Wait - Lying, Cheating, Exploitation, Violence, Prostitution - Didn't Spirituality End All That?

"Angry villagers have ransacked the headquarters of one of India’s most famous 'swamis' — or Hindu holy men — after local television stations broadcast footage that appeared to show him cavorting in bed with two women.

Paramhamsa Nityananda, who claims two million followers in 33 countries, was not present when the villagers stormed the sprawling retreat about 19 miles from the southern city of Bangalore on Wednesday, according to local police.

They said that 100 officers had been deployed to protect the ashram, which is home to many Indian and Western devotees, and has been visited by several prominent Indian politicians.

Nityananda — whose Life Bliss Foundation was founded in 2003 and now has 11 ashrams around India and 26 in foreign countries, including one in London — appears to have gone into hiding.

The attack came less than a week after police in Delhi arrested another Hindu guru on suspicion of using his ashram as a front for a high-class prostitution racket involving airline hostesses and college girls."

-- The Times of London