Category: Isha
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Sadhguru’s wife’s death revisited
Two years back I wrote an article on Sadhguru’s wife Vijji’s death. Recently new information was made available and for the first time we got to see the actual copy of the First Information Report (FIR) report in this case. Thanks to an activist, I also got the final closing report of this case (which…
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Thank You Sadhguru and Good Bye!
I wrote several articles on Isha Foundation and Sadhguru and this is possibly going to be my last! It is also a more personal one compared to my other articles. My journey with Isha Foundation started in the year 2010 in Hyderabad, India when I did my Inner Engineering program. I want to end it…
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A criticism of Sadhguru and Isha Foundation
No one is beyond criticism and that includes Sadhguru. But just because we can, should we criticize Sadhguru? When he is planting trees, saving rivers and raising human consciousness through meditations and Yoga, shouldn’t we just appreciate him and help him in his mission rather than criticizing him? What good would come out of it? …
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Proof for Sadhguru’s Rishi Prabhakar connection!
More than 2 years back, I wrote an article on Sadhguru’s connection with Guruji Rishi Prabhakar. In that article, I concluded with reasonable certainty that “Sadhguru was involved with Rishi Prabhakar’s SSY, possibly as a teacher”. My only source then was a trusted eye-witness who told me that he participated in a class conducted by…
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The controversial death of Sadhguru’s wife Vijji
“…something darker and more disquieting was to consume the attention of the residents of the ashram and the citizens of Coimbatore for the next eighteen months – something that shook the fledgling Isha movement to its very foundations” Controversies are not new to Isha Foundation or Sadhguru. The bigger the controversy, the brighter Isha seems…
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Sadhguru and Rishi Prabhakar: a curious connection!
Note: When I wrote my first article exploring Sadhguru’s connection with Rishi Prabhakar in 2015, I was still with Isha and was trying to reconcile the known facts and explain them to myself. I also did not want to offend my fellow Isha volunteers, so I concluded this article on the safer side by saying…
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Isha "Bhava Spandana" experience
The Bhava Spandana Program (BSP) offered by Isha Foundation is described in their website as “an opportunity to experience higher levels of consciousness”. It is an “experiential” program and this has drawn me to it, as I consider myself to be an “always thinking” person. Also this program involves stay at the ashram for 3…
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Is Isha a cult?
Note: This article was written in 2011, one year after my Inner Engineering course. I argued that Isha may or may not be a cult, but even if it is, it doesn’t trap us as long as we look it as a “resource” and a “possibility” and if we are “strong” and “wise” enough to…
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The "Isha Experience"
I am one guy whom many would consider non-religious or even atheistic. I do not particularly enjoy doing Pujas or following religious traditions or visiting temples. But I consider myself to be spiritual. I was actually very religious during my childhood days. Later I became more logical and got interested towards philosophy. Swami Vivekananda had…
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