== BABA: 'I SPEAK FOR ALL' ==
Namaskar,
As we shudder or even mockingly marvel at the way the current groupist
leaders unabashedly ignore Baba's teachings and instead chase after their
own personal agendas, one can only wonder how these were the very people
who surrounded Baba physically for years and years. They heard all those
dharmic teachings yet nothing went inside-- or so it seems.
Here below is the explanation how Baba's talks of dharma and inspiration
are addressed towards those who understand inside their heart-- and not
necessarily towards those who were physically present those days.
ALL BABA'S TEACHINGS ARE APTA VAKYA
There are two types of knowledge. One is transitory in nature; that is
called pra'pta va'kya. And that is always changing according to time,
space, and person. Today that type of knowledge is correct, and tomorrow it
may not be.
And another variety of knowledge is absolute knowledge. That is a'pta
va'kya; a'pta va'kya is eternal; unchangeable.
Baba says, "For a bhakta, only a'pta va'kya has value. What comes from
Parama Purusa is a'pta va'kya....As devotees, you should follow only a'pta
va'kya." (AV-2, P.7)
Baba says, "A'pta va'kya" or "absolute knowledge". Absolute knowledge is
the direct message from God...The books in A'nanda Ma'rga philosophy are
all absolute knowledge." (PNS-18, p.10)
So we all know that Baba's teaching is a'pta va'kya. It is eternal and
ever-true. With the change of time, space, and person, it does not change.
It is permanent. All the discourses which Baba has given, these are for
eternal teaching.
BABA IS SPEAKING TO ALL
But some people get easily confused and misled. In the wrong way they start
thinking that Baba speaks only to the limited audience seated before Him
during His discourse. And that the value of the discourse is limited to
those in the audience. And that it is beneficial for them alone. This way
of thinking has brought some serious dogma also.
Thinking that Baba is only speaking for those present, due to this faulty
approach, many discourses in 1978 just after the jail period could not get
recorded. When Baba scolded and became furious, and He Himself revealed the
truth. Baba graciously revealed, "I'm not speaking for the few those who
are sitting next to me. I speak for all." The sense was, that these things
are not limited to time, space, and person. These discourses are beyond the
three factors. They are for all, up to eternity.
And at that very time during the scolding in 1978, Baba charge-sheeted the
concerning in-charges by scolding, "Why the discourses did not get
recorded?..."
After that, everyone became more serious to record each and every
discourse. This above incident happened just after the jail period, in
August 1978.
As another example, all are aware that prior to 1970, mostly the DMC
discourses were getting recorded. But general darshans, not. And this was
due to the dogma that the darshans were only meant for those attending
Baba's discourse.
BABA NOT JUST TALKING TO THOSE PHYSICALLY PRESENT
The conclusive idea is, that many times the audience gets confused. And
they think that Baba is talking to them alone. Just as in the example of
the following discourse from 1979. When Baba gave this discourse, then
those present were thinking that they are not only great, but greatest.
Because they are going to solve the problems of the society. They are the
torchbearers. And they will bring a golden era on this earth. So forth and
so on. Everyone was charged, thinking about their greatness. So here below
is the discourse which they heard from Baba on that day.
Baba says, "I am sure that you boys and you girls must be optimists; and it
is your duty to save humanity. And I hope you will be able to save
humanity, because, just like me, you are also optimistic. You should know
that great, or good, people are few in number, they are not many...So it is
your duty to save humanity. And those who are unable to shoulder their own
bags and baggages -- their responsibilities are to be shouldered by you.
You should remember that the life of a spiritual aspirant is a mission.
One's entire life is a mission, one's entire existence is a mission. And
your mission is -- what? To save humanity from this crisis. I hope you will
be successful. And I not only hope, I am sure that you will be successful."
(AV-34, p.77)
So listening this, attendees were thinking that they are the torchbearers
who will lead the society forward from darkness to light. But
unfortunately, some of them after some time, got frustrated and threw away
their dress. And started leading negative life.
VANGUARDS ARE THOSE WHO FOLLOW BABA
And still today some of those who attended that discourse, are thinking
that they are torchbearers irrespective of their personal conduct. But
rational analysis tells that those whose conduct is good, following dharmic
guideline, adherent to 16 points and other various conduct rules, they are
the vanguards of society. Whether they were present in that Frankfurt
airport or not, that is immaterial. We should not forget that Baba's
teaching is divine, eternal, a'pta va'kya. Baba speaks for all, beyond the
limit of time, space, and person. And the real torchbearers are those who
follow these guidelines. Whether they have personally attended the
discourse, or not.
Namaskar,
Bhavanath
Note 1: BABA'S TEACHINGS ARE ETERNAL
MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT ANANDA VANII
There are some who dogmatically think that Baba's discourses are teachings
for that very day when it was delivered, and to that very audience who was
present that time. In other words, they think in a quite limited way. And
the outcome has come as this "Ananda Vanii dogma". The believers of this
dogma feel that Ananda Vaniis are for that very day on which they were
given. And that now those Ananda Vaniis are useless. They cannot be used as
Ananda Vaniis to treat as a special message. That's why those in power are
creating fake Ananda Vaniis twice a year. This all illustrates how dogmatic
people don't like to believe that Baba's teaching is a'pta va'kya, eternal.
Now let us go to our main point.
Note 2: NOT CAREFUL ABOUT RECORDING BABA'S DISCOURSES
The first DMC happened in Jamalpur in 1955. And the Subhasita Samgraha
discourse is available. But where are the general darshan discourses from
that time? It is obvious, they are not available. They could not get
recorded in any media. We lost them.
All the DMCs in the early years before '66, were like that. And after that,
such a minimal number of discourses are available in the printed form, we
can see. They are very few in number. And surely they did not all get
recorded.
And why go far? 1969-70 was the year where Baba has given so many
demonstrations in Ranchi. And every day He has to explain all those things
in hours lengthy discourses. But nothing got recorded. Dada Vijayanandji
was noting down a few lines related with each day. Only those things got
printed in one of the Ananda Vacanamrtam books. And those notes are only
one or two paragraphs of one particular entire day's darshans. So by seeing
the size of the paragraph or discourse, one can see that this is just 5% of
the real discourse. And that's also not original, but just notes. Why did
this thing happen? Because those days, people were not careful to record
Baba's discourses. Many were thinking that Baba speaks for that very
audience which is sitting next to Him.
Note 3: DEMONSTRATIONS IN ANANDA MARGA:
BABA IS DOING EVERYTHING, NOT THE SADHAKA
Now it is so ridiculous, that in those samadhi demonstrations of '69-70, in
such an odd way it has been written, "In Ranchi jagrti on that day, one
devotee got samadhi". Reading this, which reader is going to understand
that Baba is giving demonstration? Rather, people will get confused that
one devotee got samadhi out of the blue, by his own effort. But that is far
away from the truth. The truth is that Baba graced, and the result was
samadhi. But it is not mentioned in the discourse. That is unfortunate, and
it is a black mark in our scripture.
Please read AM philosophy part 5, pages range 323-334.
As an example, see below this quoted section from the chapter, "Bhava
Samadhi".
There it is printed:
"On May 10th, 1969, at Ranchi jagrti, a sadhaka experienced bha'va
sama'dhi. Sitting in dhya'na'sana he began to practice dhya'na on
Mula'dha'ra cakra. As soon as he connected his mind with the Cosmic Mind he
felt the sweet waves of cosmic bliss. Then he took his mind to deeper
realms, practicing dhya'na in svadhista'na and man'ipura cakras. At this
time he directed all his psychic energies to Parama Purus'a...." (p.328
APH-5)
By reading this description it looks as though the sadhaka is doing all
these things at his own will and on his own. There is no hint by this
description, that this entire event is a demonstration given by Baba. And
that it is only by Baba's grace on this sadhaka, that the sadhaka began to
experience these things. So in true sense the manner of writing this event
is ridiculous and misleading.
But why did all these things happen? Because those who are responsible,
they thought in their dogmatic way that Baba's discourse of that very day
was for those persons only there, in that audience. We should go now to
our main topic.
Note 4: BABA'S DEEPLY MOVING DISCOURSE
Here below is the entire discourse available in AV-34, which Baba has given
in Frankfurt Airport on the 19th of September, 1979. It gives deep
inspiration.
Baba says, "Some peoople say that in the past there have been so many
crises in human society. Crisis is quite natural for something moving.
Wherever there is movement, there is struggle -- struggle against the
inertia of the earth. In the past, there have been crises in the course of
movement, crises in different branches of civilization, crises in the realm
of education, and so on. But nowadays, the entire human society is facing
the crisis of civilization as a whole, and particularly a crisis in the
field of existence. Human society is now to decide whether to live or to
die. If this mud-slinging and intolerance are encouraged, humanity has no
future -- the future is dark, the future is sealed forever. But you know, I
am not a pessimist. I am always an optimist. And I want all my sons and
daughters to be optimists. And I want them to struggle against this death
signal of humanity, and come out successful."
"And I am sure that you boys and you girls must be optimists; and it is
your duty to save humanity. And I hope you will be able to save humanity,
because, just like me, you are also optimistic. You should know that great,
or good, people are few in number, they are not many. They do not come
within the scope of millions or billions. They are always few in number.
And these few, they are the torchbearers of human society, they are the
pioneers, they are the vanguards of human society. So it is your duty to
save humanity. And those who are unable to shoulder their own bags and
baggages -- their responsibilities are to be shouldered by you. You should
remember that the life of a spiritual aspirant is a mission. One's entire
life is a mission, one's entire existence is a mission. And your mission
is-- what? To save humanity from this crisis. I hope you will be
successful. And I not only hope, I am sure that you will be successful."
19 September 1979 evening, Frankfurt (AV-34, "To Save Humanity")
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Marry or Not Marry
Baba says, "In AM every individual has complete freedom in matters of
marriage... those who are engaged in the fulfillment of an ideal...or those
who have to spend the greater part of their day in some mental occupation
should not marry, because they will not find it possible to fulfill their
family commitments properly. The marriage of such people is harmful to the
society in many cases." (GHC, '91 Edn, p.19)
Note: In our Marga there is a dogma that either one should become a wt or
get married. Yet in the practical sense everyone knows that just wearing
the saffron dress does not mean dedication. There are many wts who are
exclusively "dedicated" only for their own stomach-- or for power, post,
and their groupist agenda. The number of wts who are really dedicated to
the ideology is quite low. But in true sense those few are the proper wts.
In contrast, on other side there are many margiis who are completely
focused on ideology and dedicated to our holy AM adarsha. That is why after
getting married they are unable to properly look after their personal
family responsibilities. In result their children end up not liking or
even blaming Ananda Marga. About such cases Baba has given the clear
mandate that it would have been best if such ideologically-minded margiis
would have remained single, and not married.
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