Mahaprayan of Dr Ramesh Sinha

Date: 30 Jan 2010 18:24:10 -0000 From: "Gurucharan Yadav" To: AM-GLOBAL Subject: Mahaprayan of Dr Ramesh Sinha Baba

== MAHAPRAYAN OF DR RAMESH SINHA ==

Namaskar, It is with deep sadness and respect that we share the news of the mahaprayan* of respected margii, Dr Ramesh Sinha of Ranchi. Our esteemed elder brother underwent his mahaprayan on Jan 29 13:30 IST. Dr Ramesh was well known for his social service activities in the medical field as well as for being president of the Abha Memorial Trust. He was selected by Baba to head this trust which would bring all the medical pathys under one roof. In addition, Dr Ramesh was an active leader in AMURT activities and he faithfully served as one of Baba's personal doctors. Given his many contributions and devotional approach, it is totally disrespectful to say he died - when the higher, more respectful term of mahaprayan is available. Of course Parama Purusa is eternal and never dies so there is no question of using the mahaprayan term with Him. But in the case of Ananda Margiis like Dr Ramesh it is totally appropriate and deserved to use the term mahaprayan. Tragically, for the last three years he suffered from dementia and was mostly restricted to bedridden existence. With his mahaprayan, we pray that our dear brother Dr Ramesh has found eternal peace on Baba's lap. Namaskar, Gurucharan * Mahaprayan: Many are aware that mahaprayan 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 of respected persons of society who died or passed away. Some may get confused and wrongly think that the word 'mahaprayan' 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. 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 of a respected person.