== NOT MANIA, BUT PHOBIA & MORE ==
Namaskar,
If nothing else, our duty is to safeguard Baba's teachings and present
them in a complete and pristine manner to the world. This sacred duty
Baba has bestowed upon us.
Of course it is everyone's dream to also implement His divine teachings
as well. And certainly we are all working towards that lofty goal.
Yet, it has to be recognised that the first and foremost step is to keep
all His teachings in a proper order-- in their original condition.
Because if we fail to do this then for generations and generations the
wrong guidelines will be in vogue.
And not only that, at present also when we read Baba's discourses then
we expect that those printed words are the actual words which Baba
Himself spoke. This is our expectation-- and understandably so.
Unfortunately, in our printed publications, at present, there are piles
and piles of mistakes: Some due to blatant distortion and some due to
poor working style. Whatever the reason these types of errors are
rampant in all of our AM books. Such alterations are everywhere and the
problem is only spreading as more wrong faulty editions are printed.
So we need to reverse this faulty trend so that ultimately there
discourses are finally corrected. Otherwise the phrase-- Baba's books--
will be a namesake only, as His books do not contain His true words but
rather carry thousands of errors made by our Publications Department.
Here are but a few examples for your review and assessment.
"YOGA PSYCHOLOGY": WRONG PSYCHIC DISEASE PRINTED
In this following paragraph from the discourse 'Faculty of Knowledge-3',
one critical mistake has occurred.
THE PUBLISHERS WROTE:
"Various psychic diseases may arise if there is any defect
in the process of the objectivization of mind. Remember
that psychic disease and brain disease are not the same
thing; they are quite different. Brain disease occurs due
to some disorder in a part of the brain, or due to a congenital
defect, or perhaps due to hereditary causes which hamper
the proper formation of the brain. Mental disease is different.
It arises due to a disorder in the objectivated mind, in the first
stage in the process of subjectivization. Many people who, while
creating thoughts in their objectivated minds, repeatedly form
the same image out of weakness or fear, suffer from a mental
disease called mania." (YP, '98 Edn, p.56)
So in this historic discourse Baba is introducing His revolutionary
concept about mental diseases, a.k.a. psychic diseases. Yet in last line
of the above noted paragraph about this important topic, the wrong name
of the mental disease has been given.
That mental disease which Baba is describing above is known as a
"phobia"-- not a "mania".
Yet in so many printings and reprintings the Publishers have written
"mania" when in fact, per Baba's definition, that type of irrational
fear complex is known as a "phobia".
But the Publishers wrongly wrote "mania". By this way readers may think
Baba is classifying all such fear syndromes as manias. But that is not
true. According Baba such conditions are known as "phobias". But the
Publishers could not catch this point.
NOT JUST A TYPO BUT A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM
Some may think that this was a mere typo-- but please take a further
look. In the book "Yoga Psychology" alone, this so-called typo has
occurred in not less than five printings.
The 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2005 edition of the "Yoga Psychology" books
all carry this wrong terminology. Once again here we are talking about
the discourse 'Faculty of Knowledge-3' which was originally given in
Bengali. And in all the English printings of the discourse the
publishers and translators wrote the wrong word.
And not only that, on the 2005 edition of the "Yoga Psychology" book,
that very faulty paragraph has been specially highlighted on the glossy
back cover of the book-- but even then the publishers could not realise
their blunder.
Plus this discourse-- 'Faculty of Knowledge-3'-- was also wrongly
printed in the book "Ananda Marga Philosophy in a Nutshell" part 5 and
also "A Few Problems Solved" part 7. In all these discourses the wrong
printing of the discourse has occurred. That means, at minimum, this
discourse has been wrongly printed seven times. There is no publishing
house in the world that would create such a mess like this, yet that is
happening with our AM Publications Department.
So the problem is systemic in that it occurs again and again. First B
group made the mistake and then in the later editions it was H group who
made the error.
And the chief problem behind it all is that the publishers have no
interest in such matters. Otherwise before printing a new book they
would review and correct the printings of Baba's discourses. But this
they never do. Just they want to get a new printing out to make more
money. When in fact the discourse has neither been reviewed nor
corrected. For that reason and because of their inherent laziness and
disinterest, they keep printing those old, error-filled discourses. This
is the on-going problem. In that case who can claim it is just a typo.
Rather by this type of repeated mistake it is clear that this is a
systemic problem that will multiply more in the future with each and
every faulty publication. Until finally the errors are just too numerous
to fix. And the people just accept those wrong things. That is the fear;
and that we should not allow to happen.
ANANDA SUTRAM IS IMPLICATED
Everyone knows that Ananda Sutram is known as our philosophical
treatise-- yet tragically this text also has been spoiled in so many
places. Wherever the Published got scope to commit a wrong it was
committed.
For example see how they defined this below sutra.
4-4. Dvitiiya' sakale prathamodgame Bhaeravii Bhaerava'shrita'.
dvitiiya' = second; sakale = having a soft sound; prathama = first;
udgame (7th case) = sprouting forth; Bhaeravii = name of Prakrti in the
second phase (fem. of Bhaerava); Bhaerava = name of Purus´a in the
second phase; a'shrita' = sheltered
On their own the publishers inserted the above word by word translation.
But they could not do it properly.
Because the second term-- 'sakale' does not mean 'having a soft sound'.
Rather the 'sa' prefix means 'with' and the root 'kal' means 'germ' and
the ending 'e' is a regular case ending.
Thus the proper definition of sakale is 'sprouting or germinating'. And
this make perfect sense too. Because see here Baba's original purport of
this sutra 4-4.
"Purport: With the loss of equipoise of the triangle, the germ of
evolution sprouts forth from any of the vertices and moves forward
as a straight line as per degrees of the gun'as. This state is really
the manifested state of Purus'a and Prakrti. Here Purus´a is sagun'a
[qualified], for Prakrti has got the opportunity of expressing Herself.
Prakrti the creatress of this state is called Bhaeravii shakti, and the
name of the witnessing Purus'a is Bhaerava."
In the first line of the above paragraph Baba Himself says "germ" as in
the "germ of evolution sprouts forth". And this is all reflected by the
term sakale.
But in their sloppy definition, the Publishers wrote that sakale means
'having a soft sound'. But that is totally inane and ridiculous to say
like that.
Anyone with a balanced mind can see that Baba's purport has nothing to
do with 'having a soft sound. That idea is not at all present in Baba's
discourse. Yet in their untidy and untrusted manner that is what the
Publishers wrote.
And throughout the Ananda Sutram book there are other such error present.
ANOTHER MISTAKE IN ANANDA SUTRAM
Now here see this next sutra.
4-7. Sthu'liibhavane nidrita' sa' kun'd'alinii.
And here below is the word by word meaning which the Publishers made:
sthu'liibhavane (7th case) = in the process of crudification;
nidrita' = sleeping;
sa´ = she;
kun'd'alinii = coiled serpentine
But what they wrote is totally wrong and incorrect. Specifically the
first term is completely off base.
Because the term 'sthu'li' means 'static', and 'bhavan' means 'house or
mansion' and the case ending 'e' means 'in'.
And anyone with any understanding reaches the point that full term
'sthu'liibhavane' refers to that mansion or house which is totally
crude. Thus the term 'sthu'liibhavane' refers to the muladhara cakra.
Because the muladhara cakra is the home of all static energy and it
houses the sleeping kulakundalini. Hence the literal word meaning of
'sthu'liibhavane' should be 'crude mansion' and the symbolic meaning is
the muladhara cakra.
But instead the publishers wrote their own quirky definition which has
nothing to do with the literal or inner meaning of this sutra.
Here the point is that Baba is just giving another name for the
muladhara cakra. That was part of the purpose of this sutra. But this
point the Publishers could not grasp that is why they instead wrote
their own silly definition.
Now see here Baba's original purport for this sutra and the whole matter
becomes perfectly clear that He is talking about the muladhara cakra.
"Purport: The last expressional point, which is the fringe of the
Bhava´nii shakti, is the ultimate state of expression of force -
the ultimate state of crudity. In this state of crudity the
para´shakti [introversial pervasive force] that is lying in a quiescent
state as the jiivabha´va [finite subjectivity], is called the kulakun'd'alinii
["coiled serpentine", or force of fundamental negativity].
Thus by analysing this sutra from top to bottom it is clear that the
word by word definition which the publishers gave is totally wrong.
WHY THIS IS GOING ON
There are a variety of reasons why this problem is going on. And these
will be explored further in this next part of this series. Suffice to
say here that the disinterest and lethargic approach of the publishers
is the main issue.
And when informed of the errors they only shrug their shoulders and
sigh. No effort is made to update the discourse. That is why to this day
the critical paragraph about margii rights is still deleted from the
'Ananda Marga: A Revolution' discourse.
Yet as members of AMPS and as disciples of Baba and as students of His
philosophy it is our birthright to have His books printed in the proper
manner.
So it is our responsibility to raise this matter again and again and
create sufficient psychic pressure such that those lazy and half-baked
publishers start doing their job in a proper way-- or they can give up
the task and we will place proper people in their chairs.
Otherwise, the words which we read in our AM books will not be Baba's
but rather faulty translations and wrong insertions by the publishers.
This is the tragedy.
BABA'S BLESSING
By Baba's grace we will get His scripture updated and shining and make
it a reflection of what He actually spoke. Then our AM books really will
be divine.
Baba says, "Absolute knowledge is the direct message from God...The
books in A'nanda Ma'rga philosophy are all absolute knowledge." (PNS-18,
p.10)
Namaskar,
Vidyasagar
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How Sadguru is Still Present
Baba says, "The entity by whose grace one comes into contact with
Sat...that entity, or rather, that framework through which Parama Purusa
is working or Ta'raka Brahma is functioning, is the Sadguru." (AV-3, p. 48)
Note 1: And here below Baba defines the meaning of 'Sat'.
Baba says, "Sat, the non-changeable Entity, the non-changeable stance, the
non-changeable Nuclear Entity around which so many electrons move". (AV-3, p. 48)
Note 2: That Sadguru still exists and one can see Him through our
various spiritual practices. In that way one can have His loving
communication and grace-- everything. So the form upon which each and
every sadhaka ideates upon Him in sadhana, that form is the Sadguru. And
through the medium of that form every disciple gets His blessing. And
that is why still today when an acarya initiates anyone they say that
your Guru is Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji.
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I think the biggest mistake in publications was stating that Astavakra invented the process of controlling all the cakras and propensities. Rajadhiraja Yoga
ReplyDeleteI'm certain that Shiva and Krsna predates Astavakra. If Shiva didn't invent this process then there are some serious faults in our publications.