== REALLY PUBLICATION'S SAVIOUR? ==
Namaskar,
It has been wrongly propagated in the 'Publisher's Note' of various post
1990 editions of Ananda Vacanamrtam and Subhasita Samgraha that
Pranavatmakanand himself has been instrumental in recovering several hundred lost discourses in the form of audio cassettes, mostly from the pre-Emergency /
Martial Law period.
And it is further wrongly propagated that all the new books of Baba's
discourses printed after the so-called Mahaprayan have been the result of
this grand recovery done by Pranavatmakanand.
Like this the story goes.
But the reality is that these misguided 'Publisher's Notes' have been devised
by certain groupist leaders to give one false viewpoint of the scene.
Hence it should be understood by one and all that the story about these
Pravachan cassettes which have been "recovered" by Pranavatmakanand is a
complete distortion of the fact.
The reality is that Baba's cassettes came primarily from one source: From
devoted Margiis all around India who were keeping cassettes in very proper
condition.
HOW MARGIIS SAVED THE DAY
BUT PRANAVATMAKANAND STOLE THE SHOW
Because margiis have a lot of devotion for Baba, so they were keeping
Baba's cassettes more carefully than their own existence. We have to
remember that there was huge terror and torment during the Martial Law /
Emergency period of 1975. Cowardly persons might have thrown away those
cassettes out of the fear of police and arrest. But courageous devotees
secretly safeguarded and protected those cassettes. And that was no small
job. Because those days in those turbulent times if one cassette would have
been found in any margiis' house, they would have been sentenced to jail.
That was the situation of the declared Emergency during the Indira regime /
Martial law period in India.
Here it should be understood that all those cassettes which were collected
from margiis' houses were all in very good condition. And mostly what
Ananda Marg books we are getting the last several years since 1990 are the
gift of those devoted margiis. Those who took trouble to secretly record
and keep those discourses. Those devotees never cared about being branded
as "indisciplined". Because the recording of Baba's cassettes by margiis
was never allowed. So margiis took risk, and recorded. And with great risk,
they cared for those cassettes.
Yet after 1990, will full sincerity and faith, in their innocence they
obediently handed those cassettes over to Pranavatmakanand.
Because Pranavatmakanand was the head of the smuggling team and he was
giving huge money to B group kingpin Sarvatmanand. Due to this he became
the right hand man of Sarvatmanand. And on that very ground
Sarvatmanand gave Pranavatmakanand the prestigious job of getting those
missing discourse cassettes from margiis.
Of course any WT could have done this-- it did not take any skill. Already
the margiis had not all the work. But this golden chance was not given to
just anyone. Rather one had to be an insider. Thus Pranavatmakanand was the
hand-picked choice of Sarvatmanandji. And in that way Pranavatmakanand
tried to soak up all the glory for saving those cassettes.
But it is not the credit of Pranavatmakanand, rather all along it was the
margiis who did that work and saved those cassettes. However in the actual
'Publisher's Note' it is written as if Pranavatmakanand was the hero of the
day. And there was no mention about what the margiis did; their names were
not placed anywhere. No credit has been given to them. Just
Pranavatmakanand sucked up all that glory for himself-- and he got that put
in print.
When in fact all margiis know the common truth. Namely that there is no
such proof that Pranavatmakanand collected one single cassette during
Emergency; he himself has made zero contribution from that time. Whereas
many margiis did everything.
Thus it is so surprising-- indeed shocking-- that margiis never got any
credit of this holy task. In the entire publication which was the work of
archive, the whole eulogy in the Publisher's Note is given to Dada
Pranavatmakanand as if he fetched Baba's cassettes from a deep, dark
cavern. Or, as if he bravely took them out from the demon's mouth, at the
risk of his life. When in fact with grace and dignity margiis placed those
treasured cassettes on his very lap. And in turn Pranavatmakanand seized
the opportunity to highlight his "grand recovery" of those cassettes.
And like that during Pranavatmakanand's and Sarvatmanand's "raj", they
glorified Pranavatmakanand's image in so many scriptures: Ananda Vacanamrtam,
Subhasita Samgraha, and so on and so on-- because whatever he could do to
publicize his name as vanguard, that he did. So what nonsense this is.
JUST LIKE OTHER EXPLOITERS DID IN THE PAST
This case of ruining the publishers note and misleading others is not an
uncommon affair. This usually happens when various political leaders come
in power. Then they misuse the power and exploit the situation in their own
favour and own party interest. This happens always and one classic example
is a of a few years back when Lalu Yadav was the chief minister of Bihar.
Then when his party was ruling that time he paid some puppet writers to
eulogize him and write some glorified concocted tales about him. And the
book name was, "Glory of Lalu". And they did that and created some songs as
well and all this nonsense got pasted into government primary school
books-- that Lalu Yadav is one great hero.
So the people were feeling suffocated because in truth Lalu Yadav is such a
corrupt and hopeless person. Someone who embezzled millions worth of public
money. Everybody knows the reality is that he is facing the charge of
stealing 20,000 million (20 trillion) Rupees from the public. Because he
cheated a huge percentage of the entire treasury of Bihar Government. And
now he is in jail. So this is one classic example of how when people are in
high posts then they misuse their allotted power.
In a similar way when Indira Gandhi was in power then she had some spoons
or some puppets glorify her. And in their official meetings they were
chanting, 'Indira is India and India is Indira'. Means they were chanting
the kiirtan of Indira, yet she was such a demonic person who did nefarious
activities. Even she created one falsifying history and glorified herself
up to the stars and stuffed all those rotten lies into one time capsule and
buried that in old Fort in Delhi. In that way she was dreaming that in the
future people will find it and read all the golden histories about her
kingdom and how she was so grand. So the praised herself as a demi-god and
at the same time pushed down others. But in a very short time she met her
demise and the time capsule was dug up and exposed.
So this is another example how demonic people paint the history in order to
make themselves immortal. But in doing their selfish antics the exact
opposite happened.
EXPOSED
And that has also happened in this case. And that is why margiis were so
disgusted and suffocated by the dealings of Pranavatmakanand etc, because
such those groupist scoundrels started misusing their power, curtailing
margii rights, distorting the Bhukti Pradhan manual, and manipulating the
publisher's note, and so many other nasty things they did.
So this all happened because a few opportunistic persons took advantage of
the situation and painted everything in their own selfish color. And they
wanted to become immortal in the history forever.
But the strong hand of time wipes away the nastiness of their cruel
dealings. And that boomerangs. Otherwise they were building themselves up
as the eternal heroes of the world, but Baba's wish and the movement of
dharma was in a different direction. So Sarvatmanandji and Pranavatmakanand
could not get success-- rather they got exposed.
WARNING
Any sane person or those who get opportunity should refrain from doing like
this because neither dharma can pardon such rascals nor can the society.
Just they will be wiped away from the history and treated as a demon.
So now wrong information has been placed in the Publishers Note of our
Ananda Vacanamrtam, Subhasita Samgraha books. And they projected the matter
as if Pranavatmakanand is the vanguard who retrieved Baba's precious
cassette away from demons mouth. Like this, in his whole period he has
always tried to capitalize on the same fake propaganda.
Indeed such "crafty people" will not miss any chance to take advantage. But
ultimately they always get exposed. That is the history and that is what
has happened this time as well.
BABA'S BLESSING
Here following is Baba's divine blessing that in the face of wrongdoings,
righteousness always prevails.
Baba says, "O' human beings, don't get scared, light is sure to come after
darkness." (AV-1, p. 51)
Namaskar,
Amriteshwar
Note 1: WHICH BOOKS ARE INVOLVED
The following books from the Subhasita Samgraha series and from the
Ananda Vacanamrtam series contain that misguided section in the Publisher's
Note which wrongly gives credit to Pranavatmakanand for "recovering" Baba's
discourses when in fact it credit should go to all those Margiis who
safeguarded Baba's discourse cassettes during the Martial Law era /
Emergency period in India.
So the following are those books which contain the wrong description in the
Publisher's Note. Besides, these below titles there may be other books
published since 1990 that also contain this same false praise about
Pranavatmakanand. After seeing the below list you can compare with your own
library editions.
SUBHASITA SAMGRAHA (Hindi): Part 4 (2001 Edn.); part 5 ('01); part 6 ('01)
part 22 ('96); part 23 ('96); part 25 ('00).
ANANDA VACANAMRTAM (Hindi): Part 19 (1994 Edn.); 24 ('94); 25 ('94); 26
('95); 27 ('96); 28 ('96); 29 ('96); 32 ('97).
ANANDA VACANAMRTAM (Bengali): Part- 24 (1994 Edn.).
ANANDA VACANAMRTAM (English): Parts- 23 (1994 Edn.); 31 ('97); 34 ('00).
Note 2: WHAT IS WRITTEN
In the Publisher's Note of the above listed AM books, Pranavatmakanand's name appears as if he is one golden god from the heaven. As if due to his will all this happened and these books got published. Because in the Publisher's Note itself his glory is written:
"We particularly wish to thank A'ca'rya Pran'ava'tmaka'nanda Avadhu'ta, the
Incharge of Archive Section..."
And like that it goes on to tell what great deeds he did by saving & rescuing all the materials. So what nonsense and arrogant and false dealings this all is. Such a manipulated Publisher's Note is just the work of a few power hungry villains.
Note 3: If Rudranand and others continue to disregard and ignore the errors in our AM Publications which Sarvatmanand and Pranavatmakanand did, then surely such so-called leaders will also meet a same dark fate, as they are not the well-wishers of AM.
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Genuine Devotees
Baba says, "By observing people's conduct one will easily notice those who
are absorbed in divine love...They will raise their voice against all sorts
of tyranny, injustice, and exploitation. Those who do not possess that kind
of honest courage to oppose all wrongs are nothing but fakes-- they are
never genuine [devotees]." (AV-7, p.12)
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