[Advaita-l] Swami Nithyananda

[Kumar S]

Dear All,

I fully agree with Sri Vidyasankar Sundaresan's points. I would like  
to add one more: a person with true yoga siddhi will not come out in  
the open to state that he has the power.

Best Regards

S Kumar

On 19-Mar-10, at 10:03 PM, Vidyasankar Sundaresan wrote:

>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> This is was a nice and neutral article....
>>
>> Though one thing that has always perplexed me...
>>
>> Why do all these gurus, who have achieved all these siddhis fall into
>> this trap....
>>
>> One of the biggest thing that a yogi is said to accomplish is strong
>> intuition, and a developed third eye, which means he can kindof look
>> into the future.... that is one of the biggest power all spiritual
>> gurus claim..
>>
>> If that is so, why do they fall into such trap...
>>
>> I am very curious to discuss this... any comments are most welcome.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Hitanshu
>>
>
>
> Without commenting on the particular instance of the scandals  
> currently
> associated with this Swami Nityananda, let me just make a few general
> comments.
>
>
>
> 1. A person who acquires Yoga siddhis is not necessarily a good guru.
> 2. A person who acquires some Yoga siddhis is not necessarily a master
>   of all Yoga siddhis.
> 3. Even a person who has mastered all the powerful Yoga siddhis is  
> not a
>   role model if he has not given up attachment to sense objects.
> 4. The powers that gurus claim and the powers that they actually have
>   can be very different things! It is up to those who are looking  
> for gurus,
>   to check for the gap between what is claimed and what is actually  
> there.
> 4. A person who wears saffron robes, but does not have a time-tested  
> and
>   authentic guru-paramparA behind him/her, has to be treated with  
> caution.
> 5. My own thumb-rule: if some person amasses a lot of material  
> wealth and
>   fame within a few years of arriving in public as a guru, or if  
> some guru has
>   a penchant for being in the news all the time, it is suspicious,  
> to say the
>   least. Guru-dom is not a tradeable commodity to be marketed and  
> publicized
>   via media outlets.
>
>
>
> I am engaging in this thread not because this topic of is worthy of  
> discussion
> here, but only because this list has a lot of sincere seekers after  
> truth, who
> may have similar questions in their minds.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Vidyasankar
> 		 	   		
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