From Brother Amit: amit[at]anandaparivar.com.br

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Our beloved brother Anirvadeva (Anderson Ayres Pelanda) has left to join our beloved Master Baba. He was 30 years old and died of Friedreich's Ataxia, a a degenerative genetic disease. I would like to comfort his family, but nothing that I say is comforting. But Anirvadeva was a great instrument of Baba, and his body no longer could support his spiritual evolution. He went to meet the Supreme. Anirvadeva was impassioned by Nature, and received a Master's degree in oceanography. He was a permaculturist by passion, he loved to talk about Master Units and ecovillages with brilliant eyes, he knew that this was the path.

Go in peace, brother. He used to say to Baba that we who remain on this planet are doing, in His rhythem, in His time, with His knowledge, but we are doing with pride and certainty that this is the path.

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De irmão Amit:
Hoje, 19 de Dezembro de 2008, o nosso querido irmão Anirvadeva (Anderson Ayres Pelanda) foi ao encontro do nosso amado mestre Bábá...

Ele morreu devido a uma doença chamada ataxia de Friedreich. Ele tinha 30 anos. Gostaria de poder confortar a linda família dele, mas nada que diga nesse momento será confortante. Mas tenho certeza que Baba está do lado de todos pois o Anirvadeva, em sua última forma física foi um ótimo instrumento d'Ele. E é por isso que esse corpo foi embora, pois não suportava mais tamanha evolução espiritual. Foi ao encontro do Supremo, quem sabe buscar uma nova ferramenta de evolução. Vamos esperar para que ele volte bem próximo de nós, quem sabe!

O Anirvadeva era um apaixonado pela natureza, e obteve título de mestre de Oceanógrafia da Universidade Federal do Paraná. Permacultor de paixão, adorava conversar sobre o assunto. Quando conversávamos sobre o projeto da ecovila seus olhos brilhavam, ele sabia que esse é o caminho.

Quando ele entrou em coma, na ultima hora de vida a família dele começou a cantar kiirtan, até ele deixar o corpo; No velório antes de ser enterrado eu toquei kiirtan por uma hora e todos acompanharam, mesmo os que não conheciam Baba Nam Kevalam... foi muito lindo.

Anirva, vai em paz! Diz pra Baba que nós, que ficamos aqui nesse planeta, estamos fazendo de tudo, cada um no seu ritmo, cada um no seu tempo, com seu conhecimento, mas estamos fazendo com orgulho e com certeza de que esse é o caminho.
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Dadajii was born in North India in June 1919, and passed away in Ranchi on 15 October, 2008 at the age of 89. After completeing his education, at the age of 25 he was employed by the Central Board of Excise and Customs. He was initiated personally by Shrii Shrii Anandamurtijii in 1954, one year before Ananda Marga began. In 1964, at the age of 45, he dedicated his life as an avadhuta. For nearly two decades he worked in Central Office as the editor of Ananda Marga magazines Prajina Bharatii in English, Hindi and Bengali, and Ananda Yuga and Ánanda Rekha in Hindi. Baba also chose him to serve as the secretary of the Tattvika and Purodha Boards from 1978 to 1990. During those years, Baba designated him to personally teach the highest spiritual lessons, known as Vishesa Yoga.

In 1990, when Shrii Shrii Anandamurtijii left His physical body, the body of purodhas elected him as Purodha Pramukha and President of the Ananda Marga global organization. He served in that capacity until his death.

He was a great spiritualist who personified the teachings of his Guru. He wrote The Sixteen Points: Our Fundamental Duty in 1978, and his autobiography, My Spiritual Life with Baba, was in the final stages of editing when he became Purodha Pramukha. He also loved to write devotional poetry in his native Bhojpurii language.

He was a model of humility, puctuality and discipline. Full of wisdom and inspiration, he was always magnanimous and universalist. He taught that problems, suffering, illness, loss of position or wealth were opportunities to open our eyes to the glory of the Supreme. By achieving spiritual realization, the material world loses its attraction. And his most adorable quality was his wonderful sense of humor, with which he invited everyone to laugh and raise their spirits together. He will be sorely missed.

Brother Bhuvaneshvar, Manuel Antonio Carrera, was born on April 14, 1952 in Belville, Corodba, Argentina. He was initiated in 1975 by Dada Sumitananda. He came to Brazil in 1976 to attend an Ananda Marga retreat, and never left the country. He had the first Ananda Marga wedding in Brazil at a retreat on Jul13, 1978. He was father of six children: Ravi, Mukunda, Prabha, Jyotish Varupa, Bhisma, Aruna e Jaya. He made by hand jewelry of gold, silver and semi-precious stones. He lived on a small rural land near Brasilia for more than 20 years. He attended Dharmacakra every week and almost every retreat.

He son Ravi writes, "He was a great father. Sometimes we asked him to buy new clothes for himself because his were very worn out. His concern was always that his family was well. I believe that I have never known a person so unattached to material goods, which he said were not necessary. Every morning he woke up at 5:00am to meditate. He listened to kiirtan all day. He was also a fan of George Harrison and Ravi Shankar."

Brother Bhuvaneshvar died on September 6, 2008 at 11:30pm in a motorcycle accident. He was cremated on September 10 at 3:30pm in a beautiful ceremony in the presence of two dadas and one didi and all the Margiis of Brasilia dancing kiirtan, as he loved to do.

Brother Anil wrote: "Living in Brasilia for three years now, I had the privilege to live together with our brother Bhuvanesh throughout this time. He was an example for me, because despite living quite far from Brasilia, he was always present in the weekly dharmacakra. He was a friend, simple-minded, sensitive, polite, and conciliatory, always away from mundane things. He appreciated the simple and beautiful things of life. He was so responsible with his family, who also loved Him very much. He was a great Baba devotee which He expressed in a quite natural way. When He used to speak about the Master, it was with great sincerity and depth. He was a really big brother. When I knew of his death I became very sad, despite our conception of life and death. He is certainly with Baba now, and knowing that I cannot talk to Him anymore, creates a big emptiness inside of me, because I liked Him very much. A short time ago He gave me an unforgettable remembrance: a beautiful silver pratik made by Him with great affection, which I realized by the way he talked about the care that He had to do it. Our dearest Bhuvanesh will always be in our hearts."
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Irmão Bhuvaneshvar (Manuel Antonio Carrera) nasceu em 14/04/1952 em Belville, Cordoba, ARGENTINA. Foi iniciado em 1975 pelo Dada Sumitananda, veio para o Brasil em 1976 para um retiro e não mais deixou o pais. casou-se em um retiro em 13/07/1978 (existem informações seguras que foi o primeiro casamento marguii no brasil). Era pai de sete filhos: Ravi, Mukunda, Prabha, Jyotish Varupa, Bhisma, Aruna e Jaya. Desde que chegou ao brasil, sempre viveu de artesanato de diversas formas , atualmente fazia artesanato em prata, ouro e pedras preciosas (joias em geral). morava em uma chacara na cidade ocidental, cidade do entorno de brasilia, há mais de 20 anos.

Sobre a personalidade dele, te digo que foi um grande pai, as vezes tinhamos que pedir a ele que comprasse uma roupa nova porque as dele estavam de dar vergonha, (é sério), a preocupação dele era que a familia estivesse bem, acho que nunca conheci uma pessoa tão desprendida dos bens materiais mas falar dele, não é nescessario. Acho que voces conheceram ele e ele era exatamente como se mostrava nos retiro. Todos os dias acordava as 5 da manhã pra meditar, ouvia kiirtan o dia todo. Era fã de George Harrison e Ravi Shankar... Bom, falar dele é facil, eu poderia passar a noite aqui...

Bhuvaneshvar, morreu no dia 6 de setembro de 2008 por volta das 23:30, e foi cremado no dia 10 de setembro as 15:30 em uma linda cerimônia com a presença de dois dadas e uma didi e todos os marguis de brasilia cantando babanam kevalam e dançando, como ele gostaria que fosse...
namaskar, Ravi

Dada Harinathananda passed away on July 2, 2008.

Born in Guatemala in a humble family, he went to Davao, Philippines Training Center in 1987. After becoming an acarya in 1989, he was posted to Jakarta, Indonesia.

He worked as the Regional Secretary of Buenos Aires, Argentina from 1996 to 1997 during which he helped lead Eco Camps on our Master Unit in Cordoba. Then he came for six months to Sectorial Office in Sao Paulo and supported the office in the bakery and did pracar. He was posted as RS Berlin in mid 1998 for six months.

In 1999 he was transferred to Africa. He worked hard to support various projects through his fundraising and yoga class efforts. He organized the weekly mass feeding for about 800 children and women at the Sectorial office. He was well known among Nairobians as a great yoga instructor.

He was a very friendly person, with infectuous good humor. He inspired many, many people.

Didi Ananda Giitika wrote: "Our hearts are so very heavy today. I was at Mountain View Sectorial Office headquarters, and many children came in crying. Many children were sponsored by Dada Harinathananda; he did so on his own, and we don't even know who all of them are. A manager of a club called Body Heaven came to Mountainview to confirm the tragic news. He said Dada Harinathananda, who taught yoga there, was very generous, often bringing bread for all the staff. If ever he was late, he would always call the manager; when he didn't call today, he knew something was wrong."

"You will live according to His desire; you will die, too, according to His desire. Yesterday I told you to take the name of one only. Today I tell you to depend on one only, not on two. Death will not be painful for you, because in death too you attain Him. Merge with Him with all your love." (Baba, "You Live According to God's Desire")

Dada Vratadhiirananda passed away on July 2, 2008.

Born in Maharlika (Philippines), he was a high school teacher when he met Ananda Marga and decided to dedicate his life to serving humanity for Baba's Mission. He trained in Davao Training Center in the 1970's. First he was posted to Brazil in South America (GT Sector) where he worked until 1998. There he organized business projects (importing and selling Indian clothing) that raised enough money to buy the jagrti in Brasilia. Then he supported the Sectorial Office.

In 1998 he was transferred to Nairobi, Kenya as Sectorial Office Secretary, where he served until the end of his life. He started the Ananda Marga Academy in the Kangemi slum in Nairobi in 2000, a primary and high school registered with the Ministry of Education. His goal was to offer affordable education to needy students in a country where secondary education is very expensive. He was the principal and taught English and French. He inspired the Giants of Nairobi to construct a building complex for both the primary and the high school. This school empowered many promising children who would not otherwise have the opportunity to attend secondary school.

He was a speaker at the International Conference on An Interfaith Perspective on Globalisation for the Common Good in Kericho, Kenya, on April 21-24, 2005.

He was a very selfless worker. He loved to read and to sing and partcipated in the cultural program of every retreat. He was also an artist and a poet. His room at the jagrti in Nairobi is lined with his paintings and he self-published his poems.

Didi Ananda Giitika wrote: "One teacher at Kangemi Ananda Marga High School and Primary school came today with tears, asking 'Who will take over what Dada does?' But there is really no answer. Dada was not only the heart and soul of the school, he was prolific in painting pictures that line its walls, and in planting flowers in planters everywhere. I also cannot imagine RDS without these dadas."

"You will live according to His desire; you will die, too, according to His desire. Yesterday I told you to take the name of one only. Today I tell you to depend on one only, not on two. Death will not be painful for you, because in death too you attain Him. Merge with Him with all your love." (Baba, "You Live According to God's Desire")

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It is with deep pain that I inform you about the sad demise of a very great devotee of BABA, Shrii Virendranath Patra. All who knew him would only address him as Patra Da. He was a very senior devotee of Baba. He passed away on 25th December at 2.34 AM, 2007 in Samastipur, Bihar.

Namaskar.

With deep regret and sadness, we would like to inform you of the passing away of our dear brother MANOMAYA (legal name Ramon Lemi) who worked as
Human Resource Officer of Baba's Foundation, Inc. and an active margii here in Davao City, Mindanao.

He succumbed to cardiac arrest and stroke, last Dec. 11,2007 at the San Pedro Hospital at around 12:30 noon time. His body now lies in his house at the Blissful Family village, Brgy.Indangan, Davao City. He is scheduled for cremation on Sunday Dec.16,at around 1;00 P.m. His body shall also be brought to the DC hall at the AM Davao training Center in the morning of Dec.16, prior to cremation.

Thank you. Yours,

SISTER TARA
Baba's Foundation, Davao City, Maharlika (Philippines)

A great son of Baba, Dada Tadbhavanandaji passed away in Apollo Hospital Delhi at 3.30 pm today. He was been in coma since last two days. His condition deteriorated this morning. Ever since he was detected to be suffering from cancer early this year, chemo was administered. But his condition was already very advanced and he did not respond different regimes of chemo that was administered. He was under the supervision of Dr. Advani the leading oncologists of India. After his release from jail he was given the best possible treatment under the care Dr. Advani. The fact that he was not responding to the treatment was cause great worry to all. One month ago he was admitted to Apollo Hospital. Despite every effort his condition kept deteriorating.

One of the first initiates of Rev Baba, Acarya Candranathaji left his mortal body at 0630 am today at his Patna residence. He was initiated in 1953 directly by Rev Baba, Himself.

He was one of the first Acaryas created by Baba at Jamalpur in the beginning of Ananda Marga. His contribution to the mission and Ananda marga society is immense.

Along side Baba, he was a main architect in building the organization and the longest sitting member of the Central Committee. In fact, he was the main inspiration behind the formation of the Central Committee and served it as President for many years.

All through his life he has been a guide and inspiration to Ananda marga society in many ways. He was not keeping good health for the last week or so.

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Our beloved sister Madhurita of Cebu, Maharlika (Philippines) passed away on July 10, 2006.

Madhurita (Maria Delia Rubio) was initiated in 1980. As a student leader during her schooldays, she was attracted to the principles of Prout. She became a prout cadre and later on dedicated her life to BABA's mission.
She started teaching in Amsai schools in General Santos in the early 80's. Later when her family transferred to Cebu, she started running her own Amsai school based on Neo-humanistic education. Her school is still in Lapu-Lapu city run by two teachers she personally trained even after she had a major stroke two years ago.
She was the Bhukti Pradan of Cebu diocese, and also the samaj KASUGBU President.
Madhurita is survived by her husband, Jagat Prakash, and their two sons, Tapan Kumar and Cinmaya who will miss her.

NOTE: attached is her picture when she appeared on a promotional streamer inspiring members of the Cebu-based Organization Rehabilitaion Agencies of which she was a member


A POEM ABOUT MADHURITA BY HER HUSBAND

she took sadhana and meditates twice a day.
she runs a school and pampers 30 children every year.
she tends a home and loves 3 beings for a lifetime.
she started a festival and celebrates it every day.
she asks me if she can be well again.
i said she already is well.
she asks me if i can be with her, this day, feb 14,
i said yes. forever.
last year, she inspired her kind.

Link to her husband's blog

Acarya Rudreshvaranandaji was initiated in Vientiane, Laos in 1975 by Dada Savitanandaji, and became LFT very soon thereafter. He attended the WT training in the first batch in Sweden and graduated in the summer of 1976. In 30 years as whole time of Ananda Marga, Dadaji worked in Berlin Sector and New York Sector, but it was in Nairobi sector that he spent most of his years as an Acarya. Dadaji was the pioneer of Ananda Marga in many African countries, and visited more than 40 African countries, starting in Congo. From the mid eighties Dadaji concentrated on AMURT work, and started our long term efforts in Burkina Faso. In total he spent about 15 years in Burkina Faso concentrating his energies in the remote desert communities in Oudalan province, with his headquarters in Deou. In this area Dadaji made a profound impact on the communities, and was known and loved throughout dozens of villages. The programs that AMURT has undertaken with Dadaji's guidance include wells, cereal banks, literacy drives, reforestation, road construction, cooperatives, training of health promoters, and most recently safe motherhood programs and training of midwives. He also founded the Ananda Marga master unit in southern Burkina Faso in the village of Bisseri. Here the activities include literacy drive, dispensary and cereal banks and farming. Dadaji was a great personality in Ananda Marga. He has been a pioneer and example in pracar in remote areas, and also in working with poor and neglected on a grassroots level for true community development. He was a dynamic pracaraka who created a large number of Margiis, LFTs and WTs. His absence will be deeply felt. He can never be replaced.

You may read or add your own memories of Dadaji below in the comments.

You can read an indept article written by Dada Rudreshvarananda himself about his experiences in Africa HERE




Local Residents of Deou share stories of how dada helped them.

You can see more photos from the memorial here