Refuting Deceptive 'News' About Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba Released On Anti-Sai Websites
MAY 2003
A Visual Guide:
- The Article Is True Or Mostly True And Seems Sincere.
- The Article Has Truths And Untruths And Seems Insincere.
- The Article Is False And Has No Proof To Support It.
- The Article Is Fluff, Filler Stuff, Not Relevant.
SATHYA SAI BABA NEWS (With Updates And Comments):
Widespread Child Labor in Sathya Sai Babas Home State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sathyasaibaba2/message/30739
Comment: A cut and paste from a Yahoo group.
Sai Babas "magnetism"
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/articles/Jorge%20-%20more%20on%20magnetism.htm
Comment: This a very long article by Jorge Reyesvera. Reyesvera plagiarized sections of his article by not giving proper credit (he gives no credit) to the sites where he stole the descriptions of the four physical elementary interactions of nature. I found segments of his descriptions on tiscali.net and dhushara.com. Reyesvera also believes that Sathya Sai Baba's discourses are heavily edited. Despite saying this, Reyesvera then proceeded to cite these heavily edited discourses as Sathya Sai Baba's actual and literal words in Telugu. Consequently, Jorge Reyesvera wasted a lot of time writing his verbose and partially plagiarized article against Sathya Sai Baba.
Sathya Sai Baba and Mata Amritanandamayi: Some Comparative Notes
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/articles/amritan.html
Comment: Brian Steel compared Sathya Sai Baba with Mata Amritananda Mayi Ma (Ammachi).
Concerning "Memories of a still thinking, not quite brainwashed ex-devotee"
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/articles/concerning.html
Comment: Serguei Badaev and Robert Priddy gave their opinions regarding Sathya Sai Baba's discourses and how they think that they are heavily edited. Despite these comments, both Badaev and Priddy heavily rely on the English versions to attribute factual errors directly to Sathya Sai Baba. Click Here to read more about this issue.
How long will Sathya Sai Baba last?
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/articles/howlong.html
Comment: Robert Priddy speculated about Sathya Sai Baba's health. As I have said before (because Priddy keeps repeating himself) Sathya Sai Baba has a very different concept of health than Priddy does. Sathya Sai Baba said health is dependent on mental equanimity and peace of mind. Not on the body. So even with a broken hip, Sathya Sai Baba said he is enjoying perfect health. Robert Priddy cannot fathom this because he spent a majority of his book, Source Of The Dream, whining about his physical health and even attributed a amazing physical healing directly to Sathya Sai Baba.
The Sai Baba magnetic feet and hands farce plays on
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/articles/magneticfeetandhands.html
Comment: Robert Priddy talked about Sathya Sai Baba's alleged magnetism and how some people believe (never heard of any) that Sathya Sai Baba generates a magnetic field due to the gold that churns in his body when he creates a lingam. Of course, this allegation is based on rumor and Priddy cannot factually document or attribute it to any credible source.
Robert Priddy criticized Sathya Sai Baba's discourse in which Baba talked about "magnetism". Since Robert Priddy stated that the English translations to Baba's Telugu discourses are heavily edited and sanitized, he does not argue so much against Baba's words as he does against an editor's edits. Since Sathya Sai Baba spoke about physical magnets and compares it to spiritual magnetism (the ability to draw people through divine power), it is of little wonder that Priddy is so confused. It is clear that the difficult translation to Sathya Sai Baba's discourse brought forth all these points of contention. It is true that electromagnetism and gravity keeps one's foot from sliding when one walks.
Still another edition of Sanathana Sarathi...
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/articles/sanatha.html
Comment: Åsa Samsioe attacked Sathya Sai Baba and comparing him to Jack Kornfield. Åsa Samsioe is the female version of Robert Priddy. She is an extremely negative person who can find nothing better to do than bash Sathya Sai Baba and call him names.
Sequel to a Controversial New York Times Article about Sathya Sai Baba
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/articles/sequel.html
Comment: Brian Steel wrote about the New York Times and an article by Keith Bradsher entitled A Friend in India to All the World.
Brian Steel resorted to group thuggery tactics and made indirect threats of multi-million dollar lawsuits and Supreme Court cases, etc. This in face of the fact that Anti-Sai Activists (who supposedly have all the "evidence"), refuse to file even one court case against Sathya Sai Baba in India. It is indeed disconcerting to see how Anti-Sai Activists become victims to "sheep mentality" and "follow the herd" instead of asserting their intellectual independence and asking the vital and basic questions that are necessary when inquiring about criminal allegations.
Topic: Barry Pittard to Dr. Joop M. Houtkooper, Parapsychologist
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/letters/barryhoutkoper.html
Comment: This link is duplicated from the Letters Section.
Child Molesters & The New York Times
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/letters/childmolesters.html
Comment: This link is duplicated from the Letters Section.
Letter from Glen Meloy to editors of the New York Times.
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/letters/childmolesters.html#b
Comment: This link is duplicated from the Letters Section.
Message sent by the world-wide Association of Unity Churches
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/letters/worldmessage.html
Comment: This link is duplicated from the Letters Section.
Three New Bills in Italy !!!
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/bills.html
Comment: Italy introduced 3 new bills that targets sects and cults. The new bills said nothing about Sathya Sai Baba or the Sathya Sai Organization.
Sathya Sai Baba's support for Hindu political fanatic
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/hindufanatic.html
Comment: This is an article from an Asian newspaper. No link is provided to the original article. Allegedly, a female politician received a multi-gemmed bracelet from Sathya Sai Baba. Of course, the article does not quote the female politician as saying that she received the bracelet from Baba. The writer assumed Baba gave it to her. Why didn't the writer ask instead of speculating?
2nd Request & Addendum to Child ;Molesters & The New York Times
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/months/may02.html#a
Comment: Link does not work.
Minds as hostage
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/minds.html
Comment: Another comment about Italy, sects and cults. Makes no mention to Sathya Sai Baba or the Sathya Sai Organization.
Important new version of Chapter on SSB's Claims by Brian Steel
http://home.hetnet.nl/~ex-baba/engels/shortnews/newversion.html
Comment: A link to Brian Steel's site.