Baba says, "The Supreme Being is omnipresent, all-pervading and witness to everything, everywhere. It is not proper to confine Him to a particular place and say that He has eaten butter at this place or taken a dip in the Ganges at that particular place, thus limiting Him to a particular region or a particulars country or the glorification of a particular sacred place, and thereby limit His all-pervasiveness
References
Ananda Vacanamrtam - 11, The Psychology behind the Creation of Mythological Gods and Goddesses
Baba’s Teaching and the Myth of Mahaprayan”
The Supreme Being is Omnipresent
Baba clearly states in Ananda Vacanamrtam (Part 11):
“The Supreme Being is omnipresent, all-pervading and witness to everything, everywhere. It is not proper to confine Him to a particular place and say that He has eaten butter at this place or taken a dip in the Ganges at that particular place...”
This teaching directly challenges any idea that the Infinite Consciousness — whom Baba Himself embodied — could be confined to a single time, place, or body.
The “Mahaprayan” Concept: A Contradiction to His Teachings
The word “Mahaprayan” literally means “great departure” or “final journey”. When used in the context of Shrii Shrii Ánandamúrti, it implies that the Supreme Consciousness — expressed through Him — has “left” or “departed” from a particular location.
But this notion fundamentally contradicts Baba’s own philosophical and spiritual assertions:
He is Omnipresent — not limited to time, space, or form.*
His Consciousness cannot “depart” from anywhere because it pervades everywhere.*
The Supreme does not take “birth” or “death” in the human sense — He only manifests for the welfare of creation.
Thus, to say “Baba has gone” or to commemorate a day as His “departure” day is the same error Baba warned against — confining the Infinite to a finite frame.
The Psychology Behind It
Baba explained that the human mind, unable to grasp the Infinite, tends to personalize divinity — assigning divine events to physical locations and timeframes.
In the same way, the human mind, unable to comprehend the eternal presence of Baba, clings to the idea of a physical end or Mahaprayan
This is a psychological expression of attachment, not spiritual realization.
Devotees long for something tangible — a date, a ritual, a symbol — but by doing so, they unknowingly reduce the Supreme to a historical event, the very thing Baba cautioned against.
Baba’s Message in Action
Baba says “You should always think that He is within you, He is without you. There is not a single place in the universe where He is not.”
(Ananda Vacanamrtam, Part 7)
Therefore, the living presence of Baba is not in Tiljala or any other site — it is in you, in me, in every vibration of existence.
Baba’s Teaching Misinterpretation through “Mahaprayan”
God is all-pervading, witness of everything God “left” at a particular place and time
Divinity cannot be confined to geography Divinity is tied to Tiljala or a tomb
Mythological thinking limits realization Ritualistic “Mahaprayan” event limits spiritual understanding
True remembrance is inner ideation External ritual becomes a substitute for ideation
The belief in “Mahaprayan” is a modern myth born from sentiment, not from spirituality.
It reduces the Infinite Guru to a finite narrative — the very type of limitation Baba warned against.
The truest homage to Baba is to realize His eternal presence, not to mourn a supposed departure.
His physical form may no longer appear before our eyes, but His Consciousness, Mission, and Ideology are eternally active — guiding humanity toward liberation.
Baba never left. He is within and without — ever-living, ever-guiding, ever-present.
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