How a Fake Guru Gets Real Followers

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How a Fake Guru Gets Real Followers

Post04 Jul 2011

How a Fake Guru Gets Real Followers

Kumaré is an enlightened guru from the East who builds a following of disciples in the West. But Kumaré is not real. He is an American filmmaker named Vikram Gandhi, who has transformed himself into Kumaré as the centerpiece of a social experiment designed to explore and test one of the world’s most sacred taboos.

Concealing his true identity from all he meets, Kumaré forges profound, spiritual connections with real people from all walks of life. At the same time, in the absurdity of living as an entirely different person, Vikram the filmmaker is forced to confront difficult questions about his own identity.

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Re: How a Fake Guru Gets Real Followers

Post04 Jul 2011

Interesting experiment ... the filmmakers are interview with a clip.

All it takes are two young guys with no yogic background to fake a religion. Around the 8 minutes mark, some young woman comes forward ready to surrender to the guru! They don't see it as a negative take on spirituality at all.




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