Who is this John Doe of Mumbai?

BABA

Who is this John Doe of Mumbai?

Namaskar,

               

This interesting letter was swirling around. When I came across it, I was curious to know who is this ‘John Doe of Mumbai​' ? I inquired, but could not​ get a proper answer. So with the same interest I am ​asking you; if ​you know who ‘John Doe of Mumbai​' is, please let us know. Many thanks in advance.

Namaskar,

In Him,

Virendra

(Victor)

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Namaskar

One "great margii" John Doe (Law profession in Mumbai) does not follow 16 points. He does not donate 2% of his salary every month. He does not donate any WT regularly on monthly basis. Whenever some WT arrives his home and insists, then he donates something. He does not attend Dharma Cakra on Sundays.  It is unknown whether he is regular in Ekadashi or not. He mostly does not attend Akhanda kirtan in Mumbai. He attends kirtan sometimes only at ultra-rich margi house, because he thinks he is a high level man and hence he should attend kirtan sometimes only at ultra-rich house. He does not perform Tandava kaushiki, Asanas. He does not follow OATH, because he intentionally uses harsh words to margis and local WTs. His behavior is very bad. Most of the margis are afraid of him due to his nonsense behavior.

If any programme, function, happens, he wants that WT & margis should invite him on stage and regards him with flowers, etc, then he would attend the programme. Otherwise he will not attend AM programs. His intention is that organizer should arrange for his speech.

He wants to control and dictate entire local Anandamarga units. If some units do not allow him to control, then he would criticize / torture those units to a great extent. For example – he criticizes DSL didi (Sakinaka) , DS dada (Ranchi AMPS), DTS Thane, Masterunit dada, DLO dada, Rupatiitananda dada, etc.

John Doe has misguided the main Mumbai donor xyz and stopped all donations to WTs (Karunananda, Rupatiitananda, Susmitananda, etc) and convinced the prime donor xyz to divert all his donations to his personal school property running at xxpur in the name of AM. This school has nothing to do with AMPS. John Doe and his In-laws are not paying any Royalty to AMPS as well.

John Doe had snatched Mumbai AM school land (Ranchi AMPS) registry papers and “Fixed Deposit” certificates (approx. Rs 75 000). In spite of WTs repeated requests, John Doe has not handed over the papers to them for last 10 years. The only reason, he wants to control and dictate local units. It is a height of cruelty.

Earlier John Doe was praising Rupatiitananda dada. But for last few months, John Doe has been humiliating, condemning, insulting Rupatiitananda dada and his team to a great extent. Reason – Rupatiitananda dada refused to get controlled by John Doe. Hence John Doe got infuriated. Rupatiitananda dada was receiving monetary help from xyz. But John Doe misguided xyz and stopped donations. Now Rupatiitananda dada & his team have been suffering a lot financially. But dada’s spirit is high and decided that Baba would take care of them.

John Doe has been asking Rupatiitananda dada to include two margis of his choice in to the “Ananda Parivar Trust” so that he can control / dictate the day to day activities of Trust. Shelu (Mumbai) ashram land was not registered in the name of AMPS. Because, Ranchi AMPS was selling AM properties. Hence it was registered in the name of “Ananda Parivar Trust”. In this trust, four WTs are there – Rupatiitananda (73), Niteshananda (76), Shantananda (82) and Artapremananda (68).  In the registry, they have mentioned that after their death, this property will go back to AMPS. Even then, John Doe wants to control and insisting to include two margis name in the Trust. Though John Doe does not donate monthly to Rupatiitananda dada, but he wants details of his expenses. As per Anandamarga Workers rule (given by Baba), WTs have to submit expenses details only to their higher authority. But John Doe does not believe in Baba’s system. He wants to dictate his own system.

Brother YYY Singh is the maternal uncle of his (John Doe's) wife.  Now YYY has been running two healthy AM schools in India and registered these schools in his own trust name, not in the name of AMPS. He has made John Doe Trust member. They have not been paying any “Royalty” to AMPS. Entire profits are going to his trust. A few months back, John Doe requested Rupatiitananda dada to visit xx Pur Ananda Marga School and instructed him not to ask any TA from School. However after visit, John Doe’s father in law contributed TA to Rupatiitananda dada which dada refused to accept. John Doe’s father in law informed him that they are not happy with attitude of John Doe as he called on phone and instructed not to give TA to Rupatiitananda dada. This incident caused a lot of pain to Rupatiitanand dada. He has immensely got hurt due to such attitude of John Doe.

In the beginning, John Doe has done some good work. He arranged some NHE lectures in Government schools Colleges. However, he never takes name of Anandamarga during lectures. He has "Vanity" that he delivers good lectures.

Due to lectures he delivered in colleges he expects that in AMPS also margis should invite him on stage and arrange his lecture during Seminar, RAWA, Conventions, Schools yearly functions, etc. He is now running after "Name and Fame" in AMPS and wants to control local AMPS units. Those units who do not want to get controlled by John Doe, he criticizes and tortures those units to a great extent. And he asks donors (xyz) to stop donation to those units.

John Doe - He never raised voice for Ideological issues. He never protested against dogmatic Mahaprayan observation. Instead he supports Kolkata group’s Mahaprayan observation. He never protested against distortion being done in Baba discourses against Kolkata AM publications. He never raised voice against fake Ananda vaniis and fake Bhukti Pradhan Manual, etc, because he has nothing to do with ideological issues. He wants only name and fame in AMPS and wants to control all local AMPS units.

Brotherly Yours,

Aditya​

Baba says,

​Abhimánaḿ surápánaḿ

Gaoravaḿ raoravaḿ dhruvam;

Pratiśt́há shúkariiviśt́há

Trayaḿ tyaktvá Hariḿ bhajet.

[Abhimána is like surápána, gaorava leads to raorava, and pratiśt́há is like shúkariiviśt́há: an inflated ego is like drinking wine, self-aggrandizement leads one into the deepest hell, and social status is like the excrement of a pig. Give up all three of these and only sing the glories of the Lord.]

"Abhimána is no better than drinking wine. Gaorava is truly like raorava hell. (The highest loka is Satyaloka and the lowest loka is raorava. One who suffers from a superiority complex is converted into stone – he or she will be crudified to this extent. This is the result of the feeling of a superiority complex.) And pratiśt́há is like shúkariiviśt́há. [pig feces]

.. “I will be at the pinnacle of society and people will respect me” – this sense is like [a desire for] shúkariiviśt́há [pig feces].

So give up these three mental ailments – abhimána, gaorava and pratiśt́há – and then engage yourself in contemplation on Hari."

- Ananda Vacanamrtam - 23, The Dialogues of Shiva and Párvatii – 3

Those who are suffering from vanity or ego

Those who are suffering from vanity or ego, want to establish themselves for ever in this transitory world. They should know that in the past, so many kings, monarchs, dictators, and other misguided people tried to do the same thing i.e. glorify their image forever. But they utterly failed, and their entire efforts got destroyed, and their ego is lying in the dust, in the garbage bin of history, leaving a black stain on this earth. So, O egoistic human beings, go softly and follow the path of dharma. And remember-- only Parama Purusa is eternal, none else.

“Merge” dogma + 3 more

Baba

“Merge” dogma

Note: This letter is only for those who have reverence for Sadguru Baba and try to learn and follow His Ananda Marga ideology.

Namaskar,
One of our main duties as Ananda Margiis is to maintain and present Baba’s teaching in an untainted manner to the world and future generations. That means Baba’s books and discourses should be clearly and purposefully noted. Side by side, we should also ensure dogmatic words, phrases, and teachings are not propagated in the name of Baba. That is important.

At present, there is one dogmatic, infamous line that is wrongly propagated in name of Baba. Here is that quote:

“I am not this physical body, this physical body is not me. If you want to know me, work for my mission, because I have merged myself with my mission.”

As we know, all of Baba’s statements and teachings are logical and rational. If the above line is truly Baba’s guideline then it should stand up to the test of reason and rationality. Let’s evaluate this above “quote” in the context of Ananda Marga ideology.

As every sadhaka knows, Parama Purusa is infinite.

Anand Marga Caryacarya states, “The one formless, beginningless and infinite Parama Brahma (Supreme Consciousness) is the only entity to be attained by living beings – That alone is Jagat Guru (the Supreme preceptor), That alone has revealed Brahmavidyá (intuitional science) to us through the medium of the name and form of Anandamúrtijii. Unit beings must be made to appreciate Its majesty.” (1)

Delirium: infinite entity – merged into finite mission

Yet, look what the bogus quote proclaims:

FARCICAL QUOTE: "If you want to know me, work for my mission, because I have merged myself with my mission."

This part of the quote proclaims that the Cosmic Entity has merged Himself into yet another lesser entity – the thing which He has created, i.e. mission.

Here we have to remember that all beings emanate from the Cosmic Entity Parama Purusa. He is the only thing who is anadi (beginningless), ananta (endless), and infinite. There is nothing greater or bigger than Parama Purusa. It is unthinkable for that infinite, Divine Parama Purusa to wholly merge into something mundane, i.e. mission. This is a logical impossibility that the Cosmic Entity is merging into something else which has been created by Him. Parama Purusa is anadi, ananta, and infinite. He has no boundaries. In contrast, mission has boundaries and is limited. So how can Parama Purusa – the infinite Entity – merge into that which is finite, i.e. mission.

Mission has particular boundaries — not infinite

Or we can think of it this way. If Parama Purusa Baba merged Himself in the mission then outside of the mission there is no Parama Purusa. His mission itself is something very specific and limited – it does not encompass the entire vastness of creation and the unexpressed universe. The scope of mission is contained within particular boundaries. So, if the infinite Parama Purusa merged Himself into that limited mission, then who is to Lord over the rest of creation that is not included within the limited confines of the mission. This unsubstantiated quote asserts that outside of the mission there is no Parama Purusa.

Yet we know that Parama Purusa is that infinite Entity Who is omnipresent. He is everywhere – He is not just relegated to being inside the boundary walls of the mission. It is a completely illogical and absurd notion to proclaim that Parama Purusa merged in the mission.

Goes 100% against Ananda Marga ideology

Here again we can think: Parama Purusa is the Supreme Nucleus and all the jiivas are ultimately merging into Him. He is Divine, and He is infinite. So when He is that Universal Entity and the final abode of all unit beings, then how is He going to merge into something else that is smaller which He Himself has created, i.e. mission. Parama Purusa is infinite so how can He merge in that which is finite (mission). This is a completely illogical and ridiculous notion that goes 100% against Ananda Marga ideological teachings on brahmacakra, i.e. the cycle of creation. Brahma is the Ultimate Entity and does not merge into something else. Creator does not merge into adarsha; rather, Creator is the maker of adarsha.

All Ananda Margiis are open-minded because of sincere sadhana practices. Those attached with this so-called quote, and continue to attribute it to Baba, have a closed mind. Their sense of rationality has faded away – that is why they cannot understand, unfortunately. Or perhaps they have a dogmatic interest. Whatever may be, for all rational Ananda Margiis, the entire matter is crystal-clear and undeniable. This quote did not come from Baba as He never tells anything which runs contrary to Ananda Marga ideology.

Summary

About the above unsubstantiated quote, pages and pages can be written. The reasoning is perfectly clear. That Divine Entity who is the shelter of all does not merge into any lesser entity like mission. The Supreme Shelter does not Himself take shelter in anything else.

Ananda Marga ideology teaches us, “He is the supreme shelter of all, yet requires no shelter. It is said,

    Prabhumishamaniishamasheságuńam guńahiinamaheshaganavaranám.

Ananda Marga ideology states, “Oh Lord, Oh Parama Puruśa, You are in control of all, You are the shelter of all, but You do not require any shelter from anyone.” (2)

Namaskar,
In Him,
Sahadeva Ghosh


Whose brainchild

You may be aware that the dogmatic “merge in mission” quote is the brainchild of Dada Sarvatmananda = he is the one who invented this bogus and fallacious quote.

Once again, the false quote which some whimsical people have attributed to Baba is: “I am not this physical body, this physical body is not me. If you want to know me, work for my mission, because I have merged myself with my mission.”


References
1. Caryacarya – 2, Sadhana, pt #1a
2. Ananda Marga Ideology and Way of Life – 10, Ideation on Brahma

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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: Ananda Vanii ==

Your ideal

Original Ananda Vanii states: “Your ideal is represented by your conduct. Your learning, your social or economic status have nothing to do with your ideal.”  (Ananda Vanii #13)

Note: Sadguru Baba has assigned a number to all His original and true Ananda Vaniis. In contrast, Fake Ananda Vaniis do not have any number. By this simple formula, one can easily recognise which is a true Ananda Vanii and which is fake. For the upcoming occasion of January 1st 2017, all Ananda Marga units should use one of Baba’s original and true Ananda Vaniis, not a fake one. By this way, one will surely get His blessing.

== Section 3: Important Teaching ==

These people cannot be pardoned

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Those who perpetrate atrocities on collective life or on a particular human group, cannot be pardoned. In such cases pardoning not only reflects weakness, it also encourages injustice, because the oppressors become more tyrannical. In individual life, if an innocent person is oppressed by dishonest people, the person, if he or she so desires, may pardon the oppressors, just to test his or her capacity for tolerance or for some other reason. But if the oppressors torture a human group, in that case no single individual, as the representative of the group, can pardon them, and actually that person has no right to do so. If the representative acts beyond his or her jurisdiction, that person will be denounced by the group he or she represents. So it has to be said that pardoning is a practice for individual life only, not for collective life.” (1)

Reference
1. Problems of the Day #17

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Mahaprayan of one didi

Baba

Mahaprayan of one didi

Namaskar,

It is with much sadness that we share the news of the mahaprayan of Smt. Indravati Devi. She underwent her mahaprayan around 12pm IST on 11th December in Varanasi. Respected Indravati Devi Didi was the spouse of the late honoured Acarya Sakaldiip jii. Previously they lived in Ara (Bihar) for many years. At the time of her mahaprayan Didiji was 78 years of age. She is survived by her son Rajesh Singh ji of Noida, Delhi.

All will recall Smt. Indravati Devi as a kind and loving person and a committed Ananda Margii who was highly dedicated to Sadguru Shrii Shrii Anandamurti ji and His mission. Being very service-minded, she was a caretaker to all who came in her contact. Indeed she touched the lives of many.

A cremation ceremony for Smt. Indravati Devi was performed as per our Ananda Marga system at Manikarnika Ghat, Varanasi. A large gathering of family members, margiis, and numerous friends, relatives and community members were in observance. The mahaprayan of Smt. Indravati Devi is a great loss to us all.

May we all take solace in the fact that our dear Didi - Smt. Indravati Devi - was a bhakta of Sadguru Baba. Certainly she will attain mukti or moksa, accordingly. Baba will lovingly bestow His infinite grace.

at the lotus feet of Baba,
Ramdev


Incident: Sitting on Baba's lap means died?

Recently after dharmacakra, a senior margii was recounting his experiences of having dharma samiiksa with Baba.

He said, "After being lovingly scolded by Baba for my wrongdoings, then He called me close and placed me on His lap - I remained there for some time soaking up His love - and He blessed me."

We all enjoyed hearing about his personal account with Baba during dharma samiiksa. When he finished telling his factual and historical event, there was a call for questions. Various people posed their queries.

Towards the end, one new margii raised his hand and asked, "How did Baba bring you back to life?"

Everyone stared at the new margii in amazement. There was a look of astonishment all around - people were really shocked to hear him say this. The new sadhaka sensed that something was wrong He said very matter-of-factly, "I thought that sitting on Baba's Lap means that he (the margii) died - that is why I asked that question."

This was quite eye-opening for those of us in the room: Through our language and expression we had unknowingly taught someone to think that being on Baba's lap is the equivalent of death. Because it seems that nowadays people only use the phrase "Baba's lap" when a person has died, such as "Let him rest peacefully in Baba's lap", as if in order to sit on Baba’s lap one has to die. But that is false. Sincere sadhakas regularly sit on Baba’s lap in their meditation. It is His grace. It is just like a child need not die in order to sit on his father’s lap.

The idea is that this phrase - Baba's lap - has been linked with death due to extreme overuse. So for some time if sadhakas use this phrase exclusively for devotional purposes, that will be best.

The phrase, "sitting on Baba's lap", should not meet a similar fate. It should not lose its devotional quality and just refer to one's death. That will be very negative.

Baba would bless devotees and place them on His lap

There are tens of thousands of recorded stories by sadhakas where they use the phrase, "on Baba's lap", when describing their experiences of being with Baba: He used to bless them and bring them on His lap. People should understand the deeply devotional value of this expression, and not just think that Baba's lap means death, i.e. that you can only sit on His lap at the time of death. Still today there are thousands of margiis walking this earth who sat in Baba's lap. And not only that, there are countless more sadhakas who were blessed by Baba in dreams and sadhana wherein they sat in His lap. And still today this deeply devotional experience is attainable by sadhakas, by His grace.

There are so many ways an aspirant can reach unto Baba's lap including in sadhana. That is the main idea that should be preserved. Sadhana is a devotional practice and one can sit on Baba's lap in sadhana. We should make it cent-per-cent clear to one and all that the phrase, "sitting on Baba's lap", does not mean death.


Dogma:
if "on Baba's lap" only used for death

Here are quoted lines from recently posted emails on various forums, wherein the writer uses the phrase - "in Baba's lap" - with the occasion of death:

- "May Parama Purusa Baba accept her in HIS divine lap"

- "May his soul rest in the lap of our beloved BABA"

- "Now she is taking rest in Baba's Lap."

- "May Baba accept him in HIS divine lap....."

- "May he rest in HIS loving lap of eternity."

- "We are sure that Baba has taken him in His loving lap."

- "May his soul rest in Baba's lap forever."

- "Let her rest peacefully in Baba's Lap - which she always desired."

- "now he is in beloved Baba's lap"

- "May his soul get peaceful place in His lap"

- "He is now in Bábá's loving lap"

- "May Baba bless him with a seat in His lap."

- "May BABA accept him in HIS divine lap!"

- "May Baba take him in his eternal loving lap."

- "Please keep him on Your lap forever."

- ‘We all collectively pray to Baba to take him on Baba's divine lap forever.”

All of the above lines are commonly written in eulogizing the deceased. These days mostly it is used in a eulogy and rarely used to recount one's devotional experiences - unfortunately. By this way, the phrase "in Baba's lap" is being misused and step by step the real meaning is being forgotten as now people more commonly use the phrase to eulogize those who have died, and much less so to express their devotional feeling. Unfortunately, the meaning and inner spirit of the phrase is getting lost.


"Mahaprayan" means death of mortals - confirm for yourself
from the Samsad Bengali-English Dictionary

Mahaprayan (Death): Many are aware that mahaprayan (death) is the common term used in India and especially in our Bengal to describe the death of any human being, even ordinary people. In that way, the obituary columns of the newspapers of Bengal regularly cite the mahaprayan (death) of various persons of society who died or passed away.

Some may get confused and wrongly think that the word 'mahaprayan' (death) is one extraordinarily devotional term to be used in association with Parama Purusa. But that is not at all the case. Rather to do so is only to undermine the eternal presence of Parama Purusa. That is why no devotees ever use the word 'mahaprayan' in reference to Lord Shiva or Lord Krsna. Because Lord Shiva and Lord Krsna exist eternally. Then there is no question of Their mahaprayan (death).

Baba is Parama Purusa so He is eternal and there is no question of His mahaprayan.

Here it should be known that the convention of an annual death day ceremony (i.e. shraddhainjali or mahaprayan) is a foundation of the Islamic tradition. Muslims are well known for this, and their approach of an annual death day ceremony was adopted by the leader of a particular group in AMPS. So no one should think that mahaprayan is some type of sacred event. It is done on the death day anniversary of Muslims.

And for those who need still more technical proof then all this can be clarified quite readily by referencing the dictionary. Specifically in the Samsad Bengali-English dictionary 3rd edition on page 848. Checking there it will be confirmed that the word 'mahaprayan' means death. Which is why it is used to refer to the passing away of even common citizens.

Mahaprayan is only for humans not for Sadguru

Here it should be qualified that there is both real mahaprayan and fake mahaprayan. Real mahaprayan marks the death of any ordinary human being, just like the aforesaid news. This is the proper use of the term: To note a person's departure from this earth. That is the meaning of the mahaprayan term and that is the standard way the term is used in Indian languages.

Then there is the fake, or so-called, or dogmatic mahaprayan. That is when certain vested interests try to apply the mahaprayan term to Parama Purusa. This is grossly inappropriate because when Parama Purusa Sadguru Baba is that Divine Entity who is beginningless and endless and resides always in our heart, then it is entirely wrong to proclaim that He is gone.

That is why rational margiis are protesting; because the Oct 21st program is so-called mahaprayan. So-called means that something is fake. Parama Purusa is eternal, thus for some vested interests to declare "mahaprayan of Parama Purusa" is nothing but so-called mahaprayan.

Mahaprayan only really happens in the case of human beings, not Parama Purusa. Those doing mahaprayan for Sadguru are hypocrites. On the one side in meditation they ask His grace thinking that He is ever-present, and on the other side they think that Baba has passed way. That is their hypocrisy.