Quote Originally Posted by Shuddhasattva View Post
Namaste

Consider the nature of indentured servitude and that of sadhus. It seems absurd to me that a sadhu would volunteer to be taken from the holy land, the places of pilgrimage, sources of teaching, etc. to be used as labor for worldly endeavors (which he has forsaken). Unwilling servitude, AKA slavery, seems possible, but would sadhus really work? I'd like to think otherwise.

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Namaste,

That is a good point - the only thing I can think of, is my surmising before that it might not have been an actual Sadhu but just a very religious Hindu that others confused for a Sadhu.

It would be interesting if the supposed pictures of Sadhu's in India mentioned in the thesis could be located. If they could be, it would be interesting to see.