Sister Nitya Vanii passed away on May 8, 2009 at 4am in the Mina Clavero Hospital from cancer. Her body was brought to the Master Unit that morning by the Margiis and her daughters, Tapasi and Priiti for viewing. Then in the afternoon, her body was brought to Cordoba for cremation.
Nitya Vanii was a devoted mother and dedicated margii whose passing will be deeply felt throughout Georgetown Sector. She was initiated in the late 1970s in Buenos Aires, her home town. Soon afterwards, she started dedicating time to the Mission, and eventually became an Local Full Time worker (LFT). She worked as an LFT in Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina. However, even after her marriage, Nitya Vanii was always available to give her time and energies for Ananda Marga. She was tireless, enthusiastic, and conscientious at all times. She utilized her knowledge of English to translate Baba’s philosophy and other materials that helped out many acaryas working in the sector. Her real passion was education and she was instrumental in translating and preparing educational materials for our schools. Her life was a true example of ideological commitment and spiritual devotion.
Brother Jyotirmaya from Buenos Aires (who stands beside her in the photo taken in 2007): I met Nityavanii for the first time in 1982 in the Jagrti on Mexico Street. I had a close relationship with her because we had children about the same age so our families shared many activities. Then we lost contact for many years because she was moving to different places. She came back here in 2006 and we met again. Her daughter Tapasii is now 25 and Pritii will turn 21 in June.
I saw her for last time a few days before she passed away at the Ananda Marga retreat at Ananda Mayadiipa Master Unit in Córdoba. She was very bad physically, but with a great inner peace and serenity. She spoke in the closing ceremony and told us that she was very happy to participate and she felt a great and deep spiritual vibration. Fortunately I could say goodbye to her with a deep embrace.
She was a very spiritual person and a very good margii. Despite a lot of material and emotional difficulties that she faced during her life, she never gave up her spiritual practices and always was an example following Baba’s Ideology. I feel that we can see in her life an important example of determination and steadfastness in the spiritual life, even in the middle of a hard fight to survive.
Sister Sukrtii: Nitya Vanii was a special sister, quiet and friendly. She was always helping everyone.
Dada Shiilabhadrananda: May she rest in peace on His Loving Lap. Om Shanti.
Viniitá: I met Nitya Vanii last year at a retreat in the Ananda Kuvalaya Master Unit in Paraguay where she organized cultural programmes and asanas classes. Even though she was quiet, her enthusiasm and easy-going personality inspired me. This February retreat at Ananda Mayadiipa Master Unit in Cordoba, I saw her health was very delicate, but she truly enjoyed her time there. It was the perfect place to immerse herself in HIS ever-flowing love. After she found out about her disease, her inner strength and humbleness to face it inspired me. She was very focused and took this hard to bear situation into a path where courage, resourcefullness and complete surrender to HIM was required, setting herself as an example of unconditional love.
May she now be in HIS loving lap forever.
When i think in Nityavanii, the very first image coming in my mind is a very nice moment when she was singing a very sweet and inspiring kiirtan, some years ago. I remember her as a sister who was always trying to learn something to improve herself and to help others. On the last few months, when she knew about her difficult health situation, she looked very pacefull. This surprise me very much. At that moment she told me she was feeling BABA so close. She said she was feeling very inspired with kiirtans, people´s love and care, and very deep meditation… She also told me that she had realise many things in her personal life, and she was realising BABA´s love everywhere. It was very inspiring for me to see and to feel her so inspired and positive on that difficult circunstance, and surrendering everything to HIM.
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