Great article, and how timely!
Please see my URL for an analysis and critical discussion of Sai babas philosophical anf theological deviations, as well as inconsistencies in his personal behaviour.

Thanks to India Daily for this excellent and upright stand on Sathya Sai Baba. To readers, please view the Public Petition for Official Investigations of Sathya Sai Baba and His Worldwide Organization. If you agree with it, please sign it (with your full name) at http://www.saipetition.net/
Thanking you in advance.

As a former devotee of Sathya Sai Baba I have read this material with great satisfaction. The word of truth and warning is absolutely necessary for all followers of SSB. I was brought up in the Soviet Union under totalitarian regime when deception was an official policy and I know how difficult to free oneself from delusion. It was very painful to me to discover the truth but it was very purifying. The bitter truth is better than a sweet lie.

Great article, it is only money and votes that prevents sai baba from being brought to trial. He is also a perpetrator of cruel hoaxes.
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex_baba/engels/articles/nocureatall.html

After three years and thousands of hours of research into the issues, I have come to the conclusion that the allegations against Sai Baba are more than highly suspicious to say the very least. None of the accusers have ever even tried to file charges in India as required by law. Instead they have played judge, jury and sentencer over the internet. They have contradicted themselves and changed their stories and have absolutely no corroborating witnesses or evidence. They have lied about signing legal affidavits which were notarized.
It appears they have lied about Hari Sampaths supposed trip to the Supreme Court of India on May 8, 2001, which is not listed anywhere on the Supreme Court website.
Almost all accusers were grown men (foreigners) whom it appears the anti-Sai group used to try and create the illusion they were children who had been sexually abused when, in fact, they were adults-some as old as 30 years! All but three cases are now past the eight year Indian statute of limitations. Most of those pushing the allegations have hidden agendas such as being evangelical Christians, Catholics, anti-Semites and/or white supremacists or atheists! There are even wanted criminals in the group of detractors, including an evangelical Christian who runs a website from the Netherlands and is wanted in California for failing to register as a sex offender after spending six months in prison! If anyone should be investigated, it should be the hate group stalking Sathya Sai Baba.
And HOW many times will it have to be explained to the democratically, ethically and mentally challenged anti-Sai group that NO investigation is launched into any crime in ANY country UNLESS there is an actual victim, willing to take legal responsibility, who FILES FORMAL charges in the COUNTRY where the crime was committed? For some strange reason Robert Priddy, et al, seem to have great difficulty understanding this VERY simple concept of the presumption of innnocence but would rather continue to demonize the Indian government in their blatant and extremely deceptive propaganda campaign. Saisathysai.com has done an excellent job documenting this deception.
The simple FACT is that not ONE of the alleged victims has filed charges in India. Not one of them EVEN tried to file charges! This nonaction is VERY suspicious in itself. But you cannot get the anti-Sais to understand this because they live in a fantasy world where they think they can make up the rules as they go.

Namaste,
As is noted, sai devotees seem to suffer from a cognitive disfunction called True Believer Syndrome. There is an entry on wikipedia to this effect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True-believer_syndrome
Also from the skeptics dictionary .com
true-believer syndrome
The need to believe in phony wonders sometimes exceeds not only logic but, seemingly, even sanity.
–The Rev. Canon William V. Rauscher
The true-believer syndrome merits study by science. What is it that compels a person, past all reason, to believe the unbelievable. How can an otherwise sane individual become so enamored of a fantasy, an imposture, that even after its exposed in the bright light of day he still clings to it–indeed, clings to it all the harder?
–M. Lamar Keene
True-believer syndrome is an expression coined by M. Lamar Keene to describe an apparent cognitive disorder characterized by believing in the reality of paranormal or supernatural events after one has been presented overwhelming evidence that the event was fraudulently staged. Keene is a reformed phony psychic who exposed religious racketeering–to little effect, apparently. Phony faith healers, psychics, channelers, televangelist miracle workers, etc., are as abundant as ever.
It is also my personal opinion that many devotees have a need in their psyche for somebody like sai baba that would leave them deficient if they didnt...Tony.

With regard to Tony OClerys comment about true believer syndrome, I do believe the facts clearly show it is the anti-Sai group who believes anything negative they hear without requiring actual facts or court verification to back it up.
Example:
Tony OClery 1313
08-03-2001 08:30 PM
Ultimately I also do not believe in a creator god! That is Saguna and ultimately only Nirguna is true. In fact realisation will show there never was a creation or a you in the first place.
http://www.snowcrest.net/sunrise/qt1245-1319.htm

It is indeed peculiar that Tony OClery would point out others -True Believers Syndrome- when he has openly professed a belief in the supernatural and paranormal. Tony OClery believes he can talk to dead people and tell people the names to the demons that possess them. He even stated these things on his own website and on forums on the internet: http://www.geocities.com/aoclery/ Among other -True Believers Syndrome- characteristics, Tony belives in Edgar Cayce (a man who had spirits speak through him), psychics, channeling, Atlantis & Lemuria, Shape-Shifting, UFOs, Astral Planes, Astral Beings, Alien Abductions, Kundalini, Mayan Calendar Apocalypse, Mythological Demons and much more. All of this can be confirmed through his own website! So the big question is WHY is Tony pointing out others -True Believers Syndrome- when he suffers from it himself? Thats probably because Tony doesnt want others to know about his lies and defamations against Sathya Sai Baba (fully documented too): http://www.saisathyasai.com/baba/Ex-Baba.com/A-Oclery/anthony-tony-oclery.html

Conny Larssons Statements Dont Add Up
Regarding a statement by Larsson concerning a letter to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi from Hislop. It turns out that Hislop had left the Transcendental Meditation movement at least five years prior to the time Larsson claims to have received the resignation letter from Hislop. This is therefore a very very suspicious statement.
How can Larsson have received a resignation letter from Hislop in 1973 when documentation clearly shows Hislop left Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on or before 1968?
http://www.saibooks.org/newsletters/1997/oct97.htm
NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 1997 Volume 3 No. 4
MY BABA AND I by John S. Hislop - Review by Marianne
Excerpt from review:
He and his wife explored Yoga, then embraced the Transcendental Meditation of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Leaving that for Buddhist meditation they finally found Swami in 1968 and their search was at an end.
*********************************Bon Giovannis statement:
Later he met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India, and became His central officer
in America, preparing the way for His journey west. One night in Catalina in the midst of a TM induced state of bliss, Jack intuited there was more to transcendence and to bliss than TM developed. On the spot he called on Maharishi, who was next door to him, and quit. He literally packed his bags and moved on. Soon thereafter Jack heard of Sri Sathya Sai Baba, and made plans to go and meet him. That meeting is detailed in Jacks book, `My Baba and I.´Hislop has been close to Swami ever since.
*********************************
This is what Larsson wrote:
I was [T.M. founder] Maharishi Mahesh Yogis secretary during the year
1973. I did not know about Dr. Hislop then. One day that year, a letter came to Maharishi from this Dr. Hislop saying that he could not stay in the TM-movement because now he had met God in the form of the Avatar of Sai, and Hislop thereupon left the Maharishi and the TM movement. Maharishi, who had invested much in Dr. Hislop, appointing him as his first teacher in the western world and even having him become secretary for a while, felt bad. He asked me to write Hislop a letter telling him about the beautiful things that were going on within the TM movement and that Dr. Hislop had his natural place in this. He also asked Hislop not to follow this new master because he was
Not the avatar at all. Hislop was told he was now following a dark path.
I myself wrote the letter and was very surprised by Maharishi¹s prompt answer to Dr. Hislop but couldnt do anything else than write what I was told by
my master Maharishi. I had never before heard anything about this Sai Baba so I thought he was never anything else than a common Indian Guru fooling his devotees and I forgot about everything after sending the letter. Dr. Hislop was never heard of anymore and I forgot about him, too.
*********************************Also note that Conny Larsson became a Sai Baba devotee in 1978, five years after he claims he received the resignation letter from Hislop.
Another indication Larsson may not be telling the truth is that he claims he began to interview boys as far back as 1986 who say they were molested, yet his pro-Sai Baba talk and subsequent article, Gods Little Clown, was published in the late 90s with further plans for a movie. Why would a person who knew molestations were taking place in the late 80s continue for ten years like this if he himself had also truly been molested by Sai Baba while in his twenties? Why Conny Larsson thinks anyone should believe a person who is documented as continually changing his story and refuses to file a court case is beyond me.

Is the voice of an omniscient PurnaAvatar? Of course not it is the voice of a confused human being. Sai Baba again is proved a fake out of his own mouth.
From,,,Steels site.
The 1996 Christmas Day Discourse (also videotaped and sold by James Redmond)
Here are some of the statements (as they were interpreted on the spot) which this amazing videotape registered:
1. Three hundred and fifty years B.C., before Christ, Jews lived. However, among Jews, there were religions such as Islam and Christianity. People of that land, they are all Jews. That land is the birthplace of both the religions, Islam and Christianity. The Hebrew language was very prominent. This Hebrew language is more or less equal to our Sanskrit. ...
2. Christianity is not just 2,000 years in its origin. It was there even before Christ, 350 years. There the divinity is explained very clearly.
3. The name and the fame of Jesus Christ have spread far and wide. Here, at this moment, there are two schools of thought. The first group of thought - Roman Catholics. There is another group that fought with this group. This group is called Protestants. As they protested, they are Protestants. So among Jews there are these two groups: Catholics and Protestants. The difference of opinion has increased day by day. This led to Jesus, whose life was in danger. Jews there in Jerusalem did not permit Jesus to go there. Like this, religious conflict and fighting was ever on the rise. There were 250 schools of thought, divisions there. They also monopolized certain countries.
Because of so many groups there, they all attempted even to harm Jesus. Romans on one side. Catholics on the other side. Luther on another side. There were so many groups that went on changing. All these differences are based on violence, and that led to madness. Because of this attachment to group affiliations, naturally there was conflict and fighting.
Religious affiliation leads to ego. This led to confusion among them as to what Jesus said right or wrong.
Doubtless, the SSO editors saw that SSB had had a bad day. They thoughtfully cast into oblivion SSBs extraordinary statements on Christian and Jewish history, but readers of their official printed version will never know that he made these statements because all they will see in Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. XXIX is a brief editorial note on page 393:
[Bhagavan gave a brief account of the Jewish concept of the creation of the cosmos and referred to the birth of Jesus as the son of Mary and Joseph.]

Im glad everyone can see Tonys ramblings. These are the type of people who are opposing Sathya Sai Baba: A mob of angry, nitpicking, obsessed, vindictive and dishonest individuals. There is a BIG problem with all these quotes that Anti-Sai Activists keep citing, over and over again, ad nauseam. First of all, Brian Steel (an Anti-Sai Activist) made a STRONG case that Sathya Sai Babas English Discourses are HEAVILY edited and do NOT represent what Sathya Sai Baba actually and literally said in Telugu. As a matter of fact, Brian Steel said the English Translations are: Packaged, highly edited, polished, condensed, enhanced, inaccurate, distant, different, adorned, significantly added to, snipped and hybridized! MANY Anti-Sai Activists, like Badaev, Priddy, etc., fully AGREE with Brian Steels assessments. However, despite the vehement arguments AGAINST the accuracy of the English Translations, Anti-Sai Activists flip-flop and start using these VERY SAME ::heavily edited:: and ::inaccurate:: English Translations as ACCURATE references to Sathya Sai Babas ACTUAL and LITERAL words! Anti-Sai Activists REFUSE to trace these alleged errors to SSBs original, Telugu Discourses. Why? They rely exclusively on the English Translations (that they already deemed as being: packaged, highly edited, polished, condensed, enhanced, inaccurate, distant, different, adorned, significantly added to, snipped and hybridized)! Brian Steel fails to clarify why he flip-flops on this issue so pathetically: http://www.saisathyasai.com/baba/Ex-Baba.com/brian_steel.html On the following emails link, one can see how the ::scholar::, Brian Steel reacts to valid and pertinent criticism: http://www.saisathyasai.com/baba/emails-brian-steel.html

I have one simple comment. It is honestly impossible to look at this ”Clown” and believe this he is God. He has self-proclaimed himself as so, consolidated a power-base based on psychological manipulation (like virtually all religions do) and built a self-serving empire.

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I’m and ex devotee of Satya Sai Baba but afterwards fell in the trap of another fake Guru doing the same tricks. Swami Vishwananda is a copycat of Satya sai baba and he is doing the same bussiness.I think its time to stop these frauds

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stop this for no more this all are that killing to hindu dhrmas so pls i am saying to you all do seva or dia ok dont wast time to put this things dam ...this all are bad to all first let pray to god and get more peace ok

indiadaily.org are very bad people. First of all sai baba is god and he will forgive you for ur sins of lieing.

PS the LTTE are freedom fighters and are heros

GREAT ARTICLE JONTY
INDEED IT’S AN EYE-OPENER!!!

GREAT ARTICLE JONTY

I think the people who do not belive in Sri sathya sai Baba are unlucky because they would not be able to get the blessings of Baba (who is the only living GOD on earth ). If we look in the past,we will notice that GODs have to face lots of difficulties for the welfare of mankind.For example Jesus Crist faced such things.Earlier nobody belived him,but after him everybody started beliving him.
After all Baba is serving the mankind in many ways(free hospitals,free water supply project,free study for the poor & many many more....) .What more you want ?????????????????

OM SAI RAM TO EVERYBODY.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST ALL THAT THEY SHOULD BELIVE IN HIM.HE HIMSELF SAYS THAT IF A PERSON BELONGS TO CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY HE SHOULD BELIVE IN CHRISTIANITY,IF HINDU,THEN BELIVE IN HINDUISM ,BECAUSE GOD IS ONE.