Baba
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Namaskar,
Here below our Wt Dadas & Didis are celebrating one marriage. Following are a few observations of the ceremony:
#1: Here the boy is being treated as a king, evidenced by the fact that he is adorning a crown. In contrast, the bride is presented as the slave. This type of gross male dominance stems from the residue of old, rotten Hindu dogma.
~ Sad situation: Wts celebrate dogmatic, Hindu, exploitative marriage ~
See the boy is being treated as a king, evidenced by the fact that he is adorning a crown. In contrast, the bride is presented as the slave. This type of gross male dominance stems from the residue of old, rotten Hindu dogma.
A dogmatic tradition
#2: In this marriage scene, the boy is the victor and the bride is defeated paty or slave. Here Baba describes this exploitative archaic tradition and how it should be discarded.
Ananda Marga philosophy states, "In those days life was full of conflict. There were frequent clashes between the different hills. The people living on one hill treated each other as brothers and sisters, so whenever they wanted to get married, they had to bring men and women from other hills. Those who emerged victorious in an inter-hill conflict would marry the women of the vanquished gotra. These women were brought to the victor's hill bound in chains. Even today in many parts of India the newly married couple knot their clothes together after marriage. This practice is symbolic of the time when the girl of the vanquished party was forcibly brought home by the bridegroom. In ancient days, they were brought home captive, their hands bound in chains. Even today in East India, particularly among the women of Bengal, there is a custom of wearing iron bangles. These bangles, reminiscent of those ancient chains, symbolize that the bride has been brought home captive. Besides that, many women had their heads cracked open in battle. Blood flowed from their gaping wounds. These days, of course, such atrocities do not occur. However, to represent the flowing blood of those wounded in battle a vermilion mark is placed on the forehead of a newly married woman." (1)
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Degraded Wts aborting their own kids
#3: This is the era of neo-humanism and gender equality, but unfortunately the sublime ideals of Ananda Marga have no place in our AMPS these days.
#4: In the pre-1990 era, family margiis and family acaryas had duty to convene marriages while wts had the duty to create Wts. But now all those Wts who were dedicated to creating new Wts have disappeared, and those who wanted to do the job of family people grabbed some avadhuta garb and began arranging marriages, producing their own children - secretly, of course, but most of the time aborting. And real family people have been pushed aside. In the above photo it is clear that family people are not in the front row leading the ceremony - nor are they anywhere. The family people are just invisible, maybe relegated to the back of the stage in the dark etc, while those imposters in Wt garb take the helm of those family duties.
#5: Those not thinking in an ideological way may be in complete euphoria by seeing the above photo and how Wts have taken up the duty of family margiis.
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Conclusion
#6: Baba created the system to raise home kids in an ashram lifestyle and by that way those home children would become the embodiment of AM ideology - following all the points from their infancy. But we do not see this these days. The main reason is that when those Wts running the homes are not involved in dharmic sannyasi life then how can they impart those high ideals to the home children. In that case it is impossible, and that is why even before maturity girls try to escape and have some dirty love affairs. Or they are cajoled into marrying non-margiis or pseudo-margiis who took nam mantra just 5 minutes before the marriage ceremony etc.
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#7: If we measure by the dharmic standard of AM ideology then the above scene is a sad state of affairs. But if we compare it with the debased ways of materialism then it is very grand. Unfortunately, that is the way some people see the situation. But Sadguru says to always measure everything by the standard of our high ideals and not the degenerated ways of animality.
In Him,
Shankar
~ In-depth study ~
Women forcibly carried away
Sadguru Baba says, "As I told you a little earlier, each clan used to live on a separate hill, and the leader of that clan was respected as rśi of the clan. The affiliations of the gotra people were indicated by the name of that particular rśi. After the patriarchal system was established, the members of one gotra would forcibly kidnap women from other gotras to their own gotra, their own hill. Thus immediately after the marriage, the woman's gotra would change, because she was then a member of a different gotra, a separate hill."
"All this invariably led the different clans into bloody conflicts. Those who were defeated in battle were captured as slaves and the women were taken to the harems of the victors. The victorious clan would then occupy the hill, the gotra of the vanquished clan. Thus within one gotra, there were many sub-gotras, called pravaras."
"The women were forcibly carried away, their hands bound in iron chains. Even to this day, women in Bengal and some other areas wear iron bangles on their wrists after marriage – the symbols of their ancient servitude. One should clearly understand this. The males who would attack the neighbouring hills would tie up the women and carry them to their own hill. Even today, during the marriage ceremony in certain parts of India, the bride's clothes are tied to the clothes of the bridegroom. This enslavement of the defeated gotra was a great humiliation, especially for the women. Sometimes, during the battle, the men would strike the heads of the women with an axe, causing blood to flow. Up until the present, at the time of marriage, women use a vermilion cosmetic mark on their foreheads – a symbol of blood." (2)
“I'm going to bring you a maid-servant”
Here Baba tells more about the exploitative history of the Hindu marriage system and how it lives on even today:
"Today I will relate to you an episode of Tantric history – an episode which has almost been lost. I think you all know that Sadáshiva was the first Tantric Mahákaola on this planet. His mission was Kurvantu vishvaḿ Tántrikam – “To get the whole universe initiated into the Tantric cult”. To become a Tantric means to fight directly against the opposing forces and obstacles on the path of progress and to preach the lofty gospels of universal humanism. That human beings are the greatest of all living beings is to be proven in action, not in mere words or theoretical moral principles.References
"In that early phase of human civilization, there were more rifts and clashes among the different clans and tribes than there are today. It was therefore safer for human beings to live on hills. Later, with the development of civilization, they moved down to the plains and settled in woods and forests. But in those early days, they would sleep in hill-caves after blocking the entrances with big rocks. Fire had not yet been discovered, so they could not protect themselves by burning fires around their encampments in the caves and forests. Fire was discovered much later.
"The hills on which people used to live were called gotras in Vedic Sanskrit. So if a person called Ráma lived on a certain hill, the hill was called “Rámagotra”. Similarly, the hill where Shyáma lived was known as “Shyámagotra”, and all the people who lived on it belonged to that gotra. This was the system followed in that early period of social development. Prior to that [patriarchal system], each hill was ruled by a gotramátá, or clan mother. The clan members would all obey her and would introduce themselves by her name; and likewise the hill itself would be named after that matriarch. These days this system has evolved into a dogmatic clan or caste system.
"So each hill was named after its sage. If Maharśi Káshyapa [The Great Sage Káshyapa] was the leader of a hill clan, that clan was called Káshyapagotra. If Maharśi Bharadvája was the leader, it was called Bharadvájagotra. Thus, the early matriarchal system was followed by a patriarchal system of leadership.
"Those people who lived on the same hill under a common patriarch lived just like brothers and sisters. However, they considered the members of other hill communities to be their deadly enemies. And since all on one hill were brothers and sisters, they could not marry among themselves. So what would they do in order to marry? One clan would defeat a neighbouring clan in battle, and they would forcibly drag the vanquished women, with hands bound, back to their own hill for a life of domestic servitude. The males of the defeated clan were utilized as slaves.
"Even to this day, there is a custom whereby the mother asks her son on the eve of his marriage, “Where are you going?” He replies, “I'm going to bring you a maid-servant.” It comes from those days when the victorious clan would drag the defeated women back to its own hill. Not only that – to bind someone you need a rope or a chain ([now] called a gánt́chaŕá). The women would be brought back in those days with chains on their wrists, otherwise they might run away. The iron bangle that a married woman wears today is a symbol of that early servitude. In those days women also fought in battle, and were often hit on the head and severely injured. A small vermilion mark then came to represent the blood streaming from their cracked heads. But today a woman must wear that vermilion mark if she is to be recognized as married. This is quite different from the original idea. Actually these are all just different dogmas...
"...So even today women bear the mark of servitude by wearing iron bangles on their wrists, thus giving the impression that they have been vanquished; they still use the vermilion which originally symbolized bloodshed; they still tie the gánt́chaŕá after marriage, which symbolizes their being forcibly carried away; and the bridegroom still often says to his mother on the eve of his departure for the marriage, “I'm going to bring you a maid-servant.” How absurd! No one is anyone's servant. The system of slavery was abolished long ago. You should oppose these dogmatic beliefs. They are very objectionable. You should understand the history behind them, and then do the right thing." (3)
1. A Few Problems Solved - 3, The Evolution of Human Civilization
2. Namah Shiváya Shántáya, Shiva – Both Severe and Tender (Discourse 2)
3. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 7, Bhaerava and Bhaeravii
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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: Prabhat Samgiita ==
Fire of divine love
"A'gun la'giye dile pha'gune e madhuma'se..." (Prabhat Samgiita #1904)
Purport:
O' Parama Purusa, in the grand and stunning beauty of this spring season, You have sparked a fire of divine love deep inside my core. You have suddenly broken the slumber of my sleeping heart which was engrossed in materialism.
O' Supreme Entity, I was covered by the blanket of drowsiness and staticity. It was keeping me in a state of deep slumber so I could not understand right or wrong. Now You have broken that staticity with the warmth of Your touch. By Your karuna, by Your endless compassion, I have started moving on the path of sadhana.
O' my Bandhu, in this universe, You are incomparable and beyond space and time. You always reside in my mental sky. Baba, in this spring season, when everything is drenched in the sweet aroma of flowers, You kindled my heart with bhakti...
Note for Prabhat Samgiita #1904
[1] Bandhu: Here below are some of Guru’s teachings on the term bandhu.
Ananda Marga ideology states, “What is the meaning of “bandhu”? In Saḿskrta, the meaning of the word “bandhu” is “to bind”. Bandhu indicates that person or entity who cannot stand separation. Parama Puruśa or Saguńa Brahma is closely and intimately connected with this expressed world, or jagata. He is pervasively connected with every individual entity, be it a living being or a crude object. He is also linked through and through with the universe as a whole. In other words, He is indissolubly and inextricably involved (ota prota) with everything. Therefore, He is the only bandhu of this universe. The rest of your bandhus in the physical world are not your eternal friends. Though they are with you now, a day will soon come when they will go away; they will be separated from you. When you depart from this world, these friends will accompany or carry your dead body. But how far will they accompany you? They will accompany your body up to the cremation ground or the burning ghat. Having gone so far, at the most they will return to their own dwelling places. So they are not your real bandhu. There is a shloka in Saḿskrta:”
Atyágasahano bandhu sadaevánumatah suhrd;
Eka kryaḿ bhavenmitraḿ samapráńáh sakhásmrtah.
Ananda Marga ideology states, “He who loves [[so much that]] he can never sustain the grief of separation, is known as “bandhu”. In this sense, nobody can have any bandhu in this world. Only that Jagatabandhu – that Parama Puruśa – can be your bandhu. No one else is your bandhu. Only He is your real friend.” (1)
References
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 6, Parama Puruśa – the Only Bandhu
== Section 3: Important Teaching ==
No place for non-margiis in Prout leadershipProut philosophy states, “Those who have a correct philosophy and a correct spiritual sádhaná based on the principles of Yama and Niyama will be the guiding personalities in the society of tomorrow. It is the duty of conscious people to snatch away the physical power and the intellectual leadership from the hands of political hypocrites. Politicians are of no use to society because they are engaged in the business of mudslinging and nothing else. If sadvipras [spiritual revolutionaries who follow Yama and Niyama] get active mass support, revolution is bound to come. In case a government adopts the ideals of Prout, the rule of sadvipras will prevail. If the same is not adopted by the government, a physical revolution is sure to come, and ultimately power will be transferred to the sadvipras.” (1)
Reference
1. Prout in a Nutshell - 5, Discourses on Prout, Point #4
== Section 4: Links ==
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