A clip from a 2017 video of Jaggi Vasudev a.k.a Sadhguru, the ‘spiritual baba’ of the WhatsApp-taught wonderkids, has resurfaced on social media as a reminder for Indians: choose your public figures wisely. Varnishing his superstitions under the garb of good vocabulary and Western accent, Jaggi Vasudev has been able to create a mirage — of being any different from other ‘dhongi babas’ on TV.
Be it science, Citizenship Amendment Act, or feminism, Sadhguru has no knowledge of any topic but he absolutely loves to talk about all of them.
In the clip shared on Twitter, Sadhguru is applauding the female body for its ‘intelligence’, presenting his ground-breaking theory on the consistency of breast milk. “If a woman… delivers twins – one male and one female – one breast will ooze certain type of milk, another breast will ooze another kind of milk.” By now it’s sufficiently clear that if it’s Sadhguru’s words, then there are going to be little signs of intelligent life in it.
Earlier this year, he lambasted people protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) – after having declared at the start of his lecture that he hadn’t read the Act. But even if he hadn’t acknowledged that, his half-baked arguments were enough to make it evident.
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Misogynist baba
To put it lightly, Sadhguru isn’t big on feminism. Much like typical men’s rights activists, Sadhguru’s take on feminism is, “Women should have rights, I don’t like that. Everyone should’ve rights.” He explained to young women students of Mount Carmel College in Bengaluru: “Most of the feminists, they didn’t live well, it’s because they talked and talked and talked.” He went on to add that “it isn’t the lack of men that made their lives empty, it’s their choice of living in constant ‘reactionary’ mode.” Whatever that means.
At the same event, he told three young girls that it is actually the greed for money that has led to the rise of patriarchy and ended up giving men a higher position in society. Because, of course, it’s the men who earn money so they’ll obviously have an upper hand.
Also read: Off The Cuff with Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
Taking science for a ride
It isn’t only through his comments on ‘intelligence of body’ that Sadhguru has made a complete fool of… science. He often confuses poetry with science and claims that water has memory. Speaking at a conference at IIT Madras (of all places), Sadhguru claimed that without changing the chemical composition of water, one can rearrange its molecules. “So much so that if I take a glass of water in my hands, and look at it in a certain way for a while, well-being will come to you,” Sadhguru observed while adding that the scientific community is in agreement with him, and that it’s not a superstition anymore.
Even Isha Foundation’s ‘Rally For River’ project has invited a lot of flak from the scientific community. The project, close to Sadhguru’s heart because of the relationship he shares with the rivers, aims to solve all the problems that the rivers’ face by planting trees along their stretches. Don’t get me wrong, his heart seems to be in the right place with this one. But his project doesn’t consider things like damming up, removing pollutants and diversion.
The issues associated with Rally For River project forced environmental experts to write a letter to actor Leonardo Di Caprio, urging him to withdraw his support to Isha Foundation. One of the major concerns raised in the letter was the Isha Foundation’s myopic view of the problem that seeks to oversimplify a complicated issue.
Instead of writing the letter, perhaps all that Environment Support Group needed to do was send a link of Jaggi Vasudev’s YouTube page to Di Caprio. That would have done the job.
Her name has bhangi and shu in it. 😅 chal bhangi shu
… hope you get well soon and someday get to experience some truth first hand. You wont have to bark crap about someone you have no clue of🪔🙌🌸 wish n pray it won’t be too late for you… Take care!
If environmental scientist really concerned about pollution, then there are lot of places to work on. Let him do what’s he wants to do, results will decides who is in right mind.
Look at the past how things have been, scientist are only interested in exploring, Business are interested in only making money. ……….and status of planet is not hidden from anyone.
Being a godman is a business. Only fools think it is about spirituality, environment etc. It is for godman’s good, his cronies good, not public good.
jaggi can save all the environment he wants using his own money, or Isha’s money.
It’s a Rs 10, 626 crore scam, maybe he wants his own island. High court called him out.
Chill, dude.
The print = leftist propagandists
“[T]he useful idiots, the leftists who are idealistically believing in the beauty of the Soviet socialist or Communist or whatever system, when they get disillusioned, they become the worst enemies. That’s why my KGB instructors specifically made the point: never bother with leftists.
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leftists propagandists = The print = fact haters
Facts:
Rocks cannot be enchanted. In fact, nothing can be enchanted.
Dead cannot be be made alive with spells.
The bead trick is done using the ideomotor effect.
You cannot poison or bless water with thoughts.
Water Memory is pseudoscience.
Do you hate these facts? If so, you are a leftist propagandist, according to you.
“[T]he useful idiots, the leftists who are idealistically believing in the beauty of the Soviet socialist or Communist or whatever system, when they get disillusioned, they become the worst enemies. That’s why my KGB instructors specifically made the point: never bother with leftists.
Did your KGB instructor tell you about Rasputin? Because that is what jaggi is trying to be.
Oh wait. I was wrong that he never apologized. Look I correct myself.
He just did apologize, only 10 days ago, probably for the first time, but only because of the backlash.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRL7dg4dcIc
Now he is doing damage control with a planted question and a “oh that little thing? yeah, I heard about it” acting.
It was just a mischievous edit apparently. Nityananda said the same thing about his Ranjita video. He was really just having a spiritual discourse with her. Sure buddy.
Well I just have one thing to say forget about jaggi,
You are assuming scientific facts as absolutes , science is never perfect , the damn earth was flat till we found it was not , but the ancient indians knew when an eclipse was going to happen and not to leave their house till it finishes , all the festivals all the celebrations preparations are based on science but Indian science that is spirituality , he says water has a memory and some research has been done on that , you say water has no memory some people have proved it wrong , in this situation you are not different from what you’re accusing him of , everyone turned against Copernicus but he was right , Nicola Tesla was dealt a bad hand but he was right , you could be wrong or he could be wrong or in some cases you both could be right , there’s no way to know , so this is an incomplete argument.
Nice distraction strategy. Why would anyone forget about this jackass in the comments of an article that is calling out how clueless he is? This is going to be only about him, not Copernicus or Tesla. Comparing with them is like comparing dirt with diamonds. In case you are still confused, jaggi is the dirt, a glass imitation for fools at best. Don’t insult legendary scientists by comparing them with a fraud who sells magic beads and magic rocks to shallow people.
Your comparison between me and him also makes no sense. I am nothing like this idiot.
I know who the real scientists are. It’s not that hard to tell these days. I know what science journals are serious and which ones are bogus. I don’t confuse some pure fraud with a fake degree to be a scientist. I don’t believe some stupid whatsapp message glorifying a faker and think I am the expert. I know how to fact check. I don’t sell a fake image that I am enlightened and that I magically know what is true and false. I am not constantly looking to show that I am better than every top scientific expert even though I did not study any of those subjects. Most importantly, I have not lost common sense like jaggi and his gang.
When Jaggi is tricking his foolish followers into buying his magic beads, there is 0% chance he is right. He is using a cheap trick used by spiritual frauds all over the world that has been exposed a long time ago. Don’t try to pretend like anyone can be right tomorrow. If anyone can be right, there is no need for him to quack. Any random person will do. His whole game is trying to convince you that he is a rare gem who is always right, not occasionally, but always. No one may say he made a blunder and he makes lots of them. And he and his Internet gang makes it a point to mock anyone who doubts or questions him on anything. So why can’t he be mocked for such foolishness? If people can criticize the author of this article for listing facts, then Jaggi can be mocked even more for being such a self-important jackass.
We all mock self-important godmen, all of us here mock at least one. But people get upset when their own godman is mocked. Because they think their master is perfect no matter how many foolish things he says. Grow up. Don’t be such babies.
You are right he is just a buisnessman with a PhD in enchanting people , like edison was just a buisnessman not an actual scientist , you have all the facts right to mock him , like if i was truly enlightened whatever that means I don’t think I would claim to change the world that is destined to get f***Ed up , or expand my business to overseas claiming the same , he’s constantly suggesting people to visit the nearest isha yoga center and sign up for a program , sure some thoughts make sense but not applicable to everyone , but claiming that you know the real scientists and the real facts and somehow you’re smarter than everyone here also makes you the same , he is right about one thing though , accepting that we don’t know does open up unlimited possibilities , we still have a lot to explore , science still has many questions , I would put my money on time rather than concluding something as the ultimate truth.
Every godman has an unofficial PhD in enchanting fools. That’s a requirement for this business.
He does not accept that he does not know until you ask him hard questions. He is constantly talking bullshit with 200% confidence. He never admits he is wrong at anything. For example, he talked some crap about planetary phases and Astronomical Society of India shut him up. Did he admit he was wrong? No. If you correct me and show me a proper reference, I will agree with you. How am I like him? I am reasonable. Jackass jaggi is an arrogant ignorant. He thinks spells make the dead come back alive. He thinks snakes are magical. That’s what being a JackAss is. He thinks he can poison or bless water with just his thoughts. That’s a mental hospital mind.
He and his followers should accept that they are foolish, superstitious and ignorant people with useless education good only for degrees, who need to learn and open their mind. Instead, they close their mind to science and keep repeating that science is confused and they are wiser. All they are good for is stupid WhatsApp forwards. I am smarter than everyone here, but that’s only because almost everyone here is an idiot.
It’s not that hard to know who the actual scientists are and what scientific facts are. All you have to do is read the few top scientific journals regularly. Knowing facts is not some mysterious ability. You get it with reading not crap. But people here are too stupid to even understand that water memory is pseudoscience.
Well, as you have so much against him , i hope that one day you get to expose him for good , but still it’s hard to change people’s minds here in India , we welcome everything with open hands not realising the reality until it’s too late , it’s a curse and a boon for us.
Leftist crap as always , so print has great association with NDTV , and promotes leftist view creating Hindu phobic write ups , all the hindu gurus are frauds , but they have never come up with anything against the Islam guru like Zakir Naik who talk shit all the time , answer is simple , the foolish hindu people will fall for this crap and think Sadhguru is conman , by the way there is research going on water memory and it has been proven too , so before claiming your super intelligent views do your homework and also feminism is a choice its not about man bashing which it has become in recent time , get your facts clear and listen to what he said dont just hear and draw your stupid conclusions
Dear fake princess, I will enlighten you about the fake science of water memory. Whenever a godman talks science, it is without fail, fake science.
Water memory first came into spotlight when a french researcher called Jacques Benveniste said he found proof of it. A top science journal, Nature, published the paper with a cautionary note, but they didn’t believe it because it is impossible from what science knows. The editor , the legendary Sir Maddox, came with a team and asked him to show it in front of him. The researcher failed. It turned out that the researcher did not even know how to take basic precautions. There was also a failed attempt to tamper with the sealed envelope containing results. The researcher lost face, lost funding and it was the end of his whole reputation and career.
Next guy these fakers talk about is Masaru Emoto, who they say is a famous Japanese scientist who discovered that mind had an effect on water crystals. But the truth is that he was a complete fraud and was not a scientist. Masaru never even studied science. But he tried to make money trying to sell a fake vibration device that he said can diagnose all kinds of diseases. Then he bought a fake degree from India actually and started calling himself Dr. Emoto. He just took photos of nice looking crystals and just lied that it was because he had happy thoughts. He made money selling books about those fake experiments.
Meanwhile, homeopaths who sell magic water with no material in it, liked this noise and started publishing fake experiments. All scientists consider water memory to be pseudoscience. But if you are bad in understanding science (almost all of India including big degree holders) and you type water memory into Google Scholar, you will find water memory papers and you will think its science and it is proven. That’s because you have no idea what are good studies and what are fake studies. Internet today is full of fake studies and fake science journals trying to fool you.
Water Memory is a belief for fools. Jackass jaggi goes to IIT and argues with a professor that it is real. Professor can’t say much and has to stop. In our country, education carries no power, only money, power and connections do. Jaggi may be a jackass, but he has all of the later. So he can say whatever he wants.
As for Zakir Naik, true, he is as much a misogynist as our jackass jaggi. But why would anyone write about him anymore? He already ran away from India and govt is trying to get him back to throw him in jail. Meanwhile clown jaggi gets padma awards for spirituality just because he can talk cool and market magic rocks.
All dhongi babas are narcissists, this one included.
All of us made mistakes. We thought something was true. We said it confidently. Later, it turned out we did not have facts. What do we do? We apologize and correct ourselves.
We say, yeah, sorry about that, I was wrong. This does prove me wrong, at least on this topic. I will try to get facts better next time.
An extreme narcissist will never admit that. He is never wrong. It doesn’t matter what proof others bring.
Jaggi will never admit that water does not have memory.
Jaggi will never admit that dead cannot come back to life with magic.
Jaggi will never admit that he really cannot see through clothes.
Jaggi will never admit that you cannot determine the nature of food by some garland or make it more nutritious by prayer.
I already listed a lot of nonsense he says below.
Some of these, he already knows are not true, like seeing through clothes. Other things, he may be ignorant, but he will never admit they are false, no matter how much proof you provide.
It does not matter how much you explain that water memory is a total pseudoscience nonsense and that it is also impossible to look at water and transfer your thoughts into it, channeling them into whoever drinks it, he will argue that he knows better. He is always right, according to him. I don’t know who is worse, he or his silly followers who say yes for everything without thought.
Such stubborn narcissists are the opposite of spiritual. Spiritual people don’t dress in fashion clothes. Spiritual people don’t have big egos. They don’t showboat on expensive rides. You won’t find any spirituality at his club. It only breeds ego, anger and hatred.
There were hardly any spiritual responses in the last one year, because that is the true nature of these commercial, shallow, fake spirituality clubs of these dhongi babas. It was just reactionary anger and hatred. You are the very inverted vessels you think others are.
Truth is eternal. Hindus pursue knowledge and understanding of the Truth: the very essence of the universe and the only Reality.
Truth is eternal. That’s by definition. It’s like saying 1 is singular or zero is nothing or infinity is uncountable. It’s the definition. Arguing on that is tautological.
When someone won’t stop talking utter nonsense, stop looking for Truth from him.
How long does it take for people to realize you won’t get truth from an ignorant commercial narcissist? You are not very good at identifying Truth vs. Fraud.
There are many excellent places to understand Truth, but not from some fraud who sells magic rocks and magic beads. That’s superstition, not “Truth”.
People who try to find Truth from mass babas (or mass mullahs or mass pastors) are shallow, ignorant and easily manipulated. They have herd mentality. You can see it below. They will argue against Truth. They will never appreciate it when given to them. They just want the comfort of belief, not truth. It takes courage and wisdom to accept bitter truths.
People who purely “pursue knowledge and understanding of the Truth” don’t give themselves labels.
Troll dimension is trying to come through, or someone with anger issues here ?????????????????
Here are some anger issues.
“you can agree to him or disagree with him, you have no right to tell him shut up. You MF….”
“u r showing hate is unfathomable”
“‘doesn’t even have the courage show her face in her profile”
“author is suffering from ignorance caused by superiority complex.”
“IRRATIONAL ARTICLE…. But not ur fault… Seemingly u don’t have intellect to understand his reasons”
“Thanks for using democracy to puke up your hatred for and ignorance”
“the writer is filled with spite and hate towards sadhguru ji she lost it bcoz of hatred . Sadhguru will not shut if anyone need to shut up its this useless writer . shut up you filth !!”
“I feel disgusted at this article”
That is just a fraction. Talk about triggered. I just adopted a language to match this tone.
One thing that dhongi baba followers lack is self awareness. They never think if what they are accusing others of, applies to them. For example, he can post videos about shutting other people up and his followers will gloat about it, but other people cannot tell him to shut up apparently.
These fake spiritual seekers just boil with hate as soon as anyone points to faults in their nonsense. You guys are so far removed from any possibility of spirituality. You can’t even pretend to suppress your emotions. Your fake master also can’t. Its easy to get him angry too.
One who doesn’t have the intention of knowing arguments will not bring her closer to truth. Maybe Sadhguru is commercial, but certain aspects of experiential reality can not be spoken about and understood by the inexperienced. Experiential truths are commonly misconstrued. The writer is inexperienced in this effect. She uses science like a blind man walking with a stick banging everything. It’s a way to travel. Her way. Don’t mock her. She is too strongly identified with her sex and that has become her existential reality.Let her be. I just want to look at her in her 70’s after she has had her fill with worldly distractions and ask her if she feels the same way.After all sankarcjarya did say” bhaja govindam muddhmate, samprapte sannihitakale nahi nahi rakshati dukrn karane”.
Maybe? All he is is commercial. Do you know how many ads he buys to promote his fake spirituality business? Do you understand what a plush life he demands? He is a pure materialist for his luxuries. Spirituality is for you to empty your pockets to him. How many gold bars did that Kalki guy have? This is just a typical godman scam that is so common in our country, he just did much better advertising. You will agree with me that all other guys are scammers but you are blind to the guy who tricked you.
The author was not talking “experiential truths”. She was observing the clear fact that he is obviously clueless about objective things but won’t shut up about things he has no clue about. If he only talked about “experiential truths”, no one will care. Who am I to care about what happens in your imagination?
But when he starts bullshitting about physics, chemistry, astronomy, psychology, obstetrics, water management, vaccines, you name it, then you know he is just a bullshitter. It is obvious that he is a dumbass banging his stick on everything because you followers are so foolish.
If you follow any of these scammers, your spirituality is not authentic. Don’t lose common sense in the name of spirituality.
Brother your very last sentence pretty much sums up everything and I really liked it! “Don’t lose common sense in the name of spirituality”!
One who doesn’t have the intention of knowing arguments will not bring her closer to truth. Maybe Sadhguru is commercial, but certain aspects of experiential reality can not be spoken about and understood by the inexperienced. Experiential truths are commonly misconstrued. The writer is inexperienced in this effect. She uses science like a blind man walking with a stick banging everything. It’s a way to travel. Her way. Don’t mock her. She is too strongly identified with her sex and that has become her existential reality.Let her be. I just want to look at her in her 70’s after she has had her fill with worldly distractions and ask her if she feels the same way.After all sankarcjarya did say” bhaja govindam muddhmate, samprapte sannihitakale nahi nahi rakshati dukrn karane”.
One who doesn’t have the intention of knowing arguments will not bring her closer to truth. Maybe Sadhguru is commercial, but certain aspects of experiential reality can not be spoken about and understood by the inexperienced. Experiential truths are commonly misconstrued. The writer is inexperienced in this effect. She uses science like a blind man walking with a stick banging everything. It’s a way to travel. Her way. Don’t mock her. She is too strongly identified with her sex and that has become her existential reality.Let her be. I just want to look at her in her 70’s after she has had her fill with worldly distractions and ask her if she feels the same way.After all sankarcjarya did say” bhaja govindam muddhmate, samprapte sannihitakale nahi nahi rakshati dukrn karane”.
Damn! Toxic Feminism at its finest.
A lot of scientists much more educated than you, humble up and listen when Sadhguru is speaking, I thought, thePrint was an organization that had people with a minimal level of maturity. Alas I was wrong.
I am a scientist with a few degrees more than you. His ideas rub me the wrong way too, but never have I thought about insulting him in a way like this.
You are a scientist?!!!!! Ahahahahaha.
Every real scientist who was put on stage with Jackass Jaggi regretted it.
He went to IIT Chennai and bullshitted about water memory in front of chemistry professors.
He went to UN and bullshitted about vaccines and autism in front of Soumya Swaminathan.
He went to some Gynaecology conference and bullshitted about left breast and right breast.
There must be a longer list.
He is a bullshitter who bullshits straight in front of scientists and they don’t know what to do with a confident fool.
Sure, say you have 30 degrees, why just a few? Your don’t have to prove anything. You are also bullshitting just like him. Your whole Isha is full of people like you.