The Times of India has published a report about volunteers at Swami Nityananda's Dhyanapeetham Ashram signing contracts prohibiting them from disclosing any details or taking legal recource after practicing “ancient tantrik secrets”.
The report says, nudity, sexual activity, and physical intimacy were part of the “learning and practice of ancient tantrik secrets'' at the ashram at Bidadi, near Bangalore. Nityananda was caught on camera during an alleged sex romp with an actress last month.
Bizarrely, the programme is called ‘Learning from the Master Program'.
The "non-disclosure agreements" were part of the documents seized by CID during raids on the ashram, where they seized computer hard disks, laptops and mobiles.
One clause of the agreement, accessed by Times of India, states: “Volunteer understands that the Program may involve the learning and practice of ancient tantric secrets associated with male and female ecstasy, including the use of sexual energy for increased intimacy/spiritual connection, pleasure, harmony and freedom. Volunteer understands that these activities could be physically and mentally challenging, and may involve nudity, access to visual images, graphic visual depictions, and descriptions of nudity and sexual activity, close physical proximity and intimacy, verbal and written descriptions and audio sounds of a sexually oriented, and erotic nature, etc."
It further says: "By reading and signing this addendum, Volunteer irrevocably acknowledges that he/she is voluntarily giving his unconditional acceptance of such activities and discharges the Leader and the Foundation, and anyone else not specifically mentioned here but directly or indirectly involved in the organization, management or conduct of any such programs from any liability, direct or indirect, arising from such activities."
A CID official said most of those who enrolled for this programme were women, and 90% were from Tamil Nadu. CID sleuths had watched a CD with more than 35 video clippings of Nityananda in compromising positions with at least five women.
