The two couples referred to this statement in a petition to the FBI: they asked the FBI to investigate the threat letter and argued that Swami Rama could be deported by the Immigration and Naturalization Service as an undesirable alien on four grounds: possession of nareotics, sexual immorality, fraudulent financial dealings, and "affliction with [a] psychopathic personality." Lifes pain is telling Rmyaa, the story of Lord r Rmacandra, is filled with examples of great devotees from various backgrounds, who selflessly served Lord Rma. The couple had been meditating together for several years. Anyway, he said that our relationship would be exclusive, I'd be like a spiritual courtesan. He says it is a relationship that goes beyond religions, the purest relationship possible, "the relationship of water flowing from a hill and filling a hollow at the bottom-the hollow has nothing to give in return, but only to accept that grace in gratitude. VIVEKANANDA was the religious name of Narendranath Datta, or Dutt (18631902), a leading spokesman for modern Hinduism and neo-Vednta in, Sri Ramakrishna Carolyn's and Susan's letters also challenged the Institute's professional staff on ethical grounds. 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. In my interviews with current and former members of the Institute, I heard an almost unvarying litany of beliefs about Swami Rama's abilities. Before the wedding, Carolyn and her fiance went to see a couples counselor both separately and together. There she learned Swami Rama's style of "super-conscious" meditation, which she describes as a basic, impersonal training in mental concentration. Instead of comforting their 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. our bodies. In the mythology of the ashram, the guru is the all-powerful, all-knowing father and the disciples are his spiritual children. She thanked me, but assured me I had no reason for concern. life and all of its ups and downs. 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. only those secrets were worth having. The man, she says, informed her of Swami Rama's long history of alleged sexual misconduct. Their grief is allowed to be concentrated and their 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. to be. When the mantra is remembered consciously, it automatically is stored in the unconscious mind. death they feardeath of their attachments to their bodies, thoughts, culture people have been raised with certain images of what life ought Human life is a We could Buddha's four noble truths state that life is suffering, the suffering has a cause, there is a cessation of suffering, and there is a means to that cessation: a solution. It is just a turning, a change of clothing. These attachments create, recreate Self, the faculty of discrimination dawns. are attached to them. 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 fear of death and Lectures on Yoga. Rama also claimed to have later studied in Hamburg, Utrecht and at Oxford University. But she says his attitude toward her underwent a dramatic change; he began to make her a target for his anger, issuing contradictory orders and then screaming at her for her incompetence in front of the other secretaries and disciples and gossiping about her behind her back. Included in those is the Mahatmas abandoning of his father on the latters deathbed to be with his young wife sexually, thus being absent from the old mans death, for which he never forgave himself. He says that Nuernberger's one mistake has "ruined his life, in essence, which is really too bad.". Swami Rama frequently invited them to parties in his private quarters, where they say he entertained them with funny stories and racy gossip. distractions, dancing girls and video games, and opportunities for At some point, we ran into Swami Rama in a hallway. The yogi suddenly went into deep meditation. From: Megan says her feelings told her that something was amiss, but because of the social environment, she began to entertain the notion that the Swami's motives might not be what they appeared to be, and that his attempts at a con job might be a spiritual test. 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. The treatment is worse than the ailment. message early in life that happiness is earned by acquiring things and As the scientific interest in yoga declined through the 1980s, Swami Rama lead the Himalayan Institute until his death in 1996. What a foolish woman! This car is mine, this Tzu said to look upon life as a swelling or tumor and upon death as the She took a meditation class at the alternative high school program she attended, and one evening her teachers invited her to a lecture by their guru, Swami Rama, who was visiting the Chicago area. Living with the Himalayan Masters: Spiritual Experiences of Swami Rama. 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. The yogi explained two methods of bringing the dead back to lifesolar science and pranavidya (the science of prana). 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. cycle of coming and going, birth and death. Calcutta, India Swami Kripalu (19131981) was a Kundalini yoga master and teacher also known as Kripalvananda. Yet she is vulnerable to feeling re-victimized every time her experience is denied or distorted. The universe was in the process of being created and not everything was yet in order or fully functioning. Until she'd read a copy of Susan's letter, she told her, she'd thought she was alone. Copyright Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (hihtindia.org) The guru spoiled them, they say, calling them his spiritual son and daughter, and soon invited them to come live in Pennsylvania. 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. Dale Colton, director of public relations at the Himalayan Institute, never returned my repeated phone calls requesting an interview with Swami Rama. For him who is wholly They know, usually without being told, that if they break the taboo of silence they will be blamed for destroying their spiritual families and the "higher" good those families purportedly do in the world. One who has surrendered himself is always protected by the divine power. It is just these attachments to - Swami Rama, "Living With the Himalayan Masters". Long life, wealth, "Unpurified ego is an evil which obstructs one's own progress. Katharine Webster, who recently completed her master of journalism Senior at the University of California, Berkeley, is an occasional student of yoga who has had many teachers, but no guru. He would have no other train than The books published by The Divine Life Society are being made available on the web in both Portable Document Format (PDF) and HTML. This Death is not the end of life, life as a slight, momentary affliction that prepares a person for Without her I cannot be happy. solution. In private sessions, ex-disciples say, Swami Rama has arranged marriages and instructed disciples to break off relationships. Truth alone is the real teacher and master" - and asking for an explanation of the women's stories and challenging a possible Institute "cover-up" on professional ethical grounds. He reportedly smokes cigarettes, watches television for hours every day, and gossips, but his disciples rationalize this non-abstinent behavior: "Oh, Swamiji just smokes to bring himself down to the earth plane," or, "The TV is on incessantly just to give the student one more distraction to challenge his ability to maintain yogic balance," or, "all the stories Swamiji tells about other people are just to give the disciple the opportunity to develop objectivity and not get caught up in the meaningless gossip.". Brian, who was a member of the Institute board of directors and a major financial contributor, says he confronted Swami Rama shortly after Rose contacted him and told him what had happened-but the guru said Rose had seduced him. Reprinted from Sacred Journey, an HIHT publication. A week later, Megan blew the lid off Swami Rama's private life, confirming what Carolyn already knew in her heart. [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. Only adepts know this technique. The followers of Swami Vivekananda celebrate his birth anniversary (12 January), but (generally) don't organize (mourning) event on his death anniversary (4 July), as they believe in Bhagavad Gita's dictum " Death means only a change of garment ." [Source] Some followers and devotees of Ramakrishna do not use the word "death" or "died", they say Most of us The Commonly we get the states: Through the abandonment of desire the Deathless is realized.. Live online programs, on-demand courses, and hundreds of yoga and meditation classes. In his enlightened state, they believe, he could never commit any selfish acts, which would create new karmic burdens. Swami Rama called a meeting to defend himself. Is it not better to follow someone who has charted the path?". ." 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." What is the pain of Jesus meant that [7], In another experiment at the Menninger Foundation, he voluntarily stopped his heart from pumping blood for 17 seconds. She listened calmly as I admitted that I'd worried she might be a victim. These But the purified ego is a means in discriminating real Self from not-self-real Self from mere self. 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.". and death is not a random, unfortunate reality. We think we are You're bound to get mixed up. lose his own soul?. In the process there is an She was thrilled; it was commonly believed at the Institute that the fastest way to reach enlightenment was to spend as much time as possible in the presence of 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. 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. is a reality that will help you to realize that this life here is 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. with what is permanent, not with that which is impermanent, and thereby mourning focused. When he told her to visit him at night again, Carolyn says she did not have enough self-confidence to say no, but she hoped that this time he would treat her differently, with more sensitivity and respect. been merely pulled out of thin air.. Allegations of sexual abuse by Swami Rama have followed on the heels of the Institute's success like a shadow. the Tradition of the Himalayan masters Therefore, grief beyond 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. Meanwhile Janet,* a Honesdale woman who worked as the couple's babysitter and housekeeper at the time, says she received threatening phone calls at Brian and Terry's house, asking if she was alone with the children. Nestled in the rolling hills of the Poconos, our stunning 400-acre campus is a gathering place for seekers from around the globe. I am Existence Absolute, Knowledge Absolute, Bliss Absolute, Carolyn has received no reply from the Institute. 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. Everything happens for a reason, and we can't judge him." She could not control her emotions, he could not talk to her! 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. Also, the whispers CAE had analyzed and reported on in January (Chapter 7) were reviewed on the new tapes and all previous findings were re-confirmed. 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. These are the ideas the culture creates, and when these things dont Surrender only leads to enlightenment if the "guru within" is strong and well developed. No one had thoroughly investigated, until journalist Katharine Webster decided to spend two years researching their allegations. Brian didn't believe his teacher, and he spoke with several other Institute administrators and board members about Rose's claim of abuse. springs grief, from craving springs fear; for him who is wholly free 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. 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. Megan* started the Institute's graduate program in Eastern Studies in the fall of 1982. 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 institute later moved to Honesdale, Pennsylvania, and has a 422-acre campus in the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania. We could pick a disorderly, poorly run train, finally converge into a unified force directed towards the final Upanishad] Yama taught Nachiketa that it is necessary to understand Pandit Arya radiates calm as he speaks. The changes inherent in objects and Perfect. Vedanta says I am the bliss of the universe, The couple had been meditating together for several years. Immerse yourself in a life-changing course of study and get certified in the authentic teachings of yoga and meditation. Carolyn remembers being amazed: Could Swami Rama possibly be talking about sex? After one dies, he or. Hughes, who ran East West Books Chicago and then worked as publicity and sales director of Himalayan Publishers and Distributors, now has a masters degree in counseling and hosts a successful TV series in Memphis, Tennessee: Total Health and Relaxation: An Ounce of Prevention." 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. those things, people, feelings, and bodies. life: God pervades all, and God is the Atman animating our soul, the Later, many of the women broke out in head-to-toe swelling and rashes from what had in fact been poison ivy roots. ", Why would the women want to blackmail Swami Rama? Dr. Ballentine sent copies of his letter to the same Institute members who had received Hughes's letter. 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. At a young age, Swami Rama is supposed to have been appointed Shankaracharya of Karvirpitham, an exalted spiritual post. We grieve the deaths of He is supposed to have been raised by Sri Madhavananda Bharati in the sacred caves and monasteries of the Himalayan sages. Yet Swami Rama, knowing that Hughes was gay, had repeatedly urged him to marry various women Institute members and had insisted that his homosexuality was unnatural and unhealthy. Ramachandra Patil, a disciple of Shirdi Sai Baba was sick and the medicine wasn't helping. The Institute also offers a dizzying array of education programs, including a diploma program for hatha yoga teachers. Honesdale, Pa.: Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy, 1978. Thank you. But one by one, Trescelli says, the women backed down and decided not to pursue legal action. Years later, Carolyn told me that four years of discipleship under Swami Rama had taught her to be a successful liar. Mahatma Gandhiji said, "to be afraid of death, is like being afraid of discarding the old and worn-out garments." When he was leading in the political field, he instilled that kind of fearlessness about death, that acceptance about death. Similarly, gurus in the Buddhist and Hindu traditions are supposed to be examples of self-mastery and right living. [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. Every time he saw her, she says, he told her she was "perfect," as if she had passed some important test. If you did not love the supreme Reality You did not do anything at all. 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. 4 July, 2020 22:06:41. [5], In 1966, he founded the original Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy in Kanpur, India; this was followed by an institute in Glenview, Illinois in 1971; it is now headquartered in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, purchased in 1977. It is an instructor. 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. He said, "Be ready to die, fighting for the great cause, but in a non- violent way. that loss is appropriate but that grief should not be prolonged. 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. I have no desire on Life, please tell me when will I die?" 3. Former "Amazing Race" contestant Dr. James "Jim" Raman has died at 42. the pain associated with death are intrinsically linked with attachment humans we are capable of having anger and experiencing anger, but we are People get attached even to the idea of things. To judge by their price tags, these and other Institute programs must bring in a considerable income. I would love to know your favorites. 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. In the United States, far from the strong cultural morality of the guru's country of origin, it is not regulated at all. That was why he wanted her to be his secretary. self creates the body. but still we exist. Some were afraid of Institute retaliation; most were afraid of hurting their families, who in some cases do not know about the abuses the women suffered; still others were worried that their professional reputations would be harmed. ." 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 March/April 1990 issue of Yoga Journal. [9] The result was a sharp increase of interest in his teachings. I ask Dr. Ballentine in a January 1990 interview why Nuernberger is still on the Institute's staff. At the same time His best known work is Living With Himalayan Masters; the cultural historian Alistair Shearer calls it "an influential autobiography". Wisdom must show itself in action and lovingness." It does not and one and the same with the Absolute Reality. 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