There are 28 newspaper articles about Prem Rawat posted here from 1973 when Rawat was 16 years old.
This story and others about the brutal attempted murder of Pat Halley revealed the darkness at the heart of Divine Light Mission, the flaw that allowed its idealism to be perverted.
Out in Winnipeg the local stolid, humble community were advertising regularly and they were holding back nothing.
The Wedding story flashed around the world. Quite possibly a new benchmark in unlikely husbands and trophy brides.
The Press seemed to enjoy publishing stories about Prem Rawat with a twist
But they didn't shy from serious investigative journalism either
The truth can be found out there, sometimes even in a TV review column
A court case reveals one of Divine Light mission's sordid financial secrets
Charnanand was working Nevada rather sedately, talking of the "everyday benefits" of meditation.
Prem Rawat's "Knowledge" has three parts: regularly listening to his speeches, doing voluntary work for organisations serving him or donating money and daily meditation correctly practicing the four techniques he recommends. The techniques are so simple it's hard to see how they could be practiced incorrectly. First technique ("Divine Light") involves sticking your thumb and middle finger on your eyeballs (NB: with eyes closed) and your index finger between your eyebrows. Second technique: ("Heavenly Music") poking your thumbs into your ears and listening. Third technique: ("Holy Name") thinking about your breathing (NB: continue to breathe). Fourth technique: ("Nectar") curling your tongue backwards and tasting. Rawat's father taught slightly different techniques but either way it's difficult to see how these could produce the benefits claimed for them especially as Rawat claims His Knowledge is the only method of attaining real happiness and love in this life.
