How about: Forbidding drug use while using drugs. Forbidding sex while sleeping with his secretary. Forbidding alcohol while downing quarts of brandy.

This advice wasn't presented for moralistic purposes but rather to protect a seed that had been planted, i.e., Knowledge. You came to him to learn something, and he gave you guidance so you could learn. As for any indulgences he may or may not have... stop being so self-righteous!

Dissing materialism while living a life of conspicuous materialism.

By whose standards?? I live such a life by the standards of some.

Giving ex-cathedra orders that wrecked peoples' academic lives, careers and relationships and wasted decades of their time.

I dare say he didn't give you any "orders". And if you had protected the seed you would be far better off today than if you'd pursued these other paths. Believe me, happiness is a much better deal than any of those!

Claiming to be a satguru and perfect master. Claiming omniscience. Claiming he is the source of grace.

Prove he's not.

Scaring people with stories of "rotting vegetables" if they dare to walk away and live their own lives.

Not true. He scared a certain group of initiators in 1977 with stories of "rotting vegetables", if they walked away from their heart in favour of ignorance. Not unlike scaring kids that they'll become heroin adicts if they smoke pot. The spirit behind both is "to protect".

Bullying the people around him.

Well he is the boss. I guess some would view that as bullying.

Being violent.

When? Come on!

Drunk driving.

Heresay... like so many other stories.

Demanding fidelity from his wife while having adulterous affairs and keeping a mistress.

Do you have proof he had affaires? I mean real proof. Anybody have the snapshots? Any whistle-blowing mistresses stepped forward? No? Wonder why.

Killing a cyclist and hiding this fact from premies.

If it happened at all it would have been an accident. As for hiding it from premies? Well he hides his finances from premies too. Is that bad? What kind of arrogance is it to expect him to tell you everything when it doesn't concern you?

Having people work for him in illegal and unsafe conditions (DECA).

Do you have an OSHA report on the conditions at DECA? Or is this more hearsay by a couple of disgruntled ex-premies?

Ordering people into ashrams then closing them when they became inconvenient.

Pure bullocks. I never once heard him ordering anyone into an ashram, in fact he often disuaded people from doing so. Yes he did close the ashrams... not only because they were inappropriate for the west, but because they stopped being a place that people benefitted from.

Sheltering a paedophile.

The basis for this whole argument is speculation.

There! Cheers.