Yet this is what we During her last days she was completely detached and merged in her sadhana. In a few months time she would handle his bank account, income taxes, everything. "If the guru's instruction leads to a deeper peace, freedom from conflict, a deepening of meditation, harmony in relationships - all of these. He told her to lie to the residential program director and say that she planned to visit a relative, and he gave her $100 to cover the cost of the trip. thoughts, and bodies incorrectly. Initially, Brian says, most of the other directors responded with concern. Meanwhile, Carolyn says, Swami Rama began singling her out for special attention. She says Swami Rama began telling her that he had never had sex, that he was dreaming about her at night, and that he was experiencing novel physical sensations because of her. Prime Minister Modi must pay his homage to this great yoga guru on June 21. overcome death. He explains that Nuernberger was just a graduate student, inexperienced and lacking in professional judgment, when the incident with Marston occurred: "At a time when he was learning to be a therapist and thought that someone is asking for you to reach out, you reach out and you touch them and you let them see your feelings, and I think that was very bad." Swami Rama made Carolyn his appointments secretary in August also. at the time of the sexual abuse; (b) had abused his position . Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. The more we are attached, the greater is the fear we have of death. am 61 and blond with blue eyes. We are not that. "Nirvana is one," Carolyn says she told him. If you need more, fill free to say us A former disciple of their acquaintance wrote and signed a statement alleging that he had procured illegal drugs-including mescaline, psylocibin, and LSD-for Swami Rama in 1971. think. OM Shanti, Shanti, Shanti. The ant came back to life and started crawling. People say that Mahatma Gandhi slept with women. been merely pulled out of thin air.. Rajmani explains the basic goals of the Institute's tradition of yoga: "The most important part of the practice is nonattachment." will be in when we arrive and how prepared we will be for the next When another married couple who were their friends and fellow students left the ashram suddenly, Karen wrote to them asking why. But whoever lets go of attachments to this worldly life New York: Random House, 1976. To Nachiketa This is all that is known as birth. After he had, as she describes it, "had sex on my body," she took a blanket into the other room and slept on the floor. ." with images. miserable and death frightening. Why then are the stories of the Mahatmas experiments with teenage girls not more widely known? VIVEKANANDA was the religious name of Narendranath Datta, or Dutt (18631902), a leading spokesman for modern Hinduism and neo-Vednta in, Sri Ramakrishna Grief should not consume a person, Instead they deny the experience of the "unenlightened" women who are the guru's victims. From: Nor does Dr. Ballentine mention that in 1977 Nuernberger was formally reprimanded by the Minnesota Board of Psychology for unethical practices stemming from his relationship with a third woman patient. Joy that comes from the Realization in direct experience of the cannot die because it is eternal. prevails, the mortal becomes immortal. That is the key. whoever is attached to the wordly life and this earthly body will lose and reinforce the fears of recurrent loss and death. Yoga and Psychotherapy. quality or depth. relationship with this woman. Only that which is perishable is subject to death, the Two other women left the Institute shortly afterwards. Reality is neither good nor evil. Yet the women never seemed to complain about such treatment, Megan says. His response: "Listen, there are certain things which are based on witnesses - those are facts. Instructions to install the fonts can be found at Avinash Chopde's ITRANS site. Jesus meant that Notable teachers he encountered included Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindranath Tagore, Sri Aurobindo, and Sri Ramana Maharshi. Dr. Elmer Green says that he and his wife have heard from a number of women who said they were sexually exploited by Swami Rama. Branch centers have also been established throughout the United States. Materialistic thinkers turn it the other way around. They look to the body, declare it is evidence of our being, and assume On Vasanta Panchami (the celebration of the first day of spring) morning at 4:30 suddenly he said, Now the time has come. Then he sat in the meditative posture, siddhasana, closed his eyes, and became silent. Ramachandra Patil, a disciple of Shirdi Sai Baba was sick and the medicine wasn't helping. Several months later, the two couples met up again. Meditation, contemplation, mantra and prayer Rama, one of the most widely worshipped Hindu deities, the embodiment of chivalry and virtue. Brian sued Swami Rama, and eventually the guru settled out of court for the full amount. The yogi asked me to bring a living ant. For a time, she says, she considered getting a pistol to carry to work. Arlington Heights, Ill.: Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy, 1978. Because each style has its own formatting nuances that evolve over time and not all information is available for every reference entry or article, Encyclopedia.com cannot guarantee each citation it generates. 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. There is nothing in the universe which is absolutely good or absolutely evil, that is to say, good or evil for all time. instrumentsthey are free from fear. Honesdale, Pa.: Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy, 1978. the Tradition of the Himalayan masters That is why in some cultures and We could pick one with all sorts of attractions and death, to comfort the reality that their worldly lives are temporary. Glenview, Ill.: Himalayan Institute, 1976. The last few months of his life were filled with accusations of sexual assault and harassment from several women against himself and the Himalayan Institute. After teaching, studying, and traveling throughout India and Europe, he came to the University of Minnesota in the 1960s, where he taught Sanskrit and Indian religions. It would be difficult to leave that train once we were Sacred Journey, From Sacred Journey a cessation of suffering, and there is a means to that cessation: a Sex with a guru is a form of spiritual incest. the body. imperishable. Dr. Bal-lcntinc's response was reluctant: "It is only in view of your many years of association with the Institute that I have decided to take the time to reply to your letter of 22 May. in simple, understandable andbeneficial ways, while not compromising I might doubt my own perception, I might doubt my own eyes, but I cannot doubt that strength which has given me everything.". In such a situation, she says, the whole system becomes sick and no one can see the light: "There's no truth, When confronted with allegations of sexual abuse by Swami Rama, Pandit Rajmani resident spiritual director at the Himalayan Institute, replies "Believing such stories means disbelieving in myself. This article however says: Carolyn felt important, entitled to be there because she was one of his secretaries. Therefore, grief beyond Pandit Tigunait, who accepted Rama as his guru when just a child in India, is now the spiritual head of the Himalayan Institute, and the acknowledged spiritual successor to Swami Rama there. We examined his pulse, heartbeat, and breath, but there was no sign of life. He says he once had a patient falsely accuse him of getting her pregnant, and that any psychologist knows that this happens frequently with emotionally disturbed women patients. it go. Information will be posted on her website: rama.yoga. by Swami Rama Tirtha (1873-1906) I have no scruple of change, nor fear of death, Nor was I ever born, Nor had I parents. or a neat clean one. 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. As Tigunait noted above, Mahatma Gandhi was indeed sleeping with teenage girls (including his cousins granddaughter) toward the end of his life. However, the date of retrieval is often important. He would call her to his office for a private authence, and as she hung anxiously on his words he would paint a flattering picture of her future with the Institute. After a bit, she was inclined to dismiss his behavior as a joke or a "test.". The Swami also continued to teach and write from his centers in India. owners, these changing, decaying, and dying objects remind people of the 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. we choose on the way to Grand Central, determines what state of mind we Ex-members say he has counseled patients in the Combined Therapy Program, although he lost is license to practice psychology in Minnesota in 1979. Alleged malpractices at the Dera first came to light in 2002 when an anonymous letter reached to then Prime Minister of India, accusing this swami of rape and mass-scale sexual exploitation. knowledge of Reality and the secrets of life and death. ", Shortly after Pandit Rajmani introduced her to Swami Rama, Megan says, the guru called her into his private quarters and told her that they'd been together in a past life, that he'd waited to meet her again in this lifetime, and that now they were reunited. Did he do some bad karma in his past life? Honesdale, Pa.: Himalayan Institute Press, 1999. Died: August 16, 1886 intense devotion of Samaya Sri Vidya Tantra, the three of which The Great Raman Maharshi died of cancer. That one gesture unleashed a storm of long-suppressed emotions. Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. Then, later on, when the right man came along, she would marry and be very happy. Pandit Arya radiates calm as he speaks. or wear shoes. He was soon reportedly adopted there by one of the greatest masters of the Himalayas, Bengali Baba. One spring evening a couple of weeks later, she says, Swami Rama called her aside to ask why she'd been avoiding him, and she tried to tell him she'd discovered his lies. states: Through the abandonment of desire the Deathless is realized.. to the passing world of names and forms. She says she confessed her secret relationship with Swami Rama for the first time, telling her counselor that she was still confused about it. Join us for studies in the true meaning of yogaincluding asana, meditation, mantra, tantra, sacred scripture, and the art of joyful living. to understand death. Through her sympathy for what appeared to be his plight, and disarmed by his jokes, she says she allowed him to cajole her until she let her defenses down. [8], Swami Rama authored dozens of books, published in India and America,[10] which describe the path he took to become a yogi. Megan says she squelched an urge to speak out, instead deciding, like most of the Institute's residents, to suspend judgment so she could "understand and learn" from this "great master." Swamis, he explains, are renunciates who take vows of abstinence which include giving up sex, wine, and red meat, as well as other stimulants to the physical senses. The changes inherent in objects and At bottom, however, she believed her feelings didn't matter. To my relief, I could detect no flash of recognition, guilt, fear, or anger in Carolyn's eyes. Carolyn was raised Catholic, and during high school she explored Transcendental Meditation, Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, and the "Jesus freak" movement. Terry, who is now a practicing psychotherapist, says she believes Swami Rama's behavior is compulsive-he can't help it." A rash of articles featuring Swami Rama appeared in national magazines, including Time, People, and Playboy. But sexual contact between a guru and his disciples is not regulated by any professional association of religious hierarehy. You think that is you. With sincere effort, proper preparation, and guidance, one who is not a yogi can also attain enlightenment before dropping the body. 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. a journey to learn and grow, and then the journey ends. and of putting death into perspective. Five minutes before her death she called all the family members and blessed them. Pandit Arya reportedly alternated between disbelieving and believing the growing number of his female students who told him that Swami Rama had sexually harassed or abused them. 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 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.". She began to believe that this man who might have been spiritual at one time was now suffering from feelings he couldn't control. Another case involved Swami Rama (1925-96), a tall man with a strikingly handsome face. It does not and From craving [2][R 1][R 2] However, in 1987 two of his closest followers left his Himalayan Institute when they learnt that part of his official biography had been "fabricated"; further, Vanessa Webber of the Cult Awareness Network has stated that his academic background could not be verified. One night he saw his guru in a dream standing near his bed, he begged him "Dear Guru! Dr. Ballentine sent copies of his letter to the same Institute members who had received Hughes's letter. alternatively pick a train in which we learned to enjoy the natural 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. But to accept a tuition-free second year, or even to leave the Institute quietly, Megan says, would have meant giving tacit approval to the continuing exploitation. swami dyanand sarswati cause of death of vivekananda swami vivekananda how he died why did vivekananda die death meaning in hindi vivek anand when vivekananda died www vivekananda vivekananda inspiration swami vivekananda's thoughts swami vivekananda date of birth and date of death photos of swami vivekananda swami vivekananda thoughts on life Several former students of Swami Rama granted interviews to Patricia Ann Darling, Ph. the pain to identify an issue in his body that needed attention. In the spring of 1983, Swami Rama began to court her again, she says: He told her that she would help him prepare a book of sacred poetry he was writing, and he assured her repeatedly that he would take her to India the following autumn. Swami Rama, Founder of Promoting Society, Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (HIHT), was born in 1925 at Village-Toli, Malla Badalpur, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand (erstwhile Uttar Pradesh) to a learned Brahmin family.Orphaned at a young age, he was raised from early childhood by a great yogi and saint of Bengal who lived in the foothills of the Himalayas. But not all of us know the real reason (s) behind his demise. They announced the date of their death and I was one of the witnesses. Otherwise I would not deem such a letter worthy of a response." [9] The result was a sharp increase of interest in his teachings. Death is merely a 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. He reportedly smokes cigarettes, watches television for hours every day, and gossips, but his disciples rationalize this non-abstinent behavior: "Oh, Swamiji just smokes to bring himself down to the earth plane," or, "The TV is on incessantly just to give the student one more distraction to challenge his ability to maintain yogic balance," or, "all the stories Swamiji tells about other people are just to give the disciple the opportunity to develop objectivity and not get caught up in the meaningless gossip.". "By their fruits you shall know them," he says, paraphrasing the Bible. The real cause of war lies rooted in the individual's unwillingness to listen to the voice of the heart, the inner conscience.Drawing on the philosophy of yoga . perishable is there only to serve as a tool in the discovery of what is Perhaps during his visit to Asia Minor he learned these techniques from the yogis. His lifetime of contributing to a reconciliation of scientific and spiritual knowledge brought him the Martin Buber Award for Service to Humanity in 1977. urge to know and feel something that cannot die. Born: February 18, 1833 Is it not better to follow someone who has charted the path?". 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. to the worldly plane. This seemingly whimsical application of standards demoralized many of the ex-members I spoke with and led many to resent the members of Swami Rama's inner circle. And the answer is no, At some point, we ran into Swami Rama in a hallway. All of them had something to offer, but no spiritual path inspired her to make an exclusive commitment. In the autumn of 1997, Pennsylvania jurors awarded $1.875 million in damages to a former female resident of the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, PA. 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. sexual misconduct of the Himalayan Institute's former "spiritual. God knows whether it was true or not, and even if it was true, this is a normal phenomenon. But their encounters were exactly the same as before, she says-emotionally impersonal and sexually mechanical. 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.". For some Jews an eleven-month moderate mourning is observed. Sutras, the contemplative insight of Advaita Vedanta, and the That day Rose returned to New York City, and within 48 hours she had quit her job and gone to stay with a friend in Texas. Relationships are the first test of spirituality. deteriorating bodies telling us? 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. These attachments create, recreate Mantra is a syllable or word or set of words. We arrive here, strive to obtain whatever we think we need, and He is also supposed to have graduated from a homeopathic medical school in India, and studied at Hamburg University, the University of Utrecht, and Oxford University. I brought one, personally cut it with a sharp blade into three parts, and scattered them at a distance of ten feet. 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. We are dependent on At the time, she was a nineteen-year-old virgin, just out of high school. subject to death. Lectures on Yoga. the meaning of life or death. Well-known Indian teacher of yoga, meditation, and holistic health. Megan recalls that in one of her first encounters with Swami Rama, she watched as he humiliated a quiet, withdrawn woman resident. The key to freedom from misery and 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 remember that God, or the eternal Reality, is within you. Swami Rama show full bio One of the greatest adepts, teachers, writers, and humanitarians of the 20th century, Swami Rama (1925-1996) is the founder of the Himalayan Institute. She took a meditation class at the alternative high school program she attended, and one evening her teachers invited her to a lecture by their guru, Swami Rama, who was visiting the Chicago area. Wisdom must show itself in action and lovingness." If somehow Pandit Rajmani were forced to acknowledge that the women were telling the truth, would this shatter his faith in the guru? Those eruptions were indeed reported by his one-time secretary, N. K. Bose, a distinguished anthropologist who resigned the former secretarial position in part because of his objections to the Mahatmas above experiments. Gandhis own admitted detestation of sensual connection, too, is a type of psychological violence upon himself. on the pleasures of the world keeps the mind too distracted to search Two of the guru's most devoted disciples left the Institute three years ago because they had learned while in India as part of an Institute tour group that parts of Swami Rama's official biography were fabricated. draining of a sore or the bursting of a boil.. Dale Colton, director of public relations at the Himalayan Institute, never returned my repeated phone calls requesting an interview with Swami Rama. Swami Rama is held by his disciples to be a kind of god: He makes up the rules of the game, he can change them at will, and he cannot be judged by them. Even sage Vlmki who wrote Rmyaa was formerly a hunter, but he became a transcendental author of the Lord's pastimes, by the mercy of great devotees. He was just 50 years old. Dr. Ballentine, the Institute's president and director of the Combined Therapy Program, explains that human beings have the potential to do "all kinds of things, like move our bothes at will from one place to another, or be aware of what people are thinking on the other side of the earth, or inner states of consciousness that take us to the future and the past." the Atman who dwells within is the central theme of the Upanishads. Patanjali (the teacher of the Yoga system), in one of his aphorisms, describes the causes of suffering as five: ignorance, ego-sense, attachment, aversion, and clinging to life. earthly in you, said St. Paul. Therefore, be sure to refer to those guidelines when editing your bibliography or works cited list. that is not you. At the same time as he dismissed her, Swami Rama also gave her a Sanskrit name. . Commemoration services honoring him were held at The Meditation Center in Minneapolis on July 16. It is just these attachments to we care about in life. us that we are perceiving our relationship to things, people, feelings, That is, they were allegedly discounted as being emotionally disturbed, or otherwise reportedly regarded as liars Its mission, according to the Articles of Incorporation, was "to make known to the members and people in general the real, synthetic, and harmonious view of world religions and philosophy in terms of modern scientific achievements and undertake researches for all around ethical, social, economical, and spiritual development of humanity to attain world peace, international integration, understanding, and spiritual awakening of the human race." The cycle of life "I felt two-dimensional, like a piece of paper, a cunt-he didn't care about me. A producer for "60 Minutes" was reportedly unable to complete her documentary on Swami Rama when the women involved backed out and refused to appear on camera. 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