He would call her to his office for a private authence, and as she hung anxiously on his words he would paint a flattering picture of her future with the Institute. Born in northern India, he was raised from early childhood by the Himalayan sage, Bengali Baba. In the meantime, though, Swami Rama returned to India, where he died of lung cancer on Nov. 13, 1996, before Jasmine Patel's case came to trial. But in 1980, they say, they returned to Honesdale after a brief vacation to learn that their friend Rose* had allegedly been sexually assaulted by Swami Rama during their absence and had fled the Institute for New York City. However, the date of retrieval is often important. She recalls that she blushed as she forced out the words: "I think you have been sleeping with other women." 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. 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 spoke Bengali and knew neither English nor Sanskrit. Pandit Arya radiates calm as he speaks. So I visited the house and I discovered that the sound of her mantra was still vibrating there. He bragged about his sumptuous homes in India and Japan and about his shopping sprees for designer clothes, she says. Nor does Dr. Ballentine mention that in 1977 Nuernberger was formally reprimanded by the Minnesota Board of Psychology for unethical practices stemming from his relationship with a third woman patient. [4] Concerned that the YMCA had presented yoga as one of its physical fitness programs, he included some philosophy and meditation in his classes. Occasionally this question is asked by curious seekers. He was among the first notable teachers of Hinduism to lecture in the United States, travelling there in 1902, preceded by Swami Vivekananda in 1893 and followed by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920. Gurus were supposed to have conquered their desires, but in the spiritual literature they were often portrayed as contradictory, tricking their disciples into enlightenment. He did this by increasing his heart rate to 300 beats per minute so that the ventricles stopped pumping and the atria just fluttered. 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. 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. For in his previous births too he had incarnated as the Avatars Lord Rama and Krishna. 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." "Rama, Swami (1925-1996) Karen and George say their friends told them that the woman had been pressured to have sex with Swami Rama even after their marriage, which the guru had arranged. He was just 50 years old. 12 Apr. Rama is also known as Ram, Raman, Ramar, [] and Ramachandra ( / rmtndr /; [22] IAST: Rmacandra, Sanskrit: ). ." Branch centers have also been established throughout the United States. 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. The Hindus draw out the liquid and call it jal. 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. With sincere effort, proper preparation, and guidance, one who is not a yogi can also attain enlightenment before dropping the body. 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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 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. Here is her report. From an early age he was raised in the Himalayas by his master Bengali Baba and, under the guidance of his master, traveled from temple to temple and studied with a variety of Himalayan . she wondered. We all wondered if we would ever see him again. 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.". The Institute also offers a dizzying array of education programs, including a diploma program for hatha yoga teachers. . No, he says: "Even if it happened, what's the big deal? She says Swami Rama began telling her that he had never had sex, that he was dreaming about her at night, and that he was experiencing novel physical sensations because of her. [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. But Trescelli says she had to discourage her. He studied with many adepts, and then traveled to Tibet to study with his grandmaster. His father died in 1843, and his elder brother Ramkumar became head of the family. The yogi suddenly went into deep meditation. His body was buried in Krishna Balaram Mandir in Vrindavan. 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.". 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. One evening in early June, Carolyn remembers, Swami Rama's housekeeper phoned the women's dorm and asked her to bring the manuscript she was preparing over to Swami Rama's new cabin. Brian didn't believe his teacher, and he spoke with several other Institute administrators and board members about Rose's claim of abuse. [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. 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. But after two unsatisfying years, she left college and returned to the Chicago area. We examined his pulse, heartbeat, and breath, but there was no sign of life. Arya, however, says that much of Darling's information is inaccurate. Moreover, his disciple and successor Narendranath Datta (died 1902) became the world-traveling Swami Vivekananda and helped establish the Ramakrishna Order, whose teachings, texts, and rituals identified Ramakrishna as a new avatar (incarnation) of God. Researchers pored over his medical records and letters to figure out what he was sick with, according to the Royal Society of London. Ex-members say he has counseled patients in the Combined Therapy Program, although he lost is license to practice psychology in Minnesota in 1979. Swami Rama (Svm Rma; 1925 13 November 1996) was an Indian yoga guru. The mother of a famous psychiatrist, Dr. Whitacre, had practised meditation for many years. . Born into a poor Brahman (the highest-ranking social class) family, Ramakrishna had little formal schooling. "Believing such stories means disbelieving in myself. Carolyn says she is at a loss to discern any positive reason behind Swami Rama's behavior toward her. To the last day of his life he was doing the rounds of his hospital. The mantra serves as a guide through this period of transition. "Unpurified ego is an evil which obstructs one's own progress. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. "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. He must see something special in me.'" No one can expand his consciousness if he remains egotistical. Swami died on 14 November 1977 at the age of 81, in Vrindavan, India. Two other women left the Institute shortly afterwards. The Institute's "scientific" approach to yoga has made it a success, attracting long-term spiritual disciples as well as large numbers of people who merely want a boost for their psychological or physical well being. The Meditation Center became affiliated with the Himalayan Institute, and eventually Pandit Arya achieved his dream of having his own ashram in India, when Swami Rama made him president of his Rishikesh ashram. But something, which is truth, cannot be falsified by having one hundred witnesses. In my interviews with current and former members of the Institute, I heard an almost unvarying litany of beliefs about Swami Rama's abilities. Rose, they explain, was not a disciple of Swami Rama, but had been invited by family members in the Institute's administration to come to Honesdale for medical treatment. Swami Rama has a reputation among his followers as an incredible psychologist who uses his insights to help others. At the same time as he dismissed her, Swami Rama also gave her a Sanskrit name. Cite this article Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography. In daily lectures by the Institute's teachers and in conversation with Swami Rama's disciples, she frequently heard that Swami Rama had a "greater purpose that we couldn't understand," and that he was "beyond morality and judgment. 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. This is not the case with a spiritual person who has remembered the mantra faithfully. Carolyn has received no reply from the Institute. Several months later, the two couples met up again. 2023 . Its mission, according to the Articles of Incorporation, was "to make known to the members and people in general the real, synthetic, and harmonious view of world religions and philosophy in terms of modern scientific achievements and undertake researches for all around ethical, social, economical, and spiritual development of humanity to attain world peace, international integration, understanding, and spiritual awakening of the human race." At a young age, Swami Rama is supposed to have been appointed Shankaracharya of Karvirpitham, an exalted spiritual post. The couple had been meditating together for several years. 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. [2] [3] During his American tours Swami Rama Tirtha spoke frequently on the concept of 'practical Vedanta' [4] and education of Indian youth. 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. Before he reached the state of deep meditation, there were violent jerks in his body. Then, after a few weeks I saw him in Delhi. ", Pandit Arya is not so reluctant as Dr. Ballentine to articulate is how one can recognize a worthy guru. His disciples generally agree that the only reason his soul still inhabits a physical body is because he wants to help others achieve liberation from maya, the realm of illusion. From 1949 to 1952 he held the prestige and dignity of [7], In another experiment at the Menninger Foundation, he voluntarily stopped his heart from pumping blood for 17 seconds. 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. Shortly after Marston filed her suit in 1978, Nuernberger moved to Honesdale, where he is currently a member of the Institute's teaching staff. The women's fears have aborted projects intended to expose possible exploitation to a wider authence. 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." . When the manipulation started to involve her meditation and spiritual practices, she says, she decided to confide in one man who had been at the Institute for a long time and who was planning to leave. Living with the Himalayan Masters: Spiritual Experiences of Swami Rama. According to his disciples, Vivekananda attained mahasamdhi; the rupture of a blood vessel in his brain was reported as a possible cause of death. That all religions could be seen as different paths to the same divine source or, even better, that this divine source revealed itself in traditional Hindu categories was welcome and truly liberating news for many Hindus. Marston's lawsuit, he says, was an act of revenge. Six months before her death, she decided to live in a room by herself remembering the Lords name and meditating. Minneapolis was the site of another Institute-related scandal in 1981. The ant came back to life and started crawling. [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=1147688250, This page was last edited on 1 April 2023, at 15:01. He must also vow that he will not harm any living being. [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. In addition to the MLA, Chicago, and APA styles, your school, university, publication, or institution may have its own requirements for citations. 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. He laughed, Megan says, and told her that the women didn't know what they were weeding. The movement is considered one of the revitalisation movements of India. For a time, she says, she considered getting a pistol to carry to work. He had also commanded me to move my family from the USA to India and locate myself in his Ashram in Rishikesh. [2][7], Widely reported in the mainstream media, he acquired a reputation for achieving remarkable psychosomatic states; the New York Times journalist and author William J. When they have contacted their friends and former colleagues at the Institute, they have been discounted as liars or labeled "emotionally disturbed." In an early co-authored book, Yoga and Psychotherapy (1976), he presented Hatha Yoga with reference to western psychology. Carolyn and others say Megan caused a scandal in the Honesdale ashram by breaking the silence surrounding Swami Rama's sexual behavior. I mean, he's giving you the teachings and you're going to use the teachings to evaluate him? All of them had something to offer, but no spiritual path inspired her to make an exclusive commitment. It is sad to lose what we care about in life. Terry, who is now a practicing psychotherapist, says she believes Swami Rama's behavior is compulsive-he can't help it." [7], Swami Rama has been accused and convicted of sexual abuse. He would take her to the Orient-Japan and India. In response to this, the sadhu just flashed a mysterious smile the reason behind it, which Lord Rama immediately grasped. Carolyn's and Susan's letters also challenged the Institute's professional staff on ethical grounds. 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. Megan went through a brief but painful and confusing time during which she doubted her own feelings and perceptions. Turning East in the Twin Cities: Converts and Movements in the 1970s. Megan* started the Institute's graduate program in Eastern Studies in the fall of 1982. She became paralyzed by her fear of angering him. Hadn't he taken vows of celibacy? Similarly, gurus in the Buddhist and Hindu traditions are supposed to be examples of self-mastery and right living. What Ballentine does not mention is that a second jury judged Nuernberger guilty of unprofessional conduct in his treatment of Nancy E. Williams, another former client, on February 17, 1981. [7][8] He was seen to be able to produce different brain waves at will. 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. Mr. Mitchell found background "whispers" with statements such as: " the poison is going down," " push real hard it is going down him," " poisoning for a long time," " he's gonna die," " yes, a heart attack time," " the poison is in you Srila Prabhupada," followed by, " he's going under," and so on and so forth. [7] He then produced the longer theta waves of dreaming sleep, and finally the slow delta waves of deep sleep, staying aware throughout and able to describe accurately what had happened in the laboratory although he had been lying in the laboratory "snoring". Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps, Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. To the ordinary mind this seems like a fantasy. Under New York State law, according to Trescelli, a woman who does not get a medical exam or report the incident to police within a limited period of time has little chance of obtaining a conviction. 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. The capacity to leave the body consciously at the time of death is not restricted only to accomplished yogis. '"My dear,"' she says her counselor told her, "You sound just like a sexually abused child, a little girl whose Daddy told you never to tell anyone.". 2019Encyclopedia.com | All rights reserved. [R 4], Swami Rama's abilities in yoga nidra, a guided meditation whose name means "yogic sleep",[6] were measured experimentally at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kansas in 1971. Retrieved April 12, 2023 from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/rama-swami-1925-1996. He replied in disgust: Much earlier, I tried to organize a yajna (fire offerings ceremony) with mrityunjaya mantra for his health. Two women wrote statements, which said they had discovered that Swami Rama was attempting to "seduce" both of them contemporaneously. //]]>. He was Kala deva himself disguised in a sadhu's form. 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. Born: February 18, 1833 So far 2 volumes of memoirs by different disciples have been published by Swami Rama Centre at the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust in Dehradun. As the scientific interest in yoga declined through the 1980s, Swami Rama lead the Himalayan Institute until his death in 1996. When the mantra is remembered consciously, it automatically is stored in the unconscious mind. We kept it under observation for three days. And she was afraid to leave in her old car because a freezing rainstorm had covered all the roads with ice. Ramakrishna died around 9-9.30pm on the night of August 15, 1886. Ravana summons his chariot and vows that at the end . 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. Since our interview, Dr. Ballentine has been sent at least two letters by women who say they were sexually abused by Swami Rama: one from Carolyn and one from Susan. 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. 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. That one gesture unleashed a storm of long-suppressed emotions. Dr. Ballentine sent copies of his letter to the same Institute members who had received Hughes's letter. [9] The result was a sharp increase of interest in his teachings. My father certainly had sex, and that's why I was born, so will I lose faith in my father? Two years ago. According to Karen and George, no legal action resulted. His response: "Listen, there are certain things which are based on witnesses - those are facts. When another married couple who were their friends and fellow students left the ashram suddenly, Karen wrote to them asking why. His early American followers had been spiritual seekers of the counterculture who found their guru at his ashram on the banks of the sacred Ganges in Rishikesh, India. Alternate titles: Gadadhar Chatterji, Gadadhar Chattopadhyaya. In private sessions, ex-disciples say, Swami Rama has arranged marriages and instructed disciples to break off relationships. Lord Rama enquired the Sadhu about the purpose of his visit. He cannot disbelieve his guru. The Institute used to offer an accredited masters program in Eastern Studies and Comparative Psychology through an affiliation with the University of Scranton. Within the Cite this article tool, pick a style to see how all available information looks when formatted according to that style. Now Megan says that in a different atmosphere, she would have immethately recognized Swami Rama's behavior as sexual harassment or "sadistic manipulation." What a foolish woman! There is a family of doctors there whose mother was a great devotee of the Lord. As an enlightened being, he is thought to be beyond the judgment of ordinary mortals, their laws and morality. Atin Ghosh with the monks in belur on Saturday, Copyright 2023 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. ", Shortly after Pandit Rajmani introduced her to Swami Rama, Megan says, the guru called her into his private quarters and told her that they'd been together in a past life, that he'd waited to meet her again in this lifetime, and that now they were reunited. The BB viewers got a major shock after the former contestant died. A short time later, Swami Rama let her go as his secretary-because, she says he told her, she didn't really want the job. Kamapukur, India Honesdale, Pa.: Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy, 1978. The Greens' experiments caused a furor in the scientific community because they gave powerful support to autogenic biofeedback research, which 10 years earlier had begun demonstrating that body functions which had formerly been considered involuntary could be controlled. During a series of biofeedback experiments in 1970 and 1971, Drs. Box 400, Honesdale, PA 18431: (717) 253-5551. Swami Rama made Carolyn his appointments secretary in August also. He was asked why he is not healing himself. As the disease advanced the great Yogi instead of curing himself through his yogic powers, gave up his body in Samadhi. 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. After her death, the walls of that room in which she lived vibrated with the sound of her mantra. The headquarters of the mission is in Belur Math, a monastery near Kolkata. But for a man of Pandit Arya's background and beliefs, the relationship with one's guru is more momentous than any merely temporal bond. At bottom, however, she believed her feelings didn't matter. Died: August 16, 1886 Two months after Swami Rama left for India, Carolyn went to Chicago to visit her family for Christmas. 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