Religious charlatans the world over cause more harm than do good. This is why the first message to the prophet was “iqra” also mentioned in sura Al-Alaqa,96.
So long as men/women are in positions of power and influence that power or influence ultimately corrupts, some of these people start out with a simple message but somewhere along the way that is corrupted and lost.
These people prey on the vulnerable and easily influenced, often at times engaging in behaviour and activity that is akin to sexual deviance and modern slavery.
Its not just Indian Yogis, but examples can be found in reformist Judaism, Islam, Christianity and even Taoism.
interestingly whilst we are on the subject of Yogis and Guru’s, a lot of the members on PDF are too young to recall but “Bhagwan” Shree Rajneesh/Osho had a small following in Karachi.
One of them was the daughter a local Parsi businessman, who was a prominent Travel Agent back in the day.
Anyway, she had an American boyfriend “Marcus” I can’t recall his surname, he would introduce himself as Haridas.
This young lady who for respect of her family I will name “Parinaaz” (not her real name) toured Karachi inviting young students to attend “healing lectures”.
The 70’s to early 80’s was a gentle time in Pakistan and people were far more open in their outlook back then.
In any case haridas stole a lot of money for Parinaaz and her friends before running away to America
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Now in present day, another conman
View attachment 749256yogi Sri Sri Ravi Shankar who preaches his system “Art of Living” and has been mocked on Twitter for claiming he turned down the noble peace prize found a local idiot to con, that idiot was none other than army brat and nutcase:
Meena Gabeena
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daughter of (late) Brigadier (retd) Asad Munir.
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Meena and another influential lady set up a chapter of “The Art of Living School” in Islamabad teaching people the Ravi Shankar system of “clean living and achieving your potential”. (Sound familiar??)
here is a YouTube video:
he was also interviewed on National TV:
Long story short, nations everywhere have to guard against the hidden dangerous intentions of such people which whilst appear pious fragrant at the surface are malign and insidious beneath the surface.