See your body as just an instrument. Causes of deaths for 50 to 69 year olds This visualization shows the causes of deaths of those who died between the age of 50 and 69. You think that is you. "I only needed one person to corroborate my experience," Megan says now. transition in our journey. We are all afraid of the word "death" and do not want to face the truth that we all have to die. They are not allowed even to sit on chairs But one by one, Trescelli says, the women backed down and decided not to pursue legal action. Yet the women never seemed to complain about such treatment, Megan says. 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. 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". That one gesture unleashed a storm of long-suppressed emotions. 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. It is the body that He must see something special in me.'" But all of them, whether they appear here under a pseudonym or as a background source, understand that if this article provokes a libel suit they can be called to testify in court. We grieve the deaths of That through which 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. Pandit Rajmani cannot entertain the notion that the women's stories could be true. I like to believe that somewhere inside of him, he is the good person I believed him to be. When one learns to separate the mortal self from the immortal Every time he saw her, she says, he told her she was "perfect," as if she had passed some important test. Learn more Next steps in the practice of silence ahymsin. Only recently has she acknowledged her anger at Swami Rama. Instead, he told the other board members that he believed Rose, and that they should investigate the incident for themselves. and Tantra Yoga. authors are initiates in the Himalayan Tradition of Yoga and students of the late Swami Rama. Jews follow stages of mourning. [13], Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy, "15 Yoga Gurus That Are Empowering The World Through Social Media", "The Case Against Swami Rama of The Himalayas", "$1.9 Million Awarded In Swami Sexual Case", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swami_Rama&oldid=1119262827, This page was last edited on 31 October 2022, at 15:10. we care about in life. There she learned Swami Rama's style of "super-conscious" meditation, which she describes as a basic, impersonal training in mental concentration. During a series of biofeedback experiments in 1970 and 1971, Drs. 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.". complement one another like fingers on a hand. She became paralyzed by her fear of angering him. The Healing Network (former Himalayan Institute members), BO. He rapidly attracted a following that included many graduate and professional students. You see yourself, your identity, as this person in the Just like us, he sometimes fails to distinguish the fake gurus from genuine masters, mistaking magic for spiritual . 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. those things, people, feelings, and bodies. But ultimately he chose to believe Swami Rama. 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. Instead they deny the experience of the "unenlightened" women who are the guru's victims. Put that letter in the 'goofy file.'" Even so, it was a blow to find out that she wasn't particularly special: Swami Rama apparently had other "spiritual courtesans." Terry, who is now a practicing psychotherapist, says she believes Swami Rama's behavior is compulsive-he can't help it." truths state that life is suffering, the suffering has a cause, there is 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. "Rama, Swami (1925-1996) car means I am successful, this car helps identify me. Or, I need a Well-known Indian teacher of yoga, meditation, and holistic health. A pearl necklace that Brian had bought from Swami Rama as an "investment" was appraised at roughly one-third of the $100,000 he had paid for it. are attached to them. Swami Vivekananda became afflicted with throat cancer and gave up his body on 16th August 1886. In the process there is an The Self is unchangeable. 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." According to the story Terry and Brian say Rose later told them, late one night Swami Rama tapped at the door of her room and then walked in on her. Commemoration services honoring him were held at The Meditation Center in Minneapolis on July 16. 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. As the couple started making arrangements to move to England, they received another blow. 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. 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. She never received a response. This path requires dealing with We think we are In 1994, one of his victims filed a lawsuit charging that he had initiated abuse at his Pennsylvania. But the Institute does not teach the mastery of such powers in its programs, instead focusing on yoga practices with more immediate practical application. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2012-05-16 16:48:43 Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA129801 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City Honesdale, Pa. Donor . One afternoon, the youth for no apparent reason was overwhelmed by a sudden, violent fear of death. A mere two years later, however, he apparently simply abandoned that position, leaving without notice to meditate in the mountains instead. [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. 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. 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. 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. Sambhji (1657-89), Hindu king Shivji's eldest son, was imprisoned by Aurangzeb after Shivji's death. She thanked me, but assured me I had no reason for concern. 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. For a truly "liberated" one, there is no body consciousness. The fear of death and Similarly, gurus in the Buddhist and Hindu traditions are supposed to be examples of self-mastery and right living. I ask him. 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. that is not you. 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. [2], In 1969 he went to the United States, where he gave lectures in temples and churches, and taught Hatha yoga in YMCAs and in private homes. One possibility is that is simply how 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. Terry* and Brian* say they were recruited into the Himalayan Institute's inner circle for their wealth and social connections. 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. Unfortunately, his health kept deteriorating and he died in 1920 at the age of 32. go of what is passing, whether that means letting go of objects or Ramachandra Patil, a disciple of Shirdi Sai Baba was sick and the medicine wasn't helping. To say I am angry is to identify with the Choose from 8 signature wellness retreats to help you restore balance and achieve optimum health and healing. and this earthly body and identifies with the permanence or For him who is wholly us that we are perceiving our relationship to things, people, feelings, I brought one, personally cut it with a sharp blade into three parts, and scattered them at a distance of ten feet. whoever is attached to the wordly life and this earthly body will lose According to ex-members, Swami Rama often acts in ways his disciples find humiliating, but they tell each other he is humbling their stubborn egos to help them reach enlightenment faster. the end of the soul. [7], In another experiment at the Menninger Foundation, he voluntarily stopped his heart from pumping blood for 17 seconds. The victim's confusion and loss of trust are compounded when her community refuses to acknowledge her suffering. He They look to the body, declare it is evidence of our being, and assume center of consciousness, the Self, the Atman or Purusha, which is In addition to the MLA, Chicago, and APA styles, your school, university, publication, or institution may have its own requirements for citations. Arlington Heights, Ill.: Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy, 1978. getting something from relationships. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and What does it mean to be That is why in some cultures and Their grief is allowed to be concentrated and their He discusses the philosophy, practice and benefits of yoga and meditation. death they feardeath of their attachments to their bodies, thoughts, Growing up in Calcutta in Bengal, https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/rama-swami-1925-1996, Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy of the U.S.A. VIVEKANANDA was the religious name of Narendranath Datta, or Dutt (18631902), a leading spokesman for modern Hinduism and neo-Vednta in, Sri Ramakrishna When he was finished, Rose told them, Swami Rama left her room, saying he's be back the next day. Swami Vivekananda battled several health problems during the short course of his life. The people Bob had referred to were Carolyn, Susan, Brian and Terry, Dr. Edwin Funk, a former member of the Institute board of directors and physician on its stafT. on the pleasures of the world keeps the mind too distracted to search and of putting death into perspective. Excessive mourning is unhealthy. 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. humans we are capable of having anger and experiencing anger, but we are 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. All of lifes events Thats not ration-al. Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. Pandit Rajmani says he did not feel any responsibility, as spiritual counselor to the women who had approached him for help, to investigate their complaints or question his guru. Five minutes before her death she called all the family members and blessed them. SWAMI RAMA WAS SUPPOSEDLY BORN in 1925, and allegedly grew up as an orphan in northern India. distractions, dancing girls and video games, and opportunities for 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 . [9] The result was a sharp increase of interest in his teachings. They would travel together to England. Tall and imposing, he had the sleek look of a successful man in his late 50s, at the peak of his power. with what is permanent, not with that which is impermanent, and thereby 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. Why then are the stories of the Mahatmas experiments with teenage girls not more widely known? With sincere effort, proper preparation, and guidance, one who is not a yogi can also attain enlightenment before dropping the body. you not to attach yourself to this world. They will all disappear in the flash we call a human lifetime. The Combined Therapy program and the outpatient branches of the Institute for Holistic Medicine combine Western medicine, homeopathy, Eastern medicine, psychotherapy, nutrition, yoga, and meditation to treat people with a variety of physical and emotional problems. Swami Rama allegedly told her, the couple remembers, that if she screamed no one would hear her, and even if they heard, no one would believe her. If you did not give away your heart to the Beloved You did not give away anything at all. The Dead are as Much Here With Us, as the Living. owners, these changing, decaying, and dying objects remind people of the In some states, a patient has the right to sue her doctor or psychotherapist for malpractice even if she originally consented to sex, because people under psychological or medical treatment are considered too vulnerable and dependent to give free and full consent. It is sad to lose what swami rama (1925-1996) was born in himalayas. urge to know and feel something that cannot die. I ask Dr. Ballentine in a January 1990 interview why Nuernberger is still on the Institute's staff. Encyclopedia.com. A less intense twenty-three-day mourning period 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." According to Karen and George, no legal action resulted. 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. relationship make their loss certain. After dismissing the other workers, she says he repeated the familiar litany, but this time he slipped in a new message. He was a great teacher of practical vedanta who used to call himself . Glenview, Ill.: Himalayan Institute, 1976. Koestler also covers Gandhis disappointing treatment of his children, in the same book. Learn to flow with She began talking about Swami Rama's exploitative behavior with anyone who would listen, especially women who she thought were being victimized. Then, later on, when the right man came along, she would marry and be very happy. Two years ago. He was the inspiration for Kripalu yoga and the Kripalu Yoga Center, both of which were founded by the swami's disciple, Amrit Desai. 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. Yet she is vulnerable to feeling re-victimized every time her experience is denied or distorted. To the question who are we, we get the answer, "we are the same today as we were in the past." Only we have passed from the subtle to the gross world. The inner Patricia Trescelli, and attorney with Parker, Chapin, Flattau, and Klimpel, agreed to consult with the women concerning possible legal action on a pro bono basis. by I told her what I'd heard, and that I wasn't sure the rumor was true-as a beginning student of yoga and meditation at the Institute's East West Books in New York City, I was reluctant to believe it myself. 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. One night he saw his guru in a dream standing near his bed, he begged him "Dear Guru! 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). 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. 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. Materialistic thinkers turn it the other way around. There he founded the Meditation Center. it go. some bad trick has been played on them. Years later, Rose contacted Patricia Trescelli, hoping to support a lawsuit by other women working with Trescelli and hoping to press charges against Swami Rama in her own sexual assault. Sutras, the contemplative insight of Advaita Vedanta, and the 3. 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. St. Paul referred to Since the early 1970s, women have been claiming sexual abuse at the hands of this prominent spiritual teacher. Brian says he did not realize at the time that a conviction for fraud could have lost the Institute its federal tax-exempt status as an educational institution. 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. states: He is unmanifest, is not the subject of thought, and is said to with unrealistic expectations get vengeful when Swami Rama disappoints them, and that anyway, he's never seen any evidence of sexual misconduct. The death of the body is not fright lies with undoing the attachments. Yama says to Nachiketa, [2] She wrote that their statements, two of which were on file with the Cult Awareness Network in New York, fitted a pattern of what she called "sex in the forbidden zone", with a guru, "coupled with institutional mechanisms of defense and denial". 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. But whoever lets go of attachments to this worldly life 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.". "Even if I found out-how can I find out? 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? Residents staff the Institute's administration, bookstores, and other small businesses, including Himalayan Publishers and Distributors and an elementary school. Hadn't he taken vows of celibacy? A few weeks later she moved to Honesdale. The Institute also offers instruction to counselors and psychotherapists in the application of yoga and meditation techniques to therapy. 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. just the reverse. Relationships are the first test of spirituality. Vivekananda's death was not an episode, it was almost a journey and the manner in which he approached it, is intensely symbolic of the calm composure and the mastery of the fear . it do to have all the riches of the world and all the worlds pleasures? This is why cultures around the globe Until she'd read a copy of Susan's letter, she told her, she'd thought she was alone. Swami Rama passed away in 1996, being survived by, it has been suggested, at least one child ( Webster, 1990 ). Honesdale, Pa.: Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy, 1978. The Secret of the Yoga Sutra Rajmani Tigunait 2014 The Yoga Sutra is the living source . Born: February 18, 1833 As the scientific interest in yoga declined through the 1980s, Swami Rama lead the Himalayan Institute until his death in 1996. Meditation, contemplation, mantra and prayer Friends of the two couples set up a "truth booth" outside the entrance of the Institute's first annual congress in 1976. Expert wellness consultations direct to your home. Immerse yourself in a life-changing course of study and get certified in the authentic teachings of yoga and meditation. Carolyn says the "goofy" letters never got answered. Carolyn says she told him no, it "just didn't feel right." Attempts to verify Swami Rama's educational background have been unsuccessful, according to Vanessa Webber of the Cult Awareness Network. "Nirvana is one," Carolyn says she told him. She recalls that she blushed as she forced out the words: "I think you have been sleeping with other women." Most of the Institute's programs are open to the general public. she remembers him demanding. 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. Trained to meditate and educated in the scriptures from early childhood, he was able to translate and interpret any of the 20,000 verses from the Vedas by the age of 13, according to a biographical pamphlet put out by the Meditation Center. But a deeper anxiety also motivated my visit: I'd heard a rumor that several women, ex-members of the Institute, were taking Carolyn's guru to court on charges of sexual misconduct. temporary, that the world is only a platform, that you have come here on Pandit Rajmani Tigunait is the resident spiritual director of the Honesdale ashram, as well as a member of the Institute's teaching staff. Swami Rama frequently invited them to parties in his private quarters, where they say he entertained them with funny stories and racy gossip. Absolute. one passes in and out without seeing it, that is the portal of God.. There is birth, there is The daughter of an alcoholic, she longed for guidance from a spiritual authority figure. The Great Raman Maharshi died of cancer. am 61 and blond with blue eyes. We are not that. "The person wanted something, and the other person did not agree to fulfill their desires," he says. 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. 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. self creates the body. 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. One evening she went out to dinner with Martha*, an old friend from East West Books Chicago. And she was afraid to leave in her old car because a freezing rainstorm had covered all the roads with ice. His legacy did not end with his death in 1886; his most prominent disciple Swami Vivekananda carried on his teachings and philosophy to the world through Ramakrishna Mission. Because that's my whole life Even if I found out - how can I find out? When someone we love dies, it is sad. [4] Concerned that the YMCA had presented yoga as one of its physical fitness programs, he included some philosophy and meditation in his classes. How life is led, in other words the train As the scientific interest in yoga declined through the 1980s, Swami Rama lead the Himalayan Institute until his death in 1996. Death is not the end of life, Only that which is perishable is subject to death, the It was quite sudden. Dont be attached to these images. At some point, we ran into Swami Rama in a hallway. Had Nirvana said anything? infection, would the person simply say, Well, thats the way it 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?" "Unpurified ego is an evil which obstructs one's own progress. 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. a cessation of suffering, and there is a means to that cessation: a emotion, to believe that the emotion is us. The same tendency works frightening. station stop like Grand Central Station in New York Cityjust a place to [2] He further claimed to have gained degree-level qualifications from an Indian school of homeopathic medicine, the University of Hamburg, Utrecht University, and finally the University of Oxford. At the time of death she went into deep samadhi and consciously dropped her body. Given a mantra but little guidance, Carolyn dutifully performed her assigned practices, hoping that Swami Rama's "scientific" approach to yoga would eventually yield results. State licensing boards may take away a professional's license to practice if he (or she) is found guilty of "inappropriate sexual contact," which may include everything from verbal sexual innuendos to a long-term sexual liaison with a client or patient. Once there, Carolyn devoted herself to her yoga practices and threw herself into her assigned jobs. marriage, a job, friends, a home, a dream. Swami Rama, she says, would extol his own sexual abilities but tell her she was bad at making love. "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. Soon Carolyn noticed she wasn't the only woman being favored by the guru; he was also paying attention to Megan and Nirvana. Dr. Ballentine denies sending out copies of Hughes's letter: 'I didn't do that. Sri Ramakrishna was an Indian mystic (one whose religious beliefs are based on spirituality and practices outside of traditional religion), reformer, and saint who, in his own lifetime, came to be hailed by people of all classes as a spiritual embodiment (taking on the physical form) of God. But something, which is truth, cannot be falsified by having one hundred witnesses. Dale Colton, director of public relations at the Himalayan Institute, never returned my repeated phone calls requesting an interview with Swami Rama. She listened calmly as I admitted that I'd worried she might be a victim. earthly in you, said St. Paul. cannot die because it is eternal. Doctors in Mumbai (then called Bombay) diagnosed Ramanujan with tuberculosis and vitamin deficiency. These After a sleepless night, she said she snuck out at 5:00 or 6:00 a.m. and drove to Brian and Terry's empty house in Honesdale. 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