Why visheśa yoga + 2 more

Baba

Why visheśa yoga 

Namaskar,

This letter is written for all those margiis and Wts who do not have visheśa yoga so they can understand that the secret to realising Parama Purusa in a very close way in madhur bhava lies in the six lessons of sahaja yoga, not in the arduous and time-taking practice of vishes'a yoga.

According to Ananda Marga philosophy, there are various grades of bhaktas, as outlined in this series of points.
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Even atheists are believers

A. Atheist: Atheism is also a kind of bhakti. Outwardly, they say that they don't believe in God, but internally they want to know more. Whatever knowledge they have about various dogmatic religions is not satisfying for them. For example, in the west, God means "Jesus Christ". In India, God means "monkey", or "elephant", or thousands of other deities. In the Middle East, God means "Allah", who gave the message that three females are equal to one male. By seeing this, the so-called atheists think that God is not any of these, and that is why they reject it. That also is a kind of relation with God - albeit a distant one.

Shopkeeper relation with God

B. Some have a give-and-take relation with God, similar to that of a shopkeeper. They want to offer something to God, and in exchange take something back from God.

C. The next level of believer thinks that God is living somewhere beyond their reach, in the sky or in space. They do not feel they can communicate directly with God, and instead go via someone else. This is also a distant relation.

D. The bhakta thinks that God is “my close relation”, such as “God is my father.” But one cannot share everything with their father because there will be repercussions and discipline. So one feels a little distant.
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Highest relation madhura bhava

E. When the bhakta grows more they feel God is their friend. This is a closer relation than the father relation.

F. The final relation is a very intimate, very very close, and very loving relation. That is called madhura bhava.

In sahaja yoga, these more intimate relations with Parama Purusa are openly embraced. The secret to having the Supreme Entity in a very close way in madhura bhava lies in the six lessons of sahaja yoga, not in the arduous and time-taking practice of visheśa yoga.

How relation with Parama Puruśa changes

As the bháva matures, when one’s love for Parama Puruśa deepens, the relationship is transformed.
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Note: As discussed above, vishes’a yoga is based on a 3rd grade relation. In this relation, there remains a gap between the bhakta and Parama Purusa. Whereas in higher relations such as madhura bhava, there is no such gap - one has reached the closest proximity with Parama Purusa. . 

Namaskar,
at His lotus feet,
S. Avadhuta.


Extra-reading

There are six stages, and here Baba is talking about the second stage where there are multiple relations, but only the highest relation of madhura bhava reaches that pinnacled point.

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “The next stage of sádhaná [spiritual practice] is sárúpya. It implies that “Not only am I close to Him, but whenever I think of Him I see Him in all directions.” Now how do people attain this state of realization? One may attain this state by becoming His closest and most intimate companion – His father, mother, wife, son, or any near and dear relation.” (1)

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “All are advancing towards Him and while advancing towards Him they establish some sort of relationship with Him. That relationship is internal. It is purely personal. One may love Him as a mother loves her son, a wife her husband, a servant his master, or as the love between friends. This relationship is internal. It is purely personal.” (2)

Note: The basic quality of proper sadhaka is to remain calm and think rationally; if one is not in this state - then commenting will not be useful.

Note: As discussed above, vishes’a yoga is based on a 3rd grade relation - also known as father relation. When this father relation matures, when this love for Parama Puruśa deepens, it is transformed into sakhya bhava. When this sakhya bhava matures, when this love for Parama Puruśa deepens still more, it may be transformed into the highest relation, i.e. madhura bhava.
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Ananda Marga philosophy states, “All are advancing towards Him and while advancing towards Him they establish some sort of relationship with Him. That relationship is internal. It is purely personal. One may love Him as a mother loves her son….a servant his master, or as the love between friends. This relationship is internal. It is purely personal….The interesting thing though, is that this friendly relationship cannot endure till the end. Either it is converted into dásya, the feeling of being a servant, or madhura bhava…That very outlook that is instrumental in determining a particular type of relationship with Parama Puruśa, depending upon one’s inherent saḿskáras, is called mysticism. As I have already explained it is a never-ending endeavour to find a link between finite and infinite.” (3)

References
1. Namami Krsnasundara, Krśńa Imparts Six Stages of Realization (Discourse 3)
2. Namami Krsnasundara, Párthasárathi Krśńa and Aesthetic Science (Discourse 26)
3. Namami Krsnasundara, Párthasárathi Krśńa and Aesthetic Science (Discourse 26)

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== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==

Raft of Your name
 
"Tomár námer bheláy bhásie dilum práń...” (Prabhat Samgiita #0724)

Purport:

Parama Purusa Baba, I set my whole existence afloat on the raft of Your supreme name. I do not want anything from You. Desiring something mundane from You is like death itself. I do not know what I need or what will happen tomorrow in my life. That is why it is foolishness and deadly to ask for anything; it only invites danger. Whatever I truly require, You always provide for me. I set my everything afloat on the boat of Your auspicious name.

Baba, in Your beauty, melody, and sweet love, attuning my unit rhythm with Your cosmic rhythm, I will go on singing Your song. In my heart the resonance of Your tune will lead me along. I set my whole life afloat on the raft of Your supreme name.

Baba, You applied the collyrium of absolute knowledge unto my drowsy and tired eyes, infected with materialism. With the strength of that unique blessing, I shall bathe in the nectar of salvation. I set my all afloat on the ship of Your eternal name.

Baba, with Your beautiful rhythms, songs, tunes, melodies, attraction, and with the pull of Your infinite love, my voyage advances towards the deep core of my inner self. I offer my whole existence afloat on the boat of Your name, in Your prema, and Your causeless grace…


Note for Prabhat Samgiita #0724:

[1] Making request is deadly: In the first stanza it is expressed that when one has faith and surrender in His name then life sails ahead smoothly. Because a person does not know their own needs. They do not know what is healthy food for them. So best is to never ask anything from Parama Purusa. Rather, asking Him could be utterly disastrous – even deadly. Because already He has prepared the best path possible for you. And by asking, that can change the course of life. For instance, if one female asks for a handsome spouse, then that may be granted, yet that dashing spouse may become the cause of domestic violence and make life like living hell or even suicide. And here is one real incident. One drug addict prayed and beseeched God again and again to please grant him illicit drugs, and reluctantly God approved that request. So that addict got those drugs and after a few days he died of an overdose.

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Prayer is the act of asking for a favour with earnestness. It also means a solemn petition addressed to the Supreme Being for certain benefits. One prays to God for something which one does not possess or thinks one does not possess. One asks God for these favours with the faith that He alone can bestow everything and by His mere wish all wants can be satisfied. By prayer or by begging one wants to awaken His wish so that one may be granted the things one lacks. Does not one’s attempt to rouse the wish of God to fulfil these needs, upon careful and rational thinking, appear to be a reminder to God to give one something of which God has kept one deprived? It would otherwise not be necessary to remind Him in prayer of that thing or to try to arouse His wish to give. For instance, if one is in need of money, one would, with the faith that God alone can give, pray to Him for the favour of giving one money. Does not this request show God’s fault in keeping one in want of money, when He alone can give it? God alone is blamed for it, and by praying to Him for money one is precisely pointing out to Him His partiality in not giving one the money one needed. Therefore, prayer or asking for favours from God is only pointing out to the Sole Giver His mistakes in the distribution of His favours. It only presumes lack of impartiality in Him, and that is why He is blamed for making some very rich and others very poor. Praying to God for favours is only to bring to His notice the charge of partiality levelled against Him. When prayer leads to such a conclusion, it is only ignorance to ask for favours.” (1)

Reference
1. Ánanda Márga: Elementary Philosophy, How Should Human Beings Live In This World?

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About dhyana lesson + 2 more

Baba

About dhyana lesson

Namaskar,

We all know Baba places great importance on the study of history as it enables both individuals and communities to learn from past mistakes and thereby progress. Failing that, without the study of history, people commit the same old errors over and over again. In which case, they remain shackled by the pitfalls of the past and are unable to advance. So the review of history holds a unique place for the development of any society.

As Ananda Margiis, we must know the history of Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha (AMPS). Please read this below letter as an historical account which depicts the scene going on those days. 

In Him,
Dr. Gopal
Ananda Marga News Bulletin Moderators

Note: This below letter first posted in November 2016 delineates how one PP Dada contravened Sadguru Baba's instructions on dhyana.  

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Note: Please excuse me as this letter talks about an extremely important but bitter truth.

Namaskar,

When unqualified people control the post these Wts Dadas misguide others and goad them to do things which should not be done. Following is an example how one person, who is utterly worthless and incapable of guiding others in sadhana, has goaded them to practice in the wrong way, which contravenes Guru’s teachings. And due to sheer ignorance, our Wt organisers are openly propagating what these Wts have done - as if it is something great. These Wt Dadas are completely in the dark about committing a gross blunder. Sadly, our Dadas do not have a clue. That is why these Wts are bragging about what they have done.

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Here is the example: Look see how these idiots are gloating over their ignorant leader who has committed this spiritual blunder. First however we begin with Sadguru Baba’s teaching.

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “It is desirable to practise various lessons [dhyana etc] of sádhaná alone, in a lonely place, but Iishvara prańidhána can be practised both individually as well as collectively.” (1)

So in His above teaching Baba is guiding us that iishvara pranidhana can be done collectively, but not any other sadhana lesson. And verily in Caryacarya when describing our various festivals and social occasions, Baba uses the term “collective Iishvara Prańidhána.” The reason being that no other lesson of Ananda Marga meditation is meant to be done in a group setting. Those who have attended seminars, retreats, akhanda kiirtan, and dharmacakra etc know that only iishvara pranidhana is done collectively - not any other lesson. For their individual lessons etc, people leave the hall and go elsewhere to practice pranayama and dhyana etc. In our Ananda Marga philosophy, you will not find any book that mentions or refers to collective dhyana. Because that is not done in  our tantric system. It is a violation of our sadhana code. 

Proof of ignorance

Now take a look at what some of our ignorant Dadas have done. Here below is what these Dadass printed in their propaganda newsletter some time back, where these in-charges are bragging about the sin these very Wts committed.

By reading the above paragraph, the following is quite obvious:

(a) PP Dada is, for lack of better a word, an idiot. PP has no idea about sadhana lessons.

(b) The person who wrote the above quote is also ignorant, otherwise if he had known that dhyana should not be done collectively then he would not have written this and exposed his own ignorance.

(c) The ignorant writer thinks that his ignorant teacher has done something great by encouraging others to do collective dhyana.

So in their above public statement, those Wt organisers of the MS describe how all the avadhutas assembled did the dhyana lesson collectively. Yet this is entirely against our Ananda Marga sadhana system. This dhyana lesson is not to be done collectively as per Guru’s teaching. But, sure enough, some time back, a gathering of avadhutas led by PP Dada Vishvadevananda did collective dhyana - thereby violating Sadguru’s dharmic code on sadhana. In other words these people are confessing to their blunder but these Wt Dadas do not know that they are confessing; rather these Wts think that they are bragging. By this way, simple innocent margiis are getting misguided.

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These dadas bragging about own ignorance & misdeeds

Indeed, Baba has gone to great lengths to write hundreds of books delineating all His teachings of Ananda Marga, but the unfortunate thing is that these ignorant Dadas do not read Baba’s teachings. So our Dadas remain in the dark and preach false things. That is how it came to pass that at the MS these Wt Dadas engaged in collective dhyana, and then bragged about it via public emails across the internet.

Now you can understand that these are a bunch of fools. See their standard. These Dadas have no clue how even simple sadhana is done. Our in-charge Dadas are contravening the rule from A Guide to Human Conduct which is available to all margiis and even non-margiis. Yet PP Dada and these avadhutas are not even aware about this simple rule.

The sad truth is that these leaders do not study Guru’s teachings, just these Wts are drowned in their own sin. Baba made AMPS to propagate Ananda Marga ideology and these ignorant people are doing the exact opposite. This is nothing but the blind leading the blind, as PP Dada is leading an entire hall of avadhutas in collective dhyana.

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Namaskar,
In Him,
Ananda

Andhenaeva niiyamánáh yathándháh
[They are just like the blind leading the blind.] (2)

This letter could have been written without harsh language but that would have been useless because our Dadas would not have taken it seriously.
 

Highlighting own sin

Here below is again what these Wts printed in their propaganda newsletter, where these Wts are bragging about the sin which they committed.

One of the highlights of the program was a class by Rev. Purodha Pramukha Dadaji, Ac. Vishvadevanandaji Avt. on the sixth lesson of Guru Dhyana. PP Dadaji’s class was so inspiring that the hall full of participants fell silent and all Avadhútas and Avadhútikás collectively performed the Dhyana lesson. After the class blissful kiirtan and sadhana was performed.

References
1. A Guide to Human Conduct, Iishvara Prańidhána
2. Problems of the Day, Point #32

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== Section; Important Teaching ==

This is our temporary stopover

Ananda Marga philosophy says, "Human beings come onto this earth for a very short period, and within this short period they are required to complete everything. So there is a great deal of work to be done, but the time is very short. Thus intelligent people make the best use of every moment of their time - wasting one's time is the height of foolishness. Why? Because no human being will remain on this earth for long, and the very goal of human life is to attain Parama Purusa, the Supreme Stance. Human beings, while moving forward towards that Goal which is fixed before their minds, will have to perform many worldly duties. That is why it is said, 'Keep one hand on the feet of Parama Purus'a, and with the other hand do your mundane duties'." (1)

Reference
1. A Few Problems Solved - 4, Let Chattisgarh Have a Brilliant Future

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