I was going through Quora and found an interesting question - "what is the difference between Art of Living and Isha Foundation?"
I too had been thinking about it. One person I know who has attended yoga programs by both Sri Sri Ravishankar and Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is 'My dad'. He vouches for both of them in the same tone though!
Both organizations have been doing tremendous service on the spiritual plane as well as social sectors. I have already covered extensively on the social work done by Isha Foundation. For those who do not about AOL (Art of Living) doing social projects, they have been active on:
- Women empowerment
- Rural Health management
- Training unskilled youth
- Tree plantations
- River & Lake cleaning activities, etc.
Quite a bucketful of things but they have been successfully doing this involving millions of people. There was one thing that stood as odd-man-out in my research though!
That AOL seemed to be jealous of the visibility Isha Foundation was getting!
I had heard rumours about it earlier but dismissed them off since they were just that - rumours. And I had not seen any visible proof of that, till recently.
The recent incidents with launch of 'Rally For Rivers' by Isha Foundation and it going viral with national media, celebrities and public alike seems to have irked a feather or two in AOL. Two of AOL's most prominent teachers took to Twitter trying to bully Isha Foundation and were promptly thrashed by Twitterati.
A similar attempt earlier had met the same fate, but that did not deter 'Bawa' who teaches 'World Unity' from taking a dig again!
This is a clear sign of desperation from AOL!!
The fate of such posts on Facebook was no different ..
To their credit, Isha Foundation has not gotten back at AOL with neither any official response nor unofficial to such pokes & digs.
One of the main reasons why India was conquered by Muslim invaders and the British was lack of unity internally. Phenomenal empires have succumbed to external armies simply because of this factor.
We Indians conveniently forget our history too soon .. or have been trained to be so under our Left-masters. When are these lost lessons from history going to be ingrained?
The cause of 'Rally For Rivers' is a great one and is in fact something that AOL has been working on, at a low key probably. The fact that Isha Foundation has given amplification to this cause does not demean AOL's work in that area. Whoever gets the job done most will be naturally recognized by the public. If AOL truly stands by the cause, it is best they join hands with Isha Foundation to make it even bigger and ensure action for public welfare bringing in all their influence too.
The vultures (Christian Missionaries and Separatist forces) are just waiting outside the camp to see the Hindu forces fall so they can feast on their carcasses. I hope AOL is listening and stop quibbing about such things. It makes them unpopular, unnecessarily in the online world and does not help the cause of Hindu culture.
I too had been thinking about it. One person I know who has attended yoga programs by both Sri Sri Ravishankar and Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is 'My dad'. He vouches for both of them in the same tone though!
Both organizations have been doing tremendous service on the spiritual plane as well as social sectors. I have already covered extensively on the social work done by Isha Foundation. For those who do not about AOL (Art of Living) doing social projects, they have been active on:
- Women empowerment
- Rural Health management
- Training unskilled youth
- Tree plantations
- River & Lake cleaning activities, etc.
Quite a bucketful of things but they have been successfully doing this involving millions of people. There was one thing that stood as odd-man-out in my research though!
That AOL seemed to be jealous of the visibility Isha Foundation was getting!
I had heard rumours about it earlier but dismissed them off since they were just that - rumours. And I had not seen any visible proof of that, till recently.
The recent incidents with launch of 'Rally For Rivers' by Isha Foundation and it going viral with national media, celebrities and public alike seems to have irked a feather or two in AOL. Two of AOL's most prominent teachers took to Twitter trying to bully Isha Foundation and were promptly thrashed by Twitterati.
A similar attempt earlier had met the same fate, but that did not deter 'Bawa' who teaches 'World Unity' from taking a dig again!
This is a clear sign of desperation from AOL!!
The fate of such posts on Facebook was no different ..
To their credit, Isha Foundation has not gotten back at AOL with neither any official response nor unofficial to such pokes & digs.
One of the main reasons why India was conquered by Muslim invaders and the British was lack of unity internally. Phenomenal empires have succumbed to external armies simply because of this factor.
We Indians conveniently forget our history too soon .. or have been trained to be so under our Left-masters. When are these lost lessons from history going to be ingrained?
The cause of 'Rally For Rivers' is a great one and is in fact something that AOL has been working on, at a low key probably. The fact that Isha Foundation has given amplification to this cause does not demean AOL's work in that area. Whoever gets the job done most will be naturally recognized by the public. If AOL truly stands by the cause, it is best they join hands with Isha Foundation to make it even bigger and ensure action for public welfare bringing in all their influence too.
The vultures (Christian Missionaries and Separatist forces) are just waiting outside the camp to see the Hindu forces fall so they can feast on their carcasses. I hope AOL is listening and stop quibbing about such things. It makes them unpopular, unnecessarily in the online world and does not help the cause of Hindu culture.
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Just because bawa has posted something, does that mean it's degrading AOL
ReplyDeleteDid Sri Sri speak up on this , only then it could talk about AOL, bawa is not representing AOL. He is a teacher yes, but not the authority. It was his opinion. Why take it to the whole organisation.