Sadhguru

File:Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev (01).jpg

Vasudev was born into a Telugu family{{Cite web |date=10 August 2011 |title=Telugu...Tamil...Telugu! |url=https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/wisdom/sadhguru-spot/telugu-tamil-telugu |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Official Website of Sadhguru, Isha Foundation |language=en}} on 3 September 1957, in Mysore, Mysore State (now in Karnataka, India). He was the youngest of five children to Susheela Vasudev (mother) and B.V. Vasudev (father). His father was an ophthalmologist at the Mysuru Railway Hospital and his mother a homemaker.{{Cite web|date=9 November 2019|title=Jaggi Vasudev's father passes away|url=https://starofmysore.com/jaggi-vasudevs-father-passes-away/|access-date=28 June 2021|website=Star of Mysore|language=en-US}}{{Cite book |last=Chopra |first=Shaili |title=When I Was 25: The Leaders Look Back |publisher=Random House India |year=2014 |isbn=978-81-8400-677-3}}

After completing his formal education, Vasudev was uninterested in post-secondary schooling. One year later, however, he enrolled at the University of Mysore, where he studied English literature. While studying literature, Vasudev received second rank. Although his parents wanted him to continue his education with postgraduate studies, Vasudev disagreed and began a career in business.{{cite book |last=Simone |first=Cheryl |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5yjIrrK8E4C |title=Midnights with the Mystic |publisher=Jaico Publishing House |year=2010 |isbn=978-81-8495-166-0 |pages=}}

After graduating from the University of Mysore, Vasudev went on to build his first business, a poultry farm, in Mysore.{{Cite web |last1=An |first1=Shelly |date=December 27, 2020 |title=Suddenly, I did not know what was me and what was not me: Sadhguru |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/anniversary/story/20210104-suddenly-i-did-not-know-what-was-me-and-what-was-not-me-1753026-2020-12-27 |access-date=28 May 2021 |website=India Today |language=en}} Vasudev explained that his motivation to start a poultry farm was driven by the serenity it yielded in the hours he was not working. The business required minimal attention throughout the day, so Vasudev was able to pursue other interests during his time off, like writing poetry. The business grew profitable, but his family repeatedly criticized and opposed his decision to work with poultry. This led Vasudev to enter the construction industry with a company named Buildaids. He started the company in partnership with a friend, who was a civil engineer. Though Vasudev had no formal engineering training, he used the experience gained from building his poultry farm in his new endeavour.

At the age of 25, after a series of spiritual experiences, he shut down his businesses and began to travel and teach yoga.

File:Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev with wife Vijayakumari (01).jpg

In 1983, he taught his first yoga class, in Mysore. He began travelling across Karnataka and Hyderabad on his motorcycle, conducting his style of yoga classes, known as Sahaja Sthiti Yoga, subsisting on the income from his poultry farm rental and donating the funds received from his students.

Also in 2017, Sadhguru consecrated the Adiyogi Shiva statue, the world's largest bust, in Coimbatore, India.

File:Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev with wife Vijayakumari (07).jpg

Although Vasudev was not brought up in a spiritual household, he recollects one of his first spiritual experiences occurring after he turned 25. On 23 September 1982, he drove up Chamundi Hill, and as he sat on a stone, Vasudev had his first spiritual experience. He explained that, "All my life I had thought, this is me...But now the air I was breathing, the rock on which I was sitting, the atmosphere around me — everything had become me." After about six days, Vasudev had another similar experience at home. Six weeks later, he left his businesses and travelled extensively, in an effort to seek insight into his spiritual experiences. After about a year of meditation and travel, he decided to teach yoga to share his inner experience.

In his earlier years, Vasudev had a love for driving motorcycles.{{cite news |last=Dobhal |first=Shailesh |date=18 March 2015 |title=Lunch with BS: Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/lunch-with-bs-sadhguru-jaggi-vasudev-114121201397_1.html |access-date=14 July 2021}} One of his favourite places to drive was the Chamundi Hills in Mysore, though he sometimes drove much further, including to Nepal. Vasudev advocates vegetarianism, but whilst traveling with no vegetarian food sources available, he eats seafood.Subramaniam, Arundhathi. (2010). Sadhguru: More Than A Life. Penguin Books India. pp. 216-217. {{ISBN|978-0670085125}} He practices the Sun Salutation for 40 minutes a day.

Vasudev married his wife, Vijaykumari, in 1984.{{Cite web |title=Vijji (Vijaykumari) : A Story of Love and Devotion |url=https://isha.sadhguru.org/us/en/sadhguru/man/vijji |access-date=23 October 2022 |website=isha.sadhguru.org}} In 1990, Vijaykumari and Jaggi had their only child, Radhe. Vijaykumari died on 23 January 1997.{{Cite news |date=10 October 1997 |title=Godman charged with wife's murder |work=New Indian Express}} A complaint from Vijaykumari's father alleged that Vasudev killed her,{{Cite web |title=Congress IT cell chief rakes up old murder charge against Sadhguru; Isha Foundation dismisses it as 'baseless charge' |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/03/05/congress-it-cell-murder-charge-sadhguru.html |access-date=2024-10-21 |website=The Week |language=en}} but was later dismissed by police. Radhe trained in Bharatanatyam at the Kalakshetra Foundation in Chennai.{{Cite news |last=Naidu |first=Jaywant |date=26 November 2017 |title=When beauty comes to life |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/theatre/261117/when-beauty-comes-to-life.html |access-date=27 February 2020 |work=Deccan Chronicle}} She married Indian classical vocalist Sandeep Narayan in 2014.{{Cite news |last=Sangeetha |first=P |date=24 October 2014 |title=Sadhguru's daughter gets married in Kovai |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Sadhgurus-daughter-gets-married-in-Kovai/articleshow/44924821.cms |access-date=27 February 2020 |work=The Times of India}}

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In 1992, Sadhguru established the Isha Foundation{{harvnb|Berghella|2018|p=69}} as a platform for his spiritual, environmental, and educational activities.{{cite web|date=9 March 2009|title=The most powerful Indians in 2009: 80–84|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-most-powerful-indians-in-2009-8084/432810/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128080021/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-most-powerful-indians-in-2009-8084/432810/|archive-date=28 January 2011|access-date=22 January 2020|work=The Indian Express}}{{Cite web |date=4 June 2022 |title=After Gujarat, Rajasthan govt inks MoU with Sadhguru's Isha Outreach to 'save soil' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sadhguru-save-soil-mou-rajasthan-isha-outreach-7952635/ |access-date=25 July 2022 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=16 March 2022 |title=Isha hails government's announcement on rejuvenation of 13 rivers |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/isha-hails-governments-announcement-on-rejuvenation-of-13-rivers/article65230418.ece |access-date=25 July 2022 |issn=0971-751X}} In 1993, he began searching for a location to establish an ashram to cater to the growing interest in his yoga classes. In 1994, he purchased land near the Velliangiri mountains in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, and inaugurated the Isha Yoga Center. Since establishing the Isha Foundation, he remains its head. The foundation's activities are run mostly by volunteers.{{Cite web |title=volunteer |url=https://isha.sadhguru.org/us/en/volunteer |access-date=8 November 2022 |website=isha.sadhguru.org}} The organisation offers yoga programmes, known as Isha Yoga.{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/12/stories/2007091250720200.htm |title='Special Consultative Status' for Isha Foundation |date=12 September 2007 |access-date=23 January 2011 |newspaper=The Hindu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108180106/http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/12/stories/2007091250720200.htm |archive-date=8 November 2012 }} The foundation aims to improve the quality of education in rural India through an initiative called Isha Vidhya.{{Cite web |title=Edtech firm BYJU's partners with NGO Isha Vidhya to educate children in rural areas |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/edugraph/news/edtech-firm-byjus-partners-with-ngo-isha-vidhya-to-educate-children-in-rural-areas/cid/1856909 |access-date=25 July 2022 |website=www.telegraphindia.com}}

Through the Isha Foundation, Sadhguru has launched several projects and campaigns focused on environmental conservation and protection, including Project GreenHands (PGH), Rally for Rivers, Cauvery Calling, and Save Soil.{{Cite web |date=21 May 2011 |title=Award for Project Green Hands |url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/08/stories/2010060850280200.htm |access-date=25 July 2022 |website=The Hindu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110521084525/http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/08/stories/2010060850280200.htm |archive-date=21 May 2011 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=15 September 2017 |title=Isha Yoga launches 'Rally for Rivers' campaign in city |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/isha-yoga-launches-rally-for-rivers-campaign-in-city/articleshow/59519542.cms |access-date=25 July 2022 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=29 January 2022 |title=Cauvery Calling Movement plants 2.1 crore trees |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/cauvery-calling-movement-plants-21-crore-trees/article38346718.ece |access-date=25 July 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web |date=19 March 2022 |title=Indian mystic Sadhguru on 100-day motorbike mission to save soil |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/19/indian-mystic-sadhgurus-19000-mile-trip-to-save-soil-aoe |access-date=25 July 2022 |website=the Guardian}} Sadhguru established PGH to address water and soil issues in Tamil Nadu through reforestation efforts.{{Cite web |title='Don't divide the world into East and West on ecology' – DW – 12/20/2017 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/sadhguru-we-shouldnt-divide-the-world-into-east-and-west-on-ecology/a-41879218 |access-date=6 November 2022 |website=dw.com |language=en}} Launched in July 2019, the "Cauvery Calling" campaign focused on planting trees along the Cauvery river's 0.65-mile wide area to replenish water levels in the river and the groundwater table.{{Cite web |title=Cauvery Calling: A Possible Solution for a Dying River and Desperate Farmers |url=https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/cauvery-calling-a-possible-solution-for-a-dying-river-and-desperate-farmers/ |access-date=7 November 2022 |website=Association for Asian Studies}}{{Cite news |date=29 January 2022 |title=Cauvery Calling Movement plants 2.1 crore trees |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/cauvery-calling-movement-plants-21-crore-trees/article38346718.ece |access-date=8 November 2022 |issn=0971-751X}} In 2017, Sadhguru launched "Rally for Rivers", a campaign intended to build widespread support for river revitalization efforts across India, similar to the "Cauvery Calling" campaign.{{Cite web |date=21 March 2018 |title=Yogi Sadhguru's Rally for Rivers Aims to Clean the Ganges, Other Indian Waters |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/rally-for-rivers-un-world-water-day-spd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725222104/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/rally-for-rivers-un-world-water-day-spd |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 July 2021 |access-date=6 November 2022 |website=National Geographic}} In 2022, Sadhguru completed a 100-day motorcycle journey from London to India to bring attention to his "Journey to Save Soil" campaign, which focuses on raising awareness about soil degradation issues and the benefits of using organic matter in farming.{{Cite web |date=6 April 2022 |title=The movement gaining momentum: Save Soil |url=https://www.iucn.org/news/water/202204/movement-gaining-momentum-save-soil |access-date=2 November 2022 |website=IUCN}}

In May 2022, he addressed the leaders of 195 countries at the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification to speak about "Journey to Save Soil".{{Cite web |date=5 May 2022 |title='Save Soil' campaign: Sadhguru to address leaders from 195 nations at UNCCD |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/sadhguru-speech-global-leaders-unccd-save-soil-7902821/ |access-date=7 August 2022 |website=The Indian Express}}{{Cite web |title=Save Soil campaign comes to Bonn |url=https://www.unccd.int/news-stories/multimedia/save-soil-campaign-comes-bonn |access-date=7 August 2022 |website=UNCCD}} Both Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show, and podcast host Joe Rogan, have invited Sadhguru to discuss this movement.{{Cite web |last=Paul |first=Sonia |date=18 July 2022 |title=Sadhguru, the spiritual leader with ties to Will Smith and Modi, explained |url=https://www.vox.com/23206916/sadhguru-explained-save-the-soil-modi |access-date=26 July 2022 |website=Vox |language=en}} On World Environment Day 2022, Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, attended an event with Sadhguru to discuss efforts to improve soil health.{{Cite news |date=5 June 2022 |title=PM Modi calls for protection of soil health |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/pm-modi-jaggi-vasudev-discuss-soil-conservation/article65496798.ece |access-date=7 August 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}

The UN FAO has stated that "90% of the Earth's precious topsoil is likely to be at risk by 2050".{{Cite web |date=27 July 2022 |title=FAO warns 90 percent of Earth's topsoil at risk by 2050 |url=https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/07/1123462 |access-date=10 November 2022 |website=UN News}} However, views have been divided on whether the "Save Soil" campaign is addressing this issue.{{cite web |last1=Surita |first1=Shabnam |title=India: Doubts emerge over spiritual Yogi's environmental mission |url=https://www.dw.com/en/india-doubts-emerge-over-spiritual-yogis-environmental-mission/a-61290189 |website=dw.com |publisher=DW |access-date=4 July 2022}} Maria Helena Semedo, deputy director-general of FAO, opined that "Organic [farming] may not be the only solution but it's the single best [option] I can think of."{{Cite web |title=Only 60 Years of Farming Left If Soil Degradation Continues |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/only-60-years-of-farming-left-if-soil-degradation-continues/ |access-date=10 November 2022 |website=Scientific American}} Meanwhile, one environmental watchdog has characterized Sadhguru's approach as "greenwashing".{{cite web |last1=Pundir |first1=Pallavi |title=This Climate Guru Is a Celebrity in the US. In India, He's Accused of Destroying a Forest. |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgy8bw/climate-yoga-celebrity-sadhguru-india-will-smith-trevor-noah |access-date=3 July 2022 |website=vice.com|date=23 June 2022 }}

Sadhguru has authored over thirty books, including the New York Times bestsellers Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy{{Cite web |title=Interview: We asked bestselling yogi Sadhguru how to be happier |url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/interview-sadhguru-talks-about-yoga-inner-engineering-wellbeing/2320185/ |access-date=1 November 2022 |website=Tampa Bay Times}} and Karma: A Yogi's Guide to Crafting Your Destiny.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/10/09/health/|title=Health|work=The New York Times}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/10/09/religion-spirituality-and-faith/|title=Religion, Spirituality and Faith|work=The New York Times}}{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| title = Books - Best Sellers: Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous| work = The New York Times| location = New York| access-date = 7 August 2021| date = 16 May 2021| url = https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2021/05/16/advice-how-to-and-miscellaneous/}}

Sadhguru is a frequent public speaker who has been invited to address many prestigious forums and conferences across the globe, such as the United Nations' Millennium World Peace Summit, the British House of Lords, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the International Institute for Management Development.{{harvnb|Hudson|Hudson|2017|p=2}} He has also spoken at the annual World Economic Forum in 2007,{{cite news |last1=Chandrasekhar |first1=Anand |title=Indian gurus and their Swiss watches: a history |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/clockwork-orange_indian-gurus-and-their-swiss-watches--a-history/44868044 |access-date=3 February 2020 |work=SWI swissinfo.ch |language=en}} 2017 and 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/sadhguru-to-deliver-keynote-conduct-meditation-session-at-davos-summit-2465795.html|title=Sadhguru to Deliver Keynote, Conduct Meditation Session at Davos Summit|website=News18|date=20 January 2020|access-date=27 January 2020}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/Golf-with-the-Guru/article15941259.ece|title=Golf with the Guru|date=15 March 2009|work=The Hindu|access-date=27 January 2020|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}

File:The President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presenting the Padma Vibhushan Award to Sadhguru Jagadish Vasudev, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on April 13, 2017.jpg presenting the Padma Vibhushan to Vasudev at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on 13 April 2017.]]

In 2017, Sadhguru was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award from the Government of India, in recognition of his contribution to the field of spirituality and humanitarian services.{{Cite news|date=26 January 2017|title=Jaggi Vasudev, Mariyappan among Padma award winners|work=The Hindu|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Sadhguru-Jaggi-Vasudev-Mariyappan-among-Padma-award-winners/article17095664.ece|access-date=31 January 2018}}{{cite web|date=26 January 2017|title=Padma Vibhushan award for Sharad Pawar and Jaggi Vasudev|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/260117/sharad-pawar-sadhguru-jaggi-vasudev-awarded-with-padma-vibhushan.html|access-date=31 October 2018|website=Deccan Chronicle}}{{Cite web |title=Padma Vibhushan Award for Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev |url=http://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/article.php?article_id=13452 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614190515/https://www.lokvani.com/lokvani/article.php?article_id=13452 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=14 June 2021 |access-date=1 November 2022 |website=Lokvani}} The same year, Sadhguru consecrated the Adiyogi Shiva statue, built by the Isha Foundation, in Coimbatore, standing at 34 metres (112 feet) tall.{{cite news |author= |date=2017-02-24|title=PM Modi unveils 112 feet Shiva statue, extols Yoga |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-modi-unveils-112-feet-shiva-statue-extols-yoga/articleshow/57335463.cms |work=Times of India |location=India |access-date=2024-08-03}} This was declared as the world's largest bust by Guinness World Records.{{Cite web |date=13 May 2017 |title='Adiyogi Bust' Declared World's Largest by Guinness Book |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/adiyogi-bust-coimbatore-tamil-nadu-worlds-largest-by-guinness-book |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=TheQuint}}{{Cite web |title=Adiyogi – The Source of Yoga at Isha Yoga Center |url=https://isha.sadhguru.org/us/en/center/consecrated-spaces/112-feet-adiyogi |access-date=11 November 2022 |website=isha.sadhguru.org}}

He stood 92nd in The Indian Express{{'}} list of 100 most powerful Indians in 2012 and 40th in India Today{{'}}s list of fifty most powerful Indians in 2019.{{Cite web |title=The most powerful Indians in 2012: No. 91-100 – Indian Express |url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/the-most-powerful-indians-in-2012-no.-91100/916140/1 |access-date=27 January 2020 |website=archive.indianexpress.com}}{{Cite web |author1=MG Arun |author2=Shwweta Punj |author3=Suhani Singh |author4=Kaushik Deka |author5=Prachi Bhuchar |author6=Chinki Sinha |author7=Anshuman Tiwari |author8=Sandeep Unnithan |author9=Amarnath K. Menon |date=26 July 2019 |title=Top 50 power people {{!}} The High & Mighty Part-4 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20190805-top-50-power-people-the-high-mighty-part-4-1573244-2019-07-26 |access-date=13 March 2020 |website=India Today |author11=Uday Mahurkar |author10=Anilesh S. Mahajan}}

When Ayushmann Khurrana asked him how to choose the "correct political stance", Sadhguru responded by saying that he does not subscribe to a political party, and others should not either.{{Cite web |title=Left, Right, Center? Which Political Stance is Best? |url=https://isha.sadhguru.org/us/en/wisdom/article/left-right-center-which-political-stance-is-best |access-date=18 November 2022 |website=isha.sadhguru.org}} He stated that, "party membership should be cancelled because this is becoming a tribe." Accordingly, he encourages individuals to vote for a given party after evaluating their performance in office to "see who makes more sense". However, his views are occasionally perceived as Hindu nationalist and thus close to the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{cite web| author=Sanjay Kumar |url=https://tribune.com.pk/article/93511/sadhguru-bjps-spiritual-henchman |title=Sadhguru – BJP's spiritual henchman |work=The Express Tribune |date=2022-01-31 |access-date=2022-11-20}}{{cite web |author=Angshuman Choudhury |url=https://thewire.in/politics/why-hindutva-nationalists-need-a-sadhguru |title=Why Hindutva Nationalists Need a Sadhguru |work=The Wire |date=2019-03-09 | access-date=2022-11-20}}{{cite web |author=Pallavi Pundir |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgy8bw/climate-yoga-celebrity-sadhguru-india-will-smith-trevor-noah |title=This Climate Guru Is a Celebrity in the US. In India, He's Accused of Destroying a Forest |work=vice.com |date=2022-06-23 |access-date=2023-01-01}}

In 2019 he referred to a Muslim student in London as a "Taliban," for which he apologized after heavy criticism.{{cite web |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/04/05/sadhguru-apologises-muslim-student-london-taliban.html |title=Sadhguru apologises after calling Muslim student in London a 'Taliban' |work=theweek.in |date=2019-04-05 |access-date=2022-11-20}}

After recognizing the failure in the "government's communication" of the 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act in India, Sadhguru spoke in support of the act.{{Citation |title=CAA Protests – Sadhguru on Citizenship Amendment Act & NRC |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11RgVkZcPjY |language=en |access-date=18 November 2022}}{{Cite web|date=31 December 2019|title=Jaggi Vasudev's CAA Video: 22 Minutes of Half-Truths & Gaslighting|url=https://www.thequint.com/voices/opinion/sadhguru-caa-video-misleading-on-nrc-protesters-gaslighting-attempt|access-date=3 January 2020|website=The Quint}}{{Cite web|title=An (Un)Enlightened Sadhguru in King Modi's Court|url=https://thewire.in/politics/an-unenlightened-sadhguru-in-king-modis-court|access-date=3 January 2020|website=The Wire}} In 2018, he accused liberals of being fanatics.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/sadhguru-today-people-who-claim-to-be-liberals-are-actually-fanatics/articleshow/65336834.cms|title=Sadhguru: Today, people who claim to be liberals are actually fanatics|publisher=Times of India|date=2018-08-09|access-date=2023-09-19}}

Sadhguru has made a number claims that are inconsistent with scientific consensus.{{Cite web |url=https://breakthroughindia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Breakthrough-18jan.pdf | title=Responsibility of Scientists towards Building Scientific Temper in Society | author=Aniket Sule |work=Breakthrough, Vol.20, No. 1 |date=February 2018 |access-date=2023-01-01}}{{Cite web|last=Shaikh|first=Dr Sumaiya|date=26 February 2018|title=Scientific research ascertains mercury toxicity but Sadhguru continues to endorse it for Indian traditional medicines|url=https://www.altnews.in/scientific-research-ascertains-mercury-toxicity-sadhguru-continues-endorse-indian-traditional-medicines/|access-date=31 December 2019|website=Alt News}} Although India approved the ratification of the international Minamata Convention on Mercury to ban its usage, Sadhguru advocates for the use of mercury in the context of traditional Indian medicine such as Siddha medicine.{{Citation |title=Sadhguru – I am still alive only because of mercury! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oC78A0YpQQ |work=YouTube |access-date=2022-11-18}}{{Cite web |url=https://isha.sadhguru.org/us/en/sadhguru/mystic/rasa-vaidya |title=Rasa Vaidya |date=2017-11-03 |website=isha.sadhguru.org |access-date=2023-01-01}}{{cite web |url=https://www.asianstudies.org/wp-content/uploads/KaibaraSpring2021EAAOnlineSupplement.pdf |author=Helen Kaibara |title=Cauvery Calling: A Possible Solution for a Dying River and Desperate Farmers |work=Asia’s Environments: National, Regional, and Global Perspectives, Education About Asia, Volume 26, Number 1| date=Spring 2021 |access-date=2023-01-01}} He has also repeatedly stated he can solidify mercury at room temperature; a claim refuted by Australian scientist Sumaiya Shaikh.

Sadhguru has been criticized for statements about the negative effects that a lunar eclipse can have on the body's energy.{{Cite web |last=Tharoor |first=Shashi |title=Science is not your enemy |url=https://englisharchives.mathrubhumi.com/features/politics/science-hinduism-1.2653600 |date=2018-03-07 |access-date=20 November 2022 |website=Mathrubhumi}}

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