Ready for dubbing, Babaluji !

(Prem Rawat arrives in his car for the event in Versailles)

Last Sunday, hidden in his Mercedes with tinted windows, Guru Maharaji arrived at the artists entrance of the Palais du Congres.

The police are not far away. His baggage was searched when he descended from his airplane. The man called maharaji is at the head of the sect Elan Vital which has 100,000 followers. It's a golden business.  Distinguishing mark: He's a millionaire...and he doesn't want to meet me.

In order to find out more I questioned one of his close followers. Please, don’t hang around, there’s nothing to see …… ( Asks American PAM questions in English )

In a word, the ways of the maharaji are impossible to understand.

(Followers standing in front of the entrance)

Whilst the thousand of French followers are expecting the good word, an ex-follower is standing nearby and watching: " I left a long time ago because I noticed it was a business. Then it was much more free (sic) than it is now. In those days it was less private, now it's private".

(Rawat in his jet)

It is hard to find out a lot. We know the Guru plays hide and seek and likes doing business. This is the guru, his name is Prem Pal Rawat. He only travels by private jet. He bought his last toy from the King of Jordan for 300 000 000 French Francs.

(Picture of youg Prempal with his father)

His wonderful achievements started in the cradle. Son of an Indian Guru, he became Perfect Master at 8 years old. The sixties, the sexual revolution, the beatniks era, the fascination with the East. ….. Maharaji understood this. He arrived in Europe in 1971 without any money at all..... Immediate success ! He filled stadiums, held festivals and makes headlines in newspapers..

For his followers he's the Lord of the Universe, the Divine Incarnation. His recipe is a mixture of an old Hindu Knowledge and verbose preachings.

(Satsang in English and Rolls Royce)

Thirty years later the guru has kept his faithful followers.

( French President of  Elan Vital ) He’s been saying the same thing for 35 years, with different words. He simply says :" What you are looking for is inside of you...You can experience it now......Your life is happening now....enjoy it now! "

An innocent but obsessive message…….diffused by every means available. The guru is generous. CDs, books, global satellite broadcasts 3 time a week. He even employs marketing men for his propaganda: he releases 100 new videos a year – you have to pay for them of course, and all to the Glory of the Master ! The contribution to parish costs. A dubious conditioning. This is where Elan Vital starts to ressemble a sect.

( Jean-Michel Kahn ) "You start becoming addicted to this so-called teaching. You can only practise this Knowledge by continuing your relationship with the Guru...to watch his videos...go to his programs. It's not an experience of freedom at all, it's an experienced of being enclosed psychologically."

(M on stage in Versailles)

The highest experience is to see the Guru in flesh and blood !

A new occasion to leave a little money. Even if officially everything is free , Elan Vital never misses an occasion to ask for donations ! To be present at the conference at Versaille, the minimum contribution is 600 Francs .

( Jean-Michel) "You are requested to make donations in every possible way and at every step of the way.  Although the videos are supposedly free, we are asked to make donations on a regular basis, every month or so, about 300 francs a month these days. You’re asked to make a donation to attend Versailles. If you make a bigger donation you get a front  row seat. ( That's very secret ) and ( or so I've heard) some donations are as high as 50,000 francs or even more !  You conform because you don't want to be more pressured, or to seem marginal compared to others."

(Jean-Paul Biberian)

So everyone pays.The French President of Elan Vital is no exception " I must give around 1000 francs a month "…..

That’s 12000 francs a year. The Guru has a taste for luxury. To fund his private jets for instance, he doesn’t hesitate to launch sponsoring campaigns. And it works. In this document ( film of Lear Jet Donation Doc.) he is asking for donations to purchase a Lear Jet 55.

He hides the rest of his fortune. A house in England, a helicopter, a yacht costing 50 000 000 francs baptised " Serenity".... In the shade of the palm trees of the Californian coast in Malibu, Maharaji possesses a villa, his main home..21 rooms..valued at 150 000 000 frs. He and his family receives 150 000 francs in donations per month on his bank account.

The rest comes from his companies for which his followers benevolently work.

In 30 years, the Guru of Malibu has achieved at least one miracle: he made his fortune.

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