Sathya Sai Speaks. ‘I Do Not Like This Pomp’
Posted by Barry Pittard on November 21, 2008
Sathya Sai Baba, who is on the brink of celebrating his 83rd birthday,
has said that he will first rule India (innumerable of whose top leaders bow down to him!) and soon the rest of the world. He also has said, December 14, 1963:
“Let Me tell you this now itself: I do not like this pomp and show. I do not derive any joy out of it. Pomp, such as this, has become a fashion now, even among ascetics and monks who ought to know better. They profess poverty and simplicity and yet, they allow or encourage their disciples to waste much energy and money on pomp and pageantry which serve only to develop the egotism of themselves and their followers. The emphasis on show makes a thing hollow of all meaning.” (Sathya Sai Speaks Vol 3., p 228)
Sathya Sai Baba says he dislikes pomp
He has said:
“In the days ahead, the whole world will be obliged to come to Prashanthi Nilayam” (p. 320 Sanathana Sarathi December 1991)
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Some edifying discourses which will no doubt hasten the golden glory of the coming of the Kingdom of Sai:
Sai Baba’s Birthday. Vast, Costly Pomp and Ceremony
Sai Baba, Kubla Khan, Citizen Kane, Bill Gates et alia
Sai Baba To Be Seen In Moon? But Where Was Moon?
Robert Priddy
Sathya Sai Baba worshipped by India’s P.M.s etc
Sathya Sai Baba upcoming birthday
Sai Baba’s failing health
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Further Resources
Sathya Sai Baba: ‘Considerable Concern’ In Wider Hindu Community
Sathya Sai Organization: World Communities Need To Treat This Sect Cautiously
Will World Accept Sathya Sai Baba? He Says Yes. Very Soon
Has ‘World Saviour’ Missed His Plane?
The Decline and Fall of the Showman Empire
Sai Baba Exchequer Worth Billions. Many Countries Donate
Self-documented Folly of India’s Would-be God
The Sathya Sai Organisation’s Deception and Propaganda Exposed. Article by Robert Priddy (former leader of SS Org., Sweden) and Barry Pittard (former lecturer at Sathya Sai College, Whitefield). Part One Two Three Four
Quote:
“The foes of the ‘open society’ (Sir Karl Popper’s term) are those who use its very openness to achieve their closed and devious ends. Sai Baba and his highly authoritarian and cultist organisation have such ends, which critics have tried to make known. Its foremost leaders silence all those who question it- and never face substantive criticisms. For the first time – after six years of pained and guilty silence – since hundreds of long-term devotees left it in disgust – the Sathya Sai Organisation has found it necessary to try to defuse the debate about Sathya Sai Baba’s alleged crimes, deceits and fraudulence. Dr. Venkataraman’s tendentious cover-up article expresses untruths which have long circulated within the cult, giving an opportunity to confront him with facts and truth”
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Some Video Resources
Seduced (DR, Danish Broadcasting, Denmark’s national television and radio broadcaster):
(80 MB, Broadband)
http://home.hetnet.nl/~seduced/seduced.wmv
(21 MB, Modem)
Right Hand. Sleight Hand. Watch Sai Baba Cheat With Sacred Ash (Film clip)
BBC and Other Film Footage Shows India’s Top Guru Sathya Sai Baba Faking Miracles
BBC Footage Exposes Fake Sathya Sai Baba Miracle « Call For Media and Government Investigation
‘The Secret Swami’ showcased with selected transcripts and brief
video clips
The Public Petition
Excerpt From Public Petition (and comments)
(Note: You may prefer to proceed straight to the Petition): Public Petition For Official Investigations of Sathya Sai Baba and His Worldwide Organization
There is a Spanish version available:
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Subscribe to Call for media and government investigation of Sathya Sai Baba
Sathya Sai Baba says he dislikes pomp
“The foes of the ‘open society’ (Sir Karl Popper’s term) are those who use its very openness to achieve their closed and devious ends. Sai Baba and his highly authoritarian and cultist organisation have such ends, which critics have tried to make known. Its foremost leaders silence all those who question it- and never face substantive criticisms. For the first time – after six years of pained and guilty silence – since hundreds of long-term devotees left it in disgust – the Sathya Sai Organisation has found it necessary to try to defuse the debate about Sathya Sai Baba’s alleged crimes, deceits and fraudulence. Dr. Venkataraman’s tendentious cover-up article expresses untruths which have long circulated within the cult, giving an opportunity to confront him with facts and truth”
Seduced (DR, Danish Broadcasting, Denmark’s national television and radio broadcaster):
(80 MB, Broadband)
http://home.hetnet.nl/~seduced/seduced.wmv
(21 MB, Modem)
Right Hand. Sleight Hand. Watch Sai Baba Cheat With Sacred Ash (Film clip)
BBC and Other Film Footage Shows India’s Top Guru Sathya Sai Baba Faking Miracles
BBC Footage Exposes Fake Sathya Sai Baba Miracle « Call For Media and Government Investigation
‘The Secret Swami’ showcased with selected transcripts and brief
video clips
The Public Petition
Excerpt From Public Petition (and comments)
(Note: You may prefer to proceed straight to the Petition): Public Petition For Official Investigations of Sathya Sai Baba and His Worldwide Organization
There is a Spanish version available:
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Subscribe to Call for media and government investigation of Sathya Sai Baba
Call For Media and Government Investigation 
Sathya Sai Baba Birthday news roundup « Forum for critics of Sai Baba & his cult said
[…] Sathya Sai Speaks. ‘I Do Not Like This Pomp’ Spending on many wasteful events and projects to get attention, and himself initiating, presiding over and revelling in all these, he proves his promises never to waste a penny but to help the poor and suffering is mostly hypocrisy. […]