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Adulteration: Phoney things in Ánanda Vacanámrtam 6-11
Namaskár,
Please see the green and red underlined sentences in the below scan. The green color “If you want to know all-- know one” is right, and the red “So the main thing is ‘know all--know one’” is wrong. Those who know even the very basic things of Ánanda Márga philosophy, they know the red underlined sentence is wrong. And this type of common sense flaw is present throughout the discourses. This type of error is all due to negligence and lack of interest in printing proper books in the first place. It is unfortunate.
Please see the below scan of Ánanda Vacanámrtam Part 6, chapter 11; the red underlined sentence is wrong.
Please see the above scan of Ánanda Vacanámrtam Part 6, chapter 11; the red underlined sentence is wrong.
Right-- “If you want to know all-- know one”
Wrong-- “So the main thing is ‘know all--know one’”
Conclusion
In the scan, the sentence underlined in red, is false and concocted. Baba never spoke that sentence.
As disciples of Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrtiji, we should not keep quiet. We should raise a hue and cry, that all the books must be printed in “As-Is” fashion.
Namaskár,
In service to Gurudeva,
Ranjaná Banerjee
Note 1: If for any reason this post is not clear to you, then please write us for further explanation.
Note 2: The latest version in the Electronic Edition 2009, is the very same. So the same error is carrying over for all these 22 years since the first edition in 1987.
Note 3: In order to make Bábá’s teachings distortion-free, please forward this posting to the respected Tiljala Publications Secretary, dada Mantreshwarananda ji <Mantreshwarananda@hotmail.com>, and to respected dada Acyutananda ji, <acyutananda1@gmail.com>. As well, please send this posting to <hariishananda@gmail.com> and <acaryarudrananda@gmail.com>.
Note 4: We Should Fix Bábá's Discourses - Now or Never
If we remain passive onlookers and do not fix the negative trends of introducing distortion into Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrtiji's discourses—if we do not bring the printed discourses up to the proper standard now—it will become impossible to change this in the future. And even if in the future some sincere Ánanda Márgiis will try, they will be treated as enemies. Because this is the way religion works: Today one cannot teach the devotees of Lord Krśńa that He has nothing to do with cows; they will never believe it. Although Ánanda Má́rga is dharma—not religion, but
in the same way as happened with Hindus vis-a-vis Lord Krśńa and the cows, Ánanda Márgiis will become used to the wrong teachings in our AM books and they will not like to give them up. They will think that whatever was there at the end of the twentieth century, that was the gold standard for all time. And it should be kept and maintained.
Ánanda Má́rga is dharma—not religion—but we will face the same opposition from within to change, when wrong teachings get established.
So we don't have any time: it is either now or never. The clock is ticking: If we do not get Bábá's discourses fixed now, it will be impossible to do so later. And that will cause bloodshed and more division on the basis of the various versions of Bábá's teachings and their explanations. History bears testimony to this, that all the religions have similarly broken into multiple factions, groups and subgroups on the basis of differences in scripture interpretations. Bábá wanted to eliminate such problems, and that is why Bábá's discourses are recorded. But unfortunately, those recordings are not being provided to Márgiis. This matter is very serious.
References.
1. Published by Tiljala Publications, "Self-Realization Is the Real Knowledge," 13 December 1978, Calcutta, Ánanda Vacanámrtam Part 6 and 2009 Electronic Edition.
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