vaya bien.

Por encima de todo, cada sadhaka sabe que Parama Purusa no está hambriento de Su propia alabanza, más bien Él quiere que Su hijos estén bien servidos y progresen hacia su destino supremo final imbuyendo la idea de la Conciencia Cósmica a través del kiirtan, sadhana, y seva. Es por eso que Parama Purusa quiere que los sadhakas hagan kiirtan y se vuelvan uno con Él.

en Él,
Tattvadeva
 
Los ateos traen este tipo de preguntas y tenemos que estar dispuestos a debatir con ellos para convencerlos racionalmente con puntos de la ideología de AM. Por último, todo sadhaka sabe que Parama Purusa no está hambriento de Su propia alabanza.
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- Here is a link to the original English posting: Why praise Parama Purusa


== Sección 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==

Siempre siento Tu dulzura

PS Introducción: Al igual que un niño pequeño que se queja amorosa y dulcemente a su madre, de la misma manera aquí el bhakta está poniendo amorosamente su queja ante Parama Purusa - el más cercano y querido. Este tipo de relación muy cercana e íntima se caracteriza por una tremenda dulzura y amor. Eso es lo que se representa en esta canción.
 
Se necesita un bhakti por encima de la media para entender esta canción
 
Este tipo de sentimiento se desarrolla cuando la sadhana de uno es de un nivel muy alto - por Su gracia. Aquellos con sadhana inferior no entenderán esta canción.
 
Si la sadhana es seca - entonces uno pensará que los sentimientos expresados en esta canción son extraños o peculiares. Es como cuando un niño es pequeño, entonces tiene un tremendo grado de amor por la madre y llorará cuando ella no esté presente. Sin embargo, a medida que uno envejece, ese grado de amor disminuye de tal manera que los niños mayores piensan que es extraño que un niño pequeño llore por su madre. Porque ese niño mayor no tiene ese alto grado de amor por la madre. Del mismo modo, para entender esta canción, se necesita un bhakti por encima de la media por Parama Purusa.
 
"d́eke jái sáŕá náhi pái,e kii kat́hin hrday, kat́hin hrday..." (Prabhat Samgiita #3184).
 
Significado:
 
O' Mi Parama Purusa, a través de mi sadhana, bhajana, kiirtana, sigo llamándote, pero no obtengo ninguna respuesta de Ti. ¿Cómo puedes ignorar mi llamada? Qué Entidad tan poco amable eres. Parece que mi grito no resuena en Tu corazón; de lo contrario, responderías. Ser Supremo, a veces te acercas, y a veces te alejas por lo que mi mente se seca. Y desde allí Tú sonríes, manteniéndote distante. ¿Qué tipo de drama o juego divino es este?
 
Baba, Tú sigues flotando sobre las olas del océano, con la melodía y el ritmo de la danza sobre el mar. Siempre siento Tu dulzura y afecto. En todos los altibajos de mi vida, invariablemente siento Tu presencia en mi corazón.
 
O' Parama Purusa, Baba, Tú estás siempre presente, en todas las épocas; Tú permaneces todo el tiempo como la Entidad Inmortal. Tú nunca te pierdes y estás presente en aquellos recuerdos que ya se han desvanecido. Tu flujo de amor eterno está en el núcleo de todo, manifestado o no manifestado. Todo está saturado de Tu bendición. Es Tu gracia.
 
Baba, Tú quieres escuchar mi llamada una y otra vez, y por eso no respondes. Esta es Tu amorosa manera de actuar....



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Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Shravanii Purnima: Baba’s presence + 3 more

Baba

Use “deva” as one’s family name

Baba guides us that brothers should use the title / family name “deva” and sisters should use the title / family name “devii”. Here is the English summary of that original Bengali discourse, MGD 15 February 1981, Krishna Nagar:

There was a time when any human being who progressed a little bit on the path of spirituality--- i.e. acquired some special qualification after coming in contact with the waves of Parama Purusa---was out of reverence also addressed as “deva” by their fellow humans. In our Ananda Marga too, we say all males should write the term “deva” as their family name, and females should write “devii”, because their goal is to become deva / devii. (English summary)

Here is that original Bangla discourse where Baba guides us that brothers should use the title “deva” and sisters should use the title “devii”.
 
Ananda Marga ideology states, “এক কালে, এমন ছিল যখন কোনও মানুষ সাধনা বিজ্ঞানে কিছুটা এগিয়ে গিয়ে ছিল, ঈশ্বরীয় তরঙ্গগুলো সংস্পর্শে আসৰার মত আরও কিছু ৰেশী যোগ্যতা অর্জন করেছিল | মানুষ শ্রদ্ধা করে তাদেরও দেব ৰলত | এবং আমরা আনন্দমার্গেও তো ৰলেছি যে সৰাই পদবী হিসাৰে পুরুষরা দেব লিখুন মেয়েরা দেবী লিখুন | কারণ দেব হওয়াটাই তো তার লক্ষ্য | (Morning General Darshana,  Ananda Vacanamrtam Part 21, Chapter 8, 15 February 1981, Krishna Nagar)


== Section 2: Main Topic ==

Shravanii Purnima: Baba’s presence 

Namaskar,

In the life of each and every disciple of Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji, Shra'van'ii Pu'rn'ima' (19 Aug 2024) holds great importance. On the one hand, some may simply think that Shra'van'ii Pu'rn'ima' is just one day when Baba started giving initiations. Because in 1939 on Shra'van'ii Pu'rn'ima', Baba initiated one bandit named Kalicharan Bandopadhyaya. And that was the first initiation into Ananda Marga sadhana.
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And on the other hand there is an even deeper meaning: Namely, that very day of Shra'van'ii Pu'rn'ima' Baba took the samkalpa to infuse spiritual refulgence and root out all the staticity - both from the mind and atmosphere of this globe. That day He took the vow, and that vow took expression in the initiation of Kalicharan Bandopadhyaya; it was His grace. For Sadguru to accept anyone as a disciple is a great blessing. Because accepting a disciple means taking charge of guiding that individual from the beginning up to the last point, liberation. Sadguru both shows the path of enlightenment and leads the disciple along that path, each and every step.

In the true sense, human beings come on this earth to reach and achieve this goal - Parama Purus'a. And Parama Purusa Himself comes in the form of Ta'raka Brahma. And Taraka Brahma Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji performed His first initiation in 1939. That day began the path of Ananda Marga.


Analogy of primitive folk


Some naively think that Parama Purus'a can only do something by taking the help of His physical body. Such persons do not understand what Parama Purus'a means. It is no different from how today, in this modern era, very primitive people are not able to think how one can communicate, talk, or send a picture from one place to another electronically. In their illiterate state, they think that, “When I cannot pass the message from the jungle outside of my village to my family members who are at home inside the house to prepare some food, then how can I talk to someone who is a few kilometers away, or outside the country, or across the ocean, or even in outer space.” Those simple villagers cannot fathom such a concept.
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Similarly, in India when radio broadcasting first started in the 1930s then simple folk were gossiping that tiny people come and sit inside the big tape recorder and sing and speak. And when the time is over and they get tired, then they leave. One time someone's tape recorder fell on the ground and two pairs of AAA batteries came out. By seeing that, other villagers exclaimed, “Look those tiny people left the dholak (musical instrument) and escaped.” So those who have poor understanding about science think in their own way.

Bhaktas know Parama Purusa not limited to physical realm


In the same manner, those who have poor understanding in the field of spirituality think, “Baba has left us.” But bhaktas know that Baba's expressions, power, and capacity are not limited to the physical sphere. He is beyond time, space, and person. He is helping, and will be helping forever. This following blessing of Baba leads in that direction.
https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/

Ananda Marga Caryacarya says, "Resorting to the vibrating divine power generated by Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji through Vara'bhaya and Ja'nusphars'a mudra's, you may carry yourself and the entire universe ahead on the path of all-around bliss. Om Shanti (May all remain in bliss)." (1)

So for Ananda Margiis taking shelter in Baba and surrendering to His will is the only way.

'Tava dravyam' Jagatguro, tuybameva samarpaye.'

My Parama Purusa, 'Everything of mine, along with my mind, is offered at Your altar. Please oblige and accept it.' (2)

Sastaunga Pranam at His lotus feet,
Satyadeva

~ In-depth study ~

Gift of great bhaktas


The great bhakta Surdas wrote thousands of songs about Lord Krsna. And in his life he always felt and realised that Lord Krsna was always remaining along with him and playing. And what Surdas perceived came in the form of songs, which are several thousand in number. A similar thing happened with the great bhakta Mirabai. She also felt that Lord Krsna was living along with her, side by side. Indeed, in history there are countless bhaktas like this - some are known and many are unknown. But the central idea is that bhaktas always feel and realise that Parama Purus'a is ever-present with them.
https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/

In Prabhat Samgiita, Baba has recognized some of those past great bhaktas. It has accepted their feelings and approved of their bhakti-filled expression. That is why about Surdas in one Prabhat Samgiita says:

"Bha'voke diyecho tumi bha's'a', bha's'a'ke diyecho tumi sura
Surada's, sura sam tumi na'shiya'cho tamasa'sur..." (Prabhat Samgiita #1255)

"O’ Surdas, O’ Surdas, you are such a great bhakta - you have given the words to express the feelings of deeper, loving bhakti-filled ideation. You have supplied not only the language but you have given the tune and melody as well. By this endeavor, you have removed the demons of staticity and darkness..."

The sense is that what Surdas did in his individual life is helping one and all. And it will go on doing so up to eternity because Surdas's songs are filled with bhakti-filled expression, lead to the Supreme entity, and give boundless bliss beyond time.


Blessing: 2nd version


Also, with regards to the Baba's blessing posted in my letter. There is something more I would like to offer. Because actually there is more than one English version of Baba's concluding blessing. Here is a second version.
https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/

Caryacarya states, "Utilizing the vibrations created for eternal time by Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji through ja'nuspharsha and bara'bhaya mudra, take yourself and the entire universe ahead along the path of all-round welfare. Omn Shanti!" (3)

References
1. Caryacarya - 2, 1968
2. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 3, Prańáma Mantra
3. Caryacarya Part 1, 1995

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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 3: Important Teaching ==

Important notice on microvita

#1: As you may know, human beings have no ability to create anything in this universe. 

Ananda Marga ideology guides us, "In this universe of ours, human beings cannot create the original stuff. They have not got the dexterity to create something original. They can create physical mixtures and chemical compounds, but not the original stuff." (1)

#2: So human beings have not an iota of ability to create microvita - neither positive nor negative. 

#3: What human beings can do is generate a congenial atmosphere. For instance, if you live in a warm climate and leave out a bucket of water for days on end then naturally bugs and all sorts of organisms will be drawn to that water. But humans cannot say they created those bugs, rather that person made a congenial environment that attracted the bugs etc. And the same is the case for positive microvita. By your kiirtana, sadhana, and puja etc, already existing positive microvita may be drawn to that area, but that is all we can do. We cannot actually create microvita.

#4: Remember, again and again, it comes back to the original premise that humans have no scope to create the original stuff. We can only change or attract already existing things. 

#5: Here is the origin of microvita: At the time of death, certain human beings turn into microvita when they are reborn with only three factors (i.e. luminous, aerial, and ethereal, but not solid or liquid). So human beings do not create microvita, but rather some humans become microvita through Brahmacakra (cycle of creation). Below Baba explains in detail how and why this occurs. 

Ananda Marga ideology states, "Suppose a person is practising spiritual sádhaná regularly, properly, and with proper inspiration and sincerity, but some other desires, some other longings, remain coverted in the person's mind. The person is a good person, he or she is sincerely doing sádhaná, but in his mind he thinks, “If Bábá gives me ten lakhs – or five lakhs – or only two lakhs – everything will be managed properly. Oh, no! I won't ask for these things. No, no, no, it is bad, it is bad.” That desire, that longing for money, remains in him, although he or she is a developed soul, not a bad person, not at all a bad person. So what happens? Because of his piety, after death he gives up the physical structure, the solid body, and gives up the aquatic structure, that is, apatattva, also; but the other three factors – tejas [luminous factor], marut [aerial factor], vyoma [ethereal factor] – remain with him, with his detached mind.These beings are called devayonis. They are of seven types – yakśa, rakśa, kinnara, gandharva, vidyádhara, siddha and Prakrtiliina. In the example I gave, the person had a longing for money, but was a developed soul. Unknowingly or unconsciously the desire came into his or her mind, and that desire was the cause of his or her downfall, degradation, depravation. This type of being is called yakśa." (2)

References
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 3, Pranama Mantra
2. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 3, Ghosts and Evil Spirits


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How to become human

Ananda Marga ideology says, "The third essential factor of Bhágavata Dharma is sevá. Only humans are aware of their own identity. Plants, animals and material objects are not aware. A rupee does not know that it is a rupee. A mango tree does not know that it is a mango tree. A jackal does not know that it is a jackal. But humans know that they are human. Human beings also know that Parama Puruśa is their source of impetus, is their Father, and that they are all His children. As His children, they have a brotherly relationship with all other jiivas, or unit beings. Due to this knowledge of brotherhood, the human is superior to all other beings. Parents are greatly pleased when they find that their children have been loved and helped by someone. Similarly, Parama Puruśa will be pleased when you serve His creation – not only human beings, but also plants, animals, and the rest of creation. That is, bhúta yajiṋa, pitr yajiṋa and nr yajiṋa are to be performed. Those who have this feeling are in the real sense of the term human beings. Just having the body of a human does not make a person a real human being, a rational being." (1)
 
Note: There are many, especially in materialistic societies, who do solely for their own self-gratification and personal entertainment etc. Sometimes it may look like they are doing social service work, but it is not social service in the true sense. Because they are doing that "service" only to enhance their own prestige, garner praise, or because it gives them some sort of selfish pleasure. The proof is when the "service" work is no longer pleasurable or suiting their needs, then they stop doing it. In that case, what they are doing is not service, but a form of selfish indulgence. If in their “service” activities, a person does not have the feeling of Brahma bhava, then what they are doing is not true service, but a form of selfishness. Those who are doing true seva are real human beings, and those who lack this quality are not real human beings.

Reference
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 3, The Requirements for Sádhaná


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Samskara theory and cats

   Ananda Marga ideology states, "Whether one be a philanthropist or a star athlete, one desires to see what is written about them in the newspaper. This means that in trying to do some good work, what are they really doing? They are falling under the sway of one propensity, the propensity of greed. Now if this act is encouraged by the society, that is, if the newspapers dedicate a lot of attention to such news, or if people in general say, “Sir, whatever you are doing is unparalleled in history. Sir, we are not eulogizing you. We are simply telling the truth” – if they praise such a person in this way and then try to extract some money from them (there are such intelligent people around) – then what does it amount to indirectly? The propensity of greed increases. Which animal is the greediest among the animals with which we are all very familiar? It does not like to give up greed in spite of ill treatment and humiliations. It is the cat. Yes, after moving a few steps ahead, the cat forgets that it was beaten. So, that particular person is reborn as a cat after death, because that body affords an opportunity for the satiation of their greed. When the housewife looks around inattentively, the cat sneaks into the kitchen through the small opening in order to reach the milk or fish in the kitchen. So in order to exhaust the samskáras one needs an appropriate body. Some people obtain a new body immediately after death and others obtain it later. But one has to obtain it somehow."
   "One who is doing philanthropic work today, tries to find out tomorrow whether or not their name appeared in the newspaper. They have no desire to read the other news. They read the news that relates to themselves twenty times but do not go through the other news with much enthusiasm. If someone asks they might say that today there was only one important piece of news, nothing else. That is how a person comes under the sway of a propensity and remains subject to the cycle of birth and rebirth." (1)

Reference
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam – 10, The Supreme Entity – the Non-Doer


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