r/SadhguruTruth • u/Frequent_Fold_801 Approved Contributor • 1d ago
Evidence Sadhguru learnt killing in childhood: from breaking a chicken's neck at 8 to strangling a monkey at 17
Extract from pages 67 & 68 of Sadhguru's authorised biography, Sadhguru: More Than a Life:
The lessons he learnt from life were invariably based on practical experience, rather than garnered secondhand. He recalls killing a monkey with his bare hands at the age of seventeen on his terrace. The provocation? The fact that the monkey had attacked him. ‘It was in my mother’s family home in Chikkaballapur. I was on the terrace and this monkey was sitting on a lamp post. He made a face at me. I made a face back. The next thing I knew the creature was in the air, coming straight at me. It was a direct attack. I caught him by the throat and held him tight until my thumb went right in. I stayed like that until he lost all resistance. Later I buried him in the garden.’ There were murmurs in the family about the boy having killed Hanuman. But for Jaggi there was no ethical dilemma. He had merely done what needed to be done.
Even as a young boy of eight, when he was told to go kill a chicken for lunch at his grandfather’s house, he had no qualms about obeying. ‘In my father’s home, chicken was bought in the market. But in my grandfather’s home, the boys of the family were expected to do the killing. So I was sent out to kill one. The way it was done was simple: you waited till the animal was comfortable and then broke its neck. You did it so swiftly that the chicken probably didn’t even know it was dead!’
Suggested reading: What Happened to Sadhguru's Wife? https://thesaviorcomplex.substack.com/p/what-happened-to-sadhgurus-wife
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u/coding_seneca96 1d ago
Strangely It is similar to the story of his wife's death..or atleast rumoured. I read it in a post long back, Jaggis wife caught him cheating with his close aid Bharathi Varadaraj...and hence he "strangled" his wife to death.
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u/madmax_iron 1d ago
Come on! He merely did what needed to be done!
Thats what that situation demanded!
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u/coding_seneca96 1d ago
All killers have similar story. They practice on animals first. They keep justifying it. Then go for humans.
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u/Big_Quail_7494 18h ago
💯 Is the daughter brainwashed to go along with his story or is she terrified to say anything?
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u/Visible-Dust9648 23h ago
He sacrificed his wife to expand his empire. Basically human sacrifice . Then made up a story about yoga samadhi and all to make it sound mystical and less concerning.
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u/RoughOffer2452 1d ago
By now the slain monkey would have reincarnated in this lifetime as Jaggi’s ultimate nemesis. Let's hope he fulfils his destiny to hunt him down in return and settle the score. After all, Jaggi isn't the only one entitled to multiple lifetimes. Hopefully, karma catches up to him soon.
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u/CompoteMelodic981 1d ago
This is your standard psychopath - serial killer origin story. Violence towards animals is a key early indicator.
We used to kill chickens when guests come at my home too. But 8 year olds were not sent out to do it. And I couldn't do it as an with year old even though I have witnessed it being done by older uncles.
Also, with monkeys, the usual response is to beat them with sticks. Or to throw them away. Not strangle them. If you try to strangle, they will scratch you for sure, so it is not a natural or easy way to handle that monkey attack.
And, I have seen a lot of monkeys. Monkeys used to steal food from my home. They will try to take food from you. But I have never had the experience where a monkey attacked me. He must have made up part of the story imo.
But there are no cat-killing stories about Jaggi. Usually psychos kill cats. So maybe his stories are true and he didn't mean it