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Title: The Shadow of a God-Man
Subtitle: Exposing Sathya Sai Baba, India's Most Famous Guru
Author: David Lane
Narrator: John Longen
Format: Unabridged
Length: 50 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-27-17
Publisher: MSAC Philosophy Group
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Buddhism & Eastern Religions
Publisher's Summary:
Was Sathya Sai Baba, the world-famous guru from India who just recently died, really an avatar of God, or was he merely a sleight-of-hand magician who deceived millions with his tricks? This critical study provides overwhelming evidence to suggest that Sai Baba was not what he claimed to be.
Members Reviews:
This is a poorly written article, at best, not a book
Some interesting, but woefully incomplete, fragmentary, and poorly edited information. I was expecting a real book, but this is really just a few testimonials preceded by a bit of the author's commentary. In the apparent absence of having had personal experience with the subject, the author should have taken the trouble to do more research and include a wider breadth of testimonials, and then offered more of an in-depth analysis of current and former devotees' experiences. In short, he should have taken the trouble to write a real book before putting it up for sale on Amazon. Given the fact that he has written other books which look to be substantive contributions to the literature of spirituality, I can't help but wonder what his motivation was for putting this inadequate, much too-brief and poorly prepared volume up for sale on Amazon.
Discerment on Spiritual Matters
we learn to be non-judgmental but should also develop discernment on spiritual matters and let the Holy Spirit guide us on the right Way
Avatar of shadows
David C Lane is a cult-watcher, cult-buster, skeptic and former supporter of the Radhasoami tradition within Hinduism. His most interesting book is âThe Unknowing Sageâ and deals with the life and teachings of Baba Faqir Chand, a somewhat unusual Indian guru. Otherwise, I think Lane is mostly known for his polemics against Radhasoami and its American off-shots Eckankar and MSIA, and his interactions with Ken Wilber.
This little e-book deals with another Indian spiritual teacher whom Lane has been heavily involved in exposing: Sathya Sai Baba. The material is badly edited, but could be useful if you never heard of Sai Baba before, or if the only thing you ever read about him was uncritically positive. Sai Baba, based in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, claimed to be a genuine divine incarnation and had millions of devotees. For some reason, Sai Baba was also popular in the Western world, with the media often mentioning his âmiraclesâ, which included materializations of sacred ash, wristwatches and rings for the benefit of his disciples. Naturally, he was accused of cheating by the skeptics. An Icelandic parapsychologist wrote an entire book discussing the pros and cons of the god-man's miracles.
Later, more serious allegations were made. Many ex-devotees accused Sai Baba of being a pedophile and pederast. In India, Sai Baba was supported by rich families and had political contacts with both presidents and prime ministers. This web of corruption shielded him from all prosecution. When Lane began exposing the rogue guru on the web, a prominent Indian politician managed to get one of his websites removed. Lane was eventually forced to drop out of the baba-bashing business due to serious death threats. However, both India Today and the BBC have run exposés on Sai Baba since then, so today nobody with access to the web can plead ignorance concerning the grave allegations against the man.