85,257
edits
Supreme Direction: Difference between revisions
m
Fixed dates
m (Revised heading title) |
m (Fixed dates) |
||
| (7 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
|description=Supreme Direction of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti | |description=Supreme Direction of Shrii Shrii Anandamurti | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Infobox book | {{Infobox book personality | ||
<!-- |italic title = (see above) --> | <!-- |italic title = (see above) --> | ||
| name = Supreme Direction | | name = Supreme Direction | ||
| Line 42: | Line 42: | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
The Supreme Direction was | The Supreme Direction of Anandamurti was first published in 1967 (although it might have been dictated in 1966). The first English translation was done by Acarya Vijayananda Avadhuta. That first English translation gave the title of these primary instructions as "Supreme Command". The translation variably began with the words "He who" and later "The man who". | ||
{{Quote|'''Supreme Command''' (from around | {{Quote|'''Supreme Command''' (from around 1967 to 1976) | ||
The man who performs sadhana twice a day regularly – the thought of Parama Purusa will certainly arise in his mind at the time of death; his liberation is a sure guarantee. Therefore every Ananda Margii will have to perform sadhana twice a day invariably; verily is this the command of the Lord. Without Yama and Niyama, sadhana is an impossibility. Hence the Lord's command is also to follow Yama and Niyama. Disobedience to this command is nothing but to throw oneself into the tortures of animal life for crores of years. That no one should undergo torments such as this, that he might be enabled to enjoy the eternal blessedness under the loving shelter of the Lord, it is the bounden duty of every Ananda Margii to endeavor to bring all to the path of bliss. Verily is this a part and parcel of sadhana to lead others along the path of righteousness. | The man who performs sadhana twice a day regularly – the thought of Parama Purusa will certainly arise in his mind at the time of death; his liberation is a sure guarantee. Therefore every Ananda Margii will have to perform sadhana twice a day invariably; verily is this the command of the Lord. Without Yama and Niyama, sadhana is an impossibility. Hence the Lord's command is also to follow Yama and Niyama. Disobedience to this command is nothing but to throw oneself into the tortures of animal life for crores of years. That no one should undergo torments such as this, that he might be enabled to enjoy the eternal blessedness under the loving shelter of the Lord, it is the bounden duty of every Ananda Margii to endeavor to bring all to the path of bliss. Verily is this a part and parcel of sadhana to lead others along the path of righteousness. | ||
| Line 52: | Line 52: | ||
In the mid-1970s, the female disciples of Ananda Marga in Australia and New Zealand approached Abhidevananda with an objection to the unjust male-slant of that wording. (In the original Bengali, no such slant exists, and that type of [[Neohumanism#Social justice|grammatical or linguistic bias is contrary to Ananda Marga ideology]].<ref name="LOI">{{cite book|title=The Liberation of Intellect: Neohumanism|author=Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan|chapter=Neohumanism Is the Ultimate Shelter (Discourse 11)||year=1982|publisher= Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha|ISBN=81-7252-168-5}}</ref>) Abhidevananda could only agree with their point of view, and so he brought this matter to the attention of the [[Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha]] Central Office, at that time operating out of Kathmandu (Nepal) due to the fact that Anandamurti was still imprisoned on false charges and the organization had been banned in India. In Nepal, Abhidevananda sat with Avadhutika Ananda Mitra Acarya, and together they hammered out a translation of the Supreme Direction that overcame the male bias. However, it should be noted that elimination of the male bias was their only objective. For that revised translation, they did not go back to the original Bengali text. | In the mid-1970s, the female disciples of Ananda Marga in Australia and New Zealand approached Abhidevananda with an objection to the unjust male-slant of that wording. (In the original Bengali, no such slant exists, and that type of [[Neohumanism#Social justice|grammatical or linguistic bias is contrary to Ananda Marga ideology]].<ref name="LOI">{{cite book|title=The Liberation of Intellect: Neohumanism|author=Sarkar, Prabhat Ranjan|chapter=Neohumanism Is the Ultimate Shelter (Discourse 11)||year=1982|publisher= Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha|ISBN=81-7252-168-5}}</ref>) Abhidevananda could only agree with their point of view, and so he brought this matter to the attention of the [[Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha]] Central Office, at that time operating out of Kathmandu (Nepal) due to the fact that Anandamurti was still imprisoned on false charges and the organization had been banned in India. In Nepal, Abhidevananda sat with Avadhutika Ananda Mitra Acarya, and together they hammered out a translation of the Supreme Direction that overcame the male bias. However, it should be noted that elimination of the male bias was their only objective. For that revised translation, they did not go back to the original Bengali text. | ||
{{Quote|'''Supreme Command''' (from | {{Quote|'''Supreme Command''' (from 1976 to the present) | ||
Those who perform sadhana twice a day regularly – the thought of [[Parama Purusa]] will certainly arise in their mind at the time of death; their liberation is a sure guarantee. Therefore every Ananda Margii will have to perform [[sadhana]] twice a day invariably; verily is this the command of the Lord. Without [[A Guide to Human Conduct|Yama and Niyama]], sadhana is an impossibility; hence the Lord's command is also to follow Yama and Niyama. Disobedience to this command is nothing but to throw oneself into the tortures of animal life for crores of years. That no one should undergo torments such as these, that everyone might be enabled to enjoy the eternal blessedness under the loving shelter of the Lord, it is the bounden duty of every Ananda Margii to endeavor to bring all to the path of bliss. Verily is this a part and parcel of sadhana to lead others along the path of righteousness. | Those who perform sadhana twice a day regularly – the thought of [[Parama Purusa]] will certainly arise in their mind at the time of death; their liberation is a sure guarantee. Therefore every Ananda Margii will have to perform [[sadhana]] twice a day invariably; verily is this the command of the Lord. Without [[A Guide to Human Conduct|Yama and Niyama]], sadhana is an impossibility; hence the Lord's command is also to follow Yama and Niyama. Disobedience to this command is nothing but to throw oneself into the tortures of animal life for crores of years. That no one should undergo torments such as these, that everyone might be enabled to enjoy the eternal blessedness under the loving shelter of the Lord, it is the bounden duty of every Ananda Margii to endeavor to bring all to the path of bliss. Verily is this a part and parcel of sadhana to lead others along the path of righteousness. | ||
| Line 95: | Line 95: | ||
hate ná hay | hate ná hay | ||
sabai játe | sabai játe | ||
Paramapuruśer | Paramapuruśer snehacháyay ese | ||
sháshvatii shánti labh kare | sháshvatii shánti labh kare | ||
tajjanya sakal mánuśke | tajjanya sakal mánuśke | ||
| Line 169: | Line 169: | ||
Disregarding this direction signifies | Disregarding this direction signifies | ||
millions and millions of years | millions and millions of years | ||
suffering the torments of | suffering the torments of animalistic life | ||
So that | So that to anyone | ||
such suffering | such suffering | ||
will | will not happen | ||
so that everyone | so that everyone | ||
comes under the loving shelter of Parama Purusa | comes under the loving shelter of Parama Purusa | ||
| Line 179: | Line 179: | ||
for that reason every person | for that reason every person | ||
to the Ananda Marga path of welfare | to the Ananda Marga path of welfare | ||
try to bring | |||
Of each Ananda Margii | Of each Ananda Margii | ||