Baba
Namaskar,
Rudraprakashananda Dada was in Bhagalpur when he called Dayashekharananda on his cell. Dayashekharananda picked up and gave the reply, "I am in Delhi - if you want you can come to Delhi if you need to see me." While on the phone they discussed some other points and then hung up.
After an hour or two, Rudraprakashanandji was walking around Bhagalpur and he was very surprised to see Dada Dayashekharananda there on the street. After all, he was just on the phone with Dayashekharananda and he claimed to have been in Delhi. So it was quite surprising to see him in Bhagalpur. (Note: For those not aware, Bhagalpur is a 15 - 18 hour train journey from Delhi.)
Dada Rudraprakashananda exclaimed, "You lied to me - you told me that you were in Delhi."
Dada Dayashekharananda gave a nervous laugh and said, "No, no, I was only joking when I said that." Then he added, "I just arrived here a few hours ago."
At that point, Rudraprakashananda did not know what to believe and what not to believe, so he asked some local margiis how long Dada Dayashekharananda had been there.
Those margiis responded, "Oh, you do not know about him? This Dayashekharananda is a corrupt fellow; he has been here for 7 days living with one lady. He comes here frequently to be with her. This Dada is not a monk - nor is he a sannyasi of Ananda Marga. Just he wears the dress. Dayashekharananda gets money by selling Baba's photos and collecting donations from margiis. And from those sales and collections, he is able to fund his devious, dirty, and deceptive lifestyle. Dayashekharananda comes here regularly to stay with his lady friend. Everybody knows this."
The margiis added, "We complained about Dayashekharananda to the higher authorities but nothing ever came to pass and this Dada keeps doing those same negative things over and over again."
Hearing this Rudraprakashanandji was astonished that nothing had been done and that no intervention was ever made. So he decided to do something about this himself.
Rudraprakashanandji then approached Dada Acintanandji and requested him to take action.
Dada Acintananda replied, "I cannot do anything about Dayashekharananda's misdeeds nor can I take disciplinary action against him. You must know that we are very few in number and we are getting harassed by Rudrananda. Our faction (i.e. Nigamananda group) is in trouble. Dada Rudrananda wants to oust us. So I need everyone - I do not want to lose one of my cadres. Especially not Dayashekharananda - he is our hit man; he is an asset to the team."
Rudraprakashanandji stood their stupefied, hardly able to believe what he just heard from Acintanandji.
Acintanandji continued, "These types of personal scandals are secondary - of primary concern is to save the existence of our group. And for that, Dayashekharananda's help is needed."
Rudraprakashananda understood then that he was not going to get the help or support he wanted from Acintanandji. So he took matters into his own hands. Dada Rudraprakashananda told the news of Dayashekharananda's misdeeds to all workers.
They said, "We know about this - always that dada is plunged in some illicit dealing."
Once again Rudraprakashananda took the determination to intercede on this issue. So he informed margiis across Delhi sector a about Dayashekharananda's misdeeds and crooked dealings. Rudraprakashananda's whole aim was to cut the financial supply line to Dayashekharananda. If no margii gives any donation to Dayashekharananda then naturally he will not be able to fund his illicit behaviour. Then he will be forced to change - or leave.
So that is what Rudraprakashanandji did and we are awaiting the results. But all should be alert: Do not support or give any money to Dayashekharananda - he is not an acarya in the real sense and his conduct must be changed, or he must leave.
Let us keep in mind that there are many good acaryas in the organisation - most are well-intentioned and dedicated. Dayashekharananda is a rotten apple. But we must not overlook this problem. Just consider what happened with the Catholic church. At the beginning they overlooked a few cases and then over time the problem grew to epic proportions and ultimately got exposed for the whole world to see. Best is to nip the problem in the bud - stop it early. So we should all be vigilant about this. It is in this spirit that this letter has been written: To make things better and protect the integrity of our Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha.
Namaskar,
Virendra
For the well-being of those involved in this case, we are withholding the names of those involved like the name of the lady and other key people. Here the chief concern is to point out and rectify the misconduct of Dayashekharananda. However, if Dayashekharananda attempt to deny or dismiss the aforesaid allegations, then there will be no other option than to release the names of all involved and circulate photos as well.
(A) BLACK MONEY:
- "No worker can keep unaccounted money (black money) with him." (Wt Conduct: Six Additional Rules, pt# 1a)
- "Each worker will separately maintain the clear account of receipt and expenditure of his personal allowance and organizational money." (Wt Conduct: Six Additional Rules, pt# 1b)
- "Whenever supervisory worker so desires, the worker is to give the proper account of expenditure tallying with the cash at their disposal." (Wt Conduct: Six Additional Rules, pt# 1c)
- "Each amount of collection should be deposited properly and drawn after submitting requisition." (Wt Conduct: Six Additional Rules, pt# 1d)
- "Proper vouchers are to be maintained for each item of expenditure." (Wt Conduct: Six Additional Rules, pt# 1e)
- "Tour program should be followed very strictly without any exception." (Wt Conduct:Six Additional Rules, pt# 5)
(B) UNIVERSAL GUIDELINE FOR WTS:
Here is Baba's universal guideline for all workers and sadhakas. This is the ultimate solution to all these kinds of problems.
Baba says, "“Cakśuńá Samvaro Sádhu” O spiritual aspirant! O Bhikśu! O monk! O devotee! You should have proper control over your eyes; whatever will have bad effect on your mind, you must not see it. “Sádhu Sotena samvaro”. Whatever will have bad effect on your mind, O good man, you must not hear it. “Ghánena Saḿvaro Sádhu.” You should have control over your nose, “Sádhu Jibháya Samvaro.” You should have control over your taste. “Káyena Samvaro Sádhu.” You should have control over your body. “Sádhu Vácáya Samvaro.” You should have control over your language also; and “Savvatha Saḿvaro Bhikśu.” If you want emancipation, if you want liberation from worldly fetters, you must have all-round restraint." (Ananda Vacanamrtam, Part 14, The Fundamental Principles of Life)
(C) MORE RELATED WT RULES:
Here are some more Wt conduct rules that apply to the Dayashekharananda case.
"Avadhu'ta must not remain in a lonely place with any female." (32 Rules for Avadhu'tas, pt #13)
"Under no circumstances should the purity of the body and mind be polluted." (32 Rules for Avadhu'tas, pt #30)
"...Avadhu'ta shall not engage his ears in any obscene language or songs, touch any tamasik articles, see any depraving entity or pictures, go through any story, novel, or fiction having even the slightest bit of sexual importance, eat, drink, or smoke any rajasik or tamasik things or use any article which is artificially scented." (32 Rules for Avadhu'tas, pt #32)
"One should have control over sadripu and astapasha." (37 Worker's Rules, pt #8)
"One should not look at the face of the opposite sex except at the time of nursing." (37 Worker's Rules, pt #15)
"One should follow discipline very strictly." (37 Worker's Rules, pt #24)
"You will have to protect yourself from sexual weakness and luxury." (WT Conduct: Fourteen Points, pt #12)
== FAKE AVADHUTA ==
Namaskar,
Rudraprakashananda Dada was in Bhagalpur when he called Dayashekharananda on his cell. Dayashekharananda picked up and gave the reply, "I am in Delhi - if you want you can come to Delhi if you need to see me." While on the phone they discussed some other points and then hung up.
After an hour or two, Rudraprakashanandji was walking around Bhagalpur and he was very surprised to see Dada Dayashekharananda there on the street. After all, he was just on the phone with Dayashekharananda and he claimed to have been in Delhi. So it was quite surprising to see him in Bhagalpur. (Note: For those not aware, Bhagalpur is a 15 - 18 hour train journey from Delhi.)
Dada Rudraprakashananda exclaimed, "You lied to me - you told me that you were in Delhi."
Dada Dayashekharananda gave a nervous laugh and said, "No, no, I was only joking when I said that." Then he added, "I just arrived here a few hours ago."
HOW LONG HAS HE BEEN HERE?
At that point, Rudraprakashananda did not know what to believe and what not to believe, so he asked some local margiis how long Dada Dayashekharananda had been there.
Those margiis responded, "Oh, you do not know about him? This Dayashekharananda is a corrupt fellow; he has been here for 7 days living with one lady. He comes here frequently to be with her. This Dada is not a monk - nor is he a sannyasi of Ananda Marga. Just he wears the dress. Dayashekharananda gets money by selling Baba's photos and collecting donations from margiis. And from those sales and collections, he is able to fund his devious, dirty, and deceptive lifestyle. Dayashekharananda comes here regularly to stay with his lady friend. Everybody knows this."
The margiis added, "We complained about Dayashekharananda to the higher authorities but nothing ever came to pass and this Dada keeps doing those same negative things over and over again."
APPEALING TO ACINTANANDJI
Hearing this Rudraprakashanandji was astonished that nothing had been done and that no intervention was ever made. So he decided to do something about this himself.
Rudraprakashanandji then approached Dada Acintanandji and requested him to take action.
Dada Acintananda replied, "I cannot do anything about Dayashekharananda's misdeeds nor can I take disciplinary action against him. You must know that we are very few in number and we are getting harassed by Rudrananda. Our faction (i.e. Nigamananda group) is in trouble. Dada Rudrananda wants to oust us. So I need everyone - I do not want to lose one of my cadres. Especially not Dayashekharananda - he is our hit man; he is an asset to the team."
Rudraprakashanandji stood their stupefied, hardly able to believe what he just heard from Acintanandji.
Acintanandji continued, "These types of personal scandals are secondary - of primary concern is to save the existence of our group. And for that, Dayashekharananda's help is needed."
INFORM ALL MARGIIS - CUT OFF FUNDS TO
DAYASHEKHARANANDA
Rudraprakashananda understood then that he was not going to get the help or support he wanted from Acintanandji. So he took matters into his own hands. Dada Rudraprakashananda told the news of Dayashekharananda's misdeeds to all workers.
They said, "We know about this - always that dada is plunged in some illicit dealing."
Once again Rudraprakashananda took the determination to intercede on this issue. So he informed margiis across Delhi sector a about Dayashekharananda's misdeeds and crooked dealings. Rudraprakashananda's whole aim was to cut the financial supply line to Dayashekharananda. If no margii gives any donation to Dayashekharananda then naturally he will not be able to fund his illicit behaviour. Then he will be forced to change - or leave.
So that is what Rudraprakashanandji did and we are awaiting the results. But all should be alert: Do not support or give any money to Dayashekharananda - he is not an acarya in the real sense and his conduct must be changed, or he must leave.
JUST A ROTTEN APPLE - NOT SYSTEMIC PROBLEM
Let us keep in mind that there are many good acaryas in the organisation - most are well-intentioned and dedicated. Dayashekharananda is a rotten apple. But we must not overlook this problem. Just consider what happened with the Catholic church. At the beginning they overlooked a few cases and then over time the problem grew to epic proportions and ultimately got exposed for the whole world to see. Best is to nip the problem in the bud - stop it early. So we should all be vigilant about this. It is in this spirit that this letter has been written: To make things better and protect the integrity of our Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha.
Namaskar,
Virendra
Note 1: FOR THEIR SAFETY & SECURITY
For the well-being of those involved in this case, we are withholding the names of those involved like the name of the lady and other key people. Here the chief concern is to point out and rectify the misconduct of Dayashekharananda. However, if Dayashekharananda attempt to deny or dismiss the aforesaid allegations, then there will be no other option than to release the names of all involved and circulate photos as well.
Note 2: WT CONDUCT RULES
(A) BLACK MONEY:
- "No worker can keep unaccounted money (black money) with him." (Wt Conduct: Six Additional Rules, pt# 1a)
- "Each worker will separately maintain the clear account of receipt and expenditure of his personal allowance and organizational money." (Wt Conduct: Six Additional Rules, pt# 1b)
- "Whenever supervisory worker so desires, the worker is to give the proper account of expenditure tallying with the cash at their disposal." (Wt Conduct: Six Additional Rules, pt# 1c)
- "Each amount of collection should be deposited properly and drawn after submitting requisition." (Wt Conduct: Six Additional Rules, pt# 1d)
- "Proper vouchers are to be maintained for each item of expenditure." (Wt Conduct: Six Additional Rules, pt# 1e)
- "Tour program should be followed very strictly without any exception." (Wt Conduct:Six Additional Rules, pt# 5)
(B) UNIVERSAL GUIDELINE FOR WTS:
Here is Baba's universal guideline for all workers and sadhakas. This is the ultimate solution to all these kinds of problems.
Baba says, "“Cakśuńá Samvaro Sádhu” O spiritual aspirant! O Bhikśu! O monk! O devotee! You should have proper control over your eyes; whatever will have bad effect on your mind, you must not see it. “Sádhu Sotena samvaro”. Whatever will have bad effect on your mind, O good man, you must not hear it. “Ghánena Saḿvaro Sádhu.” You should have control over your nose, “Sádhu Jibháya Samvaro.” You should have control over your taste. “Káyena Samvaro Sádhu.” You should have control over your body. “Sádhu Vácáya Samvaro.” You should have control over your language also; and “Savvatha Saḿvaro Bhikśu.” If you want emancipation, if you want liberation from worldly fetters, you must have all-round restraint." (Ananda Vacanamrtam, Part 14, The Fundamental Principles of Life)
(C) MORE RELATED WT RULES:
Here are some more Wt conduct rules that apply to the Dayashekharananda case.
"Avadhu'ta must not remain in a lonely place with any female." (32 Rules for Avadhu'tas, pt #13)
"Under no circumstances should the purity of the body and mind be polluted." (32 Rules for Avadhu'tas, pt #30)
"...Avadhu'ta shall not engage his ears in any obscene language or songs, touch any tamasik articles, see any depraving entity or pictures, go through any story, novel, or fiction having even the slightest bit of sexual importance, eat, drink, or smoke any rajasik or tamasik things or use any article which is artificially scented." (32 Rules for Avadhu'tas, pt #32)
"One should have control over sadripu and astapasha." (37 Worker's Rules, pt #8)
"One should not look at the face of the opposite sex except at the time of nursing." (37 Worker's Rules, pt #15)
"One should follow discipline very strictly." (37 Worker's Rules, pt #24)
"You will have to protect yourself from sexual weakness and luxury." (WT Conduct: Fourteen Points, pt #12)
