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LIFE BLISS FOUNDATION - DEFAMATION SUIT AGAINST SUN TV FOR AIRING FALSE VIDEO OF PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA

Los Angeles, March 16, 2011
By Dilip Butani

Senior Official Discusses The Impact Of Morphed Video On Public Sentiment Towards Nithyananda’s Global Mission & How It Is Bouncing Back



On March 16, 2011, Sri Nithya Bhaktananda Swami, a senior official from Life Bliss Foundation, addressed the defamation suit that the non-profit organization and its founder, enlightened master Paramahamsa Nithyananda, has brought against Sun TV et al. for broadcasting a false, morphed video purportedly showing Nithyananda in a sex scandal at his ashram in Karnataka, India.

Shortly after the manipulated video aired in March 2010, Nithyananda was illegally arrested and imprisoned for 53 days in a Karnataka, India jail. Sun TV is India’s largest cable network, and is carried by Dish Network in the United States.Sri Nithya Bhaktananda Swami, a close disciple since 2003, was also falsely arrested along with Paramahamsa Nithyananda and spent 53 days in jail. He opened his statements by showing a seven-minute video, which highlighted the purpose and charitable activities of Nithyananda’s global mission, as well as a clip of the morphed video, which Sun TV aired repeatedly and uploaded online through thousands of computers, essentially jamming the Internet.
The video also showed the resilience of Paramahamsa Nithyananda in the face of religious persecution and unlawful imprisonment, as he continues to radiate compassion and ahimsa (non-violence), and reach thousands of people around the world through his programs and daily discourses via live video streaming. Today, his organization has temples across the U.S. and India, and thousands of centers globally.

Bhaktananda Swami elaborated on the events leading up to the defamation suit. A similar legal action will be taken against Sun TV in India. Sun TV, headquartered in Tamil Nadu, India, has publicly identified itself as being an atheist organization. Paramahamsa Nithyananda, a native of Tamil Nadu, has exploded in popularity over the past several years teaching the ancient Vedic sciences. Bhaktananda Swami said that several groups, including anti-Hindu and anti-religion, were threatened by the rapid growth and astonishing success of Nithyananda’s mission. These forces, including Sun TV, conspired to broadcast the false video with malicious intent to harm Nithyananda’s reputation and his worldwide mission.
In the defamation suit, Nithyananda asserts that the defendants at all times were fully aware that the news broadcast about the sex scandal was false. In addition, the defendants "did not exercise due diligence in verifying the veracity of the contents therein and published the information with an intent to cause harm to the plaintiff."

Bhaktananda Swami said that Nithyananda’s mission has experienced as a result of the proliferation of the fabricated video on the air and online, traumatizing devotees, and losing public and financial support on a global scale—highlighting major losses suffered by the U.S. organizations. Despite these recent setbacks, Paramahamsa Nithyananda and his devotees are committed to fighting with every legal means at their disposal, placing trust in the judicial systems of both India and the U.S.
In closing, Bhaktananda Swami said that despite this ongoing religious persecution, the organization stands behind its faith in Dharma, and will continue to give, share, care and love. He also appealed to the public to come and visit the temples, and enjoy all that is offered including yoga, dhyana (meditation), bhakti (devotion), gnana (life solutions) and seva (social service).

About Paramahamsa Nithyananda:

Rare living incarnation from India, Paramahamsa Nithyananda has emerged as a compelling spiritual force of our millennium. A spiritual genius of incomparable scope, Nithyananda offers us a 360° insight into everything from management to meditation, from relationships to religion, and from success to sannyas. A powerful healer of chronic physical and mental illnesses, and the prolific author of over 200 thought-provoking books in 26 languages, Nithyananda is currently the most-watched spiritual teacher on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/LifeBlissFoundation), with over 1,000 videos and 10 million upload views. Daily, he attracts thousands of people to his live discourses available freely at http://nithyananda.org/en-tv.

Nithyananda has given presentations and workshops at Microsoft, AT&T, PepsiCo, Oracle Corporation, Qualcomm, Petrobras Corporation (Brazil), and ITT (India).

A recent survivor of religious persecution and unlawful imprisonment in his own country, Nithyananda has emerged still stronger from the attack, and continues to reveal to the world the deeper dimensions of yoga and meditation drawn from the ancient mystic disciplines of the East. Working and sharing with over 20 million people worldwide every year, Nithyananda is committed to helping humanity make the next big breakthrough: into Super Consciousness.