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| '''Sadhguru''' (born '''Jagadish "Jaggi" Vasudev''', 3 September 1957) is an Indian guru and founder of the ], based in ], India. The foundation, established in 1992, operates an ] and yoga centre that carries out educational and spiritual activities. Sadhguru has been teaching ] since 1982. He is the author of the '']'' bestsellers '']'' and ''Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny'', and a frequent speaker at international forums. | |||
| '''Jaggi Vasudev''' (born ], 3 September 1957), popularly known as '''Sadhguru''', is an Indian ], ]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/don-t-vote-as-part-of-a-tribe-sadhguru-jaggi-vasudev-tells-americans-116101600189_1.html|title=Don't vote as part of a tribe, Jaggi Vasudev tells Americans|last=IANS|date=2016-10-09|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2017-06-30}}</ref> and ] author.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/10/09/advice-how-to-and-miscellaneous|title=New York Times Bestsellers - Advice, How-To|last=|date=2016-10-09|work=]|access-date=2018-05-09}}</ref> He founded the ], a non-profit organization which offers ] programs around the world<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-most-powerful-indians-in-2009-8084/432810/ |title=The most powerful Indians in 2009: 80–84 |date=9 March 2009 |accessdate=25 January 2011 |publisher=]}}</ref> and is involved in social outreach,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/Jaggi-Vasudev-in-city-on-May-7/articleshow/4431480.cms? |title=Jaggi Vasudev in city on May 7 |date=21 April 2009 |work=Times of India |access-date=4 October 2017}}</ref> education<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/isha-vidhya-to-extend-support-to-3000-govt-schools-in-chittoor/article17406667.ece |title=Isha Vidhya to extend support to 3,000 govt. schools in Chittoor |date=4 March 2017 |work=The Hindu |access-date=4 October 2017}}</ref> and environmental initiatives.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/green-initiatives-mark-world-environment-day/article18725892.ece |title=Green initiatives mark World Environment Day |date=6 June 2017 |work=The Hindu |access-date=4 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/next-step-the-making-of-a-river-rejuvenation-policy/articleshow/60917666.cms |title=Next step, the making of a river rejuvenation policy |date=3 October 2017 |work=Times of India |access-date=4 October 2017}}</ref> | |||
| Sadhguru also advocates for protecting the environment against ], leading many initiatives like Project GreenHands (PGH), Rally for Rivers, Cauvery Calling, and the Journey to Save Soil. In 2017, he received the ], India's second-highest civilian award, for his contributions to spirituality and humanitarian services. | |||
| Sadhguru was conferred the ] ] by the ] in 2017 in recognition of his contribution to the field of spiritualism.<ref name="padma">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Jaggi-Vasudev-Mariyappan-among-Padma-award-winners/article17095664.ece|title=Jaggi Vasudev, Mariyappan among Padma award winners |date=26 Jan 2017 |work=The Hindu |access-date=31 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Padma Vibhushan award for Sharad Pawar and Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/260117/sharad-pawar-sadhguru-jaggi-vasudev-awarded-with-padma-vibhushan.html |website=Deccan Chronicle |accessdate=31 October 2018 |language=en |date=26 January 2017}}</ref> A murder case was filed against him by his father-in-law, alleging that Jaggi had killed his wife on 23 January 1997 and cremated her hurriedly against her community customs of burying. The father-in-law had requested Jaggi to wait till he could reach them but the cremation was carried out in his absence.<ref name="Express_Charge"/> In July 2018, the ] (CAG) has criticized the Forest Department of the Tamil Nadu government for allowing and preventing the unauthorized constructions in an ecologically sensitive zone by Vasudev's Isha foundation against the environmental norms.The Tamil Nadu state government is yet to implement the demolition order issued in 2013 to remove these illegal constructions built on the ].<ref name="FirstpostCAG"/> | |||
| Sadhguru has been criticized for promoting a number of ] claims.<ref name="altnews2018"></ref><ref name=":6"/> | |||
| ==Early life== | |||
| Born in ], ], ], Jaggi Vasudev was the youngest of four children – two boys and two girls. His father was an ] with the ] and as a result, the family moved frequently. At the age of 10, he came in contact with ] who taught him a set of simple yoga ], the practice of which he regularly maintained.<ref>{{cite news | title=Uncommon Wisdom | work=] | date=26 April 2007}}</ref> He states that "without a single day's break, this simple yoga that was taught to me kept happening and led to a much deeper experience later."<ref name="bio">{{cite book |title=Jaggi Vasudev More Than A Life |last=Subramaniam |first=Arundhathi |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2010 |publisher=] |location= |isbn=978-0-670-08512-5 |page= |pages= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eRtMQQqlNY8C&dq=more+than+a+life |accessdate=7 August 2012}}</ref>{{rp|39}} | |||
| ==Biography== | |||
| After his schooling at Demonstration School and Mahajana Pre-University College, Mysore in 1973, he graduated from the ] with a bachelor's degree in English literature.<ref name="ieved">{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/i-have-not-read-the-vedas-or-the-upanishads.-i-confess-i-havent-read-the-gita/282381/0 |title='I have not read the Vedas or the Upanishads. I confess I haven't read the Gita' |date=10 March 2008 |accessdate=7 August 2012 |publisher=]}}</ref> During his college years, he developed an interest in travel and motorcycles.<ref name="motorcycle">{{cite blog|work=] |url=http://isha.sadhguru.org/man/man-and-machine/|title=Man and Machine: Sadhguru and Automobiles|accessdate=14 February 2018}}</ref> | |||
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===Early life=== | ||
| Jagadish Vasudev, commonly referred to as Jaggi, was born into a ] family<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 August 2011 |title=Telugu...Tamil...Telugu! |url=https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/wisdom/sadhguru-spot/telugu-tamil-telugu |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Official Website of Sadhguru, Isha Foundation |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> on 3 September 1957, in ], ] (now in ], India). He was the youngest of five children to Susheela Vasudev (mother) and B.V. Vasudev (father). His father was an ophthalmologist at the Mysuru Railway Hospital and his mother a homemaker.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=9 November 2019|title=Jaggi Vasudev's father passes away|url=https://starofmysore.com/jaggi-vasudevs-father-passes-away/|access-date=28 June 2021|website=Star of Mysore|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last=Chopra |first=Shaili |title=When I Was 25: The Leaders Look Back |publisher=Random House India |year=2014 |isbn=978-81-8400-677-3}}</ref> | |||
| At the age of 25 on 23 September 1982,<ref name="mid">{{cite book |title=Midnights with the Mystic |last=Simone |first=Cheryl |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2008 |publisher=] |location= |isbn=978-1-57174-561-3 |page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=}}</ref> he rode up ] and sat on a rock, where he had a spiritual experience. He describes his experience as follows: | |||
| {{quote|Till that moment in my life I always thought this is me and that's somebody else and something else. But for the first time I did not know which is me and which is not me. Suddenly, what was me was just all over the place. The very rock on which I was sitting, the air that I breathe, the very atmosphere around me, I had just exploded into everything. That sounds like utter insanity. This, I thought it lasted for ten to fifteen minutes but when I came back to my normal consciousness, it was about four-and-a-half-hours I was sitting there, fully conscious, eyes open, but time had just flipped.<ref>{{cite video | people = Sadghguru Jaggi Vasudev|title= TED India 2009 | medium = YouTube| publisher = TED India| location = ]| date = 2009| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXAPiksRS_M}}</ref>{{rp|04:04}}}} | |||
| ===Education=== | |||
| Six weeks after this experience, he left his business to his friend and travelled extensively in an effort to gain insight into his mystical experience. After about a year of meditation and travel, he decided to teach yoga to share his inner experience.<ref name="mid"/> | |||
| After completing his formal education, Vasudev was uninterested in post-secondary schooling. One year later, however, he enrolled at the ], where he studied English literature. While studying literature, Vasudev received second rank.<ref name=":7" /> Although his parents wanted him to continue his education with postgraduate studies, Vasudev disagreed and began a career in business.<ref name="mid">{{cite book |last=Simone |first=Cheryl |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5yjIrrK8E4C |title=Midnights with the Mystic |publisher=] |year=2010 |isbn=978-81-8495-166-0 |pages=}}</ref> | |||
| ===Work=== | |||
| In 1983, he conducted his first yoga class with seven participants in Mysore. Over time, he began conducting yoga classes across ] and ] traveling from class to class on his motorcycle. He lived off the produce of his poultry farm rental and refused payment for the classes. A usual practice of his was to donate the collections received from participants to a local charity on the last day of the class.<ref name="mid"/> These initial programs were the basic format on which the ] classes were later built.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}} | |||
| After graduating from the University of Mysore, Vasudev went on to build his first business, a poultry farm, in Mysore.<ref name="indiatoday.in">{{Cite web |last1=An |first1=Shelly |date=December 27, 2020 |title=Suddenly, I did not know what was me and what was not me: Sadhguru |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/anniversary/story/20210104-suddenly-i-did-not-know-what-was-me-and-what-was-not-me-1753026-2020-12-27 |access-date=28 May 2021 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> Vasudev explained that his motivation to start a poultry farm was driven by the serenity it yielded in the hours he was not working.<ref name=":7" /> The business required minimal attention throughout the day, so Vasudev was able to pursue other interests during his time off, like writing poetry.<ref name=":7" /> The business grew profitable, but his family repeatedly criticized and opposed his decision to work with poultry.<ref name=":7" /> This led Vasudev to enter the construction industry with a company named Buildaids.<ref name=":7" /> He started the company in partnership with a friend, who was a civil engineer. Though Vasudev had no formal engineering training, he used the experience gained from building his poultry farm in his new endeavour.<ref name=":7" /> | |||
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| At the age of 25, after a series of spiritual experiences, he shut down his businesses and began to travel and teach yoga.<ref name=":7" /><ref name="mid" /> | |||
| ==Isha Foundation== | |||
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| Jaggi Vasudev established the ], a non religious, non-profit organisation entirely run by volunteers. Isha Yoga Center near ] was founded in 1993, and hosts a series of programs to heighten self-awareness through ]. The foundation works in tandem with International bodies like the ] of the ].<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news|url=https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N16/049/27/PDF/N1604927.pdf?OpenElement|title='Quadrennial reports for the period 2011-2014 submitted by non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council through the Secretary-General pursuant to Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31|date=24 February 2016|accessdate=23 January 2017}}</ref> | |||
| In 1983, he taught his first yoga class, in Mysore. He began travelling across ] and ] on his motorcycle, conducting his style of yoga classes, known as Sahaja Sthiti Yoga, subsisting on the income from his poultry farm rental and donating the funds received from his students.<ref name="mid" /> | |||
| ===Dhyanalinga=== | |||
| In 1994, Jaggi Vasudev conducted the first program in the premises of the newly established Isha Yoga Center, described the ]. The Dhyanalinga is a ] temple and a space for meditation, the ] of which, Jaggi Vasudev stated was his life's mission entrusted to him by his ].<ref name="mid"/> In 1998, the stone edifice of the ] was ordered and arrived at the ]. After three years of work, the Dhyanalinga was completed on 23 June 1999<ref>{{cite news |url= |title=Dhyanalingam installed |date=26 July 1999 |accessdate= |publisher=]}}</ref> and opened to the public on 23 November.<ref>{{cite news |url= |title=A multi religious temple |date=19 November 1999 |accessdate= |publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
| Also in 2017, Sadhguru consecrated the ], the world's largest bust, in Coimbatore, India. | |||
| The Dhyanalinga offers a meditative space that does not ascribe to any particular faith or belief system.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rangaswamy|first=Sudhakshina|title=Transformation of the inner Self|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2003/07/25/stories/2003072501630600.htm|accessdate=4 June 2011|newspaper=]|date=25 July 2003}}</ref> A 76-foot dome, constructed using bricks and stabilised mud ] without steel or concrete,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.earth-auroville.com/index.php?nav=menu&pg=vault&id1=36&txt=text|title=Auroville Earth Institute, training courses, workshops on Vaults, Arches, Domes(VAD), stabilized rammed earth walls, compressed earth blocks, vaulted structures, compressed stabilised earth blocks, rammed earth.}}</ref> covers the ]. The ] is 13 feet and 9 inches in height and made of black ]. The Sarva Dharma Sthamba, located at the front entrance, functions as an icon of singularity, with the sculptural reliefs and symbols of ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ] inscribed as a universal welcome.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ganapathy|first=T.K.|title=Haven for the spiritually inclined|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2001/09/28/stories/13280795.htm|publisher=]|accessdate=4 June 2011|date=28 September 2001}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | |||
| ===Spirituality=== | |||
| On 24 June 2013, he conducted a multi-religious session titled, "Interfaith Deliberations on the Universality of Religions" at the Isha Yoga Center, which was attended by representatives of various religions, and coincided with the fourteenth anniversary celebrations of the Dhyanalinga.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/anniversary-celebrations-at-isha/article4844847.ece | title=Anniversary celebrations at Isha | work=] | date=24 June 2013 | accessdate=26 September 2013}}</ref> | |||
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| Although Vasudev was not brought up in a spiritual household, he recollects one of his first spiritual experiences occurring after he turned 25.<ref name="mid" /> On 23 September 1982, he drove up ], and as he sat on a stone, Vasudev had his first spiritual experience.<ref name=":7" /><ref name="mid" /> He explained that, "All my life I had thought, this is me...But now the air I was breathing, the rock on which I was sitting, the atmosphere around me — everything had become me."<ref name=":7" /><ref name="mid" /> After about six days, Vasudev had another similar experience at home.<ref name=":7" /><ref name="mid" /> Six weeks later, he left his businesses and travelled extensively, in an effort to seek insight into his spiritual experiences.<ref name="mid" /> After about a year of meditation and travel, he decided to teach yoga to share his inner experience.<ref name="mid" /> | |||
| ===Yoga programs and other consecrations=== | |||
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| ===Personal life=== | |||
| After the establishment of the ashram, Jaggi Vasudev began conducting regular yoga programs at the Isha Yoga Center, including a course for the ] in 1996.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ishafoundation.org/component/option,com_newscomponent/Itemid,885/act,view/id,687/ |title=Morale-Booster says Bhaskaran |date=26 November 1996 |accessdate= |publisher=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Refreshed Team Begins Final Preparation |date=2 December 1996 |url=https://www.ishafoundation.org/component/option,com_newscomponent/Itemid,885/act,view/id,688/|accessdate= |publisher=]}}</ref> In 1997, he began conducting classes in the United States<ref>{{cite news |url= |title=Yoga guru touts peace, not religion |date=15 October 1997 |accessdate= |publisher=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= |title=It doesn't take a guru to know which way the stress flows |date=17 March 1998 |accessdate= |publisher=]}}</ref> and in 1998, he began conducting yoga classes for ] in Tamil Nadu prisons.<ref>{{cite news |url= |title=Yoga Brings 'Freedom' to Prisoners |date=16 February 1998 |accessdate= |publisher=]}}</ref> From 2011, he began conducting programs with large-scale participation of up to 10,000 and 15,000 participants at once. These large-scale programs have been attended by over 75,000 people in total.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/a-medley-of-yoga-and-green-moves/article3567777.ece | title=A medley of yoga and green moves | work=] | date=25 June 2012 | accessdate=26 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Life-changing-weekend-with-Sadhguru/2013/09/16/article1786017.ece | title=Life changing weekend with Jaggi Vasudev| work=] | date=16 September 2013 | accessdate=26 September 2013}}</ref> | |||
| In his earlier years, Vasudev had a love for driving motorcycles.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":9">{{cite news |last=Dobhal |first=Shailesh |date=18 March 2015 |title=Lunch with BS: Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/lunch-with-bs-sadhguru-jaggi-vasudev-114121201397_1.html |access-date=14 July 2021}}</ref> One of his favourite places to drive was the ] in Mysore, though he sometimes drove much further, including to Nepal.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":9" /> Vasudev advocates ], but whilst traveling with no vegetarian food sources available, he eats ].<ref name="Subramaniam">Subramaniam, Arundhathi. (2010). ''Sadhguru: More Than A Life''. Penguin Books India. pp. 216-217. {{ISBN|978-0670085125}}</ref> He practices the ] for 40 minutes a day.<ref name="Subramaniam"/> | |||
| The programs are offered under the umbrella of ]. The word Isha means "the formless divine".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lifepositive.com/exploring-the-unlimited/ | title=Sadhguru – Exploring the unlimited | date= |accessdate=11 August 2016 |publisher=Life Positive}}</ref> Isha yoga's flagship program is 'Inner Engineering', which introduces people to meditation and ] and the Shambhavi Mahamudra.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_in-pursuit-of-peace-of-mind_1496488 | title=In pursuit of peace of mind |date=20 January 2011 |accessdate=25 January 2011 |publisher=]}}</ref> He also conducts yoga classes for corporate leadership to introduce them to what he calls "inclusive economics", which he says introduces a sense of compassion and inclusiveness into today's economic scenario.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://businesstoday.intoday.in/bt/story/3428/1/the-route-to-dharmacracy.html | title=The route to 'dharmacracy' |date=27 November 2008 |accessdate=25 January 2011 |publisher=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sadhguru/inclusive-economics-enabl_b_577667.html |title=Inclusive Economics: Enabling the World' |date=17 May 2010 |accessdate=25 January 2011 |publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
| Vasudev married his wife, Vijaykumari, in 1984.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Vijji (Vijaykumari) : A Story of Love and Devotion |url=https://isha.sadhguru.org/us/en/sadhguru/man/vijji |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=isha.sadhguru.org}}</ref> In 1990, Vijaykumari and Jaggi had their only child, Radhe.<ref name=":8" /> Vijaykumari died on 23 January 1997.<ref name=":13">{{Cite news |date=10 October 1997 |title=Godman charged with wife's murder |work=]}}</ref> A complaint from Vijaykumari's father alleged that Vasudev killed her,<ref name=":13" /><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |title=Congress IT cell chief rakes up old murder charge against Sadhguru; Isha Foundation dismisses it as 'baseless charge' |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/03/05/congress-it-cell-murder-charge-sadhguru.html |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=The Week |language=en}}</ref> but was later dismissed by police.<ref name=":12" /> Radhe trained in ] at the ] in ].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Naidu |first=Jaywant |date=26 November 2017 |title=When beauty comes to life |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/theatre/261117/when-beauty-comes-to-life.html |access-date=27 February 2020 |work=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> She married ] Sandeep Narayan in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sangeetha |first=P |date=24 October 2014 |title=Sadhguru's daughter gets married in Kovai |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Sadhgurus-daughter-gets-married-in-Kovai/articleshow/44924821.cms |access-date=27 February 2020 |work=The Times of India}}</ref> | |||
| He also regularly conducts ] in Tamil Nadu and ]. Here he gives talks, teaches meditation, and holds question and answer sessions with the audience. These Mahasathsangs are also used as platforms to encourage tree-planting activities as well.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/12/14/stories/2010121450650300.htm |title=Isha's Green Salem goes on stream |date=14 December 2010 |accessdate=25 January 2011 |publisher=]}}</ref> He also takes spiritual aspirants on annual ]s to ] and the ]. The Kailash Yatra led by him is among the largest groups to make the trip to Kailash, with 514 pilgrims attending the journey in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newindianexpress.com/nation/article113158.ece |title=Isha shows the way |date=29 June 2009 |accessdate=25 January 2011 |publisher=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_mansarovar-is-beyond-words_1431882 |title='Mansarovar is beyond words' |date=1 September 2010 |accessdate=25 January 2011 |publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
| ==Isha Foundation== | |||
| Jaggi Vasudev organises all-night ] celebrations every year at the Isha Yoga Center. It's estimated that these celebrations were attended by as many as 800,000 people in 2013.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.ishafoundation.org/news/newsclips/2013/Bazaar-15-June-2013.pdf | title=The Lure of Isha | work=] | date=June 2013 | accessdate=26 September 2013 | author=Zakaria, Namrata | pages=106–108}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/fashion-label-to-yogi-donna-karan-on-an-indian-holiday/1087745/ | title=Fashion label to 'yogi': Donna Karan on an Indian holiday | work=] | date=14 March 2013 | accessdate=26 September 2013 | author=Zakaria, Namrata}}</ref><ref name="outlook">{{cite news | url=http://travel.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?284848 | title=Holy Days | work=] | date=1 April 2013 | accessdate=26 September 2013 | author=Vyas, Sheetal | deadurl=yes | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927134803/http://travel.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?284848 | archivedate=27 September 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The night includes music, dance, and ]. In 2013, performers included ] singer ], dancer ], and the band ].<ref name="outlook" /> | |||
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| In 1992, Sadhguru established the ]<ref name="berghella-69">{{harvnb|Berghella|2018|p=69}}</ref> as a platform for his spiritual, environmental, and educational activities.<ref name="most-powerful-indians">{{cite web|date=9 March 2009|title=The most powerful Indians in 2009: 80–84|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-most-powerful-indians-in-2009-8084/432810/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128080021/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-most-powerful-indians-in-2009-8084/432810/|archive-date=28 January 2011|access-date=22 January 2020|work=]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=4 June 2022 |title=After Gujarat, Rajasthan govt inks MoU with Sadhguru's Isha Outreach to 'save soil' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sadhguru-save-soil-mou-rajasthan-isha-outreach-7952635/ |access-date=25 July 2022 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=16 March 2022 |title=Isha hails government's announcement on rejuvenation of 13 rivers |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/isha-hails-governments-announcement-on-rejuvenation-of-13-rivers/article65230418.ece |access-date=25 July 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 1993, he began searching for a location to establish an ashram to cater to the growing interest in his yoga classes.<ref name=":7" /> In 1994, he purchased land near the Velliangiri mountains in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, and inaugurated the Isha Yoga Center.<ref name=":7" /> Since establishing the Isha Foundation, he remains its head. The foundation's activities are run mostly by volunteers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=volunteer |url=https://isha.sadhguru.org/us/en/volunteer |access-date=8 November 2022 |website=isha.sadhguru.org}}</ref> The organisation offers yoga programmes, known as ''Isha Yoga''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/12/stories/2007091250720200.htm |title='Special Consultative Status' for Isha Foundation |date=12 September 2007 |access-date=23 January 2011 |newspaper=] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108180106/http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/12/stories/2007091250720200.htm |archive-date=8 November 2012 }}</ref> The foundation aims to improve the quality of education in rural India through an initiative called Isha Vidhya.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Edtech firm BYJU's partners with NGO Isha Vidhya to educate children in rural areas |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/edugraph/news/edtech-firm-byjus-partners-with-ngo-isha-vidhya-to-educate-children-in-rural-areas/cid/1856909 |access-date=25 July 2022 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> | |||
| In March 2005, construction of the Isha Institute of Inner-sciences (III) in ], USA was begun and was completed 6 months later. Jaggi Vasudev had decided to establish III as a Center for spiritual growth in the ]. On 7 November 2008, he consecrated the Mahima Hall, a 39,000 square foot, free-standing meditation hall at the III. Mahima Hall is the largest meditation hall in the Western Hemisphere.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atlantadunia.com/dunia/News/N403.htm |title=A 39,000 square-foot meditation facility |date= |accessdate=25 January 2011 |publisher=AtlantaDunia}}</ref> On 30 January 2010, he consecrated the ], a representation of the feminine aspects of the divine at the Isha Yoga Center.<ref name="bio"/> | |||
| ===Environmental activism=== | |||
| ===Action for Rural Rejuvenation=== | |||
| Through the Isha Foundation, Sadhguru has launched several projects and campaigns focused on environmental conservation and protection, including Project GreenHands (PGH), Rally for Rivers, Cauvery Calling, and Save Soil.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 May 2011 |title=Award for Project Green Hands |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/08/stories/2010060850280200.htm |access-date=25 July 2022 |website=The Hindu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521084525/http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/08/stories/2010060850280200.htm |archive-date=21 May 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=15 September 2017 |title=Isha Yoga launches 'Rally for Rivers' campaign in city |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/isha-yoga-launches-rally-for-rivers-campaign-in-city/articleshow/59519542.cms |access-date=25 July 2022 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite news |date=29 January 2022 |title=Cauvery Calling Movement plants 2.1 crore trees |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/cauvery-calling-movement-plants-21-crore-trees/article38346718.ece |access-date=25 July 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=19 March 2022 |title=Indian mystic Sadhguru on 100-day motorbike mission to save soil |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/19/indian-mystic-sadhgurus-19000-mile-trip-to-save-soil-aoe |access-date=25 July 2022 |website=the Guardian}}</ref> Sadhguru established PGH to address water and soil issues in ] through reforestation efforts.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title='Don't divide the world into East and West on ecology' – DW – 12/20/2017 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/sadhguru-we-shouldnt-divide-the-world-into-east-and-west-on-ecology/a-41879218 |access-date=6 November 2022 |website=dw.com |language=en}}</ref> Launched in July 2019, the "Cauvery Calling" campaign focused on planting trees along the ] river's 0.65-mile wide area to replenish water levels in the river and the groundwater table.<ref name=":11" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Cauvery Calling: A Possible Solution for a Dying River and Desperate Farmers |url=https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/cauvery-calling-a-possible-solution-for-a-dying-river-and-desperate-farmers/ |access-date=7 November 2022 |website=Association for Asian Studies}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=29 January 2022 |title=Cauvery Calling Movement plants 2.1 crore trees |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/cauvery-calling-movement-plants-21-crore-trees/article38346718.ece |access-date=8 November 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2017, Sadhguru launched "Rally for Rivers", a campaign intended to build widespread support for river revitalization efforts across India, similar to the "Cauvery Calling" campaign.<ref name=":10" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=21 March 2018 |title=Yogi Sadhguru's Rally for Rivers Aims to Clean the Ganges, Other Indian Waters |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/rally-for-rivers-un-world-water-day-spd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725222104/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/rally-for-rivers-un-world-water-day-spd |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 July 2021 |access-date=6 November 2022 |website=National Geographic}}</ref> In 2022, Sadhguru completed a 100-day motorcycle journey from London to India to bring attention to his "Journey to Save Soil" campaign, which focuses on raising awareness about ] issues and the benefits of using organic matter in farming.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 April 2022 |title=The movement gaining momentum: Save Soil |url=https://www.iucn.org/news/water/202204/movement-gaining-momentum-save-soil |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=IUCN}}</ref> | |||
| ] (ARR) is an initiative of the ] that aims to improve the overall health and quality of life of the rural poor. ARR was established in 2003 and seeks to benefit 70 million people in 54,000 villages across ]. As of 2010, ARR has reached over 4,200 villages and a population of over 7 million people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/10/13/stories/2010101352050300.htm |title=Isha Foundation launches Centre-funded project |date=13 October 2010 |accessdate=30 October 2010 |publisher=]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-04-21/mysore/28055775_1_isha-foundation-programme-sadguru-jaggi-vasudev |title=Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev in city on May 7 |date=21 April 2010 |accessdate=30 October 2010 |publisher=]}}</ref> He has also been involved with ] and farmers' associations to work towards resolving issues faced by Indian farmers.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/farmers-convention-in-the-city/article1810954.ece | title=Farmers' convention in the city | work=The Hindu | date=15 March 2007 | accessdate=26 September 2013}}</ref> | |||
| In May 2022, he addressed the leaders of 195 countries at the ] to speak about "Journey to Save Soil".<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 May 2022 |title='Save Soil' campaign: Sadhguru to address leaders from 195 nations at UNCCD |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sadhguru-speech-global-leaders-unccd-save-soil-7902821/ |access-date=7 August 2022 |website=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Save Soil campaign comes to Bonn |url=https://www.unccd.int/news-stories/multimedia/save-soil-campaign-comes-bonn |access-date=7 August 2022 |website=UNCCD}}</ref> Both ], host of '']'', and podcast host ], have invited Sadhguru to discuss this movement.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Paul |first=Sonia |date=18 July 2022 |title=Sadhguru, the spiritual leader with ties to Will Smith and Modi, explained |url=https://www.vox.com/23206916/sadhguru-explained-save-the-soil-modi |access-date=26 July 2022 |website=] |language=en}}</ref> On ] 2022, Indian prime minister, ], attended an event with Sadhguru to discuss efforts to improve soil health.<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 June 2022 |title=PM Modi calls for protection of soil health |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/pm-modi-jaggi-vasudev-discuss-soil-conservation/article65496798.ece |access-date=7 August 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> | |||
| ===Isha Vidhya=== | |||
| ], is Isha Foundation's educational initiative, which aims to raise the level of education and improve literacy in rural ]. There are seven schools in operation which educate around 7,000 students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hindu.com/2010/04/07/stories/2010040751230200.htm |title=LIC gives grant to Isha |date=7 April 2010 |accessdate=2 February 2010 |publisher=]}}</ref> The foundation has also "adopted" 512 government schools to reach out to students from financially constrained backgrounds, and aims to adopt up to 3,000 schools.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/students-sensitised-to-environmental-issues/article3379493.ece | title=Students sensitised to environmental issues | work=] | date=3 May 2012 | accessdate=26 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://newindianexpress.com/cities/bangalore/Embarking-on-a-spiritual-journey/2013/06/13/article1631844.ece | title=Embarking on a spiritual journey | work=] | date=13 June 2013 | accessdate=26 September 2013 | author=Madhusudhan NR}}</ref> | |||
| The ] has stated that "90% of the Earth's precious topsoil is likely to be at risk by 2050".<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 July 2022 |title=FAO warns 90 percent of Earth's topsoil at risk by 2050 |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/07/1123462 |access-date=10 November 2022 |website=UN News}}</ref> However, views have been divided on whether the "Save Soil" campaign is addressing this issue.<ref name=":6">{{cite web |last1=Surita |first1=Shabnam |title=India: Doubts emerge over spiritual Yogi's environmental mission |url=https://www.dw.com/en/india-doubts-emerge-over-spiritual-yogis-environmental-mission/a-61290189 |website=dw.com |publisher=DW |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> ], deputy director-general of FAO, opined that "Organic may not be the only solution but it's the single best I can think of."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Only 60 Years of Farming Left If Soil Degradation Continues |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/only-60-years-of-farming-left-if-soil-degradation-continues/ |access-date=10 November 2022 |website=Scientific American}}</ref> Meanwhile, one environmental watchdog has characterized Sadhguru's approach as "]".<ref name="Vice">{{cite web |last1=Pundir |first1=Pallavi |title=This Climate Guru Is a Celebrity in the US. In India, He's Accused of Destroying a Forest. |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgy8bw/climate-yoga-celebrity-sadhguru-india-will-smith-trevor-noah |access-date=3 July 2022 |website=vice.com|date=23 June 2022 }}</ref> | |||
| In 2006, the Foundation entered the Guinness Book of World Records by planting 8,052,587 saplings in 6,284 locations across Tamil Nadu in one day.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-most-powerful-indians-in-2009-8084/432810/ |title=The most powerful Indians in 2009: 80–84 |date=9 March 2009 |accessdate=25 January 2011 |publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
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===Speeches and writings=== | ||
| Sadhguru has authored over thirty books, including the '']'' bestsellers '']''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interview: We asked bestselling yogi Sadhguru how to be happier |url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/interview-sadhguru-talks-about-yoga-inner-engineering-wellbeing/2320185/ |access-date=1 November 2022 |website=Tampa Bay Times}}</ref> and ''Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/10/09/health/|title=Health|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/10/09/religion-spirituality-and-faith/|title=Religion, Spirituality and Faith|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| title = Books - Best Sellers: Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous| work = The New York Times| location = New York| access-date = 7 August 2021| date = 16 May 2021| url = https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2021/05/16/advice-how-to-and-miscellaneous/}}</ref> | |||
| He is also the founder of ] (PGH), a grassroots ecological initiative which was awarded the ], by the ] in June 2010.<ref name="bus">, ], 6 June 2010, Retrieved on 6 June 2010</ref> PGH aims to increase the green cover in Tamil Nadu by 10% and has successfully overseen the planting of more than 27 million trees by over 2 million volunteers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mybigplunge.com/culture/books-and-authors/jaipur-literature-festival-anniversary-list-speakers-announced/|title=Here's the 10th and final list of speakers announced for Jaipur Literature Festival|last=|first=|date=|website=The Plunge Daily|language=en-US|access-date=2017-04-11}}</ref> In an interview with ] Green magazine, he explained the impetus which led him to establish Project GreenHands: "In the year 1998, certain experts made a prediction, by 2025, 60% of ] will be a desert. I decided to drive across Tamil Nadu and see for myself if this is true. I realized they were completely wrong because it wouldn't go to 2025, it would happen much faster according to me. So from '98 to 2003, 2004, I went about planting trees in people's minds. And since 2004, we transplanting those trees back to the ground."<ref>{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irggI6Upz5o&list=PL3uDtbb3OvDOkcJhoSPvyWh1wEw04jAWl&feature=player_detailpage#t=65 | title=National Geographic Green magazine - interview with Jaggi Vasudev - 1 | publisher=National Geographic Green magazine | location=]}}</ref> | |||
| Sadhguru is a frequent public speaker who has been invited to address many prestigious forums and conferences across the globe, such as the ]' ], the British ], the ], and the ].<ref>{{harvnb|Hudson|Hudson|2017|p=2}}</ref> He has also spoken at the annual ] in 2007,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chandrasekhar |first1=Anand |title=Indian gurus and their Swiss watches: a history |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/clockwork-orange_indian-gurus-and-their-swiss-watches--a-history/44868044 |access-date=3 February 2020 |work=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=en}}</ref> 2017 and 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/sadhguru-to-deliver-keynote-conduct-meditation-session-at-davos-summit-2465795.html|title=Sadhguru to Deliver Keynote, Conduct Meditation Session at Davos Summit|website=News18|date=20 January 2020|access-date=27 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/Golf-with-the-Guru/article15941259.ece|title=Golf with the Guru|date=15 March 2009|work=The Hindu|access-date=27 January 2020|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><!-- ], Switzerland in 2007]]--> | |||
| ===Rally for Rivers=== | |||
| ] was a campaign launched by the ] in 2017 to revive the dying rivers of ].<ref>{{cite website|title=Our Rivers are Dying - Rally For Rivers|url=http://isha.sadhguru.org/rally-for-rivers/our-dying-rivers/|author=Isha Foundation}}</ref> By March 2018, 160 million people had supported the campaign.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/03/rally-for-rivers-un-world-water-day-spd/|title=How an Indian Guru Aims to Clean the World's Most Polluted Rivers |last=Zachos|first=Elaina|date=2018-03-21|work=]|access-date=2018-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/rally-for-rivers-discussed-at-global-landscapes-forum-117122300666_1.html|title= Rally for Rivers discussed at Global Landscapes Forum |last=PTI|date=2017-12-23|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2018-05-09}}</ref> Jaggi Vasudev led a convoy across sixteen of the most affected states throughout September to spread awareness among citizens about the condition of rivers and the need for a long-term policy,<ref name="toi_coverage">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/lakhs-take-a-pledge-across-india-to-revive-dying-rivers/articleshow/60332869.cms|title=Lakhs take a pledge across India to revive dying rivers|newspaper=The Times of India|date=2 September 2017}}</ref> which contains afforestation of river banks and microirrigation in farming as the major points.<ref>{{cite website|title=Saving India's Lifeline - Why Rivers Need Trees|url=http://isha.sadhguru.org/rally-for-rivers/saving-indias-lifeline-why-rivers-need-trees/|author=Isha Foundation}}</ref><ref name="deccan_coverage">{{cite news|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/140917/go-green-for-rivers-sadhguru-jaggi-vasudev.html|title=Go green for rivers|newspaper=Deccan Chronicle|date=14 September 2017}}</ref> Garnering support from citizens was aimed at motivating the Central and State governments of India to work in concurrence and set a national policy for protecting rivers.<ref name="firstpost_interview">{{cite website|title=FirstPost Interview with Jaggi Vasudev - Marrying Science and Politics|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4gAaz_6Z9Y|}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/rally-rivers-campaign-isha-foundation-turning-our-timelines-blue-67918|title=Rally for Rivers - A campaign by the Isha Foundation that is turning our timelines blue|newspaper=The News Minute|date=5 September 2017}}</ref> A policy document,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cdn.isha.ws/public/docs/pdir/RFR_RevitalizationOfRiversInIndia-Web.pdf |title=Revitalization of Rivers in India - Draft Policy Recommendation - Rally for Rivers |website=Isha Foundation |access-date=2017-10-07}}</ref> drafted by the Isha Foundation in collaboration with scientists and lawmakers,<ref name="firstpost_coverage">{{cite website|title=Rally for Rivers: Campaign aims to create public support for govt policy to revitalise water bodies|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/rally-for-rivers-campaign-aims-to-create-public-support-for-govt-policy-to-revitalise-water-bodies-4049029.html|author=FirstPost|}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/trichy/jaggi-seeks-public-support-for-law-to-revive-rivers/articleshow/60399928.cms|title=Jaggi seeks public support for law to revive rivers|newspaper=The Times of India|date=7 September 2017}}</ref> contained steps for rejuvenating the ecology, agriculture and economy in the rivers and their basins.<ref name="firstpost_interview" /><ref name="deccan_coverage" /> The rally culminated in ] on 2 October 2017 in the presence of the ]<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.gg2.net/20000-people-attend-rally-rivers-culmination-event-delhi/ |title=Over 20,000 people attend Rally for Rivers culmination event at Delhi |date=3 October 2017 |work=Garavi Gujarat |access-date=7 October 2017}}</ref> Mr.]. Jaggi Vasudev submitted the draft policy recommendation to the ] the next day.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.gg2.net/rally-rivers-draft-policy-recommendations-presented-pm-modi/ |title=Rally for Rivers Draft Policy Recommendations Presented to The PM Modi |date=6 October 2017 |work=Garavi Gujarat |access-date=7 October 2017 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | |||
| ===Honors=== | |||
| Six states signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with Isha Foundation to plant trees along river banks. These states are Karnataka, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Maharashtra and Gujarat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/karnataka-isha-foundation-join-hands-to-plant-25-crore-saplings-along-riverbeds/articleshow/60446479.cms|title=Karnataka, Isha Foundation join hands to plant 25 crore saplings along riverbeds|publisher=Times of India|accessdate=4 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/maharashtra-to-organize-tree-plantation-conclave-to-conserve-and-protect-rivers/articleshow/60708752.cms|title=River conservation: Maharashtra to organize tree plantation conclave for awareness|accessdate=4 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/people-govt-should-join-hands-to-save-dying-rivers-says-sadhguru/474807.html|title=People, govt should join hands to save dying rivers, says Sadhguru|publisher=Tribune India|accessdate=4 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/assam-government-inks-mou-with-isha-foundation/articleshow/62123016.cms|title=Assam government inks MOU with Isha Foundation|publisher=Economic Times|accessdate=4 January 2018}}</ref><ref name="Times of India">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/niti-aayog-ceo-led-group-to-study-isha-foundations-proposals/articleshow/62045210.cms|title=Niti Aayog CEO-led group to study Isha Foundation's proposals|publisher=Times of India|accessdate=4 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehitavada.com/Encyc/2017/11/29/It-is-our-responsibility-to-hold-rainfall-and-allow-it-to-flow-365-days--Sadhguru.aspx|title=It is our responsibility to hold rainfall and allow it to flow 365 days: Sadhguru|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=The Hitavada|accessdate=4 January 2018}}</ref> The Niti Aayog and the Ministry of Water Resources have constituted committees to study the draft policy proposal.<ref name="Times of India"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-pmo-asks-niti-aayog-to-examine-isha-foundation-s-river-revival-plan-2567199|title=PMO asks NITI Aayog to examine Isha Foundation's river revival plan|publisher=DNA India|accessdate=4 January 2018}}</ref> In November, at a conference in Germany, the executive director of the United Nations Environmental Program, Erik Solheim discussed Rally for Rivers with Sadhguru, and how environmental programs around the world can emulate its success.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/rally-for-rivers-discussed-at-global-landscapes-forum/1216049|title=Rally for Rivers discussed at Global Landscapes Forum|publisher=Outlook India|accessdate=4 January 2018}}</ref> | |||
| ] presenting the ] to Vasudev at the ] in New Delhi on 13 April 2017.]] | |||
| In 2017, Sadhguru was awarded the ], the second-highest ] from the ], in recognition of his contribution to the field of spirituality and humanitarian services.<ref name="padma">{{Cite news|date=26 January 2017|title=Jaggi Vasudev, Mariyappan among Padma award winners|work=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Sadhguru-Jaggi-Vasudev-Mariyappan-among-Padma-award-winners/article17095664.ece|access-date=31 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=26 January 2017|title=Padma Vibhushan award for Sharad Pawar and Jaggi Vasudev|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/260117/sharad-pawar-sadhguru-jaggi-vasudev-awarded-with-padma-vibhushan.html|access-date=31 October 2018|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Padma Vibhushan Award for Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev |url=http://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/article.php?article_id=13452 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614190515/https://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/article.php?article_id=13452 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=14 June 2021 |access-date=1 November 2022 |website=Lokvani}}</ref> The same year, Sadhguru consecrated the ], built by the Isha Foundation, in Coimbatore, standing at 34 metres (112 feet) tall.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=2017-02-24|title=PM Modi unveils 112 feet Shiva statue, extols Yoga |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-modi-unveils-112-feet-shiva-statue-extols-yoga/articleshow/57335463.cms |work=Times of India |location=India |access-date=2024-08-03}}</ref> This was declared as the world's largest bust by ].<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 May 2017 |title='Adiyogi Bust' Declared World's Largest by Guinness Book |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/adiyogi-bust-coimbatore-tamil-nadu-worlds-largest-by-guinness-book |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=TheQuint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adiyogi – The Source of Yoga at Isha Yoga Center |url=https://isha.sadhguru.org/us/en/center/consecrated-spaces/112-feet-adiyogi |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=isha.sadhguru.org}}</ref> | |||
| ] gave a ] G63 SUV<ref name="sadhguru_mercedes">{{cite website|title=Letter of Support from Sundaram Motors|url=https://twitter.com/ishafoundation/status/905716831792410624|author=Sundaram Motors|}}</ref> while ] gave twenty ] SUVs,<ref name="sadhguru_mahindra">{{cite website|title=Anand Mahindra's support for the Rally|url=https://twitter.com/anandmahindra/status/902368916042801152|author=Anand Mahindra|}}</ref> for thirty days as a sign of support for the rally.<ref name="firstpost_interview" /><ref name="firstpost_coverage" /> | |||
| He stood 92nd in '']''{{'}} list of 100 most powerful Indians in 2012 and 40th in '']''{{'}}s list of fifty most powerful Indians in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The most powerful Indians in 2012: No. 91-100 – Indian Express |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-most-powerful-indians-in-2012-no.-91100/916140/1 |access-date=27 January 2020 |website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author1=MG Arun |author2=Shwweta Punj |author3=Suhani Singh |author4=Kaushik Deka |author5=Prachi Bhuchar |author6=Chinki Sinha |author7=Anshuman Tiwari |author8=Sandeep Unnithan |author9=Amarnath K. Menon |date=26 July 2019 |title=Top 50 power people {{!}} The High & Mighty Part-4 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20190805-top-50-power-people-the-high-mighty-part-4-1573244-2019-07-26 |access-date=13 March 2020 |website=India Today |author11=Uday Mahurkar |author10=Anilesh S. Mahajan}}</ref> | |||
| ===Participation in global and economic forums=== | |||
| Jaggi Vasudev spoke at the United Nations Millennium World Peace Summit in 2000,<ref>{{cite news |url= |title=Passion for Peace: At the ] with Jaggi Vasudev |date=April 2001 |accessdate= |publisher=Health and Wellness Magazine – Nashville}}</ref> the ] in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.<ref>{{cite news|last=Padmanabhan|first=Mukund|title=Golf with the Guru|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/03/15/stories/2009031550330800.htm|accessdate=9 January 2013|newspaper=]|date=15 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-most-powerful-indians-in-2009-8084/432810/ |title=The most powerful Indians in 2009: 80–84 |date=9 March 2009 |accessdate=25 January 2011 |publisher=]}}</ref> | |||
| ==Political views== | |||
| In 2012, he was voted among the hundred most powerful Indians for his contribution in the field of environmental protection and for encouraging public participation in ecological issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-most-powerful-indians-in-2012-no.-91100/916140/1 |title=The most powerful Indians in 2012: No. 91-100 |date=24 February 2012 |accessdate=13 April 2012 |publisher=]}}</ref> He was also a participant in the 2006 documentary film ]. He has been involved in one-on-one interactions as part of the "In Conversations With the Mystic."<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.inconversations.com/sadhguru/in-conversation/kiran-bedi/live-webstream/|title = <nowiki>Live Webstream | In Coversation with the Mystic</nowiki>|date = |accessdate = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> | |||
| When ] asked him how to choose the "correct political stance", Sadhguru responded by saying that he does not subscribe to a political party, and others should not either.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Left, Right, Center? Which Political Stance is Best? |url=https://isha.sadhguru.org/us/en/wisdom/article/left-right-center-which-political-stance-is-best |access-date=18 November 2022 |website=isha.sadhguru.org}}</ref> He stated that, "party membership should be cancelled because this is becoming a tribe."<ref name=":3" /> Accordingly, he encourages individuals to vote for a given party after evaluating their performance in office to "see who makes more sense".<ref name=":3" /> However, his views are occasionally perceived as Hindu nationalist and thus close to the ].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web| author=Sanjay Kumar |url=https://tribune.com.pk/article/93511/sadhguru-bjps-spiritual-henchman |title=Sadhguru – BJP's spiritual henchman |work=The Express Tribune |date=2022-01-31 |access-date=2022-11-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Angshuman Choudhury |url=https://thewire.in/politics/why-hindutva-nationalists-need-a-sadhguru |title=Why Hindutva Nationalists Need a Sadhguru |work=] |date=2019-03-09 | access-date=2022-11-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Pallavi Pundir |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgy8bw/climate-yoga-celebrity-sadhguru-india-will-smith-trevor-noah |title=This Climate Guru Is a Celebrity in the US. In India, He's Accused of Destroying a Forest |work=] |date=2022-06-23 |access-date=2023-01-01}}</ref> | |||
| In 2019 he referred to a Muslim student in London as a "]," for which he apologized after heavy criticism.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/04/05/sadhguru-apologises-muslim-student-london-taliban.html |title=Sadhguru apologises after calling Muslim student in London a 'Taliban' |work=theweek.in |date=2019-04-05 |access-date=2022-11-20}}</ref> | |||
| After recognizing the failure in the "government's communication" of the ] in India, Sadhguru spoke in support of the act.<ref>{{Citation |title=CAA Protests – Sadhguru on Citizenship Amendment Act & NRC |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11RgVkZcPjY |language=en |access-date=18 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=31 December 2019|title=Jaggi Vasudev's CAA Video: 22 Minutes of Half-Truths & Gaslighting|url=https://www.thequint.com/voices/opinion/sadhguru-caa-video-misleading-on-nrc-protesters-gaslighting-attempt|access-date=3 January 2020|website=The Quint}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=An (Un)Enlightened Sadhguru in King Modi's Court|url=https://thewire.in/politics/an-unenlightened-sadhguru-in-king-modis-court|access-date=3 January 2020|website=The Wire}}</ref> In 2018, he accused liberals of being fanatics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/sadhguru-today-people-who-claim-to-be-liberals-are-actually-fanatics/articleshow/65336834.cms|title=Sadhguru: Today, people who claim to be liberals are actually fanatics|publisher=]|date=2018-08-09|access-date=2023-09-19}}</ref> | |||
| == Pseudoscience == | |||
| In 2012, he initiated the Isha Insight program, which focuses on helping small and medium businesses scale up their business activities. The program was conducted by ] with ], ], Shankar Annaswamy, Vellayan Subbiah and ] also active in the program.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2012-12-21/news/35953428_1_human-body-indian-business-isha-foundation | title=What differentiates people who are successful from the rest, explains mystic Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev | work=] | date=21 December 2012 | agency=ET Bureau | accessdate=26 September 2013 | author=Sangani, Priyanka}}</ref> In an interview with ] magazine, speaking about the motivation behind setting up the program, he said, "While speaking at economic summits and to leaders in India and outside, I have noticed that the most serious issue people have is a lack of insight into what they are doing, or what they could do. That's how we ended up creating this programme called Insight."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://forbesindia.com/article/beyond-business/how-to-scale-up-your-enter-prise-conver-sations-with-sadhguru-dr-ram-charan/34159/1 | title=How to Scale up Your Enterprise: Conversations with Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev & Dr Ram Charan | work=Forbes | date=21 Nov 2012 | accessdate=26 September 2013 | author=Gupta, Indrajit}}</ref> | |||
| Sadhguru has made a number claims that are inconsistent with scientific consensus.<ref name=":6"/><ref name="breakthrough2018">{{Cite web |url=https://breakthroughindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Breakthrough-18jan.pdf | title=Responsibility of Scientists towards Building Scientific Temper in Society | author=Aniket Sule |work=Breakthrough, Vol.20, No. 1 |date=February 2018 |access-date=2023-01-01}}</ref><ref name="altnews2018">{{Cite web|last=Shaikh|first=Dr Sumaiya|date=26 February 2018|title=Scientific research ascertains mercury toxicity but Sadhguru continues to endorse it for Indian traditional medicines|url=https://www.altnews.in/scientific-research-ascertains-mercury-toxicity-sadhguru-continues-endorse-indian-traditional-medicines/|access-date=31 December 2019|website=Alt News}}</ref> Although India approved the ratification of the international ] to ban its usage, Sadhguru advocates for the use of mercury in the context of traditional Indian medicine such as ].<ref name=":1">{{Citation |title=Sadhguru – I am still alive only because of mercury! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oC78A0YpQQ |work=YouTube |access-date=2022-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://isha.sadhguru.org/us/en/sadhguru/mystic/rasa-vaidya |title=Rasa Vaidya |date=2017-11-03 |website=isha.sadhguru.org |access-date=2023-01-01}}</ref><ref name="altnews2018" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.asianstudies.org/wp-content/uploads/KaibaraSpring2021EAAOnlineSupplement.pdf |author=Helen Kaibara |title=Cauvery Calling: A Possible Solution for a Dying River and Desperate Farmers |work=Asia’s Environments: National, Regional, and Global Perspectives, Education About Asia, Volume 26, Number 1| date=Spring 2021 |access-date=2023-01-01}}</ref> He has also repeatedly stated he can solidify mercury at room temperature; a claim refuted by Australian scientist Sumaiya Shaikh.<ref name=":6" /> | |||
| Sadhguru has been criticized for statements about the negative effects that a ] can have on the body's energy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tharoor |first=Shashi |title=Science is not your enemy |url=https://englisharchives.mathrubhumi.com/features/politics/science-hinduism-1.2653600 |date=2018-03-07 |access-date=20 November 2022 |website=Mathrubhumi}}</ref><ref name="breakthrough2018" /> | |||
| In 2017, he spoke <ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.globallandscapesforum.org/25444/sadhguru-global-landscapes-forum-millions-rally-rivers-favor-reforestation/ |title=Sadhguru at Global Landscapes Forum: Millions who rally for rivers favor reforestation |date=December 2017 ||accessdate=3 July 2018 |publisher=Landscape News}}</ref> at the Global Landscapes Forum in Bonn, Germany, where he was also interviewed by ] <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wk-MgC_efe8 |title=Sadhguru in conversation with Erik Solheim |date=December 2017 ||accessdate=3 July 2018 |publisher=Global Landscapes Forum}}</ref>, head of ]. | |||
| ==References== | |||
| ===Adiyogi statue=== | |||
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| ] | |||
| Jaggi Vasudev designed the 112-foot ], which is located at the Isha Yoga Center. It was inaugurated on ], 24 February 2017, by the ], ].<ref>{{cite news|title=PM Narendra Modi unveils first 112-foot tall Shiva statue in Coimbatore|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/pm-narendra-modi-to-unveil-first-112-foot-tall-shiva-statue-in-coimbatore-on-mahashivratri-5-interesting-facts-to-know/563295/|accessdate=1 March 2017|publisher=]|date=24 February 2017}}</ref> | |||
| The Adiyogi statue depicts ] as the first yogi or Adiyogi, and first Guru or Adi Guru, who offered yoga to humanity. The statue was built by the Isha Foundation using 20,000 individual iron plates supplied by the ]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.covaipost.com/coimbatore/gigantic-statue-of-first-yoga-guru-adiyogi-to-be-unveiled-by-pm/|title=Gigantic statue of first yoga guru Adiyogi to be unveiled by PM|newspaper=The Covai Post|date=8 February 2017}}</ref> and weighs around 500 tonnes (490 long tons; 550 short tons). The Adiyogi Shiva Statue has been recognized as the "Largest Bust Sculpture" by Guinness World Records.<ref>{{cite web|title=Largest bust (sculpture)|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/458751-largest-bust-sculpture|website=Guinness World Records}}</ref> A consecrated ] called "Yogeshwar Linga" is placed in front of the Adiyogi Shiva statue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://isha.sadhguru.org/blog/sadhguru/spot/yogeshwar-a-heartless-yogi/|title=Yogeshwar: A Heartless Yogi|accessdate=1 March 2017|publisher=Isha Foundation}}</ref> | |||
| ==Bibliography== | |||
| Various environmental activists and groups protested the inauguration claiming that the statue was built in the catchment area of the ], thus affecting biodiversity and violating building bylaws. A ] was also filed by Vellingiri Hill Tribal Protection Society in the ] challenging the construction of the statue. In the court, Tamil Nadu Government has called these construction as illegal and built with no approval.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ishas-shiva-statue-has-no-approval-buildings-illegal-tn-government-takes-stand-57938 |title=Isha's Shiva statue has no approval, buildings illegal: TN government takes a stand |work=] |date=1 March 2017 |accessdate=6 March 2017}}</ref> | |||
| * {{citation| isbn = 978-0-578-20085-9| last = Berghella| first = Vincenzo| title = Chennai and Coimbatore, India| date = 2018}} | |||
| * {{Citation| publisher = SAGE| isbn = 978-1-5264-1437-3| last1 = Hudson| first1 = Simon| last2 = Hudson| first2 = Louise| title = Marketing for Tourism, Hospitality & Events: A Global & Digital Approach| location = London, etc.| date = 2017}} | |||
| ==Controversies== | |||
| * {{citation |last1=Simone |first1=Cheryl |last2=Vasudev |first2=Sadhguru Jaggi |title=Midnights with the Mystic: A Little Guide to Freedom and Bliss |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iWvCxQvsZLgC |year=2008 |publisher=Hampton Roads Publishing |isbn=978-1-61283-113-8}} | |||
| ===Wife's murder charges=== | |||
| * {{citation |first=Joanne Punzo |last=Waghorne |chapter=Engineering an Artful Practice: On Jaggi Vasudev's Isha Yoga and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living |editor1=Mark Singleton |editor2=Ellen Goldberg |title=Gurus of Modern Yoga |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-cyOAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA283 |year=2013 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-993872-8 |pages=283–307}} | |||
| A murder case was filed against him by his father-in-law, alleging that Jaggi had killed his wife on 23 January 1997 and cremated her hurriedly against her community customs of burying. The father-in-law had requested Jaggi to wait till he could reach them but the cremation was carried out in his absence.<ref name="Express_Charge">{{cite news |title=Godman Charged with wife's murder |accessdate=14 November 2018 |agency=Express News Service |publisher=Indian Express |date=10 October 1997}}</ref> | |||
| ===Abduction charges=== | |||
| In 2016, A petition for help was filed at the district collectorate in Tamil Nadu by two parents who had alleged that their children along with two adult women were abducted and confined the Isha Yoga centre premises in Coimbatore. Isha Yoga centre and the women had denied these charges.<ref name="TNMCharges"/> | |||
| ===Land encroachment and environment violations=== | |||
| The locals and environmentalists have made several charges against Vasudev and Isha foundation for its unauthorized construction on the 44,000 sq ft of land belonging to the forest. The Isha Yoga Center is located below the ] of the ] region around 30 kilometers from Coimbatore. The center have constructed several buildings in the forest which has encroached upon the elephant corridor. The Center claims that some of the buildings were approved already and others were waiting for approval.<ref name="TNMCharges">{{cite news |title=Not just abduction charges, Isha Yoga centre also in the dock for environmental violations |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/not-just-abduction-charges-isha-yoga-centre-also-dock-environmental-violations-47705 |accessdate=14 November 2018 |publisher=] |date=6 August 2016}}</ref> | |||
| Due to its location in the middle of the elephant corridor the buildings have violated the environmental norms of Tamil Nadu's Hill Area Conservation Authority (HACA) and Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Before the year 2000 the elephants could freely relocate in the Coimbatore region through the exclusive Elephant corridor and were peacefully coexisting with the humans. After the Yoga center's construction the elephant corridor was encroached with high walls and electric fences created to keep the elephants away. As a result, the elephants were forced to move through the areas with human settlements which led to human animal conflicts and even death of both animals as well as humans in these conflicts. These encroachments and electric fences have caused many injuries and even deaths of the elephants and other wild animals.<ref name="TNMCharges"/> | |||
| Environmental organisation Osai in Coimbatore claims that these violations have been raised by ministers in the Assembly but so far no progress has been made. Advocate M. Radhakrishnan of environmental organisation "Poovulagin Nanbargal" the Isha yoga center buildings that have been constructed on approximately 44,000 sq ft and violating the HACA norms "can be demolished even today if the State Government wished to do so". The state government so far has not implemented the demolition notice issued in 2013. A Public interest litigation was filed by the environmental activist M. Vetriselvan in 2013 in the Madras High court requesting the court to direct the Tamil Nadu Government to act on the demolition notice.<ref name="TNMCharges"/> | |||
| {{Cquote|quote=Isha Yoga Center filed a review petition against the demolition notice, which is still pending. The State Government is citing this as an excuse for not going ahead with the demolition. The review has no bearing on the notice and the demolition can begin any day as there is no stay order. The implementation is significant in that it does not only direct Isha to demolish the irregular buildings, but also to restore the encroached land to its original condition.|author=M. Vetriselvan, advocate and environmental activist<ref name="TNMCharges"/>}} | |||
| Three more PILs have been filed against the unauthorised buildings but they are pending in the courts. Meanwhile more buildings are being constructed by the yoga center in violation of HACA and construction norms.<ref name="TNMCharges"/> In July 2018, the ] (CAG) has criticized the Forest Department of the Tamil Nadu government for allowing and preventing the unauthorized constructions in an ecologically sensitive zone by the Isha foundation against the environmental norms.<ref name="FirstpostCAG">{{cite news |title=CAG pulls up Tamil Nadu forest department over unapproved construction by Isha Foundation in protected zone |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/cag-pulls-up-tamil-nadu-forest-department-over-unapproved-construction-by-isha-foundation-in-protected-zone-4718781.html |accessdate=14 November 2018 |publisher=Firstpost |date=19 July 2018}}</ref> | |||
| ==Publications== | |||
| Jaggi Vasudev is the author of several books, including '']''. The book tour in North America included 17 cities, and the launch events were attended by an estimated 26,000 people.<ref name="bstand">{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/don-t-vote-as-part-of-a-tribe-sadhguru-jaggi-vasudev-tells-americans-116101600189_1.html|title=Don't vote as part of a tribe, Jaggi Vasudev tells Americans|website=]|publisher=]|accessdate=20 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sadhguru's newly launched book is about exploring inner self|url=http://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/columns/jaggi-vasudev/sadhguru-s-newly-launched-book-is-about-exploring-inner-self-inner-engineering-1.1514165|website=Matrubhoomi|publisher=Matrubhoomi|accessdate=20 November 2016}}</ref> | |||
| ===English=== | |||
| {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} | |||
| * ''Adiyogi: The Source of Yoga'',<ref> by Jaggi Vasudev, ''Harper Elements''</ref> {{ISBN|9352643925}} | |||
| * '']'', {{ISBN|0-8129-9780-8}}, 9780812997804 | |||
| * ''Three Truths of Well Being'', {{ISBN|978-0-14-342138-2}} | |||
| * ''Encounter the Enlightened'', {{ISBN|81-86685-60-X}} | |||
| * ''Mystic's Musings'', {{ISBN|81-86685-59-6}} | |||
| * ''Joy 24x7'', {{ISBN|978-81-7992-914-8}} | |||
| * ''Pebbles of Wisdom'', {{ISBN|978-81-7992-952-0}} | |||
| * ''The Mystic Eye'', {{ISBN|81-7992-883-7}} | |||
| * ''Essential Wisdom from a Spiritual Master'', {{ISBN|81-7992-882-9}} | |||
| * ''Flowers on the Path'', {{ISBN|81-87910-05-4}} | |||
| * ''Himalayan Lust'', {{ISBN|978-81-8495-076-2}} | |||
| * ''Eternal Echoes: The Sacred Sounds Through the Mystic'', {{ISBN|81-87910-02-X}} | |||
| * ''Dhyanalinga: The Silent Revolution'', {{ISBN|81-87910-00-3}} | |||
| * ''Dhyanalinga: The Eternal Form'' | |||
| * ''Circus of The Mind'', {{ISBN|81-87910-10-0}} | |||
| * ''Unleashing The Mind'', {{ISBN|81-87910-08-9}} | |||
| * ''Good And Bad Divides The World'', {{ISBN|81-87910-07-0}} | |||
| * ''Enlightenment: What It Is'', {{ISBN|81-87910-06-2}} | |||
| * ''Sacred Space For Self-transformation'', {{ISBN|81-87910-09-7}} | |||
| * ''Ancient Technology For The Modern Mind'', {{ISBN|81-87910-11-9}} | |||
| * ''Three Truths of Well Being'', {{ISBN|978-0-670-08706-8}} | |||
| * ''Midnights with the Mystic'', {{ISBN|978-1-57174-561-3}} | |||
| * ''A Guru Always takes you for a Ride'', {{ISBN|978-81-87910-53-4}} | |||
| * ''Ancient Technology For The Modern Mind'', {{ISBN|978-81-87910-11-4}} | |||
| * ''Don't Polish Your Ignorance....it may shine'', {{ISBN|978-81-8495-200-1}} | |||
| * ''Of Mystics & Mistakes'', {{ISBN|978-81-8495-308-4}} | |||
| * ''Body - The Greatest Gadget/Mind Is Your Business'', {{ISBN|978-93-5083-360-5}} | |||
| * ''Emotion The Juice Of Life : Compulsiveness To Consciousness'', {{ISBN|978-93-5083-362-9}} | |||
| * ''Encounter the Enlightened'', {{ISBN|978-81-86685-60-0}} | |||
| * ''Sadhguru Biography-More Than A Life'', {{ISBN|978-0-670-08512-5}} | |||
| * ''Why Suffering'' | |||
| * ''Inner Management: In the Presence of the Master'' | |||
| * ''Isha Living'' | |||
| * ''Sexuality And Divine'' | |||
| * ''You'' | |||
| * ''SG Convex View book'' | |||
| * ''The sacred India Book'' | |||
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| * ''Unakkve Oru Ragasiyam'' {{ISBN|978-81-89936-24-2}} | |||
| * ''Konjam Amudham Konjam Visham'' {{ISBN|978-81-8476-134-4}} | |||
| * ''Aayiram Jannal'' {{ISBN|978-81-8476-226-6}} | |||
| * ''Anandha Alai'' | |||
| * ''Gnanathin Bramandam'' | |||
| * ''Guru Thantha Guru'' | |||
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| * ''Yogi: Sadhguru Ki Mahayatra'' {{ISBN|978-8183227933}} | |||
| * ''Ek Adhyatmik Guru Ka Alaukik Gyan'' {{ISBN|978-81-8495-142-4}} | |||
| * ''Mrityu Ek Kalpana Hai'' {{ISBN|978-81-288-2969-7}} | |||
| * ''Srishti Se Srishta Tak'' {{ISBN|978-81-288-2970-3}} | |||
| * ''Atmagyan: Akhir Hai Kya'' {{ISBN|978-81-288-3495-0}}, {First Edition in August-2011} | |||
| * ''Rah Ke Phool'' {{ISBN|978-8183227216}} | |||
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| * ''Karunege Bhedavilla '' {{ISBN|81-7286-591-0}} | |||
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| * ''Gnani Sannidhilo'' | |||
| * ''Sadhguru Subhaashitaalu'' {{ISBN|978-93-80409-77-1}} | |||
| * ''Maunamto Rahasyam'' {{ISBN|978-93-80409-48-1}} | |||
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Latest revision as of 06:02, 21 December 2024
Indian yogi and author (born 1957) This article is about Sadhguru, an Indian spiritual teacher. For the definition of the word, see Satguru.
| Sadhguru | |
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| Born | Jagadish Vasudev (1957-09-03) 3 September 1957 (age 67) Mysore, Mysore State, India |
| Alma mater | University of Mysore (BA) |
| Organization | Isha Foundation |
| Notable work |
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| Spouse |
Vijaya Kumari
(m. 1984; died 1997) |
| Children | 1 |
| Honors | Padma Vibhushan (2017) Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar |
| Website | isha |
Sadhguru (born Jagadish "Jaggi" Vasudev, 3 September 1957) is an Indian guru and founder of the Isha Foundation, based in Coimbatore, India. The foundation, established in 1992, operates an ashram and yoga centre that carries out educational and spiritual activities. Sadhguru has been teaching yoga since 1982. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy and Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny, and a frequent speaker at international forums.
Sadhguru also advocates for protecting the environment against climate change, leading many initiatives like Project GreenHands (PGH), Rally for Rivers, Cauvery Calling, and the Journey to Save Soil. In 2017, he received the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award, for his contributions to spirituality and humanitarian services.
Sadhguru has been criticized for promoting a number of pseudoscientific claims.
Biography
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Early life
Jagadish Vasudev, commonly referred to as Jaggi, was born into a Telugu family on 3 September 1957, in Mysore, Mysore State (now in Karnataka, India). He was the youngest of five children to Susheela Vasudev (mother) and B.V. Vasudev (father). His father was an ophthalmologist at the Mysuru Railway Hospital and his mother a homemaker.
Education
After completing his formal education, Vasudev was uninterested in post-secondary schooling. One year later, however, he enrolled at the University of Mysore, where he studied English literature. While studying literature, Vasudev received second rank. Although his parents wanted him to continue his education with postgraduate studies, Vasudev disagreed and began a career in business.
Work
After graduating from the University of Mysore, Vasudev went on to build his first business, a poultry farm, in Mysore. Vasudev explained that his motivation to start a poultry farm was driven by the serenity it yielded in the hours he was not working. The business required minimal attention throughout the day, so Vasudev was able to pursue other interests during his time off, like writing poetry. The business grew profitable, but his family repeatedly criticized and opposed his decision to work with poultry. This led Vasudev to enter the construction industry with a company named Buildaids. He started the company in partnership with a friend, who was a civil engineer. Though Vasudev had no formal engineering training, he used the experience gained from building his poultry farm in his new endeavour.
At the age of 25, after a series of spiritual experiences, he shut down his businesses and began to travel and teach yoga.
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In 1983, he taught his first yoga class, in Mysore. He began travelling across Karnataka and Hyderabad on his motorcycle, conducting his style of yoga classes, known as Sahaja Sthiti Yoga, subsisting on the income from his poultry farm rental and donating the funds received from his students.
Also in 2017, Sadhguru consecrated the Adiyogi Shiva statue, the world's largest bust, in Coimbatore, India.
Spirituality
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Although Vasudev was not brought up in a spiritual household, he recollects one of his first spiritual experiences occurring after he turned 25. On 23 September 1982, he drove up Chamundi Hill, and as he sat on a stone, Vasudev had his first spiritual experience. He explained that, "All my life I had thought, this is me...But now the air I was breathing, the rock on which I was sitting, the atmosphere around me — everything had become me." After about six days, Vasudev had another similar experience at home. Six weeks later, he left his businesses and travelled extensively, in an effort to seek insight into his spiritual experiences. After about a year of meditation and travel, he decided to teach yoga to share his inner experience.
Personal life
In his earlier years, Vasudev had a love for driving motorcycles. One of his favourite places to drive was the Chamundi Hills in Mysore, though he sometimes drove much further, including to Nepal. Vasudev advocates vegetarianism, but whilst traveling with no vegetarian food sources available, he eats seafood. He practices the Sun Salutation for 40 minutes a day.
Vasudev married his wife, Vijaykumari, in 1984. In 1990, Vijaykumari and Jaggi had their only child, Radhe. Vijaykumari died on 23 January 1997. A complaint from Vijaykumari's father alleged that Vasudev killed her, but was later dismissed by police. Radhe trained in Bharatanatyam at the Kalakshetra Foundation in Chennai. She married Indian classical vocalist Sandeep Narayan in 2014.
Isha Foundation
Main article: Isha FoundationIn 1992, Sadhguru established the Isha Foundation as a platform for his spiritual, environmental, and educational activities. In 1993, he began searching for a location to establish an ashram to cater to the growing interest in his yoga classes. In 1994, he purchased land near the Velliangiri mountains in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, and inaugurated the Isha Yoga Center. Since establishing the Isha Foundation, he remains its head. The foundation's activities are run mostly by volunteers. The organisation offers yoga programmes, known as Isha Yoga. The foundation aims to improve the quality of education in rural India through an initiative called Isha Vidhya.
Environmental activism
Through the Isha Foundation, Sadhguru has launched several projects and campaigns focused on environmental conservation and protection, including Project GreenHands (PGH), Rally for Rivers, Cauvery Calling, and Save Soil. Sadhguru established PGH to address water and soil issues in Tamil Nadu through reforestation efforts. Launched in July 2019, the "Cauvery Calling" campaign focused on planting trees along the Cauvery river's 0.65-mile wide area to replenish water levels in the river and the groundwater table. In 2017, Sadhguru launched "Rally for Rivers", a campaign intended to build widespread support for river revitalization efforts across India, similar to the "Cauvery Calling" campaign. In 2022, Sadhguru completed a 100-day motorcycle journey from London to India to bring attention to his "Journey to Save Soil" campaign, which focuses on raising awareness about soil degradation issues and the benefits of using organic matter in farming.
In May 2022, he addressed the leaders of 195 countries at the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification to speak about "Journey to Save Soil". Both Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show, and podcast host Joe Rogan, have invited Sadhguru to discuss this movement. On World Environment Day 2022, Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, attended an event with Sadhguru to discuss efforts to improve soil health.
The UN FAO has stated that "90% of the Earth's precious topsoil is likely to be at risk by 2050". However, views have been divided on whether the "Save Soil" campaign is addressing this issue. Maria Helena Semedo, deputy director-general of FAO, opined that "Organic may not be the only solution but it's the single best I can think of." Meanwhile, one environmental watchdog has characterized Sadhguru's approach as "greenwashing".
Speeches and writings
Sadhguru has authored over thirty books, including the New York Times bestsellers Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy and Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny.
Sadhguru is a frequent public speaker who has been invited to address many prestigious forums and conferences across the globe, such as the United Nations' Millennium World Peace Summit, the British House of Lords, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the International Institute for Management Development. He has also spoken at the annual World Economic Forum in 2007, 2017 and 2020.
Honors
In 2017, Sadhguru was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award from the Government of India, in recognition of his contribution to the field of spirituality and humanitarian services. The same year, Sadhguru consecrated the Adiyogi Shiva statue, built by the Isha Foundation, in Coimbatore, standing at 34 metres (112 feet) tall. This was declared as the world's largest bust by Guinness World Records.
He stood 92nd in The Indian Express' list of 100 most powerful Indians in 2012 and 40th in India Today's list of fifty most powerful Indians in 2019.
Political views
When Ayushmann Khurrana asked him how to choose the "correct political stance", Sadhguru responded by saying that he does not subscribe to a political party, and others should not either. He stated that, "party membership should be cancelled because this is becoming a tribe." Accordingly, he encourages individuals to vote for a given party after evaluating their performance in office to "see who makes more sense". However, his views are occasionally perceived as Hindu nationalist and thus close to the Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2019 he referred to a Muslim student in London as a "Taliban," for which he apologized after heavy criticism. After recognizing the failure in the "government's communication" of the 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act in India, Sadhguru spoke in support of the act. In 2018, he accused liberals of being fanatics.
Pseudoscience
Sadhguru has made a number claims that are inconsistent with scientific consensus. Although India approved the ratification of the international Minamata Convention on Mercury to ban its usage, Sadhguru advocates for the use of mercury in the context of traditional Indian medicine such as Siddha medicine. He has also repeatedly stated he can solidify mercury at room temperature; a claim refuted by Australian scientist Sumaiya Shaikh.
Sadhguru has been criticized for statements about the negative effects that a lunar eclipse can have on the body's energy.
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