My apologies to shantnu and Prathamesn but one should give due care to his wordings, how can you use the word misleading for the personalities like yogananda and swami ramdev, just look at their contribution to mankind. today YOGODA has lacs of followers, Kriya Yoga came as a bliss to western people, A light for humankind that got blind in materialism.And what to talk of swami ji contribution who is giving new life to almoct died Ayurveda and Indian yoga. so many people getting benefitted by pranayams.today whole world is recognising this heritage and at oneside pepople are disparaging thier thoughts. All monks come out with their findings after immense hardwork , Budha too ridiculed vedas,Swami Dyananda opposed idol worship contrary to vedic thoughts, it doesnt mean they were wrong , only thing is that we misunderstand and misinterperate their message. I tell you one short story once a person came to Swami Vivekananda asking for donation for a Goshala saying that they are protecting the sacred animal, Swamiji responded in a harsh manner and told him that there are too many human beings dying of hunger and thirst and you dont bother about them instead you are protecting cows with no intellect, man asserted that it is the karm phal for those human beings and we can not be blamed for that.this reply upsets Swamiji and he told that person there is no karma better than the service to humankind as it is the supereme creature of Almighty, cows and all creatures and all other activities are secondory.
does it mean that Swamiji was averse to protecting animals,NO
but idea was to protect mankind first, this is what the statements of Yogananda and Swami Ramdev tells us, One can not believe in astrology alone and sit for good fortune but good karmas are must good thoughts are must.