Showing posts with label holyman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label holyman. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 2, 2026

World's largest child sex ring exposed 🕉️


I'm Peter Spiegel, and we don't molest kids

Sexual allegations against Hindu Swami Kripalu Maharaj
Temple no longer molesting since last conviction?
In the 1990s, Kripalu Maharaj* was arrested for allegedly raping two young girls. In the end, the prosecution was dismissed due to insufficient evidence [29].

In 2010, Kripalu Maharaj was arrested again in Trinidad and Tobago after a 22-year-old Guyanese woman alleged that he raped her after going to seek spiritual assistance from Kripalu in one of his religious centers. The case was ultimately dropped due to insufficient evidence [30].

Convicted child rapist Guru Swami Saraswati
One of Kripalu's disciples, Guru Prakashanand Saraswati, was convicted of groping two young girls in his ashram in Hays County, Texas.

A 12-person jury declared Saraswati guilty of 20 counts of child molestation, after 50 minutes deliberation, on Friday March 4th, 2011 [31].

I'm a Jewish Hindu. How could I molest kids?
Although convicted, child molester Saraswati was released after CEO Peter Spiegel (TV infomercial entrepreneur, Barsana Dham officer, and founder of the California consumer tech company Ideal Living (ideal Living.com) "put up a $1 million cash bond."

Devotee Peter Spiegel had previously "signed a $10 million indemnity agreement in October 2008."

According to the Austin American-Statesman, Peter Spiegel's attorney Barry Hitchings said that he would contest the agreement.

Peter Spiegel said that he was one of about 40 Hindu followers present for a Sunday dinner at Marsha Kent's home with sex Guru Saraswati the evening before the guru escaped the USA and went on the lam.

Peter Spiegel said, "It never entered my mind that he wouldn't come" to his own trial on multiple child molestation charges [32, 33].

As part of the bond condition, Guru Saraswati was barred from entering the Barsana Dham temple. After Guru Saraswati fled the country, Deputy U.S. Marshal Robert Marcum alleged that members of JKP aided Guru Saraswati in his escape and relocation to India.

Deputy Marcum said, "It is the most sophisticated scheme I've seen as far as fugitive investigations go. They were very smart about what they did "[34, 35]. More


Trial, conviction, and disappearance
  • In 2007, three former residents of Barsana Dham (aka Radha Madhav Dham), aged between 27 and 30 years old [33], told Hays County, Texas police that they had been sexually abused at the ashram when they were as young as 12 by Guru Saraswati, who was then arrested on April 25, 2008. A 12-person jury convicted Guru Saraswati guilty of 20 counts of child molestation, after just a short deliberation, on Friday March 4th, 2011 [34]. During the trial, Guru Saraswati had been free on a $10 million bond provided by Peter Spiegel [1, 8]. As part of the bond condition, Guru Saraswati was barred from entering the Barsana Dham temple. In April, following the disappearance of its founder, the temple/ashram changed its name [35].
  • Swami Prakashanand Saraswati, also known as Swami-ji, (born January 15, 1929) disappeared March 7, 2011) is a convicted child molester, Hindu monk, guru, swami, and internationally wanted fugitive from Ayodhya, India [1, 2]. Previously, he founded the Hindu religious organization the International Society of Divine Love [3] and Barsana Dham (the Radha Madhav Dham) temple in the United States [4, 5, 6, 7]. In 2011, a jury found Swami Saraswati guilty on 20 counts of indecency with a child [8]. He remains a fugitive and appeared on the Fox TV show America's Most Wanted [9]. HISTORY: Swami Prakashanand Saraswati was born in a Brahmin caste family in 1929 [10] in Ayodhya [11, 10]. More
We love all God's kids, really love'em
*Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj [4], born Ram Kripalu Tripathi (October 5, 1922–November 15, 2013) [5, 6] was an Indian spiritual guru [7] who founded Prem Mandir, a major pilgrimage and tourist destination in Vrindavan, India [8, 9] and Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat (JKP).

JKP is a Hindu non-profit organization with five main ashrams [10], four in India and one in the USA [11, 12].

On Makar Sankranti, January 14, 1957, he received the title of Jagadguru ("world teacher") from the Kashi Vidvat Parishad [7, 13, 14]. More

Company: Ideal Living
Jagadguru Kripalu Parishat (JKP), previously known as Sadhna Bhawan Trust, is a religious organization in India [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6].

It was established in 1970 by Kripalu Maharaj [7, 8] and is currently administered by three presidents appointed by him [1, 9,10, 11]. The organization oversees three major temples: Bhakti Mandir in Mangarh, Prem Mandir in Vrindavan, and Kirti Mandir in Barsana [2]. More

How could honest and moral Pres. Trump allow these things to go on in the USA?

Friday, July 27, 2018

The Sakya Trichen in Los Angeles (July 28)

SakyaCenterLA.org (L.A.); Ashley Wells, Dhr. Seven, Crystal Quintero, Wisdom Quarterly

 
His Holiness the Sakya Trichen
第41任 薩迦法王
"His Holiness" the Sakya Trichen served as the 41st head of the Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism until March 2017. In addition to his leadership of the Sakya Order for over 50 years, he is renowned throughout the world for the brilliance and clarity of his teachings and his fluency and precise command of English. More

薩迦法王於1945年出身於西藏高貴的昆式家族,由大成就者拿旺羅卓仁欽仁波切為法王啟蒙導師。薩迦法王所學所修,功德證量無不圓滿,證悟無上密續之般若智慧,以善巧方便開啟人們的智慧、提高判斷力與洞察力,讓我們對於世俗的一切做出無誤的抉擇,就如佛作出的智慧決定一般。對莘莘學子考試、進修攻讀學位也有無上助益。


His Holiness Sakya Trichen Kyabgon Gongma Trichen Rinpoche 第41任  薩迦法王 Teachings and Initiation in Southern California 南加州福慧之旅


White Umbrella Initiation 
大白傘蓋佛母灌頂

7/28th, 2018  9:30 am-12:00 pm

White Umbrella is known as an emanation of both Avalokiteshvara and of Tara, reflect the combined powers of all the Tathagata Buddhas. Her Empowerment and practice give protection from negative emotions, harms, afflictions, diseases, and obstacles.
 
大白傘蓋佛母是觀世音菩薩及度母的化身。她代表一切諸佛的力量總集。接受灌頂、修持大白傘蓋佛母可消除貪嗔癡、一切傷害、煩惱、疾病、以及障礙。More

Understanding Death & Amitabha Sleeping Yoga
解讀死亡 & 阿彌陀佛部睡眠瑜伽
July 28th, 2018  2:30 pm
Life is impermanent. When there is birth, there will be death. The importance of mindfulness of death is emphasized in many Tibetan Buddhist texts and teachings.

Amitabha Sleeping Yoga helps us overcome destructive emotions and purify negative karma during sleep. It also cultivates lucid dream for us to see the clear light—the nature of the mind, and to see the Buddha of boundless light, Amitabha, at the time of death, so to be reborn in the Pure Land of Sukhavati.
 
生命變化無常。有生則會有死。所以在藏傳佛教諸多教法中,死亡都是一個重要的課題。
 
阿彌陀佛睡眠瑜伽可幫助我們克服煩惱,並在睡眠中淨化惡業。 它還可培養我們在睡眠中依然保持清醒,讓我們看到淨光明,並在死亡時看到無量光佛–阿彌陀佛,並在阿彌陀佛的淨土中重生。

Registration 法會報名 

7/28th  9:30 am-12:00 pm
White Umbrella Initiation
大白傘蓋佛母灌頂 
7/28th  2:30pm-5pm
  • Understanding Death
    解讀死亡
  • Amitabha Sleeping Yoga
    阿彌陀佛部睡眠瑜伽

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Travel to see life on other planets (video)

Ac Mahaviirananda (Tantric Guru); Editors, Wisdom Quarterly; TheMisterySpot (video)
There are many inhabited worlds even in our own solar system and our milky galaxy.

These are the 13 known extraterrestrial races living on Earth
 
Wait. There's life on other planets? How can we know that? We can use science and unreliable eyewitnesses. But NASA is not saying a word, at least no officially.

Recently, in India there arose a guru who considered himself an avatar of Shiva and Krishna, a modern incarnation of benevolence out to help humankind.

His name was Shri Shri Anandamurti ("Holy Holy Bliss Embodiment," born Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar) and he began a devotional moral religion of yoga, meditation, and social service called Ananda Marga ("Path of Bliss," anandamarga.org).

Baba: Shri Shri Anandamurti (PK Sarkar)
The Margis called him "Baba," a loving title with different definitions in different languages and regions of India but generally understood as "Father." He was becoming very famous, performing miracles of a type usually attributed to Jesus of Nazareth (who spent his "lost years" training in India according to written records found by Westerner Nicolas Notovitch).

His followers organized meetings, darshana (viewing the guru, vision of the divine), where he would give a talk and a demonstration of magic -- miracles, yogic marvels, healings, and explanations about the world.

Baba had many good things to say about the Buddha and seemed to be on a similar mission though Baba is little regarded today by most of the world. They were born on the same day (millennia apart), and Baba lived in the state where the Buddha reached enlightenment and spread the Dharma...
 
Here is one astounding incident relating to life on other planets as recounted by Acarya ["teacher"] Mahaviirananda Avadhuta (an "apostle" or "direct disciple") in the fascinating book The Tantric Guru: Enchanting Stories of His Life (2nd ed., 2011, Ananda Marga Publications, Ananda Nagar, India).
 
A Demonstration of Death (pp.43-44)

When the Ananda Marga mission began, Baba used to give general darshana (viewing the teacher) in Jamalpur (Bihar, India) every Sunday. Margis would attend from different places, and some would stay at the Jamalpur jagrti (mission house).
 
On November 21, 1954, the darshana room was full of sadhakas (devotees). Baba requested a devotee, "Come here, sit in lotus posture, and close your eyes..." The devotee did as he was asked.

The body moves by vital airs with energy centers.
Then Baba said, "I order your apana vayu [vital "air," spiritus, "holy spirit," life force energy, chi, prana responsible for elimination] to cross samana vayu ["vital air" responsible for digestion, metabolism, heat regulation]; now to to prana vayu [responsible for beating heart and breathing and moving energy to every cell of the body]." The devotee started breathing heavily. Next Baba said, "Prana vayu, merge with udana vayu ["air" responsible for speech]."

The the devotee made strange sounds and fell to the ground. Baba asked a doctor who was sitting there, "Is there life in him?" The doctor replied, "No, Baba."

Baba explained, "There is still life in his body. A person will die only when the prana vayu leaves the body."

He asked everyone present, "Do not tell him what I have done in this demonstration. Some of you, massage his body."

Then Baba left the hall and went into another room. Half an hour later, Baba returned and called everyone into the room. Everyone was wondering what He would do next.

With His right toe, Baba touched the sahasrara chakra of the devotee on whom He had earlier performed the demonstration. The devotee opened his eyes and Baba asked him, "Who are you?"
 
He replied, "I am Shyama Charan Lahiri [the name of a great yogi who passed away in 1895, a disciple of Mahavatar Babaji made famous by Paramahansa Yogananda in his spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi].

Baba asked, "Why have you come here?"

He replied, "You gave me an order to come and save the body [of this man]."

Life on other planets?
Ananda Marga devotees engage in devotional practices, yoga, meditation, social service.
There is a lot of ancient archeology on wet Mars today, like this statue of a female.

Baba said, "Now that you have come, you can do a little more work. Just now, go to the planet Mars and see if there is life there."

Then the videhi mind [let us say the "projected astral body"] of Lahiri went to Mars and said, "There is no life there [at least not visibly on the surface]."

Then Baba asked, "What is there, then?"

Lahiri replied, "There is only water, and in some places there is land that is muddy because of the water."

Baba then instructed him, "Now you can go to the moon and tell us what is there."

He said, "There is a vast desert and mountains."

Baba asked him, "Is there any life?"

He replied, "There is no life [at least not on the surface]. There is a lack of oxygen on the moon, but there are gold mines."

After that, Baba told him, "Now go to Venus."

Lahiri said, "There are human beings there who are reddish in color [like Ancient Egyptians?] and are more developed than the human beings on Earth."

Baba told him, "Return to Earth and go to the USA, Russia, Tibet, and the Himalayas, and tell everyone what you see there."

After that Baba thanked the videhi mind of Lahiri and told it to leave the devotee's body.

The devotee then appeared to be dead again. Baba knew that all of the devotees in the room were upset by this, so He gave the order, "Wherever the sadhaka's videhi mind is in this cosmos, it must come to Earth, to India, to Bihar, to Jamalpur, and right tothis place."

Then Baba ordered all of the devotee's vayus to function properly, and after a while he opened his eyes.

Baba asked him, "Why do you feel dull?"

He replied, "Baba, I got up a little late this morning. That's why."

Baba told him, "Do not take dinner tonight; just drink some warm [liquid] just before you sleep."

The next day the same Margi was with Baba again. Baba scolded and punished him because he got married without informing Baba, even though in the past Baba had told him not to do this.

His life was destined [by karmic force not by chance "fate"] to be short and that is why Baba called him to Jamalpur and used him to demonstrate the process of death. This demonstration exhausted his samskaras for a short life, and Baba then revived him and extend his life. [The end]

Is there life on other planets?
In another story (p. 60), Baba stares at space and explains that the "ideology" (Teachings of Ananda Marga, the Good Word) have already been spread to 49 other worlds in space, but there are countless more to go. Baba sent 40 "apostles" (avadhutas) out into the world(s). He will go there to teach until many more worlds hear the "Timeless Teachings" (Sanatana dharma, "Eternal Truth") established there again, an aspiration very similar to Buddhism and, one imagines, any universal doctrine or missionary tradition.

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Bikram Yoga loses $7 million sex lawsuit

RT.com, Jan. 28, 2016; Ashley Wells, CC Liu, Crystal Quintero, Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly
Mr. Bikram Choudhury, who lost his lawsuit and has to pay $6.5 million, seen creeping around in sweaty Speedos in a packed Bikram Yoga class (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times).
 
Bikram yoga founder to pay over $7million in damages following sexual assault trial
Bikram Choudhury, the egotistical business-founder of “Bikram Yoga, Inc.” has been ordered to pay more than $7 million in damages by a Los Angeles, California court for the sexual assault of a former employee.

Bikram was sued by his former legal advisor, Minakshi Jafa-Bodden, who told the court that the 69-year-old sexually assaulted her while she was still his employee.
 
Jafa-Bodden, who worked for Bikram at his Los Angeles yoga school between 2011 and 2013, also said her boss fired her after she refused to cover up an investigation she had launched into allegations that he had raped a yoga student. Bikram denied all claims.
Bikram kicks ass, like Trump yells.
Bikram, who first taught yoga for money to Pres. Nixon, now owns a mansion in Beverly Hills and a fleet of over 40 cars. [What other Indian gurus does that sound like, Maha Mahesh Yogi, Guru Shri Rajneesh, Osho?] 

Bikram refused to tell the court how much he was worth, saying the lawyers would have to ask his accountant about the state of his finances, the Los Angeles Times reported.
 
He explained, however, that due to the accusations, his yoga business had suffered financially and that he was nearly bankrupt.

"I have to borrow money from my family and friends," he told jurors. "I have no money."
 
The jury did not believe the India-born guru, however, and on Tuesday [Jan. 2016] ordered him to pay Jafa-Bodden almost $6.5 million in punitive damages in addition to the nearly $1 million the jury had awarded her on Monday in compensation.
 
"I feel vindicated, I’m elated," Jafa-Bodden told the LA Times, describing Bikram Choudhury as "a dangerous, dangerous predator."
 
Six other women have lodged similar lawsuits accusing Bikram of sexual assault. His lawyers have branded all the claims as "false."
 
Choudhury allegedly "created" "Bikram Yoga" in India before moving to the U.S. in the 1970s. The Bikram practice consists of 26 poses performed over a 90-minute session in a room which is heated to 105F (40C). Source

If we could testify against Bikram
Wisdom Quarterly (OPINION)
@frau.loft
Here Bikram Choudhoury (right) "handles" a model on stage while using headband to conceal his balding scalp, normally covered by a ridiculous fedora (@frau.loft/Instagram).
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The story goes that Bikram took 26 poses in the public domain from a centuries-old collective yoga tradition.

He then patented the sequence and heat in the room and used his lawyers to intimidate and sue any yoga studio that dared to advertise "heat," hot yoga, or any part of the sequence he appropriated.

This was his plan to build an empire, well, this and charging exorbitant sums to teach the sequence before anyone can work in a Bikram studio, those studios being franchises with ongoing licensing fees and new trainings to send their employees to, and leading a lavish lifestyle while sexually harassing and ridiculing students and anyone attending his classes in LA at a studio he calls the "Yoga College of India."

Creep do the creep as they sing "The Creep" then go over to Bikram's. Good times.
Creepy Bikram Choudhury standing on a woman's pelvis in class (yogajournal.com).
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He is the opposite of what one expects in a yogi. He is the Donald Trump of yoga, a meat eater (which is quite against the sattvic way of yoga), a vulgar sexist, an extravagant materialist who violently disagrees with using yoga to meditate or bliss out.

Instead, he promotes competition in yoga as in business, even trying to remake yoga as an Olympic sport.

All of this, far from alienating crowds, drew Westerners like a magnet. Stay as you are AND follow an "Eastern" path, or at least one watered down enough for you to not notice it's hardly different from how you're already living.

Western students in go-go (imbalanced pita dosha) Los Angeles couldn't get enough of it, couldn't get enough of his bravado and derring-do.

We made him rich, with his cuckold Indian wife in tow, as he openly courted sexual relationships but conducted them in secret. We at Wisdom Quarterly saw it ourselves. 

This Bikram scam is a lot like that guy/guru John Friend and his Vinyasa Yoga scam like they, angry Mara and Co., practice over at Mission Yoga in South Pasadena.

SO YOU GUYS LIKE IT?

We do. Bikram Yoga is fun, BUT it is not yoga. It's a perversion of so many yogic principles, so much of what Patajali and other great yogis taught. It's like Tang when you're thirsty for orange juice. If sexual harassment or rape are wanted, try Bikram Yoga. If healing is desired, try Hatha Yoga. Want a cult like atmosphere? Try Kundalini Yoga. If looking for a workout, try Flow Yoga (K. Patabhi Jois' new ashtanga style). Real yoga is called Yoga Philosophy or "Royal," Raja Yoga (originally called Ashtanga or Eight-limb Yoga); it is much more than poses (asanas) and breath-control (pranayama). The real goal of yoga is to facilitate meditation and making the body supple and strong (sthirasuka) to sit with ease.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Indian Holyman Satya Sai Baba is dying

India's living godman in critical condition: hospital Indian guru Satya Sai Baba, often accused of faking the magic powers he once actually weilded, is now in a critical condition (sai-fi.net)

HYDERABAD, India (AFP) – One of India's best-known spiritual leaders, famous for his apparent miracles and long list of influential followers, is on life support in a southern hospital, officials said on Tuesday.

Satya Sai Baba, 85, who has devotees in more than 100 countries, was admitted to a hospital funded by his organization in the town of Puttaparthi with lung and chest congestion on March 28, 2011.

His condition has since deteriorated, and he is now on a ventilator and is receiving kidney dialysis, the most recent health bulletin from the hospital said on Tuesday.

He remains "critical," although his "level of consciousness has considerably improved," and his vital systems are "stable," said the update from the Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences. Thousands of followers have begun arriving in Puttaparthi, home to Sai Baba's ashram in the southeastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, with many agitated by conflicting information given out by local authorities.

Government officials have sought to play down the seriousness of his condition, while police are preventing groups from gathering in the town, according to local reports.

The wild-haired leader has a following of millions in India and abroad, many of whom believe him to be a living god, and the reincarnation of the great spiritual guru, Sai Baba of Shirdi, who died in 1918.

The guru, who claims to have performed several miracles including bringing men back to life, counts former Indian prime ministers, top businessmen, and even the country's cricketers among his devotees. His organization funds health and education projects in India, including a string of hospitals that claim to be able to cure ailments beyond the capabilities of mainstream medicine.

He and Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, the so-called "hugging saint" of Kerala, India are the best known of thousands of Hindu ascetics.

The swami's birth in Andhra Pradesh is shrouded in mystery. One hagiographical account by a biographer claimed the mysterious sounding of drums signalled his impending birth. In his teens he is said to have begun singing verses in Sanskrit, a language of which he had no prior knowledge, and then became able to materialize flowers and sweets to the astonishment of observers.

His devotees also credit him with an ability to remember his past lives, a frequent claim of Indian holy men, and he is believed to produce sacred ash every day.

His work in education and health have won him widespread acclaim and respectability, but his reputation has also been damaged by allegations of sexual abuse and pedophilia [and clear evidence of faking materializations in public].

A BBC program in 2004 called "The Secret Swami" featured interviews with former followers who claimed Sai Baba took advantage of them. The allegations were denied by the spiritual leader's organization.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Holy man's Sex Tape Scandal

Arrests over India holy man sex tape protests
Pictures burned at protest (BBC)
Nine people have been arrested in south India for vandalizing the ashram of a Hindu holy man after TV channels showed him allegedly engaging in sexual acts. The footage appears to show Swami Nithyananda, 32, in bed with two women.

On Wednesday, angry crowds attacked parts of his ashram near Bangalore in Karnataka state. He was not present and police say his whereabouts are unknown. The Nithyananda Mission ashram released a statement branding the video "a mix of conspiracy, graphics, and rumors."

The ashram says it is part of a global movement for meditation and peace. Several prominent Indian politicians have visited Mr. Nithyananda's ashram in the past. More>>
Swamis known for wrong reasons, not spirituality
MyBangalore.com (March 4, 2010)
Drifting away from spirituality, Godmen are now known for all the wrong reasons. Adding another petal to the flowering swami's saga, Swami Paramahamsa Nithyananda is now embroiled in a sex scandal. A controversy has erupted over an alleged sex scandal involving Swami Paramahamsa Nithyananda who has an ashram outside Bangalore, India. The self-styled Godman, who is believed to have hundred of thousands of followers, was allegedly filmed in a room with an unidentified women, believed to be an Indian actress. More>>