Devashish Book: Misinformation II

From: "Gagan Deva "
To: AM-GLOBAL
Subject: Devashish Book: Misinformation II
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:41:32 -0000

Baba

== Re: DEVASHISH BOOK: MISINFORMATION II ==

Namaskar,
Yes, I too have been reading brother Devashish's book - Anandamurti: The Jamalpur Years (2010) - and have noticed quite a number of inconsistencies between Devashish's writing and Baba's divine teachings.

Here following is yet another example.

DEVASHISH'S DOGMATIC CLAIM:

BABA'S "FAVORITE" LANGUAGE IS BHOJPURI

On page 114, paragraph #5, lines 5 and 6, Devashish writes that Bhojpuri is "Baba's favorite childhood language."

Thus in his book, Anandamurti: The Jamalpur Years, Devashish makes the false and erroneous claim that Baba has partiality toward a particular language and that "Baba's favorite childhood language" was Bhojpuri.

BABA LOVES ALL LANGUAGES

Yet as Ananda Margiis, we know that Baba has equal regard and respect for all languages. All languages are His own and He has no single favourite language like Bhojpuri or Swahili. He loves all languages equally.

Here following are some of Baba's teachings on this point.

Baba says, "All languages of the world are fundamentally one and the same. Consequently, all languages should carry equal importance and equal respect." (AFPS-9, The Language Issue)

Baba says, "All languages must be given equal respect. One should remember that all languages are the languages of Parama Puruśa." (AFPS-3, Human Society Is One and Indivisible – 3)

Baba says, "Languages are the common property of the Cosmic Father. We should love all these languages. " (Prout Nutshell-15, Talks on Prout)

Baba says, "Brahma sádhakas see Brahma in everyone and everything, loving all equally. They look upon all countries as their own country, all languages as their own language, and all races as their own race." (AMIWL-8, The Supreme Question – 2)

BABA PERFECTLY REPRESENTS HIS IDEALS

And as we know Baba is the embodiment of His ideals. He is the Ista of Ananda Marga ideology and with that attribution He personifies each and every AM teaching. Ista means the embodiment of the entire ideology. There is nothing that He teaches which He does not follow.

Thus when Baba has declared that "all languages should carry equal importance and equal respect", and "all languages are the languages of Parama Puruśa", then it is certain that He Himself loves all languages equally. There is no question of Him favoring any particular language.

Every bhakta of the Marga easily understands this point: That Baba perfectly embodies His teachings and has equal respect and regard for all langauges.

Is it not insulting then for Devashish to falsely claim that Baba loves Bhojpuri and not Bengali, Spanish, Tagalog, Italian, German, French, Chinese, Vietnamese, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Swedish, Thai, Burmese, Latin and so many other languages.

After all, Baba loves all languages equally; they are all part of His divine creation.

Baba says, "Languages are the common property of the Cosmic Father. We should love all these languages. " (Prout Nutshell-15, Talks on Prout)

DEVASHISH'S BLUNDER

Unfortunately, this basic truth Devashish could not grasp and even worse He printed this erroneous claim in his book, thereby misguiding new readers and the general public.

While there are any number of problems with Devashish' book, most glaring is that Devashish makes it look like Baba has given universal teachings for others to follow while Baba Himself does something else in His personal life.

This is the terrible tragedy associated with Devashish's book: Instead of glorifying Baba, his misguided publication - Anandamurti: The Jamalpur Years (2010) - leads in the opposite direction. That is the unfortunate outcome of his writing. We can all consider why this has happened.

Sadly, there are countless erroneous and misleading claims in Devashish's book, and all of them should be unearthed so such injustices are corrected and not repeated. Please come forward with your thoughts and comments.

Namaskar,
Gagan

Note 1: MORE ERRORS IN DEVASHISH'S BOOK

The below two letters point out how Devashish wrongly claims in his publication that Baba ordered for His book - A Discussion - to be banned and ultimately burned. But this is totally false. Baba never gave such an order. Here are all the details, facts and proof:

http://am-global-01.blogspot.com/2011/12/devashish-book-half-truth.html

http://am-global-01.blogspot.com/2011/12/re-devashish-book-misinformation.html