Mahaprayan (Death) of Shrii Arvind Lal Sahadeo jii

Date: Sat 26 Sep 2009 10:20:36 -0000 (GMT) From: Singh_Manindra Subject: Mahaprayan (Death) of Shrii Arvind Sahadeo jii To: AM-GLOBAL Baba

== MAHAPRAYAN* (Death) OF SHRII ARVIND LAL SAHADEO JII ==

Namaskar, Today it is with sadness that we announce the mahaprayan of our dear respected brother Shrii Arvind Lal Sahadeo of Ranchi. Many are aware of Shrii Sahadeoji's exceptional service to the Marga. He played a big role in VSS and served as Baba's bodyguard during DMC etc. In addition he created a master unit in his village area (discussed below), among many other important works. But perhaps his greatest contribution was Shrii Sahadeoji's opposition to dogma within AMPS: 1) From the beginning, he protested against the so-called mahaprayan program as he fully believed in Baba's eternal presence. (Note: Here it should be qualified that there is such a thing as both real mahaprayan and fake mahaprayan. Real mahaprayan remarks the death of any ordinary human being. This is the proper use of the term: to note a person's departure from this earth. That is the way mahaprayan is to be used. Then there is the fake, or so-called, or dogmatic mahaprayan and that is when certain agents try to apply the mahaprayan term to Parama Purusa Himself. This is totally inappropriate because when Baba is that Divine Entity who is beginningless and endless and resides always in our heart, then it is totally wrong to proclaim that He is gone. That is why rational margiis are protesting and labeling the Oct 21st program as so-called mahaprayan. So-called means that something is fake. Parama Purusa is eternal, thus for groupists to declare his "mahaprayan" is nothing but so-called mahaprayan. Mahaprayan only really happens in the case of human beings.) 2) At that time, Shrii Sahadeoji was Bhukti Pradhan of Ranchi which is a huge unit. Back then opposing groupist dogmas was no joke - it took great courage. 3) The groupist powers tried to victimise him. Because at that time Sarvatmananda was also raising money for the dogmatic memorial project in Ananda Nagar and sending his stooge Parmeshvarananda to Ranchi to collect money. There was a lot of pressure to give money - but Shrii Sahadeoji refused to give even one ruppee for those dogmatic and groupist projects. He was telling that the memorial of Parama Purusa is this entire creation, not some limited building on a small piece of land. A memorial is made for a human being, not for Parama Purusa. One cannot propagate his glory via one building. 4) Shrii Sahadeoji also fought for margii rights, BP rights, and protested scripture distortion. It is well known that with his own personal money Shrii Sahadeoji established the master unit at Gumla in Ranchi diocese. An MU Dada was living there with him. So Shrii Sahadeoji's activity and service in AM was widespread and varied. But even then that was no all. As many will certainly recall, Shrii Sahadeoji was extremely active in pracara: 1) He was a bank manager near a university and he would regularly bring students for initiation and would invite Dadas to give lectures at the university. 2) He was also responsible for bringing his entire family into AM. His wife and children were previously involved (up till '85) in the idol worship of Santosii Ma (Mother Goddess Santosii - one mythological deity). So even though his wife's father was a family acarya, it took the dedication of Shrii Sahadeoji to bring his wife onto the real path of AM. 3) Shrii Sahadeoji also ensured that his own laokika father took AM initiation as well. Finally, here is one very telling account. In 1989-90, Baba needed full-time care of a doctor. This was a big sacrifice because it demanded that AM doctors give up their own practice and personal commitments to go to Baba and work for one month at a time. Doing this was a big maneuver because one would have to leave their own medical work for an entire month. But Shrii Sahadeoji convinced his wife who was a doctor to engage in this service to Guru. And by Baba's grace his wife became one of Baba's personal physicians and served very admirably in this capacity. Thus, Shrii Sahadeoji's life was full of love, dedication, and commitment to Guru and Ananda Marga. His is a big loss to our AM family. Tragically, Shrii Sahadeoji's suffered two strokes over the course of the last few years. Even then, with his tantric spirit he was able to overcome paralysis and engage in service work for the organisation. But it was on 5 Sep 2009 that he suffered his 3rd stroke from which he could never recover. It was that last stroke that led to his mahaprayan. Shrii Sahadeoji's mahaprayan took place at 3:30pm Friday, Sep 25, 2009. At the time of his mahaprayan, Shrii Sahadeoji was under medical care in Ranchi and he ultimately died in Modi Seva Sadan. He is survived by his wife and two children. On the occasion of his mahaprayan (death), let us remember our dear brother who always wanted to serve the Marga and who created a master unit for the propagation of AM ideals. It is sad to see him gone, i.e. mahaprayan. By His grace, we can all take solace in the blessed truth that by his mahaprayan Shrii Sahadeoji has reached his final abode unto Baba's lap. At least now his long struggle with strokes and paralysis is over. Baba has taken it upon Himself to save our devoted brother and grant him salvation. With deepest respects, Yours brotherly, Manindra

Note 1: ASTERISK NOTE ABOUT MAHAPRAYAN

* Mahaprayan (Death): Many are aware that mahaprayan (death) is the common term used in India and especially in Bengal to describe the death of an honoured or even ordinary person. In that way the newspapers of Bengal are regularly citing the mahaprayan (death) of various persons of society who died or passed away. Some may get confused and wrongly think that the word 'mahaprayan' (death) is one extraordinarily devotional term to be used in association with Parama Purusa. But that is not at all the case. Rather to do so is only to undermine the eternal presence of Parama Purusa. That is why no devotees ever use the word 'mahaprayan' in reference to Lord Shiva or Lord Krsna. Because Lord Shiva and Lord Krsna exist eternally. Then there is no question of Their mahaprayan (death). And for those who need still more technical proof then all this can be clarified quite readily by referencing the dictionary. Specifically in the Samsad Bengali-English dictionary on page 742. Checking there it will be confirmed that the word 'mahaprayan' means death. Which is why it used to refer to the passing away of even common citizens.