Baba
So-called family acarya - Shocking exposure
Namaskar,
Here are a few key tenets of our AM way of life:
(a) Co-education is not allowed above the age of 12, and certainly not at our AM colleges. That means our women’s college is single-sex, including the instructors. That is the rule.
(b) Our acaryas are to be the standard-bearers of AM teachings so their conduct must be proper at all times, in all circumstances.
(c) Even at the time of dance and dramas, we are to maintain a strict code of decency with regards to dress, especially with the opposite sex.
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For all these reasons and more, so-called family acarya Pashupati’s presence at Umanivas (AM women’s college at Ananda Nagar) was a complete and utter abomination. He arrived half-naked and stood there shamelessly in front of female students. This contravened the local cultural standards and grossly violated our AM code of ethics. While much more can be written about this, suffice to say that “a photo speaks a thousand words”. Kindly look at the images appended below to see what took place.
Unfit as family acarya - supervision needed
Sadly, Pashupati (Steven Landau of USA) has had trouble overcoming the materialistic tendencies that seeped into his psyche while growing up in a debauched environment. So despite his relatively sincere interest in Ananda Marga, he suffers from a lot of loopholes and is unable to represent AM ideals. This is compounded by his own personal emotional deficit wherein he has an insatiable appetite to be the center of attention - at all times. While Pashupati’s heart is basically “in the right place”, he is totally unfit to be in a position of leadership (i.e. family acarya) in Ananda Marga. Rather, someone of high integrity must always supervise him. He has a long history of going off the rails, and this latest venture at Uma Nivas is no different.
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In Him,
Bhakti Devii
(Betsy Kaufmann)
NY Pashupati: “flashing” young girls
Pashupati is an aged man (low to mid 70’s), and in the below photo he is wearing a brown wig and dressed in a half-naked leopard-skin outfit at a Yoga Camp at the women’s college at Ananda Nagar. In front of those young sisters who are dressed in a very sentient manner, Pashupati stands out as a glaring contradiction as he is exposing half his body, including his right nipple. Not only that, while sitting down at the harmonium, his open-ended costume fully exposes his groins to those innocent young girls. Moreover, when he danced tandava in that short-skirt outfit, he would have “flashed” those young girls. It is shocking, embarrassing, and completely against the teachings and educational standards of AM.
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Solution
Unfortunately, Pashupati has no ability on his own to understand right from wrong in this regard. So the real blame must be placed on those in-charges who approved of this encounter with the young female students. Herein is a warning to one and all: Do not allow Pashupati to take a leading role at any AM school or function without him being fully supervised by a senior margii or WT who is very strict in 16 Points. That is the only solution.
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