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Sai Baba World Cult Leaders Fail To Meet Concerns on Libel
2008-05-16 02:54:00 The excerpts in color orange below are from a communication addressed by JuST, an internationally networked group of former devotees of Sathya Sai Baba, to key officials of the International Sathya Sai Organization. The leaders have singularly failed, year after year, to meet deep concerns of many former - and indeed of ...
Sathya Sai Baba Organization and Libel and Disinformation
2008-05-12 01:19:00 Here is an except from a communication addressed to the heads of the Sathya Sai Organization. The full document is to be viewed at Robert Priddy’s main website, and is entitled: The International Sathya Sai Organization - an accessory to a massive libel and disinformation campaign. Open letter to the Prasanthi Council - c/o Dr. ...
More sexual abuse evidence from Muz Murray (Ramana Baba)
2008-04-15 17:33:00 Muz Murray is a world renowned mystic and mantra yoga master of 40 years’ experience. Although endowed with the saffron robe and spiritual name of “Ramana Baba” in India, he sees himself neither as a ?Swami’ nor a ?New Age’ teacher, inclining rather to the notion of a ?No Age’ seeking the teachings suitable for ...
World Religions: From Ancient History to the Present (Hardcover)
2008-04-10 07:04:00 World Religions: From Ancient History to the Present (Hardcover)By Geoffrey Parrinder 172 utilised and new from $0.01 Customer Rating: First tagged “classic” by Solomon Valley Books “Bruce Caldwell” Customer tags: nabokov, literature, religion, philosophy, fiction, comparative religions, 20th century american fiction, geoffrey parrinder, lolita, classic, novel, adult (more…) Technorati Tags: nabokov, literature, religion, philosophy, fiction, comparative religions, 20th century american fiction, geoffrey parrinder, lolita, classic, novel, adult
Banking on Heaven - the sectarian snare
2008-04-09 13:55:00 Banking on Heaven is what many religious followers do, if not all to the same extent. However, those sects which make ’salvation’, ‘nirvana’ and ‘liberation from rebirth’ the key motivation for their followers, are liable to be able to indoctrinate them into acceptance of much else. As is increasingly evident, leaders of sects and cults ...
Cult Exposure. By Their Documents Ye Shall Know Them
2008-04-01 05:13:00 Those organizations and individuals approached by the International Sathya Sai Organization may do well to look at the page just constructed by Robert Priddy. Now a retired academic from the University of Norway, he was for over fifteen years its head in Norway, until his prolonged and rigorous investigations disclosed its profound duplicity (often hidden ...
Sai Baba Cricket Match International? Claim Was False
2008-03-23 00:47:00 I was present at Sathya Sai Baba’s falsely-billed ‘international’ cricket match in December 1997, and taking photos for the magazine ‘Spiritual Impressions’, on which I was soon to take some key editorial duties. It is published and distributed in many countries round the world. Given that vast sums of money are now being poured into the Sathya ...
Sathya Sai Baba Cult. Blind Eye To Massive Slander
2008-03-18 01:36:00 Ten former Sathya Sai Baba followers have signed a joint public statement. To shield peers in many countries from slanderous attacks by Sai Baba followers and their Internet proxies, these individuals are prepared to face the considerable and extremely distorted pro Sai Baba propaganda. We welcome investigations by bona fide investigators, such as government, police, judiciary… Also, for example, media, major institutions which are entertaining ...
Sex, Marriage, and Family in World Religions
2008-03-17 08:43:00 Sex, Marriage, and Family in World Religions Don S. Browning, M. Christian Green, John Witte Jr. “Sex, Marriage, and Family in World Religions " Columbia University Press | ISBN:023113116X | PDF | 461 pages | 3,2 Mb Spanning thousands of years, this new collection brings together writings and teachings about sex, marriage, and family from the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist,
The Guru Trap. Will India Be Forever Trapped?
2008-03-17 02:40:00 Tehelka is regarded by many observers as one of few newspapers in India which can show some investigate clout and courage. It has sustained tremendous pressure by Indian governments and other power brokerage forces in India. Below is an excerpt from Tehelka, which points the need for India to come clean and act decisively about her frequent cultivation and protection ...
World Gallup Poll. Muslim Project
2008-02-28 01:54:00 One of the great attractions to Sathya Sai Baba felt by people from many countries has been his evangel of respect for the various faiths. Has Sai Baba Kept Promise of Reaching Through to World Faiths? One can search in vain for any decently researched examples that show any capacity by him or his global Sathya Sai ...
World Religions at a glance
2008-02-23 10:27:00 I always knew world religions were full of shit! Here's some interesting descriptions. Image (above) from 'Ashram De Swami Petramesh' (Rama Rama Ding Ding). From the page Katinkaesselink-Shit Happens. __________ "SHIT HAPPENS" TAOISM: Shit happens. CONFUCIANISM: Confucius say, "Shit happens". ZEN: (What is the sound of shit happening?) JESUITISM: If shit happens when nobody is watching,
By: Life-1
William Aitken?s Book Fails to Answer Sai Baba Critics
2008-02-21 00:21:00 Today’s blog continues my small series on aspects of Brian Steel’s impressive opus,- specifically at: Bill Aitken and Sathya Sai Baba. A Writer?s Dilemma, on William Aitken?s book, Sri Sathya Sai Baba. A Life (New Delhi, Penguin Books India, 2004. Paperback edition, 2006). Steel’s Meticulous Work Invaluable Brian Steel’s approach in this piece is scholarly, but his writing has long been appreciated by ...
Prophesy about Sai Baba both bogus and failed
2008-01-30 15:49:00 The Sai Baba propaganda and misinformation machine continues to make much of a prophesy said to be found “In an ancient Arabic book by name “Mehdi Moud” in which the prophesies made by Prophet Mohammed were recorded many centuries ago, it was mentioned that God Himself would descend on earth in human form…” (quoted from saibabaofindia.com website) See ...
May You Look At The Moon And See Santa In It
2007-12-25 01:45:00 In the almost magical Christmassy spirit of those who have been merrily following the ‘moon miracle’ issue, I extend two almost Irish blessings: May you look at the Moon and see Santa in it. May the same Moon come down your chimney (if by some miracle you still have one!) Response to Priddy and Pittard Blogsites More seriously, I wish to ...
Dissent From Guru Cults Draws Slander and Harassment
2007-11-05 01:29:00 Discussions with activists from other movements of exposure of corrupt gurus are revealing. The various types of comparison between our separate experiences fall thick and fast. Those who speak out have typically and intensively undergone: threats of injury or death cyber and other forms of stalking vilification, demonization, libels, character assassination attacks on privacy and attempts at muckracking attempts at intimidation ...
Sai Baba To Be Seen In Moon? But Where Was Moon?
2007-10-26 06:28:00 Today’s blog suggests that Sai Baba has, leave aside his recent would-be moon sightings, not been particularly bright himself. And how can he be so when the evidence - that can less and less be hidden from his rank-and-file devotees - suggests that he now suffers from senile dementia? He has not selected the brightest moon, nor a cloudless ...
Exposure of Sathya Sai Baba. Media Source List
2007-10-23 04:37:00 Media resources source list relating to the exposé of Sathya Sai Baba and his cult. Compiled by Barry Pittard: bpittard (at) optusnet.com.au Note: Please kindly report any errors, updates, or suggest improvements. This overview - not exhaustive - was mainly compiled well before the BBC’s The Secret Swami, June 2004, and amid many far more pressing duties. I ...
Public Petition On Sathya Sai Baba (1)
2007-10-20 04:08:00 There is a Public Petition calling for official probing of Sai Baba and his Sathya Sai Organization. (See website details at the end of this post). The JUST (Just Seekers of Truth) petition is presented by a globally networked group of former followers of Sathya Sai Baba. In the ranks of both devotees and dissenters, there ...
The Secret Swami. BBC Docu. Review. Condensed
2007-10-16 05:09:00 Many have sought out my article, The BBC’s The Secret Swami - A Reflection. However, it is very long, and many readers are very busy. So, for the sake of condensation, here, in the form of quotes, are some key pieces of information from it. Downloadable video footage is in the clickable references at the ...
Is Humanity One Big Cult?
2007-10-13 12:16:00 There is a fundamental mistake that defenders of those accused of serious abuse keep on making. Accusations of substantive abuse do not have to be proved. They have to be investigated. An organization that does not have genuine policies and practices of transparency and accountability is per se condemned. Many Exposés of Cults Reveal Same Abuses and Rationalizations Statements ...
Muslim Leaders Initiative Bold. Sai Baba?s Efforts Fail
2007-10-12 15:22:00 An extraordinary cross-section of mainstream Muslim clerics, theologians and academics have acted in a way that Sai Baba and his mega wealthy worldwide cult have profoundly failed to act. This failure needs to be made very clear within the interfaith movement. The members of the Sathya Sai Organization which has attempted to interact with it, can be challenged to ...
Top Indian Scientist Now Sai Baba?s Global Radio Chief
2007-10-08 07:48:00 These days Sai Baba’s chief international propagandist (via Sai Global Harmony and WorldSpace International Satellite Radio Service) and deputy head of the immensely wealthy and influential world Sathya Sai Organization, Dr G. Venkataraman, was a top Indian nuclear scientist. His former colleague was the late Dr S. Bhagavantham, also a nuclear scientist, who was Chief Scientific ...
Sai Baba Fails To Appear In Moon, IANS Reports
2007-10-05 02:26:00 In the last hours, many Sai Baba devotees have received yet another of many setbacks to expectations that he would perform, as he has so many times promised, this or that great miracle. Of course, my dear reader may have noticed that at least Sai Baba’s afro hairdo has been seen quite clearly on the moon on ...
Why Might There Be Religious and Political Disconnects?
2007-09-25 10:40:00 These short extracts from Shantanu Dutta’s article, Power of godmen, can provide a stimulus for discussion on the issue - are godmen (and godwomen, one supposes) beneficial or baneful or an intriguing mixture of both? (see extract below) Of a statement by TRS (Telangana Rashtra Samithi) president K. Chandrasekhara Rao, Dutta says: “Apparently (it) indicates that in the political mind ...
Robert Priddy (6). Reports Sai Baba Ashram Donation Scams
2007-09-21 00:25:00 Robert Priddy, retired academic from the University of Oslo, was the head of the Sathya Sai Organization in Norway for fifteen years, and a frequent contributer of articles to Sanathana Sarathi, Sai Baba’s official magazine distributed worldwide. He tells me that he was in India with Sai Baba nine times since 1984, amounting to well over ...
Caught In One Of History?s Most Powerful Cults (5)
2007-09-19 03:13:00 The Sai Baba cult’s rank-and-file are often not privy to the cover ups of Sai Baba scandals that extend to the very top of both Central and State Governments in India. Devotees at large are strongly urged by Sai Baba and his leaders not to view the Internet, and he tells them to view their “innernet”. What ...
Caught In One Of History?s Most Powerful Cults (4)
2007-09-18 03:06:00 Workmates and many other acquaintances in the wider community who are not cult followers might be a good source for challenging cult members’ assumptions. Few Reality Checks But ‘cult’ here means a considerable closing off from other sources. This may not always be obvious, where cult members ‘blend in’ with workplaces, institutions of learning, volunteer service activities, etc. ...
Caught In One Of History?s Most Powerful Cults (3)
2007-09-16 11:59:00 An “Us” and “Them” Culture In many cults the sense of ‘family’ is cultivated. Sai Baba devotees commonly speak of “the Sai family”, “Sai brothers and sisters”. I used to like this practice myself, because it went with feelings of shared love of the spiritual teacher and of activities such as social service, singing together, sharing experiences ...
Caught In One Of History?s Most Powerful Cults (2)
2007-09-14 02:35:00 Cultic Dealing With Risk-filled Outer and Inner Worlds As well as the sense of belonging to a unique group - indeed the unique group! - the individual has intense focus on the personal relationship between the devotee and her/his spiritual master - or in the perceived case of Sai Baba, “Lord” or “Bhagawan”. There is the ‘Blessed ...
Caught In One of History?s Most Powerful Cults (1)
2007-09-12 21:06:00 A cult leader like Sai Baba appoints leaders under him who will act ruthlessly. While the charismatic figure goes around smiling sublimely, the leaders, smiling as often as they can in public, do his hatchet work sub terre. Sincere Followers Often Know Leadership Is Harsh Many Sai devotees know that they have many leaders who are unpleasant ...
Faked ?miracle?: crucifix given by Sai Baba to Dr. Hislop
2007-09-12 11:33:00 The crucifix given to John Hislop was supposed to have been materialized by the paranormal powers of Sai Baba. For hundreds of thousands of readers, My Baba and I by Dr. John Hislop, [1985: Birth Day Publishing, San Diego] has been one of the principal introductory books on Sathya Sai Baba. It is translated into many ...
9/11 Memories Discredit Sai Baba and His Global Cult
2007-09-12 02:25:00 “A number of reports have been received from devotees indicating that our Beloved Swami prevented many of his devotees from being injured or killed in the World Trade Center where they are employed or had meetings scheduled. His Miraculous Intervention on behalf of His devotees is clearly evident”. The above triumphal proclamation to the Elect ...
Chart Comparing Christianity and Other World Religions
2007-09-11 21:29:00 For a Full View Of this Comapartive Chart in Table Format Go Here The Chart Primarily comapres Christianity and christian sects with the following religions/Faiths: Jehovah’s Witnesses Mormons Church of Christ, Scientist Unity School of Christianity Church of Scientology Unification Church The Way International International Church of Christ Seventh-Day Adventist Church Elements of Faith Roman Catholicism Judaism Native American Religions Hinduism Buddhism Islam Sikhism Baha’i World Faith Secular Humanism New Age Movement
By: Bannaga
GODS OF GODS ABOVE ALL GODS - SATHYA SAI?
2007-09-06 09:55:00 Even if you believe only half you hear, you are in deep trouble with the following claims by Sai Baba. Will he go down in history as the Saviour of Mankind from global disaster (as he claims) and human evil? If so, he would necessarily displace Jesus Christ and Christianity, Jehova and Judaism, Buddha and Buddhism, Islam and Allah and Whoever and ...
Cultic Depersonalization or Demonization of Dissenters
2007-09-02 04:16:00 Where a strong belief system is under question, a state psychologists call ‘psychological denial’ kicks in. (A standard dictionary definition is given at Dictionary.com: ‘an unconscious defense mechanism used to reduce anxiety by denying thoughts, feelings, or facts that are consciously intolerable’). The results are very remote from commonsense, rigorous self-introspection and self-reappraisal. An irony is that ...
Robert Priddy (3) Friendship With V.K. Narasimhan
2007-08-30 04:37:00 Robert Priddy says that he found some devastating facts from one of Sai Baba’s very closest confidants in the 1980s and 1990s. This was V.K. Narasimhan (d. March 2000). This remarkable man, whose history of standing courageously up (many fine citizens were flung into jail!) as a newspaper Editor to Indira Gandhi during the 21-month 1975?1977 ...
P.N. Bhagwati, India?s Ex-Chief Justice: Wild, Reckless Claims
2007-08-28 02:29:00 P.N. Bhagawati, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, a key figure on the Sathya Sai Central Trust (India) has also long been on the Board of Directors of The Times of India. In a joint public letter (December 2001), Bhagwati along with the former Prime Minister of India of the right wing BJP, A.B. ...
Robert Priddy (2). The Protection of the Young and Innocent
2007-08-22 11:29:00 Disaffection from a powerful belief system is often a slowgoing process, particularly when there has been adherence to a charismatic figure. And this, moreover, when many followers experience states difficult to understand for those who undergo them as it is for even sympathetic scientists. Going on then, to expose to the public an institution’s and ...
Sai Baba caught in cheating about the Christian Bible
2007-08-21 12:20:00 Sathya Sai Baba pretends that this is a very special tiny Bible - which he was claimed to have ”materialized”- during his Christmas Discourse in 1996 (but did not let anyone inspect it and it was seen no more after the discourse). Now the reason for its “disappearance” is obvious… for it is on sale in many shops, and ...
Truth Commission Model May Assist Sai Baba Devotees
2007-08-19 11:56:00 Other group leaders from various countries who we know to have been informed that Sai Baba sexually abuses boys and young men still take groups of all ages to see him. There is repeated evidence that they still do not inform parents of global allegations concerning Sai Baba, nor that highly respected individuals, once loved ...
Networking Secure and Humane Support Systems
2007-08-19 11:14:00 It was little wonder that in a context of compartmentation of information based on a strict need-to-know that our networkers faced situations that, for most of us, challenged work and notional habits of a lifetime. A fortunate countervailing factor was that, as the exit from the Sathya Sai Organization - or rather cult - continued, our ...
Loose Lips Sink Ships
2007-08-19 10:39:00 Sai Baba’s networked former followers face a formidable adversary. We do not cry our plans to expose him and his worldwide cult from the rooftops. Our security of communications - in a word, secrecy - has been vital. Most of our networked former devotees had never in our lives been party to a public campaign. The ...
Secrecy Needs In Exposing A Top Global Cult
2007-08-19 10:22:00 Former followers of Sai Baba and his other critics have found a vital need to exercise a certain, and indeed regrettable, secrecy. Of course, a lot of our secrecy evaporates when we deal with bona fide, respected media like law firms, the BBC, Times of London, Telegraph, UNESCO, etc., etc. But only - I hasten to ...
Robert Priddy (1). Erosion of Trust in Sai Baba Over Time
2007-08-18 11:31:00 Robert Priddy was long known by many as a ceaseless worker in the Sathya Sai Organisation, as indeed he has been in the former Sai Baba devotee cause. The latter - since people from many countries are affected and since billions pour to the Sathya Sai Central Trust globally - is one of exposure of various ...
India?s state
2007-08-17 11:35:00 India is famous for its glut of temples everywhere and for amount of public prayers, their length too. No one denies that Indians pray a great deal ? very much more than Western Europeans, without doubt. One might well say they have all reason, so difficult are the lives of the majority of them. India ...
India Lead World? Sai Baba Says Yes. Robert Priddy No
2007-08-13 04:53:00 Sai Baba has many times said that, as a result of his appearance as the Avatar of all avatars (divine incarnations), India will lead the whole world in spirituality and the peace of mankind, and that he will guide this whole process, to be essentially accomplished in his own lifetime. Robert Priddy has some terse words ...
Is India a Moral Engine and Social Ideal to Emulate?
2007-08-12 12:10:00 The statement that Bharat (i.e India) is the engine that alone is capable of drawing all other countries after it towards a moral world is among the least convincing of Sathya Sai Baba’s many wild prophesies. It expresses a chauvinistic nationalism of a kind like ‘India Uber Alles’, but it absurdly bases this (in the above ...
Gurubusting Sathya Sai Baba
2007-08-10 03:01:00 Basava Premanand and Professor Narendra Nayak, the courageous Indian Rationalists and tenacious ?guru busters,? travel India revealing how tricksters like Sai Baba appear to materialize sacred ash, called vibhuthi, or manifest, as Sai Baba pretends to do, a golden lingam or Shiva lingam, called Lingodhbhava or sometimes Brahmananda lingam. Premanand has told the BBC he has ...
India - God-driven or God-forsaken?
2007-08-05 11:58:00 The words “God Lives in India” have been bandied about by numerous people, always referring to Sathya Sai Baba (who has proclaimed himself as God, Deity of All Deities). It is a film title, a song title, a book title and so on. Sai Baba has stated that God never incarnates as the Full Avatar anywhere ... |
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