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I thought Sadhus were renunciates - who leave behind all material attachment, and live in a cave or in the forest etc... So what kind of "Sadhu" was this?
We already heard from the BKs that Lehkraj was rich, so it is no surprise he could afford 10,000 rupees. Whatever the value now of what Lehkraj paid for his secret, it apparently led to him having visions which were powerful enough to convince him (and subsequently his followers) that he was God incarnate, and caused him to give up business and set up his own religion ... He may well have felt he got value for money!
ex-l, if your calculations are anywhere near correct (and they seem reasonable to me), then this must have been one persuasive "saddhu"! And his "secret" would appear to have been powerful indeed.
What kind of spiritual knowledge would you pay a huge sum of money for? Me, I would not pay one penny, other than as a voluntary donation. Spirituality cannot be bought. He was not buying spiritual power, though he has it now. It must have been psychic power ... which leads us back to the hypnotism claims, and his apparent ability to mesmerise all his followers ...
It has been suggested here already that the spiritual power (based on purity) that BapDada is now associated with may have been introduced later, from another source. Shiva? DId Lehkraj's psychic games lead him to be possessed subsequently (1950?) by Shiva or some other being? Which then altered his course?
Keep digging ex-l :-).