At some point, we ran into Swami Rama in a hallway. death they feardeath of their attachments to their bodies, thoughts, She began talking about Swami Rama's exploitative behavior with anyone who would listen, especially women who she thought were being victimized. Carolyn says she knew that Swami Rama often promised his disciples he would take them to India or appoint them to important positions within the Institute-promises that rarely materialized. He cannot disbelieve his guru. Meanwhile Janet,* a Honesdale woman who worked as the couple's babysitter and housekeeper at the time, says she received threatening phone calls at Brian and Terry's house, asking if she was alone with the children. Thank you. That one gesture unleashed a storm of long-suppressed emotions. Meanwhile, the couple says, they discovered more evidence of illicit activity. The inner Self remains unaffected. When Swami Rama returned from India two months later, Carolyn resumed working as his appointments secretary during the day, and, she says, as his sexual servant on some nights. Mantra is a syllable or word or set of words. At an early age he was ordained as a monk by a great sage of the Himalayas and later journeyed to numerous monasteries and caves, studying with many spiritual masters. on. They introduced her to the guru, and she remembers he made a fuss over her, slapping her cheek lightly and calling her a good girl. exist not because of our bodies but because of our very being. Full Name: Pandita Ramabai Saraswati Birth Name: Rama Dongre Famous As: Social Reformer, Feminist, Educationist Birth Date: 23 April 1858 Birth Place: Canara district, Madras Presidency, British India Died On: 5 April 1922 Nationality: Indian Parents: Anant Shastri Dongare (father) and Lakshmibai (mother) Spouse: Bipin Behari Medhvi Pandita Ramabai But Carolyn says she stifled her doubts about the guru, transforming them into doubts about her own selfishness: "Because I'd rationalized that he was teaching me a lesson, I believed he must be teaching other women the same lesson, and I shouldn't begrudge his attention to other students.". Yet Swami Rama, knowing that Hughes was gay, had repeatedly urged him to marry various women Institute members and had insisted that his homosexuality was unnatural and unhealthy. the meaning of life or death. She asked him to give her a homeopathic remedy for the itching, she says, but he refused and turned away, dismissing her. In the serene atmosphere of the Himalayan valleys, where the celestial Ganges continued to sing the glory of Lord Shiva day and night, the spiritual preceptors told wonderous stories of Rama and Krishna, and of various manifestations of Lord Vishnu. Although the jury entered a judgment against Nuernberger, it also found that the clinic was not liable for his actions, so Williams failed to recover damages. Only recently has she acknowledged her anger at Swami Rama. In a few months time she would handle his bank account, income taxes, everything. His American followers hear the spiritual teachings from his mouth, with his interpretation, and they rarely have the exposure to a variety of gurus, which would teach them to be skeptical of their own guru. think. Nestled in the rolling hills of the Poconos, our stunning 400-acre campus is a gathering place for seekers from around the globe. Everything in human life, he said, is for spiritual life is. When the couple confided their resulting marital troubles to Karen and George, Karen confirmed her friend's experience by revealing that she, too, had had a supposedly exclusive and spiritual sexual relationship with Swami Rama before her marriage. Therefore, he had to be punished. Swami Vivekananda attained Maha-Samadhi on July 4, 1902, at the age of 39. life: God pervades all, and God is the Atman animating our soul, the He discusses the philosophy, practice and benefits of yoga and meditation. Himalayan Institute, RR 1. Chicago, II. She would live with him in the house he was buying. Before the wedding, Carolyn and her fiance went to see a couples counselor both separately and together. whosoever will save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose Life is an ongoing Residents are expected to donate a large portion of their labor, and they must sacrifice personal freedoms and privacy. That is, they were allegedly discounted as being emotionally disturbed, or otherwise reportedly regarded as liars Mafia Style Swami - Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. She was afraid to stay in her room, which had no lock on the door, or to use the hall telephone, because all calls had to be routed through the main switchboard. Dr. Ballentine sent copies of his letter to the same Institute members who had received Hughes's letter. There she learned Swami Rama's style of "super-conscious" meditation, which she describes as a basic, impersonal training in mental concentration. Otherwise there would be no need for this person to propagate this whole story.". He is also head of the Institute's Holistic Studies (formerly Eastern Studies) program and has written a number of scholarly books on yoga philosophy. Brian says he felt betrayed, but the knowledge that Swami Rama had financially exploited him made it easier for the couple to cut their ties to the Institute. Like Pandit Rajmani, Dr. Ballentine explains that Americans have weird attitudes about sex, that Americans like to knock their heroes off the pedestals they have put them on, that people. If you need more, fill free to say us So grieve, but But one by one, Trescelli says, the women backed down and decided not to pursue legal action. In any case, Rama definitely came to the United States in 1969, and was soon participating in biofeedback demonstrations under Elmer and Alyce Green, at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas. solution. He is a seeker, with certain strengths and weaknesses. swami rama (1925-1996) was born in himalayas. Taoist philosopher Chuang Tzu stated: Birth is not a The followers of Swami Vivekananda celebrate his birth anniversary (12 January), but (generally) don't organize (mourning) event on his death anniversary (4 July), as they believe in Bhagavad Gita's dictum " Death means only a change of garment ." [Source] Some followers and devotees of Ramakrishna do not use the word "death" or "died", they say people seek objects and relationships in the world in a way to deny Sacred Journey, From Sacred Journey Refer to each styles convention regarding the best way to format page numbers and retrieval dates. When I ask him if he would recognize the truth if a genuine victim approached him, he admits it's possible that he wouldn't: "I have yet to see a case where I've seen him do something that was for his own benefit or gratification at the expense of another person. He is supposed to have been raised by Sri Madhavananda Bharati in the sacred caves and monasteries of the Himalayan sages. He was also accused of kicking other women in the buttocks when they were weeding, already down on their hands and knees or a neat clean one. Born in northern India, he was raised from early childhood by the Himalayan sage, Bengali Baba. However, the date of retrieval is often important. He was actually suffering from diabetes and asthma, but the cause of his death was in no way related to this, or any kind of ailments, but something else. During the next few months, Carolyn says, Swami Rama bade her visit him in his private quarters once every couple of weeks, either after lunch or after evening prayers; he also made it her job to buy condoms. Jesus meant that Otherwise I would not deem such a letter worthy of a response." a cessation of suffering, and there is a means to that cessation: a Most of the Institute's programs are open to the general public. She never received a response. Born: February 18, 1833 Some of the HTML files have both Devanagari (Windows, Mac and Unix X11R6) and Romanized Sanskrit fonts (Windows only). The One evening in early June, Carolyn remembers, Swami Rama's housekeeper phoned the women's dorm and asked her to bring the manuscript she was preparing over to Swami Rama's new cabin. message early in life that happiness is earned by acquiring things and Sutras, the contemplative insight of Advaita Vedanta, and the ALL NEW! When they have contacted their friends and former colleagues at the Institute, they have been discounted as liars or labeled "emotionally disturbed." Pandit Rajmani cannot entertain the notion that the women's stories could be true. The Great Raman Maharshi died of cancer. From its beginnings 20 years ago, the Institute has expanded steadily to include some 25 branches and affiliated yoga and holistic health centers in the Midwest, the Northeast, Texas, California, and abroad. The fear of death and His best-known work, Living with the Himalayan Masters, reveals the many facets of this singular adept and demonstrates his embodiment of the living tradition of the East. Grief should not consume a person, whoever is attached to the wordly life and this earthly body will lose Of course, Gandhis very human displays of (non-righteous) temper alone would have been enough to demonstrate to him or anyone else that he was not yet perfected in ahimsa. He was coughing a lot, was very thin, and had bouts of fever. In the following year, he served as a consultant to the Voluntary Controls Project of the Research Department of the Menninger Foundation at Topeka, Kansas. Under the guidance of his master, he traveled from monastery to monastery and studied with a variety of Himalayan saints and sages, including his grandmaster, who was living in a remote region of Tibet. At a later date, he pursued a formal education at Oxford University, continuing his studies of Western psychology and philosophy in Germany and Holland for three years before coming to the United States in 1969. A week later, Megan blew the lid off Swami Rama's private life, confirming what Carolyn already knew in her heart. See your body as just an instrument. The sound tic came from the cracking of the skull as he left his body through the brahmarandhra. His story is told briefly in the Mahabharata ("Great Epic of the Bharata Dynasty") and at great . God-consciousness that Jesus represented, will never die. That is difficult to believe only because we so strongly We have a parade of emotions and Encyclopedia.com gives you the ability to cite reference entries and articles according to common styles from the Modern Language Association (MLA), The Chicago Manual of Style, and the American Psychological Association (APA). To the ordinary mind this seems like a fantasy. Excessive mourning is unhealthy. we are not conscious of something does not mean it doesnt exist. Our humanitarian projects serve impoverished communities through rural empowerment and environmental regeneration. Gurus were supposed to have conquered their desires, but in the spiritual literature they were often portrayed as contradictory, tricking their disciples into enlightenment. When she shared her news with the other residents at East West Books, they told her she should feel honored: She had been chosen, while long-time devotees had been denied the privilege. Carolyn says she experienced their sexual encounters as brief and rough, and that she performed her sexual duties mechanically: "I numbed myself in order to survive.". you not to attach yourself to this world. The fear of death is one of our most prominent fears. come about to match their ideas, they are miserable. When I asked Pandit Arya about the allegations of sexual abuse, he admits that he was very disturbed when he first heard them. The chapter on the Meditation Center in Patricia Darling's dissertation details the growth of the center and the subsequent disillusionment of many of Pandit Arya's students with his new guru. Materialistic thinkers turn it the other way around. He backed off, Megan says, while telling her that sex wasn't necessary-she could be his special student. Truth alone is the real teacher and master" - and asking for an explanation of the women's stories and challenging a possible Institute "cover-up" on professional ethical grounds. This is identifying Become more involved with the projects of the ashram-seminars, residents, the patient program-in time she would be in charge of the whole thing. Another case involved Swami Rama (1925-96), a tall man with a strikingly handsome face. she wondered. By Swami Rama So if someone wants to come to me and say, this man's taking advantage of me for his pleasure, I just find it hard to believe.". He rapidly attracted a following that included many graduate and professional students. Each of the women I interviewed described how he would discern her particular needs and self-doubts and manipulate her spiritual beliefs or naivet in order to exploit her sexually-he has an uncanny ability to suit his approach to each victim, they say. Swami Rama, whose legal name is Brij Keshore Kumar, was born in 1925 in Uttar Pradesh, according to his official biography, parts of which appeared in the Mareh/April 1990 issue of Yoga Journal. She was my initiate. Some stay longer, for a few weeks or months in the Self-Transformation retreat program. I am That, I am That, I cause no misery, nor am I miserable; I have no enemy, nor am I enemy. through life productively and enjoyably. The inner More so, he was in a perfectly healthy stat. Broad described him as "the star of autonomic control". A system that encourages such vulnerable individuals to give up their own "egotistical" judgment to the arbitrary whims of one person is one of the key features of a totalist organization, or "cult.". Here is her report. change, and pain is the consequence. At bottom, however, she believed her feelings didn't matter. Swami Rama talks about the 4 nos of breathing, no jerks, no noise, no jerkiness, no pause. And she was afraid to leave in her old car because a freezing rainstorm had covered all the roads with ice. There is no . There is a family of doctors there whose mother was a great devotee of the Lord. Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. Most rapists threaten women with physical violence. [7], Swami Rama has been accused and convicted of sexual abuse. sights along the way, so that when it comes time to leave the train at We cannot be an emotion. The FBI has confirmed the existence of a file documenting the agency's investigation, but at the time of publication the file had not yet been released under the Freedom of Information Act. Carolyn went away to college at the end of that year, as her parents expected. Swami Vivekananda died of diabetes. Meditation, contemplation, mantra and prayer During that time, neither of them would see any other, and she should never tell anyone. Since our interview, Dr. Ballentine has been sent at least two letters by women who say they were sexually abused by Swami Rama: one from Carolyn and one from Susan. Despite the questions about his background, there is no denying that Swami Rama made a terrific impact on western thinking when he served as a research subject at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas. Our Honesdale campus continues to be home to a service-driven community of yogis, volunteers, and faculty-in-residence. Unfortunately, his health kept deteriorating and he died in 1920 at the age of 32. Whenever she has communicated her experiences to former friends at the Institute, she says, they have responded with a series of rationalizations: "That's your experience, but we all have to make our own decisions based on our own experience with Swamiji, and he has positively redirected my life. Those statements are on file with the cult Awareness network (formerly the citizen's Freedom Foundation) in New York. His disciples believe he knows them better than they know themselves, and that if they want to achieve their spiritual goals they should do exactly as he says. No, this would not be shattering, certainly not. As odd as it may sound, however, all reports are that the two parties were literally just sleeping beside each other, for him to test his resistance to sexual desire. And she would help him write books. by Meanwhile, Swami Rama had appointed her as registrar of the graduate program, replacing a long-time woman disciple who was being kicked out of the Institute for no apparent reason. A guru has the wisdom of experience and the ancient teachings, so he can provide guidance, Dr. Ballentine says, but students should "judge every [practice] on the basis of your own experience." Carolyn had sought a consultation with Pandit Rajmani, who told her that Megan was either lying because she was "on an ego trip," or fantasizing a sexual encounter that had never taken place. Swami Rama frequently invited them to parties in his private quarters, where they say he entertained them with funny stories and racy gossip. One night he saw his guru in a dream standing near his bed, he begged him "Dear Guru! The teachings contained in the sacred texts cannot play any meaningful part in judging who is a good guru and who is not: "How could they? The yogi asked me to bring a living ant. We could pick one with all sorts of attractions and In that letter, Hughes had told Swami Rama why marriage and parenthood were probably not for him. But it is also common in the thought-control techniques of totalitarian states. A chief disciple of the Bengali yoga guru Swami Sri . In retrospect, Megan says, she believes that Swami Rama was indifferent to the problems that his behavior might cause the Institute, but was using such scandals to purge it of anyone who questioned his authority. One who possesses nothing and has no one to protect him belongs to God and is constantly under the protection of the Divine." Two other women left the Institute shortly afterwards. Kamapukur, India mean an end because death has no effect on the Self. Five minutes before her death she called all the family members and blessed them. Rama, one of the most widely worshipped Hindu deities, the embodiment of chivalry and virtue. So far, none of their attempts to communicate their experiences has been met by official Institute willingness to investigate their charges. springs grief, from craving springs fear; for him who is wholly free is a reality that will help you to realize that this life here is STEINER, RUDOLF (18611925), who wrote more than 350 volumes on philosophy, science, and the arts, was the originator of an esoteric, Although the word "spirituality" was originally a Christian one, derived from the Pauline definition of whatever was under the influence of the spiri, YOGANANDA His students believe he is able to read minds and manipulate physical reality with his advanced yogic powers; thus they believe he can heal sickness with the power of the "superconscious" mind. OM Shanti, Shanti, Shanti. This life is concealed behind the two openings of birth and death. As he relaxed, he created alpha waves by "imagining an empty blue sky with drifting clouds". Megan recalls that in one of her first encounters with Swami Rama, she watched as he humiliated a quiet, withdrawn woman resident. presenting the ancient Self-Realization pathof owners, these changing, decaying, and dying objects remind people of the They resided in their own house in Honesdale, unencumbered by the strict rules of the residential program. The Greens' experiments caused a furor in the scientific community because they gave powerful support to autogenic biofeedback research, which 10 years earlier had begun demonstrating that body functions which had formerly been considered involuntary could be controlled. On January 24 of that year, a jury awarded $15,000 in actual damages and $50,000 in punitive damages to Barbara Marston, who had sued psychologist Philip Nuernberger for engaging in "sexually intimate behavior" with her during therapy sessions. Elmer and Alyce Green observed that Swami Rama could produce different brain waves at will, including theta and delta (sleep) waves, while remaining aware of his environment. Buddhas four noble She says she confessed her secret relationship with Swami Rama for the first time, telling her counselor that she was still confused about it. Most of the former members of the Institute who agreed to be interviewed for this article were also afraid to have their identities revealed; they appear under pseudonyms, marked with an asterisk. Together we ate superb vegetarian meals in the Institute's dining commons and chanted evening prayers. He voluntarily sopped his heart from pumping blood for 17 seconds, and he reportedly demonstrated his telekinetic powers, moving a knitting needle with mental force. This site is devoted to "Believing such stories means disbelieving in myself. Swami Rama, whose legal name is Brij Keshore Kumar, was born in 1925 in Uttar Pradesh, according to his official biography, parts of which appeared in the March/April 1990 issue of Yoga Journal. His best known work is Living With Himalayan Masters; the cultural historian Alistair Shearer calls it "an influential autobiography". Both these branches of yogic science are exclusively known to a fortunate few in the Himalayas and Tibet. The cuttings from the American press which Swami Narayana had so carefully preserved are now reproduced to bring in Megan*, a former graduate student in the Eastern Studies program, wrote a letter to the Jesuit administration of the University of Scranton saying that Swami Rama was subjecting women students to sexual exploitation. truths state that life is suffering, the suffering has a cause, there is Who Can Be a Friend of Lord Rama? When the doctors were trying to heal his cancer, he is reported to have said something like: "Here, I am trying to rid myself of the big disease called the body by using a small disease and you all are trying to rid of this small disease that is my instrument". Terry, who is now a practicing psychotherapist, says she believes Swami Rama's behavior is compulsive-he can't help it." ISBN 8188157007 (Buy) And in that idyllic environment, the immortal guru-disciple relationship was given to unfold, with Ramas students believing that he could read their minds and heal sickness with the power of his superconsciousness, etc. Glenview, Ill.: Himalayan Institute, 1976. Learn to flow with humans we are capable of having anger and experiencing anger, but we are The books published by The Divine Life Society are being made available on the web in both Portable Document Format (PDF) and HTML. The other was at Kanpur. Carolyn walked up to the cabin, she says, where after a brief minute spent leafing through her work, the guru asked her in a low voice for a meeting later that night. his life for my sake shall save it. In the next sentence Jesus asked, - Swami Rama, "Living With the Himalayan Masters". Since she had taken over, everything had been put in order. Following on the wave of favorable publicity, Swami Rama founded the Himalayan Institute in Illinois in 1971. we need something for our existence. follows. Swami Rama passed away in 1996, being survived by, it has been suggested, at least one child ( Webster, 1990 ). They know, usually without being told, that if they break the taboo of silence they will be blamed for destroying their spiritual families and the "higher" good those families purportedly do in the world. The universe was in the process of being created and not everything was yet in order or fully functioning. What is the pain of Box 148252. Death is merely a under the guidance of his master bengali baba, he traveled visited many sages and ashrams. marriage, a job, friends, a home, a dream. Expert wellness consultations direct to your home. In December of 1990, Yoga Journal published an expos detailing allegations of misbehavior, including sexual abuse, against Rama. subject to death. Thats not ration-al. Chapter 4 in Koestlers (1960) The Lotus and the Robot give reasonable analyses of the all-too-human psychological reasons behind Gandhis emphasis on celibacy. They will all disappear in the flash we call a human lifetime. Nothing else interested him. Swami Rama ( Svm Rma; 1925 - 13 November 1996) was an Indian yoga guru. In 1969, Pandit Arya met Swami Rama, who gave him "one of the highest meditation initiations," in which he experienced himself "as a being of light." I just don't know that it makes sense to go run around trying to evaluate other people, when you haven't evaluated yourself.". 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