Last week we closed our first edition. We now start the second. For us, it was and has been an intense and rewarding journey. And like any new project, we had to recalculate the route several times. Everything is in the testing phase.
And so we thank the hundreds of people who are already following our page, and the dozens that enjoyed and commented on our publications. Mainly, we appreciate the feedback, both positive and negative, as they have been important indicators to help us decide what to strengthen and what to change.
One of the highlights of this inaugural edition was the first part of a special series on the different roles played by “dharma pracar workers”. It is central to the purpose of the Journal, created by the Dharma for all as a way to strengthen pracar (the propagation of spirituality) and pracarakas (those who work toward this end). We hope you will enjoy the next part of this series in this second edition, which will expand upon what it means to be an ananda margii. In future editions, we will have other special series like this.
We want the Journal to be a source of not only information but devotion and poetry as well. That’s why we asked Liss Thane to turn the different pracar roles into a fun and educational infographic and to illustrate the delightful story of Baba’s childhood, published in commemoration of Ananda Purnima (Baba’s birthday). We will continue in the same spirit by having inspiring graphics in future editions, including launching the Journal in other formats: in early June, it will be on the Dharma for all website and will be sent as a digital magazine to those who have subscribed to our newsletter.
We realize that the universe of pracar projects and of pracarakas is vast and fascinating, and that we want to know them better. So we want to encourage more people to write to us with their suggestions for subjects to be explored and people to be interviewed, and we are setting up an ananda margiis project space. If you know of something or someone that deserves to be reported, please contact us. We also appreciate tips on music, books, cuisine and other references.
We understand, finally, that the Journal needs to give scope to the political views of its creators, in a space that is different from its journalistic content. This is the tone, for example, set by the #editorial of Dharma for all, published in the first edition, about the Ananda Marga sectoral retreat, which took place in February of this year, in Brazil. These editorials will be shared once a month (in special cases, more than once) and are different from a journalistic #editorial (the one you are reading now).
Now let’s take a deep breath and dive into this second edition. In addition to what has already been mentioned, there is an article about websites with valuable resources for pracar, a story about the beautiful projects coordinated by Avadhutika Ananda Jaya Acarya in São Paulo (Brazil), and a profile of Acarya Rainjitananda Avadhuta, a Brazilian acarya based in the USA who does powerful pracar through his webinars on the philosophy of Tantra.
Will you come with us?
Gurucaran – Editor-in-chief
