== DEFECTIVE STYLE OF PAINCAJANYA ==
Namaskar,
As we see, commonly paincajanya is done like this. We all have to think
if this is proper or not.
First this Prabhat Samgiita is sung (PS #2526):
Jaya shubhavajradhara shubhra kalevara
Vya'ghra'mbara Hara dehi padam;
Jaya Vis'a'n'anina'daka kleshavidu'raka
Sarvadhiidha'raka dehi padam;
Jaya A'dipita' A'dideva mantresha Maha'deva
Bha'va'tiita abhinava dehi padam;
Rajatagirinibha madhumaya durlabha
A'nanda amita'bha dehi padam;
Jaya satya sana'tana paramapadam.
O, Lord Shiva, victory to You, the benevolent wielder of the
thunderbolt, the one with white-complexioned body clad in tiger-skin –
give me shelter at Your feet, O' Lord Shiva; Victory to the blower of
the long horn, the remover of all afflictions, the Supreme entity Shiva
in whom all intellect is sheltered – give me shelter at Your feet;
Victory to the First Father, the First Lord, the lord of mantra, the God
of Gods, Beyond thought, ever-new – give me shelter at Your feet; Lord
Shiva the One who looks like a silver mountain, full of sweetness,
difficult to attain, Blissful, infinitely radiant – give me shelter at
Your feet; Victory to the supreme, eternal truth.
This Prabhat Samgiita of Lord Shiva is often sung and we should see if
this is complementary to Baba's teachings.
BABA IS OUR ISTA
Our Ista is Baba. As Ananda Margiis we have reverence for Baba. Baba
says the mind must be pointed. There must not be two Istas. Otherwise
sadhana will go nowhere and one will degenerate.
So we should not chant, "O' Lord Shiva victory to You" and then chant
kiirtan, Baba Nam Kevalam. By doing so the mind will be bifurcated. The
first half of mind will go to Lord Shiva and the little leftover will go
to Baba. Ultimately everything will be ruined.
Read Baba's below warning which is given in His Yoga Psychology book,
"The Cult of Spirituality - The Cult of Pinnacled Order".
Baba says, "The spiritual aspirant is moving toward the singular Supreme
Entity, the pinnacled goal. If the mind accepts two goals, two Lords,
the mind becomes bifurcated...Where the thought-waves or
thought-movements are goaded by a single idea, and where the culminating
point is also a singular entity – that is, where the attraction for
other entities, for the crude world or the psychic world are all goaded
unto the Supreme Self." (YP)
BIFURCATION OF MIND AT PAINCAJANYA
In the present-day style of paincajanya the following takes place.
1) First the song about Lord Shiva is sung. That brings the mind in a
particular direction.
2) Then kiirtan and sadhana is done. That brings the mind in a second
direction.
Thus there are "two goals, two Lords, and the mind become bifurcated".
While singing the bhajan the mind goes to Lord Shiva. And while doing
kiritan and sadhana the mind runs towards Baba. That is very detrimental
because goal is not one, but rather two: Lord Shiva with his horn and
Shrii Shrii Anandamurti ji.
Imagine that you trying to stand on two boats at the same time: One leg
in each boat. So long as both boats remain stationary you may be ok. But
if either starts moving you will not be safe. The situation will be
disastrous. Nobody does such things. That is what Baba says in His above
teaching about bifurcation of mind, which some simple and naive people
do in their early morning paincajanya. That is why the song of Lord
Shiva and our Ananda Marga kiirtan should not be done together.
First some sing, "O' Lord Shiva, blower of the long horn, victory to
You" and then chant kiirtan, Baba Nam Kevalam. First they ideate on Lord
Shiva with His snake and tiger skin and then in the next moment they
start thinking about Baba. That is disastrous.
SINCERE, BUT WRONG WAY OF DOING
Some sincere margiis get up early and do paincajanya but that sincerity
does not yield a positive result, rather a negative outcome. Why?
Because of the bifurcation of mind. And that is Baba's warning: The Goal
should be one, not two or more.
This is a very serious point because if one is trying to focus on two
things you will lose the goal. On this critical topic, in His various
discourses Baba always brings the story of the great devotee Hanuman and
his pointed ideation on Rama. That is a very meaningful teaching for us.
HOW WE SHOULD DO PAINCAJANYA
Here the point is that in our paincjanya programs we should direct the
mind wholly towards Baba and not towards any second entity, i.e. Lord
Shiva. Our whole flow should be goaded towards Baba Shrii Shrii
Anandamuti ji.
That means we should select any of the hundreds or thousands of
devotional Prabhat Samgiita songs that goad the mind towards Baba. That
way when we do kiirtan and sadhana the mind will move in one concerted
flow. There will not be any diversion or bifurcation of mind.
If you sing Lord Shiva song and pray, "Victory to Lord Shiva clad in
tiger skin", and then in the next moment you sing "Victory to Baba",
then that is detrimental. In that case you cannot concentrate on Baba as
the mind is bifurcated or broken in two pieces. The mind should be
focused on one. That is what Hanuman did.
As Ananda Margiis we should not sing songs about Lord Shiva or Lord
Krsna at any of our AM devotional programs like paincajanya.
BABA'S REPEATED WARNING
Baba warns us again and again on this matter of having one Goal. Why?
Because in any given Hindu temple there are countless idols and simple
margiis of Indian origin lump Hinduism into AM.
Indeed just think of the Hare Krsna movement where they chant the name:
Hari, Rama, Krsna, Radha etc. They chant so many names of the Lord. And
this has gotten copied into AM by some.
Yet Baba has warned us about this again and again but this simple truth
is hard to understand I do not know why. The Goal should be pointed &
singular, not two.
BE LIKE AN ARROW
In our paincajanya program we should point the mind towards Baba, not
Lord Shiva or Lord Krsna. By His grace then our kiirtan and sadhana will
be successful. Then we will be like an arrow reaching the Goal.
Pran'avo dhanuh sharohya'tma' Brahma tallaks'yamucyate;
Apramattena veddhavyam' sharavattanmayo bhavet.
Baba says, "The pran'ava (as regards spiritual practice, one’s
meditation mantra) is like a bow, one’s unit consciousness is like an
arrow, and Brahma is the target. One must aim without any inaccuracy and
must oneself be like an arrow." (AV-34)
In this above teaching, the idea is that you can't aim at two Entities,
otherwise you will not reach the goal and your efforts will be futile.
One must not forget the famous story from Mahabharata when Guru
Dronacarya failed 4 of the Pandava brothers because they had more than
one goal. Only Arjuna could get success and hit the target because he
had one goal - his mind was not bifurcated by multiple goals.
BABA'S HUMOUR ABOUT WORSHIPING MULTIPLES GODS
The same thing Baba is making jokes how some dogmatic devotee is
chanting countless names of gods and goddesses and sadly his mind is
balkanised.
Baba says, "A person whom I was very close to, a relative of mine, used
to recite the following after taking bath: "Victory to mother Ka'li,
victory, victory to Ka'li, victory to mother Ka'li of T'han T'hania',
victory to mother Ka'li of Daks'in'eshvar, victory to Baba Ta'rakna'th,
victory to Baba Vaidynath of Deoghar. O' Fathers! None of you should
think that I am leaving out someone's name." After this he would say,
"O' gods and goddesses, please forgive me if I have omitted any name
inadvertently. Please assume that I have mentioned your name also." Does
this yield anything at all? One says, "victory to mother Ka'li of
Ka'ligha't" and in the same breath one says, "victory to mother Ka'li of
T'han T'hania'."It signifies that the mind is moving both towards
Ka'ligha't and T'han T'hania'. Can the mind become concentrated in this
way? Certainly not." (Ananda Vacanamrtam: 9/10, p.114)
BABA'S BLESSING
By Baba's grace we should again remember that in paincjanya we should
not sing, "O' Lord Shiva, blower of the long horn, victory to You" and
then the next moment sing Baba Nam Kevalam. By that way the mind will be
confused, bewildered and bifurcated. That is the main essence of all
Baba's above teachings. We should keep the mind focused only on Him and
Him alone.
Baba says, "You should also remember that for your movement toward your
Is't'a, you have only to practise, your unification with your Is't'a is
your only goal, the final desideratum of all the flows of your psychic
propensities." (SS-12)
Namaskar,
Manindra
Note 1: WHY LORD SHIVA AND LORD KRSNA SONGS IN PRABHAT SAMGIITA
The question comes: Why has Baba given Prabhat Samgiita songs that focus
on Lord Shiva and Lord Krsna. And the answer is simple. Baba has come
for all and He wrote those songs for non margiis. There will always be
followers of Lord Shiva and Lord Krsna; Baba has given something for
them as well.
As margiis we should learn those songs and for when we do pracara and
teach non margiis. But those songs are not for us to sing in paincajanya
or any other AM devotional program.
It is just like when arranging food for elephants then you do not start
eating that very elephant food thinking it to be yours. Likewise when
teach those Prabhat Samgiita songs about Lord Shiva and Lord Krsna for
non-margiis, we should not mistakenly think that we should sing those
songs in our AM spiritual practices like paincajanya.
Note 2: A RELATED DOGMA
There is a related and ongoing dogma in the Jamapur DMS arranged every
year. There margiis only allowed to sing those Prabhat Samgiita composed
in Angika language.
So mostly sing they sing the song of Lord Krsna, "Tum ho mere Krsna
Jagata Pati (PS #4070), meaning O' Lord Krsna, You are mine.
TUMA HO - MERE KRS'N'A - JAGATPATI -
MAEN TUMHE CA'HATA' HU'N - DI -VA' RA'TI - - -
TUMA ALAKHA NIRAINJANA PU'RN'A JYOTI - - -
MAEN - JUGNU - KII - JYOTI KSHUDRA ATI - - -
MAEN TUMHE CA'HATA' HU'N - DI -VA' RA'TI - - -
TUM, HO - SRIS'T'I- MEN - A' -DI ANA -NTA,
A' - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ------- - A'
TUM, HO - SRIS'T'I- MEN - A' -DI ANA -NTA,
KABHI KARA'L BHAYA'L KABHII DAYAL PRASH’NTA
EK HA'NSI - SE TUMHA'RI VISHVA BECAEN -NA
KHUSHI SE - TUMHA'RII JHU'ME JALADHI - - -
MAEN TUMHE CA'HATA' HU'N - DI -VA' RA'TI - - -
TUMHA'RE SA'TH MERII TULANA' NAHII - - -,
A' - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - A'
TUMHA'RE SA'TH MERII TULANA' NAHII - - -,
TUMHA'RII UPA -MA' - TUM HO SAHII - - -
MAEN SROTON KA' - PHU'L BAHA RAHA' THA' - - -
TU'NE MUJHE - UT'HA' - KAR SHUNA'I GIITI - - -
MAEN TUMHE CA'HATA' HU'N - DI -VA' RA'TI - - -
TUMA HO - MERE KRS'N'A - JAGATPATI -
MAEN TUMHE CA'HATA' HU'N - DI -VA' RA'TI - - -
This clearly shows how mind gets bifurcated. Chanting Lord Krsna but
then doing Baba Nam Kevalam kiirtan is damaging for anyone's spiritual
growth. This type of practice is called pramad sadhana, the beginning is
bad, the middle is very bad and the end results is the worst. All kinds
of rituals which naive people do in various religions are full of pramad.
For example in Ananda Marga there is a few things that are pramad, for
example fake Mahaprayan. Why is the beginning bad? Because it gives the
message that Baba is just a mortal human who has gone in 7th heaven. Why
is the middle bad? Because you have to go there and take trouble (money
and time are wasted) and take negative ideation and the entire approach
keeps Baba distant. And why is the end worst? Because the outcome of the
entire program is that the dogmatic idea is firmly established that Baba
is gone and beyond the reach, like mortal human being.
To achieve anything it needs a focused Goal. What to say spirituality,
even if a student focuses on football but needs to solve mathematics,
then their time wasted. They will not reach their goal. Similarly, when
our goal of reaching Baba a is such a lofty one, we must not let the
mind become bifurcated by singing songs about Lord Krsna & Lord Shiva etc.
Note 3: HANUMAN STORY
Baba says, "Wherever the Is't'a is singular entity in name, form, and
idea, in ideation and also in ideology, success is sure, success is
fully assured. There is a story in this regard. Once upon a time some of
the devotees asked Hanuman, “Hanuman, you are a great devotee and
learned scholar also, and you know that Na'ra'yan'a means Shriina'tha,
(Shrii means, Laks'mii) Shriina'tha means Na'ra'yan'a. Shriina'tha, i.e.
Laks'miina'tha, Na'ra'yan'a and Ja'nakiina'tha i.e. Ra'ma are the same
entity; but you never take the name of Na'ra'yan'a. Why?”
Hanuman said:
“Shriina'the, Ja'nakiinathe Ca'bhedah Parama'tmani
Tatha'pi mama Sarvasvah Ra'mah Kamalalocanah.”
"You know fundamentally there is no difference between Na'ra'yan'a and
Ra'ma. Na'ra means Prakrti, Ayana means Shelter. Na'ra'yan'a means
Shelter of Prakrti i.e. Cognitive Purus'a and Ra'ma, (Ram + Ghaun =
Ra'ma) i.e. the most attractive entity of the entire cosmos is Parama
Purus'a. “I also know”, said Hanuman, “that there is no fundamental
difference between Ra'ma and Na'ra'yan'a, but you know my goal is a
singular entity – singular in name, singular in idea, ideology and
ideation. Ra'ma is my everything, I don’t know any Na'ra'yan'a.”" (SS-12)
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Next Life:
Greed for Name and Fame
Baba says, "Those engaged in social service devoid of ideation on
Parama Purusa, then when performing their good deeds they become greedy for
name and fame. And they like to see the newspaper coverage of their great
works."
"So in this case the person falls under the instinct of greed-- because
he is greedy for the popularity of his own unit name and fame. And due to
the domination of this greed instinct, in his next life he will be born
according to those reactive momenta-- which is depending upon the dominance
of a particular vrtii."
"So in natural course the Creative Principle will provide him with the
body of a cat which is always greedy for food. A cat is so greedy that when
sneaking into the kitchen to devour some food, even if the cat gets hit and
jumps out the window; then just a few fractions of a second later that same
cat again tries to enter into the kitchen via the door-- to again try to
get some food. All due to its avaricious nature."
"Thus this is the fate and next life of those who cannot control their
greed. Here it should also be noted that Parama Purusa did not do anything
to create this situation. Rather, according to the desires of the jiiva
they
will get their new life." (AV (B)- 10, 22 April '79)
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