Ananda Marga News Bulletin: 12/03/21

Friday, December 3, 2021

See: these are Kaoravas

Baba

See: these are Kaoravas

Note: This letter concerns the recent lewd behaviour of one Wt, and how, in response, one innocent youth was wrongly blamed.

Namaskar,

In our Ananda Marga, conduct is everything, especially for our Wts. Every Ananda Margii knows that Baba places maximum importance on the point of conduct.

Ananda Marga ideology guides us, "Acárańát páthayati yah sah ácáryah – “One who teaches through one's conduct is an ácárya.” If one's conduct is not exemplary, he or she is not an ácárya/á." (1)

Verily, there is no doubt about it. Conduct is the key point in our Ananda Marga way of life, and our Wts are to lead the march in this regard. Their conduct must be exemplary. And Baba was especially strict on sexual incidents. When a Wt was indulged sexually, then that was dealt with on a completely different order of magnitude. On all such affairs, Baba was very, very stern.
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Punished the witness not the wrongdoer

When the news erupted recently about the lewd antics of Dada Puspendrananda, it should have sent off alarm bells that an intervention was needed.

(Note: For those not aware, some weeks back Puspendrananda was lying down in the Ranchi jagrti talking to his GF on a video sex call and showing her his erect member. It was a classic case of phone sex. Write to us if you wish to see the photo.)

When Dada ji was indulged in such a compromised condition then what was the need of the day? The supervisory workers in charge of Puspendrananda should have intervened and worked towards rectifying / punishing Puspendrananda with the greater goal of bringing him back onto the path of dharma and leading the life of a true Wt. Had our AMPS organisation been in proper working order, that would have been the appropriate course of action.

Instead something radically different happened. Rudrananda ordered his top stooges to heinously target the innocent margii student who unwittingly witnessed Dada ji's grotesque behaviour. Verily they kicked this margii student out of the jagrti. The margii student had been living there and renting a room while pursuing his studies. But now Rudrananda and his lackeys booted him out, when in fact the real perpetrator was Puspendrananda. After all, it was Puspendrananda who violated all kinds of Wt conduct rules by his debased actions, whereas the innocent margii student was merely trying to get back to his rented room in the jagrti. Not only that, Rudrananda has given the green light to his sycophants to pursue legal proceedings against that student.

Ananda Marga ideology guides us, "If you cannot learn anything from the conduct and behaviour of a certain person, why should you accept that person as an ácárya/á?" (2)

Some ramifications

Here are a few of the many ramifications of this sad, tragic, and debased incident.
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#1: Puspendrananda feels emboldened to continue in his depraved ways, thereby sending him deeper into the clutches of avidya maya.

#2: It sends a message to other Wts that if they pay big tithes to Rudrananda and do his dirty work then they too can lead depraved, indulgent lives without any fear of losing their organisational status and post.

#3: That youth who was booted from the jagrti will certainly feel that AMPS is a dirty and corrupt organisation wherein innocent and good people are taken to task for doing the right thing. Already, we have an issue wherein margii children are not keen to be active members of our AMPS, and this only exacerbates the problem.

#4: That innocent student who was unjustly targeted and railroaded out of the jagrti will invariably recount his experience to his peers who will steer clear of our AMPS and AM way of life. We are in dire need of a youth movement in our Marga, and this will undermine that.

And verily there are many other wrongs and offshoots to this type of loose canon behaviour where the indulged Wt is protected by organisational heads while an innocent youth is targeted and attacked.

Conclusion

AMPS was built to be a dharmic organisation but now the reins are in the hands of adharmikas, i.e. devilish people. The result is that depraved people are rewarded, and good people are chastised, victimised, scapegoated, and made to suffer. The recent incident at the Ranchi jagrit further slants the tables in this direction.
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in Him,
a concerned margii

Wt conduct rules

WT conduct rule: “Avadhuta must not engage his ears in hearing obscene language or song, touch any rajasika articles, see any depraving entity or picture, or go through any story, novel or picture having even a slight bit of sexual importance...All avadhutas should learn this mantra by heart: O Bhiks´u, O monk. Control your eyes, hearing, smell, tongue (taste), body, lips (speech) and mind. You should have all-round restraint, then you will overcome all pain." (3)

WT conduct rule: "Avadhuta will always keep himself engaged in service of Gurudeva with sincerity and devotion in thought, word and deed, in subtle and crude spheres, in inner and outer expressions of life." (4)

Wt conduct rule: "Under no circumstances should the purity of the mind and body be polluted." (5)

Wt conduct rule: "You will protect yourself from sexual weakness and luxury." (6)

References
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 23, Silent Action
2. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 23, Silent Action
3. 32 Rules for Avadhutas, point #32
4. 32 Rules for Avadhuta, Point #28
5. 32 Rules for Avadhuta, Point #30
6. Fourteen Points, Point #12