Seva Lamberdar wrote:may be the lingayats are trying to follow the example of sai-babies who talk and preach as being different from Hindus and having no other deity except sai baba (who used to regurgitate "lingas" to give to devotees).

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:may be the lingayats are trying to follow the example of sai-babies who talk and preach as being different from Hindus and having no other deity except sai baba (who used to regurgitate "lingas" to give to devotees).

No. There is a violent history to the Lingayat cult. Basava was their founder (12th century). There is no need to call them a different religion. If Followers of Sankara, Madhva, Ramanuja, Vallabha, Ramakrishna, etc., can call themselves Hindu, why can't followers of Basava? In K'taka, Lingayats are a vote bank and politicians go berserk ars-licking.......

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:may be the lingayats are trying to follow the example of sai-babies who talk and preach as being different from Hindus and having no other deity except sai baba (who used to regurgitate "lingas" to give to devotees).

No. There is a violent history to the Lingayat cult. Basava was their founder (12th century). There is no need to call them a different religion. If Followers of Sankara, Madhva, Ramanuja, Vallabha, Ramakrishna, etc., can call themselves Hindu, why can't followers of Basava? In K'taka, Lingayats are a vote bank and politicians go berserk ars-licking.......

The only ones that will benefit from the behavior of Lingayats are Aurangazeb's sishyas, Commies and Christian fanatics because they benefit if the Hindu vote splits (which is what CONmen achieved to satisfy their vote banks - monomaniacs and Dalits). Lingayats harp about the evils of the caste system but don't realize that their sectarian violence in the past was much worse. Strange that they want to recreate that.

Seva Lamberdar wrote:
Vishwaroopa / Virataroopa
(source: https://sites.google.com/site/primalsource/as-vishvarupa)

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:https://sites.google.com/site/primalsource/_/rsrc/1468850361108/as-vishvarupa/Vishvaroopa.jpg ---- Vishwaroopa / Virataroopa
(source: https://sites.google.com/site/primalsource/as-vishvarupa)

Well, anyone can photo-shop his/her picture on this. Laloo is good at manipulating pictures. Even Mayawati, Jagan, Maran, Mamata, et al., can do it. Soonya can insert her picture and sell the posters - I bet Sikularists like Rashmun will post it in his bedroom.......

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:

Seva Lamberdar wrote:https://sites.google.com/site/primalsource/_/rsrc/1468850361108/as-vishvarupa/Vishvaroopa.jpg   ---- Vishwaroopa / Virataroopa
(source: https://sites.google.com/site/primalsource/as-vishvarupa)

Well, anyone can photo-shop his/her picture on this. Laloo is good at manipulating pictures. Even Mayawati, Jagan, Maran, Mamata, et al., can do it. Soonya can insert her picture and sell the posters - I bet Sikularists like Rashmun will post it in his bedroom.......

The picture-posters with the above (Vishwaroopa) image of Sai Baba were already used for the past 15 yrs. or so  by the devotes when he was still living. I myself saw one such picture-poster in a shop in Dharamshala in 2005-06 and came to the conclusion that it probably was with the knowledge / permission of Sai Baba.

Propagandhi711 wrote:this always bugged me since school days: so saibaba throws up lingas/lingums at demos...which means he must have swallowed a whole bunch of them at some point? he must have been quite the gobbler..

smArtha wrote:

Propagandhi711 wrote:this always bugged me since school days: so saibaba throws up lingas/lingums at demos...which means he must have swallowed a whole bunch of them at some point? he must have been quite the gobbler..

One interesting thing about Sai Baba's devotees is that prior to the 90s all his divinity proofs were about the miracles - sacred ash, watches, rings, bracelets and the lingams he'd manifest out of thin air or wherever. A couple of media exposes in the 90s turned the whole organization to start emphasizing the philanthropic activities and leave the miracles to those leaning or already in the camp.

smArtha wrote:

Propagandhi711 wrote:this always bugged me since school days: so saibaba throws up lingas/lingums at demos...which means he must have swallowed a whole bunch of them at some point? he must have been quite the gobbler..

One interesting thing about Sai Baba's devotees is that prior to the 90s all his divinity proofs were about the miracles - sacred ash, watches, rings, bracelets and the lingams he'd manifest out of thin air or wherever. A couple of media exposes in the 90s turned the whole organization to start emphasizing the philanthropic activities and leave the miracles to those leaning or already in the camp.

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:

smArtha wrote:

Propagandhi711 wrote:this always bugged me since school days: so saibaba throws up lingas/lingums at demos...which means he must have swallowed a whole bunch of them at some point? he must have been quite the gobbler..

One interesting thing about Sai Baba's devotees is that prior to the 90s all his divinity proofs were about the miracles - sacred ash, watches, rings, bracelets and the lingams he'd manifest out of thin air or wherever. A couple of media exposes in the 90s turned the whole organization to start emphasizing the philanthropic activities and leave the miracles to those leaning or already in the camp.

His organization did philanthropy and social work. For example, he was actively involved in the Telugu Ganga project.

smArtha wrote:

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:

smArtha wrote:

Propagandhi711 wrote:this always bugged me since school days: so saibaba throws up lingas/lingums at demos...which means he must have swallowed a whole bunch of them at some point? he must have been quite the gobbler..

One interesting thing about Sai Baba's devotees is that prior to the 90s all his divinity proofs were about the miracles - sacred ash, watches, rings, bracelets and the lingams he'd manifest out of thin air or wherever. A couple of media exposes in the 90s turned the whole organization to start emphasizing the philanthropic activities and leave the miracles to those leaning or already in the camp.

His organization did philanthropy and social work. For example, he was actively involved in the Telugu Ganga project.

I am not discounting that. They did and continue to do so indeed. But they had shifted from miracles as the main marketing element of Swami's Divinity to philanthropy in the 90s. This was probably in response to a few media exposes and some open challenges by magicians/rationalists.

Seva Lamberdar wrote:

smArtha wrote:

Propagandhi711 wrote:this always bugged me since school days: so saibaba throws up lingas/lingums at demos...which means he must have swallowed a whole bunch of them at some point? he must have been quite the gobbler..

One interesting thing about Sai Baba's devotees is that prior to the 90s all his divinity proofs were about the miracles - sacred ash, watches, rings, bracelets and the lingams he'd manifest out of thin air or wherever. A couple of media exposes in the 90s turned the whole organization to start emphasizing the philanthropic activities and leave the miracles to those leaning or already in the camp.

btw, if only these babas, gurus and swamis could guide people to look directly into the Bhagavad Gita (Ch. 6) and practice Yoga accordingly step-by-step, there might be less wasting of time, effort and money in learning and pursuing Yoga (http://www.geocities.ws/lamberdar/yoga.html).