== STILL NOT ADMITTING ==
Namaskar,
In life, we know that a significant factor for making progress is a proper
scripture. One which guides people how to act, how to think, & how to move
ahead etc.
And in our Marga, we have such a perfect scripture.
Unfortunately though since 1990 certain group leaders have been injecting various
negative elements into our holy AM scripture. The repercussions of which are
obviously quite harmful. To prevent such things from happening in future
and to correct those wrongs which have been already committed, I write to
bring these issues to the awareness of all.
Here following then are some examples.
If you open Ananda Vacanamrtam (AV), Subhasita Samgraha (SS) or so many
other books which were printed after 1990, then you will see that in many
of the books on the publisher's page it is written "Translated from the
original Bengali".
When in fact there are innumerable discourses in those books which were
given in Hindi and English. Because even when Baba spoke in Hindi or
English, then even in those instances they were manipulating the situation
by writing "translated from the original Bengali". Thus in many, many
places it is wrongly marked as being translated from the original Bengali
when it came in printed form in the Ananda Vacanamrtam and Subhasita
Samgraha books.
And still to this day, those publishers have not come forward to admit
their wrong and outrightly say that the statement is false. After years
of margiis protesting, they did quietly remove that statements about
"translated from the original Bengali", from the books, but they never
openly admitted their mistake. And still there are thousands of copies
of these books floating around stating, "Translated from the original
Bengali", yet the mass of margiis - and certainly the general public -
may not be aware that this statement is totally incorrect.
PROOF OF THE MATTER
Here is further proof about this matter. On different world tours Baba
visited Philippines (Maharlika), Taiwan, Switzerland, Germany, Jamaica,
Venezuela, Iceland and etc. And in those places Baba delivered HIS
discourses in English. And those discourses are printed in Subhasita
Samgraha, Ananda Vacanamrtam and different book series. Unfortunately some
groupist Dadas painted those books as being "Translated from the original
Bengali". If you open the book and check the inside cover or title page
then you will find it. Thus you can easily confirm by yourself.
For example if you open the English version of Subhasita Samgraha part 12
published 21 Oct 1992, there you will see on the Publisher's page,
"Translated from the original Bengali". But what false propaganda this is
because so many of the discourses from this book were given in Europe. Such
as in Fiesch Switzerland, where obviously, Baba spoke in English.
And one discourse from the book SS part 12 is titled "The Noumenal Cause
and the Personal God". That very discourse was given by Baba in Timmern,
Germany and that very discourse appears on the CD 'Baba in Fiesch'. By
listening to that anyone can easily see that Baba delivered that discourse
in crtystal clear perfect English. But in the Publisher's page of that
book it says, "Translated from the original Bengali".
DONE IN COUNTLESS PLACES
Tragically then this type of serious distortion has occurred with not one,
but with so many books. The following books contain discourses delivered by
Baba in Patna, Bombay, Bangalore, Madras, etc. Senior Margiis and Wts are
aware that in these places Baba either spoke in Hindi or in English, not
Bengali. But on the Publisher's page wrong, misleading information has been
given because there it is printed, "Translated from the original Bengali".
Here are but a few of such books: Ananda Vacanamrtam part 7, Ananda
Vacanamrtam part 8, Subhasita Samgraha part 3 (1992), Subhasita Samgraha
part 11 (1992), Subhasita Samgraha part 18 (1992), and many more books.
JUST BANGALISATION
So labeling Baba's books as "Translated from the original Bengali" is one
of the serious violations of moral ethics and distortions of fact. It also
gives the proof that wherever opportunity presented itself, distortions
were made in favour of the ruling group.
Means in this particular case on the inside the front cover B group put
"From the Original Bengali". Because they want to propagate the idea that
Baba is Bengali, and that Bengali culture is highest. So when they were in
power they did all this nonsense.
In particular on this point of distortion Sarvatmanandji has
a very deep and devious conspiracy. And the above is but one example how
Bengali Fundamentalists altered Baba's AM scripture. Of course H group has
done many other wrongs such as manipulating BP elections, victimising
margiis and doing other negative acts in order to maintain their power.
Overall then the distortion of Baba's scripture is an ongoing problem that
can cause serious harm to the society for many reasons and on many accounts.
One of which is that when future generation margiis read these books they
will be confused and they will have the wrong impression that Baba knew
only 1 language: Bangla. And that is why Baba "spoke only Bangla" when He
visited so many places around the world. Simple sadhakas and the unknowing
public will think like this.
All because Sarvatmananda was engaged in injecting the dogma that
irrespective of Baba's any discourse, whether it be in English or in any
other language, everything must be treated as "originally from Bengali".
This indeed is the very negative plan of Dada Sarvatmanandji.
IMPORTANT POINTS TO NOTE
And to establish this dogma that everything came from Bangla, Dada
SarvatmanandA did the following things:
1- Margiis should not be allowed to keep Baba's cassettes except a few
selected persons.
2- All AMPS books should carry the mark, "Translated from the original
Bengali".
3- By this way in due course after 150 years when this present generation
is no longer on this globe then future generations will understand that
Baba was only aware about Bangla and not any other language. This way
Bengali supremacy will be established permanently.
Believe or not believe this was the dream of Dada Sarvatmanandji. It is
another thing that Baba thought in different way that is why HE did not
allow this to continue.
So since few years the newly published books are not coming with that mark.
But now many other things these groupist and factional leaders are doing.
Please see the following:
(1) Since 1991 up till now all the discourses and manuscripts of Baba have
not been published. i.e. Margiis did not get the printed book form. The
main motive of groupist leaders was to delay and keep the opportunity for
any type of change or distortion if it is needed in the future. Because
distortions can be done easily without awareness of margii and WT general
readers. Otherwise, why is it that all Baba's books/ manuscripts have not
been printed. When to bring out one book it needs only around 2000 US
dollars.
(2) In these 19 years several dozen books written by different Dadas have
been published. Thus showing that Baba's books did not get priority.
(3) At Sarvatmananda's urging, the late Shraddhananda wrote around
10,000 useless rhymes and around 20 parts of his rhymes have been published
at the cost of margiis hard earned money. But Baba's manuscripts remain neglected.
(4) Many margiis came forward to publish Baba's manuscripts but
Sarvatmananda and other groupist leaders did not allow.
(5) Printing Baba's books is not a business of deficit. Already a huge
number of customers are there in the form of margiis and WTs, who are
waiting anxiously to purchase Baba's new books. But with negative motive
Baba's manuscripts did not get the shape of printed form.
(6) Whatever logic B and H group leaders gives, no sincere margii is
getting convinced.
(7) Dear Margiis and WTs, everyone has to be alert and not allow Baba's
books to be tainted and altered. This is the duty of everyone. History has
proved in the past that because of scriptural distortion many religions
divided into pieces and died. We should not allow such things to happen in
our Marga.
(8) In the past few years, B group has assembled a team of well-intentioned
margiis to help review, edit, and publish Baba's discourses. But the Tiljala
camp has set them up for failure by not allowing these good margiis to
review the original cassette of Baba's discourse. Instead these margiis are
being forced to translate from the so-called original Bengali to English
even when discourses were often first given in English.
(9) Even worse is the injustice done to the hundreds of discourses which Baba
has delivered in Hindi. The Tiljala camp has basically swept them under the rug
giving margiis the false impression that most discourses were delivered in Bengali.
But this is just not true. So many of Baba's teachings were given in Hindi but
the Tiljala crew never publishes these discourses nor do they allow good margiis
and acaryas to have copies of those audio cassettes or sound files.
All of the above is clear-cut indication of their "great interest" in bringing
Baba's teachings to the society.
As Ananda Margiis, we must apply more and more pressure and insist that copies
of Baba's divine discourses be released so that we can get those teachings as
well as save them for generations to come. The best way to preserve any body of teachings
is two fold: Bring those teachings into practice and spread copies of those teachings
to all parts of this earth.
But the gatekeepers of Baba's archive in Tiljala are not willing to allow either
of the above to happen. They are thus threatening the safety and propagation of
AM ideology.
And to this day, they refuse to admit that they have committed any wrong
with regard to the manipulated manner in which they published Baba's discourses.
And still many mistakes are happening.
BABA'S BLESSING
No doubt grave problems are encircling us on the one hand, but even so I
feel confident and hopeful our golden reality is not far off.
Baba says, "...With the reddish glow of the dawn the collective body, mind
and soul will be radiant with joy. And that alone will be the real progress
of universal humanity, the firm establishment of unified humanism..."
(Ananda Vanii 61)
Namaskar,
Bhaskaran
Note 1: Here in this following guideline Baba is emphasizing the importance
of scripture.
Baba says, "In the realm of dharma, the only true guide and controller,
motivating force and protector of the people, is an excellent and
comprehensive ideology which provides definite, clear-cut and bold
directions for all aspects of human life--from one's personal daily
routine, to one's social activities and collective motivation, to the
spiritual inspiration which brings one closer and closer to God. A
scripture which does not fulfill these conditions is not worthy of being
called a scripture at all. Such a scripture does not contain the light of
consciousness according to the definition Shasanat tarayet yastu sah
shastrah parikiirttitah ["That which liberates through discipline is called
'scripture'"]." (NSS, Discourse 14)
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Difference Between Literate & Educated
Those who have studied the books but did not bring those teachings into
practice may be termed literate but they are certainly not educated.
Baba says, "Educated are those who have learnt much, remembered much and
made use of their learning in practical life." (PNS-18, p.38)
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