Swami Ramdas

Swami Ramdas ([sʋaːmiː raːmdaːs]; Sanskrit: स्वामी

रामदास, romanized: Svāmī Rāmadāsa, born Vittal Rao (10 Swami Ramdas
April 1884 to 25 July 1963) was an Indian saint,
philosopher, philanthropist and pilgrim.

Swami Ramdas became a wandering ascetic in his late

30s and after attaining moksha while still alive established
Anandashram in Kanhangad, Kerala. He is the author of
several books, of which the spiritual autobiography In
Quest of God (1925) is his known work.

Biography
The cover of the 2018 edition of Swami
Ramdas autobiography, IN QUEST OF GOD,
Early life: 1884-1922 describing his spiritual search. This book was
Swami Ramdas was born as Vittal Rao in Hosdurg, first published in 1925.
Kerala, India on 10 April 1884[1] to Balakrishna Rao and Born 10 April 1884
Lalita Bai. Vittal was educated first at a local school in Kanhangad, Madras Presidency, British
Hosdurg and was later sent to Mangalore to study at the India (present-day Kerala, India)
Basel Evangelical Mission High School run by German
Died 25 July 1963 (aged 79)
missionaries.[2] He was a voracious reader and was
admired for his mastery of the English language; he was
also interested in drawing, sculpture and theatre. His indifference to his school curriculum, however, did not
allow him to pass high school despite attempting his exams twice.[3] After a failed attempt to run away to
Bombay to seek his fortune and a brief stint as the director of an amateur theatre society he founded in
Hosdurg (they opened with scenes from Shakespeare's King John), Vittal joined a course in drawing and
engraving at the School of Arts in Madras. Before completing the course, however, he won a scholarship to
study textile engineering at the Victoria Jubilee Institute in Bombay. This time, he completed the degree, and
found work as a spinning master in a cotton mill in Gulbarga.[4]

Vittal Rao was now expected to marry, and within a few months of his finding a job, his parents had found a
bride for him. He married Umabai (renamed 'Rukmabai' upon her marriage according to the custom of the
Saraswats) in 1908.[5] Within a couple of months of this event, however, Vittal Rao had lost his job at
Gulbarga. He began to move from one job to another all over southern India, with spells of unemployment
in between.[6] A daughter, Ramabai, was born in 1913.[7] Vittal Rao's fortunes continued to decline, and in
1917 he returned to Mangalore to join his father-in-law's business. This arrangement did not last long; in
1919, he started his own business of dyeing and printing sarees. By 1920, both his professional and personal
lives had deteriorated, and Vittal Rao became unhappy and frustrated.[8] In his desperate state, he sought
relief in the chanting of the syllable "Ram" considered sacred in India. Soon afterward, his father instructed
him to repeat the longer Ram Mantra: "Sri Ram jai Ram jai jai Ram" and assured him that the chanting of
this mantra would give him eternal happiness. Vittal Rao felt inspired to add "Om" to each repetition, and he
began to chant the mantra "Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram" all through his waking hours. He was also
influenced by the teachings of Sri Krishna, Jesus Christ, the Buddha, and Mahatma Gandhi, and turned for
spiritual guidance to The Bhagavad Gita, The New Testament, The Light of Asia (Edwin Arnold's poetic
retelling of the Buddha's life and teachings), and Gandhi's books Young India and Ethical Religion.[9]

Renunciation and the quest for God: 1922-23

Vittal Rao soon lost interest in the material world. He left home on the night of 27 December 1922 after
writing a farewell letter to his wife.[10] At Srirangam, on the banks of the river Kaveri, he adopted sanyas by
giving himself the ochre robes of a renunciate. He changed his name to 'Ramdas' and made three vows: to
dedicate his life to Sri Ram, to observe celibacy, and to live only upon food that was freely offered to him as
alms.[11] His practice was to view the world as forms of Ram – and thus to see everything that might befall
him as the will of Ram. Ramdas was known for referring to himself in the third person, which is a common
spiritual practice in Hinduism.[12]

After visiting various centres of Hindu pilgrimage in Tamil Nadu including Rameswaram, Madurai and
Chidambaram, Swami Ramdas arrived in Tiruvannamalai. Here he met and received the blessings of the
young saint known as Sri Ramana Maharshi. As a result of this encounter, he went into his first retreat,
living for 21 days in solitude in a cave in Arunachala. It was here that he had his first full experience of
Ram, or God, as a presence that permeated everything. For him, from this point, "All was Ram, nothing but
Ram."[13]

Swami Ramdas spent the following months visiting centres of pilgrimage all over India, including Puri,
Dakshineswar, Kashi, Haridwar, Rishikesh, Kedarnath, Badrinath, Mathura, and Brindavan; in all these
places he was fed, clothed and guided by strangers. After paying his respects at the Muslim shrine of Ajmer
Sharif, he moved southwards, visiting Dwaraka and Pandharpur. He then went further south to visit Sri
Siddharudha Swami at Hubli. It was here, in 1923, that his family finally tracked him down. His wife and
daughter arrived in Hubli and on Siddharudha Swami's advice, Swami Ramdas returned with Rukmabai and
his daughter to Mangalore. But instead of going home with them, he went to the nearby Kadri Hills and
started living in the Panch Pandav Cave, where he continued his spiritual practices. It was also in this cave
that he wrote his first book, In Quest of God.[14][15]

Further travels: 1923-1928

In his book In the Vision of God Swami Ramdas describes attaining the Jivanmukta state during his stay at
the Panch Pandav cave:

For two years from the time of the significant change which had come over him, Ramdas had
been prepared to enter into the depths of his being for the realization of the immutable, calm and
eternal spirit of God. Here he had to transcend name, form, thought and will--every feeling of
the heart and faculty of the mind. The world had then appeared to him as a dim shadow--a
dreamy nothing. The vision then was mainly internal. It was only for the glory of the Atman in
his purity, peace and joy as an all-pervading, immanent, static, immortal and glowing spirit.
Then a still exalted state came on; his hitherto inner vision projected outward. He would feel as
if his soul had expanded like the blossoming of a flower and, by a flash as it were, enveloped
the whole universe embracing all in a subtle halo of love and light. This experience granted him
a bliss infinitely greater than he had in the previous state. Now it was that Ramdas began to cry
 out "Ram is all, it is He as everybody and everything." With this externalized vision started
Ramdas's mission. Its fullness and magnificence was revealed to him during his stay in the
Kadri cave, and here the experience became more sustained and continuous.[16]

Swami Ramdas left the cave to start another pilgrimage. The record of his further adventures all over India,
published under the title In the Vision of God in 1935, is filled with characters, some of them occasional
fellow-travellers, and prominently a spiritually-inclined but endearingly fallible young man named Madhav
who adopted the name 'Ramcharandas' and insisted on joining Swami Ramdas in his travels. Ramcharandas
weaves in and out of the narrative of In the Vision of God until he takes leave of Swami Ramdas for the last
time in Srinagar, Kashmir.[17] During this period, Swami Ramdas visited the Vasishtashram or the Vasishta
Cave (https://www.tripadvisor.in/Attraction_Review-g580106-d4092570-Reviews-Vashishta_Gufa-Rishikes
h_Dehradun_District_Uttarakhand.html) in the Himalayas, where he had a vision of Christ.[18] He also
began displaying the siddhis, or spiritual powers, that accompany enlightenment, and attracted large crowds
wherever he went.[19]

Anandashram, Kasargod: 1928-1931

After several years of wandering, Swami Ramdas settled down on 3 June 1928 in a small Ashram in
Kasargod built for him by his devotees; it consisted of a single room and an open verandah.[20] It was here
that Krishnabai, his important disciple, met him. A young widow desperate to find a Guru who would give
her spiritual liberation, Krishnabai accepted the Ram mantra from Swami Ramdas and began her spiritual
journey under his guidance. She began calling Swami Ramdas 'Papa' when she found that Swami Ramdas's
daughter addressed him this way; later on, Swami Ramdas became 'Papa' to most of his devotees.[21]

By the time a year had passed, Mother Krishnaba as she would be later known, had left her two children and
had become a permanent resident of the Ashram in order to complete her spiritual training. The presence of
an attractive young woman in the Ashram of a renunciate subjected both Swami Ramdas and Mother
Krishnabai to considerable public criticism; the Ashram also lost its initial popularity. Later, Mother
Krishnabai would recall this period with wry humour: "When the ashram was started at Kasaragod, people
were pouring in everyday, group after group for Bhajans and talks. They were spending hours together with
Papa. But when I came to Papa, those people who were so much devoted to him, gradually stayed away and
in a short time there used to be none there except Papa, myself and some crows."[22]

Krishnabai, however, persevered, and achieved the state of nirvikalpa samadhi that takes the practitioner
beyond all mental concepts and images.[23] Shortly afterwards, strangers entered the ashram at night and
attempted to assault her. Though she was not harmed, Swami Ramdas decided to abandon the Ashram that
night.[24][25]

Anandashram, Kanhangad: 1931-1963

Go to Anandashram main article

A new ashram, also called 'Anandashram,' was established in Kanhangad by Swami Ramdas's devotees on
15 May 1931. This would be Swami Ramdas's main abode for the rest of his life. The Ashram continues its
work of helping local people and spreading Swami Ramdas's message of universal love and service.[26]
Around 1950, another ashram named 'Ramdas Ashram' was founded in Swami Ramdas's honour by
Gunvantrai T. Kamdar in Bhavnagar, Gujarat. Until he stopped travelling due to poor health, Swami Ramdas
spent a couple of months here every year; during the rest of the year, this Ashram hosted other famous
saints.[27]

In 1954, Swami Ramdas went on a world tour, visiting Europe, the United States, and East and South-East
Asia. His book World Is God (1955) offers an account of this trip.[28][29] World Is God forms the third and
last instalment of Swami Ramdas's autobiography, the other two being In Quest of God (1925) and In the
Vision of God (1935).

In World Is God, Swami Ramdas gives a description of his state at the time:

Ramdas’ life has no future, as it has transcended time and space. It has nothing new to achieve
or attain. It is one with Cosmic Reality. Birth and death have nothing to do with it. Eternal
stillness and eternal movement are its centre and circumference—the centre fixed in eternity and
circumference encompassing infinity; boundless existence reduced to a point and a point
expanded beyond all conceivable limitations. … Thus Ramdas’ life is resounding with the music
of Eternity. Its sweet strain is never-ending. It is a divine symphony of sublime serenity,
calmness and peace that is ineffable, harmonised with spontaneous activity embodying the spirit
of Universal Love and Service. Waves and waves of Bliss rise from it to dance on the bosom of
Satchidanand and lose themselves within itself. Its creation is destruction, its beginning its own
end. A resonant Silence! That is Ramdas![30]

Swami Ramdas died on 25 July 1963.[31] A shrine, or samadhi mandir, was constructed at his cremation site
within Anandashram.

Swami Ramdas' known disciples include Mataji Krishnabai, Swami Satchidananda, Swami Muktananda,
and Yogi Ramsuratkumar.[32] He also influenced many other spiritual seekers including the musician and
writer Dilip Kumar Roy,[33] the American mystic Mildred Hamilton,[34] Maurice Frydman aka Swami
Bharatananda,[35] and Swami Chidananda Saraswati of the Divine Life Society.[36]

Philosophy

On Religion
Swami Ramdas did not discriminate between religions. He writes: "Ramdas does not belong to any
particular creed. He believes that all creeds, faiths and religions are different paths which converge to the
same goal. The sight of a Muhammadan reminds him of Muhammad; of a Christian, Jesus Christ; of a
Hindu, Rama, Krishna or Shiva; and of a Buddhist, Buddha; of a Parsee, Zoroaster. All the great teachers of
the world are from one God--the first eternal cause of all existence. Whether it be in the Gita or the Bible or
the Koran or the Zend Avesta, we find the same note ringing, viz., self-surrender is the supreme way to
liberation or salvation."[37]

On "Sri Ram"
When asked if the 'Sri Ram' that he referred to was different from Sri Ram, the son of Dasaratha and the
Avatar described in the Ramayana, Swami Ramdas replied: "Ramdas will answer you in Kabir’s words. He
was also put the same question. He said, ‘My Ram is the great Truth, Impersonal, dwelling in the hearts of
all beings and creatures in the universe. My Ram is the all-pervading, immanent and all-transcendent
Reality. My Ram has assumed the forms of all beings and things and my Ram is Dasaratha’s son also. My
Ram is the all-inclusive and all-transcendent Supreme Godhead.’”[38]

On Ashrams and Institutions

Swami Ramdas believed that all spiritual norms and institutions were useful only up to a point. He stated:
“When the false conventions and ostentatious observations are broken through, the soul is liberated. For
realizing the Truth no external paraphernalia is necessary. No garb, no sign, no cult and no creed can help
you. The day will come when you have to leave all these behind, and go to meet the Eternal in the perfect
nakedness of your Spirit, shedding all make-believe forms, customs and traditions. Simplicity, spontaneity
and humility become the guiding principles of your life. You move freely with all. You love all alike. You
break the boundaries set by the calculating human mind. You soar like a free bird in the infinite expanse of
the spiritual firmament. You look upon all beings and creatures as the embodiment of the one divine all-
pervading Spirit. Temples, Ashrams, mosques, churches, synagogues, Viharas, etc., cannot imprison your
soul. You find your soul’s delight and joy in all places—in the best as well as the worst.”[39]

Bibliography
A selected list of books authored by Swami Ramdas:

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 God Experience (2 Volumes, 1975)

Quotations

People do not know what the Name of God can do. Those who repeat it constantly alone know its
power. It can purify our mind completely... The Name can take us to the summit of spiritual
experience.

— Swami Ramdas[40]

Place yourself as an instrument in the hands of God who does his own work in his own way.

— Swami Ramdas[41]

Just as a flower gives out its fragrance to whomsoever approaches or uses it, so love from within
us radiates towards everybody and manifests as spontaneous service.

— Swami Ramdas[42]

See also
Nama sankeerthanam
Rama
Anandashram
Ramana Maharshi
Aurobindo
Bhagawan Nityananda
Neem Karoli Baba
Anandamayi Ma
Haidakhan Babaji
Jiddu Krishnamurti
Nisargadatta Maharaj

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Video and Audio Clips (https://sites.google.com/view/swami-ramdas/videos-and-audio-clips)
Footage of Swami Ramdas and Mother Krishnabai from Arnaud Desjardins' documentary
Ashrams (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aegTdlj3qWM)
Account of Swami Ramdas's Meeting with Sri Anandamayi Ma (https://www.anandamayi.org/s
wami-ramdas-2/)
Swami Chidandanda Saraswati's autobiography containing a description of his relationship
with Swami Ramdas (https://www.sivanandaonline.org//?cmd=displaysection&section_id=134
5/)

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