Sanatan Sanstha: What you need to know
New Delhi, Sept 24: The call for a ban on the Sanathan Sanstha is nothing new. Two days back there was a call to ban the organization, but the same was ruled out by the Goa Chief Minister, Laxmikant Parsekar. He made it clear that if one person of an organization is involved in some offence then it is not right to impose a ban on the entire outfit.
The calls for banning the Sanathan Sanstha is nothing new. In a recent interview with OneIndia( Interview: Hindu organisations don't murder rationalists ) the spokesperson of the organization Abhay Vartak said that these ban calls are nothing but a conspiracy.
The Sanathan Sanstha has most of the times been in the news for the wrong reasons. However is that all that there is to the Sanathan Sanstha? Here is what needs to be known about this organization.
Spiruality
and
science:
Founded
in
the
year
1990
by
Jayant
Balaji
Athavale,
the
Sanathan
Sanstha's
main
aim
is
to
present
spirituality
in
a
scientific
language.
Athavale
was
a
consultant
clinical
hypnotherapist
from
Mumbai.
After practicing as a hypnotherapist for twenty years, he realized that nearly 30 per cent of his patients did not recover with the usual treatment regimens.
He also found that those patients recovered fully after having gone on a pilgrimage, or having followed the spiritual advice of a saint.Although Athavale was an atheist at that time, this phenomenon intrigued him and prompted him to take steps to study reasons behind these cures the Wikipedia states.
Controversies:
Over
the
years
the
Sanathan
Sanstha
has
faced
all
sorts
of
allegations.
The
recent
allegations
blame
members
of
the
Sanathan
Sanstha
to
be
behind
the
murder
of
rationalists
in
Karnataka
and
Maharashtra.
Prior to this two members of the group were accused of carrying out a blast at the Panvel cinema when the movie Jodha Akbar was being screened.
Another blast at an auditorium in Thane which was screening a play called Aamhi Pachpute was also blamed on members of the group. However the members were released on bail
Further allegations of members of the group being involved in a blast at Margao. The accused were however acquitted in the case.
A
petition
was
filed
in
the
court
stating
that
the
group
was
indulging
in
terrorist
activities.
It
was
alleged
that
the
Ericksonian
Hynosis
was
being
practiced
by
the
group.
Several
pleas
to
ban
the
organization
have
been
made,
but
they
never
materialized.
It
is
a
conspiracy:
The
spokesperson
of
the
organization,
Abhay
Vartak
tells
OneIndia
that
there
have
been
several
conspiracies
hatched
against
them
to
ensure
that
they
are
banned.
None
of
the
cases
against
us
have
been
proven
and
false
allegations
are
made
against
us.
We
practise
spirituality
and
nothing
else
Vartak
added.
On the killings of the three rationalists, Vartak says that these are again baseless charges and are part of a large conspiracy. No Hindu believes in killing and Hindu organizations do not indulge in such acts, he also pointed out.