Swami Rama was
born in northern India, raised by his spiritual master and trained
in the tradition of the cave monasteries of the Himalayas. He taught
the Upanishads and Buddhist scriptures in his youth and also studied
Tibetan mysticism. In 1949 he held the prestigious position of
Shankaracharya of Karvirpitham which he renounced in 1952 to return
to the Himalayas to intensify his meditative practices. He later
studied western psychology and philosophy in universities in Europe
and England. In the late 60s he came to the United States to
participate in studies being conducted by the Menninger Institute on
the voluntary control of involuntary states. There he demonstrated,
under strict laboratory conditions, voluntary control of the
autonomic functioning of his body and revolutionized scientists’
understanding of the body-mind relationship. Swami Rama founded the
Himalayan International Institute of Yoga Science and Philosophy,
the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust and Medical College in India,
and many centers throughout the world. During his life he created a
bridge between the ancient teachings of the East and modern science
and played a major role in bringing the teachings of yoga to the
attention of the western medical community. He was a scientist,
philosopher, humanitarian, mystic poet, author of numerous books and
an expert in homeopathy and Ayurvedic medicine. Most importantly,
Swami Rama was a fully enlightened master and the representative of
an ancient lineage of yogis who confer in their high initiations
direct experience into the mysteries of consciousness: they are the
founders and custodians of the science of meditation. Swami Rama
left his body in November 1996.
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