Do you think spirituality has become a business in India and that is not something you approve of?
I would not say spirituality has become a business... A part of it is service activity without which spirituality cannot be complete. Income is a part of any spiritual activity.
Is it akin to merchandising?
Merchandising is, you can get it only if you have the money. Here, we are teaching free programmes in prisons, villages, slums. It cannot be called entirely as merchandising, but definitely a portion of finances is attached to yoga. Yoga is a 32 billion dollar industry in America. I find nothing wrong on us encashing on it or we will leave it to others to encash.
So, it has to become an industry in India as well?
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