Yes… It is a new religion. Here are the beliefs of this religion.
1)The first and foremost belief they hold is the belief that they don’t hold any beliefs. If you ask them, they will say ‘We don’t believe in anything; Sadhguru never asks you to believe in anything’. It is true that Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev uses the Osho’s punch line’Don’t believe me and don’t disbelieve me’ and never asks anyone to believe in anything. But beliefs doesn’t work that way. Beliefs are formed gradually by exposure and usually not formed in a single instant. Second, once you start trusting the person, you will start taking things for granted.
2) Sadhguru can never ever be wrong in anything no matter which subject he talks about, be it physics, chemistry, history, Sanskrit, etymology etc.
3) Anyone who shows skepticism on what Sadhguru says and disagrees with him is an idiot, moron, fool and stupid. The word ‘idiot’ is probably consecrated by Sadhguru just like he consecrated a mantra called ‘Brahmananda Svarupa’.
4) Anyone who shows skepticism on what Sadhguru says is getting paid by a Christian missionary or a Naxalite.
5) There was a human being called ‘Adiyogi’ who lived 15,000 years before, who married a yogini called Parvati. She gave birth to Ganesha and Skanda who were also yogis. Everything that is written in Shiva Purana is actually about this human being who suddenly appeared in Himalayas. No one, including Sadhguru knew where he came from, even though Sadhguru knows every thing else about his life.
6) Science is dumb, arrogant and has been wrong many times. Science is something that is in competition with spirituality. If anyone with scientific background points out some unscientific statement said by Sadhguru, that guy is an arrogant idiot. (The fallacy ‘science was wrong before’ is a classic statement used only by religions: "Science Was Wrong Before!" | Debunking Denialism )
7) They are not devotees or followers but meditators. The cult of personality that exists in Isha about just one person has got nothing to do with ‘devotion’ at all.
8) The police department and law in our country is completely perfect and corruption free. If a case is closed by police saying that there is no evidence, you can be sure that it is true. Because, not even a single policeman in our country knows what bribery is. (If a cop asks you money illegally, it probably is a donation; but not bribe). Law and order is 100% perfect in our country.
9) A question can be interpreted as a statement. For example, a guy asks Sadhguru, “How can I be sure if you are not another Ram Rahim?”, it means that the questioner is saying, ‘You are another Ram Rahim’.. The person who asked that question deserved a lot of verbal abuses. (this is a real incident by the way).. Asking such questions are always like ‘trying to insult’ Sadhguru. And Sadhguru always ‘shuts them up’:
10) Christians must be hated for every reason (unless he is also a part of Isha). If a person with a Christian name comments on Youtube video showing a little bit of skepticism, it is completely ok to abuse him until your frustration and anger is completely gone.
11) Even though Isha is not a religion, it may change according to convenience. For example, if someone is criticizing Sadhguru, an Isha follower may comment and say ‘Why is that you people always criticize Hindu gurus? What about that church pastor? what about ‘so and so’ incident done by an Islamic preacher?” etc. That comment will have a lot of likes or upvotes. It is ok for Isha to become a religion on a temporary basis just to insult another human being.
12) Along with daily meditation practice, insulting a non-follower who questions Sadhguru everyday is also a good practice and a social norm. You are free to ridicule each and every one.
13) To comment on some written article or a video, you don’t have to read it or watch it completely. You can make a rough assumption by just reading the title or by skimming through.
14) A person who supports Sadhguru is always correct in his supportive comments, even if what he says is completely contradictory to what Sadhguru himself said.
15) It is completely ok to comment on a post that criticizes Sadhguru by saying ‘You wasted my time’. For some reason, the time he took to comment that never gets wasted. Also, you can go ahead and engage in an argument with that person and that will not be a waste of time either.
16) If you want to disagree with a critique but don’t know what to say, the best way to handle the problem is to say ‘Sadhguru never said that’… (I have watched a few instances. One person was questioning Sadhguru’s enlightenment in Youtube comments section and another guy replied ‘Sadhguru never said he is enlightened’.. There was another instance in Quora, where another guy confidently said ‘Sadhguru never said that the word Sadhguru means uneducated guru.’).
17) It is cool to put the phrase ‘undercover yogi’ near your name and photograph in all the profiles, even though the word ‘undercover’ is about something that is not revealed publicly.
18) Water has memory. A random website which talks about a scientist doing an experiment can be trusted completely, if it can be used to justify the belief that water has memory. You don’t have to understand about peer review or authentic science journals. If this argument doesn’t work, then all you have to say is ‘Science has not yet discovered it, because it is so dumb anyway’.
19) An important holy book of the religion: Mystic Musings.
20) A main code of conduct: Ad hominem or personal attacks
There is more… But I think it is enough for now. :) But exploring the following links may help to understand this religion better:
(The comments that may appear here from people who are worshiping Sadhguru may reveal some additional beliefs or serve as an example of anything that is stated above).