http://guruphiliac.blogspot.com/2012/03/shes-not-perfect.html

You didn't know this, because Amma's little helpers are very efficient at disappearing the truth:

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Amma Amritanandamayi Taavi Kassila Sex Scandal Cover-up
Rishi Taavi Kassila, top promoter, tour organizer, meditation instructor and ashram resident of the Amma Mata Amritanandamayi Devi Hugging Saint cult [in Finland] has been accused of sex addiction, abuse and dishonesty. Embarrassing testimony, posted by authenticated witnesses, challenged Kassila to defend himself in court. Publicly, the Amma cult responded with a single online statement denying their connection to the accused, Taavi Kassila. Secretly, Amma's helpers were scrubbing their internet servers, erasing all evidence of Taavi Kassila's long history of public service within the Amma cult.

While it maybe not be the fault of the hugging devi herself that her org's leader in Finland got handsy with the devotees, it's certainly her fault to order a coverup. What does this prove? That Amma is a businesswoman first and foremost, and that she and her org went into high gear to protect their source of revenue. The truth, meanwhile, gets hacked to death and left in a ditch to die.

http://amma-taavi-kassila-sex-cover-up.blogspot.com/2012/03/amma-amritanandamayi-taavi-kassila-sex.html

Amma Amritanandamayi Taavi Kassila Sex Scandal Cover-up

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Amma Amritanandamayi Taavi Kassila Sex Scandal Cover-up
July 2011. Amma Amritanandamayi's spin doctors try to distance Amma from a sex scandal involving Rishi Taavi Kassila, an Amma organizer who lives and tours with Amma.


Rishi Taavi Kassila, top promoter, tour organizer, meditation instructor and ashram resident of the Amma Mata Amritanandamayi Devi Hugging Saint cult has been accused of sex addiction, abuse and dishonesty. Embarrassing testimony, posted by authenticated witnesses, challenged Kassila to defend himself in court. Publicly, the Amma cult responded with a single online statement denying their connection to the accused, Taavi Kassila. Secretly, Amma's helpers were scrubbing their internet servers, erasing all evidence of Taavi Kassila's long history of public service within the Amma cult.

Until the Amma cover-up, Taavi Kassila was the honorary president of Amma Center, a registered organization, which like all Amma groups recruits and takes money. Taavi Kassila's position allowed him access to thousands of vulnerable young women as he toured the world with Amma. Kassila publicly preached celibacy but privately hired prostitutes, seduced teenage girls and infected women with herpes - prosecutable crimes.

Amma counseled Taavi Kassila to employ a lawyer. Lawyer Kirsten Pettersson, an Amma organizer, provided Kassila with free legal services. Pettersson tried to suppress internet discussion by threatening forum hosts, a bluff which backfired when her emails were made public.

Amma Amritanandamayi Taavi Kassila Sex Scandal Cover-up publishes evidence of a determined cover-up to hide the stench of a sordid tale of seedy sexual abuse emanating from the very heart of the Ammapuri Ashram in Parayakadavu, Alappad Panchayat, Kollam District, Kerala.

From an ex-Amma follower

The female writer of the "Tarina rakkauden apostolista" ("The Story of the Apostle of Love") blog is requesting information about "Rishi" Taavi Kassila, honorary chairman and founder of Amma Keskus Finland since 1998 and Amma Amritpuri monastic ashram resident since 2008.

"Rishi" Taavi Kassila has been threatening "Tarina rakkauden apostolista" for exposing him as a sexual hypocrite, liar and fraud. Kassila preaches celibacy and boasts about living in the Amritanandamayi ashram where he is expected to be celibate. In reality, Kassila buys prostitutes, seduces teenage girls and spreads genital herpes.

"Rishi" Taavi Kassila used an Amma video in an attempted seduction of the teenage girl whose mother mistakenly trusted Kassila because he presented himself as a yoga teacher and yoga philosopher.

At least two eye-witnesses are prepared to provide legal testimonies in court if Kassila persists in threatening the writer of "Tarina rakkauden apostolista".

A legal case could bring undesirable publicity to Sudhamani Idamannel whose followers regard her as the infallible goddess, Mother Ammachi (Mata Amritanandamayi). Ex-followers tell tales of inhuman cruelty at the Amritpuri ashram. Amma's mishandling of "Rishi" Taavi Kassila sex scandal shows the world that Amma cares only about the sex abuser, Kassila, and not his sex victims.

Email your words of support and stories to the courageous female writer of "Tarina rakkauden apostolista": kulttuurielli@yahoo.fi

Google Translate: "The Story of the Apostle of Love"

http://amma-taavi-kassila-sex-cover-up.blogspot.com/

Guruphiliac: Some Pictures Of Amma's Love

The Finnish police are investigating accusations against Amma Amritanandamayi's promoter Rishi Taavi Kassila, the honorary chairman of Amma Finland , by a former girlfriend, the writer of The Story of the Apostle of Love (Tarina rakkauden apostolista) who is asking the police to investigate Kassila for giving her genital herpes. She is also asking for information to help win her legals cases involving Kassila.

Kassila does not want it printed that he has admitted sex with prostitutes and cheated on his former partner by having sex with an 18 year old. Tellingly, Kassila does not deny his attempted seduction of a 16 year old on the pretext of bringing her his Amma video to watch (Kassila directed an Amma movie). Kassila was over 40 years older than her and had been introduced by her mother when she was only 15 years old. Yes, illegal.

Rishi Taavi Kassila who has been harassing his former girlfriend by sending anonymous emails which have been traced back to him. Kassila posted a weak and general apology to Amma Amritanandamayi Taavi Kassila Sex Scandal Cover-up in which he admitted nothing.

Kassila wants the Finnish police to believe that he has never had genital herpes by providing a certificate from an Indian hospital. Be warned that Kassila may have obtained the certificate, if it exists, from an Amma cult doctor. Amma's AIMS private hospital has been accused of not fulfilling its mission to give free treatment to the poor (less than 5% and then only what the government has given it) but worse of illegal drug testing on poor and illiterate people and organ transfers. The Finnish police should not accept an Indian medical certificate from a biased source accused of corruption.

Amma's Amritpuri ashram have been accused of another cover up, the death of a young Hindu Brahmin. Amma's inner circle claim that the man was an Islamic fundamentalist who was trying to attack Amma. The man did not attack Amma and he had no weapon. The man died from a beating. There is a petition calling for justice in the Satnam Singh murder mystery.

Amma's closest and first Western devotee revealed that Amma severely beats her devotees and funnels cash and gold to her family members. Ammabots, robotic followers of Amma, are trying to drown out discussion at the Amma Rolling Stone magazine's article by issuing weak platitudes but Ex-Amma ex-followers are revealing sensitive information every day.

Ex-Amma revealed an attempt to discredit Gayatri by Ammabots including Elizabeth Sidon, the wife of Rob Sidon, heahd honcho for Amma's PR and former Disney PR man. Elizabeth Sidon had used another name Elizabeth Daniels which she then tried to cover-up after she was discovered.

Check the comments section on the Rolling Stone site following their magazine story on Amma

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In the west you can belong to a local satsang group and meet every week in some very pleasant upper middle class devotee house filled with Amma pictures, incense and candles and it is all very uplifting and light and social. You bring food to share for prasad and form social networks and have fun together helping with a few fundraisers and some seva in the lead up to Amma's tour. But its all voluntary and you are under no obligation to participate all the time.

Unlike the poor souls in her ashram who are indeed seva slaves. Compelled to work seven days a week once they become renunciates. Often at jobs with bad health and safety conditions.

When you go there as a young person, in good health and full of energy and enthusiasm it can be real fun. I met lots of young people who were having a wonderful time. Socialising with others, networking, staying up late during the darshans. A bit like an endless party for them. If you are a young householder couple it can also be good. You get your own room as a couple so have a semblance of normality in your life - and some privacy.

It was the aged women more than anything that I really felt sorry for. And not just the western women. For an Indian woman without a father, husband or son to accommodate and support her life can be really terrifying. An Indian woman who has lived a long time as a renunciate will most likely NEVER find a husband if she leaves. She then faces the prospect of being shunted between her male relatives, a burden to them, childless with no one to support her in her old age. Could even end up begging on the streets.

No one talks much about the fate of the Sai Baba devotees who lived in his various ashrams as renunciates. Someone provided a link to a news article below about how his home town where the big centre is was becoming a ghost town. I just wonder if in the sordid struggles which have become public over his vast fortune, any provision has even been made for these people?

For the sake of Amma's ageing ashram residents I just hope she lives a VERY long time!



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godman’s death brought the shutters down on Puttaparthi. Now, his star devotee is planning a new boomtown. Sai Manish on the enigmatic Isaac Tigrett


Music in his veins Isaac Tigrett is the co-founder of the Hard Rock Cafe and House of Blues chain of music-themed restaurants

Photo: AP



THE DWINDLING fortunes of Puttaparthi, which faces economic distress and demographic decline after Sathya Sai Baba’s death, are accentuated by a proposal to build an even grander project, unseen and unheard in the history of Indian spirituality. In a different location altogether. Leading the charge is Isaac Tigrett, 64, known to the world as the co-founder of the Hard Rock Cafe.


Final darshan Devotees throng Prasanthi Nilayam after Sathya Sai Baba’s demise on 24 April 2011

Photo: AFP


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Tigrett is going ahead with his project, called The Mystic Inn of the Seventh Ray, irrespective of the politics surrounding the functioning of the Sathya Sai Central Trust, which oversees the charitable activities of the godman’s Rs 40,000 crore empire. But before that, it would be pertinent to look at the transformation of the town almost a year after the godman’s passing.

Businessmen in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, are having a hard time coping with the declining numbers of devotees after Baba’s demise. Property rates have fallen and people, who had bought apartments in the town, are now putting them up for sale under distress. From a high of Rs 1,600/sq ft, property prices have slid to Rs 800-Rs 1,000/sq ft. Many builders have been forced to abandon under-construction projects and cancel new ventures. For instance, Raghavendra Reddy, the MD of Sai Prasanthi Developers, one of Puttaparthi’s biggest realtors, has been forced to stop work on his multi-storey complex.

Hotels are seeing an ever declining occupancy rates. Youths, who used to come here for employment opportunities, are moving to Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Many handicrafts and hosiery shops run by migrants from Kashmir have been stuck in a limbo due to plummeting sales.

“The only foreigners left are the ones who have been staying here for years. There are no fresh arrivals,” says Eijaz Ahmed, a Kashmiri shop owner. “I have already entered into a contract for renting my handicraft shop for four years, at Rs 2.4 lakh annually. I cannot even cancel the contract because I have made advance payment for two years, and the sales don’t even cover my operational expenses."

Hotelier Nagananda Reddy adds, “Earlier, people used to take up rooms for weeks to get Baba’s darshan. Now, most of them come for a one-day visit. Even the ones who stay, prefer to stay inside the ashram, where the room rate is Rs 60 and free for poor people. If things continue this way, I will have to shut shop very soon.”

“Earlier, people used to come to see his form in the darshans twice a day. Now that the show is over, they have all gone home,” agrees Tigrett. “Those who have respect and understanding of the swami still come and will continue to because the vibrations of this place are phenomenal.”

The Mystic Inn of Isaac Tigrett

BOTANICAL GARDEN 300 acres of walkways with flora from every corner of the world

MYSTIC POWER HOUSE Nanotechnology will be used to generate power from water

TEMPLE OF UNDERSTANDING Conference and assembly hall to be used for discourses and lectures

SCHOOL OF SACRED GEOMETRY To be designed by renowned architect Keith Barry Critchlow

SCHOOL OF AYURVEDA To research Ayurvedic medicine and impart training to students

ECO-LIVING CENTRE An R&D centre housing a group of green consultants and architects


The show may be over and the showman gone, but for his master’s apprentice, a new chapter has just begun. Tigrett, who was gifted his first guitar for the House of Blues by Eric Clapton, and went on to marry Maureen Starkey, the former wife of Ringo Starr, is a “raving Marxist” who believes he would have been richer had he got a dollar each for throwing a celebrity out of his nightclub. He comes from a family of Baptist ministers and preachers, and has a namesake uncle called Isaac Burton Tigrett who built United States’ most famous railroad in the early 1900s.

For Tigrett, to be settled for life in Baba’s ashram in Puttaparthi might sound like an aberration. But not until you hear Tigrett’s business plans, which he says were received as instructions from the godman.

True to his American ideals of no-holds barred capitalism, Tigrett is working to reveal The Mystic Inn of the Seventh Ray to the world. The project was named so because the plan “received my master’s blessings” on 7 July 2007. The Mystic Inn is what Tigrett claims excited the godman to such an extent that he proclaimed, “Millions will come. Oh! Millions will come.”

Tigrett quite unapologetically says that he has to take care of his investors who will be pumping money into this project, which will be located in the rainforests of the Western Ghats. Tigrett was told by the godman that making a profit out of this venture was the only way by which nonprofit objectives could be attained.

Tigrett came to India in 1974, as a backpacker, three years after he co-founded the Hard Rock Cafe. His insight into the American mind and its fascination with Indian spirituality was gained during his travels across India in the ’70s. He visited many ashrams, and even assumed Ramakrishna Paramahamsa as his spiritual guru.

Tigrett’s circle of friends were the stalwarts of music, many of whom wrote songs inspired by Indian spiritual gurus. If the American air of revolution, love and peace stirred him into opening the first Hard Rock Cafe in London, where “you could have a beer and meet girls”, his business acumen now has led him into a completely different land, but essentially the same market and a new generation of karmic consumers to tap. Through the The Mystic Inn, Tigrett is looking to tap this inexhaustible market of high-spending US and European tourists whose interest in Indian spirituality is increasing manifold.

After the economic slowdown in the US and Europe, distressed westerners, whose wealth is rapidly eroding, have thronged to India seeking redemption and to find a way out of their misery. This fascination with spirituality driven by economic distress contrasts with the spiritual tourism of the 1960s and ’70s, which was triggered by the horrors of war and fear of a Cold War-induced Armageddon. Tigrett is also looking to harness the high-spending power of Sai Baba’s devotees, many of whom contribute generously to sustain the Trust’s 1,200 centres in 130 countries.

The Mystic Inn is what Tigrett claims excited Sai Baba to such an extent that he proclaimed, ‘Oh! Millions will come’


Peppered as it may be, with annotations to the divine and sacred, Tigrett’s business plans undoubtedly represent one of the most significant investments in the Indian spirituality business, hinging almost on the surreal, in terms of what this “oasis of divinity in the pristine rainforests of India” promises to deliver to spiritual seekers.

BY THE looks of it, Tigrett’s plan seems as eccentric as the man himself. The Mystic Inn, which will be spread over 1,000 acres, will have four “energy-producing” towers, research labs, educational centres and apartment blocks.

After Sai Baba’s death, Tigrett set the ball rolling and flew down to Austria to avail the services of a company based in Vienna. This was done to fructify his vision of the “Mystic Power House that uses one of the five elements” to harness the continuous flow of water to generate power using nanotechnology. This is the only source of power that will be used to run the entire complex.

The Tigrett Diaries

CO-FOUNDS the first Hard Rock Cafe in London in 1971

MEETS Sathya Sai Baba in 1974, becomes a devotee in 1976

IS one of the first western devotees to become a regular visitor to Puttaparthi

SELLS his stake in the Hard Rock Cafe chain for $107 million in 1988

DONATES the entire money from the sale of his stake in Hard Rock Cafe to the godman

IN 1990, the money is used to build a super-speciality hospital for free treatment of the poor

OPENS House of Blues at Harvard Square in 1992, says inspired by Sai Baba’s love for the African race

IN the late 1990s, Tigrett launched The Spirit Channel, which offered services related to spirituality through the Internet, but the venture failed to take off

SELLS stake in House of Blues in 2006, asked to move permanently to Puttaparthi by Sai Baba

ON 7 July 2007, the godman gives Tigrett approval for The Mystic Inn of Seventh Ray

AFTER Sai Baba’s demise in 2011, Tigrett decides to fast-track the project and attract ‘spiritual’ investors


When quizzed about how he intends to get land for the project, Tigrett says, “Sai Baba told me not to worry about anything and to focus just on the planning. He said he will bring the money, people and the place. He told me that I would know when to begin. I just kept it in my head and it kept evolving. After his passing, I thought I should get moving with it.”

There is considerable buzz that Tigrett will be building his project in Kodagu district of Karnataka, as there are many influential plantation owners who would be willing to give huge tracts of land in the name and goodwill of Sai Baba.

The Sathya Sai Central Trust, which is governed by nine members, including former Chief Justice of India PN Bhagwati, has already been claiming that Sai Baba will be reborn as Prema Sai in a village in Mandya district, barely an hour’s drive from Madikeri, the district headquarters of Kodagu.

To make sure that The Mystic Inn benefits from Sai Baba’s goodwill and brand value, Tigrett is also using the logo ‘Love All, Serve All’ for his spiritual venture. This is the motto of all the organisations and charitable activities run by the Trust.

Meanwhile, the politics surrounding the control of Sai Baba’s empire has also disconcerted Tigrett who wants nothing to do with the feuding members of the Trust. “There is always bound to be politics,” he says. “I have nothing to do with the Trust. But it is natural that after the head of family dies, chaos ensues. I just hope this is temporary.”

Tigrett was one the few people who spent a lot of time with the godman and shared every detail of The Mystic Inn project with him. This had led to fears that Tigrett is eyeing his share in the Trust money after Sai Baba’s demise. On 2 September, the Trust released a deed signed by the godman in 1967 in the presence of noted chartered accountant Indulal Shah as witness. The deed explicitly mentions no one, not even the godman’s family, was entitled to the money and assets of the Trust and that everything would be used solely for public welfare.

“When I first met Baba in the 1970s, he was an obscure guru and very few people knew who he was,” recalls Tigrett. “He only had a following in and around Bangalore and barely a hundred people used to visit his abode. When I saw this character in his 40s with this amazing hairdo, I was really blown away. Sai Baba is an enigma, pure and simple. I share a personal bond with him and have been his devotee before most people in the Trust even came to know about him.”

Tigrett has seen a godman and his spiritual haven’s rise before his eyes. The godman might be no more, but the apprentice is drawing up plans to leverage his legacy in the near future. For the man who entered the business of spirituality with “rock ’n’ roll cash earned selling beers, burgers and broken glass”, The Mystic Inn of the Seventh Ray is the future where the world of Sai Baba is headed. The American monk may have sold his Ferrari. Only to build himself a spaceship.

Sai Manish is a Senior Correspondent with Tehelka.

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Taavi Kassila preaches celibacy, claims to live in an ashram where celibacy is the rule and follows an Indian guru who is supposed to be a peaceful celibate but is brutally violent to her followers. In reality Taavi Kassila is not celibate – he chases women, seduces teenage girls, gives herpes, breaks hearts and buys prostitutes. Following the shocking sex revelations about Taavi Kassila by several women, including a teenager, the multi-billion religious Amritanandamayi dishonestly claimed no responsibility for the actions of Rishi Taavi Kassila who continues to bring thousands of people and dollars to Amma Amritanandamayi and her Amritpuri ashram in Kerala, India.

Another scandal is set to break following several reports that Taavi Kassila has been involved with a tantra group which has been accused of sexual exploitation, pornography, human trafficking and corruption in Romania and Finland. The leader of the group which is known internationally Movement for Spiritual Integration in Absolute (MISA) and in Finland as Natha Tantra and Yoga school is self-styled occultist Guru Gregorian Bivolaru who escaped arrest by Romanian police for serious crimes.

Natha's connection to the sex industry was exposed in 2009 by MOT, an investigative documentary for Finland's main TV channel YLE. The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation is investigating Natha for sexual exploitation and human trafficking of young women following a second MOT report in May 2013. MOT interviewed on camera a Finnish girl, Reetta, who had been sexually traumatized by her involvement with Natha. Reetta's account of being groomed for sex with Gregorian Bivolaru is similar to the testimony of a Romanian girl, Roxana-Mălina Chirilă. Both girls were disorientated, put on an airplane to an unknown country, had their passports removed after arrival, disguised, blindfolded, driven to a secret destination which they did not know, intoxicated, made to stay for many days inside a cramped over heated room with other women in their underwear, expected to watch pornography and play with sex toys. After many days in these inhuman conditions, fed strange food and intoxicating drinks, the girls are led to Gregorian Bivolaru who used them for hard, brutal vaginal and oral sex, used foul and threatening language and expected to be urinated on. The girls were then expected to sign a contract promising not to reveal what had happened to them and stating that they had enjoyed their time. MOT reported that at least 20 Finnish women had been flown to Bivolaru for sex. These are women that Taavi Kassila met with at Natha's house and was observed at a Natha party which had over 100 guests.

Rishi Taavi Kassila preaches celibacy but he is not celibate. He promotes a billionaire guru AMMA who is accused of corruption and violence. He claims to have emigrated to India but spends a lot of time outside India. When has Rishi Taavi Kassila, Amma's top PR man, not lied?


Watch the MOT documentary (Finnish, some English)
http://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2013/05/10/tantragurun-kutsu


Read the MOT documentary transcript (translated)
Tantra Guru's Invitation

http://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2013/05/13/joogakoulun-kaksi-totuutta

http://yle.fi/aihe/ohjelma/mot-tantragurun-kutsu-1352013

http://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2013/05/17/nain-misa-yhdistyy-pornosivustoon


http://forum.culteducation.com/read.php?12,102550,103307#msg-103307

http://www.exmisa.org/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=358&p=60348#p60348

On August 9th, 2013, the media and public are invited to watch Taavi Kassila in the Helsinki District Court fighting a desperate and futile campaign to defend his fraudulent self-created image. The fake religious holy man was finally been exposed as a 60 year old man who seeks sexual relations with teenage girls.


In 2008 Taavi Kassila claimed to the media that he was renouncing sex, business and Finland to live as a celibate monk in the Indian ashram of billionaire cult leader Amma Amritanandamayi.


Businesswoman Amma is worshiped as the man-eating Hindu goddess Kali during occult spirit possession séances. She has been working her disciples hard to promote herself as saint and humanitarian through a chain of charities which have been accused of fraud.


Taavi Kassila is no less honest with the public. He has not renounced the world but is living a very material life - which he seeks to hide through by suing his victims.


One teenage girl testified (name verified) to a sickening sexual seduction which Kassila did as representative of Amma Amritanandamayi. Kassila has not publicly denied these shocking charges.


But Kassila has conducted a secret retributive campaign against a girlfriend who reported that Kassila has been unfaithful and infected her with herpes. The girlfriend's private email address received harassing emails from an internet address believed to be connected to Kassila. When the email harassment failed, Taavi Kassila employed an Amma lawyer and organizer, Kirsi Pettersson, to threaten forums which discuss Taavi Kassila's unethical activities.


Taavi Kassila is sending a clear threat to his victims as he attempts to prosecute his girlfriend for writing about him. Her blog "Tarina rakkauden apostoli", which does not directly name Kassila, is intended to protect other girls from Kassila's disturbing sexual predations by giving factual accounts.


In a legal counter-claim Taavi Kassila has been investigated by police for assault by knowingly spreading a sexual disease. Also the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation has been investigating a tantra cult, with which Taavi Kassila had been involved. Natha ry, is suspected of human trafficking young women for guru Gregorian Bivolaru and associated yoga VIPs (of which Kassila fits).


Natha have removed a webpage which shows the religious names and photos of their main teachers, while Amma.fi (Suomen Amma-keskus ry) removed over 35 webpages from their website which proved that Taavi Kassila is their honorary president, media contact, meditation group leader and tour organizer in Finland and India.


Suspiciously, two Finnish media articles in which Taavi Kassila, claimed to have renounced the world, sex and his home country of Finland in 2008 have also been removed. The articles named "Taavi Kassila: Selibaatti kohottaa tietoisuuden tasoa" and "Taavi Kassila: Tämän vuoksi selibaatti kannattaa" can still be found on search engines. A copy of "Taavi Kassila: Selibaatti kohottaa tietoisuuden tasoa" on an internet forum might be removed at any time by Kassila's emablers. Taavi Kassila seems to be covering his tracks and shredding evidence - evidence which would be invaluable to the police investigators.


Taavi Kassila has made himself a minor celebrity through his association with Amma Amritanandamayi, a rich and powerful businesswoman who is accused of harassment, violence and financial impropriety like converting donations into gold for personal use and carrying across international borders.


Taavi Kassila introduced Finnish Minister of Culture and former Miss Finland Tanja Tellervo Karpela to Amma as he cleverly but ridiculously told the media he would protect her if she traveled to India.


Another Amma Finnish follower is musician Mikko von Hertzen who has lived in Amma's Amritapuri ashram in Kerala, India.


Amma's group uses physical intimidation and lawyers in India to prevent free speech notably against Sreeni Pattathanam, a former policeman who investigated five suspicious deaths related to Amma.


Amma's PR war now comes to Europe as Amma's representative Taavi Kassila fights in the law courts. Who is funding Taavi Kassila, who once claimed to be a monk, as he defends his piece of Amma's financial kingdom?


We hope that the Finnish media gives the public some answers when Taavi Kassila reveals his true nature in the Helsinki District Court on August 9th, 2013. Please send legal advice and media support to the courageous girl which Kassila is hounding. Her special email address as listed on her blog is Kulttuurielli(AT)yahoo.fi