I read that Rolling Stone article a few days ago.  I'm more interested in what Maharaji says than in what any reporters or any premies say, or said many years ago, about him.

If you are more interested in what Maharaji says GOK, then how about this from the article:

Reporter: It's hard for some people to understand how you personally can live so luxuriously in your several homes and your Rolls Royces.

Maharaj Ji: That life that you call luxurious ain't luxurious at all, because if any other person gets the same life I get, he's gonna blow apart in a million pieces in a split of a second....

Does that sound like something that a Motivational Speaker would say GOK? You can see and hear Maharaji say it in the Lord of the Universe video available at amazon.com.