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. As he relaxed, he created alpha waves by "imagining an empty blue sky with drifting clouds". There he lived among "His Holiness Swami Rama's" most devoted disciples, witnessing their extreme beliefs and cultish behavior. Accepting death Carolyn says the "goofy" letters never got answered. He is a teenager, full of curiosity and adventurous zeal. I informed him that I had interviewed women who sought him out because they respected him and trusted him to be interested in the truth. He and Pandit Rajmani say that a guru is "that which dispels darkness." When she questioned him, Megan says, he became angry and dismissed the women's suffering, saying that a little poison ivy could be good for them. https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/rama-swami-1925-1996, "Rama, Swami (1925-1996) 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 I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute, I am That, I am That, I cause no misery, nor am I miserable; I have no enemy, nor am I enemy. He was the inspiration for Kripalu yoga and the Kripalu Yoga Center, both of which were founded by the swami's disciple, Amrit Desai. [7][8] He was seen to be able to produce different brain waves at will. Sexual contract between gurus and their American disciples is not a new or rare phenomenon. My father certainly had sex, and that's why I was born, so will I lose faith in my father? 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. Two women wrote statements, which said they had discovered that Swami Rama was attempting to "seduce" both of them contemporaneously. Box 400, Honesdale, PA 18431: (717) 253-5551. She became paralyzed by her fear of angering him. death, to comfort the reality that their worldly lives are temporary. [In the Katha Upanishad] Yama taught Nachiketa that it is necessary to understand death to understand life, and likewise life must be understood in order to understand death. 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 last few months of his life were filled with accusations of sexual assault and harassment from several women against himself and the Himalayan Institute. Instead they deny the experience of the "unenlightened" women who are the guru's victims. That, though, is exactly par for the course: for the disciples to think any less of the guru would make them disloyal, riddled with mayic doubt. His lifetime of contributing to a reconciliation of scientific and spiritual knowledge brought him the Martin Buber Award for Service to Humanity in 1977. The Dead are as Much Here With Us, as the Living. am 61 and blond with blue eyes. We are not that. Mine is Insight on How to Meditate.. Instead, he told the other board members that he believed Rose, and that they should investigate the incident for themselves. Another Buddhist text The two women who wrote statements for the Cult Awareness Movement were among those involved: One stated that she was a patient at the Institute's holistic health center in New York City, and the other stated she was 17 years old when Swami Rama initiated a sexual relationship with her. You see yourself, your identity, as this person in the Rama, Swami, Rudolph, and Swami Ajaya. Carolyn is not alone. Glenview, Ill.: Himalayan Institute, 1976. 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. Indian religious leader and mystic self creates the body. Koestler also covers Gandhis disappointing treatment of his children, in the same book. just the reverse. * Several months earlier, he received a letter from Bob Hughes, a member of the Institute's board of directors from 1978 to 1980. The treatment is worse than the ailment. Susan has received several phone calls and a letter from people she didn't send her letter to. 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. 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. he was very tired and was anticipating death. But their encounters were exactly the same as before, she says-emotionally impersonal and sexually mechanical. We cannot be an emotion. relationship with this woman. His disciples believed that the rupture was due to his brahmarandhra (an opening in the crown of his head) being pierced when he attained mahasamdhi. To say I am angry is to identify with the To the ordinary mind this seems like a fantasy. Before the universe could be totally engaged, the Creator . Early the next morning, she says, he announced to her that she was going to leave; he never set up the promised program. Before he reached the state of deep meditation, there were violent jerks in his body. There he founded the Meditation Center. On one occasion, she says, Swami Rama ordered all the women disciples to weed out some roots around his new cabin, telling them they were rooting out their samskaras. 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. Swami Rama Tirtha was a mystic saint of India who travelled to the US, preceded by Swami Vivekananda, during the last century. Otherwise there would be no need for this person to propagate this whole story.". Swami Rama Society, Inc, The mother of a famous psychiatrist, Dr. Whitacre, had practised meditation for many years. Long life, wealth, 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. The Self is unchangeable. The accumulated testimony of their personal experiences through the years exhibits a pattern typical of "sex in the forbidden zone," coupled with institutional mechanisms of defense and denial. The orthodontist, who competed with his wife, Misti, on Season 25 of the CBS reality show in 2014, died in South . Perhaps during his visit to Asia Minor he learned these techniques from the yogis. 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. "Rama, Swami (1925-1996) She asked him to give her a homeopathic remedy for the itching, she says, but he refused and turned away, dismissing her. Yet she is vulnerable to feeling re-victimized every time her experience is denied or distorted. ", Pandit Arya is not so reluctant as Dr. Ballentine to articulate is how one can recognize a worthy guru. Born: February 18, 1833 Pain is an alarm system Himalayan Institute Online. Then he started giving her practices without any spiritual meaning, she says, and telling her she wasn't doing them right. Megan recalls that in one of her first encounters with Swami Rama, she watched as he humiliated a quiet, withdrawn woman resident. God-consciousness that Jesus represented, will never die. For some Jews an eleven-month moderate mourning is observed. Branch centers have also been established throughout the United States. white house with flowers and a perfect life. He became famous for his ability to control his body in yoga nidra, writing many books including the autobiographical Living with Himalayan Masters. He says that Swami Rama has been his guru since he was a child in India, and that he came to the U.S. at Swami Rama's request to head up the Honesdale ashram. When we see I have personally witnessed yogis casting off the body consciously on many occasions. 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. Gurus were supposed to have conquered their desires, but in the spiritual literature they were often portrayed as contradictory, tricking their disciples into enlightenment. only those secrets were worth having. Attachment means we believe At the time, she was a nineteen-year-old virgin, just out of high school. "Believing such stories means disbelieving in myself. She opted to forego pursuing a Ph.D. in clinical psychology because the Institute's program allowed her to earn a degree in a related field while studying Eastern philosophy and meditation with Pandit Rajmani, who had initiated her in Chicago. Pandit Arya radiates calm as he speaks. Since she had taken over, everything had been put in order. Did he do some bad karma in his past life? How could she be the only one who realized what was going on? are attached to them. Swami Vivekananda died of diabetes. Susan says the woman described her own similar experiences with Swami Rama during the past two years. Please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope. been merely pulled out of thin air.. A few weeks later she moved to Honesdale. Otherwise I would not deem such a letter worthy of a response." She believes Swami Rama was trying to buy her collusion, as he had bought the collusion of the Institute's staff and many residents. Had anyone spoken to her? Such a relationship, instead of giving the woman the healing or validation she seeks, reinforces her feeling that the only thing of value she has to offer a man with worldly power is her body. 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." 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. They see themselves getting bigger That through which Carolyn says she is at a loss to discern any positive reason behind Swami Rama's behavior toward her. It is sad for him, and for those who cared and were so deeply hurt by him, that his behavior has been allowed to continue with such devastating results to people just looking for help." Brian didn't believe his teacher, and he spoke with several other Institute administrators and board members about Rose's claim of abuse. [2][R 1][R 3] Swami Rama founded other teaching and service organizations, including a large medical facility, in Dehradun in Uttarakhand in the north of India, to serve millions of poor people in the nearby mountains who had little access to health care. The only way he could do that was by killing Shambuka. Most of the women who say they were abused by Swami Rama express feelings of fear, frustration, and betrayal. They would travel together to England. Therefore, be sure to refer to those guidelines when editing your bibliography or works cited list. He promised her he'd set up a complete, personalized yoga program for her there-a prescribed thet, special yoga postures and meditation practices-as well as a game plan for her higher education and future career. would see it as a problem that needed a solution. Dr. Ballentine denies sending out copies of Hughes's letter: 'I didn't do that. Megan* started the Institute's graduate program in Eastern Studies in the fall of 1982. 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. It is sad to lose what to understand death. When the mantra is remembered consciously, it automatically is stored in the unconscious mind. beginning, death is not an end. temporary, that the world is only a platform, that you have come here on If somehow Pandit Rajmani were forced to acknowledge that the women were telling the truth, would this shatter his faith in the guru? 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. because loss and death are inevitable. They resided in their own house in Honesdale, unencumbered by the strict rules of the residential program. Yoga, as well as Hatha, Kriya, Kundalini, Laya, Mantra, Nada, Siddha, I just don't know that it makes sense to go run around trying to evaluate other people, when you haven't evaluated yourself.". No, he says: "Even if it happened, what's the big deal? But after they started saying all these things, I never trusted them anymore. [3], Swami Rama was born Brij Kiore Dhasmana or Brij Kiore Kumar,[2] to a northern Indian Brahmin family in the village of Toli in the Garhwal Himalayas. religious systems a time limit is put on grief. Born in northern India, he was raised from early childhood by the Himalayan sage, Bengali Baba. The possible psychological effects of that on the girls themselves, even without any breach of his brahmacharya celibacy vow, does not seem to have concerned the Mahatma. In my interviews with current and former members of the Institute, I heard an almost unvarying litany of beliefs about Swami Rama's abilities. It says, These we are not conscious of something does not mean it doesnt exist. As ironic as it is tragic, It would be difficult to leave that train once we were Jesus demonstrated his knowledge of these methods when he brought Lazarus back to life. One afternoon, the youth for no apparent reason was overwhelmed by a sudden, violent fear of death. Sadhana Mandir Trust As the disease advanced the great Yogi instead of curing himself through his yogic powers, gave up his body in Samadhi. Surrender only leads to enlightenment if the "guru within" is strong and well developed. The Story Of Swami Rama 4 ACKNOWLEDGMENT My thanks are due to R. S. Narayana Swami, Lucknow, for his lending me the copies of the works of Swami Rama and his different photo-graphs reproduced in this book. Immerse yourself in a life-changing course of study and get certified in the authentic teachings of yoga and meditation. Brian says he refused to tell Rose's story in such an atmosphere. 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. our bodies. 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.". Swami Rama is supposed to have freed himself from the bonds of karma. [3] This was one of the first convictions of a yoga guru for unlawful sexual activity with a devotee. Thereafter, he returned to his master to receive further training at his cave monastery, and finally, in 1969, came to the United States, where he founded the Himalayan Institute. Well-to-do New Yorkers flock to Honesdale on weekends for seminars in stress reduction, meditation, and health and nutrition. He learned that his father had had sexual relations with many women and after his father's death in 1996, he learned that Swami Rama had a wife in India and two children. Mastery Over Death by Swami Rama. During her last days she was completely detached and merged in her sadhana. 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. Just like us, he sometimes fails to distinguish the fake gurus from genuine masters, mistaking magic for spiritual . Brian and Terry say her family members at the Institute harassed her by mail and by telephone, with accusations that she had "a habit of inducing this sort of behavior from men.". That was why he wanted her to be his secretary. with what is permanent, not with that which is impermanent, and thereby Swami Rama Upanishad] Yama taught Nachiketa that it is necessary to understand 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. Ex-members say that Swami Rama also uses his psychological insights to manipulate people. 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. 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." quality or depth. Swami Rama ( Svm Rma; 1925 - 13 November 1996) was an Indian yoga guru. Death is merely a wonderful marriages, living in white houses with picket fences and its work is done. Death does not touch But one by one, Trescelli says, the women backed down and decided not to pursue legal action. But something, which is truth, cannot be falsified by having one hundred witnesses. strengthens the fear of death. on. The guru spoiled them, they say, calling them his spiritual son and daughter, and soon invited them to come live in Pennsylvania. humans we are capable of having anger and experiencing anger, but we are '"My dear,"' she says her counselor told her, "You sound just like a sexually abused child, a little girl whose Daddy told you never to tell anyone.". During those days I was very anxious to know this mystery, termed parakaya pravesha. and this earthly body and identifies with the permanence or Grief should not consume a person, He says he was only directly confronted once-the rest has been hearsay. For a truly "liberated" one, there is no body consciousness. The couple had been meditating together for several years. Everyone said you had to surrender to the guru, so she would simply have to follow through with whatever he ordered her to do. This was not true! the real Self. Learning to Die: ", Why would the women want to blackmail Swami Rama? subject to death. If a hundred people come and say that the day is night and I know that it's not, the voting system doesn't do it here, you know? mean an end because death has no effect on the Self. When one learns to separate the mortal self from the immortal when Hughes openly asked questions about Swami Rama's sexual activities during a weekend workshop at the Glenview Center, where he was the featured guest lecturer, he was escorted off the premises and driven to the airport. 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. "A lot of people have confused the siddhis-the powers to control body, emotions, and mind-with spirituality. sights along the way, so that when it comes time to leave the train at But the siddhis can be an ego trap. . wealth and fame. 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. Minneapolis was the site of another Institute-related scandal in 1981. But it is also common in the thought-control techniques of totalitarian states. instrumentsthey are free from fear. thoughts, and bodies incorrectly. Absolute. Death She says she confessed her secret relationship with Swami Rama for the first time, telling her counselor that she was still confused about it. Shortly after they started studying with Pandit Usharbudh Arya at the Meditation Center in Minneapolis, he introduced them to his guru, Swami Rama. Focusing The man, she says, informed her of Swami Rama's long history of alleged sexual misconduct. Went to his room in the Ramakrishna Math, the monastery he built in honor of his Guru to meditate and breathe his last. Arlington Heights, Ill.: Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy, 1978. The institute later moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania, and has a 422-acre campus in the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania. the train of knowledge. Rama, one of the most widely worshipped Hindu deities, the embodiment of chivalry and virtue. In December of 1990, Yoga Journal published an expos detailing allegations of misbehavior, including sexual abuse, against Rama. Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. On the contrary, they sought opportunities to serve the guru's every whim, or even to be abused by him: Megan remembers one woman saying she wished the guru would kick her. Both women and men say they blamed themselves and their own spiritual obtuseness when they repeatedly failed to discern and follow the shifting rules. Another case involved Swami Rama (1925-96), a tall man with a strikingly handsome face. 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. "If the guru's instruction leads to a deeper peace, freedom from conflict, a deepening of meditation, harmony in relationships - all of these. Up to that point I had felt like he was a guru, that he cared about me at least, but no, he was just using me.". Turning East in the Twin Cities: Converts and Movements in the 1970s. Women need to be informed that this could happen to them-be it with Swami Rama or any man in a position of power-so they will be able to see it coming and avoid it. They are crazy. presenting the ancient Self-Realization pathof 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. The scandal convinced Carolyn not to reveal her own secret, she says; she was learning that the Institute administration dealt with such accusations by smearing the women's reputations. So far, none of their attempts to communicate their experiences has been met by official Institute willingness to investigate their charges. 1. prevails, the mortal becomes immortal. That is the key. "This sudden animosity indicates that there is something fishy in the statement of this person. For instance, observant Shortly after they returned to the U.S., Karen and George say that they and all their correspondents received a bizarre, defamatory letter containing an implicit death threat. 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. It was quite sudden. It is an instructor. In 1997, after the Swami had died, one of the women pressing charges was awarded almost two million dollars in damages posthumously. But for a man of Pandit Arya's background and beliefs, the relationship with one's guru is more momentous than any merely temporal bond. The institute has branches in the United States, Europe, and India. 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