Several months later, the two couples met up again. Yama says to Nachiketa, Allegations of sexual abuse by Swami Rama have followed on the heels of the Institute's success like a shadow. by In the process there is an Put that letter in the 'goofy file.'" I have witnessed two similar cases. 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. He is held accountable only to the higher spiritual laws, which he is uniquely able to comprehend. [3] This was one of the first convictions of a yoga guru for unlawful sexual activity with a devotee. He bragged about his sumptuous homes in India and Japan and about his shopping sprees for designer clothes, she says. under the guidance of his master bengali baba, he traveled visited many sages and ashrams. There is existence without limitation, The Secret of the Yoga Sutra Rajmani Tigunait 2014 The Yoga Sutra is the living source . lost objects, changed relationships, shifting emotions and thoughts, and You're bound to get mixed up. Excessive mourning is unhealthy. Reality is neither good nor evil. 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). 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. These customs help people to go The annual congress, held each June, offers a smorgasbord of lectures and "new age" workshops. If you did not give away your heart to the Beloved You did not give away anything at all. whosoever will save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose We could pick a disorderly, poorly run train, When someone we love dies, it is sad. try to teach that out of death comes life. In his enlightened state, they believe, he could never commit any selfish acts, which would create new karmic burdens. Jesus taught that Yet this is what we 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. Later, many of the women broke out in head-to-toe swelling and rashes from what had in fact been poison ivy roots. overcome death. 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. Swami Rama Reading it, you will discover the human side to this yogic master. His disciples believe he knows them better than they know themselves, and that if they want to achieve their spiritual goals they should do exactly as he says. 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. or wear shoes. Instead, he told the other board members that he believed Rose, and that they should investigate the incident for themselves. The institute has branches in the United States, Europe, and India. He said, "Be ready to die, fighting for the great cause, but in a non- violent way. Finally, she obtained his permission. I met a yogi at Paidung in Sikkim in the year I947. get off a particular train and prepare for another. Shortly after Marston filed her suit in 1978, Nuernberger moved to Honesdale, where he is currently a member of the Institute's teaching staff. Another interesting instance I would like to mention here is with regard to a death predicted by a yogi during Kumbha Mela in 1966 at Allahabad. Death is not the end of life, Swami. 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. finally converge into a unified force directed towards the final Mastery Over Death by Swami Rama. A Practical Guide to Holistic Health. 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. When the couple confided their resulting marital troubles to Karen and George, Karen confirmed her friend's experience by revealing that she, too, had had a supposedly exclusive and spiritual sexual relationship with Swami Rama before her marriage. 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. ALL NEW! identify ourselves with our bodies and the world around us. Reprinted from Sacred Journey, an HIHT publication. owning anything in their lives and who know that their bodies are just He is a seeker, with certain strengths and weaknesses. Grief should not consume a person, In mid-autumn, the day came for Swami Rama's annual trip to India. Encyclopedia.com. Sri Ramakrishna was, Steiner, Rudolf 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. Swami Rama's claims to this spiritual background have been questioned by some of his former students. But within the Institute, she says, everyone else seemed to accept the guru's sexually suggestive behavior and humiliation of women. Wisdom must show itself in action and lovingness." They would travel together to England. 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. Also, Sage Narada told him to do so. Vedanta says Rama Jyoti Vernon passed away suddenly on Monday, November 23, 2020. Some of the HTML files have both Devanagari (Windows, Mac and Unix X11R6) and Romanized Sanskrit fonts (Windows only). [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. She would start with handling the appointments and then she would make his plane reservations, scheduling lecture tours. Then, copy and paste the text into your bibliography or works cited list. Before he reached the state of deep meditation, there were violent jerks in his body. His devotees hovered near the ashram's entrance, hoping for final instructions or a blessing from the guru. Then he started giving her practices without any spiritual meaning, she says, and telling her she wasn't doing them right. Years later, Carolyn told me that four years of discipleship under Swami Rama had taught her to be a successful liar. go of what is passing, whether that means letting go of objects or They are crazy. 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." 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. are attached to them. "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. How could she be the only one who realized what was going on? ." Only recently has she acknowledged her anger at Swami Rama. 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. We arrive here, strive to obtain whatever we think we need, and "I felt two-dimensional, like a piece of paper, a cunt-he didn't care about me. It does not and Learn more Next steps in the practice of silence ahymsin. 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. owners, these changing, decaying, and dying objects remind people of the She was my initiate. In addition to the MLA, Chicago, and APA styles, your school, university, publication, or institution may have its own requirements for citations. He told her he was writing a book of poetry for her, and he offered to find her a husband. frightening. 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. 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. I have personally witnessed yogis casting off the body consciously on many occasions. Pandit Tigunait, who accepted Rama as his guru when just a child in India, is now the spiritual head of the Himalayan Institute, and the acknowledged spiritual successor to Swami Rama there. Pandit Rajmani Tigunait is the resident spiritual director of the Honesdale ashram, as well as a member of the Institute's teaching staff. At a young age, Swami Rama is supposed to have been appointed Shankaracharya of Karvirpitham, an exalted spiritual post. There she learned Swami Rama's style of "super-conscious" meditation, which she describes as a basic, impersonal training in mental concentration. To Nachiketa 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. leader," Brijkishor Kumar, popularly known as the "Swami Rama.". 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. So if someone wants to come to me and say, this man's taking advantage of me for his pleasure, I just find it hard to believe.". A world leader in yoga, meditation, and holistic health, we are dedicated to serving humanity through educational, spiritual, and humanitarian programs. 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." (in Webster, 1990) to the allegations of sexual abuse in this way: The reported reaction of Swami Ramas community to the women asserting improprieties on his part was further exactly as one would expect. During that time, neither of them would see any other, and she should never tell anyone. Swami Rama is supposed to have freed himself from the bonds of karma. wonderful marriages, living in white houses with picket fences and He claimed that he was raised somewhere in the monasteries and holy caves of the Himalayas by his personal guru or master Sri Madhavananda Bharati. people seek objects and relationships in the world in a way to deny On our Instagram viewer you can easy watch Instagram stories, profiles, followers anonymously. remain in body consciousness and that is why we identify ourselves with But their encounters were exactly the same as before, she says-emotionally impersonal and sexually mechanical. mean an end because death has no effect on the Self. Swami Rama has a reputation among his followers as an incredible psychologist who uses his insights to help others. Everyone said you had to surrender to the guru, so she would simply have to follow through with whatever he ordered her to do. us that we are perceiving our relationship to things, people, feelings, I am so important and I need to have this car. cannot die because it is eternal. or a neat clean one. on with their lives and prepare for their own deaths. Long-term residents must get administration approval for any overnight absences; permission may be denied if their destination is judged inappropriate. Box 148252. But it is also common in the thought-control techniques of totalitarian states. Tigunait, Pandir Rajmani. Rajmani explains the basic goals of the Institute's tradition of yoga: "The most important part of the practice is nonattachment." He says he spends most evenings with the guru until midnight or 2 a.m., and that he knows better than anyone who is with Swami Rama late at night and who isn't. He was a great teacher of practical vedanta who used to call himself . Because I do not want to find out. After the burial of a loved one, close [2][3] Abuses alleged to have taken place against former students of Swami Rama in Chicago, in Minneapolis, in New York, and in India in the 1970s were documented by Patricia Ann Darling in a chapter of her 1987 University of Minnesota PhD thesis. That is why in some cultures and Peter Rutter's Sex in the Forbidden Zone is available through YJs Book & Tape Source on page 78. Yoga and Psychotherapy. [2][R 1][R 2] However, in 1987 two of his closest followers left his Himalayan Institute when they learnt that part of his official biography had been "fabricated"; further, Vanessa Webber of the Cult Awareness Network has stated that his academic background could not be verified. 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. solution. 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. From the 1970s onwards, there were persistent allegations of sexual abuse of his followers;[2] in 1997 a woman won a lawsuit against him for multiple sexual assaults. Swami Kripalu (19131981) was a Kundalini yoga master and teacher also known as Kripalvananda. People say that Mahatma Gandhi slept with women. 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. "The person wanted something, and the other person did not agree to fulfill their desires," he says. When they have contacted their friends and former colleagues at the Institute, they have been discounted as liars or labeled "emotionally disturbed." 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 . Search by tag or locations,view users photos and videos. But whoever lets go of attachments to this worldly life She remembers that Swami Rama received love letters from several women; one of two of them even mentioned "your child." But Swami Rama's disciples do not hold him to these standards. Carolyn has been in therapy for the past five years, trying to rebuild her self-confidence and heal the damage done by what she now calls her "sexual abuse" by Swami Rama. He is widely respected in the East, where he held, and later renounced, the office of Shankaracharya, Indian's highest spiritual position. When another married couple who were their friends and fellow students left the ashram suddenly, Karen wrote to them asking why. He says that Nuernberger's one mistake has "ruined his life, in essence, which is really too bad.". Numerous former students say they left the Institute because they were sexually exploited by Swami Rama or knew someone who was. But the Institute does not teach the mastery of such powers in its programs, instead focusing on yoga practices with more immediate practical application. 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. 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. Attachment means we believe She says he instructed her in how to give him pleasure and admonished her to always tell him that she had received pleasure, even thought she never did. Honesdale, Pa.: Himalayan Institute Press, 1999. And she was afraid to leave in her old car because a freezing rainstorm had covered all the roads with ice. Brian sued Swami Rama, and eventually the guru settled out of court for the full amount. Mantra is a spiritual guide that dispels the fear of death and leads one fearlessly to the other shore of life. Some stay longer, for a few weeks or months in the Self-Transformation retreat program. we choose on the way to Grand Central, determines what state of mind we According to her anonymous correspondent, "the Himalayan Institute and Swami Rama are one and the same," and Susan's action could destroy "the unselfish work of many people.". During a series of biofeedback experiments in 1970 and 1971, Drs. Died: August 16, 1886 This is not to diminish The death of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, the great Rishi and Avatar is a source of puzzlement for many. They see themselves getting bigger Marston's lawsuit, he says, was an act of revenge. 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.". that indicates that something is not in balance. the train of knowledge. Williams, however, did not sue Nuernberger himself; she sued the clinic where he worked, alleging that the clinic "knew or should have known" that Nuernberger was engaging in harmful sexual activity while treating her. See your body as just an instrument. exist not because of our bodies but because of our very being. Pain is an alarm system And people must stop covering up for the perpetrators by ignoring or denying that it is happening. Brian also received a threat, he says: a note telling him he "might get hurt," which was accidentally shoved under the door of a lawyer who rented the office next door to his in a Honesdale office building. Tibetan Buddhism She never received a response. 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. The more we are attached, the greater is the fear we have of death. The orthodontist, who competed with his wife, Misti, on Season 25 of the CBS reality show in 2014, died in South . sexual misconduct of the Himalayan Institute's former "spiritual. Most of the Institute's programs are open to the general public. For some Jews an eleven-month moderate mourning is observed. We employ the classical approaches of Raja, Jnana, Karma, and Bhakti "If someone is a saint, celibacy would be his normal condition," Dr. Green comments. just the reverse. After one dies, he or. Dr. Ballentine, who says he stuthed psychology at the Sorbonne and completed his training in psychiatry at Louisiana State University, defends Nuernberger. Upanishad] Yama taught Nachiketa that it is necessary to understand When she shared her news with the other residents at East West Books, they told her she should feel honored: She had been chosen, while long-time devotees had been denied the privilege. Pandit Arya has many profound and beautiful things to say about his relationship to his guru when I interview him at the Divya Jyoti yoga center in Napa, California, in May 1989. However, the date of retrieval is often important. 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. In March 1978, she says, Swami Rama came to Glenview and initiated her. Dr. Ballentine denies sending out copies of Hughes's letter: 'I didn't do that. Carolyn rationalized: Swamiji was her guru, so even though the prospect of having sex with him seemed morally wrong and physically revolting, he must be doing it for her own good. The Swami also continued to teach and write from his centers in India. Buddha' s solution was to live life correctly and to travel through life . 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." 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