== BABA'S WAY: NO COMPROMISE ON IDEOLOGY ==
Namaskar,
When Baba was in jail then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi sent a
representative to convey the following message to Baba.
On behalf of Mrs. Gandhi, the messenger said, 'The Government of India &
Ananda Marga can peacefully coexist, so long as there is no Prout'.
This was the essence of the message from Mrs Gandhi's camp: For Baba to
forgo His Prout philosophy.
In reply, Revered Baba told, 'My ideology is more important than my
life...I prefer to remain in jail than compromise on my ideology.'
By Baba's divine example, we are to understand that standing up for our
ideological principles is the greatest thing in life. This is quite
evident by the fact that Baba refused to let go of His Prout philosophy
on that very day, or indeed ever.
And, not just then, in innumerbale places and in countless ways, Baba
guides us that we are never to sacrifice or compromise on our AM ideals.
Thus when certain factional heads have ruined margii rights, made a fake
BP manual, distorted Baba's scripture, torn down the BP system etc, then
we must not compromise with such culprits by creating a plan to co-exist
with them.
Rather first they must accept their wrongdoing and sin, express
repentance, and mend their ways.
Because Baba's overarching directive is to hold firm to ideology-- no
matter what.
BABA'S OWN EXAMPLE #2
Along these same lines, another well-known incident occurred when Baba
was in jail & undertaking His protest fast. At that time, various
political leaders of India came to Baba in a very respectful way and
pleaded for Him to stop His fast. Those political leaders expressed that
(a) the long fast was having a very detrimental effect on His body, (b)
and it was difficult to maintain such a fast, and (c) that His life is
very important. Those well-wishers then reasoned that best will be for
Baba to discontinue His fast. This was their well-intentioned plea.
But once again, on this very point Baba replied that His fast was for
ideological reasons-- not for the wellness of His physical existence.
And for that reason, He must continue the fast.
So, Baba's response and action again shows that following one's
ideological principles is first and foremost in life. On no account
should one compromise or give up one's philosophical tenets-- i.e. AM
teachings.
Hence, once again, when certain lustful groupists have destroyed Baba's
AM Revolution discourse about margii rights, made their own Fake Ananda
Vaniis, broken the ACB system, and pushed margiis to the fringes when
Baba has given margiis a rightful place, then we must not co-habitate
with such derelicts who rampantly go against Baba's system. First those
guilty groupists must accept their misdeeds, beg apology, and correct
their wrongdoing etc.
A THIRD EXAMPLE OF BABA'S STRICTNESS ON IDEOLOGY
Here is yet another example for us all to consider.
In 1970, when the defectors like Madhavananda, Vishokananda, and
Prakashananda, went against Ista-- betrayed Guru, then some simple
people in AM, who had sentimental friendships with those defectors,
wanted to keep everyone together. Those simple people asked Baba for the
defectors to be allowed to remain in AM even though they went blatantly
against the very foundational tenets of AM. So in their naïveté, those
simple people wanted to overlook the ideological blunders of those
defectors-- and have everyone co-exist once again. This is what they
asked from Baba.
However, we all know that Baba took a very firm stand-- an ideological
stand-- on this issue, and the rest is history. Those defectors strayed
far, far away and never returned and our AM rose to the height of glory.
Here then again, Baba demonstrates through His own Personal example that
when it comes to ideology, there must not be any compromise. Rather one
is to stand tall on all ideological matters.
Thus in the present day situation, how can we forgive those who have
altered Baba's teachings, thrown away His original BP manual, and done
so many heinous crimes which go against AM ideology. Then how can we
simply forgive such scoundrels and let them remain in AM. We cannot--
not until they have purged themselves of such sin and wholly mended
their ways.
Because in so many ways Baba has guided us to never compromise on
ideological matters-- never.
Baba says, "Fight for your Ideology. Be one with your Ideology. Live for
your Ideology. Die for your Ideology." (A'nanda Va'nii #14)
BABA'S DIVINE DISCOURSE: NO PACT MADE WITH SINNERS
So in His own life and in His teachings Baba's guideline is to always
live by the high ideals of AM-- the essence must never be compromised.
And this following passage from Baba's discourse leads in this same
direction. This below paragraph has been paraphrased from AV-26 pg 34.
It is based on the original Hindi and if anyone has this book and can
post the original Hindi section, then that will be very helpful.
Here then is the essence of Baba's message from that portion of His
discourse where Baba is pointedly explaining that there must not be any
pact made with those who are opposed to our principles.
'Remember one can have a temporary cease-fire with the black forces, but
there cannot be a pact...do you know what is cease-fire? For example,
two battling parties may decide that this is no fighting at night but
then the fight will resume in morning. So in a temporary cease-fire the
fight has not been stopped permanently; it will continue after a short
period of pause. So this is what is known as a temporary cease-fire. In
contrast, what is a pact? When a pact is made then a compromise of
values is done and each side accepts certain conditions and sacrifices
their own ideological platform...Remember, at any cost there will never
be a pact with the black forces, i.e. the negative forces. Only there
can be a ceasefire from time to time. And that cease-fire will be done
with the sole intention to increase your own strength. For example,
suppose you are alone and the dark forces surrounding you are ten in
number. Then for a time being one can make a cease fire with those black
forces; but, then tomorrow you will have to collect 20 fighters to join
your cause and then start your offensive against those black forces.
That is the use of a temporary cease-fire. Virtuous people must
remember, that one can never make a pact with the sinful forces.'
(Paraphrased from AV-26, p.34, Hindi Edn)
Hence in clear-cut language in His above teaching, Baba directs us that
we must never sacrifice our ideals by making a pact with sinful agents--
those who go against the welfare of humanity. On this point, Baba
maintains that we must live by our ideals.
And in the practical sphere, our Ananda Marga has never made a pact or
bowed down to communists, capitalists, or any type of crooked leadership
etc. No matter what the circumstances, always we are to abide by our AM
ideals. That is Baba's directive and that is what sincere margiis do.
ON GOING DEVELOPMENTS
Unfortunately, at present, a few persons are calling out that we should
sacrifice AM values and ideological principles in order to "keep our AM
together". That is to say, some confused persons are begging that we
should overlook ideological wrongdoings like scriptural distortions and
BP rights, and all come in the camp of one particular group or
co-habitate with those groupists under one roof. This is the inane
approach of a few people.
But really, this is nothing more than their delirium. Telling like this
has no sense. Rather it is 100% rubbish. Because they are demanding that
we forgo our ideological principles for the sake of some group pact etc.
Yet, Baba never wants us to do such mistakes: Under no conditions are we
to compromise on the point ideology.
PROOF OF A FEW PEOPLE'S INANE WAYS
If this absurd way is valid and really we should make a pact with
unideological groupists, then Baba would have invited all kinds of
communists, capitalists, and dogmatic religious fanatics to bring their
dogma into AM. But Baba did not do like this. Rather first such persons
must leave their dogma and then enter the house of AM-- not vice versa.
Because for Baba, ideology is supreme and He wants that we also follow
this way of life: Never compromising on ideology.
That means not compromising with groupists who have ruined margii
rights, invented the weapon of expulsion, victimised innocent margiis,
and distorted Baba's scripture. Until such factional manipulators wholly
change their ways, we cannot live with such persons. That is Baba's decree.
SEND THEM BACK TO PRIMARY SCHOOL
TO LEARN THE ABC'S
So any person who does not understand the fact that ideology is
everything in life, then such a person is really just a baby in AM--
irregardless of his worldly age. If such perrsons want to make a pact
with unideological groupists, then in the true sense they are nothing
more than a tiny child since they know nothing at all about AM. And as
soon as possible they should be carted off to the nearest AM primary
school in order to learn the ABC's of Ananda Marga. That is what they
need. That is their medicine.
BABA'S BLESSING
By Baba's grace our Ista and Adarsha are the most important things in
life. And that is what our svastik flag represents. And that is our
victory in life-- not the victory of dogma.
Baba says, "O' human beings, be established in the radiance of divinity
and the splendour of valour and chivalry, because yours is the path of
revolution. Your path is not the path of extra caution and scheduled
movement. You are the traveller of a rugged path. You are travellers of
an impregnable path. You have to march ahead proudly with the flag of
Marga upright. You have no time to stagger or to look behind." (SS-1)
Baba says, "We should always respect our ideology if we are to become
true human beings. The ideologist is a man who always acts according to
his ideology. If by following the ideology, the older people become
unhappy or condemn me, I will not care. If by following an ideology I
die and die again, let it be. I will not care. I will stick to my
ideology." (23 November 1971 DMC, Purnea)
Namaskar,
Ramanuj
Note 1: JUST RUBBISH, NOTHING MORE...
No need to write these persons names here, but some are thinking since
some of them are of 'high stature' then we should accept their foolish
words, but it is not like that.
Yuktiyuktamupa'deyam' vacanam' ba'laka'dapi;
Anyam'trn'avat tya'jyamapyayuktam Padmajanmanah.
Baba says, "If even a young boy says something logical, it should be
accepted, and if the Supreme Creator Brahma' says something illogical,
it should be rejected as rubbish." (YP)
Thus when such any perons is making a crazy demand that we should
compromise on ideology and make a pact with the groupists and live under
one roof with them despite the fact that they have ruined Baba's
scripture etc, then regardless of their so-called social stature their
irrational and silly proposal should be rejected as rubbish and thrown
in the trash. That is Baba's guideline.
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Origin of Few Musical Instruments
Baba says, "Our tabla is a metamorphosed form of this mrdaunga. Some
people believe that the tabla came from Persia but this is not the case;
the tabla originated in this country. From Persia we have gotten the
sitar and the gazal. Although the viin' originated in this country and
has been here since the time of Shiva, we have gotten its descendant,
the violin, from Italy." (SC-2, p.128)
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