Baba
Where God resides
Namaskar,
The concept of Ananda Marga is revolutionary. We follow the path of pure spirituality, not that of dogma, or pseudo-spirituality. But because of one’s past samskaras along with the entitative waves of the crude society, even good people may fall into the clutch of dogma. So we should be wary about the ill effects of the dogmatic religions, both to save ourselves and to help others.
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Beliefs of dogmatic religions
The dogmatic religions believe that God lives in some far distant place. Dogmatic Christians believe that God lives in heaven. Dogmatic Hindus believe God resides in vaekuntha. And Muslims believe God is living in the seventh sky, and that He passes judgment sitting on the holy stone - "arash". These are their common dogmatic beliefs. That’s why religion is nothing but dogma or pseudo-spirituality.
Ananda Marga: path of pure spirituality
#1: The teachings of Ananda Marga reject the notion that the Supreme Entity resides in some far distant place like heaven or vaekuntha etc.
Ananda Marga ideology says, "O Narada' I do not reside in vaekuntha…Where do I reside? Where my devotees sing, where they perform Kiirtana, there I reside" (1)
#2: Baba has revealed the truth that God is with us. That's why in one Prabhat Samgiita #4072, He composed the song in Urdu:
"Málika ho mere dilke áras pe baso jii..."
The meaning is very simple - O’ Parama Purusa, please sit in the lotus of my heart, that is arash -- "dilke arash", which is the holy place of my heart. Here, heart means Guru or sahasrara cakra.
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Conclusion
The teaching of bhagavad dharma is that Parama Purusa is with each and every entity through His ota and prota yoga. In Ananda Marga, our approach is that Parama Purusa is our nearest and dearest One who resides in our heart.
Ananda Marga ideology guides us that, "Parama Purus'a always remains with you, within the very core of your heart. So search within, O spiritual aspirant, not without, but within, within your very existence." (2)
Moreover, when anyone starts to do sadhana—it may be any lesson, 1st lesson to 6th lesson— then they feel the presence of Parama Purusa Baba.
Ananda Marga ideology further says, "You are to be practical in your life of occult science. Your only object of ideation is Parama Purus'a, and not any dogma, not any scriptures." (3)
In Him,
Shanti Svarupa
Religion is pseudo-spirituality
Pseudo-spirituality means dogmatic beliefs. In that case, the mind is not moving in the flow of bhagavad dharma and is instead plunged in the dogma that God is in the distant sky. This dogma has been preached for centuries by various dogmatic religions. And the effect has been very harmful. Following the path of religious dogma means adopting pseudo-spirituality, wherein the outcome is very negative.
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Ananda Marga philosophy states, "Due to extremely narrow and selfish thoughts, human thought processes degenerate and people lose rhythm in the psychic world. Thus they deviate from the mainstream of the Cosmic rhythm of the universe. So in the realm of the physico-psychic world, pseudo-spirituality bears no significance. We do not want pseudo-spirituality, we want perfect spirituality." (4)
Dogma is like serpentine noose
Baba's teaching is very clear. Believing this dogma -- that God is living in the sky, or in distant nebulae, or in the stars -- is just religious pseudo-spirituality, not something dharmic. And that dogma is very detrimental as it will stifle and destroy the mind’s ability to progress. Dogma works like a snake. It is just like a serpentine noose which captures and throttles one’s whole existence.
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Ananda Marga philosophy says, "Whenever there is dogma, human thinking cannot be free; and for want of, for paucity of, free thinking, there cannot be any proper psycho-spiritual progress either. So here what we want is perfect spirituality and not pseudo-spirituality. Pseudo-spirituality cannot promote the cause of human welfare; the seed of welfare does not lie there. The seed of welfare cannot exist where the seed of dogma exists." (5)
Ananda Marga philosophy states, "So pseudo-spirituality, full of dogma, does not lead to collective welfare either in the physical, physico-psychic, psychic or spiritual worlds." (6)
References
1. Subháśita Saḿgraha Part 19, The Supreme Aesthetic Science and the Cult of Devotion
2. Ánanda Vacanámrtam Part 12, Parama Puruśa, Not Scriptures
3. Ánanda Vacanámrtam Part 12, Parama Puruśa, Not Scriptures
4 Neohumanism in a Nutshell Part 1, Pseudo-Spirituality and Neohumanism
5. Neohumanism in a Nutshell Part 1, Pseudo-Spirituality and Neohumanism
6. Neohumanism in a Nutshell Part 1, Pseudo-Spirituality and Neohumanism
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The below sections are entirely different topics, unrelated to the above material.
They stand on their own as points of interest.
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== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==
Deep core of my soul
"(Mor), d́ákáte ásoniko krpáte ele, d́eke gechi nija man bhúláte..." (Prabhat Samgiita #3681)
Purport:
O’ Parama Purusa, when I invoke Your name You never come. You appear only out of Your eternal compassion on me. Even then, I go on calling You, again and again, just to quench my longing. Baba, You never pay heed or give any response to high-sounding, ostentatious recitations or religious sermons in Samskrta, Hebrew, Classical Hebrew, Arabic, Pali, Greek, Old Chinese etc. You do not care about verbosity or any superficial rituals. You are only moved by the feeling of the heart. Repeating dry hymns devoid of bhakti can't melt Your core. You are drawn near by one’s sincere love.
O’ Parama Purusa, Baba, You are my nearest and sweetest. You are aware about my entire being, listening to my all thoughts, and seeing my every action. You understand all there is to know about me. When my mind is drowned in vanity, You are ever-ready to be held in my grasp, after removing the smog of my ego.
Hari, Parama Purusa, whatever chants, recitations, sadhana, asanas, bhajans, kiirtana, pranayama, puja’, dhyana, spiritual practices, or meditation I perform, it is only for getting You, and satisfying and satiating You. As You are fully aware about my foolishness and shallow bhakti, kindly saturate the deep core of my soul with the sweetness of prema. Please shower me with Your causeless grace and make my life successful.
Baba, when I was calling You did not come; but You have come now. It is Your karuna’. Your liila is unfathomable...
== Section 3: Important Teaching ==
Historical precedent: materialists lost
Ananda Marga ideology states, “On deeper analysis we find that the Charvaka and other schools of materialistic philosophy propagated certain doctrines which were more a revolt against the prevailing religions than an expression of a rational and benevolent outlook. They protested loudly against the clergy or religious traders who composed the so-called scriptures in the name of dharma (in fact it was not dharma, but religion); who took advantage of the fear psychosis, in the name of god, to ruthlessly exploit society. The Charvaka and other materialistic philosophies were motivated to strike against religious exploiters. They were fully aware of the way the vested interests exploited society, and they knew that nobody had the right to deprive others of their properties, since every thing of this earth is the common patrimony of all, yet they did not endeavour to lead humans along the path of rationality or formulate a healthy social and spiritual ideology.” (1)
Ananda Marga ideology states, “The reason for this was that they lacked convincing arguments to stand against the sharp intellect of the vested interests [religious exploiters]. Thus, they merely attempted to negate the fundamental tenets of the vested interests [religious exploiters], often with rather abusive language. Due to the weakness of their argumentation it was easy for the vested interests [religious exploiters] to emerge and gain strength in the subsequent period.” (2)
References
1. Ananda Marga Ideology & Way of Life - 7, In Adoration of the Supreme
2. Ananda Marga Ideology & Way of Life - 7, In Adoration of the Supreme
== Section 4: Links ==
Other topics of interest
