Sahaja Yoga

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Sahaja Yoga

this is not an agreed upon fact. citing sources that attribute the claim to advocacy groups and journalists that teach creative writing is not the same as stating it as a fact. I've started a discussion on the talk page.

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'''Sahaja Yoga (सहज योग)''' is a religious [[cult]] founded in 1970 by [[Nirmala Srivastava]] (1923–2011).{{Cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Religion |publisher=Macmillan Reference USA [Imprint] |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-02-865997-8 |editor-last=Jones |editor-first=Lindsey |edition=2nd |location=Detroit }} She is known as Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (''Revered Immaculate Mother'') or simply as "Mother" by her followers, who are called Sahaja yogis.{{cite book |title=Sahaja Yoga: Socializing Processes in a South Asian New Movement |last=Coney |first=Judith |publisher=[[Curzon Press]] |year=1999 |isbn=0-7007-1061-2 |location=Richmond }}{{Cite news |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/sahaja-yoga-founder-nirmala-devi-is-dead/754645/ |title=Sahaja Yoga founder Nirmala Devi is dead |date=25 February 2011 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505165610/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/sahaja-yoga-founder-nirmala-devi-is-dead/754645 |archive-date=5 May 2017 |url-status=live}}
'''Sahaja Yoga (सहज योग)''' is a [[new religious movement]] founded in 1970 by [[Nirmala Srivastava]] (1923–2011).{{Cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Religion |publisher=Macmillan Reference USA [Imprint] |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-02-865997-8 |editor-last=Jones |editor-first=Lindsey |edition=2nd |location=Detroit }} She is known as Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (''Revered Immaculate Mother'') or simply as "Mother" by her followers, who are called Sahaja yogis.{{cite book |title=Sahaja Yoga: Socializing Processes in a South Asian New Movement |last=Coney |first=Judith |publisher=[[Curzon Press]] |year=1999 |isbn=0-7007-1061-2 |location=Richmond }}{{Cite news |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/sahaja-yoga-founder-nirmala-devi-is-dead/754645/ |title=Sahaja Yoga founder Nirmala Devi is dead |date=25 February 2011 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505165610/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/sahaja-yoga-founder-nirmala-devi-is-dead/754645 |archive-date=5 May 2017 |url-status=live}}


Practitioners believe that during meditation they experience a state of self-realization produced by [[kundalini]] awakening. Shri Mataji described Sahaja Yoga as the pure, universal religion integrating all other religions. She claimed that she was a divine incarnation, more precisely an [[incarnation]] of the Holy Spirit, or the [[Adi-shakti|Adi Shakti]] of the Hindu tradition, the great mother goddess who had come to save humanity. This is also how she is regarded by most of her devotees.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sahajayoga.org/propheciesfulfillments/default.asp |title=Prophecies and Fulfillments |date=7 May 2017 |website=Sahaja Yoga Meditation |publisher=Vishwa Nirmala Dharma |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512133138/http://www.sahajayoga.org/propheciesfulfillments/default.asp |archive-date=12 May 2017 |url-status=live}} Sahaja Yoga has sometimes been characterized as a [[cult]].
Practitioners believe that during meditation they experience a state of self-realization produced by [[kundalini]] awakening. Shri Mataji described Sahaja Yoga as the pure, universal religion integrating all other religions. She claimed that she was a divine incarnation, more precisely an [[incarnation]] of the Holy Spirit, or the [[Adi-shakti|Adi Shakti]] of the Hindu tradition, the great mother goddess who had come to save humanity. This is also how she is regarded by most of her devotees.{{Cite web |url=http://www.sahajayoga.org/propheciesfulfillments/default.asp |title=Prophecies and Fulfillments |date=7 May 2017 |website=Sahaja Yoga Meditation |publisher=Vishwa Nirmala Dharma |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512133138/http://www.sahajayoga.org/propheciesfulfillments/default.asp |archive-date=12 May 2017 |url-status=live}} Sahaja Yoga has sometimes been characterized as a [[cult]].
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