Baba
Loud Wailing
Namaskar,
Here is the announcement of the mahaprayan of President Hugo Chavez, a communist leader and kind of dictator of Venezuela. This mahaprayan news was printed in big, bold headings in the Bengal newspapers. Indeed, Chavez was a self-described Marxist. So through and through, in his personal and political life he was a tried and true communist.
So even those communists who do not follow any religion or believe in God or spirituality, even they get a mahaprayan in Bengal. This was announced in big, bold headlines in Bengal. Thus in the English speaking world, they wrote about the death of Chavez, and here in Bengal they wrote about the mahaprayan of Chavez. That is because mahaprayan is a death ceremony in Bengal. The two are synonymous - it is a regular phenomenon, not some great event.
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Wailing at Hugo Chavez mahaprayan
See here below how the concept of mahaprayan is used in our Bengali publication to mark Chavez's death. The Bangla term “mahaprayan” is the 4th Bangla word of the first line below the photo - it is outlined in red font. Using the term "mahaprayan" to signify the death of a human being is a common phenomenon in my Bengal. The concept of mahaprayan means the person is dead. That is why the person below holding the placard or banner with Chavez's photo is crying terribly - i.e. wailing. Because Chavez has died - i.e. mahaprayan.
The Bangla term mahaprayan is the 4th Bangla word of the first line in the above photo - it is outlined in red.
In the above newspaper article - as well as in its regular usage - the program of mahaprayan is used for the death of a human being who has made his departure from this world. So the entire concept of mahaprayan is not some lofty or extraordinary devotional ideal, rather it is something mundane and common that even gets used for communist dictators like Chavez. The concept of mahaprayan means that person is dead.
That is why the mahaprayan program is not to be done for Sadguru because He did not depart - He is ever present.
How MPD harms bhaktas
Baba is not an ordinary human being - He is not mortal. He is the all-pervading Parama Purusa and Sadguru. If one is not keeping this ideal in their heart, then they are not even on the first step of Ananda Marga spirituality. The initial phase of Ananda Marga spirituality starts with the feeling that Sadguru is always present with me.
In Ananda Marga an annual shraddha ceremony / shraddhainjali (annual death day commemoration) is not allowed. Unfortunately, even then some confused people are doing an annual death day ceremony for their Sadguru. The moment one thinks that Sadguru is no more with me, then their spiritual life will collapse. In the field of bhakti, one should never think that Baba is no more. Yet this is the overall message of the mahaprayan function.
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The annual mahaprayan gathering violates the code of Caryacarya. No aspect of Ananda Marga ideology supports the program of an annual death ceremony observance.
Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, "The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days." (1)
Some Wts are displaying hypocritical behaviour
When our Avadhutas acaryas give initiation, or revise anyone’s lessons, or give further lessons of sadhana, our Dadas 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 Wt dadas 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 telling 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 against Guru.
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 started commemorating your annual death day ceremony
How do you feel about their ignorance? True bhaktas never participate in the dogmatic annual death day ceremony / mahaprayan of the ever-present God. That is against pre-1990 Caryacarya.” How long will we allow Guru to be insulted and put down in this way.
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Namaskar,
In Him,
Bibek Roy
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.
References
1. Caryacarya - 1, Shraddha Ceremony
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Family planning operation is bad for health
Prout philosophy states, "Vested interests do not favour population growth because this will mean sharing mundane property at the cost of their hoarding. Capitalism would like the extinction of the intellectual class as this would give it free scope for exploitation. The intellectual class usually belongs to the middle income group. Capitalists encourage family planning and birth control to check the growth of this middle class, thus these measures are a creation of the capitalist order."
"Due to age-old superstitions the common people does not take help of these measures. It is the middle class intellectuals who adopt these practices and become the victims of them. A Proutistic order would vehemently oppose this move. There is immense potential for maintaining the population of the world. By scientific advancement it may be possible for human beings to live on tablets. The real glory of humanity lies in creating conditions for adjustment with natural processes rather than in curbing normal processes by artificial measures."
"Artificial sterilisation means making males or females artificially sterile. This has certain adverse effects on the mind and body of human beings. Sterilisation brings glandular changes and changes in the hormone secretion of the glands which ultimately affects mental expression. Due to these changes a man may become like a eunuch. According to PROUT only severely handicapped people and born criminals should be sterilised." (1)
Reference
1. Talks on Prout
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Animals and medicine
Ananda Marga philosophy states, "Moonlight is not a medicine like sunlight is. Rather moonlight often overwhelms the mind with a different kind of emotion. However, the qualities of medicinal herbs and plants are affected according to the difference in moonlight, that is, in accordance with the lunar day and lunar fortnight. So there are rules for removing medicinal plants from the soil, preparation of medicines and their uses in accordance with the lunar day. The medicinal qualities undergo changes during the different periods of the day, so one should use medicines with that factor in mind; at least it is better if it is done so. Those medicinal herbs and plants or those medicines whose qualities are affected according to the difference in lunar day or planetary position are called kulyá. So you see, this also is a meaning of the word kulyá."
"Not only have human beings used plant substances for medicines since ancient times, they have also prepared medicines extensively from animals. In the Ayurvedic, Vaidyaka and Unani systems of medicine, animal substances, such as the livers of different animals and partridge fat, were used extensively. Who is not familiar with the medicine prepared from the body of a goat and oil from the hornbill? Medicines used to be prepared from the livers, pancreases, etc., of different animals in the allopathic system of treatment. In recent times they have been used for insulin. Cod liver oil and shark oil are frequently used. They are used not only as oral medicines but also in injections. Medicines such as naja, cina, and apis in homeopathy are completely of animal origin. Killing an animal in order to save the life of a human being may not be a very good practice, but it can be done when there is no alternative. This is a universally accepted principle. But when medicines are prepared by killing animals, it should be done as far as possible from those animals which are the born enemies of human beings. Those who are not the born enemies of human beings but are their natural friends should not be killed." (1)
Reference
1. Shabda Cayanika, Disc: 34
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