Table of contents
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BOOK I: DECONSTRUCTING THE MYTH
DEDICATION
Preface

I. INTRODUCTION
II. OVERVIEW
1. Itinerary
2. Origin
3. Work in the West
4. Separation

III. THE BACKSTORY
1. First years
2. Trances, miracles and biographies
3. A. and the West
_____a. Business without borders
_____b. Amritayoga
4. The “sons” and their “mother”
5. The saving grace of the vagina
6. The personal attendant
7. The organisation’s 002
8. The divine adrift
_____a. Divinity and omnipotence
_____b. Absolutism and Exceptionalism of the Master
_____c. Maculate conceptions
_____d. What about a shrink?
_____e. Family, real estate and regulations
_____f. Testimonies
9. The biography, a critical review
_____a. The biography
_____b. The śhaktiprasāds
_____c. Dark skin and filiation
_____d. The death of her brother
_____e. Psychological analysis of Amma’s personnality
_____f. True bhakti
_____g. Conclusion and general thoughts on the biography

IV. CHARITABLE INSTITUTION VS BUSINESS EMPIRE?
1. Foreign donations and Charity
_____a. Highlights of my report on FCRA declarations
_____b. Obligations of NGOs and the reality of the organisation
_____c. Donations from affiliated organisations
_____d. Donations from individuals
_____e. Conclusion
2. Health
_____a. Testimony of the ex-joint secretary general
_____b. Testimony of the consultants after their preliminary audit
_____c. Other testimonies and infos (selection)
_____d. Amrita’s true charitable health initiatives
_____e. Love, compassion, service, and nurses
3. Education
_____a. Second testimonial of the AIMS consultant
_____b. Other testimonies and infos (selection)
_____c. Vision of Amrita’s education system
_____d. Complaints and critiques (a selection)
_____e. Suicide among students
_____f. The indian context
_____g. University rankings
_____h. Amrita-style Gurukula
_____i. Science and spirituality / West and East
_____j. Thoughts on Amrita’s education system
_____k. Double discourse
_____l. A plagiarised manipulative system, source of recruitment
_____m. Plagiarism or collegial sharing?
_____n. Arts and Sciences according to Amrita
4. Business and celebrity
_____a. Some key persons
_____b. Technology and business
_____c. Message to the world on the eradication of trafficking and slavery
_____d. Ignorance and false modesty
5. Holy mother of Patriarchy
_____a. Hailing the qualities of the mother
_____b. Contribution and responsibility among genders
_____c. Male vs female ghostwriter
_____d. Empowerment of women
_____e. Amma’s true temporal power
_____f. Awakening to universal fatherhood
V. CONCLUSION OF BOOK I

VI. BOOK II – BACK TO FUNDAMENTALS
1. Introduction: Who was “Ganga” when he met A.?
2. Seeker or finder?
3. Obsessed with the ego
4. Obsessed with Self-realisation
5. Term meanings
6. The sane balance of the four paths of yoga
7. God and the master
_____a. Hinduism
_____b. Sacred Texts
_____c. Āchāryas and gurus
_____d. The guru in the Vedas and the Upaniṣhads
_____e. Guru and God in the Purāṇas
_____f. Guru in the contemporary era
_____g. The wheat and the chaff
_____h. Deification of the guru
8. The guru’s lineage
9. Guru-disciple relationship
10. The path of devotion and the guru
11. Sane judgement and obedience
12. Psychotherapy and spirituality
13. Thoughts on belief and de-conversion
VII. CONCLUSION OF BOOK II

Afterword by the author
Appendix
FOOTNOTES, SOURCES AND ARCHIVE