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class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">Sahaja Yoga</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nirmala_Srivastava" title="Nirmala Srivastava">Nirmala Srivastava</a> (aka Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">5 May 1970</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Practice emphases</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Kundalini_energy" class="mw-redirect" title="Kundalini energy">kundalini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation">meditation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Self-realization" title="Self-realization">self-realization</a><sup id="cite_ref-sahajayoga_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sahajayoga-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sahaja Yoga (सहज योग)</b> is a religion founded in 1970 by <a href="/wiki/Nirmala_Srivastava" title="Nirmala Srivastava">Nirmala Srivastava</a> (1923–2011).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nirmala Srivastava is known as Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (trans: <i>Revered Immaculate Mother</i>) or simply as "Mother" by her followers, who are called Sahaja yogis.<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Practitioners believe that during meditation they experience a state of self-realization produced by <a href="/wiki/Kundalini" title="Kundalini">kundalini</a> awakening, and that this is accompanied by the experience of thoughtless awareness or mental silence.<sup id="cite_ref-Sahaja_Yoga_Book_1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sahaja_Yoga_Book_1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shri Mataji described Sahaja Yoga as the pure, universal religion integrating all other religions.<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She claimed that she was a divine incarnation,<sup id="cite_ref-inform_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inform-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> more precisely an <a href="/wiki/Incarnation" title="Incarnation">incarnation</a> of the Holy Spirit, or the <a href="/wiki/Adi-shakti" class="mw-redirect" title="Adi-shakti">Adi Shakti</a> of the Hindu tradition, the great mother goddess who had come to save humanity.<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kakar_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kakar-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is also how she is regarded by most of her devotees.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sahaja Yoga has sometimes been characterized as a <a href="/wiki/Cult" title="Cult">cult</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-be-advisory_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-be-advisory-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-jma_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jma-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2></div> <p>The word '<a href="/wiki/Sahaja" title="Sahaja">Sahaja</a>' in Sanskrit has two components: 'Saha' is 'with' and 'ja' is 'born'.<sup id="cite_ref-inform_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inform-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>A Dictionary of Buddhism</i> gives the literal translation of Sahaja as "innate" and defines it as "denoting the natural presence of enlightenment (bodhi) or purity",<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">Yoga</a> means <i>union</i> <i>with the divine</i> and refers to a spiritual path or a state of spiritual absorption. According to a book published by Sahaja Yogis, Sahaja Yoga means <i>spontaneous</i> and <i>born with you</i> meaning that the kundalini is born within us and can be awakened spontaneously, without effort.<sup id="cite_ref-Sahaja_Yoga_Book_1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sahaja_Yoga_Book_1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The term 'Sahaja Yoga' goes back at least to the 15th Century Indian mystic <a href="/wiki/Kabir" title="Kabir">Kabir</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has also been used to refer to <a href="/wiki/Surat_Shabd_Yoga" title="Surat Shabd Yoga">Surat Shabd Yoga</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/hi/dictionary/hindi-english/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%9C">Sahaja</a> can also mean 'comfortable', 'natural', or 'uncomplicated' in Hindi. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <p>Before starting Sahaja Yoga, Srivastava had a reputation as a spiritual healer.<sup id="cite_ref-kakar_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kakar-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 211–212">: 211–212 </span></sup> In 1970, with a small group of devotees around her, she began spreading her message of Sahaja Yoga in India. As she moved with her husband to London, UK, she continued her religious activities there, and the movement grew and spread throughout Europe, by the mid-80's reaching North America. In 1989, Shri Mataji made her first trip to Russia and Eastern Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She did not charge for her classes, insisting that her lesson was a birthright which should be freely available to all.<sup id="cite_ref-funding_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-funding-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2021, Sahaja Yoga has centers in at least 69 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Beliefs_and_practices">Beliefs and practices</h2></div> <p>The movement claims Sahaja Yoga is different from other yoga/meditations because it begins with self realization through kundalini awakening rather than as a result of performing <a href="/wiki/Kriya" class="mw-redirect" title="Kriya">kriya</a> techniques or <a href="/wiki/Asanas" class="mw-redirect" title="Asanas">asanas</a>. This self realization is said to be made possible by the presence of Srivastava often through a photograph of her.<sup id="cite_ref-Sahaja_Yoga_Book_1_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sahaja_Yoga_Book_1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The teachings, practices and beliefs of Sahaja Yoga are mainly <a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hindu</a>-based, with a predominance of elements from mystical traditions, as well as local customs of India.<sup id="cite_ref-kakar_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kakar-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are however elements of <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a> origin, such as the eternal battle between good and evil.<sup id="cite_ref-kakar_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kakar-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> References to a variety of other religious, spiritual, mystical as well as modern scientific frameworks are also interwoven in Srivastava's teachings, although to a lesser degree.<sup id="cite_ref-kakar_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kakar-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Religious sociologist Judith Coney<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> has reported facing a challenge in getting behind what she called "the public facade" of Sahaja Yoga.<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 214">: 214 </span></sup> She described Sahaja yogis as adopting a low profile with uncommitted individuals to avoid unnecessary conflict.<sup id="cite_ref-cnr_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cnr-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coney observed that the movement tolerates a variety of world views and levels of commitment with some practitioners choosing to remain on the periphery.<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kundalini">Kundalini</h3></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Kundalini" title="Kundalini">Kundalini</a></div> <p>Within the Indian mystic tradition, kundalini awakening has long been a much sought-after goal that was thought rare and hard to attain.<sup id="cite_ref-kakar_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kakar-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sahaja Yoga is distinctive in claiming to offer a quick and easy path to such an awakening.<sup id="cite_ref-kakar_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kakar-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Meditation">Meditation</h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Meditation" title="Meditation">Meditation</a> is one of the foundational rituals within Sahaja Yoga.<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 71">: 71 </span></sup> The technique taught emphasises the state of "thoughtless-awareness" that is said to be achieved.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Role_of_women">Role of women</h3></div> <p>Judith Coney has written that in general, Nirmala Srivastava's vision for the role of women within Sahaja Yoga was one of "feminine domesticity and compliance".<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 125">: 125 </span></sup> </p><p>Some parents of Sahaja 'yogists', analyzing Nirmala Srivastava's remarks, noted that women play a subordinate role.<sup id="cite_ref-jma_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jma-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The texts of Nirmala Srivastava say that "if you are a woman and you want to dominate, then Sahaja Yoga will have difficulty in curing you" and that women should be "docile" and "domestic".<sup id="cite_ref-jma_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jma-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Judith Coney writes that women "are valued as mothers and wives but are limited to these roles and are not encouraged to be active or powerful, except within the domestic sphere and behind the scenes".<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 125">: 125 </span></sup> </p><p>Coney has observed that "Gender roles for women and men within Sahaja Yoga are clearly specified and highly segregated, and positions of authority in the group are held almost exclusively by the men".<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 119">: 119 </span></sup> Coney writes that the ideal of womanhood promoted within Sahaja Yoga draws both on the ideal wifely qualities of the goddess <a href="/wiki/Lakshmi" title="Lakshmi">Lakshmi</a> and on wider Hindu traditions. Coney believes these traditions are summed up in <a href="/wiki/Manusmriti" title="Manusmriti">"The Code of Manu"</a> which holds that woman should be honoured and adorned but kept dependent on men in the family. Women are also described in this book as "dangerous" and needing to be guarded from temptation.<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 121">: 121 </span></sup> </p><p>Coney has written that Nirmala Srivastava did not display consistent views on women but gave a number of messages about the status of women. On the one hand she said women are not inferior but described the sexes as complementary. Describing the man as the head of the family, she likened the woman's status to the heart: "The head always feels he decides, but the brain always knows that is the heart one has to cater, it is the heart which is all-pervading, it is the real source of everything".<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 122">: 122 </span></sup> She regretted what she saw as the loss of respect for women in society in both the East and West. However, she viewed Western <a href="/wiki/Feminism" title="Feminism">feminism</a> suspiciously, seeing it as a "route to damnation" because it required women to deviate from what she thought was their true nature.<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 123">: 123 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Family">Family</h3></div> <p>Human rights lawyer Sylvie Langlaude has described the configuration of families within Sahaja Yoga as having "a distinctive image and model of childhood", noting that from birth children become familiarised with the movement's beliefs and Nirmala Srivastava's status by being closely involved in its day-to-day rituals including meditation, foot-soaking, and devotional singing. This is in line with the other religions Langlaude examined, who concluded that "almost all traditions include informal nurturing within the family and slightly more formal nurturing within a religious community", and that children "are also initiated by their parents to a number of initiation rituals and to ceremonies and festivals."<sup id="cite_ref-law_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-law-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_subtle_system_–_chakras_and_nadis"><span id="The_subtle_system_.E2.80.93_chakras_and_nadis"></span>The subtle system – chakras and nadis</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DiagrammaChakraKundalini.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/DiagrammaChakraKundalini.jpg/170px-DiagrammaChakraKundalini.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="192" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/DiagrammaChakraKundalini.jpg/255px-DiagrammaChakraKundalini.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/DiagrammaChakraKundalini.jpg 2x" data-file-width="310" data-file-height="350" /></a><figcaption>Chakra Kundalini Diagram</figcaption></figure> <p>Sahaja Yoga believes that in addition to our physical body there is a <a href="/wiki/Subtle_body" title="Subtle body">subtle body</a> composed of <a href="/wiki/Nadis" class="mw-redirect" title="Nadis">nadis</a> (channels) and <a href="/wiki/Chakras" class="mw-redirect" title="Chakras">chakras</a> (energy centres). Nirmala Srivastava equates the Sushumna <a href="/wiki/Nadi_(yoga)" title="Nadi (yoga)">nadi</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Parasympathetic_nervous_system" title="Parasympathetic nervous system">parasympathetic nervous system</a>, the Ida nadi with the left and the Pingala nadi with the right sides of the sympathetic nervous system. Psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar writes that Nirmala Srivastava's additions to this widespread traditional '<a href="/wiki/Tantra" title="Tantra">tantric</a>' model include giving it a scientific, neurological veneer, an elaboration of the health aspects and an introduction of notions of traditional Christian morality.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chakras do not physically exist<sup id="cite_ref-Shermer_2002_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shermer_2002-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but in a variety of ancient meditation practices they are believed to be part of the subtle body.<sup id="cite_ref-Sharma2006p193_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sharma2006p193-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Apostasy">Apostasy</h3></div> <p>In common with similar movements, most people who have left the Sahaja Yoga movement do not describe their experience as being unremittingly negative, often finding something positive they can say.<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 184">: 184 </span></sup> Nevertheless, in interviews with ex-members Judith Coney heard various complaints, including that they had experienced unwanted <a href="/wiki/Arranged_marriage" title="Arranged marriage">arranged marriage</a>, had been dismayed by the difference between the reality of the movement and what they had expected, and had found their time in the movement frightening.<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 182">: 182 </span></sup> </p><p>The ex-members who believed they had gained some form of supernatural protection from being in the movement were generally fearful of being exposed to retribution for having left, perhaps in the form of a <a href="/wiki/Terminal_illness" title="Terminal illness">terminal illness</a> or fatal accident.<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 180">: 180 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Eschatology">Eschatology</h3></div> <p>Within the Sahaja Yoga belief system, because we are in the final phase of the world (<a href="/wiki/Kali_Yuga" title="Kali Yuga">Kali Yuga</a>) before the <a href="/wiki/Apocalypse" title="Apocalypse">apocalypse</a>, the Earth is rich in <a href="/wiki/Demon" title="Demon">demons</a>, who use <a href="/wiki/Satan" title="Satan">satanic</a> forces to <a href="/wiki/Demonic_possession" class="mw-redirect" title="Demonic possession">possess</a> people, impersonate <a href="/wiki/Guru" title="Guru">gurus</a>, and spread evil.<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 40">: 40 </span></sup> </p><p>Judith Coney writes that Nirmala Srivastava claimed to be <a href="/wiki/Adi_Shakti" class="mw-redirect" title="Adi Shakti">Adi Shakti</a>, who had returned to earth to save it from "demonic influences."<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 93">: 93 </span></sup> </p><p>Coney writes that Nirmala Srivastava identified what she saw as increased decadence in society as the work of demons "intent on dragging human beings to hell".<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 123">: 123 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2></div> <p><b>Vishwa Nirmala Dharma</b> (trans: Universal Pure Religion, also known as <b>Sahaja Yoga International</b>) is the organizational part of the movement. It is a registered organization in countries such as Colombia,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the United States of America,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Austria.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is registered as a religion in Spain.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Membership_statistics">Membership statistics</h3></div> <p>There are no available statistical data about Sahaja Yoga membership. In 2001, the number of core members worldwide was estimated to be 10,000, in addition to 100,000 practitioners more or less in the periphery.<sup id="cite_ref-inform_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inform-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are varying reports about the movement's distribution worldwide. According to the Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi Sahaja Yoga World Foundation, Sahaja Yoga centers are established in over 140 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a news article in Indian Express published on the occasion of Srivastava's death in 2011, however, Sahaja Yoga centers were said to exist in 140 countries.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_Sahaja_Public_School">International Sahaja Public School</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/International_Sahaja_Public_School" title="International Sahaja Public School">International Sahaja Public School</a></div> <p>The International Sahaja Public School in <a href="/wiki/Dharamsala,_Himachal_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh">Dharamsala</a> founded in 1990, teaches around 250 international students annually as of 1999<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sahaja_Yoga&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, and has accepted children from the age of 6.<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 159">: 159 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yuvashakti">Yuvashakti</h3></div> <p>Sahaja Yoga's youth movement is called "Yuvashakti" (also "Nirmal Shakti Yuva Sangha"), from the Sanskrit words Yuva (Youth) and <a href="/wiki/Shakti" title="Shakti">Shakti</a> (Power). </p><p>The movement is active in forums such as the World Youth Conference<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/TakingITGlobal" title="TakingITGlobal">TakingITGlobal</a> which aim at discussing global issues, and ways of solving them. </p><p>The Yuvashakti participated in the 2000 "Civil Society & Governance Project"<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in which they were "instrumental in reaching out to women from the poor communities and providing them with work". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vishwa_Nirmal_Prem_Ashram">Vishwa Nirmal Prem Ashram</h3></div> <p>The <i>Vishwa Nirmala Prem Ashram</i> is a not-for profit project by the NGO <b>Vishwa Nirmala Dharma</b> (Sahaja Yoga International) located in Noida, <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, opened in 2003. The ashram is a "facility where women and girls are rehabilitated by being taught meditation and other skills that help them overcome trauma".<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Funding">Funding</h3></div> <p>According to the dictates of their founder, the methods for practicing Sahaja Yoga are made available free of charge to those interested. Nevertheless, according to the official Sahaja Yoga website there is a fee for attending international <a href="/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism)" title="Puja (Hinduism)">pujas</a> to cover costs.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to author <a href="/wiki/David_V._Barrett" title="David V. Barrett">David V. Barrett</a>, "Shri Mataji neither charged for her lectures nor for her ability to give Self Realization, nor does one have to become a member of this organization. She insisted that one cannot pay for enlightenment and she continued to denounce the <a href="/wiki/False_self" class="mw-redirect" title="False self">false self</a>-proclaimed 'gurus' who are more interested in the seekers' purse than their spiritual ascent".<sup id="cite_ref-barrett_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barrett-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cult_classification">Cult classification</h2></div> <p>Cult expert <a href="/wiki/Jean-Marie_Abgrall" title="Jean-Marie Abgrall">Jean-Marie Abgrall</a> has written that Sahaja Yoga exhibits the classic characteristics of a cult in the way it conditions its members.<sup id="cite_ref-jma_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jma-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These include having a god-like leader, disrupting existing relationships, and promising security and specific benefits while demanding loyalty and financial support.<sup id="cite_ref-jma_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jma-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Abgrall writes that the true activities of the cult are hidden behind the projection of a positive image and an explicit statement that "Sahaja yoga is not a cult".<sup id="cite_ref-jma_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jma-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Judith Coney has written that members "disguised some of their beliefs" from non-members.<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 214">: 214 </span></sup> Coney writes people who had left the movement welcomed the chance to talk to her as an independent researcher, but that some were fearful of reprisals if they did so, and others found their experiences too painful to revisit.<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 214">: 214 </span></sup> Most were unwilling to talk to her "on the record".<sup id="cite_ref-coney1999_3-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-coney1999-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 214">: 214 </span></sup> </p><p>An "A-Z of cults" in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> reported that adherents of Sahaja Yoga found a cult designation "particularly offensive" but that the movement had been plagued by accounts of children being separated from their parents and of large financial donations made to Nirmala Srivastava.<sup id="cite_ref-az_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-az-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Independent" title="The Independent">The Independent</a></i> reported the allegation made by some ex-members, that Sahaja Yoga is a cult which aims to control the minds of its members.<sup id="cite_ref-indy-cult_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indy-cult-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ex-members said that the organisation insists all family ties are broken and all communication with them cease, that crying children can be seen as being possessed by demons, that negative and positive vibrations need "clearing", and that being a member of the group is very expensive.<sup id="cite_ref-indy-cult_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indy-cult-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Record_(Bergen_County)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Record (Bergen County)">The Record</a></i> reported that some critics who feel that the group is a cult have started their own websites.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005 the Belgian State organisation IACSSO (<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informatie-_en_Adviescentrum_inzake_schadelijke_sektarische_organisaties" class="extiw" title="nl:Informatie- en Adviescentrum inzake schadelijke sektarische organisaties">Informatie- en Adviescentrum inzake de Schadelijke Sektarische Organisaties</a>) issued an advisory against Sahaja Yoga.<sup id="cite_ref-final-judgement_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-final-judgement-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The advisory categorizes Sahaja Yoga as a <a href="/wiki/Syncretism" title="Syncretism">synretic</a> cult ("syncretische cultus") based on the Hindu tradition, and warns that the recruitment techniques used by Sahaja Yoga pose a risk to the public in general and young people in particular.<sup id="cite_ref-be-advisory_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-be-advisory-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sahaja Yoga Belgium sued IACSSO and preliminary rulings were found in their favour, adjudging that Sahaja Yoga was "not a cult".<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, on appeal in 2011 these preliminary rulings were overturned and in a final judgement it was found that Sahaja Yoga had been unable to refute IACSSO's statements.<sup id="cite_ref-final-judgement_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-final-judgement-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, <i><a href="/wiki/De_Morgen" title="De Morgen">De Morgen</a></i> reported that the Belgian Department of State Security monitors how often politicians are contacted and lobbied by organizations. The list of organizations includes Sahaja Yoga.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001, The <i><a href="/wiki/London_Evening_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="London Evening Standard">Evening Standard</a></i> reported that Sahaja Yoga has been "described as a dangerous cult" and "has a dissident website created by former members". The reporter, <a href="/wiki/John_Crace_(writer)" title="John Crace (writer)">John Crace</a>, wrote about an event he attended and noted that a Sahaja Yoga representative asked him to feel free to talk to whomever he wanted. He remarked, "Either their openness is a PR <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/charm_offensive" class="extiw" title="wikt:charm offensive">charm offensive</a>, or they genuinely have nothing to hide." He proposed that "one of the key definitions of a cult is the rigour with which it strives to recruit new members" and concluded that there was no aggressive recruitment squeeze.<sup id="cite_ref-eveningstandard_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eveningstandard-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/David_V._Barrett" title="David V. Barrett">David V. Barrett</a> wrote that some former members say that they were expelled from the movement because they "resisted influence that Mataji had over their lives". According to Barrett, the movement's founder's degree of control over members' lives has given rise to concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-barrett_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-barrett-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Austrian Ministry for Environment, Youth and Family states that "Sahaja Yoga" regards Nirmala Srivastava as an authority who cannot be questioned.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-sahajayoga-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sahajayoga_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111119205947/http://www.sahajayoga.org/experienceitnow/">"Experience Your Self Realization"</a>. <i>sahajayoga.org</i>. 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Sahaja Yoga v. Sahaja Yoga Ex-Members Network and SD Montford' Case No. D 2001-0467"</a>. <a href="/wiki/World_Intellectual_Property_Organization" title="World Intellectual Property Organization">WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center</a>. 16 June 2001.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Administrative+Panel+Decision+%27Vishwa+Nirmala+Dharma+a.k.a.+Sahaja+Yoga+v.+Sahaja+Yoga+Ex-Members+Network+and+SD+Montford%27+Case+No.+D+2001-0467&rft.pub=WIPO+Arbitration+and+Mediation+Center&rft.date=2001-06-16&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wipo.int%2Famc%2Fen%2Fdomains%2Fdecisions%2Fhtml%2F2001%2Fd2001-0467.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASahaja+Yoga" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-law-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-law_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSylvie_Langlaude2007" class="citation book cs1">Sylvie Langlaude (2007). 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