Baba
Story: tragedy
Namaskar,
Baba’s order is that His discourses should be directly transcribed from the original audio cassettes and printed. Disobeying Baba’s guideline, Dada Sarvatmananda wanted his policy of Bengalization / ruination of the Hindi books implemented quickly and efficiently in every Ananda Marga book in order to ravage the Hindi books. To that end, Dada Sarvatmananda ordered family acarya Harishankar of Ranchi to Bengalize and desecrate the Hindi editions of the Subhasita Samgraha series parts 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th. Ac Harishankar obeyed the order and started Bengalizing / manipulating the Hindi books.
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Bengalizing Hindi discourses
It should be borne in mind that a very high percentage of those discourses from Subhasita Samgraha series parts 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th were originally given by Baba in Hindi. So Dada Sarvatmananda could have easily given Ac. Harishankar the cassettes for direct transcription. But that would have gone against Dada Sarvatmananda’s intended purpose of the Bengalization and ruination of the Hindi books.
Side by side, Ac. Harishankar was keen to receive further lessons of vishesa yoga sadhana and keep his own high leadership post in the Society Building department. So Ac. Harishankar started Bengalizing / demolishing all those Hindi discourses in the Subhasita Samgraha series as per the order of Ac. Sarvatmananda.
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Maniiśánanda requested Harishankar
In the midst of that process, in 1994, Dada Maniiśánanda personally met with Ac. Harishankar in Ranchi to oppose the Bengalization / ruination process that Ac. Harishankar had adopted. Verily, Dada Maniiśánanda pleaded with him to make the Hindi books in an authentic manner by directly transcribing Baba’s discourses from the original Hindi cassettes - not Bengalizing / contaminating the Hindi books. Dada Maniiśánanda requested Harishankar to implement this method to publish the Hindi versions of Subhasita Samgraha parts 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th - and not Bengalize / pollute the Hindi books.
In turn, Ac. Harishankar assured Dada Maniiśánanda that he (Harishankar) would ask Dada Sarvatmananda for those discourse cassettes for printing the Hindi books. At the next opportunity, Ac. Harishankar raised this matter with Dada Sarvatmananda. Hearing this, Dada Sarvatmananda inquired, “Where did you get this idea?” Ac. Harishankar replied that Dada Maniiśánanda advised that the original Hindi audio cassettes were needed for making accurate Hindi AM books. Dada Sarvatmananda became enraged and told Harishankar to continue doing it the way he had been doing it and that the process will not be changed.
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Harishankar’s greed
All along, Ac. Harishankar had been harbouring the idea of getting more lessons of vishesa yoga sadhana and keeping his own Society Building department post. Ac. Harishankar knew that standing up to Dada Sarvatmananda would create a poisonous atmosphere, thereby jeopardizing Harishankar’s chance at getting those desired lessons of vishesa yoga and securing his own top leadership post. In this way, Ac. Harishankar committed himself to continue following Dada Sarvatmananda’s order of the Bengalization of the Hindi books.
So Ac. Harishankar adhered to the policy that Dada Sarvatmananda ordered of the Bengalization of the Hindi books. Verily, Harishankar Bengalized / distorted the Hindi Subhasita Samgraha series of books parts 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th.
Complaint against Maniiśánanda
Time went on and Ac. Harishankar continued in his own Bengalization / destruction work of the Hindi books and 1994 became mid-1995. Around that time, Ac. Harishankar arrived in Vishakapatnam as the chief guest for conducting a marriage ceremony etc. Dada Maniiśánanda informed the margiis how Ac. Harishankar was ruining all the Hindi editions of Subhasita Samgraha by the process of the Bengalization/ violation of the Hindi books. So Dada Maniiśánanda, Dada Saomyananda, Shrii Narayan Panda ji, and a few others chose to take silent action against Ac. Harishankar because of Harishankar’s anti-Baba work of the Bengalizing / defacing of AM books.
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But Ac. Harishankar was too far down that road and stubbornly held on to Dada Sarvatmananda’s order of Bengalization of the Hindi editions of Subhasita Samgraha parts 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th. Ultimately, Harishankar was outraged that they were taking silent action against him for the Bengalization / vandalizing of Hindi editions of Subhasita Samgraha. So Harishankar lodged a written complaint against Dada Maniiśánanda for taking silent action against Ac. Harishankar’s anti-Baba work of the Bengalization / dismantling of the Hindi books.
Dada Parameshvarananda supported Bengalization / ruin of Hindi books
After that, Dadas Sarvatmananda and Ac Parameshvarananda were frustrated and irate with Dada Maniiśánanda for opposing the Bengalization / distortion of the Hindi editions of Subhasita Samgraha. And those days in 1995 Dada Sarvatmananda’s stooge, i.e. Dada Parameshvarananda, was the Acarya Board Secretary, and with that authority Dada Parameshvarananda punished Maniiśánanda for taking silent action against Ac. Harishankar for the Bengalization / tearing down of the Hindi editions of Subhasita Samgraha and seized the acaryaship of Maniiśánanda - and later on even expelled him. And in the meantime, Ac. Harishankar continued the Bengalization / desecration of the Hindi series of Subhasita Samgraha parts 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th. Those tainted Subhasita Samgraha books were printed and sold to margiis and still today those distorted versions are in the market and book stalls.
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Sadly, Ac. Harishankar fell into the fire in his own home and met his tragic and untimely death within a very short period.
In Him,
Gopal Chakraborty
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What is Bengalization
(a) The audio recordings of Bábá’s original Hindi discourses first had to be translated into Bengali; and, then that translated Bengali version would be treated as the master file; then that Bengali version would be retranslated back into Hindi in order to print the Hindi edition of the book. According to the theory of Bengalization, it is strictly forbidden to directly transcribe Baba’s Hindi discourses and publish that transcription for the printed Hindi book.
(b) The audio recordings of Bábá’s original English discourses first had to be translated into Bengali; and, then that translated Bengali version would be treated as the master file; then that Bengali version would be retranslated back into English in order to print the English edition of the book. According to the theory of Bengalization, it is strictly forbidden to directly transcribe Baba’s English discourses and publish that transcription for the printed English book.
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The above processes have come to be known as Bengalization.
Dádá Maniiśánanda never found their approach or explanations satisfactory. It defied all logic and reasoning to treat audio files of Bábá’s original English and Hindi discourses as being inferior, inadequate, or useless, and only Bengali discourses are gold.
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Alternate spellings: Sarvatmananda Sarvatmnanda Sarvtmananda Sarvatmanand Sarvatmananda Parameshvarananda Paramesvarananda Paramesarananda Parameshvarnanda Maniiśánanda Maniis’ananda Maniis’a’nanda Maniishananda Maniisha’nanda Manishananda Manisha’nanda Maniisananda Maniisa’nanda Manis’ananda Maniisananda Manisha’nanda Maniisha’nanda Maniiśánand
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== Section 2: Important Teaching ==
Dangers of intoxicants
Here below is an English summary of Baba’s original teaching about intoxicants from Shabda Cayanika part 15 given in Bengali.
We may say that intoxicants have three distinct characteristics. Firstly, if one addict does not receive that intoxicant at their regular, fixed time during the day then they will become anxious and restless-- even agitated. In addition, when they do get it then their mind will not like to engage in any work. The second major point is that as long as one remains under the spell of that intoxicant, his intellect will be dysfunctional. And if one continues to take intoxicants on a regular, on-going basis, then their mental stupor will continue on and on. The third major danger is that intoxicants adversely affect the liver, throat, and kidney. And in the majority of cases, the user suffers from constipation also. In conclusion, all intoxicants are bad; opium and ganja (cannabis indica) are extremely harmful. (English summary)
Note: As A'nanda Ma'rgiis, our duty is to propagate Baba's above teaching and warn others about the harmful effects of intoxicants.
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== Section: Important Teaching ==
Hue & cry for mass awareness
Please pay attention to the yellow highlighted words. In this below quote, Baba is warning us that top capitalists are mercilessly exploiting people in various ways. Those aware of this fact have the duty to tell others by word of mouth, writing letters, sending emails, printing newspapers, and writing essays or books, etc. There are all kinds of ways to educate society.
So long as the common mass is not aware about how they are getting exploited, they will never be able to recover. That is why our duty is to make them aware. If we ignore this and go on building roads and schools, and do and not tell about exploitation that will be a serious blunder. It is similar to being busy in constructive works like furnishing a house, when that house itself is on fire. In that case decorating and furnishing that house will be foolish. Rather, when the house is burning there is just one thing to do - make a hue and cry and inform everyone.
Similarly in our AMPS - when various types of exploitation are going on - then just being busy in constructing buildings and roads is not enough. A hue and cry is needed. In that case, one should write letters or inform others about the injustices and exploitation in any of the various aforesaid ways.
Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Make people aware of how capitalists, in their singular or collective roles, exploit society and create unhealthy, artificial demands which not only poison the mind but encourage dangerous habits detrimental to psychic sanctity and expansion. The first and foremost duty of psycho-economics is to wage a tireless fight against all degenerating and dehumanizing economic trends in society.” (1)
Reference
1. A Few Problems Solved - 7, Quadri-Dimensional Economy
== Section: Important Teaching ==
Prout: nationalism is as harmful as racism
Prout philosophy states, "The more the human mind becomes magnanimous or expanded, the more it rises above the sentiments of tribalism, communalism, provincialism, etc. Often I hear people say that nationalism is an appreciable sentiment and that there is no narrowness in it. But is this true? Nationalism is also relative, just like tribalism, communalism or provincialism. In some places it is more worthwhile than tribalism, communalism or provincialism, while in other places it is less worthwhile."
"Let us consider, for example, the case of a Portuguese nationalist. The mental object of a Muslim communalist is certainly larger than that of a Portuguese nationalist, because the former desires the welfare of a greater number of people than the latter. This is because the number of Muslims in the world is greater than the number of Portuguese. Judged from this perspective, I cannot denounce the sentiments of a Muslim communalist in comparison to a Portuguese nationalist. Similarly, it has to be accepted that the sentiments of a Rajput casteist are broader than those of a Portuguese nationalist, because the former desires the welfare of more people than the latter. Likewise, the feelings of an Andhrite provincialist will have to be considered broader than those of a Portuguese nationalist. If one supports provincialism with seventy-five million Bengalees, it must be accepted that these feelings are more expanded than the nationalism of most of the nations of the world. (The population of most of the nations of the world is less than the population of Bengal.)"
Prout philosophy states, "Hence it is observed that communalism, casteism, provincialism and nationalism are all of the same defective type. Those who are able to capitalize on one of these sentiments advocate it volubly. In fact, every one of these sentiments suffers from the defect of ism, and is completely filled with narrowness, violence, envy, mean mindedness, etc. Those who enter the field of social welfare by creating divisions between “yours” and “mine”, substantially widen the fissures of fissiparous intellect in human society."
"Those who want to promote the welfare of all human beings, remaining above all sorts of parochial sentiments, have no alternative but to embrace universalism with their heart and soul – there is no other way. As universalism is totally devoid of any characteristic of ism, it is not proper to depict universalism as an ism. If everyone is looked upon as one's own, no one remains beyond the periphery of one's kith and kin. Naturally, then, there is no scope for violence, envy, narrowness, etc." (1)
Reference
1. Problems of the Day, Point #18
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