i do know that my religion instructor at Western Michigan University claimed that it is a well known fact that Paramahansa Yogananda was a womanizer and had mistresses. i was not there with him so how do i know? However he definitely has changed my life for the better. Many people claim that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were lovers. Again how do i know? ; i was not there and even if he did it would not take away from my awe of who he was and what he did. i have a personal friend who acknowledged that Yogi Bajan had women as lovers but that did not seem to dent her believing he was a spiritual teacher.
It is a well known fact.... But where is the hard evidence? Is your former instructor reliable? Or did he speak from biased grapevine info?
I know everything about some alleged escapades by Yogananda, alleged lover of Tara Mata and father of a girl from her, alleged father of Ben Erskine, alleged owner of a personal harem in M. Washington, which made Brahmachari Nerode sue him at the LA court.
None of the above was proved though. Also, I would believe that Sri Yukteswar was not so much of a prophet had he missed the facts only because he was living in India.
Also, Yogananda would have been deserted by the likes of Daya Mata and Saint Lynn, who practice strict celibacy and would never have tolerated a guru with such weaknesses.
You make me smile mccoy. What kind of hard evidence can u give for some one who is no longer living? You present things like this: B should follow A since it is true that we know that Saint Lynn was a celibate and that Daya Mata would not accept such behavior. St. Lynn was married to someone who did not look fondly on SRF. Do u know that she accepted a life of no sex with him as well? Were u there to witness their lives? When i was in California i found out that even Brothers left the order because of sexual behavior. One of whom i respected very much. He was the most inspirational monk i had ever met. i have never been close to Kriyananda or Osho. But you can make scapegoats out of anyone and claim things such as the devil made him do it. But the fact remains Kriyananda was chosen by Yogananda and he was put in a high position of SRF. To put all the blame on Kriyananda for decisions by others who were suppose to have the wisdom and intuition to know better is a rather shoddy way of passing the buck. i see it much differently: Judas was very spiritually developed; Otherwise Jesus would not have chosen him as a disciple. There r many others who were spiritually developed who like us have made mistakes along the way. If it were not for Paramahansa Yogananda and decisions made by the highest board at SRF Kriyananda would have never been able to have the fame he had when leaving SRF to write such things and attract such crowds and develop such a following. We can make scapegoats out of others and turn them into something evil. But let us look back and see who let such power be given to such a person in the first place.
Believe me i defended Paramahansa Yogananda when i talked to Professor Nancy Falk who was head of the religion department at the time and she just laughed at me as though i was naive. i presented views like u did about Daya Mata. As you know some devotees will willingly follow the rules of others and not expect those 'above' such rules to have to follow them. To her (Nancy Falk) i was following just another religious cult. But i may add this: It is not a prerequisite of intelligence to have wisdom as well. That is something i learned over and over in college.
Steve, I admire your appreciation for wise things regardless of their source.
I am far more biased. If a thing is wise of course it remains wise, but if it has been pronounced by Rajneesh or Kryiananda, then I become suspicious.
So, was Hitler Alexander the great in a previous incarnation, or Stalin Gengis Khan? Maybe so, but since swami K told it, tht remains very uncertain, so much uncertain that I'll dismiss that fact as totally unfounded. Unless some SRF monks can confirm it.
Bottom line, his writings are henceforth tainted by satanic suggestions. I read his books in the past, I burned them afterwards, as I burned all the books by swami K that I possessed.
They couldn't even agree about what Paramahansa Yogananda said himself at SRF. i remember distinctly asking Brother Bhaktananda about Paramahansa Yogananda saying he was Shakespeare in a previous life. He said "That is what the Master said" and then hearing Daya Mata refuting that claim.
