Articles by Swami Rama 
With My Heart on My Palms and Tears in My Eyes
8 February, 2025 @ 8:35 pm
In India Hindus, Christians, Muslims, Sikhs, Parsis, and Sufis have lived harmoniously for many centuries. India is a melting pot. Whoever visits India gets into this pot. This has been the history of Indian civilization. In the subcontinent of India people were peaceful, but the aliens who ruled India created hatred among the various religious groups because of their policy of divide and rule.
Guru is a Stream and a Channel of Knowledge
8 February, 2025 @ 8:34 pm
The word guru is so misused that I feel hurt sometimes. It is such a noble word, such a wonderful word. After your mother has given birth to you, and your parents have raised you, then the role of the guru begins, and he helps you fulfill the purpose of your life.
Learning to Give
8 February, 2025 @ 8:33 pm
Nearly all children are quite selfish by nature. They do not want to give anything to others. I was trained to reverse this tendency. In the mountains I used to take only one meal a day. I would have one chapati, some vegetables, and a glass of milk.
Learning to Use the Mantra
3 February, 2025 @ 3:43 pm
Once a student has received a mantra, he or she should seek to practice that mantra for some time, bringing it to increasingly subtle and fine levels of experience.
Meditation
10 December, 2024 @ 12:29 am
Meditation is a process of purifying the mind and making it one-pointed, inward, and tranquil. Through the method of meditation, the mind will help you to fathom the deeper levels of your being and lead you to the highest state of realization.
Guru
6 November, 2024 @ 3:34 pm
The word guru is a compound of two words, gu and ru. Gu means darkness and ru means light. That which dispels the darkness of ignorance is called guru. The energy and action of removing darkness are guru. Guru is not a person, it is a force driven by grace.
Universal Brotherhood
11 August, 2024 @ 3:21 pm
The human race is suffering from its ego-born narrow-mindedness. Discrimination exists, based on religion, color, and nationality. In the same locality, people are being discriminated against just because they are European or Asian, black or white, Hindu or Moslem. As long as these man-made divisions exist in our society, there is no hope for peace or happiness. We must understand that we are born as humans and all other identifications are superimposed on us later.
Fearlessness
20 April, 2024 @ 12:40 pm
Fears, if not examined, will develop strong roots, though they are often rootless. Fear invites danger.
If You Want to Live Positively and Joyfully
15 March, 2024 @ 3:56 pm
If you want to live positively and joyfully, learn to give the fruits of your actions to others, and determine that you will not allow yourself to be bothered by anything in the exterior world. If you do not learn to give, then you are being selfish and negative. A negative person is selfish; a positive person is generous.
Breath Control
19 February, 2024 @ 10:00 am
Although the stresses in our environment cannot be controlled, our reaction to them can be. Breath can be used as a very powerful tool in the regulation of both the mind and body, and thus also in the reduction of stress.