Nityasundarananda’s filthy deed
Namaskar,
The life of an avadhuta is solely for promoting AM ideals and
highlighting Saduru Baba’s gifts and treasures for humanity. Sadly,
Nityasundarananda is going against Baba by creating his own bhajans,
“Ananda Samgiita”. Verily, in this way Nityasundarananda has betrayed
Baba.
In becoming a Wt / avadhuta, Nityasundarananda took an oath to propagate
all of Guru’s teachings including Prabhat Samgiita, but Dada has fallen
by instead promoting his own bhajans, i.e. Ananda Samgiita. Previously,
Nityasundarananda had written and made cassettes of his songs, and now
he is spreading them in a new way. This is a violation of his oaths; his
dealings are that of a traitor to Guru. Those strict in Ista and
adharsha will strongly oppose what Nityasundarananda is doing, only
those with less bhakti can appreciate Dada N’s dealings.
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Baba story
Here following is one Baba story about the beauty, magnificence, and
greatness of Prabhat Samgiita. Note: This letter also refers to Rabindra
Sangeet, and as these are non-margii compositions we honoured their
spelling of Sangeeta.
First program
Those days when Baba was living in Madhu Malainca - His residence at
Lake Gardens (Kolkata) - He introduced the idea of holding Prabhat
Samgiita cultural programs. Those days Prabhat Samgiita was quite new,
so it was the need of the time to propagate Baba's divine gift of
Prabhat Samgiita.
Hence the then Central PRS dada T. was given the duty to organise the
first-ever Prabhat Samgiita cultural program. And after coordinating the
various affairs, the public Prabhat Samgiita program was held at a park
in Central Kolkata in the evening time, around sunset. Directly
afterwards Dada rushed back to Baba's Quarter to give the good news.
Thus, PRS Dada T. reported to Baba by passing all the various good news
about the program. Certainly many of the workers were also curious to
hear because not all could attend.
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That reporting session
In particular PRS Dada T. was telling how in order to attract the
Bengali public, first they performed a few Rabindra Sangeeta (i.e. songs
by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore). Those Rabindra Sangeeta went
on for some time. Thereafter, a few Prabhat Samgiita were performed. All
in all 60% percent of the time was given for Rabindra Sangeeta and 40%
was allotted for Prabhat Samgiita. Altogether the public greatly
appreciated the cultural program.
In this manner, PRS was telling the news. Hearing all this Baba took on
His 'Rudra Rupa' form, i.e. His menacing form where He lovingly displays
His feigned anger.
Immediately in that reporting hall Baba feigned His fury and started
shouting loudly. All workers present in the hall were shocked and
unnerved by the magnitude and height of Baba's feigned anger.
Baba strongly feigned scolding and chastising PRS for highlighting
Rabindra Sangeeta at our own Prabhat Samgiita cultural program:
"You are degrading Prabhat Samgiita - Coward...Animal...You do not have
the courage to play Prabhat Samgiita at our own Prabhat Samgiita
cultural program... What nonsense!"
In this way Baba's feigned scolding went on. At the time, Baba was
speaking in Bangla but the translation is as recounted above. We should
also recall that all-loving Baba has has tremendous affection for His
disciples and His feigned scolding is a sign of His great blessing.
Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, “The quantum of punishment must not exceed the quantum of love.” (1)
Dhik, dhik dhik-- shame, shame shame
Then in front of all, Baba lovingly scolded PRS Dada for his sin by
ordering him to take punishment while all others stated: 'Dhik, dhik...
dhik, dhik...dhik, dhik', which literally means 'shame, shame... shame,
shame...shame, shame...'.
So, as a symbolic gesture of shame and humiliation, Dada T. had to
pretend to rub his nose on the wall - while all workers present chanted
'Dhik, dhik... dhik, dhik...dhik, dhik'-- 'shame, shame... shame,
shame...shame, shame...'.
As this was a dramatization, it looked like harmful, painful things were
going on, but Dada T was not really rubbing his nose etc. But he was
acting like really he was rubbing it hard.
But not only that, because of the extreme severity of his wrongdoing,
Baba ordered PRS to do that punishment on the ground also. This
heightened the effect of the dramatization.
In unison all workers recited 'Dhik, dhik... dhik, dhik...dhik,
dhik','-- 'shame, shame... shame, shame...shame, shame...' while Dada
rubbed his nose just above the ground as a show of humiliation and
repentance.
Aside: When anybody did something outrageously negative then they got
this type of punishment, i.e. 'Dhik, dhik' / 'shame, shame'.
By this entire scene, everyone understood in the deep core of their
heart that Baba is adamantly against the use of Rabindra Sangeeta at our
own Prabhat Samgiita cultural programs. Indeed that was the first and
last time that it was done.
As many may be aware, Baba Himself has pointed out that there is too
much of an emphasis on melancholic themes which are prevalent throughout
Rabindra Sangeeta. On so many occasions He told like this.
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Why not Rabindra Sangeeta
Furthermore proof is that Baba told on various occasions that, "If
Rabindra Sangeeta was okay then there would not have been any need to
create new songs. But because Rabindra Sangeeta is not perfect that is
why Prabhat Samgiita was composed."
The overarching point is that we should not give undue importance to
Rabindra Sangeeta. When Prabhat Samgiita was not there that was
different. But now that we have Prabhat Samgiita then no Rabindra
Sangeeta should be propagated.
On countless occasions, senior margiis have seen that in His presence -
at annual DMC, General Darshan, in all such programs - Baba emphasized
for everybody to sing Prabhat Samgiita. Even at DMC if someone was not
singing then Baba would lovingly flash His feigned anger.
So you can understand how much stress Baba placed on Prabhat Samgiita.
Otherwise, it was not easy for margiis to forget about those other
songs. By this approach, everybody came to understand the grand
importance of Prabhat Samgiita.
From all around the globe it was propagated that Prabhat Samgiita is
something completely unique and we should realise its significance.
Only Prabhat Samgiita on such programs
Since that very reporting session, no Rabindra Sangeeta has been
performed at our cultural programs. Rather it has become the standard
that in our Prabhat Samgiita cultural programs only Prabhat Samgiita are
performed.
As we all know, Baba has blessed us with this divine collection of
Prabhat Samgiita. And these songs are the spiritual treasures which
uniquely express the inner heart feeling between the bhakta and Lord.
That is the specialty of Prabhat Samgiita.
Plus, His Prabhat Samgiita compositions contain all the teachings of
Ananda Marga, in seed form. So Prabhat Samgiita beautifully guides us in
all the spheres of life. Hence it is our duty to highlight this divine
gift of Prabhat Samgiita and please Him by performing only His Prabhat
Samgiita compositions in our cultural programs - and not any other type
of song.
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Conclusion
All Ananda Marga cultural programs express a dynamic combination of
song, dance, and instrumental music etc. So our cultural programs are
not just simplistic affairs. They consist of grand performances that
incorporate music, dance, drama, and many of the visual and fine arts.
In that light, this first-ever Prabhat Samgiita cultural program was
supposed to be a dynamic presentation of Baba's divine Prabhat Samgiita.
But because PRS Dada featured Rabindra Sangeeta, then the whole program
went astray.
Namaskar,
In Him,
Rasamay Ghosh
~ In-depth study ~
First learn AM ideology
In Acarya Diary Baba guides us that human life is short and that it is
our first and foremost duty to understand all the aspects of Ananda
Marga ideology. As Ananda Margiis first we are to engage in this
endeavour. Then afterwards, once Ananda Marga ideology has been fully
grasped & understood, we can study other philosophies &
literatures for comparing and logically proving to others the
superiority of Ananda Marga philosophy.
But without proper knowledge of Ananda Marga ideology, some margiis read
those other writings and their minds become polluted and dogmatic. Baba
does not approve this approach.
First we should understand our Ananda Marga philosophy completely
including Prabhat Samgiita. After that, when all 5019== Prabhat Samgiita
songs are clearly understood, then we have full capacity and knowledge
to understand which Rabindra Sangeeta compositions are good and which
are bad. Without first studying Prabhat Samgiita, one will not have a
basis by which to properly evaluate Rabindra Sangeeta.
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Prabhat Samgiita is beyond comparison
If someone has never seen a watermelon and they only know about grapes,
and they wrongly preach that grapes are the biggest fruit, they may
quarrel with others about which is the biggest fruit. They will stand
their ground that grapes are bigger. It is only when they gain a
practical understanding about what a watermelon is that they will forget
their tales about the greatness of grapes.
Here the point is that those who are not aware about Prabhat Samgiita -
and only know about Rabindra Sangeeta - will wrongly preach about the
greatness of Rabindra Sangeeta. That is the problem.
It is just like how a frog in the well brags about the greatness of his
well because he is wholly ignorant about anything outside that well.
Likewise all kinds of dogmatic things exist in the society and if we
allow our minds to drift in that direction then we will never be able to
understand the unparalleled glory of Ananda Marga philosophy and
Prabhat Samgiita.
So we should always follow Baba and highlight His teachings and
compositions. And we should understand that when Parama Purusa has come
then there is no comparison between Prabhat Samgiita and any other genre
of poetry or song. Rabindranath is after all a human being so what can
he compose in comparison with the Parama Purusa Himself.
Once someone tastes sentient food then they will no longer like to eat
tamasik food. And once a person tastes the spiritual vibration of
sadhana, then they will not like to engage in idol worship anymore.
Similarly once a bhakta has tasted the divine songs of Prabhat Samgiita
then they will not be attracted to any man-made songs.
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Guru must love and feign scolding
Ananda Marga philosophy guides us, "To love is not the only work of the
guru. One who only loves you is your enemy, and one who only punishes
you is also your enemy. But the one who both loves and punishes in a
balanced way is the real guru." (2)
Synopsis
The above story from that eventful reporting session leads in the
direction that we should not encourage any other types of songs. We
should follow our Guru, our Ista. To please Him and bask in His blissful
teachings, we should propagate Prabhat Samgiita.
His wish is that everybody should sing and learn Prabhat Samgiita; so our duty is to propagate those compositions.
We should take to heart that Parama Purusa has blessed with His grand
body of spiritual teachings. There is no comparison between His divine
gifts and any other type of poetry or song. Rabindranath is after all a
human being so what can he compose in comparison with Prabhat Samgiita.
Here below Baba guides us how top-grade bhaktas dedicate their everything to serve and please Ista.
Ananda Marga ideology states, "I act only to please You...I want all my
actions to give You some joy. It's immaterial whether that brings joy or
pain to me, it doesn't bother me at all. My only task is to give You
some joy." (3)
About that blessing
Many are well aware that when Baba gave the punishment to rub the nose
on the ground then the intention was that those disciples would keep
their nose just a tiny bit off the ground and make the motion of rubbing
the nose. This was the common way - the standard procedure. Because
actually rubbing the nose on the ground would be quite painful. Here
Baba's aim was not to create physical pain per se, but rather to
lovingly cultivate a sense of shame for going against Dharma.
Ananda Marga ideology states, "A spiritual guru must be well-acquainted
with all the processes of sádhaná, must have the capacity to convince
others, must possess complete knowledge of the scriptures, must know
many languages, and must have comprehensive knowledge and intellect,
plus some extra qualifications. What are those qualifications?
Nigrahánugrahe shakto gururityabhidhiiyate – “the guru must possess the
capacity both to punish, and to love, or bless, his disciples.”
Punishment alone, without love, is not good. Love and punishment should
go together, and the degree of punishment should never exceed the degree
of love. Then only can one be called a real spiritual guru." (4)
Ananda Marga philosophy teaches us, "One who only punishes a person is
not a Guru, and one who only loves is also not a Guru. Rather he or she
is an enemy, for excessive love and affection spoils a person. Only one
who does both these things is a real Guru. That is why people should be
trained with both love and punishment. Where love fails, punishment
helps. Medicine is not necessarily always sweet; sometimes bitter
medicines are necessary as well. Patients often refuse to swallow bitter
medicines; they cry in protest. But the ideal physician will force the
patient to swallow the medicine. This is the proper way." (5)
Baba’s display of feigned anger
The Propounder of Ananda Marga, Baba - Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurti ji
is the embodiment of dharma. One of the characteristics of a dharmika is
akrodha or non-anger. Baba perfectly embodies this quality. Those close
to Baba understood that He never becomes angry. Only He would feign
anger or show as if He is angry in order to teach and impress upon
others the severity of a particular situation. By this way He would
express feigned anger. Only fools say that Baba was ever furious or mad
etc.
Reference
1. Caryacarya - 2, Society, Point #38c
2. Yoga Psychology, The Cult of Spirituality – the Cult of Pinnacled Order
3. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 4, “Ye Yathá Máḿ Prapadyante”
4. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 21, The Criteria of a Guru
5. A Few Problems Solved - 5, Shrávańii Púrńimá
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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 ==
You are my everything
Note: Only those who sincerely practice the 6th lesson of sahaja yoga
meditation can realise this song in the depths of their heart.
"Mor ma'nas sarovare tumi son'a'li kamal..." (Prabhat Samgiita #2209)
Purport:
Parama Purusa, in the lake of my mind, You blossom as a golden lotus.
Looking towards You, ideating and meditating on You, is my life; it is
my dance as well. You the Goal of my journey, the sweet vibration of my
heart, and the very hope and vitality of my existence. You are my
everything.
Baba, with the sun’s rays, the glow of Your beauty is resplendent. Your
form is expressed in every particle of Your creation. In grove after
grove, the buzzing bees get the pure, sweet honey from that flower. You
are the sonáli kamal (golden lotus) in my core.
Baba, pleasing You is my sadhana. You are my Ista. Except You, I want
nothing. By Your grace I will act according to Your desire and follow
Your every command. Liila Personified, You are my Dearest One; please
fulfill my inner longing.
Parama Purusa, keep me under Your wings...
Note For Prabhat Samgiita #2209:
[1] In the above Prabhat Samgiita, the allegory is that Baba is the
sweetness of the lotus blossom and the bhaktas are like the buzzing
bees. Just as buzzing bees are attracted by the nectar of the lotus,
similarly, bhaktas are attracted by the grand, divine charm of Parama
Purusa.
== Section: Ananda Vanii ==
Example - True Ananda Vanii
Here is the example of a true Ananda Vanii, #38:
(38) The entire humankind of the universe constitutes one singular people. All humanity is bound together; those who are apt to remain oblivious of this very simple truth, those who are prone to distort it, are the deadliest enemies of humanity. Today people should identify these foes very well and build up a healthy human society, totally ignoring all obstacles and difficulties.
It must be borne in mind that so long as a magnificent, healthy and universalistic human society is not well established, humanity’s entire culture, and civilization, its sacrifice, service and spiritual endeavour, shall not carry any worth whatsoever.* (Ananda Vanii #38)
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Example - Fake Ananda Vanii New Year 2017
Here is the example of the fake Ananda Vanii for 1st January 2017, of Ranchi faction. You see, it is obvious this below yellow sentence does not have any Ananda Vanii number.
“You are never helpless, never alone. You are always with Him and so you should never entertain pessimism or any inferiority complex.”**
Reference:
*Ananda Vanii #38
**AV-2 ---"The Role of The Cognitive Faculty
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