MERCENARIES MASQUERADING AS MESSIAHS

MERCENARIES MASQUERADING AS MESSIAHS 

Fraudulent gurus galore are operating freely, minting millions while fooling people in the name of high-sounding spiritual principles which they themselves do not practise but use to good personal profit-making effect. It is, thus, imperative that the Ramakrishna Mission goes on a war-footing in their propagation programme, much like Swamiji wanted, that aggressive missionary zeal which the founding Āchārya of the Ramakrishna Mission had aspired for, hopefully not in vain. 

Scientific education is the way out, the cultivation of scepticism which Einstein had averred was his birthright, that attribute of investigation and inquiry which is the bedrock of both science and spirituality as was affirmed by Swamiji himself. 

The masses must not be thus deluded by fraudulent gurus who are often bereft of both knowledge and a progressive attitude that would have otherwise helped evolve society along luminous lines, but are regressive and patriarchal in their preaching, quoting for good measure some quaint scriptural passages to suit convenience. The masses are simple, gullible folks who pin implicit faith in these fraudulent pretentious preceptors and are siphoned of money and morality as they are misled by these mercenaries  masquerading as Messiahs. It is a sorry state of affairs indeed, especially as one feels helpless to prevent these fraud gurus from misutilising our Sanātan scriptures to swindle the people through their charging of exorbitant fees for their preaching and teaching programmes. 

Religion should be taught only by qualified gurus who have had spiritual realisations of a high order, if not the ultimate of Ātmajnān, the latter realisation, though, qualifying the preceptor perfectly to preach to his pupils and the people. If commerce dictates spiritual preaching, we are indeed in both a spiritual and a material mess, and the sooner well-intentioned truly honest spiritual personalities and institutions come forward to redress the issue the better. Till then let us put in our individual and collective effort to raise awareness among the masses. Social media provides us a perfect platform to do so. 🕉

Written by Sugata Bose