He used to be Mahatma Vedpraktanand
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Posted by: Mike Finch ® 05/31/2014, 10:45:21 Author Profile Edit Alert Forum Admin Post Reply

Ashutosh Maharaji is actually one-time Mahatma Vedpraktanand, who was one of Rawat's early saffron mahatmas in the West. He indulged in sexual activity, and was forcibly put on a plane back to India from Heathrow, London, in which I was involved. Those of us who knew him in the early 1970's can just see the resemblance with Karen's picture, if you substract the beard and thirty-five years. He tried to go to Bal Bhagwanji (Satpal, Rawat's elder brother) who had then recently separated from our own Prempal Rawat. Satpal told him he could stay, but he had to renounce his mahatma-ship and do penance. Vedpraktanand did not like this, so he went to other weird Hindu groups, got 'enlightened', and emerged out of the forest as 'Ashutosh Maharaj' and set himself up as guru. The reason I know so much about this is because I happen to be having an email thread with some Ashutosh and Satpal ex-followers in India, who have told me much. I even have documentary evidence - passport scans and so on. I am told that some of his sannyasi followers have taken an extreme vow to meditate until he comes back. So maybe they will get frozen in samadhi too. But none of us reading here will be surpised at all the crazy stuff that gurus and their followers can get up to. Believing your dead guru is in a frozen samadhi state is nothing compared to believing your guru is Lord of the Universe and gives you his grace when you meditate. -- Mike www.MikeFinch.com

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wow interesting --- Susan ( Sat, May 31, 2014, 11:13:00 ) ( 2530 bytes ) +5 Re: wow interesting --- PatD ( Sat, May 31, 2014, 12:56:59 ) ( 1458 bytes ) +1 hi thanks --- Susan ( Sat, May 31, 2014, 14:07:46 ) ( 185 bytes ) Great post Susan, and thanks for yours, Mike --- JHB ( Sat, May 31, 2014, 14:25:16 ) ( 303 bytes ) Re: wow interesting --- 13 ( Sun, Jun 01, 2014, 04:06:40 ) ( 2872 bytes ) link +1 What's interesting is that you and Pat posted the same story (no text) --- JHB ( Sun, Jun 01, 2014, 07:45:39 ) ( 0 bytes ) +1 Re: What's interesting is that you and Pat posted the same story --- 13 ( Sun, Jun 01, 2014, 10:09:15 ) ( 186 bytes ) +1 57 --- PatD ( Sun, Jun 01, 2014, 17:03:31 ) ( 225 bytes ) img +1 (nt) --- 13 ( Mon, Jun 02, 2014, 00:31:55 ) ( 2 bytes ) +1 No new posts I guess he hasn't walked out of the freezer yet...check back tom... --- Susan ( Wed, Jun 04, 2014, 22:06:19 ) ( 2 bytes ) +1 perhaps he's just chillin' --- cq ( Thu, Jun 05, 2014, 07:06:54 ) ( 3801 bytes ) link +1 now that's just plain cold cq! (nt) --- Susan ( Thu, Jun 05, 2014, 12:26:40 ) ( 2 bytes ) +1 or perhaps he's just getting higher and higher? --- cq ( Thu, Jun 05, 2014, 14:11:05 ) ( 122 bytes ) +1 captivating n/t --- lakeshore ( Fri, Jun 06, 2014, 08:04:00 ) ( 2 bytes ) Re: wow interesting --- lakeshore ( Mon, Jun 02, 2014, 06:41:44 ) ( 1313 bytes ) Hi Susan --- Jim ( Sat, Jun 07, 2014, 16:10:38 ) ( 1966 bytes ) +1 I wouldn't describe it as fun, --- Kelly ( Sat, Jun 07, 2014, 18:57:26 ) ( 1532 bytes ) +13 Re: I wouldn't describe it as fun, --- eDrek ( Sat, Jun 07, 2014, 19:10:55 ) ( 490 bytes ) +1 All you need to know about $cientology --- Steve ( Sun, Jun 08, 2014, 20:20:07 ) ( 151 bytes ) link Re: I wouldn't describe it as fun, --- PatD ( Sat, Jun 07, 2014, 21:23:52 ) ( 465 bytes ) img Re: I wouldn't describe it as fun, --- Dermot ( Sat, Jun 07, 2014, 22:24:44 ) ( 2895 bytes ) Re: I wouldn't describe it as fun, --- lesley ( Sat, Jun 07, 2014, 23:03:44 ) ( 633 bytes ) Re: I wouldn't describe it as fun, --- 13 ( Sat, Jun 07, 2014, 23:14:08 ) ( 864 bytes ) Re: I wouldn't describe it as fun, --- Susan ( Sun, Jun 08, 2014, 00:34:33 ) ( 410 bytes ) Re: I wouldn't describe it as fun, --- Susan ( Sun, Jun 08, 2014, 00:36:16 ) ( 414 bytes ) Re: I wouldn't describe it as fun, --- lexy ( Sun, Jun 08, 2014, 08:04:05 ) ( 1673 bytes ) Re: I wouldn't describe it as fun, --- lexy ( Sun, Jun 08, 2014, 08:05:22 ) ( 1656 bytes ) Re: I wouldn't describe it as fun, --- lexy ( Sun, Jun 08, 2014, 08:06:17 ) ( 1656 bytes ) you ask: "What happens when we die?" --- cq ( Sun, Jun 08, 2014, 14:44:46 ) ( 341 bytes ) So sorry, Kelly --- lakeshore ( Sun, Jun 08, 2014, 17:41:59 ) ( 381 bytes ) supporting your approach --- canadawarbler ( Mon, Jun 09, 2014, 22:23:29 ) ( 659 bytes ) Frozen assests --- Brian S ( Sun, Jun 08, 2014, 00:44:56 ) ( 157 bytes ) Re: He used to be Mahatma Vedpraktanand --- cooljsmb ( Wed, Sep 13, 2017, 10:49:16 ) ( 547 bytes )