Baba
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Namaskar,
There is a very concerning trend going on wherein innocent Wts living in our AM jagrtis are often finding themselves in a precarious situation:
(A) If Rudrananda (Ranchi) is not pleased with an innocent Wt, for any reason, then Rudrananda can unjustly call to oust that Wt from the jagrti -- controlled by Ranchi group.
(B) This becomes an existential crisis for that Wt because all of a sudden they are homeless and branded as an outsider, cut off from the organization.
(C) In that case, with nowhere else to turn, that Wt might decide to reach out to B group to get legal documentation that they (the Wt) have a right to live in that jagrti. This is often the only recourse that Wt can take.
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(D) Here we have to remember that, at present, as per law all AMPS properties are either controlled by H group or B group. There is no third party that can claim ownership.
(E) So an innocent Wt might take help from B group in order to lay claim to their right to remain in the jagrti. As Ananda Margiis, we should side with that innocent Wt, under one condition: That Wt should only be linked with B group in name only and not become a hardcore B group member.
(F) No form of groupism can be supported, but innocent Wts must have scope to live in our jagrtis for their survival. So if H group leader Rudrananda takes aim at an innocent Wt and forces them out of the jagrti, then we have to give scope for that Wt to stand up for themselves. And one veritable recourse is for that Wt to make an appeal to B group wherein they may get legal documentation to show the courts that they are rightfully living in the jagrti.
(G) Such is the precarious nature of life these days for innocent Wts in H group. And we should be sympathetic to their plight.
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Here then is a recent case that should be viewed in this light...
News: Fatehgarh jagrti issue
#1: Recently, under the order of his boss Rudrananda, Madhuvratananda sent six Wts to remove Dada Mahapremananda from the Fategarh jagrti and overtake the jagrti. In that moment, Rudrananda & Madhuvratananda called so many margiis of Kanpur and Fatehgarh to help these six Wts capture the Fatehgarh jagrti, but the margiis were of good conscience, and no one came forward to support this nefarious act.
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#2: The situation was quite tense for a few days, and then on the night of 26 Nov those six Wts were able to enter the jagrti with the help of police. Essentially, when no margiis showed up to help Rudrananda called the Superintendent of Police (SP) and begged / bribed him for support. In India the SP is the head of the police on the district level. So the SP called his junior level police officer, i.e. Circle Officer (CO). Then CO went with some police officers in 2 Vehicles on the night of the 26th to help those six Wts. That's how they gained entry into the jagrti.
#3: However, the very next day, 27 Nov, the situation was reversed. Specifically, the city magistrate came and instructed the local police that without a court order they could not remove someone from the jagrti. The magistrate told the police that the duty of the police is to maintain law and order---not to remove someone without a court order.
#4: The police then had to escort Madhuvratananda's army of six Wts away from the jagrti premises.
#5: With the approval of Dada Mahapremananda, one Wt was granted permission to remain onsite.
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#6: When this news was reported on TV, especially in Bharat Samachar TV (BSTV Live), then Madhuvratananda posted his video reply on Twitter and tagged BSTV. In that video, Madhuvratananda justified that the two men in orange robes are not WTs of AM. Rather, a different Wt was posted by GS AMPS.
Here is a link to the various margii responses to that video.
In Him,
Prakash
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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 ==
“Tava karuńáy páoá jáy, prabhu tomáy…” (Prabhat Samgiita #3073)
Purport:
Prabhu, Baba, You can only be attained by Your karuna’ - by Your endless compassion and mercy. No one can attain You through their mundane knowledge, power of intellect, or physical and psychic possessions. Those earthly attributions hold no value in the spiritual field. A jiiva cannot attain You based solely on their material qualities.
My Supreme Entity, those who lack mundane riches and have no material wealth, status, social standing, reputation, prestige, honour, nor name and fame can still get You if You bestow bhakti and shower Your karuńá on them.
Baba, by going on hundreds of so-called pilgrimages, and visiting with and giving ritualistic donations to religious priests, the mental stains of those sinners cannot be removed. They wander around the so-called holy places of so many villages, towns, and cities with the hope of having Your darshan. They go to various so-called tiirthas like Jerusalem, Varanasi, Puri, Mecca, Rome, and they also go to so-called holy Tiljala, Jamalpur, and Ananda Nagar in search of You. But those papiis (sinners) get lost in the darkness of their own sin and filth, and their mind remains as it was. You can only be realized by sadhana, seva’, sacrifice, and bhakti, along with Your grace.
Parama Purusa, Baba, You can only be attained by Your karuna'....
Note for Prabhat Samgiita #3073
[1] Karun'a': In the one stanza, the term karuna has been used. This is when one harbours a deep sense of empathy, is pained by another's suffering, and feels, "I should help them.” For example, suppose a beggar is wallowing in misery. By seeing his wretched condition, you felt, "I should help him and remove his agony.” This heartfelt feeling is the expression of karuna'.
Similarly, suppose a bhakta is suffering and unable to progress in the physical, psychic, or spiritual realms for any reason. In such circumstances, Parama Purusa cannot bear to watch that sadhaka suffer. He feels He must rescue them immediately. With His deep empathy and mercy, Parama Purusa removes their agony, so that once again that bhakta can progress in all realms of life. This entire liila is called His karun'a'.
Difference Between krpa' & karun'a'
In the case of karun'a', Parama Purusa is moved by a bhakta's suffering and comes forward to save that bhakta. Whereas with krpa' (grace), the bhakta is not suffering but even then Parama Purusa is bestowing His blessing.
It is just like if a beggar is sick and suffering half-naked in the freezing cold. If with great empathy a passerby selflessly helps that beggar without expecting anything in return, that is karuna’. Because the passerby is moved and motivated into action by seeing the beggar's suffering. In contrast, if a student is not sick, and that person just wishes to give the student a gift, then that krpa’.
When out of empathy Parama Purusa lovingly comes to the aid of the suffering bhakta to relieve them of their spiritual strife, that is the karuna of Parama Purusa; and, if that same bhakta is not suffering in the spiritual realm, yet Baba still bestows His blessing to enhance their bhakti, that is His krpa’ on the bhakta.
== Section 3: Important Teaching ==
Ananda Marga ideology guides us, "For those who enter the realm of intellectuality, the path is comprised of three aspects: váda, jalpa and vitańd́á. For nyáyikas or pańd́itas there are always váda, jalpa and vitańd́a. The Indian logician’s philosophy is divided into these three aspects. So for those who travel the path of intellectuality, the first portion is váda, the middle portion vitańd́á, and the last portion jalpa. They will proceed through these three aspects to attain the logician’s victory as their goal. Parama Puruśa is not their goal. Their main goal is to attain victory in the realm of logic. What type of victory is this?”
“There are two inner feelings behind this victory. The first is becoming mentally inflated with vanity. The mind gets inflated with vanity like puffed rice. The person swells with pride like puffed rice, but inside there is nothing. And secondly, this intellectual develops a lust for some external words of praise - words to the effect that he or she has attained victory. So the first is that the mind gets puffed up with vanity, and thus grows weaker and weaker, and the second is that the person develops a lustful attachment for some external words of praise, and thus becomes a slave to those words and can never be a truly great person.”
“Those people are great who harbour no biases and who behave rationally both with those who abuse them give them pain and with those who give them happiness. Such people don’t harbour any feelings of enmity towards anybody and take no-one as their enemy. They remain the same in pleasure or pain whether they have a positive reputation or negative reputation. They are unaffected and unassailed in all circumstances of praise or criticism, pain or pleasure. They attach no importance whatsoever to any of these things. They are meaningless for such people.”
“Those who work with the motivation that they will attain intellectual victory are slaves to words of praise. They can never become great people. It is bad to be a slave to worldly words of praise. The sounds raised by jackals and those raised in praise of some intellectuals are similar. Hence remaining engrossed in váda, vitańd́á and jalpa will lead to nothing.”
“Besides, valuable time will be wasted. You have not come on this earth for thousands of years. Few are the people who even live for a hundred years. Of course, if you follow Sixteen Points, your longevity will be greater, but you will not live for a thousand or two thousand years. The most a person can live is a hundred or a hundred and twenty-five years.”
“So those who waste their time in váda, jalpa and vitańd́á are fools. They are C-grade fools. To which grade of person have you decided to belong?" (1)
Reference
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 5, Devotion and the Realm of Intellectuality
== Section 4: Links ==
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