Nityananda Sex Scandal Erupts in India. Sathya Sai Baba Lessons?
Posted by Barry Pittard on March 12, 2010
More than once, I have alluded to that India which is profoundly wonderful, but an India which has been traduced by her often immeasurably corrupt elites. Sometimes – according to presence or lack of the ‘right’ political patronage and the amounts of grubby money and other enticements at stake – the crimes of gurus are exposed but often the cover up is great.
However, there has been a big backlash against corrupt gurus in recent days. A hugely publicized sex scandal involving sex allegations against Swami Nityananda (alternative, Nithyananda) is part of the outrage. Apparently, he claims to be an avatar of Shiva, claiming 2 million devotees in 33 countries. Like Sathya Sai Baba, he has presided over social work and so forth. Some of Sathya Sai Baba’s followers who do not deny his sexual and other activities say: but look at all the good social work that he does. (Actually, one might have thought that it is his devotees that do it!). The laws of many countries, though there may be elements of mitigation, do not take any such absurd position.
I have yet to examine the issues, but fully expect, as has been the response of Sai Baba’s apologists to the mountain of evidence against him, no end of the same types of spurious, head-in-the-sand justification from devotees of the exposed gurus and malicious attacks on those who have stood forth to speak the truth, and who call – all the while at great readiness themselves to be accountable – for independent and proper third party investigation of allegations. See my update:
Why Nithyananda Sex Scandal Investigations and Not A Sathya Sai Baba Probe?
Posted by Barry Pittard on March 26, 2010
My colleague Robert Priddy, former leader of the Sathya Sai Organization in Norway, has written posts on the uproar, looking at instructive parallels and providing useful links to footage and media commentary:
Swami ‘Paramahamsa’ Nityananda scandal – latest
Posted by robertpriddy on March 28, 2010
Nityananda sex scandal compounded by his lies and deceits
Posted by robertpriddy on March 13, 2010
Nityananda video, lies and ’sex allegations’
Posted by robertpriddy on March 10, 2010
Sex scandal in Indian media – Nityananda and forerunners
Posted by robertpriddy on March 6, 2010
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