Deception: mahaprayan term in AV-12 + 2 more

Baba

Deception: mahaprayan term in AV-12

Namaskar,

Baba never spoke or mentioned the word mahaprayan in His discourses. Dada Sarvatmananda intentionally corrupted Ananda Vacanamrtam part 12 (Bengali edition) to justify his selfish agenda of mahaprayan. Then he cited the mahaprayan term that he inserted into the Ananda Vacanamrtam part 12 (Bengali edition) and underlined it and highlighted it in his MPD propaganda brochures and pamphlets and told that, “Look, Baba Himself used the term mahaprayan in AV-12.” This is how Dada Sarvatmananda befooled Bangla-speaking, village margiis. For more details read the subheading, “How margiis were befooled”, further down in this email.
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Since 1990, the inventor of the mahaprayan program has been trying to convince innocent margiis and Wts that shraddhainjali is something unique and great - and reserved only for Parama Purusa. At first, some were initially taken in by this campaign. But it has since become well known that shraddhainjali is merely a yearly, dogmatic offering made to any deceased person; it is a longstanding Islamic tradition. So it is not something divine. Just it is a ritualistic way of paying homage annually to the deceased. Countless Muslims do this every year for their friends and relatives who have departed this world.

Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, "The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days." (1)

So by hosting an annual death day / mahaprayan / shraddhainjali program our Dadas are directly contravening Baba’s teaching in Caryacarya.

This filth came in AMPS from Islam

Actually the term shraddhainjali does not appear anywhere in pre-1990 Ananda Marga philosophy. Sadguru Baba never used this in any discourse. And before 1990, this was never done in Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha.
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Here below is an Islamic death ceremony where they are performing shraddhainjali - i.e. death ceremony. An ardent Muslim - Firoza Begam - has died and this is her corpse that is covered in flowers. Family and friends have gathered to mourn her death.

The shraddhainjali term appears three times in the below photo. First it is highlighted in the upper left as the title of the newspaper image, then in the brown banner the shraddhainjali is the second word of the middle line, and shraddhainjali is highlighted in yellow (center) in the text just below the image. Clearly this is an Islamic shraddhainjali gathering.

      

Here above is an Islamic death ceremony where they are performing shraddhainjali - i.e. death ceremony. An ardent Muslim - Firoza Begam - has died and this is her corpse that is covered in flowers. Family and friends have gathered to mourn her death.

So the above is an example of the annual, dogmatic shraddhainjali program regularly done by Muslims. Unfortunately, shraddhainjali was inserted into the appendix of Caryacarya part 1 when they invented the mahaprayan program. The makers of mahaprayan borrowed this term from the dogmatic religions like Islam.

Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, "The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days." (2)

So by hosting an annual death day / mahaprayan / shraddhainjali program our Dadas are directly contravening Baba’s teaching in Caryacarya.
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Shraddhainjali dogma: imposed on AMPS from Islam

Next we look at another gathering of Muslims doing their annual shraddhainjali offering to their deceased friend. By these examples it is plainly apparent that shraddhainjali is just another word for shraddha, mahaprayan, mrtuvars'ikii etc. All these terms refer to an annual death day ceremony, or offering to the deceased.

In this next article and photo, the last word of the heading is the term shraddhainjali in Bengali script, and the term is highlighted in yellow in the article as well (4th word of the 5th line). Plus the term is the fifth word of the 3rd line (hint: it is the longest word of that line, but not highlighted).

At this Muslim shraddhainjali ceremony, so many well-wishers have come on the anniversary of their friend's death. Some of the many who have come include: Saiful Islam, Helal Uddin Tipu, Abdullah Al Belal, Nazmul Azim, Sohail Mostafa, Kamal Uddin, Mohammed Badshah, Mohammed Iman Hussain, Mohammed Israfil, Mohammed Raihan Hussain, Mohammed Zahid, Mohammed Manzur Alam, Mohammed Arif, and Mohammed Imam Hussain etc.

All of the Islamic well-wishers are garlanding their deceased friend's tomb on the anniversary of his death. Such is the Muslim tradition. Other communities are also following this yearly death day dogma.

At the above Muslim shraddhainjali ceremony, so many well-wishers have come on the anniversary of their friend's death. Some of the many who have come include: Saiful Islam, Helal Uddin Tipu, Abdullah Al Belal, Nazmul Azim, Sohail Mostafa, Kamal Uddin, Mohammed Badshah, Mohammed Iman Hussain, Mohammed Israfil, Mohammed Raihan Hussain, Mohammed Zahid, Mohammed Manzur Alam, Mohammed Arif, and Mohammed Imam Hussain etc. It is clear that shraddhainjali is a longstanding Muslim tradition and was just imported into AMPS after 1990.
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Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, "The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days." (3)

So by hosting an annual death day / mahaprayan / shraddhainjali program our Dadas are directly contravening Baba’s teaching in Caryacarya.

Shraddhainjali for ordinary death

In this next article - written in Hindi - they are describing the shraddhanjali ceremony of another person who died at a heart attack at the age of 44. The deceased is from Raurkela, Orissa and the truck is being decorated as it is carrying his dead body. So his friends are paying homage to him by decorating the truck with flowers. That is how they perform shraddhainjali. The term highlighted below in the article is shraddhainjali in Hindi script.

Open questions to dada S. - the inventor / father of MPD dogma

Here are three key points everyone should know about the mahaprayan / shraddhainjali dogma:

Attending Tiljala dogma means supporting the cause of annual death day.

Some wrongly justify that, “What is wrong, I am just going to Tiljala for the kiirtana, not for the sake of the mahaprayan program.” Here it should be clear: Going to the annual mahaprayan gathering for the sake of doing kiirtan is a bogus justification. Merely attending that mahaprayan gathering signifies your wholehearted support of that event. The fundamental equation is if anyone is doing anything anywhere and you go to their location and do what they are doing, it means you are supporting their cause. That is the basic formula that can be applied to countless situations.

Let’s look at this from another angle. Who can forget when Baba was in jail and our Ananda Margii brothers and sisters from all over converged on-site to protest the injustices. Margiis sang kiirtan. And participation in those kiirtan rallies demonstrated support for the greater cause. Those days Jai Prakash Narayan called the police on margiis and had them arrested on the basis that their participation in that kiirtana meant they were the supporters of the political protests against Baba’s incarceration. Later on, after the rally, that same kiirtan would be sung for purely spiritual purposes during dharmacakra etc. Here the point is that doing kiirtan or raising the slogan at a rally means supporting that issue or cause.
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Of late, both H and B group have used kiirtana programs as a strategy to reclaim and recapture various AMPS buildings for their group cause. And those who participate in that kiirtana are their pawns for their groupist agenda. That is what happened in Goddha, Ananda Nagar, Bhopal, and numerous other places where H and B were battling for control of that jagriti etc. Kiitana programs are their main arsenal for capturing those properties from the opposite group. This happened so many times in the past and will happen in the future also as this is their cherished strategy.


Conclusion: In CC I, II, III no annual death day ceremony

The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days. That is the rule as per Baba’s guideline in Caryacarya

Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, "The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days." (4)

So by hosting an annual death day / mahaprayan / shraddhainjali program our Dadas are directly contravening Baba’s teaching in Caryacarya.

in Him,
Madan Gopal
(Muntasir Ahamad)

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Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, "The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days." (5)

So by hosting an annual death day / mahaprayan / shraddhainjali program our Dadas are directly contravening Baba’s teaching in Caryacarya.
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How margiis were befooled

To impose the mahaprayan dogma, the chief inventor borrowed a page out of the dogmatic religious playbook. For ions, the dogmatic religions have maintained their grip of power by doctoring their scripture. That means whenever they wanted to convince their followers of any point, then first they would alter their scripture and insert their own agenda. Then they would show that to their followers to convince them. By this way they kept those followers under their thumb. And that is exactly what Sarvatmananda did: he inserted the term “mahaprayan” into Ananda Marga scripture.

Baba never spoke or mentioned the word mahaprayan in His discourses. Dada Sarvatmananda intentionally corrupted Ananda Vacanamrtam part 12 to justify his selfish agenda of mahaprayan. Then he cited the mahaprayan term of  Ananda Vacanamrtam part 12 (Bengali edition) and underlined it and highlighted it in his MPD propaganda brochures and pamphlets and told that, “Look, Baba Himself used the term mahaprayan in AV-12.” This is how Dada Sarvatmananda befooled Bangla-speaking, village margiis.
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Of course, Baba never spoke the term “mahaprayan” in His discourses as this was Sarvatmananda’s own insertion.

Verily, Sarvatmananda pranced about showing this bogus mahaprayan term to margiis all around and some got convinced. They did not realise that this is not Baba’s term - rather Sarvatmananda slyly inserted his dirt into the Bangla edition of Baba’s Fiesch discourse. This is how Sarvatmananda befooled some margiis and proved that he himself is just a reincarnation of those dogmatic, exploitative priests of old.

Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, "The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days." (6)

So by hosting an annual death day / mahaprayan / shraddhainjali program our Dadas are directly contravening Baba’s teaching in Caryacarya.

Falsely justifying MPD by deception

The dogmatic leaders and inventors of the shraddhainjali / mahaprayan (মহাপ্রয়াণ)  / tomb worship dogma, repeatedly resort to a particular quote when justifying the existence of their annual tomb day ceremony. Dadas want to prove that the mahaprayan term is God’s command - God’s term. To prove that our Dadas found one pravacan of Fiesch and wts told that in this discourse the term mahaprayan has been used so it is a holy term and the mahaprayan function is approved. In this way Sarvatmananda’s stooges brainwashed Bengali-speaking margiis.
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Ananda Marga ideology states, "Táraka Brahma comes here on a particular date, leaves this earth also on a particular date, takes the birth of His quinquelemental body, the death of His quinquelemental body." (Ananda Vacanamrtam - 12, The Coming of Táraka Brahma, EGD 13 May 1979 Fiesch)

The above quote was originally delivered by Baba in English. So those cunning MPD dogmatic leaders translated the above teaching in Bangla and inserted the term mahaprayan in association with Táraka Brahma. This was their scheme or ploy to try and validate the mahaprayan programme. Dadas lay claim that Baba Himself used the term mahaprayan. But that is outrightly false. Sarvatmananda dada manipulated the translation and inserted the term “mahaprayan” in hopes of befooling people into thinking that mahaprayan is really something legit - when really it is just one awful ritual.

Shraddhainjali is never done for the Supreme Entity who is ever-present. Rather, the shraddhainjali dogma is done for mortals in non-margii society. It is not approved by Ananda Marga philosophy. Shraddhainjali is not in the pre-1990 Caryacarya book and Sadguru Baba rejects this dogmatic shraddhainjali / yearly offering to the deceased.

Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, "The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days." (7)

So by hosting an annual death day / mahaprayan / shraddhainjali program our Dadas are directly contravening Baba’s teaching in Caryacarya.

References
1. Caryacarya - 1, Shraddha Ceremony, "A Few Directives", Point 1
2. Caryacarya - 1, Shraddha Ceremony, "A Few Directives", Point 1
3. Caryacarya - 1, Shraddha Ceremony, "A Few Directives", Point 1
4. Caryacarya - 1, Shraddha Ceremony, "A Few Directives", Point 1
5. Caryacarya - 1, Shraddha Ceremony, "A Few Directives", Point 1
6. Caryacarya - 1, Shraddha Ceremony, "A Few Directives", Point 1
7. Caryacarya - 1, Shraddha Ceremony, "A Few Directives", Point 1

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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: Important Teaching ==

Ins and outs of surrender theory

Some think surrender means doing nothing and depending on God. How far is this correct?

Answer: It is not correct. Here in this following teaching Baba has given the explanation.

   "Párthasárathi says, Má karmaphalaheturbhúmá te saungostvakarmańi [“You must not do actions that will bind you, but you must not be averse to action, either”]. Do your duty, your karma. Now, is this karma in conformity with prapatti or is it antagonistic to prapatti? The teachings of Vraja Krśńa are clearly consistent with prapatti. His existence, His actions, the music of His flute, the way in which He attracts people and gives them shelter – all these are in perfect harmony with prapatti, because an individual feels free after surrendering everything to the Macrocosmic Entity. Here Párthasárathi says, “Do your karma, for you have an inalienable right to your karma.” Karma is defined as Karma Brahmeti karma bahu kurviita – “You are human. Simply look upon karma as a veritable expression of Brahma [Supreme Entity] and do as much karma as you can.”
   "Is this in agreement with prapatti or at variance with prapatti? It seems to be opposed to prapatti but in actuality it is not. If we go deeper into the subject, we see that this quinquelemental body, this body of flesh and bones, this mind made of ectoplasmic stuff, this reflecting plate that acts as the witnessing entity (known as átman or puruśa in philosophy) – all these have their origin in Parama Puruśa. It is the Cosmic desire that is the source of the creation of the human body, mind and soul. If we utilize this body, mind and jiivátmá [soul, self, unit consciousness], we are only following the path of prapatti. That is, we are utilizing the things given to us by Parama Puruśa. All these things, the body, mind and self, are His gifts. Had He willed otherwise, they would not have existed. Without Cosmic desire, nothing can exist, nothing can move, not even a blade of grass. So in accordance with the spirit of prapatti, that the body is a machine, we can say that He has been kind enough to provide the body and mind, to be utilized for work only. Hence I follow the spirit of prapatti in using them."
   "In the beginning, karma seemed to be against prapatti, but karma is not antithetical to prapatti. It is definitely in conformity with prapatti. So a boy or a girl who does work is surely following the path of prapatti. Even if there is any room for indolence while enjoying the flute of Vraja Krśńa, there is not the least room for inaction in the clarion call of the karma yoga of Párthasárathi Krśńa." (1)

Reference
1. Namami Krsnasundaram, Krśńa and Prapattiváda – 2 (Discourse 5)

== Section 2: Links ==

Dogma of Mahaprayan - 21 Oct

• Mahaprayan vehicles in Orissa

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2017/10/unique-mahaprayan-programme-in-odisha.html

Wedded to Islamic dogma

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2015/07/why-muslims-observed-mahaprayan-since.html

Baba spoke about this

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2016/02/impurity-injected-into-ananda-marga-5.html

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  

Report: inner truth about AM in Brazil

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2025/09/report-inner-truth-about-am-in-brazil.html

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
  

B group: annual day + 4 more

Baba

B group: annual day

Namaskar, 

Around the globe in so many countries, the dogma of the “day of the dead” is very popular. Due to ignorance, on certain fixed days of the year people go to the gravesite of their deceased relative or family member etc and perform an annual death ceremony, sing to them, and bring them gifts etc. But, according to AM teachings, no one can communicate with the deceased. This is just their illusion and by this whole saga of remembering their loved one they feel more pain.
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Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, “The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days.” (1)

Here below, this day of the dead display is a prime example of how the people have decorated giant skeletons in honour of this superstitious, irrational,  dogmatic, annual death ceremony. They think by this way they can communicate with the deceased and those “old souls” etc. This is their idiotic and dogmatic belief. And this type of superstitious “Day of Dead” dogma has infiltrated B group and AMPS also, unfortunately.

~ Day of Dead Observance ~

The above is one of the ways blind followers partake in their superstitious dogmatic day of the dead celebrations where they decorate skeletons in hopes of communicating with deceased relatives etc. This all happened due to fault, religious beliefs. This is done for their irrational, dogmatic “Day of the Dead” rituals. 

Generally, people who are supporters of so-called mahaprayan were raised in other surroundings with various harmful beliefs. And they remember all those rituals they did and heard about while growing up. So although they took initiation, entered onto the path of Ananda Marga, and tried to adapt to and embrace Ananda Marga philosophy in order to become a good Ananda Margii, still the human mind latches onto those old ridiculous customs etc. The mind is well-acquainted with those old things and not eager to go ahead on the path of advanced sadhana.
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Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, “The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days.” (1)
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Raised in that irrational dogmatic way

Due to having been through thousands of animal lives, common human beings lean towards animalistic ways, not the divine path, because they are familiar with animality, not divinity. 

All humans have come from animal life. That is why they like to indulge in baser propensities like eating, drinking, sleeping, and other things related with animals - not sadhana and sadhu life.

In that case when they were raised in that irrational  dogmatic way and saw “day of the dead” celebrations then they became accustomed to those rituals. So when they came into B group and saw the drama unfolding every year on Oct 26 etc, they took that as being “day of the dead” and thought it was good. Because they were familiar with that type of negative traditions. And if any rational margii, who knows ideology and Baba’s teachings, tried to convince them of the truth, then it would not resonate in their superstitious  dogmatic mind. Because they like the notion of a “day of the dead”.

Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, “The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days.” (1)

Blind public visits cemetery to decorate tombs & talk with deceased

This way the confused public wastes their time, energy, and money and invites more misery by time and again remembering the death of their loved one, year after year.
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"Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico, in particular the Central and South regions, and acknowledged around the world in other traditions. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died, and help support their spiritual journey." (Courtesy of Wikipedia)

This way the confused public wastes their time, energy, and money and invites more misery by repeatedly remembering the loss of their loved one annually.

“In Mexico "On October 31, All Hallows Eve, the children make a children's altar to invite the angelitos spirits of dead children to come back for a visit. November 1 is All Saints Day, and the adult spirits will come to visit. November 2 is All Souls Day, when families go to the cemetery to decorate the graves and tombs of their relatives. The three-day fiesta filled with marigolds, the flowers of the dead; muertos (the bread of the dead); sugar skulls; cardboard skeletons; tissue paper decorations; fruit and nuts; incense, and other traditional foods and decorations." (Courtesy of Wikipedia)

By this aforesaid way, the confused public wastes their time, energy, and money and invites more misery by repeatedly remembering the loss of their loved one annually.
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Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, “The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days.” (1)

Sadly B group joined in absurd, so-called "Day of the dead" ritual

So in the above paragraphs it describes how various religions practice their annual death day dogma in their own way. And after 1990, unfortunately, B group leaders joined in that irrational, absurd, dogmatic ritual. And that annual death ceremony is mahaprayan divas - i.e. annual death day. But sincere Ananda Margiis know that it is not approved by Baba, that's why it is not present in pre-1990 Caryacarya. 

Remember
(a) According to Caryacarya the period of mourning is 12 days and all related programs must be completed within that period.
(b) An annual death day commemoration is not allowed by Caryacarya; nowhere has this been given in Caryacarya. 
(c) Those who organise and participate in a yearly death day gathering are betraying their Guru.
(d) Watch out - going against Guru is inviting untold condemnation.
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Ananda Marga Caryacarya states, “The period of mourning should not extend beyond twelve days.” (1)

In Him, 
Vivek
Victor Martinez

But there is no need of hopelessness. If anyone does sadhana sincerely, the mind will grow. And they will realise that “day of the dead / week of the dead” is all daft dogma and that they should not waste their time with it.

Delusional action

This way the confused public wastes their time, energy, and money and invites more misery by always remembering the passing of their loved one, on an annual basis.

“As part of a promotion by the Mexican embassy in Prague, Czech Republic since the late 20th century, some local citizens join in a Mexican-style Day of the Dead. A theatre group produces events featuring masks, candles, and sugar skulls.” (Courtesy of Wikipedia)

This way then confused public wastes their time, energy, and money and invites more misery by repeatedly remembering the tragic end of their loved one, year after year.

"People go to cemeteries to be with the souls of the departed and build private altars containing the favorite foods and beverages, as well as photos and memorabilia, of the departed. The intent is to encourage visits by the souls, so the souls will hear the prayers and the comments of the living directed to them." (Courtesy of Wikipedia)

"In some parts of Mexico people spend all night beside the graves of their relatives. In many places people have picnics at the grave site, as well." (Courtesy of Wikipedia)

By this aforesaid way the confused public wastes their time, energy, and money and invites more misery by repeatedly remembering the tragic end of their loved one, year after year.
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And here below is another way they observe and celebrate the “Day of the Dead” in Mexico. Look how they have decorated the tombs with flowers and offerings as a way to communicate with the deceased. But you know no one can communicate with the deceased. This below photo depicts the ritual of how on the day of the dead they dig-up the bodies of their ancestors, remove the skeletons, wash them, and decorate those skeletons. It is not just art but a real superstitious, irrational, dogmatic, annual event. This is just their illusion, and by this whole saga of remembering their loved one they invite more pain.

~ Day of Dead Observance in Mexico ~

So again, the above photo depicts the ritual of how on the day of the dead they dig-up the bodies of their ancestors, remove the skeletons, wash them, and decorate those skeletons. It is not just art but a real dogmatic, yearly event. In this ritual, only the skull is from the deceased, whereas the rest of the skeleton is made from synthetic material. 

Reference
1. Caryacarya - 1, Shráddha Ceremony

Here below, this day of the dead display in Mexico is a prime example of how the people have decorated giant skeletons in honour of this superstitious, irrational, dogmatic, annual death ceremony. They think by this way they can communicate with the deceased and those “old souls” etc. This is their idiotic and dogmatic belief. And this type of superstitious “Day of Dead” dogma has infiltrated in AMPS also, unfortunately.http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/

And here below is another way they observe and celebrate the “Day of the Dead” in Mexico. Look how they have decorated the tombs with flowers and offerings as a way to communicate with the deceased. But you know no one can communicate with the deceased. This is just their illusion and by this whole saga of remembering their loved one they invite more pain.http://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/

== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==

You stay in everyone’s mind 

"Sakal manete sthán kariyácho, sakal gharete tomár t́háin..." (Prabhat Samgiita #0325)

Purport:

Parama Purusa, Baba, You have made Yourself present in everyone’s mind and inner core. Every abode is Your home. You are the warmth, love, and affection of each heart. Nothing in this universe can exist independently of You. You are the supreme foundation upon which all else stands. You are in everything, and all lies within You - nothing can exist without You.

Parama Purusa, we living beings are just the incandescence of little lamps whose heat comes from You. The glow of its light is Your supreme aura. And I put its dark soot on my forehead as a victory mark. You exist, so all exist; because You are, I am. You are the Eternal source. Baba, I find You in the midst of all. It is Your grace.

Parama Purusa, whatever good qualities - love, compassion, kindness, affection, mamatá, learning intellect, and all attributions - You have given me, eternally reside in You. All of creation comes, exists, grows, and flourishes under Your shelter, by Your sweet  grace. Baba, come gently into the depths of my inner core. I want to keep You in my heart forever...


Note for Prabhat Samgiita #0325:

Mamata': Mineness; In Sanskrit “mama” = mine, and the suffix ta’ = -ness; hence “mineness.” To have equal or more love for something / someone than one has for oneself. 

Ananda Marga ideology says, "What is the meaning of “mamatá”? Mama + tá = mamatá. Mama means “mine” and thus mamatá is the inner idea of being mine, the feeling that something is my own." (1)

Ananda Marga ideology guides us, "“Mamatá” means “mine-ness” – “Mama” means “one's own”, and the abstract noun derived from it is “mamatá” – meaning, thereby “mine-ness.”" (2)

For example, suppose you are suffering from a fever then naturally you will be concerned about your own health. You will try to cure yourself by going to the doctor and taking medicine etc. If you have mamata for someone else, then if they are sick with a fever you will have the same degree of care for their condition as your own. When one does sadhana then this sense of mamata grows and one ultimately has the feeling of mamata towards the entire created universe. Without sadhana, one’s sense of mamata will be extremely limited whereby one might only care about their own individual existence. So when the mind is extremely narrow one only has mamata for oneself. Those with a slightly broader mind will have mamata towards their parents and family members. And as the circumference of mind expands one will have mamata for other relatives and community members etc. However, it is only with sadhana that the periphery of mind can grow further and further wherein one’s sense of mamata includes all beings and expressions of this cosmos. Parama Purusa has mamata’ for each and every entity - this entire creation, all living and non-living expressions.

References
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 7, The True Nature of Bhakti
2. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 1, Pleasing the Lord

== Section: Important Teaching ==

Cancer prevention 

Ananda Marga Yogic Treatments states, "Causes: Cancer is a disease of the whole body as well as a tridośaja disease [involving disturbances of váyu, pitta and kapha]. This disease is a combined effect of many different factors. It is ordinarily observed that persons who suffer from constipation as a result of violating the health rules, and who likewise are lazy, lack self-restraint, sleep during the day and keep late nights, are most likely to be attacked by cancer."

"When due to constipation, the blood and the muscle-fibre become worn out by the contaminated digestive fluids of the body and the contaminated air produced by them, cancer sets in. Parts of the internal organs of people who are extremely self-indulgent become weak. As a result of the attrition of shukra, their body loses its vitality. When such people eat too large a quantity of non-vegetarian food, their blood turns acidic and the disease gradually breaks out in the weaker parts of their bodies."

"With those people who shun physical labour but take acidic food, chillies, or intoxicants and especially tobacco and similar things – there is every possibility that the disease will attack." (1)

Ananda Marga Yogic Treatments states, "Dos and Don'ts: Sleeping during the day, staying awake at night, chillies, non-vegetarian food, and sexual relations are to be strictly avoided. Walking in open places as the strength allows, and, for those who are lazy by nature, doing some physical labour, are also necessary. Eating a piece of myrobalan after a meal is always helpful to clear the bowels. Patients should go to bed every night by 8:30 or 9 p.m so that they may get up very early the next morning." (2)

References
1. Yogic Treatments, Cancer
2. Yogic Treatments, Cancer

== Section: Important Teaching ==

Way to create maximum margiis

With the help of bhakti, one can solve all types of problems. And without bhakti nothing is possible. Due to a lack of bhakti some did far more harm than good when they tried to help the society. They created huge problems for the people. So bhakti is the key for success in any field or arena of life.

Ananda Marga philosophy says, “Devotion [to Parama Purusa] has tremendous power which neither knowledge nor action has. Rather people of knowledge, the jina’nis, have a subtle sense of vanity...So, if you can arouse devotion, then by coming in contact with you, thousands and thousands of people will attain real paramartha’ and spiritual salvation. That is, in order to attain liberation from the triple bondages– physical, psychic, and spiritual– you will have to attain paramartha’.” (1)

Reference
1. A Few Problems Solved - 3, The Importance of Society

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