One lady’s mahaprayan + 2 more

Baba

One lady’s mahaprayan

Namaskar,

Here below is the mahaprayan (death day) announcement of one ordinary woman. The concept of "mahaprayan" signifies the death of a human being; it is a common phenomenon across the Indian subcontinent.
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Not something divine for Taraka Brahma

Indeed, the program of mahaprayan is everywhere; it is widely observed for the death of a regular citizen. It is not something special or unique or divine. It is not something godly or lofty, and it is certainly not for Taraka Brahma.

Here in this article which is in Bengali script, the term mahaprayan has been highlighted in orange - towards the bottom of the article. This is proof that mahaprayan is used for simple, ordinary folk - like this woman. Because this is the occasion of the death day observance of this woman.
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Death of ordinary woman

The program of mahaprayan is used to insinuate the death of a woman who has made her departure from this world. That is why such a gathering is not done for Taraka Brahma because He did not depart - He is the eternal Parama Purusa. So the mahaprayan is for ordinary humans, i.e. mortals, not for Parama Purusa Baba.
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In His Divine Love,
Gopal Roy

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

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== Section 2: Important Teaching ==

Theme of sadhana

Ananda Marga ideology says, "Whatever a man is to do in his spiritual life he is to do - why? Because he is in love with the Supreme Entity. Love is the first word, love is the starting point, and love is the last point." (1)

Note: Baba's above guideline is very beneficial for sadhana. However, these days some innocent or simple people just do meditation for "mental peace". And even worse, some Wts do sadhana for show - to pose as someone great. Such Wts hardly do sadhana when they are alone; but, when they go to margiis' houses then in grand style they sit in meditation for a long time. All done in order to put themselves on display and create one show that they are highly elevated sadhakas. A few margiis do a similar thing when they attend retreats. Only by evaluating the ongoing conduct can one understand how far they are really doing sadhana or not. It is just like if you are approaching one animal at night. At first you may think that it is a tiger or a lion, but when that animal makes its weird 'Huan, Huan' sound, then you know that it is just a jackal. Same is the case when being around those types who put on a show of sadhana. By their conduct and dealing they just expose themselves etc.

Reference
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 12, The Starting Point and the Last Point

== Section: Important Teaching ==

Cause of shortage of money in AMPS

Namaskar,

Wt conduct rules: "Each worker will separately maintain the clear account of receipt and expenditure of his personal allowance and organizational money." (1)

Wt conduct rules: "Each amount of collection should be deposited properly and drawn after submitting requisition." (2)

#1: Dada Shankarananda's story is concocted. Baba banned Dada Shankarananda from Bihar because Dada S was harassing margiis for money. Bihar margiis in the village are very poor and Dada S used to empty their pockets, even their pennies. They did not have anything for their food or salt. And Dada Shankarananda used to put his hand in their pocket and take everything. So Baba banned him from Bihar. At that time Baba was living in Patna.
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#2: Dada Shankarananda was born to collect money and he will take that habit to the grave. For that he concocted this story. In the future, when AMPS runs properly: (a) margiis and Wts will jointly manage the financial books, (b) there will be clean accounts and transparency, and (c) donor will be free to see the balance sheets etc. In taht case, money will pour like anything. Donations will come in from all directions.

#3: There are millions of non-margii organisations that do hundreds and thousands of times better than AMPS on social service projects. From where do they get their money. People want to give for just and right causes. There are countless people who want to give but there is no good place to give because people are cheaters. That is why in AMPS there is a crisis. 

#4: The artificial crisis is because those at the top of AMPS have an infinite hunger to increase their bank balance. The main thing is fiscal transparency and accountability. 

#5: Baba used to tell openly to sadhakas that no AMPS work will stop due to scarcity of money. Money will not be the problem.

in Him,
Kuber Sinha
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Wt conduct rules: "No worker can keep unaccounted money (black money) with him." (3)

Wt conduct rules: "Whenever supervisory worker so desires, the worker is to give the proper account of expenditure tallying with the cash at their disposal." (4)

Wt conduct rules: "Proper vouchers are to be maintained for each item of expenditure." (5)

References

1. Wt Conduct: Six Additional Rules, pt# 1b

2. Wt Conduct: Six Additional Rules, pt# 1d

3. Wt Conduct: Six Additional Rules, pt# 1a

4. Wt Conduct: Six Additional Rules, pt# 1c

5. Wt Conduct: Six Additional Rules, pt# 1e

== Section 3: Links ==

Dogma of Mahaprayan - Oct 21 - 26

#29: Islamic shraddhainjali placed into Caryacarya

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/10/wailing-in-islamic-shraddhainjali-of.html

#28: Islamic dogma on display

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/10/striking-similarity-2-more.html

#27: Ac Candranath ji's shifting stance on MPD

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2019/02/ac-candranath-somersaulted-on-mpd-how.html

#26: Mahaprayan of British tennis player

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/09/uk-mahaprayan-of-one-tennis-player-our.html

#25: Name of funeral vehicle

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2017/10/unique-mahaprayan-programme-in-odisha.html

#24: Paypal mahaprayan

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/09/things-on-sale.html

#23: It is against Caryacarya

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2026/10/it-is-against-caryacarya.html

#22: Annual death ceremony derived from Islam

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/09/marhum-abdul-hamids-9th-mahapyanyan.html

#21: Q & A on death day dogma

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2013/10/attending-annual-death-ceremony.html

#20: Misery at gathering

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/09/wailing-at-mpd-of-communist-president.html

#19: PC Story: Why no mahaprayan

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/09/baba-story-dogma-and-downfall.html

Islamic shraddhainjali placed into Caryacarya

Baba

Islamic shraddhainjali placed into Caryacarya

Note: See here how some mourners are wailing at the Islamic shraddhainjali of Marhum Ahamad Zaman. This is a barely known important point about Caryacarya.

Namaskar,

This letter addresses how an appendix was added to our Caryacarya part 1 in October 1990. And that appendix contained the dogma of “shraddhainjali”. 

After Oct 1990, they added the point that shraddhainjali should be offered to Shrii Shrii Anandamurti ji during the mahaprayan commemoration. Since then B group has been offering shraddhainjali to Baba annually. They have made it into a very grand, divine, and heavenly occasion in Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha. By this way, common margiis and Wts were misguided and wrongly led to believe that shraddhainjali is something very great. 
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And still today, many margiis are not aware about shraddhainjali. What to say about family margiis, even “great, great” Wts are confused about this shraddhainjali dogma. They think this “practice” came directly from heaven - the 7th sky, and that this is something very divine, pious, and grand. Because for the last 36 years certain interested parties have brainwashed the Wt / margii population on a large-scale. 

Now see in the general society how shraddhainjali came into being. This letter reveals how the dogma of shraddhainjali is performed in Bengal and whether this refers to living or dead people - as well as whether it can be used with Sadguru, Taraka Brahma, and Mahasambhuti.

Islamic dogma of annual death day / tomb worship

Below please find an entirely new scene depicting a dogmatic shraddhainjali function. As we all now know, shraddhainjali is just a death day / mahaprayan / tomb worship type of program. When any human being dies then shraddhainjali is performed for the deceased.
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In the appendix to the post-1990 edition Caryacarya 1, they added shraddhainjali to describe their mahaprayan divas (MPD) program. Since shraddhainjali is not part of Baba's discourses or Ananda Marga philosophy, many Ananda Margiis may not know what the dogma of shraddhainjali is. That is what those in Tiljala were hoping as they wanted to befool margiis on this matter.

But, with every passing day more and more are becoming aware...

Shraddhainjali is done by Muslims - for a death ceremony. So the shraddhainjali dogma is a death / mahaprayan / shraddha ceremony or tomb worship for any human being.

Women are crying & grief-stricken

See below how these Muslims are in dire mourning at this shraddhainjali / mahaprayan / tomb worship for the deceased - Marhum Ahamad Zaman Choudhury. In the below photo three women are in sheer and utter despair. It is a Friday morning at 10am and they are looking at the body of their loved one just before the burial is to occur. The body of the deceased will soon be lowered into the ground. So the women are crying hysterically; they are grief-stricken. See all the people - the large crowd - standing behind those three females. So many have come to pay homage and their final respects to the deceased. The last rights are to be performed.
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Some of those in attendance are Asaduzzaman Nur, Mahabube Alam, Sayad Zamim, Naem Imtiyaz Neyamul, Abdurrhaman, Iqbal Karim, Nishan, Gulam Saroyar, Razzak, Deloyar Zahan, Ahamad Sharif, Nazarul Islam, Mahafuzur Rahaman, Mantazur Rahaman Akbar, Misha Saudagar, Umar Mohammad etc.

In this below article from a Bengali newspaper, the term shraddhainjali has been used twice - see the highlighted words in orange and yellow in Bengali script. Both those highlighted words are the dogmatic term “shraddhainjali” which means the mahaprayan / death ceremony for their friend / relative who died. Take a look at the scene.

Ingredients of shraddhainjali dogma / worship of deceased

So the needed ingredients for shraddhainjali are:

1. Dead person (Note: Shraddhainjali cannot be done for a living person like Ac Bhaveshananda Avt, Ac Raviishananda Avt, Ac. Vicitrananda Avt, Ac Pranavatmakananda Avt, Ac Dhyaneshananda Avt, Ac Kinshukji  etc. In order to do shraddhainjali for them, one must wait. Because one cannot do shraddhainjali of a living person.)
2. Casket or tomb
3. Flowers (real or artificial / paper or plastic), small or large amount
4. Toys (if the deceased is a child)
5. Scents
6. Water (optional)
7. Chants (Recited in Arabic, Hebrew, Latin, or Sanskrit - or done in the local language if needed.)
8. Head priest, or mullah, or senior avadhuta, or purodha pramukha (any single one is enough)
9. Mourners (minimum one and maximum as much as possible). To show greater respect people hire or rent mourners. They do this for various leaders; those rented mourners will raise the slogan in favour of the deceased or cry out loud as requested.
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The above points are inherent to any shraddhainjali dogma. So by placing shraddhainjali in the post-1990 Caryacarya appendix, the insinuation is that all these things will be done.

Note: Here it should be understood that shraddhainjali refers to both (a) the day of the actual death ceremony and (b) the annual commemoration of the death. In both instances it is called a shraddhainjali program.


Conclusion

Prior to 1990, this shraddhainjali dogma was non-existent in Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha. This was transplanted from Islam in the last week of October 1990.

Sadly, just as the above Muslims are performing shraddhainjali / mahaprayan / death ceremony, in Tiljala this same type of event is going on. The mahaprayan organisers do an annual shraddhainjali function. Effectively, they have grabbed onto the Islamic dogma of shraddhainjali and inserted it into our Ananda Marga. First they fast-tracked it into Caryacarya and then actively promoted their shraddhainjali / mahaprayan / tomb worship event, year after year after year.
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That is the story of how the Muslim dogma of shraddhainjali / mahaprayan / tomb worship has made its way into our Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha. With your efforts and by joining with others, this shraddhainjali / mahaprayan / annual death day dogma will be wiped away from the books and as an annual commemoration. It has no place in our Ananda Marga way of life.

Namaskar,
in Him,
Jaideva
(Zakir Hussain)

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Shraddhainjali dogma wrongly inserted into Caryacarya

Here is the paragraph from the appendix of post-1990 Caryacarya - 1 where they have added shraddhainjali.

"Programmes on this day shall include nagar kiirtana, devotional songs of Prabhát Saḿgiita (without dance) appropriate to the solemnity of the occasion, akhańd́a kiirtana, shraddháiṋjali, vánii exhibition, bookstall, tree-planting, sadávrata, other welfare activities, prasáda distribution, Bábá stories (satsauṋga), tattvasabhá, conferences and symposia." (Post-1990 Caryacarya -1, Appendix)

“The above appendix on Maháprayáńa Divasa - 21st October 1990 - [...] was discussed and passed as a resolution on 25th August 1991 unanimously by all members of the Central Committee of Ánanda Márga Pracáraka Saḿgha, and it was decided that this (resolution) should be added as an appendix to Caryácarya Part 1. (CC Resolution, 25/8/1991, Calcutta.) –Trans.” (Post-1990 Caryacarya -1, Appendix)

So we can see how these purodhas are worthless and blind - completely dogmatic they were and are. Because of their lowly standard, our AMPS organisation has been pulverised into pieces. All due to the work of those 3rd class purodhas. Their qualification was put on display in the very last week of October. Their first work was to impose this dogma and turn Ananda Marga into a religion. That is the sad story.
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No annual shraddhainjali program: In our Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha, there is no scope to do any type of annual death ceremony.

The dogma of shraddhainjali is a death day / mahaprayan ceremony: The term “shraddhainjali” is written in the above Bengali newspaper article because they are mourning the deceased - it is a death day / mahaprayan gathering. That is the dogma of shraddhainjali.

Why hypocritical: in one breath our Wts say that

Sadguru Baba is guiding you and in the next breath they say He is dead - mahaprayan. True bhaktas know that there is no such thing as mahaprayan for Sadguru Baba. As the Sadguru He never passes away, He is omnipresent. So those Wts who believe in and promote the idea that Sadguru is dead are confused. Actually they are displaying hypocritical behaviour.

When our Wts / acaryas give initiation, or revise anyone’s lesson, or give further lessons of sadhana, they say, “I am just a medium - Sadguru Taraka Brahma Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji is teaching you and He is ever-present."

So in one breath our Wts (Dadas and Didis) say that Sadguru Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji is guiding you, and in the next breath they say He is dead - mahaprayan. That is both hypocritical and sinful. Hypocritical because they are telling one thing and doing something else. They are saying that Guru is no more in their mahaprayan program, yet when teaching sadhana they are relying on Him. And it is sinful because it is abusive and against Guru.
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It is similar to your own children playing before you and talking among themselves that, “My mother is dead.” As a mother, how will you feel? And not only that, they go one step ahead, before your eyes they start commemorating your annual death day ceremony. How do you feel about their ignorance?

True bhaktas never participate in an annual death ceremony of the ever-present God. That is against pre-1990 Caryacarya.

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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: Important Teaching ==

Inherent fight in life
 
Prout philosophy states, “Fight is the essence of life. Biologically, life is an expression of inner stamina, and externally or physically, it is a ceaseless fight to restore an unstable equilibrium. Anywhere and everywhere in the universe there is conflict. Why? If one looks at the process of creation, one will observe that creation originated from the nucleus. In the first phase of creation, that is, the phase of expansion, it is Avidyá or material force which supplied stamina to the Cosmic Mind, which is the cause of the process of creation. However, it cannot be denied that Vidyá or spiritual force is totally absent in this phase. In fact, in the struggle between Vidyá and Avidyá the former is suppressed by the latter and the resultant is expansion from the original nucleus. In the second phase, namely the phase of withdrawal, it is Vidyá which supplies the life juice for an interial move to the nucleus. Here also Avidyá is fighting a losing battle. In essence, in every sphere there is fight between Vidyá and Avidyá, and the resultant is interial or exterial progress. When Avidyá wins the process of crudification goes on; when Vidyá wins the process of introversion goes on.” (1)
 
Reference
1. Prout in a Nutshell - 15, Talks on Prout

== Section 2: Links ==

Dogma of Mahaprayan - Oct 21 - 26

#28: Islamic dogma on display

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/10/striking-similarity-2-more.html

#27: Ac Candranath ji's shifting stance on MPD

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2019/02/ac-candranath-somersaulted-on-mpd-how.html

#26: Mahaprayan of British tennis player

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/09/uk-mahaprayan-of-one-tennis-player-our.html

#25: Name of funeral vehicle

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2017/10/unique-mahaprayan-programme-in-odisha.html

#24: Paypal mahaprayan

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/09/things-on-sale.html

#23: It is against Caryacarya

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2026/10/it-is-against-caryacarya.html

#22: Annual death ceremony derived from Islam

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/09/marhum-abdul-hamids-9th-mahapyanyan.html

#21: Q & A on death day dogma

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2013/10/attending-annual-death-ceremony.html

#20: Misery at gathering

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/09/wailing-at-mpd-of-communist-president.html

#19: PC Story: Why no mahaprayan

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/09/baba-story-dogma-and-downfall.html

Islamic dogma on display + 4 more

Baba

Islamic dogma on display

Namaskar,

AMPS was founded by Sadguru Baba to remove all kinds of religious dogmas and establish bhagavata dharma. However, since 1990, certain in-charges have embraced this Islamic dogma of tomb worship / mahaprayan. The Muslims call their death-day dogma as mahaprayan, and in our AMPS (B)  it is called mahaprayan. The Muslims do it on an annual basis, and in Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha (B) it is also done on an annual basis. The Muslims perform a grand gathering around the tomb, and in AMPS (B)  there is a grand gathering around a tomb. And there are so many ways in which these two programs are completely identical. That is why all know that those Tiljala leaders have copied the mahaprayan program from Islam.
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Here below Caryacarya gives an explicit period of time for mourning - i.e. 12 days. The annual mahaprayan dogma is in clear violation of this rule. 

Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, "The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days." (1)


Typical of every Muslim annual death ceremony

Here - in the below image - we see how in the traditional Islamic death ceremony they place a heaping pile of flowers on top of the deceased’s tomb (i.e. samadhi); and, many come and bow their head in hopes of getting a boon. In this particular scene depicted below, there are throngs of people lined up to pay their respects to the human being who died. Verily, there are so many people that the police (pictured in the background) have come to do crowd control.

What you see here is a common scene typical of every Muslim annual death ceremony. They have deposited heaps and heaps of flowers upon the tomb / samadhi. Also notice how they pay their respects. They do this type of tomb worship.

According to Muslim dogma, one must have their head covered with some material at such sites. So you can see how all the men are using a traditional, round Islamic cap - while females wear a veil. Their belief is that the soul of the deceased is actually inside the tomb, and one can communicate with that soul and ask for favours and boons. Of course that is just their dogma, but that is what such Muslims believe. So they come and ask for boons etc. Their hands are thus held in a special posture, and in reverence they are bowing their head to the tomb. This is their annual ceremony so it will happen next year also.
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Here below Caryacarya gives an explicit period of time for mourning - i.e. 12 days. The annual mahaprayan dogma is in clear violation of this rule. 

Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, "The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days." (2)

Here is more about the Islamic annual death (mahaprayan) ceremony, i.e. mahaprayan. Please see below how there is a tomb, and the tomb has an enclosure to protect it. And in the centre it can be seen that the tomb is fully loaded with green, orange, white, and red coloured flowers and garlands to pay homage to the deceased. Look and see how they have gathered - but to protect the integrity and sanctity of the tomb, only a few are allowed in at a time. Outside there are thousands more waiting for entry.

Once again, here is more about the Islamic annual death (mahaprayan) ceremony, i.e. mahaprayan. Please see above how there is a tomb and the tomb has an enclosure to protect it. And in the centre it can be seen that the tomb is fully loaded with green, orange, white, and red coloured flowers and garlands to pay homage to the deceased. Look and see how thousands have gathered - but to protect the integrity and sanctity of the tomb, only a few are allowed in at a time. Outside there are thousands more waiting for entry.
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Islamic tradition since its very inception, around 1500 years ago

Actually, such annual death (mahaprayan) day ceremonies have been popular in the Islamic tradition since its very inception, around 1500 years ago. They bury their dead at the time of mahaprayan and erect a tomb / samadhi and regularly worship the tomb on the anniversary of the death (mahaprayan). Some of the observances are large and some small - the common theme being they are regularly done.

And remember, our AMPS was formed in 1955 to eradicate all sorts of religious dogma etc, but, at the end of 1990, a few senior disciples have pushed AMPS (B) into the dungeon of religious dogma by embracing this Islamic annual death-day dogma. Sadly this has broken the backbone of the Marga as the foundation was shaken to the core. This is most unfortunate.

Here below Caryacarya gives an explicit period of time for mourning - i.e. 12 days. The annual mahaprayan dogma is in clear violation of this rule. 

Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, "The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days." (3)

The below scene is akin to a vaccine that was created to wipe out a particular disease but that vaccine itself got polluted and started spreading the very disease it was supposed to eliminate. What a horrible and ironic turnaround. Yet that is what has happened with our AMPS (B)  and this Islamic annual death-day dogma.
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Tiljala maqbara ie memorial building

The below Tiljala photo is of the memorial gathering at the maqbara - the Arabic term for a memorial building, which in Bengali is called a mahaprayan-mahasamadhi bhavan, and in English it is called a memorial building. There is a crowd, and in the very center is the Tiljala tomb mahasamadhi. All those attendees have surrounded the Tiljala tomb, which is built up from the ground into a high platform in the shape of a 6-sided star. It is about 4ft high and located in the direct center of the hall. All those attendees are surrounding that Tiljala tomb. Plus there is an illumined rectangular casket, and above that is the decorated ark. And inside is the pratikrti. Now see how the crowd has surrounded the holy Tiljala tomb in order to worship it.

This picture of the below scene was taken from a distance. So we can see a few dozen Ananda Marga monks have come to worship the tomb. Plus other dogmatic followers have also come in civil dress. This is how this ritual, which has been copied from Islamic dogma, has been adapted and implemented in Tiljala.

Once again, if you read this description already up above then skip to the next paragraph, otherwise here is that description. In the above photo in the centre of this memorial gathering - i.e. Arabic maqbara (memorial building), which in Bengali is called a mahaprayan-mahasamadhi bhavan, and in English it is called a memorial building. In the centre is the Tiljala tomb mahasamadhi. All those attendees have surrounded the Tiljala tomb, which is built up from the ground into a high platform in the shape of a 6-sided star. It is about 4ft high. And then there is an illumined rectangular casket, and above that is the decorated ark. And inside there is the pratikrti. This picture of the above scene was taken from a distance. So we can see a few dozen Ananda Marga monks have come to worship the tomb. Plus other dogmatic followers have also come in civil dress. This is how this ritual, which has been copied from Islamic dogma, has been adapted and implemented in Tiljala.
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Unfortunately, in our Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha, certain leaders in Tiljala have enacted the same type of ritual that those Muslims do. At every so-called mahaprayan gathering (i.e. death ceremony), those organisers in Tiljala have replicated the traditions from the Islamic death (mahaprayan) ceremony. See above how a tomb / shrine has been erected in the middle of the room at Kolkata’s mahaprayan program and those present are placing flowers just as the Muslims do. In addition to the tomb and flowers, they are copying all the various Islamic rituals - and incorporating them into Tiljala dogmatic mahaprayan function - i.e. annual death (mahaprayan) ceremony.

Here below Caryacarya gives an explicit period of time for mourning - i.e. 12 days. The annual mahaprayan dogma is in clear violation of this rule. 

Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, "The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days." (4)

Cleverly presented as divine and heavenly

Initially, our Tiljala faction presented this annual mahaprayan commemoration to margiis as being some type of divine and heavenly occasion that was exclusively for Mahasambhuti. But now the whole situation has changed positively. Today, mostly everyone understands that mahaprayan is just one copy and adaptation of an Islamic dogma.

In contrast, other than Islam, no other religious group does any type of mahaprayan observance. They would simply burn the body and spread the ashes - whereas for mahaprayan a tomb is needed. Only Muslims were doing that for mahaprayan. And our Tiljala mahaprayan organisers have followed suit.

We can see how in Tiljala our Dadas have implemented that same Islamic tradition by encircling the tomb to perform the tomb worship during the annual mahaprayan death day commemoration in our Tiljala campus etc. So while the Muslims do their ceremony for deceased human beings, our Tiljala organisers are doing this annual death (mahaprayan) ceremony to Taraka Brahma Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji. The precept is that Guru is dead.
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Strange how you will never find this news

The strange thing is that all kinds of annual mahaprayan news are getting published in Bengali newspapers on a daily basis, but you will never find news as follows:

- The ...00th annual mahaprayan / tomb worship of Allah will be observed from 21 to 26 or any date
- The ...00th annual mahaprayan / tomb worship of Prophet Muhammad will be observed from 21 to 26 or any date
- The ...00th annual mahaprayan / tomb worship of Lord Christ will be observed from 21 to 26 or any date
- The ...00th annual mahaprayan / tomb worship of Lord Buddha will be observed from 21 to 26 or any date
- The ...00th annual mahaprayan / tomb worship of Lord Mahaviira will be observed from 21 to 26 or any date
- The ...00th annual mahaprayan / tomb worship of Lord Rama will be observed from 21 to 26 or any date
- The ...00th annual mahaprayan / tomb worship of Lord Ganesh / Hanuman will be observed from 21 to 26 or any date
- The ...00th annual mahaprayan / tomb worship of goddess Durga / Kali will be observed from 21 to 26 or any date
- The ...00th annual mahaprayan / tomb worship of Prophet Moses will be observed from 21 to 26 or any date

Again, the strange thing is that all kinds of annual mahaprayan news are getting published in Bengali newspapers on a daily basis, but you will never find news as shown above. Regardless of how dogmatic the religions are, they never do the annual mahaprayan of God, Lord, Deity etc, but unfortunately my faction in Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha commemorates the annual death day, i.e. mahaprayan of the object of ideation - God. That is the irony: the God of my group died. When everyone understands that mahaprayan signifies the death day of any mortal, then this dogma will be dropped forever.
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Namaskar,
In Sadguru Baba,
Pravin Mukherji

Here below Caryacarya gives an explicit period of time for mourning - i.e. 12 days. The annual mahaprayan dogma is in clear violation of this rule. 

Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, "The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days." (5)


NB 1. This letter examines how the organisers of the Tiljala mahaprayan program have completely copied the Muslim annual tomb worship mahaprayan ritual.

NB 2. Because our Tiljala group claims that their God died, we get the news that the annual mahaprayan / annual death ceremony of the God of Tiljala group will be observed from Oct 21 to 26.
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References
1. Caryacarya-1, Shraddha Ceremony
2. Caryacarya-1, Shraddha Ceremony
3. Caryacarya-1, Shraddha Ceremony
4. Caryacarya-1, Shraddha Ceremony
5. Caryacarya-1, Shraddha Ceremony

== Section: Important Teaching ==

Real owner of your entire wealth

Note: Baba’s guideline appended below gives two very significant teachings:

(a) When you arrived on this earth you came empty handed. Everything belongs to Parama Purusa because He has created this universe. To think, “Something is mine” is a misguided notion. Your house, your family, and whatever else you think to be yours, after 150 years you will not have those things / relations. What to say of 150 years, even after one minute you may not have them. So one is just a pseudo-owner; the real owner is Parama Purusa. But this mistaken sense of personal ownership is the effect of avidya maya. Because avidya maya does not allow human beings to gain this simple awareness that everything belongs to Parama Purusa. Only when the veil of avidya maya is removed a little then people start talking about this idea. Otherwise, there would not be any need to even raise this matter. The day when avidya maya is fully eradicated one will become Parama Purusa.
(b) The second teaching is that we are humans and we have special power, i.e one’s I-feeling. Because of this a person can do sadhana and become one with Parama Purusa. Other jiivas do not have such a clear I-feeling and they cannot do A-grade sadhana.  That is why we should use our potentiality by (1) not having the vanity of taking another’s property as our own, and (2) utilizing the psychic potentiality for spiritual practice.

For more understanding read Baba’s below teaching:

Ananda Marga ideology states, “On a deeper analysis, it is found that human beings have nothing to call their own. They may boast about their intellect, intelligence, power and influence but the real owner of these is Parama Puruśa. By His grace, alone can one utilize or enjoy objects. If Parama Puruśa so desires. He can snatch away all these possessions from humans, And the humans will be unable to do anything about it. After realizing the Supreme truth intelligent people should endeavour to realize Parama Puruśa with the power He has given them. This realization of the Supreme also depends on His grace. In order to merit Parama Puruśa’s grace, unit beings will also have to do something. Their duty is to contemplate or ideate on Him.” (1)

Reference
1. Ananda Philosophy in a Nutshell - 4, Bhakti and Krpá

== Section ==

Be great by your sádhaná, by your service, by your sacrifice - Ananda Vanii #20

"It is action that makes a person great. Be great by your sádhaná, by your service, by your sacrifice."

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 which are fabricated by most of the groups - H, B etc.

Everyone should render service to the world

In this following quote, yajina means action.

"Yajiṋa is performed to achieve emancipation from the consequences of action and to annihilate the Unit “I”. The fourfold services enumerated under Nr yajiṋa can be easily be performed by anyone. Every human being gets more or less opportunity for rendering services. If a poor man thinks that he cannot render Vaeshyocita type of service because he is devoid of money he is wrong. The charity of a few paise of the poor has the same value as a thousand rupees from a millionaire. Indeed the charity of these few paise is greater. Lord Krśńa attached greater importance to a handfuls of grains from Vidura than to the sumptuous royal dishes of Duryodhana. Even so, everyone should render service to the world in accordance with their capacity and work for the welfare of the living beings to the best of their ability. Perform viprocita type of service by projecting your convictions to others as best as you can. Let every person perform the four kinds of service as much as possible. Adhyátma yajiṋa is an internal yajiṋa and ultimately it terminates in Paramátman, the original self. Therefore, your Sádhaná should be with a detached sentiment. All types of Yajiṋa begin and proceed in an externalized manner, but ultimately they will reverse their course towards the inner self and will gratify your innermost entity on the jewelled throne attained by your birthright. Remember, no one yajiṋa is inferior to another." (1)

Reference
1. Subhasita Samgraha - 1, Yajiṋa and Karmaphala

== Section 2: Links ==

Dogma of Mahaprayan - Oct 26

#27: Ac Candranath ji's shifting stance on MPD

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2019/02/ac-candranath-somersaulted-on-mpd-how.html

#26: Mahaprayan of British tennis player

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/09/uk-mahaprayan-of-one-tennis-player-our.html

#25: Name of funeral vehicle

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2017/10/unique-mahaprayan-programme-in-odisha.html

#24: Paypal mahaprayan

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/09/things-on-sale.html

#23: It is against Caryacarya

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2026/10/it-is-against-caryacarya.html

#22: Annual death ceremony derived from Islam

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/09/marhum-abdul-hamids-9th-mahapyanyan.html

#21: Q & A on death day dogma

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2013/10/attending-annual-death-ceremony.html

#20: Misery at gathering

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/09/wailing-at-mpd-of-communist-president.html

#19: PC Story: Why no mahaprayan

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/09/baba-story-dogma-and-downfall.html

#18: Q & A on mahaprayan

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2013/10/question-answer-on-upcoming-program.html

#17: Why alluring non-margiis to campus

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2013/09/history-how-margiis-brought-to-mpd.html

#16: Annual Islamic mahaprayan

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/10/khan-saroyar-murshids-mahaprayan-tomb.html

#15: Bait kiirtana: drawing attendees

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2016/09/bait-kiirtana.html