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.
