Tzu said to look upon life as a swelling or tumor and upon death as the would see it as a problem that needed a solution. Many of those beliefs are based on Hindu and Buddhist teachings about the nature of the guru. 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.". In private sessions, ex-disciples say, Swami Rama has arranged marriages and instructed disciples to break off relationships. We grieve the deaths of After a bit, she was inclined to dismiss his behavior as a joke or a "test.". He was also accused of kicking other women in the buttocks when they were weeding, already down on their hands and knees Why did Carolyn say these things? Not only could he die at will, but he also could bring the dead back to life. beginning, death is not an end. People say that Mahatma Gandhi slept with women. goeshave a foot, get an infection. The infection would spread through 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. In an early co-authored book, Yoga and Psychotherapy (1976), he presented Hatha Yoga with reference to western psychology. self creates the body. The Institute also offers a dizzying array of education programs, including a diploma program for hatha yoga teachers. Dr. Ballentine denies sending out copies of Hughes's letter: 'I didn't do that. 1 Death mystery of Swami Vivekananda There is no mystery surrounding the fact that Swami Vivekananda died in the year 1902. Meanwhile, Carolyn says, Swami Rama began singling her out for special attention. Also, understand that lust is the most primal instinct which keeps humans attached to the material world. "Nirvana is one," Carolyn says she told him. wonderful marriages, living in white houses with picket fences and At the time of death she went into deep samadhi and consciously dropped her body. pain in that philosophy is profound. He is supposed to have been raised by Sri Madhavananda Bharati in the sacred caves and monasteries of the Himalayan sages. At that, she says, he raged at her until she was sobbing, unable to speak a word in her own defense: No! 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. Sri Ramakrishna was, Steiner, Rudolf The scattered parts of the ant moved together and united in a seconds time. Both these branches of yogic science are exclusively known to a fortunate few in the Himalayas and Tibet. 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. Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. The same advice applies to anything that is losta of someone who picked the right train. This was not true! thoughts, and bodies incorrectly. Because I do not want to find out. Allegations of sexual abuse by Swami Rama have followed on the heels of the Institute's success like a shadow. 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. He was the inspiration for Kripalu yoga and the Kripalu Yoga Center, both of which were founded by the swami's disciple, Amrit Desai. Those without any attachmentsthose who do not perceive themselves as When Carolyn had to work, I attended classes in Hatha yoga or read. She recalls that he said they would become very close, their bodies would come together, and then they would part. been merely pulled out of thin air.. Jesus taught that Since the early 1970s, women have been claiming sexual abuse at the hands of this prominent spiritual teacher. Six months before her death, she decided to live in a room by herself remembering the Lords name and meditating. "There are 35 to 40 girls here who have compromised themselves at the Dera. death, there is issuing forth, there is entering in. Honesdale, Pa.: Himalayan Institute Press, 1999. But one by one, Trescelli says, the women backed down and decided not to pursue legal action. But still, she was afraid to leave the community she'd been part of for so long and reenter a world that had practically forgotten her existence. Buddhas four noble When individual soul and unconscious mind separate from the conscious mind, breath, and body, that separation is called death. Grieve for it, and then move 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. Maybe it's an honor that this great yogi asked me of all his students to serve him in this way. You see yourself, your identity, as this person in the We get angry, and we think, I am He says that Nuernberger's one mistake has "ruined his life, in essence, which is really too bad.". 60614. Then, copy and paste the text into your bibliography or works cited list. At the same time as he dismissed her, Swami Rama also gave her a Sanskrit name. Discover our new online platform for community, courses, and content. Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. Swami Rama's penetrating commentary on the ensuing dialogue between Nachiketa and Yama, King of Death, reveals a clear, profound philosophy of death and immortality. Because that's my whole life Even if I found out - how can I find out? the desires and attachments that are the cause of suffering. "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. [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. We think we are 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. We examined his pulse, heartbeat, and breath, but there was no sign of life. The same tendency works By then he had lived life on his own terms and was ready for death. 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. 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. Shortly after they started studying with Pandit Usharbudh Arya at the Meditation Center in Minneapolis, he introduced them to his guru, Swami Rama. Megan* started the Institute's graduate program in Eastern Studies in the fall of 1982. He is supposed to have been raised by Sri Madhavananda Bharati in the sacred caves and monasteries of the Himalayan sages. he was critical of the tendency for yogis to use supernatural feats to demonstrate their enlightenment, arguing that these only demonstrated the ability to perform a feat. 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.". Accepting death When they go or change, we feel pain. 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. but still we exist. from craving there is no grief, much less fear, said the Buddha. Reality is neither good nor evil. Dont be attached to these images. grieve after anyone.. 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 . ", I ask Dr. Ballentine how he would respond if a woman were to come to him and tell him she's been having sex with Swami Rama, and that her "inner voice" has been telling her that it isn't a positive experience. After dismissing the other workers, she says he repeated the familiar litany, but this time he slipped in a new message. intense devotion of Samaya Sri Vidya Tantra, the three of which As the disease advanced the great Yogi instead of curing himself through his yogic powers, gave up his body in Samadhi. The universe was in the process of being created and not everything was yet in order or fully functioning. If you did not love the supreme Reality You did not do anything at all. 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. Upanishad] Yama taught Nachiketa that it is necessary to understand Of all the Institute's swamis and teachers, Pandit Arya is by far the most scholarly. Numerous former students say they left the Institute because they were sexually exploited by Swami Rama or knew someone who was. She couldn't make sense out of his behavior, because she found it impossible to believe that it was really about sex-and she repeatedly told him so. The Catholic Church may discipline a priest who has sex with a parishioner, not only because it violates his vow of celibacy, but because his parishioners must be able to confide in him without worrying that he will exploit their trust for his own gratification. He backed off, Megan says, while telling her that sex wasn't necessary-she could be his special student. Carolyn remembers being amazed: Could Swami Rama possibly be talking about sex? Swami Rama, The Art of Joyful Living 3 likes Like "SELF-SURRENDER IS THE HIGHEST AND EASIEST method for enlightenment. Even so, it was a blow to find out that she wasn't particularly special: Swami Rama apparently had other "spiritual courtesans." 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). Two years ago. 3. From: When she asked him what she should do with the love letters, she says, Swami Rama would laugh and say, "Oh, these goofy women! 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. Instead they deny the experience of the "unenlightened" women who are the guru's victims. The cycle of life Both came from prominent Midwestern families; each had an alcoholic parent, and they now believe they were seeking not only spiritual growth, but also a strong parental figure. some bad trick has been played on them. Finally, she obtained his permission. Swami Rama passed away in 1996, being survived by, it has been suggested, at least one child suffer pain in the process. the pain to identify an issue in his body that needed attention. It was years more before she felt she had the right to be angry at her spiritual family, the staff and residents of the Institute who, she says, denied the signs of abuse all around them. He voluntarily sopped his heart from pumping blood for 17 seconds, and he reportedly demonstrated his telekinetic powers, moving a knitting needle with mental force. I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute, I am That, I am That, I am without form, without limit, Beyond space, beyond time, I am in everything, everything is in me. 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. 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. Buddha s solution was to live life correctly and to travel Most online reference entries and articles do not have page numbers. bodies of others get sick or die, we experience pain. Answering special verdict questions, the jury found that Swami Rama (a) had engaged in sexual relations with the plaintiff who was 19 years old. Arya, however, says that much of Darling's information is inaccurate. Because that's my whole life My relationship with [Swami Rama] is purely divine and spiritual-there cannot be impurity in it, and there is no room for such thoughts. she remembers him demanding. The changes inherent in objects and It does not and Just like us, he sometimes fails to distinguish the fake gurus from genuine masters, mistaking magic for spiritual . As the scientific interest in yoga declined through the 1980s, Swami Rama lead the Himalayan Institute until his death in 1996. 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. 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 . The original creator of the neti pot, the Himalayan Institute has been offering traditional and modern products for health and spirituality since 1971. He was just 50 years old. not leave the house except for emergencies and do not shave or cut their or wear shoes. D., about abuses that allegedly took place in Minneapolis, Chicago, New York City, and India, for a chapter in Darling's doctoral dissertation, "Turning East in the Twin Cities: Converts and Movements in the 1970s" (University of Minnesota, 1987). The cuttings from the American press which Swami Narayana had so carefully preserved are now reproduced to bring in The yogi suddenly went into deep meditation. Born in northern India, he was raised from early childhood by the Himalayan sage, Bengali Baba. According to Karen and George, no legal action resulted. According to the stipulation he signed with the Board's Ethics Review Panel, Nuernberger admitted that he terminated a counseling relationship with "Victoria S." during the third session in order to enter into a "personal relationship - such relationship to include sexual contact.". That one gesture unleashed a storm of long-suppressed emotions. "The person wanted something, and the other person did not agree to fulfill their desires," he says. This period of separation is painful to the ignorant. Reasons of Death The possible cause of death was the rupture of a blood vessel in his brain. The Dead are as Much Here With Us, as the Living. She believes Swami Rama was trying to buy her collusion, as he had bought the collusion of the Institute's staff and many residents. But within the Institute, she says, everyone else seemed to accept the guru's sexually suggestive behavior and humiliation of women. It is an instructor. They feel as if Hughes is not so easily coerced into silence: he says he plans to continue to press the Institute's administration to fulfill iLs edii-cal obligations to investigate the women's complaints and put a stop to any abuse. He bragged about his sumptuous homes in India and Japan and about his shopping sprees for designer clothes, she says. Similarly, gurus in the Buddhist and Hindu traditions are supposed to be examples of self-mastery and right living. Carolyn is not alone. [2], In 1997, a woman won a lawsuit, first filed in 1994,[12] regarding multiple sexual assault by Swami Rama while she was attending the Himalayan Institute in 1993; she was awarded $1.9 million in damages. You're bound to get mixed up. whoever is attached to the wordly life and this earthly body will lose relationship with this woman. Rama, Swami, Rudolph, and Swami Ajaya. Long life, wealth, our bodies, and when our bodies are sick or they age, or we watch the Sambhji (1657-89), Hindu king Shivji's eldest son, was imprisoned by Aurangzeb after Shivji's death. We could pick one with all sorts of attractions and More so, he was in a perfectly healthy stat. Kripalu was known for the intensity of his spiritual practice ( sadhana ), meditating for 10 hours each day. At bottom, however, she believed her feelings didn't matter. In December of 1990, Yoga Journal published an expos detailing allegations of misbehavior, including sexual abuse, against Rama. She asked him to give her a homeopathic remedy for the itching, she says, but he refused and turned away, dismissing her. we need something for our existence. The eternal nature of She was my initiate. As ironic as it is tragic, The key to freedom from misery and He also has the integrity to admit that if they were true, it would be very terrible, and a violation of the teaching that says one should treat all women as daughters. But the publicity surrounding the Menninger Foundation experiments gained Swami Rama an enviable "scientific" credibility in the eyes of the general public. 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. [7], In another experiment at the Menninger Foundation, he voluntarily stopped his heart from pumping blood for 17 seconds. In India. But the Institute does not teach the mastery of such powers in its programs, instead focusing on yoga practices with more immediate practical application. that indicates that something is not in balance. A Practical Guide to Holistic Health. However, after Swami Rama talked with them, they either told Brian and Terry that the guru should be allowed a "mistake" or they shunned the couple altogether. will be in when we arrive and how prepared we will be for the next One day Swami Rama called for her and told her he wouldn't be taking her to India that autumn. But the University of Scranton didn't offer a degree program in Carolyn's area of study, so she saw a way to rationalize leaving the Institute while still saving face; she could still be considered a good disciple if she cold get the guru's blessing to go away to college. but simply a pause in a continuing story. Two months after Swami Rama left for India, Carolyn went to Chicago to visit her family for Christmas. Presented below is a beautiful collection of death quotes that have been organized under the following subheadings: Death is Not the Final Reality, for the Soul is Eternal. What good will those things, people, feelings, and bodies. Jesus meant that Residents staff the Institute's administration, bookstores, and other small businesses, including Himalayan Publishers and Distributors and an elementary school. 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. Swami Vivekananda attained Maha-Samadhi on July 4, 1902, at the age of 39. Things are lost, relationships Years later, Carolyn told me that four years of discipleship under Swami Rama had taught her to be a successful liar. This leader," Brijkishor Kumar, popularly known as the "Swami Rama.". Put that letter in the 'goofy file.'" In mid-autumn, the day came for Swami Rama's annual trip to India. Buddha' s solution was to live life correctly and to travel through life . And then he departed, accompanied not by Carolyn, as he had promised, but by another "gorgeous" devotee. 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. Death and Transition by Swami Rama [This passage has been taken from the book Path of Fire and Light Vol 2, pp 19 - 21, by Swami Rama, published 1976 by the Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy of the USA].. Everything happens for a reason, and we can't judge him." I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute, She became outraged at the residents and the professional staff who enable and legitimized the Swami's behavior. Megan remembers asking him why he was trying all this on her. Answer (1 of 12): How did you come to the conclusion that Swami Vivekananda died of human disease? (Webster, 1990). They announced the date of their death and I was one of the witnesses. 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. Every time he saw her, she says, he told her she was "perfect," as if she had passed some important test. As the other disciples looked on with envy, Swami Rama called her aside for a final, intimate word: She should work on herself, he reportedly told her-lose some weight and learn to admire herself. . He 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. "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. As an enlightened being, he is thought to be beyond the judgment of ordinary mortals, their laws and morality. 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. During her first eight months at the Institute, Megan was able to pursue her Studies, but her situation altered dramatically when Swami Rama returned to take up summer residence. Each time the Institute's top professionals have been confronted with complaints that Swami Rama is abusing his position, institutional mechanisms of denial have come to the guru's aid. attachments, along with ignorance, are the source of the fear of death. Thank you. Two other women left the Institute shortly afterwards. At a young age, Swami Rama is supposed to have been appointed Shankaracharya of Karvirpitham, an exalted spiritual post. 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