, ▁and ▁beg s ▁the ▁question ▁as ▁to ▁the ▁true ▁orig ins ▁of ▁Ch ing ▁H ai ’ s ▁teaching ". ▁ ▁Professor ▁of ▁Relig ious ▁Studies ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Lanc aster ▁Christopher ▁Part ridge ▁wrote ▁that ▁Ch ing ▁H ai ▁visited ▁India ▁and ▁was ▁initi ated ▁by ▁Th ak ar ▁Singh , ▁a ▁Run ah i ▁S ats ang ▁Sant ▁Mat ▁master . ▁Investig ator ▁Terry ▁L enz ner ▁reported ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁Committee ▁on ▁Government al ▁Affairs ▁" H ue ▁[ Ch ing ▁H ai ] ▁reported ly ▁hid ▁her ▁association ▁with ▁Th ak ar ▁Singh ▁when ▁she ▁arrived ▁in ▁Taiwan ▁in ▁October ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁because ▁it ▁would ▁have ▁prevent ed ▁her ▁from ▁becoming ▁fully ▁ord ained ▁in ▁the ▁Buddh ist ▁order ". ▁Professor ▁of ▁philosophy ▁David ▁C . ▁Lane , ▁a ▁controvers ial ▁des ci ple ▁of ▁Char an ▁Singh ▁a ▁Rad ha ▁So ami ▁S ats ang ▁Be as ▁Sant ▁Mat ▁Master , ▁stated ▁in ▁his ▁ 2 0 1 7 ▁ess ay ▁Stud ing ▁Cult s , ▁A ▁Fort y - Year ▁Ref lection ▁that ▁ ▁" Ch ing ▁H ai , ▁tried ▁to ▁den y ▁for ▁many ▁years ▁her ▁close ▁association ▁with ▁the ▁not orious ▁sh ab d ▁y oga ▁g uru , ▁Th ak ar ▁Singh , ▁since ▁she ▁didn ’ t ▁want ▁to ▁be ▁t aint ed ▁by ▁her ▁former ▁g uru ’ s ▁sexual ▁explo its ". ▁ ▁In ▁an ▁article ▁titled ▁The ▁Master ▁from ▁the