Well-known Indian teacher of yoga, meditation, and holistic health. Now Carolyn is more articulate: "When I finally start listening to myself, and I tell him I know he's sleeping with other women-and this is the man I came to, to help me learn how to listen to my inner voice, and then he tells me not to listen to it just as I'm starting to get some confidence in it-that's when I realized, this isn't yoga, this isn't truth, this is abuse.". Numerous former students say they left the Institute because they were sexually exploited by Swami Rama or knew someone who was. This was followed by his speedy cremation, and then came the elaborate, almost minute-to-minute official account of his death as presented by Amrito through a statement that he read out. That is, they were allegedly discounted as being emotionally disturbed, or otherwise reportedly regarded as liars He discusses the philosophy, practice and benefits of yoga and meditation. Several of his works have been translated into different languages throughout the world. If she
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Brian says he refused to tell Rose's story in such an atmosphere. As Rutter explains in his book, a sexual relationship between a man in a position of power-doctor, psychologist, mentor, or priest-and a woman who is dependent on him-as patient, student, client, or troubled soul-almost always involves an element of coercion and a betrayal of trust. Peter Rutter's Sex in the Forbidden Zone is available through YJs Book & Tape Source on page 78. [7] He then produced the longer theta waves of dreaming sleep, and finally the slow delta waves of deep sleep, staying aware throughout and able to describe accurately what had happened in the laboratory although he had been lying in the laboratory "snoring". 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. us that we are perceiving our relationship to things, people, feelings,
Shambuka knowingly or unknowingly committed a crime that caused the death of a child. But the victims of what Jungian analyst Peter Rutter, M.D., has termed "sex in the forbidden zone" (in his book of the same name) submit to sexual advances because of a powerful psychological threat. They wrote letters to Pandit Usharbudh Arya, their teacher and head of the Meditation Center there, as well as a dozen other people, warning that Swami Rama was a fraud. The person would use
In order to believe in his perfection, they must rationalize behavior that others would judge to be tyrannical, cruel, or self-indulgent. That one gesture unleashed a storm of long-suppressed emotions. 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. In essence, his teachings were as traditional as ancient sages and seer, yet he remains contemporary throughout the ages. If you did not give away your heart to the Beloved You did not give away anything at all. One possibility is that is simply how
Years later, Carolyn told me that four years of discipleship under Swami Rama had taught her to be a successful liar. some bad trick has been played on them. For instance, observant
To the ordinary mind this seems like a fantasy. The Healing Network (former Himalayan Institute members), BO. Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, at the time the resident spiritual director of the Honesdale ashram and a member of the Institutes teaching staff, reportedly responded Before leaving, Megan says, she tried to confront Swami Rama publicly-but he went into seclusion, claiming illness. complement one another like fingers on a hand. whoever is attached to the wordly life and this earthly body will lose
At about the same time, Carolyn was accepted into the residential program at East West Books Chicago, the Institute's downtown branch. Perfect. Two years ago. Swami Vivekananda became afflicted with throat cancer and gave up his body on 16th August 1886. It is my firm conviction that people living in the world can practice the higher steps of yoga and meditation even while doing their duties and leading normal lives. 4 July, 2020 22:06:41. His disciples generally agree that the only reason his soul still inhabits a physical body is because he wants to help others achieve liberation from maya, the realm of illusion. Therefore, its best to use Encyclopedia.com citations as a starting point before checking the style against your school or publications requirements and the most-recent information available at these sites: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html. Brought up by authoritarian parents-one of whom was of the other women who say they have been sexually abused by Swami Rama, as well as men who feel their spiritual trust was betrayed, have organized an informal support network to help each other heal. He is supposed to have been raised by Sri Madhavananda Bharati in the sacred caves and monasteries of the Himalayan sages. Koestler also covers Gandhis disappointing treatment of his children, in the same book. Similarly, we are not
Marston, however, testified that Nuernberger had "hugged and kissed her and fondled her breasts," according to an article in the Minneapolis Tribune (Jan. 24, 1981). He backed off, Megan says, while telling her that sex wasn't necessary-she could be his special student. Halfway through their meal, Carolyn remembers, Martha hesitantly said, "I know this will sound like a weird question, but has Swamiji ever asked you to have sex with him?" life, but simply a pause in a continuing story. Thank you. Because I do not want to find out. Under New York State law, according to Trescelli, a woman who does not get a medical exam or report the incident to police within a limited period of time has little chance of obtaining a conviction. [8], Swami Rama authored dozens of books, published in India and America,[10] which describe the path he took to become a yogi. with unrealistic expectations get vengeful when Swami Rama disappoints them, and that anyway, he's never seen any evidence of sexual misconduct. 8246 Garibaldi Ave., San Gabriel, CA 91775 Rose spent the next six months moving from place to place, terrified that the Institute network would track her down. Went to his room in the Ramakrishna Math, the monastery he built in honor of his Guru to meditate and breathe his last. A less intense twenty-three-day mourning period
cycle of coming and going, birth and death. Yet the women never seemed to complain about such treatment, Megan says. the pain associated with death are intrinsically linked with attachment
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. An old story is told about the beginning of time. Those who do so," she says, "are responsible for the continuing abuse. finally converge into a unified force directed towards the final
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One night he saw his guru in a dream standing near his bed, he begged him "Dear Guru! "By their fruits you shall know them," he says, paraphrasing the Bible. That is why in some cultures and
in the lower mind with emotions. 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. If, however, a person learns to let
She was my initiate. During my weekend visit, Carolyn and I took long walks on the Institute's wooded grounds while talking about her compulsive eating patterns and her disastrous relationships with men suggested as possible husbands by Swami Rama. What is the pain of
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. Dont be attached to these images. 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. https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/rama-swami-1925-1996, "Rama, Swami (1925-1996) But
The publication of the results of such tests generated a new medical interest in body-mind relationships and spurred public interest in yoga techniques among young adults already involved in reacting to the steady arrival of new Indian spiritual teachers. Sadhana Mandir Trust Pandit Rajmani cannot entertain the notion that the women's stories could be true. Reasons of Death The possible cause of death was the rupture of a blood vessel in his brain. [1] He moved to America in 1969, initially teaching yoga at the YMCA, and founding the Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy in Illinois in 1971; its headquarters moved to its current location in Honesdale, Pennsylvania in 1977. As the scientific interest in yoga declined through the 1980s, Swami Rama lead the Himalayan Institute until his death in 1996. Five minutes before her death she called all the family members and blessed them. Irwin Schneider, the lawyer for the Himalayan Institute, conceded that it was morally wrong for the Swami Rama to have sex with the woman from North Carolina, a 19-year-old student at the time she . Then she dropped her body in complete consciousness. Then he started giving her practices without any spiritual meaning, she says, and telling her she wasn't doing them right. We say, I
By that time, Brian recollects, the other directors had adopted the line that famous and powerful men were always subject to such vicious rumors, and that the women's stories were ludicrous and unbelievable. 3. There is a family of doctors there whose mother was a great devotee of the Lord. According to Vedanta we
Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. 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. This is all that is known as birth. For, when it comes to metaphysical questions regarding attachment, repulsion is no better than is attraction. Nachiketa learned that death is not the end of
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. Ex-members say that Swami Rama also uses his psychological insights to manipulate people. That was why he wanted her to be his secretary. They feel as if
Everyone said you had to surrender to the guru, so she would simply have to follow through with whatever he ordered her to do. leader," Brijkishor Kumar, popularly known as the "Swami Rama.". Meanwhile, the couple says, they discovered more evidence of illicit activity. Only recently has she acknowledged her anger at Swami Rama. hooked on all the distractions and sensual gratifications. am 61 and blond with blue eyes. We are not that. wonderful marriages, living in white houses with picket fences and
If you did not love the supreme Reality You did not do anything at all. 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. that is not you. "Rama, Swami (1925-1996) Ramachandra Patil, a disciple of Shirdi Sai Baba was sick and the medicine wasn't helping. Retrieved February 22, 2023 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/rama-swami-1925-1996. however, that significant elements in the official biography of the swami may well have Both these branches of yogic science are exclusively known to a fortunate few in the Himalayas and Tibet. Terry, who is now a practicing psychotherapist, says she believes Swami Rama's behavior is compulsive-he can't help it." Childhood Rama, one of the most widely worshipped Hindu deities, the embodiment of chivalry and virtue. earthly in you, said St. Paul. It is a mistake to judge the external guru's worthiness by his behavior; instead, the student should look inside and determine whether that person is helping dispel the darkness of her ignorance. We examined his pulse, heartbeat, and breath, but there was no sign of life. In that letter, Hughes had told Swami Rama why marriage and parenthood were probably not for him. He cannot disbelieve his guru. Swami Rama Tirtha was a mystic saint of India who travelled to the US, preceded by Swami Vivekananda, during the last century. Megan recalls that in one of her first encounters with Swami Rama, she watched as he humiliated a quiet, withdrawn woman resident. But the siddhis can be an ego trap. How could she be the only one who realized what was going on? 60614. Death is not the end of life,
In 1994, one of his victims filed a lawsuit charging that he had initiated abuse at his Pennsylvania. Most of the Institute's programs are open to the general public. But Megan and Carolyn both say that Swami Rama would dismiss Pandit Rajmani and other members of the inner circle after an evening of socializing in Swami Rama's private quarters, while asking them alone to stay behind. Here we find a clear definition of death. Swami Kripalu (19131981) was a Kundalini yoga master and teacher also known as Kripalvananda. I have personally witnessed yogis casting off the body consciously on many occasions. Only adepts know this technique. After she had lived in Honesdale for a year, Swami Rama started promising to make her his appointments secretary. to understand death. ", Pandit Arya is not so reluctant as Dr. Ballentine to articulate is how one can recognize a worthy guru. Answering special verdict questions, the jury found that Swami Rama (a) had engaged in sexual relations with the plaintiff who was 19 years old. Unfortunately, his health kept deteriorating and he died in 1920 at the age of 32. Many of them say they feared his wrath when they were disciples, and several still believe he has the power to inflict harm or illness on them from a distance. A world leader in the field of yoga, meditation, spirituality, and holistic health, the Himalayan Institute is a non-profit international organization dedicated to serving humanity through educational, spiritual, and humanitarian programs. Before the universe could be totally engaged, the Creator . Indian religious leader and mystic I like to believe that somewhere inside of him, he is the good person I believed him to be. His actions are rarely questioned by his followers, because his every deed is thought to flow from his union with godhead. 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." Accepting death
Well-to-do New Yorkers flock to Honesdale on weekends for seminars in stress reduction, meditation, and health and nutrition. Carolyn stayed at the Institute for three more years, working at a variety of jobs. if there is an inner being, it comes by way of the body. Susan has received several phone calls and a letter from people she didn't send her letter to. "Rama, Swami (1925-1996) Towards the end of his life Sri Ramakrishna contracted throat cancer. We combine extraordinary spaces, systematic yoga practice, and a conscious community to create experiences that leave you inspired and empowered to live your best life. Lord Rama considered that was his fault, and therefore, it was his duty to restore the child's life. Finally I found an opportunity to broach the topic of the lawsuit with Carolyn. This life is concealed behind the two openings of birth and death. Some of the HTML files have both Devanagari (Windows, Mac and Unix X11R6) and Romanized Sanskrit fonts (Windows only). Carolyn remembers being amazed: Could Swami Rama possibly be talking about sex? When I asked Pandit Arya about the allegations of sexual abuse, he admits that he was very disturbed when he first heard them. Then, later on, when the right man came along, she would marry and be very happy. At the same time as he dismissed her, Swami Rama also gave her a Sanskrit name. Phelps (1997), the Institute allegedly did nothing to stop that claimed abuse, even though having reportedly been informed not only of those alleged assaults but of similar complaints registered by other female disciples. When individual soul and unconscious mind separate from the conscious mind, breath, and body, that separation is called death. The Dead are as Much Here With Us, as the Living. We are dependent on
It turns out (Webster, 1990), Dale Colton, director of public relations at the Himalayan Institute, never returned my repeated phone calls requesting an interview with Swami Rama. fright lies with undoing the attachments. it go. states: Through the abandonment of desire the Deathless is realized.. Dr. Ballentine doesn't believe any of the stories, and when I ask if he's ever talked to Swami Rama about them, he answers, """Oh sure, and he's shown me his file, of " He doesn't finish the sentence. She did receive an anonymous letter from "a friend" in May 1990, warning her that the Institute had contacted "one of the most vicious lawyers in New York City" and that it planned a defamation action against her if she continued her "harassment." 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." He goes on to tell me another story about a woman who claimed that Swami Rama "had come in his subtle body through the air conditioner to her bedroom, and that that's how this intimacy had transpired." He was also accused of kicking other women in the buttocks when they were weeding, already down on their hands and knees Grief should not consume a person,
What Ballentine does not mention is that a second jury judged Nuernberger guilty of unprofessional conduct in his treatment of Nancy E. Williams, another former client, on February 17, 1981. In his enlightened state, they believe, he could never commit any selfish acts, which would create new karmic burdens. "Anyone who lives a public life can go through such remarks; you have heard about all that blackmailing of famous, rich athletes," he explains to me in the spring of 1989 at the Honesdale ashram. The Ayurvedic Centre, Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress, Involvement of Local Governance in National Programs, The Theory of the Chronic Miasms of Homeopathy, Copenhagen Business School & Himalayan School of Management, Fifth Convocation of Swami Rama Himalayan University, The Subtle Science of Altering the Mindstream by Swami Rama. It is an instructor. Megan* started the Institute's graduate program in Eastern Studies in the fall of 1982. Otherwise there would be no need for this person to propagate this whole story.". Consciousness makes our body appear to exist. "Before [these women] started saying these things, I also had a very good feeling that these people were wonderful people and they would never lie and they were trustworthy people. 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. flowers, and having devoted children. ." At the same time, she felt anxious, because she'd seen how severe Swami Rama could be with those closest to him. "But the most important thing," she says, "is that the abuse must stop. by
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Mafia Style Swami - Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. At the same time, Carolyn is trying to understand how her family background and conditioning contributed to her victimization. Born in northern India, he was raised from early childhood by the Himalayan sage, Bengali Baba. The same advice applies to anything that is losta
Hughes wrote Dr. Ballentine a letter on May 22, 1989, quoting Gandhi-Truth itself helps me when I commit mistakes. 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. Rose told Brian and Terry that she was afraid to seek help from the family members who'd invited her to the Institute-they were unquestioningly loyal to Swami Rama-and she knew no one else there. Pain is an alarm system
"Until you get your priorities straight and your head clear, I would request that you refrain from attempting to represent the Institute or its teachings in any way.". death, there is issuing forth, there is entering in. Mastery Over Death by Swami Rama. The universe was in the process of being created and not everything was yet in order or fully functioning. Our Honesdale campus continues to be home to a service-driven community of yogis, volunteers, and faculty-in-residence. At the age of twenty-four, the story goes that he was given the position of Shankaracharya of Karvirpithamone of four popes in the Hindu religious hierarchy. think. 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. I am the bliss of the universe, He is supposed to have been raised by Sri Madhavananda Bharati in the sacred caves and monasteries of the Himalayan sages. Also please provide links to the respective video. And people must stop covering up for the perpetrators by ignoring or denying that it is happening. Swami Vivekananda attained Maha-Samadhi on July 4, 1902, at the age of 39. In the year 1938 when I was sent to Benares to stay with a Bengali couple, I was informed that the couple would drop their bodies at the same time. . 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. 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. She renewed her acquaintance with her former meditation teachers and started taking classes in Glenview, Illinois, at the Institute's original headquarters. Although there are three Ramas mentioned in Indian traditionParashurama, Balarama, and Ramachandrathe name is specifically associated with Ramachandra, the seventh incarnation (avatar) of Vishnu. 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. During her last days she was completely detached and merged in her sadhana. Honesdale, Pa.: Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy, 1978. This was not true! But sexual contact between a guru and his disciples is not regulated by any professional association of religious hierarehy. 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. [2][11] The journalist Katharine Webster stated in Yoga Journal in 1990 that women had since the early 1970s made claims of sexual abuse against him, and that since the matter had never been investigated, she had spent two years researching it. It is sad to lose what
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Also, Sage Narada told him to do so. He is a young boy, full of mischief. Side Note: As I don't know hindi, please add links to the videos that are available with english subtitles (almost every video of swamiji is present with english CC except few). whosoever will save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose
not anger or any other emotion. prevails, the mortal becomes immortal. That is the key. Mission Membership is an invitation to put your spiritual values into action by supporting our shared commitment to service while deepening your study and practice in the living Himalayan Tradition. I have no desire on Life, please tell me when will I die?" In India. Carolyn felt important, entitled to be there because she was one of his secretaries. The mother of a famous psychiatrist, Dr. Whitacre, had practised meditation for many years. relationship with this woman. She says he arranged for her to meet him at the Gramercy Park Hotel and instructed her not to call him Swami in public. our bodies getting older and slowing down, it scares us. (Webster, 1990). Glenview, Ill.: Himalayan Institute, 1976. And I feared that Carolyn-young beautiful, idealistic, and worshipful of Swami Rama, the Institute's founder and spiritual leader - could be vulnerable to such exploitation. From her childhood Carolyn had been steeped in Catholic faith and educated in scientific skepticism; now it seemed the Institute could help her harmonize these two seemingly contradictory ways of perceiving the world. relationship make their loss certain. Those who build boundaries around themselves because of their ego problems create suffering for themselves." We have a parade of emotions and
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Are you feeling a little confused and emotionally upset, and maybe some of the things that happened you might have misinterpreted, or you might have even fantasized them, you know, have trouble separating fantasy from reality?" 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". There, the swami allegedly put a dog collar and leash around a womans neck, walking her around for the amusement of the other loyal followers present. In many ways, the Institute's austere structure is designed to appeal to the personality that yearns for what psychiatrist Robert J. Lifton calls a "totalist" environment, where virtually every aspect of one's life is subject to external control. 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. Because I do not want to find out. There's no need for finding out, if I know it is completely wrong.". Arlington Heights, Ill.: Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy, 1978. The emperor offered Sambhji a choice: "Convert to Islam and you'll be set free, or else get ready for torture and death." The brave son of the brave father chose the latter. Buddhas four noble
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