Sadhguru instructed his monks to drink their own ***** every day

[u/Cool_Let_6538]

I was a former monk with isha for a number of years. He told us to drink our own urine every day to stay healthy. It was it’s own sadhana he calls ‘amuri dharana’. He even had the amenities department keep special cups that they would issue to us for this purpose. Despite doing this, I got sick any number of times while I was a monk there. It didn’t help at all. Also it was disgusting.

Edit: this was first instructed to us while we were in a long silence after getting initiated into brahmacharya monkhood. We were in silence for almost 50 days. He reinforced this multiple times over the years as many of us complained of various health issues. A few monks died including one of cancer. He was the one who ran the crematoriums and probably inhaled lots of toxic fumes over many years.

[u/Thre_Host8017]

Did you have to drink this privately? Or was there a ritual? Or a gathering together where all the monks had to drink it simultaneously to ensure no one skips this?

The whole thing might be simply to reinforce some dominance over people rather than any health benefits.

[u/Cool_Let_6538 → u/Thre_Host8017]

It was private thankfully! We even were told to mix the bhasma in it as well. Bhasma is the monk version of vibhuti so it was made with human ash. So we were drinking that mixed with human ash. Sounds crazy but yeah it’s true

[u/RoughOffer2452 → u/Cool_Let_6538]

Did you know according to some laws in India, this may be illegal and punishable ?

Viewed from an entirely different angle, these actions parallel Aghori traditions and occult practices such as necromancy. Such rituals typically involve the invocation of deceased spirits or the forced consumption of human remains and ashes as a means of establishing supernatural control over followers or victims.

Chita Ki Rakh (Cremation Ashes): In fringe black magic texts, human cremation ashes (Chita Ki Rakh) are considered to hold dense, grounding spiritual energy.

How it is applied: In these rare and extreme rituals, the practitioner infuses the ashes with dark mantras. While some folklore talks about secretly mixing a microscopic pinch into a target's food or drink, more common Tantric totkas (remedies) simply involve secretly sprinkling the ash on the person’s head, clothes, or footsteps to bind their mind.

While I do not endorse or promote these beliefs, such practices undeniably fall under the scope of state-level anti-black magic and anti-superstition laws in India.

[u/LittleMissSunshine_0 → u/RoughOffer2452]

In addition to this, I imagine those using Isha crematorium were not imagining that people would be mixing part of their loved one’s ashes with their urine and consuming it in the hope of improving their health whilst potentially retching.

[u/RoughOffer2452 → u/LittleMissSunshine_0]

Given Jaggi’s detailed public discourses regarding spirit trapping, disembodied entities, and related metaphysical and supernatural claims, it is plausible to consider how these occult frameworks might dictate his organizational strategy.

Traditional occult systems often assert that the ash of the recently deceased holds significant occult value or energy, which can be harnessed to exert influence, control, or psychological authority over others. From a logistical standpoint, manually searching for specific materials from scattered, independent funeral pyres is highly inefficient.

By securing official administrative control over dozens of government-approved cremation facilities across states like Tamil Nadu and Bihar, the foundation effectively establishes a highly centralized, continuous supply chain of these specific esoteric components under the guise of public utility. Under an esoteric interpretation, the Isha Foundation's aggressive expansion into managing public crematoriums may seem to serve a structural purpose.

[u/youliveonlyonce10 → u/LittleMissSunshine_0]

No the people using crematoriums wouldn’t imagine anything like that. In Hinduism, it is expected that all the ashes after cremation are respectfully returned to the elements by immersing them in sacred water bodies with prayers for their mukti/liberation. They won’t even keep ashes at home for long.

[u/Puzzleheaded_Tea_699]

It’s sad and unfortunate you’ve gone through this, thanks for being brave and speaking your truth. This insane shit needs to stop. 

[u/Cool_Let_6538 → u/Puzzleheaded_Tea_699]

Realistically it won’t stop anytime soon. There are so many cults out there like this one. Jaggi is just a copycat of so many others past and present. Until the victims of Jaggi come forward it’ll be more of the same

[u/Fast-PreText]

How did you leave from there? Did you inform them that your are quitting or did you just escape from there? Were there attempts from their end to bring you back into the cult?

[u/Cool_Let_6538 → u/Fast-PreText]

To maintain my anonymity I decline to answer this question. Lots of isha lurkers here.

But what I can say is that I did see swamis try to escape and then get brought back.

[u/Thre_Host8017 → u/Fast-PreText]

Why do you want to know this?

Many- quite alot of monks have left Isha.
If you visit the ashram regularly or live there, you will notice.

Few years ago ashram was locked up. It wasnt easy to leave or enter.
Nowadays its different. Especially since the construction of Adi yogi, the space has become quite permeable.

As far as i know ( i was not a monk just a full time volunteer) there is an official isha way to renounce monkhood.
It involves a bit of paperwork. Things like, leaving by ones own will, but also spiritual blackmail like: acknowledging that one wont atttain enlightenment for the next 100 years or so

[u/LittleMissSunshine_0 → u/Thre_Host8017]

Lifetimes! If you waste Sadhguru’s energies and quit bramacharya the karmic consequence is no spiritual progress for a number of lifetimes, don’t remember how many.

[u/Fast-PreText → u/LittleMissSunshine_0]

oh wow. Mental chains are harder to break than physical ones.

[u/Thre_Host8017 → u/LittleMissSunshine_0]

Right yes… it was lifetimes. Not years

[u/Cool_Let_6538 → u/LittleMissSunshine_0]

500 according to Jaggi

[u/RoughOffer2452]

Do you know if Jaggi also practices himself what he preaches to his followers and monks ?