== IMPORTANT EXAMPLE TO KNOW ==
Namaskar,
More and more of our senior workers are moving on. They are rising in
their years and after all the body is but a temporary housing for the
mind. Our duty then is to remember all with respect and reverence
and learn from their example.
HOW TO EVALUATE ONE'S STANDARD
"I had established an ashram at the foot of the Himalayas...in Dehradun
District of UP." One of the senior-most avadhutas wrote this in his
own book, describing about the time when he left AMPS to establish his own
ashram.
We all know that in general society, people's quality, qualifications and
attributions are measured on the grounds of various superficial variables.
But according to Baba's Neohumanistic philosophy, character, dealing,
behavior, conduct are one's true qualifications. Baba says such
things everywhere in His countless discourses. Here below is one
significant example from our holy Ananda Vanii.
Baba says, "Your ideal is represented by your conduct. Your learning, your
social or economic status have nothing to do with your ideal." (Ananda Vanii #13)
In the above Ananda Vanii, Baba's message is quite clear. Without ambiguity we
Ananda Margiis are to evaluate others - and oneself -on the point of
one's character and conduct.Not on the point of money, power, avadhuta dress,
purodhaship, kapalik sadhana, vishesha yoga, age, seniority, and Central
Committee, Acarya board and Purodha board, or even post of Purodha Pramukha.
So according to Baba's above teaching we should evaluate the calibre of
everyone by their conduct only. Other so-called qualifications as expressed
are valueless.
So to evaluate the quality and qualifications of this senior avadhuta,
the late respected Dada Samanvayanandaji, we should discuss on the point of conduct.
Specifically, how far did Dada Samanvayanandaji's conduct go in accordance with Baba's
teaching.
GURU-DISCIPLE RELATION
In Tantra, the Guru-disciple relation is the most significant thing. That
is why Baba has made various rules and given in Caryacarya about the
services to Guru.
We Ananda Margiis always do Guru Puja, minimum two times a day, every day.
And we know "Guru Brahma...", the whole idea behind this is that Guru is
everything. And that any disciple of Shrii Shrii Anandamurtiji must have
this basic characteristic that they should believe in Guru, not betray. One
must not betray Guru, otherwise everything is gone.
Here in India, Margis are fully aware about the history of Dada
Samanvayanandji. But our overseas Margis may not be aware so for clarity,
the basic matters are described here below.
DADAJI'S STORY
Dada Samanvayanandaji's previous name was Ac. Shivananda Avt. And in 1972
when Baba went into jail, Dadaji lobbied against Baba and got failure.
That means Dada Samanvayanandaji a.k.a. Dada Shivananda left the organisation
and in challenging way he created his own organization, giving it the name
"Prema Marga". And Dadaji established his office in Dehradun that time.
After that time, Dada Samanvayanandaji never expressed repentance or
remorse for what happened in those days.
Instead Dada Samanvayanandaji shamelessly glorified in his book that betrayal to
Baba was not unjust, rather that betrayal was proper. He created his own book
'Glories of ...'. And in that book he mentioned many times about his great
work in Dehradun. Means that time when he went against Guru and made that
separate organization known as Prema Marg and was challenging to AM,
about all this Dadaji says that this was his "great" work.
We should not forget that in those days, Baba was in jail. It was during
those difficult days for AM when all support was needed, that Dada
Samanvayanandaji left and created his own organization to compete against AM.
Yet in his book Dada Samanvayanandaji writes on page 57. Please read below.
Dada Samanvayanandaji writes:
"I had established an ashram at the foot of the Himalayas...in Dehradun
District of UP."
So see Dada Samanvayanandaji did not have repentance for his betrayal to
Baba. And even after the publishing of his book he did not express any
remorse. Not a word of repentance did he express for those black days in
which Dada Samanvayananda left Baba and created his own organization.
In simple language this is betrayal to Baba and also back-stabbing. So
we should not hold his example in some divine manner and others should
not emulate Dadaji's approach. Now when groupism is rattling our
organisation, this is not the time to depart and plant one's flag of
glory elsewhere.
DADAJI'S STORY (CONT)
When Guru is in jail then true margiis took lot of trouble and suffering in
various ways and also got imprisonment. I have deep respect for them. But
what respect should one have when Dada Samanvayanandaji betrayed Baba and
left Him during that very crucial time when Baba was in jail. And when
Baba was released then Dada Samanvayanandaji painted his own black face
with white oil paint and appeared before Margis in the beginning of 1983 as a
great saint as if nobody knows about his hypocrisy and betrayal to Baba.
When Baba was in jail Margiis were suffering also in jail, and Dada
Samanvayanandaji was enjoying his own self-created guru-ship, and
establishing one organization. And when the good days of AM came, then Dadaji
returned back because his fake guruship of Prema Marga was not as
beneficial / enticing as befooling Margiis. What a hypocrisy.
And then after '90 he jumped into a very high post. Who will
appreciate his hypocritical behavior. I don't think that any true Margii
and WT will appreciate.
As a brother we certainly love him, but his is not an example to follow.
In his later years one ruling group made Dada Samanvayanandaji their priest;
and Dada Samanvayanandaji moved all around the globe giving his sermons
like the Pope of Rome. And he praised himself his so-called illustrious past.
MUST NOT APPRECIATE HYPOCRITES
About hypocritical people Baba's guideline is very strong. Please read
below.
Baba says "Hypocrites must not be tolerated."
We must follow Baba's command on this point. What Baba says in Caryacarya
we must follow.
Baba says "Hypocrites are those who betray." "Don't forgive till his
nature is reformed. Immediate forgiveness is a special weakness of mind. It
results in worse harm to society." (CC-2)
Everybody in this universe can forget Dada's back stabbing to Marga
ideology. But true Margiis and Wt's cannot.
And not forgetting means, not following Dada's negative example. No matter
the circumstances one must stand with Guru and not drift away seeking
glory elsewhere. Yet that is what Dadaji did.
As a brother we love him, yet as an acarya and disciple, his example is
nothing but a stain and none fall into a similar demise. That is the
learning we should take from his life on this earth: What not to do.
BABA'S BLESSING
Here following is Baba's divine guideline for building up one human society.
Baba says, "You must think, 'I will personally move towards the supreme
desideratum, and at the same time I will try to assist those who are
suffering from despair, those steeped in blind superstition...Our family is
universal; our abode is also universal'." (SS-18, p. 41)
Namaskar,
Shantatma
Note 1: SEE WITH PROPER EYES
In general society, people's quality, qualifications and attributions are
measured on the grounds of superficial and often, crude, measures.
(a) Just like for example in present Indian Politics, brutality and
hypocrisy is the criteria for good Indian leaders at present. And in the
past it was not like that. But hypocrisy was there no doubt. But now
criminal behaviour is the top-most qualification. This is a dogma.
(b) And in general religious Indian psychology saffron robe has a lot of
meaning. It gives deep respect. There is a religious teaching that "Don't
see the merit and demerit of the person who is wearing saffron dress. Must
think that person is great. You are not doing pranam to that person.
Whoever is using that dress they are God's representative. Don't see about
their character and behaviour." But all Margis know that this is one dogma.
(c) And in general Indian society, in the religious sense, age is also one of
the factors. White hair, white beard, wrinkled skin is one qualification.
Even if that person is a hypocrite. --This is also dogma.
(d) And in general capitalist society money is the criteria to measure
someone. In town if you ask "who is most important" the answer will be that
person who is the richest. --So money is the qualification. And this is
also dogma.
But in AM all these above characteristics have no value. As they are all
crude or superficial parameters that have nothing to do with the person's
behaviour and conduct.
Note 2: ONE FURTHER POINT
Here is one further point about which Dada Samanvayanandji wrote in his
book. It regards the matter of certain instructions Dada Samanvayanandji
himself dogmatically created, telling that if these are followed one will
achieve liberation.
Ac. Samanvayanandaji wrote in his book Ananda Satakam on p.131 last
para "Bhagavat....Paraman Padinca..." And, Samanvayandaji Dada explained,
"Those who not only read but follow the instruction noted herein (of Ananda
Satakam) with interest and care, they will surely overcome the delusion of
this world and cross the stormy ocean of living in this world." (p.131,
Ananda Satakam)
Thus Dadaji guaranteed liberation by following his personal teaching.
A similar type of teaching to what Samanvayanandji preached in this
"sutra", is also very common teaching in Hindu religion. One famous example
is Hanuman Chalisa. Hanuman Chalisa has been written to impose and inject a
fear complex into the general public mind to worship the god monkey, Hanuman.
To force the public to worship Hanuman monkey god, poet Tulsidaas wrote
"Hanuman Chalisa'" and that same way Samanvayanandaji taught others by
giving a dogmatic teaching like Tulsidas did. It is obvious that if the
dogmatic poet of the Hindu religion would not have injected the fear
complex then surely nobody would have appreciated to worship the monkey.
Human psychology is that humans like to believe or pray that some
human being is their god. Not the monkeys. So it is the power of the
fear complex of that poetry that misguided / forced Hindu people to chant
every day the Hanuman chalisa hymn, means the monkey god eulogy.
So, it is obvious to all that to impose his book, Ananda Satakam, on Margiis'
mind, Dada Samanvayananda did the same technique as the dogmatic Hindu poet
did.
Following is the stanza of that dogmatic monkey god hymm: 'Jo
satbar...mahasukha hoi'. The meaning is that those who will repeat those
Hanuman Chalisas (eulogy of Hanuman monkey god) will get liberation
and be free from all worldly problems, like money, matter, ghost etc.
So with fear Hindu dogmatic people are repeating this. In the same way our
Dada Samanvayanandaji tried to impose his book Ananda Satakam on Margiis
by creating fear complex. Like the dogmatic poet of Hindu religion did with
the monkey god story.
Baba clearly explains that religions do not follow the path of rationality,
do not follow the path of dharma. Rather they claim to be issuing the word
of God, and with this excuse they inject one after another dogma among
their followers.
Baba says,
"The word "Dharma" is often loosely used for so-called religion. The reason
for this is that when the founders of almost all religions propagated their
respective doctrines to the general mass, they claimed they were the
messages of God. But no religion ever followed the path of logic." (HS-I,
'87 ed., p.4)
So religions preach all sorts of harmful dogmas under the aegis of their
false claim that they are preaching the word of God.
Certainly, those living in India know very well about the monkey god Hanuman
but for overseas readers let me please tell something more....-- the god
Hanuman belongs to the ape family. He has a long tail and his face is like
a monkey. It is not even a human being; Hanuman is one monkey. That is why
one name of the monkey is Hanuman. And Chalisa' means eulogy. Every Hindu
dogmatic person is well aware of these things but for the benefit of
overseas Margiis it is meaningful to explain the matter in full.
However the main point is that this dogma of the monkey god is deeply
rooted in all fundamental Hindus' mind. And every day they must repeat this
thing minimum one time and especially when they feel fear of ghost. The
dogma is that by repeating the monkey god name, ghosts will not come and
monkey god worshippers will ultimately reach the goal of liberation and all
desires will be fulfilled. And those who disrespect this will themselves
burn in hell fire. Because of this dogmatic belief, Hindu people are afraid
and they are repeating the Hanuman Chalisa with deep reverence.
So Dada Samanvayanandaji unfortunately also suffered from attachment to
Hindu dogma. Clearly Dada carried this dogma on his head. Because in
the same way as the monkey god hymn, Dadaji created one complex that if any
margii will believe and respect and chant his sloka then surely they will
get liberation as if there is no need of astaunga yoga sadhana. Only his
Ananda Satakam will work as the divine ship to across the ocean of maya.
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Our Language
Baba says, "All the languages of the world are our language, this always
you will remember. All the languages are your language. Of them you may
know 2, 4, 10, 20, 200, 500, and all the rest you do not know. That does
not mean that the languages which you do not know are not your language.
All the languages of the world are the language of humanity. All the
languages are the language of Parama Purus'a. For all the languages you
should have love-- equal love for all the languages." (Hindi Language,
Morning General Darshan 1/1/84, Ananda Nagar)
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