Supercool Indian Gurus Under Fire
Date: 09-01-08
By: Ex Baba admin
Supercool Indian Gurus Under Fire
“They’re conducting all kinds of
criminal and material activities behind their
spiritual exteriors,” G. Sudhakaran, Kerala’s
minister for temples, told The Times. “Ninety per
cent of them are fake and criminals. There are so
many swamis who have enlightened the hearts and
minds of people, but these people are fakes with no
idea about spirituality. They are only interested in
women and money and muscle power.” His comments
outraged many devout Hindus, who consider swamis to
be beyond reproach — even above the law”.
G. Sudhakaran may have needed to
mention, beside women - boys and young men.
More prosecutions are occurring in
India, including Himaval
Maheswara Bhadranandaji.
"Perhaps the best guru
is the one who shows people how to dispense with gurus"
"(There are) two-way
pulls occurring in India - towards gurus and the
extraordinary power many of them have, down millennia,
wielded, and away from them"
"The great irony is
that, when religious institutions do not clean
themselves up they lay themselves perfectly open to
rationalists to come and do the job for them".
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