Wedded to Islamic dogma + 4 more

Baba

Wedded to Islamic dogma

Namaskar,

All are aware and it is abundantly clear that shraddhainjali and mahaprayan have long been embraced by Muslims - as for centuries they've been commemorating their death-day ceremonies. It was only much, much later that those in Tiljala adopted mahaprayan in October 1990.
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How Muslims started this 

According to the Muslim perspective, the Lord resides in the 7th sky, i.e. 7th heaven. Going to that place is very far. That means leaving the earth's atmosphere, through the stratosphere, and far beyond the moon deep into outer space to the very imaginary, top of the sky. It is a grand journey - far beyond any other. So that journey they call mahaprayan. Thus when any Muslim dies and they begin the journey to that distant abode of God, it is called mahaprayan.

Why mahaprayan commonly used for Muslims

Here below, this very famous Bengali newspaper - Jugantar / Jugantor - has announced in big bold letters the mahaprayan of one Muslim lady’s mahaprayan. Her name is Firoza Begum. So this mahaprayan term is not something very grand that is reserved exclusively for Mahasambhuti. It is regularly used for common Muslims when they die. See the yellow and white highlighted terms below - that is "mahaprayan".

Here above the famous Bengali newspaper Jugantar the announces the mahaprayan of Firoza Begum - one Muslim lady. So this mahaprayan term is not something very grand that is reserved exclusively for Mahasambhuti. It is used for common Muslims when they die. So that is how and why Muslims chose and use the word mahaprayan.
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Tiljala imitates Islamic tradition

And those in Tiljala have copied it exactly. They think that on Oct 21, 1990, Parama Purusa Baba made that incredibly long journey to His divine abode in the 7th sky. So they call it mahaprayan, just like those Muslims do.

Tiljala stayed true to the Islamic standard that mahaprayan only happens when going from this earth to the far distant 7th sky, i.e. 7th heaven, i.e. divine abode. In their words, when Baba made that incredible journey from this earth to the so-called heaven, then that was mahaprayan.

Conclusion

True bhaktas know that in the true sense, there is no such thing as mahaprayan for Sadguru Baba. As the Sadguru He never dies so those who think He is dead are hypocrites. When those acarya give initiation to anyone they say, “I am just a medium Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji is teaching you and He is ever-present. So in one breath they say that Lord Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji is guiding you and in the next breath they say He is dead - mahaprayan. That is hypocritical and sinful.

Namaskar,
at His lotus feet,
Madhava Basu

Baba has forbidden any type of annual shraddhainjali / shráddha ceremony / death day observation beyond 12 days in Caryacraya.
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Ananda Marga Caryacarya says, “The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days.” (1)

Reference
1. Caryacarya, part 1, Shráddha Ceremony

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The below sections are entirely different topics, unrelated to the above material.
They stands on their own as points of interest.

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== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==

Why MPD organizers continue on...

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Those who are egotistic will not accept their mistake even when they discover it. They will say, “You see, it seems I made a mistake and So-and-so has pointed it out. This is a great insult to me – I cannot tolerate it! Though he may have spoken the truth, it is beneath my dignity to accept it. It is too humiliating! If I even admit that I have harmed the people, that will be a great slur on my character – how can I allow that to happen? So I will continue to maintain that what I have done is right. This may harm people, but I must make sure that my prestige is not injured.” (1)

Reference
1. Liberation of Intellect - Neohumanism Is the Ultimate Shelter (Discourse 11)

== Section: Important Teaching ==

Democracy: home of purchased writers

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Today the different countries of the world have allocated numerous awards for sáhityikas [writers]. But that is where the danger lies. Every government, whether monarchical, republican or autocratic, is run according to a particular ideology, and so there is little chance for the government to suddenly become impartial in bestowing awards on sáhityikas [writers]. Naturally it will judge the merits and demerits of the sáhityikas [writers] in accordance with the bias of its own party, and consequently sáhityikas [writers] will be compelled to sacrifice their ideals to feed their stomachs. These observations are generally applicable to different types of governments, but especially to democratic states, for in democratic states ideological clashes are more in evidence, and hence the need to propagate ideologies is also more acute. That is why democratic states want to use sáhityikas [writers] as propaganda tools. Needless to say, such made-to-order writings cannot be called literature at all – political propaganda can never be called literature.” (1)

Reference
1. A Few Problems Solved - 1, The Practice of Art and Literature

== Section: Important Teaching ==

Wts mocked while doing long sadhana: AMPS

Please pay particular attention to the highlighted yellow section.

Ananda Marga philosophy states, "Each individual has to keep physically and mentally pure and serve the society in the best possible manner. The collective psychic momenta of all the members of society makes the collective momentum of the social order strong and powerful. Hence, as an individual, one must be able to manifest and express a powerful psychic momentum. Society must not impose any restriction on the psychic and spiritual elevation of its members, nor should it allow anyone to accumulate physical wealth to the point that it is harmful to the other members of society and leads to exploitation.” (1)

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “Caryacarya contains the guidelines for how an individual can best contribute his or her efforts to the collective momentum. It also provides guidelines for how the collective body shall foster each individual’s physical and psychic welfare." (1)

In His above teaching, Baba is talking about both the development of the individual and the society. The citation concludes with this key guideline highlighted in yellow.

Ananda Marga philosophy states, "Society must not impose any restriction on the psychic and spiritual elevation of its members." (1)

Unfortunately, this above tenet is not always followed in our AMPS society. Those who are sincere in sadhana and Sixteen Points are often ridiculed. Some Wts are especially bent on mocking and speaking sarcastically about any junior worker who is committed to their sadhana. Actually what happens is that margiis are attracted to those acaryas who do more sadhana. Seeing this, big, supervisory workers became extremely jealous. So they do everything in their power to derail that sincere Wts from the path of sadhana. They bully and mock that worker endlessly. And verily, some wts have buckled under such pressure - sadly they became completely broken. This is the very tragic state of affairs that has been in vogue since 1990. Many have suffered. How ironic is it that ours is a socio-spiritual organisation, yet if one is really sincere in their asana, conduct rules, night sadhana, spiritual practices etc they are mocked by certain top Dadas. The whole situation is shameful.

Reference:
1. Prout in a Nutshell - 18, Talks on Education – Excerpt A

== Section ==

Ananda Vanii #23:
Who should get credit of service which apparently you did

Ananda Vanii states, "You have no right to hate even a single living creature. The best you can do is only to serve. Remember, you are to serve bearing in mind that every creature is verily the living manifestation of the Supreme Consciousness. Remember also that the credit of service is not yours; it is due to the Supreme and the Supreme alone, whose ideation has inspired you to acquire the capability of rendering service." (1)Note: The above is one of Baba’s original Ananda Vaniis. These original and true Ananda Vaniis are unique, eternal guidelines that stand as complete discourses in and of themselves. They are unlike Fake Ananda Vaniis.

References
1. Ananda Vanii #23

== Section 3: Links ==

Dogma of Mahaprayan - 21 Oct

MPD: copy of Islamic shraddhainjali

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/10/islam-marhum-ziyas-shraddhainjali.html

Reactions at annual death ceremony

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/10/reply-to-stump-speech-propaganda.html

MPD mindset

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2016/05/pk-chatterjee-candranathji-mahaprayan-4.html

Contravening Baba

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2013/10/annual-shraddha-ceremony.html

MPD wailing

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/09/wailing-at-mpd-of-communist-president.html

Annual death day dogma

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2013/10/attending-annual-death-ceremony.html

MPD obsolete

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/04/dogma-on-breathing-tube.html

Mahaprayan: a relic of Islam

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2013/09/islamic-dogma-came-into-ananda-marga.html

MPD against spirituality

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2016/06/god-is-dead-2-more.html

Bhakti: what to remember

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2016/04/way-of-remembering-loved-one-4-more.html

Other News Bulletin Topics  

Misguided avadhuta harming girls

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2025/08/misguided-avadhuta-harming-girls.html

History of AMPS: rise & fall

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2018/09/know-history-old-purodhas-3-more.html

Import & export of kiirtana

Baba

Import & export of kiirtana

Note: This letter is only for those who have reverence for Sadguru Baba Shrii Shrii Anandamurti ji and try to follow His Ananda Marga ideology.

Namaskar,

One of the most prevalent elements of Christian life is to pray for those who are suffering.

If Lucy hears the news that Kate’s aunt was diagnosed with cancer, then Lucy will think that God is unjustly harming Kate’s aunt. So Lucy will say, “Tell your aunt that I am praying for her!” Or if Micheal heard that John got in a car accident, he will think that God is necessarily maliciously harming John. So Michael will say, “Let us all pray for John.”
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God is enraged so we must pray to Him

The common thread is that they think that God is enraged and unjustly punishing that person. So the only hope is to request and beseech God to have mercy and not unjustly punish that person. After hearing their prayers, God may listen and refrain from abusing and harassing that person. In that way, those religious followers view God as an ordinary mortal who behaves erratically and irrationally, like an imbalanced person. In contrast, if their conception of God was as an all-merciful Entity who does not commit injustices or hanker for praise, then they will not pray to God. Just as a little boy does not pray to his mother for food because that child knows that, “Of course my mother is going to feed me.”

The norm amongst dogmatic Christians is: Whenever they hear any bad news or are told about any calamity, they say, “I will pray for them.” This is the standard for being a “good” Christian. Those devout Christians firmly believe that from afar they can help someone by praying. So if they are sitting in Argentina and their cousin is suffering from an illness in Spain, they think they can help their cousin and alleviate the symptoms by their act of prayer, from several thousand miles away. And not just dogmatic Christians, all of the various religions hold onto this sort of dogma, in one form or another.

But in our Ananda Marga, we know that we cannot export kiirtana or sadana to persons all over the globe. One cannot transfer virtue in this way. Everyone has to do their own spiritual practices. If you yourself are suffering then you may sing kiirtana and be benefitted; and, even those in your immediate surroundings who hear you singing kiirtana will be benefited. But you cannot export that punya (virtue) all over the earth etc.
 
But the various religions do believe in all sorts of prayer like dealings. For instance, if an infant is suffering from tuberculosis in the villages of India, concerned relatives across the country will pay their Hindu priest a profitable sum of money to recite the so-called monkey god mantra in order to cure the sick baby. Those same dogmatic Hindu priests, for their own economic gain, also claim, “Look, your father just died yet his future is unsure. If you pay me handsomely, I will secure his entry to svarga (heaven) and ensure he has all that he needs to be comfortable - blankets, food etc.” And verily, for financial gain, Catholic priests and Islamic mullahs lay similar claims.
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So the effects of their ritualistic prayer is not limited to this planet, so they believe. The various religions hold that by their prayer and blessings etc they can positively affect those who have left this world.

Swap prayer for kiirtana

Even though Sadguru Baba has logically pointed out the defects of prayer, some entering AMPS from the dogmatic religions carry that prayer dogma with them. Indeed, such religious dogmas are not easy to eradicate from the mind; it needs deep and sustained sadhana. So those born into the various religions drag those defective dogmas into AMPS. And how do they do this? In a very subtle way.

No one in AMPS will openly claim, “Let’s pray for my grandfather who is dead etc.” They know no one will appreciate this. Yet, still they harbour that dogmatic notion of prayer. So here is what they do. They switch out the prayer term “prayer” and substitute it with something else, i.e. something that is well appreciated in AMPS, like kiirtana. So they will say, “Let’s sing kiirtana to alleviate the suffering of my grandfather who has died.” Every so often, this type of thing occurs. And here below is a prime example.

First however, remember that If you yourself are suffering then you may sing kiirtana and be benefitted; and, even those in your immediate surroundings who hear you will be benefited. But you cannot export your kiirtana or sadana to all corners of the globe. One cannot transfer virtue in this way. Everyone has to do their own spiritual practices.
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Using kiirtana as a form of prayer

Unfortunately, some have organised various kiirtana programs for different types of causes such as for the victims of the wildfires in XYZ etc. Yet this entire kiirtana program is born out of the dogma of Christian prayer where they pray for someone in some far away place etc. The organisers of the XYZ wildfire kiirtana wrote:

“Margiis and Acaryas in the XYZ unit are organizing a global kiirtan...for those plants, animals and humans affected by the XYZ fires.”

Yet, margiis singing around the globe have no such way to help out those harmed by the XYZ wildfires. They can send money and supplies from the various sectors to bring relief. But they cannot do kiirtana or sadhana for them. That does not work. If you yourself are suffering then you may sing kiirtana and be benefitted, and even those in the immediate surroundings who can hear you will be benefited. But you cannot export your kiirtana or sadhana to all corners of the globe. One cannot transfer virtue in this way. Everyone has to do their own spiritual practices.

Yet here the organisers are stating that, “a global kiirtan...for those plants, animals and humans affected by the XYZ fires.” This is entirely wrong as people singing kiirtana in GT sector, Hong Kong sector, or any other neighboring or faraway place have no scope to help. This is just a rebranding of Christian prayer dogma. So we should fully condemn it. 

In Him,
Jagadiish
(Jared Nielson)

Selling puja entering AMPS

This entire dogma started long back as the priests wanted to gain economic might by taking advantage of the general public. So there is a long history of selling virtue etc. And nowadays, the wealthy in India do not have time to do puja so they pay priests to come to their house to do puja for them. Sadly, our Baba Nam Kevalam kiirtana is growing fast in this direction. Some rich margiis may have already employed someone to do their spiritual practices (kiirtana, sadhana etc) for them. Openly those margiis may not admit it, but they have surely started. Certain Wt Dadas must be profiting in this manner.
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Note: Some are organising various types of kiirtana programs such as “for those plants, animals and humans affected by the XYZ fires.” However, such a kiirtana program should not be convened as it is not in line with Sadguru Baba’s teachings. 

== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==

In my dry heart

"Ámár e kat́hin hiyáy, ásabe tumi ki ná jáni ná..." (Prabhat Samgiita #3378)

Purport:

O’ my Parama Purusa, will You ever come in my dry heart, I do not know. You are mine. By Your blessing, I am calling Your divine Self again and again - day and night. I want Your close proximity. Whether or not You will come to my parched, aspiritual mind, I do not know. But if, by mistake, or by any means You come in my soul, then You will not lose anything; Your prestige will not be ruined. Now due to my low bhakti, I can't do sadhana properly.
 
O’ Cosmic Entity, Baba by Your mercy I have decorated Your supreme seat with countless lamps and a display of light. By Your krpa’, with all my feeling, I go on singing Your song non-stop, continuously. I have composed those melodies in Your ideation, in Your tune, in Your language. Whether You come and take Your seat in the core of my being I have no idea.  

O’ Parama Purusa Baba, in my mind, I have so many hopes and aspirations - several desires and so much love. Among these many wants, I have no idea if You will satisfy some of them; I do not know. Only I request You to please come and sit on my Guru cakra forever...

== Section 3: Links ==

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