This topic has to be taken in the right context,
Many times I have seen people believing (me too ) sadhus,yogis,godmen,preachers etc., ( how many of them are true)
When we are in distress we go to those people,
when a man approaches guru ---- the guru will say you r in trouble , and he will say you are not peaceful, you are having trouble in business, in your personal life etc.
( see the great discovery by guru )
In tamil there is a saying ' bodhanai---nambu---bodhagarai---nambhade'
BELIEVE THE PREACHING BUT DON'T BELIEVE THE PREACHER
Here is a nice movie kumare about fake gurus
Kumaré is an American 2011 documentary film directed by Vikram Gandhi.
To record the documentary, American filmmaker Vikram Gandhi transformed himself into Sri Kumaré, an enlightened guru from a fictional village in India, by adopting a fake Indian accent and growing out his hair and beard.
In the film, Kumaré travels to Arizona to spread his made-up philosophy and gain sincere followers.
Kumaré premiered at the 2011 South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW), where it received the festival's Feature Film Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Gandhi came up with the idea of a fictional guru while recording another documentary film about yogis and their followers.
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