Strategy to Deal with wrongdoers + IK Dada's Suffering

Baba

This email contains two sections:
1. Strategy to Deal with wrongdoers
2. Iishvarakrsnanandji ’s tale of tortures


Namaskar
All margiis must confirm their "membership in good standing" from AMPS NY SOS. If they are refused they must attempt to fulfill the requirements (fasting, regular support {however minimal it may be} 16 points, dharmachakra, sadhana etc are the basic requirements that SOS told me are required). If they only scrutinize and refuse those they brand as "troublemakers" like myself who they say behaves badly (they do not specify what behavior because they don't have a legal leg to stand on} that is illegal according to their constitution and bylaws. That is their weak spot.

The constitution names the specific books that constitute the basis of Ananda Marga Scripture that they must uphold as directors (keepers of the faith, it is their legal fiduciary duty} We must see the currant bylaws and constitution, and we must affirm our "membership" so that we can demand they follow our  scripture as they administer the organization. If we put ourself outside AMPS then they can ignore and or dismiss our concerns.

I do not believe POB or Ananda Seva have to abandon their respective associations in order to reaffirm their "membership" in good standing with AMPS. The Gang of Three do as they please now because there is no vocal opposition from within AMPS that logically and methodically forces them to follow Baba's system. That is the case senior margis should have taken to court. Not to fight for control of Ananda Marga Inc but to fight for Ananda Marga Inc. to follow its own Constitution and bylaws which clearly state it must follow Baba's system and names all the books that constitute its scripture.

- Raghuram

== Section 2 ==

To whom it may concern. Namaskar,
It is known to many people of the world that that I am Worker of Ananda
Marga Pracaraka Samgha whose camp head quarter is Ranchi.

I had to leave last year sectorial head quarter Corona, New York . I was
resident of the Corona since 2007 due to serious health condition. To
survive I had to get Medicaid from US Government. To keep Medicaid every
year we need supporting document from house owner or organization. Last
year Acarya Vimalananda Avadhuta (SS NY) Instructed Dhruva not to provide
Documents. The conversation between Dhruva and Acarya Vimalananda Avadhuta
came on taped message which was circulated by New York Sectorial Public
relation secretary (Acarya Vimaleshananda Avadhuta) of Marga .Voice
recording - SS to Dhruva - Do not give him the Supporting Document. If you
give the paper to IK then We will not be able to sale the Sectorial office.
IK will make an excuse for illness. I was very very ill that time. I had to
find a place to live and finally I rented a place. Because without
Medicaid, I would have died. It took lot of struggle to get my Medicaid.

Before buying this new office, they( Dhruva and SOS)had been requesting me
to move to new place. After buying they again approached me to move to new
place. They had even room ready for me on first floor. They wanted to clean
and arrange the place. So SOS requested me to come in the first week of
month of August. One day I went to New Sectorial office when SOS was gone
to Ashville. I came to know through Dada Shaunkarananda that there is some
thing going on. He wanted to know that if I spoke to SS. I said. Yes I did.
There was no discussion for moving to new place between me and SS.I had
this doubt . So I wrote a letter to SOS about my moving to New Sectorial
office. He replied was shocking to me. It broke my heart. These gang of
three have hurt lot of workers of Marga of the sector. I have seen with my
naked eyes. They have became mad after winning the case of USA.95 percent
of Margiis and WTS have left from them. Now they wants to finish this five
percent of margii and Wt. I am alone. I am not joining any group. Because
it is meaningless. Ananda Marga Pracarak Samgha belong to me . Handful of
criminals can not take over Anannda Marga Pracarak Samgha.Special Blessing
of My Guru is always upon me. Good people of the planet will be always with
me. Even though I am alone. I will fight with these criminals who are
trying to kill a forty years of missionary worker. I am requesting central
administration of AMPS Ranchi through this letter to seize the legal power
of Gang of three(Acarya Vimalananda Avadhuta, SS.Acarya Diiptimanananda
Avadhuat,SOS and Dhruva and end the tyranny In New York sector . If these
criminals are not removed from power then I will make known my line of
Action to you all. I am going through serious health problems. Most of my
time to go to visit Doctors, hospitals, and gym. I am not able to work. I
am living on credit cards, loans and unpaid bill since more than two years.

Acarya IIshvarakrsnananda Avadhuta

Confused people think they can get salvation in this way + 4 more

Baba

This email contains five sections:
1. Opening Quote: Pralaya is a bogus proposition
2. Posting: Confused people think they can get salvation in this way
3. Conduct is the main thing in Ananda Marga - Ananda Vanii #13
4. Comment:  Marriage tax on margiis: PP & Rudrananda imposing #2
5. Links

Pralaya is a bogus proposition

Ananda Marga ideology states, "“Pratyaḿjanáḿstist́hate saḿcukopántakále”. Parama Puruśa remains with every entity. He is everyone’s shelter, everyone’s refuge. Thus, human beings are never helpless, neither individually nor collectively. Always remember that He is with every individual. Some philosophers, quoting the scriptures, say that a day of final doom will darken the Earth when the dead will rise from the grave. Others predict that a doomsday (pralayá in Saḿskrta – “pra” means “complete” and thus pralaya means “complete destruction”) will obliterate all forms of life. One should laugh at such illogical doctrines. According to Ánanda Márga philosophy, this doomsday or pralaya will never occur. On the one hand, the flow of creation will continue and on the other, there will be jadasphota [gradual or instantaneous disintegration]. There will never be a complete thermal death. of the universe. Thus, predictions of an imminent doomsday should be of no concern to you. It is nonsense; pralaya will never occur." (1)

Reference:
Ánanda Vacanámrtam Part 7, The Divine Drama
    

== Section 2 ==

Confused people think they can get salvation in this way

Namaskar,
Kindly read the below quote from Baba's teachings. At the end of the quote a question has been posed. If your answer to the question is correct then it means you read Baba's books carefully; and, if your answer is wrong or you do not know the answer, then it signifies that you need to pay more attention when reading Guru's teachings. After all, if sadhakas are not diligent in studying Baba's books then who is going to read them - non-margiis?

Here then is the quote:

"There are some people who die after fasting for thirty or forty days. The members of their community think that they have attained salvation thereby, but one cannot attain salvation by fasting in this way." (1)


Question: Who is Baba referring to in the above quote?


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Answer: Both Vinoba Bhave and Balak Brahmacari fall in this category. They both died after extended fasts, and in both cases their followers thought they had attained supreme realisation, but in His above teaching Baba informs us otherwise.

Verily so many have passed in this way - especially monks have died from long fasts and their followers believe they got moksa. That is a misnomer within the Hindu religion.

And it is common with the Jain tradition as well - at the end of their life those monks fast to death. They think that by this way they will get moksa. 

If due to lack of food one attained salvation, then what about all those in economically destitute nations who have starved to death such as during terrible famines. Did they too all attain moksa?

As Ananda Margiis we do not subscribe to all these dogmatic theories from these various religions. In our Ananda Marga, one must do sadhana and seva. And when one is aged and sick and body is old and weak then one is only to do sadhana. One should never resort to killing oneself.

Remember, deliberately fasting to death invites negative samskara.

We should always remember Guru's guideline: "Die while working, and work even while dying."

Work while dying means doing sadhana in one's final days, while those who are confused think working means dying while digging the soil or engaging in other mundane work.

in Him,
Pranotosh


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Hinduism fasting to death & moksa

Prayopavesa (Sanskrit: प्रायोपवेशनम्, literally resolving to die through fasting) is a practice in Hinduism that denotes the suicide by fasting of a person, who has no desire or ambition left, and no responsibilities remaining in life. It is also allowed in cases of terminal disease or great disability. A similar practice exists in Jainism, termed Santhara. (2)

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, after 21 days fast, died on 26 February 1966. He thought that his duties were fulfilled and thus has no purpose left to live. In November 2001, Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami subjected himself to prayopavesa. Subramuniyaswami was diagnosed to be suffering from terminal intestinal cancer. He later died on the 32nd day of his fast. (2)


​Jain​ism fasting to death & moksa

An ascetic or householder who has observed all these vows to burn the karmas, take the vow of Sallekhana at the end of his life. Sallekhana is treated as a supplementary to the twelve vows taken by Jains. However, some Jain Acharyas such as Kundakunda, Devasena, Padmanandin and Vasunandin have included it under the last vow, śikşā-vrata.

Jains are strict vegetarians. In order to attain moksha all positive and negative karmas must be burnt. Santhara is a method of burning Karma when one has mastered self-control, has no worldly desires, inclination towards pleasures are nil, mentally and spiritually person is in sound health. Santhara is not allowed in conditions of good health, mental disease or unconsciousness, unwillingness, due family responsibilities, desire to eat or live, or remaining worldly desires. Healthy young adults or children are unfit (not allowed) to do santhara because they have family obligations, lives to live and religion to practice. It is allowed only in cases of impending death due to old age or terminal disease.

The basic idea in different kinds of Jain fasting is to acquire a lowest possible negative karma and purify oneself.[citation needed] The guiding philosophy is: "Our soul is immortal. Our soul goes from one body to another body (cycle of birth and rebirth or reincarnation) just like we change old clothes. For betterment of our soul we must be free from desires and kamas. By practicing Jain principles in life those people who attain such a peaceful state of mind, perpetual happiness and self actualization and become free from desire of eating, living, dining etc. perform santhara. It is a Jain method of separating soul from old and diseased body during last few days of life to enter in new life form/reincarnation."

Santhara is a voluntary act and is bound by very strict regulations. Only a person who has no wishes/desire/ambition left, and no responsibilities remaining in life is entitled to perform it and the action is done under community regulation. The decision to do so must be publicly declared well in advance and permission from family & other relatives is a must. Conditions that allow santhara are: (2)

On average, 240 Jains practice ​fast until death each year in India

Sallekhana (also Santhara, Samadhi-marana, Sanyasana-marana), is the Jain practice of undertaking voluntary death at the end of one's life. It is a highly respected practice among the members of the Jain community. Sallekhana is made up from two words sal (meaning 'properly') and lekhana, which means to thin out. Properly thinning out of the passions and the body is 'Sallekhana'. It is prescribed both for the householder (sravakas) and ascetics. Sallekhana is allowed only when a person is suffering from incurable disease or great disability or when a person is nearing his end. Due to the prolonged nature of sallekhana, the individual is given ample time to reflect on his or her life. The purpose is to purge old karmas and prevent the creation of new ones. According to Jain texts, sallekhanā leads to Ahimsa (non-injury), as person observing sallekhanā subjugates the passions, which are the root cause of himsā (injury or violence). After taking the vow of Sallekhana, one must not have the desire to live or desire to die. Practitioner shouldn't recollect the pleasures enjoyed or, long for the enjoyment of pleasures in future.

According to the Press Trust of India, on average 240 Jains practice sallekhana until death each year in India.[9] There exists a similar Hindu practice known as Prayopavesa.(2)

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Old age disease such that death appears imminent. Or in cases of terminal disease in adults.
Strong desire to burn karmas by fasting.
Strong Desire of Moksha/Nirvana.

Jains claim that Santhara or Sallekhana fast until death is the most ideal, peaceful, and satisfying form of death. It is done in full consciousness, not suddenly, sadly or ignorantly. (2)

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Comparison with suicide

Sallekhana is often compared with suicide. According to the Jain text, Purushartha Siddhyupaya, when death is near, the vow of sallekhanâ is observed by properly thinning the body and the passions. It also mentions that, sallekhanâ is not suicide since the person observing it, is devoid of all passions like attachment.[16] Like most religions, Jainism forbids all forms of suicides. Suicide involves an intentional act of harm against oneself with a known outcome that negatively affects those left behind. It is believed that the precipitous taking of one's life constitutes only a perpetuation of the karma from the current life (particularly that associated with negativity or suffering), which is thus "inherited" by the subsequent life to be assumed through reincarnation. Suicide does not allow escape from one's karma, nor from one's cycle of births and rebirths. However, in the practise of Sallekhana, it is viewed that death is "welcomed" through a peaceful, tranquil process that provides peace of mind and sufficient closure for the adherent, their family and/or community.[17]

Statistically, Sallekhana is undertaken both by men and women of all economic classes and among the educationally forward Jains. Statistically it is done by more women than men. It has been argued that Sallekhana serves as a means of coercing widows and elderly relatives into taking their own lives,[18] but that is a rare case. In both the writings of Jain scriptures and the general views of many followers of Jainism, due to the degree of self-actualisation and spiritual strength required by those who undertake the ritual, Sallekhana is considered to be a display of utmost piety, purification and expiation.

In his book, Sallekhanā is Not Suicide, Justice T. K. Tukol wrote:

My studies of Jurisprudence, the Indian Penal Code and of criminal cases decided by me had convinced that the vow of Sallekhana as propounded in the Jaina scriptures is not suicide. (2)


References
1. AMIWL-10, Ideation on Brahma
2. Wikipedia

== Section 3 ==

Conduct is the main thing in Ananda Marga - Ananda Vanii #13

Ananda Vanii states, “Your ideal is represented by your conduct. Your learning, your social or economic status have nothing to do with your ideal.” (1)

Note: The above is one of Baba’s original Ananda Vaniis. These original and true Ananda Vaniis are unique, eternal guidelines that stand as complete discourses in and of themselves. They are unlike Fake Ananda Vaniis.

Reference
1. Ananda Vanii #13

== Section 4 ==

Re: Marriage tax on margiis: PP & Rudrananda imposing #2

Dear brothers & sisters,

It is very disappointing to know from Madhusudanji that our great socio-spiritual order "Ananda Marga" as set up by our BABA to demolish the age old social stigmas of the dogmas & superstitions & the vicious barriers of caste, creed &colour as imposed by the vested interests which shattered our human society, if getting foiled by Purodha Pramukh &Rudrananda Avadhut as alleged to perpetuate their vested interests, they must be opposed.

It must be borne in mind that our Purodha Pramukh is only to act as the chief volunteer of our Baba to take forward His great mission taking all of us including all workers like Rudranandaji united in the main stream.If he fails to serve the purpose, he is immediately to make room for the more befitting one instead of remaining stuck up to the position as elected for the purpose.

It must be further borne in mind in the situation created as alleged, to stand up united firmly to protect the great mission of  our Baba getting hijacked by the vested interests even present among us.

Yours brotherly,
Er. Suresh  

Here is a link to the initial letter on this topic -  Marriage tax on margiis: PP & Rudrananda imposing #2

== Section 5 ==

Links

My Ananda Nagar Visit - water bottle dogma

Baba story and how Dada became earthworm

Way to prepare documents against Ananda Marga wrongdoers + 2 more

Baba

This email contains three sections:
1. Comment: Court case: Way to prepare documents against Ananda Marga wrongdoers
2. Ananda Vanii #8: What is only spiritual approach to punish wrongdoers
3. Links

Court case: Way to prepare documents
against Ananda Marga wrongdoers

Namaskar,
If one writes to higher authorities and no investigation is taken, or a cover-up takes place then at least it is documented (keep your emails and copies of letters, witness info etc secure and in duplicate). As well as silent action one should report to your local bhukti pradhan.

These documents should be preserved until many cases / evidences are available to show the administration is corrupt and unwilling to follow its own constitution thus paving the way for a court ordered removal of the corrupt administration. If that is not possible then the documents should be used to create a grassroots movement to remove the corrupt admin by persuasion or force (covertly or otherwise).

One must usually exhaust internal organizational avenues that exist to deal with corruption and immoral behavior before the courts will intervene. This does not apply to crimes that are not protected by the division of church and state, such as murder or rape.

I am speaking from experience and study of North American precedents.

Obviously one should research how it is usually dealt with in your own jurisdiction. In some cases the state will stand by while the offending so-called protectors of the faith are publicly tarred and feathered by their once loyal followers. In extreme cases beheading can occur to deter others.

I am not advocating such extreme measures however such misguided administrators should be made aware of the possible perils that may be the effect of their neglect of duty (the cause).

One feels much better in conscience to be expelled from a corrupt body while speaking out than to simply remain dumb while witnessing the putrification of a corrupt body. Besides the stench is often simply unbearable. No matter how much they may isolate you, rest assured Baba / dharma will always be with you. Stating the obvious.

If corrupt and immoral leaders think they can hide behind bodyguards they might reflect on the fate of the powerful prime minister of India, the late Indira Gandhi.

If you have any contact info for central VSS cadres I would be most grateful to receive it.  

Baba Nam Kevalam 

Raghuram
(Douglas Oldham)

Here is a link to the initial letter on this topic - Writing Higher Authorities

== Section 2 ==

What is only spiritual approach to punish wrongdoers - Ananda Vanii #8

Ananda Vanii states, “Those who can maintain their restraint in spite of intense provocation are the real spiritual aspirants. They alone have overcome anger. Inspire those who are liars and criminals to live honest lives by pointing out their defects. This is the only spiritual approach to punish wrongdoers. Supreme truth is ever resplendent and can never be tarnished by false propaganda.” (1)

Note: The above is one of Baba’s original Ananda Vaniis. These original and true Ananda Vaniis are unique, eternal guidelines that stand as complete discourses in and of themselves. They are unlike Fake Ananda Vaniis.

Reference
1. Ananda Vanii #8

== Section 3 ==

Links

You may or may not know these myths in Ananda Marga

Find out when pen name is used

Wandering seekers in search of Sadguru + 3 more

Baba

This email contains four sections:
1. End Quote: Wandering seekers in search of Sadguru
2. Ananda Vanii #67

3. PS #3681: O' Parama Purusa, You only care about the feeling of the devotee's heart
4. Links

  Wandering seekers in search of Sadguru

Namaskar,
What Baba is describing in His below teaching is still going on in India - both inside and outside of Ananda Marga. For instance, Ac Cidanandji describes indepthly in his book how before, and even after, entering into Ananda Marga he would venture of to the foothills of the Himalayas - Haridwar & Rishikesh - in search of great spiritual guides etc. To this end, he visited numerous holy sites (tiirthas) and stayed in various ashrams with the hope of finding some great sadhu or saint etc. Cidanandji documented all this in his book - Unforgettable Memories (2008). Dada Samanvayanandji held a similar inclination: Go to the Himalayas in search of a great preceptor. This is what he wrote in his book and used to tell everyone - on numerous occasions.

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Although it is difficult to find a muktapuruśa or sadguru (great preceptor), it is not necessary to search for one in jungles, mountains and caves in accordance with popular belief. The purpose of the Qualified Supreme Entity in manifesting the creation is to obtain emancipation for each one of Its units. In order to fulfil this purpose, It will have to appear before anyone who has a yearning for emancipation. This yearning or state of mental uneasiness caused by the intense desire for emancipation heralds the arrival of the opportune moment. The Qualified Supreme Entity, in the form of a great preceptor, will appear to those who have reached this opportune moment by virtue of their intense desire for liberation. If this were not so, the purpose of the creation would not be served; it would be merely a trap, and the Creator, the Qualified Supreme Entity, would become the cause of bondage. Hence to wander through jungles and over mountains in quest of a great preceptor is futile. What is most essential is to kindle in one’s heart a yearning, an intense desire for emancipation.” (1)

And this same idea is expressed in Ananda Sutram as well.

Muktyákáunkśayá sadgurupráptih.

"Purport: When a vehement desire for emancipation wakes up in a person, he or she attains his or her sadguru [true spiritual preceptor] on the strength of that desire." (2)

And not just these two, not just Ac Cidanandji & Ac Samanvayanandji, but many more purodhas who lack devotional experience / realisation of Baba sought out various Indian gurus etc. And it was only after those pseudo-gurus recognised Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji as a very great Guru - and spoke of Baba’s unparalleled status - that those purodhas began to think that Baba must really be great. They thought this only because those pseudo-gurus said so. Sadly, this is the depth of their realisation of Baba. It is quite tragic.

All in all, Baba guides us that going to the jungle or Himalayas in hopes of gaining a great master is nothing but fool’s paradise. The only way to truly come in contact with the Sadguru is to cultivate the yearning for Him within. Then surely He will hear your call, knock on your door, and bless you by drawing you near - i.e. arrange for your initiation. So this should be the approach.

Unfortunately, we could not convey this teaching to regular citizens etc because as we speak so many are not seeking Him inside, but instead walking and trekking in the Himalayas in search of a great guru, when really the proper avenue is to look within.

References
1. Ananda Marga Elementary Philosophy
2. Ananda Sutram 3-8

== Section 2 ==

Ananda Vanii #67

What makes the little lamps of life infinitely effulgent

Ananda Vanii states, "The movement and the path, the means and the chariot are all inseparably linked. The path is not always easily accessible, smooth and littered with flower petals; nor is it always inaccessible, thorny and covered with stones. One must keep one's eye fixed on the Goal. This Goal provides inspiration, supplies the means for forward movement and makes the little lamps of life infinitely effulgent. Since eternity this very Goal has provided and is providing inspiration to all and will continue to do so in future; and by revitalising the life-force as if with a flow of water, it will make the earth ever full of sweetness, and at the same time it will keep the triumphant flag of humanity flying on top of the golden mountain peak. So let one's vision be fixed on the goal. There is no necessity to think of anything else." (1)

Note: All of Baba's original and true Ananda Vaniis - including the one above - are unique, eternal guidelines that stand as complete discourses in and of themselves. They are unlike Fake Ananda Vaniis.

Reference
1. Ananda Vanii #67

== Section 3 ==

O' Parama Purusa, You only care about the feeling
of the devotee's heart - not anything else

"(Mor) d'a'ka'te a'soniko, krpa'te ele..."   (P.S. 3681)

Purport:

O' Parama Purusa, when I call You, You never come. You come close to me only out of Your graciousness. I call You - again and again - just for my own self-satisfaction.

O' Parama Purusa, You never come because of someone's grand eulogy; You do not care about verbosity or any superficial rituals. You only care about the feeling of the devotee's heart. You come because of one's inner feeling and heart-felt love. O' my Lord, I was unable to sit for proper sadhana and sing devotional kiirtan. I continued calling You in sadhana only for my self-satisfaction.

O' Parama Purusa, Baba, You are nearest and sweetest. You know and listen to everything; You are aware about one and all, O' my Dearmost. When one's mind is drowned in ego, You do not like to go close. O' Supreme Entity, removing the fog of my ego, You are ever-ready to come into my grasp. I continue calling You in dhyana only for my self-satisfaction.

O' Hari, O' Parama Purusa, whatever sadhana, asana, bhajan, kiirtan, pranayama, puja, or dhyana I perform, it is only for getting You close and pleasing You. That is why I do my spiritual practices. Understanding my foolishness and my shallow devotion, please saturate sweetness into the deep core of my heart. 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 causeless grace. Baba, Your liila is unfathomable...

== Section 4 ==

Links

Wt monks health

Vital issue - discussion between two parties

Find out what people do due to lack of food and education

Baba

This email contains three sections:
1. End Quote: Find out what people do due to lack of food....
2. PS #332: Why did You give me pain by refusing to wear the garland
3. Links

Find out what people do
due to lack of food and education

Ananda Marga ideology states, “Likewise, if there is a dearth of intellectual pabulum and the intellectual standard of the people is not high, they can take “dos” to be “donts” and vice versa. Take for example, a communal riot where a little innocent boy is killed, and when the person who encourages the riot becomes the people’s leader. Where the intellectual standard of the people is low, people commit blunders – prompted by such leaders they become beasts. Those backward countries which have less socio-politico-economic consciousness in the people tend to have more immorality. In such countries the leaders misguide the people in order to collect votes. I call such leaders “political satans” or “political pigs” Such pigs become leaders only when the intellectual standard of the common people is low. In a country with shortages of physical and intellectual pabula, people ultimately become beasts and commit sins and crimes. To murder a person during a riot is both a crime and a sin. In political clashes innocent people are killed. This is also a crime as well as a sin. So, to summarize, when physical and intellectual pabula are lacking, people become beasts and commit sins and crimes. Among the three reasons for sin, this is the first and primary one. It is prevalent everywhere in the world although it is less evident in a few of the more affluent countries.” (1)

Reference
1. A Few Problems Solved - 6, The Three Causes of Sin

== Section 2 ==

Why did You give me pain by refusing to wear the garland
"Phulero málát'i tomári la'giyá gánthá..." (Prabhat Samgiita 332)

Purport:

Baba, the flower garland was threaded only for You, but You didn't wear it. Why did You give me pain by refusing to wear the garland. 

The eastern horizon was covered with crimson rays. The breeze was infused with the spirit of colour and love together. My love was woven into a garland in my heart. 

Baba, that garland is thoroughly drenched in my tears. The petals of flowers have gently dropped down. O' Parama Purusa Baba, You didn't come, You didn't see me; You didn't try to understand the deepest yearnings of my heart...


Note: If you would like the audio file of the above Prabhat Samgiita kindly write us.

== Section 3 ==

Links

Which language Baba favours

Ulterior motive: Manufacturing death anniversary song

In AM who should and who should not get higher post + 2 more

Baba

This email contains three sections:
1. End Quote: In AM who should and who should not get higher post:
Higher post must never be entrusted to those who are themselves criminals
2. End Quote: Tandava & kaoshikii discourse in Hindi
3. Links

Higher post must never be entrusted to those
who are themselves criminals

Namaskar,
Please read Baba’s following teaching which gives a clear indication about the type of leadership needed in Ananda Marga. Specifically, can XYZ type of persons be the leader - whether that be on the village, regional, sectorial, or global level - or are special qualifications needed? If so what are those traits and characteristics required of a leader. All these answers and more are addressed in Guru’s below teaching.

“A rśi [sage] has said: Samamantreńa jáyate iti samájah [“Society is the collective movement of a group of individuals who have decided to move together towards a common goal”]. That is, whether people are pápii or tápii [sinners or victims], thieves, criminals, or characterless individuals, they are so only superficially; internally they are filled with the potential for purity. The principal object of the sadvipras is to explore and bring this potentiality into play. They will accord human value to everyone without exception. Those who have done hateful crimes must be punished, but sadvipras will never hate them, or put an end to them by depriving them of food, because sadvipras are humanists. The pandits puffed up with vainglory could turn their attention to their books instead of attending on the ailing non-Hindu Haridas, but Chaitanya Mahaprabhu found it impossible to remain indifferent to him. He took Haridas in his arms and nursed him carefully, and thus showed respect to human value.”

“However, when the question of social responsibility arises, it must be considered with great care. Irresponsible people cannot be entrusted with social responsibility, because those who shoulder social responsibility will have to lead humanity on the path of development, and correct the ways of sinners. If they themselves are of evil mentality, it will not be possible for them to discharge their social responsibility. It has been said: “The collective body of those who are engaged in the concerted effort to bridge the gap between the first expression of morality and establishment in universal humanism is called society.” So social responsibility should be entrusted to those who are capable of discharging it creditably. If moralism is the starting-point of the journey of society, then those who are at its helm must be moralists. And since society aims to establish universalism, those people must be universalists. And if the gap between moralism and universal humanism is to be bridged, spiritual sádhaná is a must, so those people must practise rigorous sádhaná. Their philosophy of life must be, “Morality is the base, sádhaná is the means, and life divine is the goal.””

“This great responsibility must never be entrusted to those who are themselves criminals. Unless and until such people correct themselves, they will not be given any social value, though in no way will they be denied human value. At present social value is given importance, but those who are selected to discharge social responsibility do not possess the aforesaid qualities. They have occupied their posts on the strength of their money or on the basis of patronage, but this has not resulted in any collective welfare. That is why there is an instruction in our social scripture:”

“Do not be misled by anyone's tall talk. Judge merit by seeing the performance. Remember, whatever position one is in offers sufficient opportunity to work. One whose character is not in accordance with Yama-Niyama should not get opportunity [[to become]] a representative.… to [[vest]] an incompetent person with power means to push society towards destruction knowingly and deliberately.”

“The sadvipras will install qualified persons in power, and the social order which will be evolved by virtue of their leadership will give due importance to one and all. In this new society based on Neohumanism, everyone will find their life worth living. All will regain their lost positions of honour.” (1)

in Him,
Hariish

Reference
1. AFPS-2, Social Values and Human Cardinal Principles

== Section 2 ==

Tandava & kaoshikii discourse in Hindi

बाबा प्रवचन: ताण्डव और कौशिकी

[Ta’n’d’ava aor Kaos’ikii se Tristariiya Vika’sa, V22-20 ताण्डव और कौशिकी,MGD 5th March 1984 Jammu ]

[मनुष्य का जीवन] जो है, त्रिस्तरीय है | There are three strata in human existence. One physical stratum, second psychic stratum and the third one is spiritual stratum | जहानी, जिस्मानी और रुहानी—तीन पहलू |

तो, ये जो तीन strata हैं, इन तीनों में किसी की अवहेलना नहीं होनी चाहिए | बात सही है कि physical stratum से psychic stratum की क़ीमत ज़्यादे है | मगर physical stratum भी अवहेलनीय नहीं है | ठीक वैसा ही psychic stratum से, रुहानी stratum, spiritual stratum जो है, उसकी क़ीमत अधिक है | मगर, psychic stratum भी अवहेलनीय नहीं है | तो, तीनों की चर्चा होनी चाहिए | जैसे कोई अगर रुहानी चर्चा, अगर spiritual चर्चा, आध्यात्मिक चर्चा नहीं करते हैं—शरीर और मन का करते हैं, तो वे भी आख़िर तक जीव-जन्तु के माफ़िक बन जाएँगे | कोई अगर शरीर की चर्चा करते हैं और रुहानी करते हैं, आध्यात्मिक करते हैं—मानसिक नहीं करते हैं, तो बुद्धि-वृत्ति में जड़ हो जाएँगे | Intellectual progress नहीं होगा देश का, समाज का | कोई अगर physical नहीं करते हैं, तो दुबले लोगों का समाज बन जाएगा | वह भी नहीं चाहिए | तीनों की चर्चा होनी चाहिए | और तीनों में एक balance, एक सन्तुलन रहना चाहिए | जैसे छोटे-से बच्चे, वे भी क्या करेंगे ? खेल-कूद करेंगे, शरीर की चर्चा करेंगे | लिखा-पढ़ी करेंगे, intellectual चर्चा | और कुछ समय के लिए जप, ध्यान, भजन माँ-बाप के साथ बैठ कर कर लेंगे | अर्थात्‌ आध्यात्मिक चर्चा भी हो गई | और, जब बड़े हो जाएँगे कुछ, तो दीक्षा लेंगे, साधना करेंगे | जप, ध्यान, आसन, प्राणायाम करेंगे | लिखा-पढ़ी करेंगे, और शरीर की चर्चा करेंगे, sports करेंगे | तो, ये तीनों का एक सन्तुलन, an adjustment रहना चाहिए | Adjustment नहीं रहने से व्यष्टि की भी क्षति होती है और समाज की भी क्षति होती है |

हम लोग का यह जो ताण्डव नाच है, यह शरीर की पुष्टि में सहायक है, मानसिक उन्नति में भी सहायक है और आध्यात्मिक उन्नति में भी सहायक है | इसलिए हम चाहते हैं कि लोग सीखें | जिनकी अधिक उम्र हो गई, वे थोड़े time के लिए घर में करें, साधना के time में | और जो कम उम्र  वाले हैं, वे कसकर करें | आपस में competition भी करें |

यह ताण्डव महिलाओं के लिए ठीक नहीं है, due to biological reasons | किन्तु, उन लोगों के लिए भी तो कुछ चाहिए | इसलिए हम पटना में कौषिकी नाच को invent किए हैं | वह भी क़रीब-क़रीब ताण्डव का काम करेगा | कुछ हद तक तो करेगा अवश्य | और वह हम देखे, कि, वह मर्द के लिए भी है, औरत के लिए भी है—दोनों कर सकते हैं, दोनों के लिए फ़ायदेमंद है |

तो, तुम लोग जो यह ताण्डव competition, कौषिकी competition करते हो, यह बहुत अच्छा है | और मैं पूरा इसका समर्थन करता हूँ | अधिक से अधिक करोगे | जहाँ मार्गी हों, जहाँ मार्गी नहीं हों वहाँ भी इसका competition हो | इससे फ़ायदा ही है | कोई क्षति नहीं है, कोई हानि नहीं है |[1]

Reference
1. MGD 5th March 1984 Jammu

== Section 3 ==

Links

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/06/hypocrisy-shambhushivananda-ji.html

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/05/if-wrongdoer-dies-then-what-part-1-4.html

Fish justice + 2 more

Baba

This email contains three sections:
1. End Quote: Fish justice

2. PS #1971: Why are you not joining us in the blissful occasion of this grand festival
3. Links

Fish justice

Namaskar,

Baba says, "The reign of fish is known as matsya-nya'ya (fish justice). Fish justice means a disorderly, unjust condition where the strong eat the weak. When this situation arises in our social life then we say that in society fish justice is going on." (1)

Note 1: These days fish justice is a common phenomenon in society. Sadly, those who are exploited the most don't even know that they are being exploited. For example, capitalists are exploiting in all spheres of life, but the common people think that those capitalists are helping them. In the US and many places, the people think that those big corporations are providing jobs, food, and stability, and are thus doing a great service to society. Yet those capitalists are doing this for their own selfish profit motive; they have no regard for the common people.

In our Proutistic outlook, we know that the entire property of the cosmos belongs to Parama Purusa, but the common people in the west think that those wealthy people are fortunate and blessed - regardless of how they acquired their riches and fortune.

In India, the people think that the super rich did some great virtue in their past life and that accounts for their tremendous wealth in this life. And those same commoners believe that, “I am poor because of my past misdeeds.”

The west is exporting pseudo-culture everywhere by various media. Yet naive people think that the west is helping them and they feel proud and glorified by adopting western pseudo-culture. But by that way those simple communities are being swallowed whole by those big capitalist entities.

So wherever you look exploitation is going on yet the people are not aware. That is the sad state of affairs these days. Mass awakening is needed to turn this situation around. When people become cognizant of the presence of exploitation, then the tides will begin to turn in the right direction.

These are all examples of fish justice.

Note 2: In Sanskrit literature different words and analogies have been formed based on the characteristics of various creatures. The above teaching on fish justice is one such example. The main purpose is to educate the public about the inherent qualities of those animals and demonstrate how this concerns our human society. To this end, in Sanskrit literature, there is an abundance of words and phrases related with the natural world, i.e. animals, birds, and various other creatures. 

In Him,
Adhyatman

Reference
1. SC-20 Bangla, disc 156

== Section 2 ==

Why are you not joining us in the blissful occasion of this grand festival 

Prabhat Samgiita Intro: Here in this song Parama Purusa is addressing the bhakta in a disguised manner using indirect language. Specifically, Parama Purusa is talking to the devotee while referring to Himself in the third person. So the bhakta is unaware that the Entity addressing him is actually Parama Purusa. That is the unique aspect of this song. No one should get confused and think that in this song two devotees are speaking to one another. Rather, it should be clear to all that this song depicts the special dialogue between the Lord and His bhakta whereby the Lord Parama Purusa is keeping His identity hidden.

"A’nanderi ei nimantrańe, tumi eká kándo keno, base..." (Prabhat Samgiita #1971)

Purport:

O' human being, with the invitation of bliss on this auspicious occasion, everyone is dancing and the whole atmosphere is filled with the fragrance of flowers. Everything in this entire universe has become charged with such a divine and spiritual vibration. Mahasambhuti Baba has taken advent and brought forth a new ideology. In this joyous moment of the advent of the Divine Entity, why are you crying alone in an isolated corner? Why are you not joining everyone in the blissful celebration of this grand festival. O’ human being, you should come and join everyone on this exquisite occasion.

Today, everyone is dancing in laughter and joy. The waves are also dancing on the ocean. Even the molecules and atoms are dancing. For whose longing are you remaining aloof. Why are you keeping yourself by the wayside? The day is full of new vigour and a divine vibration.

O' human being, there is no need for hopelessness and despair. Parama Purusa Baba, the Creator of the universe, is also yours. That very Entity Who is very sweet and Who is helping everyone and Who loves all, that very Divine Entity Baba also loves You. And you are also His.

O' human being, why are you feeling helpless and passing the days in a dark corner. Come join together with all on this unique celebration...


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== Section 3 ==

Links

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http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/04/how-some-wts-go-to-great-lengths-to.html

Majority is intelligent or fool

Baba

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1. End Quote: Majority is intelligent or fool
2. Links

Majority is intelligent or fool

Namaskar,

Prout philosophy states, “There are several forms of governmental structure, and among them the democratic structure is highly appreciated [by some persons]. Democracy is defined as “government of the people, by the people and for the people.” But in fact it is the rule of the majority. Hence democracy means “mobocracy” because the government in a democratic structure is guided by mob psychology. The majority of the society are fools; wise people are always in a minority. Thus, finally democracy is nothing but “foolocracy”.” (1)

What is the current criteria for voting

Given the present political climate around the world, democracy is the best option. But democracy does have its shortcomings. Currently, the chief criteria for voting is age. If one has reached a certain age then that makes them eligible to vote. Yet we all know that age alone does not certify that one is truly qualified one to vote in a mature and meaningful manner. To cast a meaningful vote, socio-political awareness is needed.


Why it is such a sensitive point

However, nowadays this is a very delicate issue. People feel that all should be allowed to vote - not just a select few. Because, since long, in the name a selecto-electoral system, voting rights were only given to the dominant group. For instance, in the US, only white males were allowed to vote for nearly two centuries. Relatively recently, after an extended battle, voting rights were granted to women, African-Americans, and others etc.

That is why today, if you mention the benefits of the selecto-electoral system, people become terrified. They think that only the ruling group will have voting rights and all others will be subjected to unfair treatment. They feel they just eradicated that misery and now you want to bring it back.


What will a socially & politically conscious electorate do

Yet as society advances, people will realise the need to have a socially & politically conscious electorate. One should have sufficient knowledge of the various parties and what their platforms are. If such a system is properly implemented, and really only socially & politically conscious people can vote, then the world will be a different place. There will be so many positive changes. In due course it is going to happen.

Unfortunately, because of the shortcomings in present-day system, the majority of voters are fools. Hence, democracy is nothing but "foolocracy."

In Him,
Pradiip

Reference
1. Discourses on Prout

== Section 2 ==

Links

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2013/06/to-fix-present-problem-one-must-know.html

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/04/ignorance-of-acyutanandaji-3-more.html

Example how sadhakas are not ordinary + 2 more

Baba

This email contains three sections:
1. End Quote: Example how sadhakas are not ordinary
2. PS #4504: By understanding that You love me, I found my true self
3. Links

Example how sadhakas are not ordinary - not xyz

"Even after getting human life, only a few get the opportunity to listen to dharmika discourses. Among those, only a few develop the desire to practise dharma sádhaná. And even among these, only a few actually grasp the spirit of Sádhaná. Those rare ones who understand, perform sádhaná, and reach the goal are truly blessed." (1)

In His above teaching, Baba is revealing how each and every margii is extraordinary as they have already crossed so many hoops to become an Ananda Margii. And there are a few more hoops to go. So one should always be alert not to get stuck in the present stage. Please read the above guideline carefully to understand which stage you have crossed and where you are going.

Namaskar,
in Him,
Ranjiit

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

== Section 2 ==

~ By understanding that You love me, I found my true self ~

"Tomár bhálobásá bujhe, nijeke khunje peyechi, tumi ele dhruva tárá seje,tava páne ceye calechi..." (Prabhat Samgiita #4504)

Purport:

O' Parama Purusa, You are so gracious. By understanding that You love me, I found my true self. By Your grace I realised that I am not just this physical body; I have an eternal relation with You. Since thousands & thousands of years and beyond, You have been with me, and You have cared for me. Earlier I was confused about who I was. I thought I was just physical body and that my life started with the birth of this body. I was always feeling sad and pessimistic about my future. But now, by Your grace, in my heart I feel Your love - I feel that I am under Your shelter at Your lotus feet - always. I now know that You love me so much & that You are always with me - all the 24hrs. Now, by Your grace, I understand where I am; my life has become meaningful. You have emerged as the polestar of my life. I am moving towards You. It is Your grace.

O' Divine Entity, when I get fatigued & tired by involving in mundane works, and when negative thoughts ruin my peace and tranquility, and when the dark clouds of hopelessness float in the sky, then in that bad hour I take shelter in Your divine love to save me from all sorts of problems.

O' my Lord, my mental sky, my air, my breath, my entire existence, my everything is dancing according to the rhythm of Your sweet melody - Your ankle bell. My hopes get consolation, fulfilled by Your samvit [1].

From the land of divine effulgence - with an unknown magical spell, one angel is beckoning me; O' my dearmost Parama Purusa Baba, You are that very apsera' (angel). I have understood this truth in my ańudhyana, by Your grace.

Baba, by Your grace, I am completely ensconced in Your love and now I understand that I am completely sheltered in Your lap...


End Note for Prabhat Samgiita #4504:

Samvit: "Samvit means spiritual consciousness, spiritual awakening. A man engaged in bad things all of a sudden feels that “No, I shouldn’t do all these things. No, I should be a good man henceforward.” Such an idea all of a sudden comes in his mind. And this thing, this change of mental tendency, is brought about by samvit shakti of Vidyámáyá. Do you follow? This is what is called samvit shakti. “No, henceforward I must be a good man. No, henceforward I must be a spiritualist. I must not encourage any depraving idea.” Samvit shakti." (1)

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Reference
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 23, Brahma Cakra

== Section 3 ==

Links

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Pracara strategy: to convince dharmic points to bad people + 5 more

Baba

This email contains six sections:
1. End Quote: Pracara strategy: to convince dharmic points to bad people
2. PS #338: O' Parama Purusa, with the stroke of Your colour and brush
3. PS #327: हे मेरे प्रभु! तुम्हारे चरण कमलों में मेरा समर्पण
4. Comment: Re: Blaming Sadguru for giving test to lose faith
5. Comment: Re: Those who can't do deep meditation
6. Links

Pracara strategy:
to convince dharmic points to bad people

Namaskar,
When discussing Ananda Marga teachings with negative elements or bad people in a particular area, then it is better not to go alone. Having more than one, two, or three margiis present - or as many as you can take - will give greater psycho-spiritual strength to overpower those bad minds. By this way those negative elements can be convinced and brought into the fold.

This strategy is especially applicable when anyone feels uncomfortable going alone to meet with such anti-social elements, or so-called very famous people. In that case, bring other Ananda Margiis along with you to help convince that party about the ideals of Ananda Marga, and turn  them into ardent sadhakas.

    Baba says in Ananda Marga ideological scriptures, "Every human being has certain merits and demerits. Suppose a person has forty  percent merit and sixty percent demerit: the resultant demerit is twenty percent. If a weak person whose resultant demerit is forty percent comes in contact with a person whose resultant demerit is more than forty percent, he will certainly degenerate. Obviously, a thief will not be a durjana (wicked person) for a perfectly honest person because the latter will easily counteract the thief's negative qualities. But for an ordinary person without any notable attributes, the thief will certainly be a durjana. Those with less psychic or spiritual power can easily be influenced by a wicked person. Those who are psychically and spiritually developed, however, are not so easily influenced and for them even a very wicked person may not be a durjana."
    "It is the duty of every human being to avoid wicked people. You may ask, 'Can wicked people ever become virtuous?' Of course they can, but remember that only those people having greater psychic power than them should try to transform them. So what should you do? Instead of going alone, you should take five or ten friends with you so that your collective psychic strength will be greater than theirs." (1)

The same approach applies when addressing those wts who are not following Ananda Marga WT conduct rules. If you think a particular Wt will not listen to you when you raise the matter, then go en masse with other margiis and address that worker. Then surely you will get success. That is the gist of the Baba's aforesaid quoted guideline.

in Him,
Harideva

Reference
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 8, What Should Human Beings Do?

== Section 2 ==

O' Parama Purusa, with the stroke of Your colour & brush,
You have made humans great
“Raunga beraunge sabáre sajáyecho,tomár manomata sáj je diyecho...” (Prabhat Samgiita #338)

Purport

O’ Parama Purusa Baba, You have decorated all of creation with various colours. You have given everything new splendour. You gave them dress according to Your wish. Some You made as inanimate objects, and others as plants, animals, and human beings. You gave them shape and form according to Your desire.

Baba, You coloured and dyed the light of the dawn, and in a flash spread it across the horizon. You have given greenness to the creepers and trees. With this green vegetation, You have filled my mind with peace.

O’ Parama Purusa Baba, You have infused sweetness in the human mind. You have filled the human mind with love, affection, and sacrifice. With the stroke of Your color & brush, You have brought the     humans very close to divinity. You have graciously blessed humans and elevated them to the status of veritable gods...

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== Section 3 ==

हे मेरे प्रभु! तुम्हारे चरण कमलों में मेरा समर्पण

प्रभात संगीत 327 सौम्य शान्त  चेतनानन्द, चरण... दाओ गो आमाय...

भावार्थ
हे परमपुरुष बाबा! तुम सदा शान्त और आनन्द हो ! तुम  शुद्धचेतन , प्रेमस्वरूप! हो, तुम कृपा कर अपने चरण कमलों में मेरा समर्पण स्वीकार करो और मुझे आशीष  दो ।  हे मेरे प्रभु! तुम हतास की आशा  हो, व्यथित हृदय के लिये प्रेम हो, आश्रयविहीन भटकने वालों के तुम्हीं अंतिम आश्रय हो।

बाबा! तुम सभी लोकों  में प्रारंभ से अंत तक रहते हो, और मेरे जीवन में तुम दिव्य प्रेम की फल्गु-धारा बहाते रहते हो । तुम्हारी असीम करुणा लगातार सभी दिशाओं में बहती जा रही है। तुम सबके अति  प्रिय हो, और सबके सर्वाधिक पूज्य हो। तुम मनुष्यों की विद्या और बुद्धि से परे हो। हे मेरे प्रभु! तुम अपने चरण कमलों में मेरा समर्पण स्वीकार करो.

हे मेरे प्रभु, बाबा! मेरी पैदाइस इस सीमित जगत में, तथा मैं हूँ भी  इस सीमित जगत में,परन्तु तुम तो सीमा से परे हो, और मैं सीमा से परे अनंत सत्ता को सोच भी नहीं सकता। जब मैं तुम्हारा चिंतन करता हॅूं तो मेरा मन तुम्हीं में घुलने लगता है, खो जाता है । हे मेरे प्रभु! तुम अपने चरण कमलों में मेरा समर्पण स्वीकार करो.

हे मेरे प्रभु, बाबा! मेरे मन की मंजूषा , मधुर केवड़े के पराग के सामान है। मेरा मन सबकुछ मधुरता लेकर, तुम्हारी ओर दौड़ रहा है। बाबा!  हे मेरे प्रभु! तुम अपने चरण कमलों में मेरा समर्पण स्वीकार करो, और मुझे आश्रय दो। 

- Trans. Dr. T.R.S.

Note: If you would like the audio file of the above Prabhat Samgiita kindly write us.

== Section 4 ==

Re: Blaming Sadguru for giving test to lose faith

namaskar..

I have always wondered.. how many of us.specially WT's, really have unflinching faith in HIM..?

Engineer

(a link to the initial letter on this topic has been appended below.)

== Section 5 ==

Re: Those who can't do deep meditation

Nice... Good information.

- From Dada J

(a link to the initial letter on this topic has been appended below.)

== Section 6 ==

Links

Here is a link to the letter on blaming Sadguru:

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/06/dada-m-is-committing-terrible-sin.html

Here is a link to the letter on meditation:

http://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2013/10/why-some-cant-do-proper-meditation.html

Circumcision is killing innocent boys we have to save

Baba

This email contains two sections:
1. Posting: Circumcision is killing innocent boys we have to save
2. Links

Circumcision is killing innocent boys we have to save

Namaskar,
Baba has given the rule that Ananda Margiis should not circumcise their infants/boys. This Baba gave in 1955 - now 50 years have passed. Yet still we are keeping those teachings to ourselves, and we could not disseminate these important guidelines to the entire world. In result, so much undue suffering has been occurred.

See here below how countless innocent youths are suffering and getting maimed. If we had propagated Baba’s teachings then this terrible situation could have been averted.


In South Africa, circumcision ritual becomes health crisis

JOHANNESBURG — The young South African thought he was going to the hills to become a man. He came back with a horrifying injury that made him an outcast.
Asanda lost his genital organ to gangrene in a botched circumcision ritual performed by a traditional surgeon wielding the same spear on more than a dozen initiates. He was an unusual case among thousands of men hospitalized after such ceremonies in past years because he broke a code of secrecy about the tradition and spoke out in protest. For that, he endured public humiliation and even a severe beating a few months ago.

“People would just stare at me, as if I were not a man,” 25-year-old Asanda told The Associated Press. He did not want his family name published for fear of a bigger backlash from his community.

See below that damaged child that lost its genital due to circumcision.

This month, youths in some rural areas will head to secluded huts for circumcision rituals meant to usher them into manhood, an annual rite of passage during the current South African winter, and in the summer at year’s end. Officials hope to prevent another wave of injuries and deaths triggered by factors including infection and the tight binding of genital organ wounds, which cuts off blood supply, as well as sleep deprivation, exposure to winter cold and other harsh conditions.

Septic shock causes many fatalities. The problem is most severe in the Eastern Cape province, where nearly 500 young men have died in circumcision rituals since 2006, including 83 last year, according to the provincial health department.

Officials further north in Mpumalanga province reported 31 deaths in 2013. Twenty-three people, including doctors and traditional surgeons, face charges including negligent killing for the Mpumalanga deaths, South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority announced Tuesday. - Modal Trigger

Initiations are mostly practiced by the Xhosa tribe in eastern South Africa. Tens of thousands of young men undergo ritual circumcisions every year.

Asanda was circumcised near Lusikisiki town in the Eastern Cape. He fled the initiation school, but was forced to return and was beaten, said Dingeman Rijken, a Dutch doctor who later treated him. A bandage on Asanda’s genital organ cut off blood flow and he was hospitalized, according to Rijken. After the gangrenous flesh fell away, Asanda was discharged with a catheter to help him urinate.

Rijken said an injured genital organ with dry gangrene eventually falls away from the body by itself, while a genital organ with wet gangrene sometimes has to be amputated to prevent further infection.

“Amputating a genital organ is not something you do easily, because of the mental implications,” Rijken wrote in an email. “We know that these boys are going to lose their genital organ, but they will often blame the doctor for taking it off. Most of them come with hopes that it will become all right or grow again (which is what they are also being told by traditional nurses). On arrival, they are tired (sleep deprivation), malnourished (diet restrictions), dehydrated (fluid restriction): it takes a number of days for them to be able to discuss these things.”

A 21-year-old man who identified himself only by his first name, Bheki, described in an AP interview how he lost the tip of his genital organ in a ritual.

Bheki, who is reluctant to tell his father about his injury and did not want to give his family name for fear he would be humiliated in his community.

Asanda shocked his community by complaining about unsafe circumcisions at a local meeting. The next morning, Asanda was beaten by several villagers and accused of being an “impipi,” or “traitor” in the Xhosa language, he said.

“I would always feel like sitting on my own,” he said, describing his ordeal. “It would feel like I’m not alive.”

Asanda left his home village but now wants to return. He’s not sure when he’ll go back, though, or what kind of reception he’ll receive. (1)


Senior Acarya Diary on circumcision:
not a part of our Ananda Marga way of life

Following is Baba's guideline from Senior Acarya Diary where He clearly states that circumcision is not done in Ananda Marga. This is not one of our accepted practices. Instead, after reaching puberty the foreskin should be pulled back. If for any reason, the foreskin cannot be pulled back, then the below process should be done. Be aware that from infancy up to puberty, there is no need to pull back the foreskin.

Caryacarya part 2 - Bangla edition:
no scope for circumcision

In the Bengali edition of Caryacarya part 2 and point #2 of Sixteen Points, Baba simply gives the instruction to pull back the foreskin. That is point #2 of Sixteen Points - there is no option given for circumcision.

When to pull back the foreskin

Here Baba guides us that for health and hygiene, one should pull back the foreskin at the time of puberty - before that age the foreskin can remain as is.

"Immediately upon reaching adolescence (in India, one reaches adolescence in between the ages of twelve and fourteen), males should start using Kaopiina (laungot́á) and should pull back the foreskin of the penis." (2)

"The foreskin should be pulled back and the area washed and kept clean." (3)

Thus there is no scope for performing circumcision at the time of birth - or at any time. Guru's guideline is that from birth to pre-adolescence the foreskin should remain as is, and then at the time of puberty the foreskin should be pulled back.

Namaskar,
in Him,
Liila
Leslie Orenbach


Note 1: Seminal Book on Circumcision

Following is the very informative book on this point of circumcision. If you want to educate oneself on the negative side of circumcision you can go through this.

CIRCUMCISION: THE HIDDEN TRAUMA is the first intensive exploration of the unrecognized psychological and social aspects of this increasingly controversial American cultural practice. The book has been endorsed by dozens of professionals in psychology, psychiatry, child development, pediatrics, obstetrics, childbirth education, sociology, and anthropology, including Ashley Montagu, Christiane Northrup, Warren Farrell, Sheila Kitzinger, Sam Keen, and Penelope Leach. Without much knowledge, the American public generally assumes that our cultural practice of circumcision is a trivial and benign procedure. Plain facts and research results conflict with these beliefs and raise serious questions. Dr. Goldman's application of psychological and social research coherently explains both the tenacity of the practice and the contradictory information and beliefs about it. After a review of the surprising abilities of infants and their responses to circumcision pain, the long-term psychological effects of circumcision are examined from the perspectives of both traditional and innovative psychological theories. We learn that circumcision has potential effects not only on men and sexuality, but also on mother-child relationships, male-female relationships, and societal traits and problems. The text is supported with clinical reports, interviews, surveys, and thorough documentation. CIRCUMCISION: THE HIDDEN TRAUMA identifies an overlooked source of early pain and points us in the direction of both healing and preventing this pain. It is of particular interest to men who seek to explore their sexuality and deepen self-awareness; women who want to understand men better; parents and children's advocates; childbirth educators and allied workers; and mental health, medical, and academic professionals. The book has wide appeal because, more generally, it is about trusting our instincts, questioning some of our cultural values and assumptions, and reflecting on who we are and who we can be as individuals and as a society. Ronald Goldman, Ph.D., is a psychologist, educator, and executive director of the Circumcision Resource Center in Boston (www.circumcision.org), a nonprofit educational organization. He gives lectures and seminars on the psychological and social aspects of circumcision and provides consultation to expectant parents and circumcised men. Dr. Goldman has been a featured guest on local and national radio and television shows and has been cited in numerous newspapers and periodicals.

References
1. Courtesy of http://www.cbsnews.com
2. CC-3, General Health Rules, For Males, Point #1
3. CC-3, General Health Rules, For Males, Point #2

== Section 2 ==

Links

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/06/hypocrisy-shambhushivananda-ji.html

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/06/pb-example-litter-published-in-name-of.html

If you want to memorise anything + 4 more

Baba

This email contains 6 sections:
1. Comments: Comments From Ac Shambhushivananda Avt & Others
2. What to eat - What not to eat
3a. End Quote: If you want to memorise anything here is the way
3b. End Quote: Why under the dark veil of the iron curtain

4. PS #3837: हे परम पुरुष, मैं अपने हृदय का प्रेम तुमसे कैसे व्यक्त करूँ 
5. Link

Comments From Ac Shambhushivananda Avt & Others

[A] From: Dadaji < shambhushivananda1...>

DEAR  BRO. MICHAEL WEAVER :

Thankyou for bringing to my attention some blunders that have crept in GK Magazine. Usually we are careful in this matter but if any such thing has happened, it is good to bring it to our notice before going public. Yet, we do not mind at all your pointing out our defects. That is how we progress/
Best Regards,
S.

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[B] From: Engineer

Namaskar,
I recollect one long time MLA at Badarpur-Delhi writing  his  name every where  as  " Shri Manniya Netaji Ram Singh Choudhary Vidhayak.. He is still doing that..Not only this gentleman, but many of us are suffering from this complex..

Namaskar,
Engineer

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[C] From: Vyas

Namaskar!

I think this is one of the best postings I have seen in a long while. It teaches us many things such as respect, disrespect, pride, ego, devotion, genuine love for Parama Purusa, strictness and faith regarding the sanctity of Ista, courage versus cowardliness, etc. I personally did not know about Baba indicating His full name was not on warrant and that "P.R. Sarkar" was not His name in that warrant.Anyone around those days or who knew about that story should know better. That story alone would tell us how to talk about Baba in public in addition to what He said in Caryacarya on appreciating the majesty of Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamrtiji.

Great job!

Vyas

When the police came to arrest Baba, they arrived with an arrest warrant that said "PR Sarkar". Baba refused to recognise the warrant as being legitimate. He said, "That is not my name; that warrant could be for so many other people whose initials are PR." On this point, the police accepted defeat so they left without Baba and came back with a new warrant that stated Baba's complete name.

Note: A link to the initial letter on this topic has been appended below.

== Section 2 ==

What to eat - what not to eat

"Every object of the world is dominated by one of the three principles – sentient, mutative, and static. Food is no exception, and according to its intrinsic nature, is divided into the same three categories."

"Sentient food: Food which produces sentient cells and is thus conducive to physical and mental well-being is sentient. Examples of sentient food are rice, wheat, barley, all kinds of pulses, fruit, milk and milk products."

"Mutative food: Food which is good for the body and may or may not be good for the mind, but certainly not harmful for the mind, is mutative."

"Static food: Food which is harmful for the mind and may or may not be good for the body is static. Onion, garlic, wine, stale and rotten food, meat of large animals such as cows and buffaloes, fish, eggs, etc., are static." (1)

Reference
1. Yoga Psychology, Food, Cells, Physical and Mental Development

== Section 3 ==

The section below demarcated by asterisks is an entirely different topic,
completely unrelated to the above material. It stands on its own as a point of interest.

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If you want to memorise anything here is the way

Baba's below teaching discloses the reason why our scripture has been composed in the genre of poetry: Because poetry is easy to memorise. For this reason, Baba has composed our scripture - i.e. Ananda Sutram and Prabhat Samgiita - in poetic verse.

"In the absence of rhythm it is difficult to memorize. That is why since ancient times, for 15,000 years, the common practice has been to bring every valuable branch of knowledge within the scope of rhythm. Human beings do not easily forget rhythm. One may forget the contents of knowledge, but not the rhythm. That is why all Vedic Rks were composed in 7 meters. All literary compositions were brought within the gamut of the seven Vedic metres...as they are valuable for the memory." (1)

If you want to learn or memorize anything, the easiest way is to set it to rhythm. One paragraph of prose is very difficult to memorise, but 1 stanza of a poem, shloka, or song is comparatively easy to memorise. Rhythm helps in memorising anything.

That is why in their infancy, children are introduced to language via rhythm in nursery rhymes and songs etc. By this way they can quickly learn and advance.

In the distant past, before the invention of any script and before paper came into vogue, people used to keep everything in their mind. There were no books or other media as we see nowadays: Audio, video, writings, etc. There was nothing.

So when there was no way to store ideas or teachings on paper or cassette, then there was no option but to store it all in their memory. The only way to do that was to create rhythmic poetry. So all those past yogis, rishis, sages, thinkers, and munis put their realization in shloka, poem, or any kind of rhythmic expression like vedas, purana etc. Even when script started, most people did not know how to read or write, so those thinkers also put their teachings into poetic verse. This happened all across the globe.

This is not only for those of the past. Today also if you want to memorise anything then put it in rhythmic form. Cunning advertisers create jingles or rhymes to influence consumers and film-makers do the same.

So to keep something readily in the mind then take help of a rhythmic flow, otherwise it will be very difficult to store that in your memory. For this reason Baba has given the key of Ananda Marga teachings - i.e. Ananda Sutram - in poetic form, and Prabhat Samgiita as well. And in virtually every discourse He has included a shloka. By that way - by memorizing one rhythmic shloka - one can get the seed idea of the entire discourse. That is how to memorize that entire discourse in key form.

In His series of discourses on the Faculty of Knowledge, Baba has given so many points about memory and rhythm.


Reference
1. Ananda Marga Philosophy in a Nutshell - 5, p.353

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Why under the dark veil of the iron curtain

"Question – Why is everything in the communist countries done under the dark veil of the iron curtain?"

"Answer – Because they are conscious of the inherent defects and loopholes in their system and they do not want the world to know what they are doing." (1)

Note: A similar thing is going on in Ananda Marga these days. To hide their hypocrisy group leaders do like this.

Reference
1. PNS-18, Questions and Answers [on Society] – 4, Question #12

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== Section 4 ==

हे परम पुरुष, मैं अपने हृदय का प्रेम तुमसे कैसे व्यक्त करूँ 

प्रभात संगीत 3837: आमी तोमाय भालोबासी,जानाइ की करे....

भावार्थ

हे बाबा ! तुम्हारी कृपा से मैं तुमको प्रेम करता हॅूं। मेरे लिये तुम सब कुछ हो ,तुम जानते हो कि तुम्हारे प्रेम में, मेरी आॅंखें  विना रुके कितने आॅसू बहाती हैं। बाबा! कृपा कर बताओ कि मैें तुमको प्रेम करता हूूॅं यह मैं किस प्रकार व्यक्त करूं? ए परम प्रिय! मेरे हृदय का प्रेम तुम्हारेे हृदय के साथ अनुनाद करता है, इस प्रकार तुम समझ सकते हो। इसके अलावा मेरे पास कोई शब्द  नहीं हैं जिनसे मैं अपने हृदय का प्रेम तुमसे व्यक्त कर सकॅूं।

हे बाबा! हर प्रातः काल में जब सूर्य अपनी अरुणिमा ले कर उदित होता है तो मुझे लगता है तुम अपनी दिव्य आभा से उदित  हो रहे हो। बाबा, तुम कितने सुंदर हो, तुम अपनी आभा हर स्थान पर विखेरते हो। असंख्य फूलों  और उनकी सुगंध में तुम अपनी दिव्य मधुरता उडे़लते रहते हो। पूर्वी गुलाबी क्षितिज में तुम मधुर नर्म समीर के द्वारा मुझे बुलाते हो और कृपा कर अपनी छाती से लगा लेते हो।

 हे परम पुरुष बाबा! रंगीन सूर्यास्त की शाम  के शुभ  आकर्षक क्षणों में तुम अपने अनन्त प्रेम से हमेशा  मधुर मुस्कान विखेरते हो। उस समय तुम बार-बार आश्वाशन  देते हुये, मुझसे कहते हो कि अब जाओ तुम्हारे आराम का समय हो गया है, कल  फिर तुम्हें बुलाते हुए आ जाऊंगा। यह मीठे शब्द  उस कोमल क्षण में तुम मुझे कान में फुसफुसाते हो। बाबा, तुम बड़े दयालु हो, तुम हमेशा  मेरे साथ हो। बाबा तुम्हारी  मनोरंजक कथायें और प्रेम कहानियाॅं इस विश्व  में और मेरे मन और हृदय में सदा ही तैरती रहती हैं।

बाबा तुम मेरे सबकुछ हो । मैं तुम्हें बहुत चाहता हॅूं......

टिप्पणीः  प्रेम एकपक्षीय नहीं होता है ।

इस गीत में भक्त और परमपुरुष के बीच के प्रेम को द्विपक्षीय बताया गया है एकपक्षीय नहीं । अनेक अवसरों पर बाबा ने यह कहा है कि मानव परमपुरुष को प्रेम करते हैं और वे  परमपुरुष, मानव को प्रेम करते हैं । यह पारस्परिक होता है, एक पक्षीय नहीं और यह भौतिक चीजों के आकर्षण वाली वासना नहीं, यह दिव्य प्रेम होता है।

- Trans: Dr. T.R.S.

Note: If you would like the audio file of the above Prabhat Samgiita kindly write us.

== Section 5 ==

Links

Here is a link to the original letter on Gurukul and Ac Shambhushivananda Avt

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/06/hypocrisy-shambhushivananda-ji.html


Here are other interesting topics

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/06/if-wrongdoer-dies-then-what-part-2.html

http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/05/vulture-death-wts-3-more.html