Radhanath Swami Meeting With Swami Rama
It was also at this conference that Radhanath Swami first met Swami Rama, who has since become renowned as the founder of the Himalayan Institute. A towering man with a regal stride, pristine robes, and a dignified aura, he commanded awe. His eyes were deep and dark and his head was framed by silver hair brushed straight back to his shoulders. Radhanath Swami was eager to learn more about him, as He would be about many participants in the conference. In addition to asking his disciples to tell him about Swami Rama, Radhanath Swami read everything he could get his hands on about his background.
Born in 1925 in a village in the Himalayan Mountains, Swami Rama had wandered since childhood living among rishis, or holy men, in the jungles. With a booming voice, he told of how his Guru had instructed him to bring the ancient wisdom of the Himalayan sages to the west. “Try your best,” Swami Rama’s master had told him, “but whenever you feed your ego or try to do anything selfish, you will not succeed. This is my blessing to you, that whenever you want to become selfless, loving and without ego, you will find a great force behind you, and you will never fail to achieve some good.”
To exhibit the powers of yoga, Swami Rama brought several American doctors. While he entered into yogic trance, they connected his body with modern diagnostic devices. He demonstrated, among other things, that he could consciously raise the temperature of a spot on the left side of his hand 10 degrees, slow his heart rate from 74 beats per minute to 52 in just 50 seconds, produce specific brain wave patterns on demand, consciously move a physical object half way across the room, and even stop his heart altogether. Coming out of trance, Swami Rama explained, “All of the body is in the mind. Mind over matter is developed by control of consciousness. You really do not need to know many things, but you definitely need to practice what you know.” Placing his palms together he added, “I did this not to show that I am superhuman, but to demonstrate the science of yoga.” He went on to explain that although yoga had been practiced since the most ancient times, it was the greatest of all sciences. Based neither on superstition nor sectarianism, yoga could achieve what modern scientists cannot explain. “It is,” he said, “the science by which one realizes the enlightened state within.”
Radhanath Swami was sincerely impressed with Swami Rama. When Radhanath Swami appealed for his blessings, Swami Rama said in his deep voice, “The foundation of your spiritual path will be to keep the company of holy people.” He raised his open palm to Radhanath Swami. “The blessings of sages will carry you across all obstacles on the path.”
Thank You very much Radhanath Swami
Wonderful lesson…
thanks for sharing..
Nice one.
Thank you for sharing this inspiring incident from Radhanath Swami’s life.
Very inspiring meeting!
What Swami Rama foretold about Radhanath Swami Maharaj came true eventually. Radhanath Swami always maintained the association of holy men & time again was saved from great dangers due to blessings of saintly people. Many saintly personalities that Radhanath Swami came across on his spiritual journey loved & blessed him profusely since he was very sincere in his search for God.
Hare Krsna…….