Fri, 12 Jul 2013 12:29:21
Baba
Baba
CHILDREN'S HOME REPORT-2:
HISTORY OF HOME GIRL WHO ENDED UP WITH MUSLIM MAN
Namaskar,
"All know that a few months back the situation was dire: In-charge Didi Ananda Dyotona was on the cusp of giving one of our home girls to the government orphanage – as has been done in the past with other home girls. So we know from first-hand experience that this yields an awful outcome..."
"And Didiji was directly disobeying Guru by her willingness to give our home girls to government orphanages where the girl would have ended up married to a Muslim man, as has been the case in the past. And this case – carried out around a few years ago by a different Didi - should be highlighted and brought to the fore. It is shocking that Didi Ananda Dyotona would even plan to take that same type of decision."
Our in-charge Didi leans towards giving our home girls to a government orphanage. She knows this was done in the past by a different Didi yet she herself tried this same tactic more recently. But such orphanages do not do justice with the girls. Most often they get selected by Muslim men who are looking for an additional wife. That is the common outcome. Indeed, the previous home girl that another Didi sent to a government orphanage is now the wife of a Muslim man and she has since given birth to three children. She is one of the many wives this Muslim man has.
In any way imaginable, these governmental shelters are looking to get these girls married. There is no concern for their dharmic growth or personal well-being. Just these girls should be married. And most often it happens with Muslim males. Because those Muslims follow the edict: Strength lies in numbers. So they aim to reproduce as much as possible with multiple wives.
One of the chief ways such Muslims gain more wives is by taking the girls from the government shelters. This is what happens. Because those government orphanages are anxious to get their girls married – to anyone. That way the orphanage is no longer responsible – neither financially nor otherwise. So marriages are arranged and the girls have no say in the matter and end up leading a life devoid of any education or training. Just they live as the subservient wife of one Muslim man, along with his many other wives.
Following this trend, our poor home girls are forced into eating meat, chopping and butchering live animals in the road, and other tamasik habits and activities. I know this to be true because there are other cases where our home girls ended up in this way – as noted above. Our home girl never got the opportunity to lead the life of a sadhaka as Didi failed to impart any type of proper moral or spiritual training. That is the main problem. So it is shocking that our in-charge Didi Ananda Dyotona would even plan to give any of our home girls to a government orphanage.
Remember, Baba’s stated approach is that home girls should be given maximum training and encouraged to become wholetime workers of AMPS. That is the standard way to proceed. In those cases where the home girl really does not want to become a WT, then she may proceed to lead sentient, Ananda Marga family life. There is no other option. That is Guru’s mandate.
GURU’S ORDER
GIRLS SHOULD BE TRAINED TO BECOME WT
GIRLS SHOULD BE TRAINED TO BECOME WT
Baba has specifically mandated that home girls are to be given love and affection and proper training to become dedicated wholetime workers. These girls are to be given all the guidelines so they can realise the greatness of spiritual life and serve society. This is their special dharma. That is Guru’s wish. First and foremost, home girls are to be raised in a way that they will naturally adopt WT life. They will be great sadhakas who give their all for society.
If however, any home girl truly does not wish to become a Wt, then it is Didi’s duty to arrange a proper marriage so the girl leads margii life.
In a recent case, the overall in-charge Didi directly and indirectly contravened Guru’s order. Indirectly in that she oversees and is responsible for all the childrens’ homes yet in these homes the girls are not given dharmic training – rather they are introduced to pseudo-culture. So that is one way Didi was going against Guru’s order.
And Didiji was directly disobeying Guru by her willingness to give our home girls to government orphanages where the girl would have ended up married to a Muslim man, as has been the case in the past. And this case – carried out around a few years ago by a different Didi - should be highlighted and brought to the fore. It is shocking that Didi Ananda Dyotona would even plan to take taking that same type of decision.
So neither is in-charge Didi ensuring that the girls are raised in a dharmic manner that will prepare and inspire them for WT life, nor was Didi watching to ensure that the girls are properly leading a dharmic way of life. Thus on multiple fronts Didi Ananda Dyotona is doing injustice with those girls and going against Guru’s order.
WT'S ARE DEDICATED TO SERVE OTHERS
"Be great by your sádhaná, by your service, by your sacrifice." (Ananda Vanii #20)
"Serve the world with the feeling of service. Render service in all the spheres of life – physical, psychic and spiritual." (Ananda Vacanamrtam - 1, The Three Factors for Spiritual Elevation)
CHILD SHOULD BE CARED FOR
"Every person must realize the duty which he owes direct to the babe in his family, and on which depends the developments of the child in all spheres. This duty may be demanded from every man by every child of the world. Hence, thinking in favour of family babes only will not suffice. Even if it were not possible for particular persons to discharge properly the duties towards each and every child of the world owing to crude worldly reasons, they must always be conscious of their duties towards children within their acquaintance. The oath taken on the occasion of Játakarma will reawaken the sense of that duty again and again. Any grown-up person or any father shall not forget his duty when he has once looked at the helpless face of the child. It does not end here. In pursuance of the mantra of Játakarma in Ánanda Márga, a child has not simply been regarded as a child only but also a manifestation of Brahma in the child. So, serving the child, shall be a part of Sádhaná (Brahma-Sádhaná) to him. The credit for his services to the child will not create pride in him. The same feeling will recur in mind when the child is bathed with water consecrated with the mantra. The persons taking part in the function will think anew that the child is once again being bathed with their blessings and that they must take parental responsibility of the child." (Táttvika Diipiká (Caturtha Parva), Jatakarma)
"You must remember that the newcomer who comes to your society for the first time is fraught with every human prospect, potentiality and possibility. Hence, it is useless to think what treasure he possesses and to what extent. Any question as to the superiority or inferiority in respect of wealth, caste, quality and beauty or education does not arise at all. You belong to a company of pilgrims. Why should you then allow anybody among you to starve or to lag behind? You shall not allow such a circumstances to creep up in any way, as it will mar the very charm of pilgrimage." (Táttvika Diipiká (Caturtha Parva), Jatakarma)
WHOLETIMER / AVADHUTIKA CONDUCT RULES
Here are some of the Wt rules of conduct that Didis are supposed to follow.
- “One should leave all sorts of luxuries.” (37 Wholetime Workers Rules, pt #6)
- “One should make others good by becoming an ideal person.” (37 Wholetime Workers Rules, pt #22)
These are WT rules for Didis, plus there are so many more codes of conduct our WT Didis must adhere to in their individual life as well as being caretakers of home girls.
Namaskar,
In Him,
Madhumita'
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