Pope

Right now you are not far away from the city of rome. Are there any plans to meet with the pope?

I never make plans; that is not my way of life. But existence may have some plan. If it has brought me so close to Rome, it may take me exactly to the Vatican. I would love to encounter this bogus pope, who represents nobody because there is no God. Jesus represented God -- he was a crackpot. And these popes are representing Jesus -- these are bigger crackpots! And particularly this pope. He is not only a crackpot, he is a Polack too! I would love to discuss openly, publicly with him amongst his own people, because I know there is no evidence for God. For centuries people have worked and have not been able to produce any evidence. There is no evidence that Jesus is the only son of God. When God is doubtful, Jesus becomes doubtful. And claiming to be the only begotten son of God is…

If you were to meet pope john paul ii, would you have things to say to each other?

I don't know about him... I have many things to say to him. I don't think he can manage to say anything to me. Most probably he will escape when I enter Italy. While he was India I challenged him that I wanted a public debate, and like a coward he remained silent. I will go to Italy! He has already informed the Italian catholic news media that they should not publish anything about me -- for or against, negative or positive. Now what can this man have to say to me? I have always thought that Polacks are a little retarded, but I have never thought that they are such cowards. But this man seems to be both. I have certainly many things to say to him, because he is one of the greatest criminals in the world today, and I have to point out every crime that he…

They wanted that I should not speak, because if I speak then I am going to burn their holy book and their holy nonsense, and I am going to destroy this organization in my name. While I am alive, I cannot allow any such thing. In fact, I am trying to do everything so that even when I am dead nothing can be done against my basic approach, that my teaching remains individual, that my teaching remains mystical, that it never becomes a ritual, a church, an organization. Seeing all these things I started to speak, and then more and more information started coming to me. And before I had solid proofs they escaped. The moment they left, by the evening I had solid proofs in my hands. Even my room was bugged.

Question: BELOVED MASTER, WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE FOR THE POPE WHO IS IN INDIA NOW? You have to understand the subtleties of how the mind functions. Any ugly opposition simply creates sympathy. A right discussion about the fundamentals of religion will make him afraid to come back again to the East because then he has to face the giants, not the hooligans on the streets. I don't see that any religion that is born outside India has anything comparable to the religions that are born in India. India's whole genius is invested in religion, just as the whole Western genius is invested in science. So these pygmies have nothing to discuss. They cannot argue for their theology, for their religion --and they are not really religious people either. The pope particularly is a politician. A mystic will not like to be head of a state.