(CHAKRA) In 1993 Christopher Hitchens exposed the myth of Mother Teresa as a caring old woman helping India ’s poor with Christian charity. Yet the myth persists that her disease infested incarceration centres are in the forefront of Christianity’s civilising mission in Hindu-majority India . Switch onto any American fundamentalist Christian programme such as the […]
Sri Satya Sai Baba Message: Love all Serve All
Dearest Sai Brothers and Sisters, Sai Ram. Below is the text of a message that trickled in my inbox on an interview of Professor Anil Kumar, a long forty year old devotee of Swami and also His official interpreter of lectures whenever He delivered them after the passing away of Professor N. Kasturi. I have […]
Sri Satya Sai Baba Love my Uncertainty: Mysticism or Mythicism
(CHAKRA) I offer my humble pranaams at the Lotus Feet of Sri Satya Sai Baba, who was the Divine incarnate in Human figure with the most powerful indomitable miraculous strength that is not witnessed by any known Human incarnations so far. I bow to Thee to give me enough strength, the ability, the agility to […]
Picture of the Week: Shirdi Sai Baba
Sai Baba is revered by several notable Hindu religious leaders. Some of his disciples became famous as spiritual figures and saints, such as Mhalsapati, a priest of Kandoba temple in Shridi, Upasni Maharaj, Saint Bidkar Maharaj, Saint Gangagir, Saint Jankidas Maharaj, and Sati Godavari Mataji. The Shirdi Sai Baba movement began in the 19th century, […]
Sathya Sai Baba and Mother Teresa: Saint or Sinner?
By Ranbir Singh On the death of Sathya Sai Baba, Hindu holy man and spiritual guide for millions for worldwide, the coverage was almost wholly negative. Little was mentioned of his philanthropic activities such as providing fresh clean drinking water for thousands of poverty stricken villages in India , nor the state of the art […]
The ‘Secret’ Behind the BBC’s Secret Swami
By Ranbir Singh ( Hindu Human Rights UK ) In 2004 Hindu Human Rights Group contacted the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation )over its tabloid programme Secret Swami which portrayed India’s venerated Guru Sri Sathya Sai Baba in an ill founded, malicious light. However this elicited no response from BBC and it is interesting to note […]
Sathya Sai Baba’s Physical Death Prediction Comes True
There has been much confusion in the last few weeks regarding the age of Sathya Sai Baba and the timeline of his presence in physical form, for Baba it is said, had declared that he would leave his physical form when he reached 96 years of age. This confusion in truth pertains to the modes […]
The SAI Evolution: A Dharmic Odyssey
By Tina Sadhwani He is never born, and he never dies. He is in Eternity: he is for evermore. Never-born and eternal, beyond times gone or to come, he does not die when the body dies… When one sees this Eternity in things that pass away and Infinity in the finite things, then one has […]
Sathya Sai Controversies and the Art of Guru Bashing
It is not uncommon now that for many Gurus, Rishis or Seers who have emerged from India, there has always been an unprecedented number of vicious attacks launched on them. These have come in the guise of slander, misquotes, false allegations and myriad smear campaigns. Moreover it is interesting to note that most of these […]
Sathya Sai Baba, the Divine Alchemist
By Tina Sadhwani Sathya Sai Baba represented in a portrait – Sai master of the universe It has been said that at every turning point and every great epoch of the earth’s existence there has often been one extraordinary being standing at the leading edge of light, unravelling the consciousness in which the transcendent descends […]