Nithyananda who? you probably ask..
Well..he is not so recognisable as the Rajneesh.. or saibaba..but he is an important figure…(and equally as photogenic notwithstanding..)
I have spoken with a number of indians on the subject who as a rule dismiss it as unimportant. I rather disagree. strongly actually.
I am not the judge on this case and do not have all the facts before me..but…
What I have seen of nithyananda on his (web) recorded lectures etc. has left a positive impression on me. He is a teacher of classical Indian yoga and philosophy.. a (vedantin) acharya lets say. It is through such teachers that classical India finds expression today. (and survives..)
Many people recognise him..and he has followers and various ashrams around India as well as a presence internationally .( usa)
What happened earlier this year is that he was arrested on the charge of adultry or something..having sex basically with some film star. And imprisoned .his ashrams were attacked. The one I went to visit in Varanasi was deserted..the police had sealed the building.. his followers had fled.a neighbor of the ashram near manikarnika ghat..pointed this out to me.. (he was scandalised at the action against the swami.)
as I was there I felt I was been watched and that the authorities were being notified. It was perhaps my own paranoia... but tehn again perhaps it wasnt.. It’s the feeling I had at least.
My question is..why was nithyananda targeted and a serious attempt to shoot him down launched? Why?
I have a feeling that plain jealousy maybe at the root of it ..the kind that is allowed a loud voice in a corrupt milieu.
Socrates opted for the hemlock for his own reasons in what i imagine to have been a similar situation. .he was making a point in doing so. Nithyananda on the other hand has more lessons to give… strength to him.
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