Baba
Letter #37: wrong words used in AV-6
Namaskar,
Every Ananda Margii should be aware of the errors in this newly reviewed section of Baba’s printed discourse. This audio is an original English Baba discourse from Kolkata (16 Dec 1978). And the below scanned page is from the book Ananda Vacanamrtam - 6 (discourse #132, “Parama Puruśa – the Only Bandhu”).
Discarded Baba’s original & direct speech
Here below is a discourse that was given by Sadguru Baba entirely in English, but Tiljala Publications did not print it in an accurate manner, even though this is the English edition, and Baba’s new audio was given only in English. In the below AV book scan, the red underlined words are not Baba’s direct terms. Rather Dada Sarvatmananda and Tiljala Publications polluted the book by discarding Baba’s original words.
Please listen to the new sound file of Baba’s exclusively English discourse.
Red underlined words are not Baba’s
Look at the below scan: In just 5 lines of the discourse there are 13 wrong words that have been inserted into the printed text which are not present in Baba’s original and newly reviewed English audio discourse. In addition, there are numerous words Baba spoke which they failed to transcribe. These red underlined words are wrong.
Please listen to the new sound file of Baba’s exclusively English discourse.
Please see the below scan and start listening from the 1:15 minute mark. The red underlined words are not what Baba spoke. You will not find these words in Bábá’s newly reviewed English audio discourse. This is a distorted discourse.
Please see the above scan and start listening from 1:15 minute mark. The red underlined words are not Baba’s. In just 5 lines of the discourse there are 13 wrong words that are not present in Baba’s original newly reviewed English audio discourse.You will not find these words in Bábá’s English audio discourse.
Please see the above scan and start listening from 1:15 minute mark. The red underlined words are not Baba’s. In just 5 lines of the discourse there are 13 wrong words that are not present in Baba’s original newly reviewed English audio discourse.You will not find these words in Bábá’s English audio discourse.
Sadhakas expect to read Baba’s words, but...
Tragically, the overarching trend in AM books is a huge disparity between what Baba actually spoke and what Tilaja Publications printed. So it is very important to compare the printed words with the Baba audio file of this same new discourse.
All this is critically important because when sadhakas pick-up one of Baba’s books they expect to be reading Baba’s words. This is especially the case when Baba delivered His discourse entirely in English and the text is also exclusively in English. Yet, as is shown above, we are not given Baba’s exact words - but rather something else in the name of Baba. Verily, that is not the direct speech of Parama Purusa Baba. This is the heart of the issue that is addressed herein.
Please listen to the new sound file of Baba’s exclusively English discourse.
Rudrananda reprints & sells same distorted, altered books
The discourses Tiljala Publications (TP) published in the Ananda Vacanamrtam series are filled with errors. This is readily apparent when comparing TP's printed AV books with what Baba spoke, i.e. the original new sound files of those same discourses. And that deviation is the focal point of this letter. Bábá has spoken one thing, whereas they have printed something entirely different. Whatever Bábá spoke, they distorted and printed in those books that were exclusively in English and Hindi. Unfortunately, Rudrananda's group reprints and sells those same distorted, altered Baba books in their own name. Sadly, they have not an iota of interest in fixing the discourses.
Please listen to the new sound file of Baba’s exclusively English discourse.
Conclusion
Sadguru Baba has entrusted us with His divine discourses to lead humanity from darkness to light. Yet, the printed AM books are not accurate depictions of what Baba spoke. The time has come for margiis and Wts to remake all of Sadguru Baba’s book using the sound files of Baba’s discourses.
In Him,
Prafulla Ghosh
Note: Today we could only do this much so tomorrow we will do more.
This newly reviewed English audio discourse is from Kolkata (16 Dec 1978). And the scanned page is from the book Ananda Vacanamrtam - 6 (discourse #132, “Parama Puruśa – the Only Bandhu”).
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