Baba - BNK
This email contains three sections:
1. Posting: My meeting with Dada B - part A
2. Greatest Task for Humanity - Ananda Vanii
3. Links
Editor's Note: The following account is by by Shrii Narayan Panda - Bhukti Pradhan, Vishakapatnam (Orissa, India).
Namaskar,
This is the story of a meeting with one of our senior-most Dadas, Ac Bhaskarananda Avt. Read to see what has transpired in a series of fateful interactions.
Story part 1:
Dadaji wanted to justify his allegiance to B group
Once in 2008 or so, Ac Bhaskarananda Avt telephoned me and requested me to kindly arrange food for his lunch in Vishakhapatnam station during his journey from Howrah to Yashvantpur.
I gladly accepted his request & went to the railway station to hand over the food packet.
At that meeting, Dada Bhaskaranandji immediately started telling me why he joined the Kolkata Administration. Dadaji wanted to justify his allegiance.
Dada Bhaskarananda explained: "Ba'ba' gave Proutist Bengal because He wanted that Prout should first be established in Bengal and then in other areas."
That was respected Dada Bhaskaranandji's claim.
Response #1:
Baba's chief aim - all should progress & none should lag behind
Before continuing on with this story, let's evaluate Dada Bhaskarananda's opening claim. Namely that, "Baba said Prout should first be established in Bengal and then in other areas."
As we know, Baba has come for the development and growth of the entire humanity. That is why He has given Ananda Marga ideology and that is the essence of His Proutistic teachings and samaj platform. Baba's chief aim is that all should progress and none should lag behind. Toward this end, one of the key campaigns which Baba has dharmically launched is His samaj system. About this we are well aware.
Specifically it is through this samaj system that Baba encourages everyone to rise up and do great things. This is His way of reminding one and all of their inherent qualities and immense potential.
Baba has carefully delineated that the globe is currently composed of 241 samajas, or regional socio-economic communities. And He graciously looks upon them all with equal concern and love; they are all designed to work in a self-supportive and cohesive fashion for the growth of the entire humanity.
Myth: Amara Bengali samaj must be first to advance
Here are some reminders about the principles of Baba's samaj program.
Prout philosophy states, "The socio-economic movements advocated by PROUT are founded on the ideological base of neo-humanism." (Prout-13, p.23)
So the entire Proutistic movement of the various socio-economic units - or samajas - is grounded in the universal feeling of cosmic fraternity. There is no scope for dogma, groupism or elitism in Baba's samaj teachings.
In this next guideline Baba guides us how the samaj system works for a unified humanity.
Prout philosophy states, "Those sentiments which are conducive to human unity should be encouraged, rejecting the sentiments which create a rift in human society. This is the approach adopted by PROUT's socio-economic groups." (Prout, p. 21)
By His above guideline it is evident that Baba's samaj system is for the whole humanity to move together - He does not favour one samaj nor does He think that Amra Bengali samaj must be the first to advance Prout. You will not find any discourse that states this - only those wedded to a particular group make such false and outrageous claims. Baba Himself never talks like this.
In His dharmic manner, Baba clearly emphasizes that our samaj system must be based on this slogan:
"Universal in spirit but regional in approach" (PNS-13, p.24)
By this way, each locale has the requisite capacity to function independently yet be simultaneously linked with that common goal. That means Prout should be propagated in all areas.
Who can believe his outrageous lullaby
Thus who can believe Dada Bhaskarananda's claim that Prout should first be established in Bengal and that the whole globe should concentrate on A'mara' Bengali samaja - by giving money and human resources - and disregard their own samaj.
Baba Himself never set such an outrageous quota in His samaj meetings. Baba never asked margiis, "How much support have you given to A'mara' Bengali samaj." And Baba never scolded anyone from another samaj for not supporting A'mara' Bengali.
Rather Baba would inquire with everyone about their activities and participation in their own local samaj - not A'mara' Bengali.
Plus when Baba traveled around India and to other sectors, He always talked about that local samaj. He never traveled around the globe to propagate the cause of A'mara' Bengali samaj.
So then how did some get this faulty notion that Baba wants that A'mara' Bengali samaj must be established first. That is the question we must ask ourselves.
Generally speaking, when any guru leaves their physical body then those disciples in power create all kinds of cock and bull stories in the name of that guru. In turn, simple, naive, and foolish people accept such tales as being true. Whereas those who are rational always disregard such stories and stick to the original teachings.
We see this trend in our Ananda Marga as well.
All in all it is illogical, unideological, and just plain silly to think that Baba wants that Prout should first be established in A'mara' Bengali samaj. No rational thinking margii can think like this; that is why it is so surprising - indeed shocking - that such a senior Dada like Ac Bhaskarananda Av has fallen into such a dogma.
Namaskar,
In Him,
Narayan Panda
Note: This historical account has been posted previously in both 2011 and 2013. Due to its going relevance to the current conditions, we again share this with you now in 2015. - Eds
Reference
1. Ananda Vanii #32
This email contains three sections:
1. Posting: My meeting with Dada B - part A
2. Greatest Task for Humanity - Ananda Vanii
3. Links
My meeting with Dada B
~ Part A ~
~ Part A ~
Editor's Note: The following account is by by Shrii Narayan Panda - Bhukti Pradhan, Vishakapatnam (Orissa, India).
Namaskar,
This is the story of a meeting with one of our senior-most Dadas, Ac Bhaskarananda Avt. Read to see what has transpired in a series of fateful interactions.
Story part 1:
Dadaji wanted to justify his allegiance to B group
Once in 2008 or so, Ac Bhaskarananda Avt telephoned me and requested me to kindly arrange food for his lunch in Vishakhapatnam station during his journey from Howrah to Yashvantpur.
I gladly accepted his request & went to the railway station to hand over the food packet.
At that meeting, Dada Bhaskaranandji immediately started telling me why he joined the Kolkata Administration. Dadaji wanted to justify his allegiance.
Dada Bhaskarananda explained: "Ba'ba' gave Proutist Bengal because He wanted that Prout should first be established in Bengal and then in other areas."
That was respected Dada Bhaskaranandji's claim.
Response #1:
Baba's chief aim - all should progress & none should lag behind
Before continuing on with this story, let's evaluate Dada Bhaskarananda's opening claim. Namely that, "Baba said Prout should first be established in Bengal and then in other areas."
As we know, Baba has come for the development and growth of the entire humanity. That is why He has given Ananda Marga ideology and that is the essence of His Proutistic teachings and samaj platform. Baba's chief aim is that all should progress and none should lag behind. Toward this end, one of the key campaigns which Baba has dharmically launched is His samaj system. About this we are well aware.
Specifically it is through this samaj system that Baba encourages everyone to rise up and do great things. This is His way of reminding one and all of their inherent qualities and immense potential.
Baba has carefully delineated that the globe is currently composed of 241 samajas, or regional socio-economic communities. And He graciously looks upon them all with equal concern and love; they are all designed to work in a self-supportive and cohesive fashion for the growth of the entire humanity.
Myth: Amara Bengali samaj must be first to advance
Here are some reminders about the principles of Baba's samaj program.
Prout philosophy states, "The socio-economic movements advocated by PROUT are founded on the ideological base of neo-humanism." (Prout-13, p.23)
So the entire Proutistic movement of the various socio-economic units - or samajas - is grounded in the universal feeling of cosmic fraternity. There is no scope for dogma, groupism or elitism in Baba's samaj teachings.
In this next guideline Baba guides us how the samaj system works for a unified humanity.
Prout philosophy states, "Those sentiments which are conducive to human unity should be encouraged, rejecting the sentiments which create a rift in human society. This is the approach adopted by PROUT's socio-economic groups." (Prout, p. 21)
By His above guideline it is evident that Baba's samaj system is for the whole humanity to move together - He does not favour one samaj nor does He think that Amra Bengali samaj must be the first to advance Prout. You will not find any discourse that states this - only those wedded to a particular group make such false and outrageous claims. Baba Himself never talks like this.
In His dharmic manner, Baba clearly emphasizes that our samaj system must be based on this slogan:
"Universal in spirit but regional in approach" (PNS-13, p.24)
By this way, each locale has the requisite capacity to function independently yet be simultaneously linked with that common goal. That means Prout should be propagated in all areas.
Who can believe his outrageous lullaby
Thus who can believe Dada Bhaskarananda's claim that Prout should first be established in Bengal and that the whole globe should concentrate on A'mara' Bengali samaja - by giving money and human resources - and disregard their own samaj.
Baba Himself never set such an outrageous quota in His samaj meetings. Baba never asked margiis, "How much support have you given to A'mara' Bengali samaj." And Baba never scolded anyone from another samaj for not supporting A'mara' Bengali.
Rather Baba would inquire with everyone about their activities and participation in their own local samaj - not A'mara' Bengali.
Plus when Baba traveled around India and to other sectors, He always talked about that local samaj. He never traveled around the globe to propagate the cause of A'mara' Bengali samaj.
So then how did some get this faulty notion that Baba wants that A'mara' Bengali samaj must be established first. That is the question we must ask ourselves.
Generally speaking, when any guru leaves their physical body then those disciples in power create all kinds of cock and bull stories in the name of that guru. In turn, simple, naive, and foolish people accept such tales as being true. Whereas those who are rational always disregard such stories and stick to the original teachings.
We see this trend in our Ananda Marga as well.
All in all it is illogical, unideological, and just plain silly to think that Baba wants that Prout should first be established in A'mara' Bengali samaj. No rational thinking margii can think like this; that is why it is so surprising - indeed shocking - that such a senior Dada like Ac Bhaskarananda Av has fallen into such a dogma.
Namaskar,
In Him,
Narayan Panda
Note: This historical account has been posted previously in both 2011 and 2013. Due to its going relevance to the current conditions, we again share this with you now in 2015. - Eds
== Section 2 ==
Greatest task for humanity - Ananda Vanii #32
Ananda Vanii states, “Marching ahead from cimmerian darkness to the stratum divine is the true spirit of life. Staticism, superstition and narrowness stand for cimmerian darkness. Ensconcing oneself in the Cosmic Soul is the life divine. Striving ahead, together with the entire universe, along the path of spirituality is verily the greatest task for humanity.” (1)
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.
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.
Reference
1. Ananda Vanii #32
