Namaste,
Perhaps I'm a bit late to the party, but I just happened upon this video on YouTube about Nithyananda frolicking with an actress in his Ashram:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlK9AUnGBJE
It is quite shameful that he broke the faith that so many people had in him about being celibate and a Brahmacarin despite being so young.
However, before we all jump on the lambasting wagon, we must realize this is not as bad as it seems for a couple of reasons.
One, he is a man all said and done. When riSis in the days of yore couldn't control their sexual urges, it is quite a tall order to expect someone like Nithyananda to be completely celibate. Of course, his breaking of the trust between himself and his disciples is what is terrible here; not so much the sexual act itself.
Two, he had a relationship with a full-grown,
adult female. The same cannot be said of the pedophile christian priests and sullah mullahs.
The other thing is the hidden camera was placed by someone named "K Lenin", either a foreigner, or Indian christian. The christians are in full swing trying to denigrate the swamis of India. They tried this with Sai Baba too but couldn't find anything. Only a few fanatic christians who lied and pretended to be disciples later said he "sexually molested them"! This was of course, unfounded and absolutely false! Who do they think Sai Baba is? jesus? To sleep with a prostitute (mary magdalene)?
Nonetheless, as Hindus we must be weary of these 'swamis' who ask for large sums of money for their 'darshan'; after all, knowledge is not a commodity! Unlike the west, where everything from people to degrees can be bought, Brahmajnana can only be transmitted from an enlightened guru to an initiated siSya.
Namaskar.
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