Who is Swami Rama?

Though there have been many helpers along the way, the teacher who showed up for me was Swami Rama. While Swami Rama founded many worldly organizations, his greatest gift to humanity was in his bringing the depths of the wisdom of the ancient sages to the modern seeker in highly accessible ways.

Is there a booklet on the teachings of Swami Rama?

BOOKLET SUMMARIZING TEACHINGS: There is a downloadable PDF file , which is a 39-page booklet on teachings of Swami Rama . It was created by Swami Jnaneshvara in 1997 after having led six one-month residential training programs at Swami Rama’s Ashram in Rishikesh, India, at the instruction of Swami Rama.

What is the wave of beauty according to Swami Rama?

SWAMI RAMA VIDEOS ONLINE: Four lectures (41 videos) are online by Swami Rama on Saundaryalahari, the Wave of Beauty, which is a prominent text of Sri Vidya Tantra. The wave of creativity, love and bliss of Shakti is one and the same with Shiva.

Is Swami Rama performing external rituals?

However, during the years since Swami Rama left the body institutions or groups founded by or related to Swami Rama have increasingly started performing external rituals under the guidance of Hindu pandits, priests. DEITIES: In our tradition deities are seen as symbols, not as real beings to be worshipped.

Swami Rama ( Svāmī Rāma; 1925 – 13 November 1996) was an Indian yoga guru. Swami Rama was born Brij Kiśore Dhasmana or Brij Kiśore Kumar, to a northern Indian Brahmin family in a small village called Toli in the Garhwal Himalayas.

What is Swami Rama’s book about?

Swami Rama authored dozens of books, published in India and America, which generally describe the path he took to become a yogi. He discusses the philosophy, practice and benefits of such practices as yoga and meditation.

Where is Swami Rama’s Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and philosophy?

Swami Rama also founded in America a Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy. Its original American location was Glenview, Illinois. This Himalayan Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy is now headquartered in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. It has branches in the United States, Europe, and India.

How did Swami Rama use biofeedback?

During a series of biofeedback experiments in 1970 and 1971, Drs. Elmer and Alyce Green observed that Swami Rama could produce different brain waves at will, including theta and delta (sleep) waves, while remaining aware of his environment. He voluntarily stopped his heart from pumping blood for 17 seconds.