Friday, November 9, 2007

Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda v/s Sri Sri Ravi Shankar



Dear Sri Sri,

Haven’t you read ‘The Autobiography of a Yogi’ in your younger days? But, I am sure that you read it. ‘Art of living’ is a prominent lecture given by Paramahansa Yogananda and that is the name of your organization, how did that happen, dear SriSri?

It is a phrase used by Luther Burbank the famous American botanist and Eric frame. Now it is very clear to me: the fountainhead of your ‘ART OF LIVING’!

‘Sri Sri’ is now a very popular brand name, bigger than Corporates, how did it happen? Paramahansa Yogananda is generally addressed as Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda. His is Guru is Sri Ukteswar Giri Maharaj. I doubt that this brand name is openly stolen purposely, am I correct?

‘Kriyayoga’ is a yogic technique spread by Guru Yogananda, mainly through his disciples, across the world. Haven’t you utilized its scientific methods for designing “Sudarshan Kriya?”

The coalition and integration of all religions, is the main view of Self realization fellowship, and yours also the same: why?

Maximum Oxygenization of the cells is done through Kriyayoga and your Sudarshan kriya also aims the same, how and why?

You say: Sleep, meditation and love: all synonymous to death, is sleep death? When one sleeps, the flow of energy to the five senses stops. Then the body is in an unconscious state. When one can cut the flow of energy to the senses during the conscious state itself, he can achieve different states of consciousness like super consciousness and cosmic consciousness etc. Now tell me, Sri sri, how sleep and death are intertwined?

Sometimes you speak like a spiritual manager and of course you are one of the corporate Gods that made you to make the mantra “Jai Gurudev!” (Is it inspired by Tagore?) a poor imitation of “Jai Guru” by Yogananda.

During each one of your speeches, you make us remember, live in the present moment and which is already spread by Osho! How many of your disciples know the meaning of ‘Soham’, the word that you repeat continuously, during Sudarshan Kriya?

Dear Srisri, what is your asset and how much do they value? So much you are indebted to Yogananda and how are you going to pay it back? Art of living, is it a spiritual counterfeiting movement? Is it a Spiritual treason?

3 comments:

Eshwar said...

Dear brother, I am also a devotee of our blessed Guru Paramahansa Yogananda. It is natural to have a high regard and love for our Guru, but I think it is not correct to degrade or question any other Gurus. Our Guruji said, there is no differentiation between enlightened ones. It may appear to our human imperfect intellect to perceive each Guru is contradicting in their messages and actions but actually they are all striving to help all their devotees to bring to the same place. Guruji taught to understand and love all which includes to love other Saints and Sages too. I personally feel Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is doing great work in His life but different in approach.

Eshwar said...

Dear brother, I am also a devotee of our blessed Guru Paramahansa Yogananda. It is natural to have a high regard and love for our Guru, but I think it is not correct to degrade or question any other Gurus. Our Guruji said, there is no differentiation between enlightened ones. It may appear to our human imperfect intellect to perceive each Guru is contradicting in their messages and actions but actually they are all striving to help all their devotees to bring to the same place. Guruji taught to understand and love all which includes to love other Saints and Sages too. I personally feel Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is doing great work in His life but different in approach.

Gautam Kanekar said...

Your introduction suits you very well, u are a holy fool. Btw, bloody fool would have suited better.