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Sunday, June 23, 2024

How to heighten spiritual potential + 3 more

Baba

How to heighten spiritual potential

Namaskar, 

When a person (a) practices sadhana sincerely with a pointed mind, (b) is regular and strictly following all the dos and don'ts, conduct rules, and asanas, and (c) is graced with bhakti for Parama Purusa, then certainly that sadhaka's personality gets wholly transformed. All those great people in the past, with their love for Parama Purusa, understood the feeling of suffering humanity; their love was not limited to a particular tribe, or community, or color, or race. Those extraordinary human qualities are just the expression of spiritual potentialities in the life of a sadhaka. Those devoid of true spiritual feeling do not have this. 
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Spiritual development enables one to help others


If a person is physically sick, they are quite limited in what they can do. Their body is weak, and they will not be able to perform their own designated duties, let alone help others. Similarly, if a person is psychically ill and suffering from depression etc, that person will not be in position to help and serve others. In both the physical and mental spheres, one needs energy and strength to reach their potential and serve society.

That is why in their selfish way, big corporations try to tend to the physical and mental well-being of their employees. This is done to maximise their productivity and output. When people are physically and psychically well, they are more effective in their job. They can reach their potential.

This theorem applies in the spiritual realm as well. If a person is spiritually developed they can overcome all kinds of difficulties, and they will be able to help and guide others in all the realms of life. They understand another's pain and can solve their problems. That is what is meant by gaining spiritual strength and utilising one's spiritual potential. Having spiritual potentialities does not mean doing all kinds of tricks like fake yogis and magicians who make gold watches appear and disappear etc. Those types of avidya tantric pursuits have nothing to do with fulfilling one's spiritual potential. 
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Sadhakas ready to serve using spiritual potentialities


Ananda Marga philosophy states, "You will have to provide a soothing touch to the physical, physico-psychic and psycho-physical spheres of life, otherwise human existence will become meaningless...We will have to locate the source of these troubles...we will be removing the miseries...permanently remove those afflictions, which will rectify the sources of troubles in the proper way. (1)

According to the above teaching, when one has bhakti then they can understand others' pain and difficulties and they are able to help and serve them. This is the proper explanation of Ananda Sutram, Sutra 5-14. Because it is about spiritual potentialities. 

Sutra 5-14: Vyast'isamas't'isha'riirama'nasa'dhya'tmikasambha'vana'ya'm' caramo' payogashca

Ananda Sutram states, "There should be maximum utilization of the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual potentialities of unit and collective bodies of human society." (2)

So the above sutra is about developing bhakti wherein they have sincere concern for all. And each and every margii has such feelings, to varying degrees. Numerous margiis were meat-eaters before getting diiksa, but after doing sadhana they developed genuine feeling for the well-being of animals. And not only that, more subtle faculties developed, and they naturally cultivated love for all. Now, day and night, they are busy serving others. They do not feel that their own problem is any problem. Rather, just they are busy relieving others' suffering. This happens only due to sincerity and bhakti. Their spiritual potentialities developed and that changed their entire behavior.
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If a person does not have that feeling in their dealing and behavior, it demonstrates they could not develop genuine love of Parama Purusa. Instead they engaged in self-propaganda, self-prestige, and other worldly longings etc. In that unfortunate circumstance none can say that Ananda Marga sadhana has some demerits, rather such persons could not practice or follow those spiritual teachings.

So the above Sutra 5-14 on Prout is about utilising one’s spiritual potentialities. According to Prout, those who are elevated spiritually will have to render service to the society by using their spiritual potentialities.


Those spiritually strong will render spiritual service


Here is an English summary from the original Hindi teaching from Ananda Vacanamrtam - 4: 

I have told in the Prout philosophy we will take spiritual service for the society from those who have spiritual strength. Such sadhakas who sit in Himalayan caves doing penance but do not teach anybody or guide anybody - that will not be approved. They will have to serve. They will have to do spiritual service. To them I do not say pull a rickshaw, but if they do not do spiritual service, and if they just sit in Himalayan caves and do not come in contact with the world, and instead proclaim that the world is illusion, yet at the same time they go on eating fruits and roots and accept such service from other human beings of this world - these things will not continue any longer. That has been going on for a long time, but it will not continue any longer; those days are over. (English summary) (3)

They will have to do spiritual service by teaching sadhana, lecturing about spiritual life and sadhana, inspiring others, conducting sadhana shivir programs, conversing with others about God, doing pracara, and encouraging and bringing others onto the path of Ananda Marga sadhana etc
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Conduct is the main thing


By their conduct we can see one's character because a person’s conduct is the mirror of the mind. By that way we can see who is who etc. Here the point is that those who do sadhana will have more refined conduct. Whereas if someone's conduct shows tendencies towards narrow-mindedness, groupism, and mean propensities then we have to think and understand that that person is not doing proper sadhana. So on the basis of one's conduct we can see who is a genuine sadhakas and who is not, i.e. how far someone is pointed and committed to Ananda Marga ideology and to what degree that is reflected in their conduct. Conduct is the main distinguishing factor in understanding who is who and what is what.


Conclusion

When one is an advanced sadhaka and ensconced in the feeling of neo-humanism they can serve the entire humanity - otherwise not. Then only will one have true love for all. Here we are not talking about the expression of superficial love which is limited and narrow: such as when one is loving their own children but hating other children; or when one is dying for one's own race, country, or community but exploiting other countries etc; or when one is eulogizing their own superiority and belittling others' good things.
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There are many so-called good people in the society who have done many things for their personal family, caste, colour, or religion. And there are various so-called monks who have completely dedicated themselves to a particular race and encouraged hatred with other races. They don't hesitate even to engage in mass murder. That is all part of the religious history. No doubt in their own particular, narrow community they may be treated as something great, but in truth they are low because they do not have universal feeling. Their "love" is based on selfishness. They did such service works for spreading their own religion and for their own view or narrow cause, not out of any greater feeling of universal compassion.

The central idea is that when one does true sadhana the mind will expand, and one will have spiritual strength. Those sadhakas will have love for everyone. And they will be able to understand others' pain. And that is what is meant by sutra 5-14. Otherwise, by doing some avidya tantric practices, one gets some type of avidya’ powers and  that only brings their degeneration.

Namaskar, 
In Him, 
Jaideva

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Misuse of occult powers brings ruination


In Prabhat Samgiita #3333 reveals what happens to those who long for occult powers: "- Aes't'ashvaryya tumi cha'r'a'... kare viveka-ha'ra' -"

Purport: O' Parama Purusa only You utilise the occult powers in proper way; whereas all those others who use them destroy their conscience. Means they start doing all kinds of negative things. In trying to show their occult powers they end up destroying and killing others and they themselves will be invite negative samskaras such that they will be degenerated into stone, wood or mud. So what to say about serving others, rather those lusting after occult powers destroy themselves.
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Using spiritual potentialities


Ananda Marga philosophy says, "You will surely attain spiritual progress. And because of your spiritual progress, you will come closer and closer to the Supreme Consciousness, you will come in contact with His psychic waves. And in that state you will be able to render still better service to human beings, animals and plants, by means of Neo-Humanism. May you all be blessed." (4)

Ananda Marga ideology guides us, "Sádhaná or intuitional practice means an effort to break through the barrier of this smallness." (5)

Ananda Marga ideology guides us, "The unit beings that have been in possession of the Cosmic Mind in part and that have been progressing within It, are also conscious of their smallness and this very sense of smallness is their individuality – unit-hood. Sádhaná or intuitional practice means an effort to break through the barrier of this smallness." (6)

Ananda Marga ideology says, "How can one shake off the influence of static inertness? How can one get freedom from the bondages of names and forms? Just as the goldsmith uses a hammer and process of melting (in fire) to extract the real gold from the various ornaments, similarly a practical spiritual aspirant will have to break the bondages of names and forms in this expressed world through the cultivation of knowledge (which is mutative), devotion (which is sentient). By virtue of the heat of the fire of sádhaná and the strength derived from sustained intuitional practice, a sádhaka can overcome the static inertness." (7)


Naturally spiritual strengths develop


Ananda Marga philosophy says, "Most psychic diseases, if not all, grow out of the defective control over the objectivated mind. If one is alert, any trouble can be avoided. Those who regularly practise Iishvara prańidhána or dhyána (meditation) can remain free from these diseases, as their minds will remain in a balanced state. One of the numerous benefits of sádhaná is that it keeps the mind free from psychic disease and encourages the natural growth of the mind. This is of tremendous importance since such problems may arise not only in individual life, but in collective life as well. Individual human beings as well as large communities often suffer from some sort of psychic disease. A subjugated people suffer from an inferiority complex towards the sovereign elite, the ruling class. When India was a dependent colony, many Indians used to describe the members of the ruling community as God's children, obviously due to their deep-rooted inferiority complex. Most of them wondered: “Will India ever see the light of freedom? When will we ever win the struggle against the ruling class?” This shows that the entire indigenous community was a victim of inferiority complex, the removal of which would require a group of leaders endowed with enormous mental strength and noble character – a group of mighty personalities. India at that time was not fortunate enough to have such great people, and that is why the struggle for Indian freedom had to be prolonged. Otherwise, India could have gained freedom in a much shorter time." (8)


Everlasting freedom achieved only by sadhana


Ananda Marga philosophy says, "One thing which helps in getting remission, or nivrtti, is called artha [that which provides temporary liberation from mundane desires]. But artha is purely physical, so it can bring only physical and temporary remission. For everlasting freedom from duhkha, Paramártha [that which provides permanent liberation] is the only remedy. Paramártha does not bring only temporary remission, but everlasting freedom from duhkha. Atyantikii nivrtti can be obtained only by Paramártha which relieves one of all duhkha: physical, mental and spiritual. This Paramártha can only be obtained by sadhana, that is, spiritual practices. For maintaining peace psychic equilibrium is necessary, and for maintaining this equilibrium freedom from all duhkha forever is necessary. Freedom from duhkha or atyantikii nivrtti can be obtained only from Paramártha, and Paramártha can be achieved only by sadhana, or spiritual practices." (9)


Intuitional practice helps one overcome


Ananda Marga philosophy says, "The attraction towards earthly things born out of lust (káma) and attachment (moha) makes conjugal relations a necessity. Intuitional practice helps one to overcome this need. One becomes indifferent to it." (10)

Ananda Marga philosophy teaches us, "A sadhaka, in order to attain spiritual progress, require the help of Vidyámáyá, but at the culminating stage of sádhaná, Vidyámáya has no further value. A sádhaka performs sádhaná to tear away the veil of darkness of the variegated world created by Avidyámáyá and to strive to established himself on the path of pratisaincara." (11)

Ananda Marga philosophy says, "The endeavour to remove inferiority complexes from the mind leads human beings slowly but surely to the Supreme Entity and establishes them in universal humanism. Hence it will not do for those who are determined to solve the problems of humanity to accept inferior ideals; along with this they must also acquire the strength they need to implement their ideals. The active endeavour to acquire this strength is called sádhaná – the sádhaná of the Supreme. It should be borne in mind that no theory will ever bring people salvation. In fact, it is the inner strength gained from spiritual practices which helps to expand the individual mind. The tremendous force acquired from spiritual practices helps to bridge the gap between the harsh realities of human existence and the supreme desideratum of human life. This is an eternal truth, applicable to all spheres of life – social, economic, psychic and spiritual." (12)


By sadhana free yourself from ignorance


Ananda Marga ideology guides us, "“The jiiva and Shiva are the same” – this idea helps the jiiva to become one with Shiva. And “We are different; we are two entities” – this idea compels the jiiva to move round that Supreme Hub. What is your sádhaná? By sádhaná you are to free yourself from this ignorance, from the slumber of ignorance." (13)

Ananda Marga ideology states, "Those who have tasted even a little of the flowing nectar of Brahma, know that they can never be impure. This constant thought of self-purity greatly helps to exhaust their samskáras or reactive momenta, as a result of which the samskáras held in the sthirabhúmi of their práńa are gradually destroyed. With the help of sádhaná or spiritual practice the spell of pleasurable and painful requitals ceases both internally and externally. Sádhakas call it the combustion of the seed of action in the fire of sádhaná." (14)

References
1. Neo-Humanism Nutshell - 2, Spirituality and This Panoramic Universe
2. Ananda Sutram, 5-14
3. Summary in English of Ananda Vacanamrtam - 4, Hindi
4. Neo-Humanism Nutshell - 2, Spirituality and This Panoramic Universe
5. Subhasita Samgraha - 2, The Intuitional Science of the Vedas – 4
6. Subhasita Samgraha - 2, The Intuitional Science of the Vedas – 4
7. Ananda Marga Ideology & Way of Life - 7, Form and Formless
8. A Few Problems Solved - 7, The Faculty of Knowledge – 3
9. A Few Problems Solved - 7, Social Psychology
10. Elementary Philosophy, Why Are People Afraid of Intuitional Practice?
11. Ananda Marga Philosophy - 4, The Influence of Máyá on the Human Mind
12. Human Society - 1, Social Justice
13. Subhasita Samgraha - 24, The Noumenal Progenitor
14. Ananda marga Ideology & Way of Life - 5, The Chariot and the Charioteer


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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: Important Teaching ==

Which guideline to follow

Yuktiyuktamupádeyaḿ vacanaḿ bálakádapi;
Anyaḿ trńamiva tyájyamapyuktaḿ Padmajanmanáh.

Kevalaḿ shástramáshrityaḿ na karttavyo vinirńayah;
Yuktihiina vicáre tu dharmahánih prajáyate.

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “If a child says something rational, it should be accepted, and if the Supreme Creator says something irrational, it should be totally rejected. It is undesirable to accept something just because it is written in the scriptures, because if irrational sayings are accepted and implemented, the decline of dharma will be the result.” (1)

Reference
1. Human Society - 1, Moralism


== Section: Important Teaching ==

True economic viability

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


== Section: Prabhat Samgiita  ==

अन्धेरे  में डूबे रहने के बाद अब ,आशा की किरण आई है।

प्रभात सङ्गीत 4699 :तमसार परे आशार आलोक

भावार्थ

लम्बे समय से अन्धेरे  में डूबे रहने के बाद अब ,आशा की किरण आई है। पूर्व दिशा के आकाश में गुलाबी रङ्ग लिए  सुबह चली आ रही है। धरती पर रङ्ग बिखेरता हुआ सबेरा हो चुका है।  हे मनुष्यो ! भौतिक तथा मानसिक संसार की मानवता तुम्हें पुकार रही है । जाग जाओ ! अब और अधिक सोते रहने का समय नहीं है।

नव्य-मानवतावाद के इस युग में,अब कोई भी दबा कुचला नहीं रहेगा। निराशा या हताशा  के कारण  किसी को दुखी नहीं होना पड़ेगा। अनादर से किसी को भी धूल में नहीं लोटना पड़ेगा। सभी लोग अनुभव करेंगे कि उनके जीवन का भी महत्त्व है। समाज में भावजड़ता और अन्याय के दाग बिलकुल नहीं रहेंगे। घना अन्धेरा  छटता जा रहा है और सबेरे की लालिमा दिखाई देने लगी  है। 

अपनी ताकत के प्रभाव से डराकर, अन्धेरे में रहनेवाले उल्लुओं और राक्षसों  को भगा दो। अब निराशा और हताशा में डूबे रहने का कोई कारण नहीं है। सबसे अधिक पास रहने वाले और सबसे अधिक प्रिय परमपुरुष “बाबा” आ गए  हैं।  उनके दिव्य आशीष से हमें सबकी सेवा करना है और उन्हीं की कृपा से हमें आगे बढ़ते जाना है।

References
1. Sadguru Baba says (in GD, Delhi, 26 Feb 1984) that when writing a Prabhat Samgiita purport then very simple words should be used so that the common mass may understand. The above Hindu purport has been written according to that guideline.


== Section: Ananda Vanii ==

Expansive exaltation of human society

Original Ananda Vanii states: “Clouds cannot overcast the sun for a long time. The creatures of darkness never want the expansive exaltation of human society. Even then, human beings shall march ahead. No one can arrest the speed of their progress. You must be the harbingers, you must be the pioneers of this victorious march. See that not a single individual lags behind.”  (Ananda Vanii #36)

Note: Sadguru Baba has assigned a number to all His original and true Ananda Vaniis. In contrast, Fake Ananda Vaniis do not have any number. By this simple formula, one can easily recognise which is a true Ananda Vanii and which is fake. For the upcoming occasion of January 1st 2017, all Ananda Marga units should use one of Baba’s original and true Ananda Vaniis, not a fake one. By this way, one will surely get His blessing.


== Section 3: Links ==

Dogma of animal sacrifice + 3 more

Baba
Dogma of animal sacrifice

Note: Kindly be aware that a graphic and gory scene is shown below. Please prepare yourself ahead of time so it is not too shocking for you. - Eds.

Namaskar,

This is an important topic for all Ananda Margiis. Here below Sadguru Baba points out how hypocrites’ dogma is the operative factor for countless irrational religious rituals like animal sacrifices etc. 

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Hypocrites’ dogma, rather than indirect dogma, is behind all such religious practices. Many people follow dogma because a specific injunction is written in the scriptures, or because a particular practice was followed by their ancestors, etc. In these cases, people follow dogma unknowingly. However, there are also many instances when people follow dogma knowingly. When people know that a teaching or practice is a dogma and yet they still follow it, this is called hypocrites dogma. For example, when people sacrifice a goat or buffalo in a religious festival while chanting “Divine goddess, divine goddess!” before a deity, they know that the animal is an irreplaceable part of creation, but still they slaughter it. This is hypocrites’ dogma. If a man kills his brother before his mother, will it please his mother? No, it cannot. The difference between these two examples is that the deity is unable to do anything to stop the slaughter, while the mother is quite capable of taking the necessary action. Otherwise, the deity would certainly interfere and stop the cruel, useless sacrifice.” (1)

Although some know in their heart and mind that it is cruel and inhumane to slaughter animals, yet they do it anyway. 
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Imagine: demons systematically slaughtering you

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “The life of a goat is as important to it as my life is to me. During religious festivals many innocent goats are killed and offered as sacrifices to various deities. The remaining goats are made to chew on leaves as they watch in wide-eyed fear, knowing that they will shortly meet the same fate. Now, put yourself in the same situation. Imagine that you, along with some others, have been captured by a few demons. Then, as you are fed rice and pulse, the demons begin systematically slaughter you all, one after another. The horrified reaction that will arise in your mind as you wait to be butchered is the same reaction as that experienced by the captive goats. If people still want to kill innocent goats in their religious sacrifices after realizing the cruelty of this practice, tragically, there is nothing that anyone can say to them.” (2)


Gross misuse & abuse of human intellect & power


The theme throughout is that animal sacrifices are all about the gross misuse and abuse of human intellect and power: The spell of dogma does not allow people to use their brain or cultivate any compassion. Just those persons work mindlessly and heartlessly like robots slaughtering one animal after another.

Such a bloody, gory scene used to be very common in India before the time of Lord Buddha and Lord Mahaviira Jain. Later such sacrifices were almost eliminated. And despite a relatively recent Indian court ruling against such religious sacrifices, still today the horrific practice of animal sacrifice is carried out throughout much of India. 

Nonetheless, it is unacceptable for any civilised society to tolerate even a single animal sacrifice in the name of religion. The time has come to ban this completely - the world over, in all nations.
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It is very evident how this hypocrites’ dogma is at work in the following scene. See here below how Jews engage in religious sacrifice.




They will have to face the consequences


In and around temples, scammers and religious traders sell animals to those who wish to gain some virtue. Worshipers think that by going to the temple during this festival they can accrue virtue by purchasing and sacrificing animals. Such is the extent of their religious dogma. Rather than gaining virtue they are committing sin, and they will have to face the consequences.

In Nepal, there are no laws against animal abuse and animal torture. Just butchers travel from village to village collecting scrawny animals and then that butcher does not feed the animals he collects. Just he gives them water to stay alive. Reason being he does not want to invest even a single rupee in an animal he is going to sell for sacrifice. That butcher wants to keep his profit as high as possible. So really it is a pathetic situation. Those animals are subject to abuse and cruel treatment and finally murdered in cold blood. All done in the name of religion.
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Liberation from human life by slitting your own throat?


Ananda Marga philosophy guides us, “They fail to understand that just as their lives are very dear to them, similarly, the lives of animals also are equally dear to them. Then why should I not show mercy to others? Why should I act like a mean, selfish person? And if they say or argue that if the animals are sacrificed in this way they will attain liberation from animal life, then I will counter-argue, “O human beings, you are also a creature, why don’t you attain liberation from human life by slitting your own throat? Why don’t you help your children or your relations to attain liberation from human life by sacrificing them. Why are you so eager to apply this liberation movement, this hatchet or axe, against innocent goats?”” (3)


Goal is to educate the society

As Ananda Margiis, we have a big responsibility to spread the gospel of neo-humanism and open the eyes of the people. All must realise this tenet:

Ananda Marga philosophy states, "Just as your life is extremely dear to you, similarly the lives of others are equally dear to them. A person who thinks thus and shows mercy on other creatures is really a sádhu, or virtuous person.” In order to become a virtuous person one need not give up one’s worldly life. When this idea dawns on one’s mind one realizes, “Why should I kill an innocent creature." (4)

Those who senselessly indulge in the slaughter of animals for blind religious rituals must one day face the consequences of their heartless acts. Even killing one innocent animal will create one very bad samskara. There is no escape.
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Conclusion

To save the animals from being butchered and to save humans from facing the harsh consequences, we must aim to raise the consciousness of the people so they will join in and help educate society. Legal codes must be put in place to stop such scenes of gross murder in the name of religion.

This is a situation that brooks no delay. Baba wants us to strongly oppose such dogmas by educating the masses. First, however, one must understand the severity of the problem otherwise people will not be inclined to jump into action.
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The Hindu religion is not an isolated case. Such animal sacrifices are very common in various religions. On certain special festival dates, Jews kill thousands upon thousands of chickens. And with regards to animal sacrifices, Muslims are the most egregious. The mass killings that go on at the time of Eid are notorious. All in all, we have a long way to go but we should be optimistic and know that armed with the weapon of neo-humanism, victory is sure.

Namaskar,
in Him,
Randhiir

In various parts of India, courts are ruling against animal sacrifices done in the name of religion as they are steeped in cruelty. In this way, animal sacrifices are step by step being outlawed. Even then, scenes like this are still prevalent across the Indian subcontinent. See how the people on the left are holding and forcing the animal’s neck on the chopping block. Very soon a blade will come flying down and chop the animal’s head off. This is such a spectacle that all the townspeople come out for this religious event. 




Gory, beastly Hindu ritual


Tragically, this is a very common sight. Here above one goat is being sacrificed. That animal has struggled hard as it has no desire to be mutilated and slaughtered. Alas, to no avail. Verily the act is so gory, and so ghastly, and so inhumane that one person cannot stomach it at all. See how some in the audience are quite concerned with what is about to take place. Yet there are dozens upon dozens of people watching. Even some are watching with keen interest as if they are bearing witness to greatness. Such is the effect dogma has on the human intellect: People blindly support heinous acts.
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About Islam & cruelty 


Ananda Marga ideology states, “Humanity, in its all-out quest for this aesthetic science, attained spirituality. One must acknowledge this. Herein lies the excellence of aesthetic science. For this reason, I have given my whole-hearted and explicit support for nandana vijiṋána. You know that there are certain religions which do not encourage aesthetic pursuits. You will notice that in those religions inertia, inferiority complexes and a sense of violence are predominant.” (5)


GORY, BEASTLY HINDU RITUAL

This first image is from a scene in Nepal, a Hindu nation, not a secular one - where animal sacrifices are the norm. Tragically, this is a very common sight. Here below one buffalo is being sacrificed. That animal has struggled hard as it has no desire to be mutilated and slaughtered. Alas, to no avail.

See how they tied the animal’s head to one strong post - it is tied in two places. And then with one great, big machete they have viciously chopped the animal’s neck. At this point in the scene, the animal’s head is 95% chopped off. It is a ruthless and cowardly act - all in the name of religious worship and pleasing some mythological deity. The lead person, i.e. priest, conducting this act is shirtless and wearing a white garment, with that huge machete in his hand. Then another priest wearing a red garment with the sacred thread around his torso is holding the back of the animal to keep it in place. The Hindu priest has encouraged spectators to come and watch this so-called holy deed. Sadly, all those commoners have been indoctrinated into this senseless and brutal dogma.

Verily the act is so gory, and so ghastly, and so inhumane that one person cannot stomach it at all. See the person dressed in all white directly on the right side of the photo - he has covered his face and turned his head away, utterly unable to watch this horrific act. Yet behind him there are hundreds and thousands of people watching. Even directly behind the person who is repulsed by this gory act, there is one person in a dark shirt raising his arms in victory. Such is the effect dogma has on the human intellect: People blindly support heinous acts.





MASS ANIMAL SLAUGHTER OUTSIDE GODHA MANI TEMPLE

Next we see the scene outside the Godha Mani temple in Nepal where they are indulged in goddess worship. In order to please that mythological deity, Hindu priests organise a massive animal sacrifice that harkens back to the days of old when the rivers flowed with the blood from such sacrifices.

Here at this annual sacrifice, 150,000 goats and chickens and 25,000 buffaloes were slaughtered. It looks like a veritable battlefield, with corpses and blood strewn everywhere. The scene is so ghastly. Thousands upon tens of thousands of animals are being killed and butchered for naught. Just one religious dogma is to blame.

Now we come to the photo itself. As stated the temple is in the background. And in the foreground there is a person to the left in a white T-shirt hold a machete. Already he has killed dozens or hundreds of animals. And directly front center in dark blue there is person with his arms raised holding a machete. And he is about to his that buffalo calf directly on the neck. The red scarf denotes where he is aiming to strike the defenseless animal. Actually that animal is so emaciated it has no strength to run away. It smells the blood of so many slaughtered animals - it senses that danger is near - but has not energy or strength to move to even save itself.

All in all this is a photo about the gross misuse and abuse of human intellect and power: The spell of dogma does not allow people to use their brain or cultivate any compassion. Just they work mindlessly and heartlessly like robots slaughtering one animal after another.




Such a bloody, gory scene used to be very common in India before the time of Lord Buddha & Lord Mahaviira Jain. Later such sacrifices were almost eliminated. And now today the Indian courts have ruled against such religious sacrifices. No doubt, on a relatively small scale, i.e. in rare cases, animal sacrifices are carried out all around India. But big ones like the scene shown above are banned in India. See note 1 appended below.

Nonetheless, it is unacceptable that any civilised society would tolerate even a single animal sacrifice in the name of religion. The time has come to ban this completely.

Now it is very evident how this hypocrites’ dogma is at work in these two above scenes.

References
1. Prout in a Nutshell - 16, Religious Dogma – Excerpt B
2. Prout in a Nutshell - 16, Religious Dogma – Excerpt B
3. Yoga Psychology, Instinct and Devotion
4. Yoga Psychology, Instinct and Devotion
5. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 10, Yatamána – the Stage of Perseverance


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== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==

Your grace is showering eternally


"Pratham jiivane, tumi a'so niko, ta'r la'gi, mane kono klesh na'i..." (Prabhat Samgiita #0379)

Purport:

Parama Purusa, Baba You did not come close to me in the dawn of my life; but, I do not agonize over why You did not bring me under Your shelter and am not pained by why You did not draw me near and become very intimate. I do not have any mental anguish about this. But I do have repentance in my heart for why I did not search for You. My life passed in vain. That is why my heart is burning and crying all the time. The fault is mine: In my early years I did not try to find You. That is the cause of my deep remorse.

Parama Purusa, My Supreme One, that time You were so close to me - living side by side, always. Even then I did not call You or try to attain You by learning sadhana. I did not care about that. Just my days and nights passed in useless pursuits in the early moments of my life. Now in my twilight years, the more those early remembrances sprout in mind, the more pain I feel.

Parama Purusa, Baba, everyone comes onto this earth for a short span of time, for a calculated period. And there are so many works to do. Yet fruitlessly people waste their time blaming God for their misfortunes - but there is no benefit in this. Because everyone is facing their own samskara. When they remove the umbrella of vanity, they will realise that Your grace is showering eternally.

Parama Purusa Baba, You are ever gracious; what You do is best for me. My only desire is to always remain under Your shelter...


== Section: Important Teaching ==

To utilize enemies

Here following is and English summary of Baba’s original teaching in Bengali from Shabda Cayanika: 
It is said that there is a particular species of the cuckoo bird that is incapable of nesting and raising its own offspring. So to protect and save her babies, the mother cuckoo gently lays her own eggs in the crow's nest, even though the crow is her dreaded enemy. But since the eggs of both the birds looks the same, the crow carefully cares for those cuckoo eggs which were placed in her nest-- thinking them to be her own. At the time of birth, the newborn birds of both species are black; so seeing the baby cuckoos, the mother crow does not initially realise that the baby cuckoos are not her own offspring. It is only when the baby birds become a little bigger and start to call out and cry, that the crow realises those are not her babies. Then and there the mother crow becomes very angry, suddenly understanding that it has gotten duped. But because of having given long-term care and developed sincere love for the baby cuckoo, the mother crow gives up the idea of attacking and killing the cuckoo. And instead the mother crow raises the baby cuckoo as one of her own. (English summary of Shabda Cayanika -10)
1. Just like the cuckoo utilises even its worst enemy, then we too should use our enemies in an intelligent way. Baba utilised communist enemies to propagate Ananda Marga ideals. If such communists had not created such a negative agenda and if such communists had not spread so much bad news about Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha, then the general populace would not have become so attracted to read about AMPS. People are not enticed by good news, but certainly they want to know about the dark aspects and controversial topics. By this way AMPS grew a lot. If the communists had not created so much opposition, Ananda Marga ideals would not have spread widely in such a short period.

2. The crow adopted the cuckoo as its own because it had spent so much time nurturing that baby cuckoo. Here the point is that through interaction all kinds of beings can become close to one another. Baba has given collective social functions for this very purpose. By spending time with one another, people of diverse backgrounds forget their differences and embrace each other as their own.


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~ हे मेरे प्रभु! राह भूल कर ही, यदि मेरे पास  आ जाओ तो अच्छा होगा ~

प्रभात संगीत 2246  तुमि पथ भूले जदि एले, जेनेशुने नाइ वा एले.....नाइ वा एले

भावार्थ
हे परम पुरुष बाबा! तुम मेरे सब कुछ हो, मेरा संपूर्ण जीवन तुम्हारे चारों ओर घूम रहा है। पर मेरी अपनी योग्यता के आधार पर मैं तुम्हें अपने पास बुला सकने का सामर्थ्य  नहीं जुटा पा रहा हॅूं। इसलिये राह भूल कर ही, यदि मेरे पास  आ जाओ तो अच्छा होगा। इसे मैं तुम्हारी अमाप्य करुणा ही समझूंगा। ए दिव्य सत्ता! मेरी प्रबल सोच है कि तुम भूल से ही मेरे पास आओगे, क्योंकि अभी तक तुम जानबूझकर तो कभी भी नहीं आये। मेरे पास आने की कृपा करें।

मेरे प्रभु! मैं बहुत भव्य समारोह आयोजित कर तुम्हारा स्वागत करना चाहता हॅूं, पर मेरे पास स्वर्णजटित वह आसन नहीं है, जिस पर तुम्हें राजाधिराज की भाॅंति बैठा सकूॅं, और न ही मेरे पास सुन्दर  रेशमी सज्जा से सजाया गया मंच ही है। मैंने तुम्हारे आगमन का रास्ता, अल्पना से भी नहीं सजाया है। पर मेरा हृदय अवष्य ही तुम्हारी चाहत रखता है, और स्वागत करना चाहता है। मुझे बस एक ही आशा  है कि तुम भूलवश  ही मेरे पास आओगे, जिसे मैं तुम्हारी अहेतुकी कृपा ही समझूंगा।

 हे परम पुरुष! तुम तो जानते ही हो कि मेरी इस फूस की कुटिया  में प्रचुर धन नहीं है, तुम्हारे शुभागमन के समय प्रदर्षित  करने के लिये मेरे पास बहुमूल्य रत्न भी नहीं हैं, और न ही प्रथम श्रेणी का भक्ति-भाव ही है। परंतु बाबा! मेरे हृदय में यह आशा  भरी भावना अवश्य  है कि, भले ही तुम्हारी यहाॅं आने की योजना न हो, तुम भूल से ही सही, मेरे घर अवश्य  ही आने की कृपा करोगे। बाबा, तुम सदा ही कृपालु हो, मैं तुम्हारे चरण कमलों की धूलि चाहता हॅूं , कृपा कर आ जाइये।

टिप्पणी-


1. अल्पना- जिन्होंने डीएमसी के समय स्टेज से डायस तक जाने वाले रास्ते का अवलोकन किया है वे जानते हैं कि उसमें रंगगीन कलात्मकता , फूलों की सुगंध , फूलों की पंखुडि़यों और गुलदस्तों की  सजावट कितनी आकर्षक होती थी। इस सजावट को अल्पना कहते हैं। इसका अर्थ है अपने आदरणीय और पूज्य के आगमन के समय प्रेमपूर्ण स्वागत करने का एक तरीका। विभिन्न अवसरों पर सामान्य जन भी घरों व मंदिरों के सामने इस प्रकार अल्पना या रंगोली की सजावट करते हैं।

2. इस प्रभात संगीत में उस भक्त की भावना को व्यक्त किया है जिसके पास भौतिक और आध्यात्मिक जगत की कोई उपलब्धियाॅं नहीं हैं, जैसे स्वागत के लिये स्वर्ण का आसन, रेशमी सज्जा, रत्न आभूषण ( वास्तव में  आध्यात्मिक उपलब्धियाॅं ) अथवा कोई विशेष योग्यता, शिक्षा उत्तम आचरण या समाज सेवा, या पराभक्ति आदि। चूंकि यह सब उसके पास नहीं है इसलिये संकोचवश  वह सोचता है कि मै परमपुरुष को इनके बिना कैसे आमंत्रित करूं, पर फिर भी उसे आशा  और विश्वास है कि, बाबा भूले से ही सही उसकी कुटिया में आयेंगे अवश्य ।


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