The A'nanda Ma'rga
Emblem
Once , BA'BA' ( Shrii Shrii A'nandamu'rti jii ) asked to the Workers ( Wholetimeers
= W.T Dadas ) during a Reporting hours what should be an appropriate name of
the Pratiika which we ( Margiis) use all the hours . It was the time when Baba
prescribed that every Ananda Margii should use the Pratiika over one's Ana'hata
Cakra all the times .
"Pratiika" literally means some sorts of symbol or sign that carry
certain significance . Some of the Dadas proposed different name to it such as
Locket , Pendant etc .Later, Baba asked us , " How do you think it to be
named as " SMARAN'T'IIKA' - means which signifies to represent one's Ist'a
( Spiritual Goal) and A'darsha ( Ideology - the Path to achieve ) . In Samskrta
, "Smrti" means to remember , Rememberence , Memory of something etc.
" Smaran'tiika' " means the symbol which represent and reminds us about
Ist'a and A'darsha . We felt it very nice and appropriate . Immediately Baba
mentioned that henceforth the A'nanda Ma'rga Embleme (Pratiika) should be known
as" SMARAN'T'IIKA'".It is part and parcel for a Sadhaka's ( Spiritual
aspirant) life .It was during 1979 , in the Jagrti at : 511 Jodhpur Park , Kolkata
(Calcutta) - 68 .
Therefore " SMARAN'T'IIKA' name is to be used in stead of " Pratiika" .
A'c Prabuddhananda Avadhuta
