RE: Peanut Gallery Commentary on the Staff Log of Bannings and such like.
November 10, 2018 at 2:10 pm
(November 10, 2018 at 11:31 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: His English, such as it was, is likely explained by the fact that, despite being from Italy, he has lived in Australia for a long time. I don't know exactly, but I'd guess he's been an Australian for 20-30 years, given his emphasis and knowledge of Indian politics in the 70s. I took his laughing all the way to the spiritual bank as just more of his derision of atheists for failing to recognize the clear superiority and efficacy of his religious practice, as well as his belief, frequently argued, that atheist beliefs were not based on reason and evidence but mere dogma that they had uncritically swallowed. Little Rik was nothing if not egotistical. I think I only saw him admit to being wrong one time, and he pretty much reversed himself in later statements. He firmly believed, or at least claimed, that he had never been proven wrong, and that his Ananda Marga beliefs had never been shown wrong either. He never outright said "you should be an Ananda Marga," but it was clear that was what he was, and that the beliefs which he was arguing that we should embrace are Ananda Marga beliefs. Yes, Ananda Marga is a Hindu-thing, though like in everything else, Rik tried to distance himself and Ananda Marga from Hinduism as a whole. He believed that the Ananda Marga way was a special jewel that derived from the teachings of P.R. Sarkar and, from what I understand of his statements, he refused to acknowledge that it was derivative of other Hindu traditions. It would take a long time to explain, but he was a Hindu who felt that he and his cult didn't have much of anything in common with classic Hinduism.I wonder how dumb you have to be to have that kind of English despite living in an English speaking society for 20-30 years, lol.
Anyways, I see what you mean about him distancing himself from Hinduism, since I've seen him spout that 'not all theists are religious' stuff.
All that aside, the Ananda Marga philosophy is very much related to classic Hindu philosophy as a whole, in my opinion. In fact it's far closer to 'classic' Hinduism than present day Hinduism. P.R. Sarkar probably wouldn't have had the philosophies he had if he wasn't born a Hindu.
Jor, out of curiosity, during your time as a Hindu did you learn any Hindu mantras and stuff?
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