Contemporary Works on Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra Dr. Debesh C Patra
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Beauty and Bliss Contemporary Works on Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra By Dr. Debesh C Patra Priyaparam Sri Sri Anukulchandra Charyashram Bibek Bitan, Deoghar Beauty and Bliss Contemporary Works on Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra Preface Sri Sri Thakur Comes Live on Every Page in this Book Every prophet makes a beginning; brings something new; puts mark on the landscape of human civilization. Of course, for each prophet there is a background to work on and there are footprints of the past prophets. Prophets normally work on very long time horizon; meaning, their life and ideology continue to work for very long period. They work much ahead into the future. Prophets’ contribution has long durability, applicability and efficacy. Perhaps prophets’ span of influence and efficacy of their ideology can be plotted on a sequential and somewhat cyclical pattern: stage of revelation, propagation of ideology, consolidation of influence, constructive phase for the future. Then a time comes, almost out of blue, when the prophet goes out of scene. Time and society then takes over the work of the prophet. Thereafter, a long phase ensues. There again, ups and downs follow; waves of upheaval carries the prophet’s name, as if, into eternity. Prophets’ disciples and admirers play significant role in keeping the phases upward and stable. History would tell us later about the phase of Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra’s influence that we are passing through now. One thing is sure, as we leant from Sri Sri Thakur, that there is nothing predictive and fixed as far as time and happenings are concerned, in a macro sense. Everything that is to happen is probabilistic; in the sense that events are partially predetermined by the happenings of the past, as part of formation process. And everything that is to come can be altered, manipulated, and engineered and so on. There lies the significance of timely action by the apostles of the prophet; and here we are talking about collective action. We are talking about the future time that Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra worked for. We feel that we are agents, players and participants of that time. We are tools and parts of the machinery that Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra moved. The time machine is working. Sri Sri Thakur is also perhaps working. He expressed that He was looking for some shoulders, some instruments, which would carry Him and He would work through those. In what form and to what degree of control, Sri Sri Thakur is operating now is not exactly known to us. There is a bit of uncertainty and ambiguity in that. Even when Sri Sri Thakur was in flesh and blood with full visibility and full accessibility, people at times were baffled to understand where Sri Sri Thakur was coming from; what different roles He played at the same time; what magical effect He created in a twinkle of His eyes, by movement of his finger and so on. No one can therefore say today with any degree of certainty as to what is Sri Sri Thakur’s wish today. What is He driving at? But one thing is certain, and that is for each one of us to determine: what am I supposed to do? Each one of us can certainly get an inspirational direction as to what should one do, within the limited area of one’s capability. Each one will remain within one’s area of action and can contribute to Sri Sri Thakur’s movement. The zone of work may be limited, but the range of work and the depth of accomplishment remain unlimited. That is the challenge each one of us are struggling with. I say this for those of us, and there are quite a number of such devotees, who are dedicated for Sri Sri Thakur’s cause. They live for Thakur and they live with Thakur; irrespective of their socio-economic status. They might be feeling constrained; that is because they are struggling to outreach their limitation. Sri Sri Thakur is beckoning them to march past further and still further. Those who have seen Sri Sri Thakur have seen infinity in finite form; have seen the possibility emerging out of seemingly impossible. They are trying to draw from the ocean of energy. And that is a strenuous exercise. As a traveler on the road to infinity; on a path that is untraded, we are not sure, where are we now. But the passage of time gives us further lead to think, reflect and act for Sri Sri Thakur. We get impulse to offer some flowers at His feet; the flowers that bloom out of our experience and creativity. This book is a bouquet of flowers of those works. Each article is born out of experience of living with Sri Sri Thakur in current time and that is how it is contemporary works on Sri Sri Thakur. Most of these works were done during 2012 to 2015. The period witnessed many developments in the world; I mean the limited world within which we exist and operate. We saw Sri Sri Thakur’s reflection in the happenings around and the spectrum of those reflections has colored the articles. We believe that you will be able to see Sri Sri Thakur on every page of this book. Debesh C Patra Mumbai; February 23, 2016 Beauty & Bliss Chapter Petals Index Chapter 1 Sri Sri Thakur’s Life 1 Thakur – the Divine Chapter 2 Sri Sri Thakur’s Personality 2 Come to me! Come to me!! … !!! 3 Gracious Thakur 4 The Arbiter 5 Thakur’s Smile 6 Thakur the Beloved 7 Thakur – the Mystery 8 Sri Sri Thakur’s Healing Touch & Sterling Job 9 Sri Sri Thakur Goes well with Einstein 10 Does Knowing Thakur mean Everything to Us? 11 Sri Sri Thakur in Everything 12 Love & Lore – the Twinkling Twin 13 Sri Sri Thakur Tried to Prevent India’s Partition 14 Thakur – the Arbiter for our Age 15 Let’s Understand Thakur 16 Wonder That Was Thakur 17 Love is Condensed Devotion 18 Knowing Sri Sri Thakur is Object of Pursuit Chapter 3 Sri Sri Thakur’s Ideology 19 Sri Sri Thakur and the World: Poles Apart? 20 Spirituality Simplified 21 Prayer in Essence and in Practice 22 My Own Thakur 23 Janmastami – Let us Make it Real 24 Mission Mars & Mission Man 25 Proselytizing – Not in Thakur’s Vocabulary 26 God Manages Human Weakness 27 Who Made Statue out of Thakur? 28 Surrender to thy Ideal 29 Where do we Begin From? 30 You do Exist and so … 31 Conscious Capitalism and Swastyayani 32 People Suffer Owing to Leaders’ Mistakes 33 Devotion Makes it Easy 34 Dharma is That Which Upholds You 35 Those of us who Know Thakur … 36 Pray for Lord’s Wish 37 Uniform Idea to Unite 38 We Need to Believe in the Impossible 39 Sri Sri Thakur’s Mission in the Current Context 40 Religion is More a Social Issue Than a Divine One 41 Sri Sri Thakur is Seen Through Life 42 Sri Sri Thakur Made Beginning Where Doubts End 43 Buddhism in the Eyes of a Contemporary Devotee 44 Death – Pre & Post 45 The Forbidden Trio 46 Life in Sri Sri Thakur’s View 47 Analyze Your Thought & Action 48 Is Prophet a Categorical Imperative? 49 Marriage is Sacred – Says Supreme Court of India Chapter 4 Sri Sri Thakur’s Interest 50 How Sri Sri Thakur Might be Feeling Now? 51 It is Double Wonder: Not Single 52 What Sri Sri Thakur Wants From Us? 53 Love for the Lord 54 Chosen Forty Chapter 5 Sri Sri Thakur’s Grace 55 Thakur’s Grace Defies Destiny 56 Miracle is Mirage of Ignorance 57 No Go Situation for Sri Sri Thakur 58 Sri Sri Thakur Provides us Clues of Life 59 Sri Sri Thakur Makes Unlikely Things to Happen Chapter 6 Sri Sri Thakur’s Work 60 Labour for Love 61 What did Thakur Expect from Eugene Exman? 62 Cultivating Culture is the key 63 Sri Sri Thakur in Myanmar – A Peep into History Chapter 7 Sri Sri Thakur’s Movement 64 In Memory of Prafulla Kumar Das 65 What are These Temples for? 66 Ten Reasons why Sri Sri Thakur is not Popular 67 Can we see a Social Revolution? 68 India @ 65 – Its Eternal Credo in Question 69 Is Thakur off the Scene and out of Touch? 70 The Generation That is Destined to Carry the Cross 71 Satsang Movement – Past & Future 72 Future of Sri Sri Thakur’s Movement 73 A Setback to Indian Culture 74 Riot in Muzzafarnagar in UP (September 2013) 75 Platform for United Effort 76 United World 77 Architecture of Sri Sri Thakur’s Movement 78 Prophets are Inborn Divine 79 Satsang Movement Must Remain Unadulterated Chapter 8 Sri Sri Thakur’s Contribution to Indian Culture 80 Culture in Current Context 81 Culture at Workplace 82 Sri Sri Thakur Found Meaning in Tradition – Religion 83 Sri Sri Thakur Found Meaning in Tradition – Worship 84 Sri Sri Thakur Found Meaning in Tradition – Science & Spirituality 85 Sri Sri Thakur Found Meaning in Tradition – Man Making 86 Sri Sri Thakur Found Meaning in Tradition – Living Ideal 87 Spirituality, Science and Magic 88 Uniform Idea to Unite 89 Culture Preserves the Streams of Diversity 90 Sri Sri Thakur Updated Tradition 91 Indian Society and Culture Has It 92 We Need Lord Krishna Live, Not Gita Alone 93 Election 2014 – India is Looking for New Order 94 Sri Sri Thakur Made us Aware of Our Origin 95 Genetic Architecture Can Predict Your Health 96 Relook at Indian Secular Cult 97 A nation Turning Around 98 Indian Culture at Crossroad – Needs Sri Sri Thakur Chapter 9 Sri Sri Thakur’s Literature 99 Saga of Devotion, Dedication & Divinity 100 Adherence and Intelligence Chapter 1 Sri Sri Thakur’s Life One Thakur – the Divine An Introductory Reading on Sri Sri Thakur Anukul Chandra Section 1 Sri Sri Thakur, the Person Section 2 Sri Sri Thakur, the Prophet Section 3 Sri Sri Thakur, the Guide Section 4 Limitations of Sri Sri Thakur Section 5 Sri Sri Thakur’s Life Sketch Section 6 Sri Sri Thakur’s Ideological Threads Section 7 Legacy of Sri Sri Thakur Section 1: Sri Sri Thakur, the Person He was Anukul Chandra Chakravarty.