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Swami Ramdas and Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: On Being in Tune with the Divine

Swami Ramdas and Brihadaranyaka Upanishad: On Being in Tune with the Divine
 
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Photo: Swami Ramdas in Bhajan Hall
  

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'Real independence is spiritual. Mankind today is in the clutches of false aims and aspirations and holds that material advancement, achieved by any means, can lead to happiness and human welfare. There can be no end of troubles for man so long as he clings to such mistaken ideas and fails to attune his life to the life Divine. Selfishness and greed must be rooted out and the heart purged of base ambitions for material wealth, power and fame at the expense of others. Till then there can be no peace and happiness for man. We shall be celebrating our triumphs the wrong way if we fail to search our hearts on such occasions for the purpose of self-purification and do not remind ourselves of life’s supreme goal, which is the realization of Self or God. We should embrace the ideal of universality and cease to think in terms of separation or isolation of individuals, communities, castes, creeds and nations. We should stop exploiting our fellow-beings in any manner and learn to live in tune with the Divine.'
(Swami Ramdas)

  

Lead me from the unreal to the Real!
Lead me from darkness to Light!
Lead me from death to Immortality!

(Brihadaranyaka Upanishad)
  

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Recommended Reading:
'The Essential Swami Ramdas'
By Swami Ramdas (Author), Rebecca Manring (Foreword)
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Description:
In simple and eloquent language, Ramdas writes directly and from the heart and his message of certain deliverance through the unswerving remembrance of God is meant for all serious seekers of all religions.
Sri Swami "Papa" Ramdas was born Vittal Rao in the Kerala State of India in 1884. As a young man, he was employed as a spinning master in a cotton mill, married in 1908. During his life before renunciation, brief periods of employment were followed by longer periods of unemployment and idleness, affecting both his financial condition and domestic life. For relief from his outer circumstances, he began to chant "Ram," a name of God, which brought him great mental peace and joy. Soon after, his father gave him a holy mantra, and from that point on, his progress and detachment from the material world was quick. He left his worldly life and began a pilgrimage, taking on the name Ramdas and living on the road in faith. He never accepted money and no matter how badly he was treated, he responded only with love. As a result, many were transformed by their encounters with him. In 1922 he encountered the sage, Ramana Maharshi, and received his grace. In 1931, after years of living on the road in faith, his devotees established Anandashram for him in Kanhangad, Kerala, where he lived with Mother Krishnabai, who also attained the universal vision of God. They worked to improve the living conditions of the local people, founding a school for the children, establishing a free medical clinic, and setting up a cooperative for weavers. Together, they did extensive tours in India, and a world tour in 1954-55, with the purpose of sharing a message of Universal Love and Service, Sri Swami Ramdas died in 1963.
  
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