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Swami
(Papa) Ramdas
(1884-1963, India)
Biography Excerpt:
There is perhaps no being that more
fully embodies absolute surrender than Swami Ramdas.
Born as Vittal Rao to a devout Hindu couple
in Kerala, India, he led the life of a householder until the age of thirty-six.
Having enjoyed the tribulations and suffered the trials of life in the
world, he was overcome, in 1920, with a passionate yearning to realize
his Divine nature. The attainment of everlasting peace and knowledge of
the Supreme Self was all that mattered to him.
Enlightenment Story Excerpt:
When the Guru gave Ramdas the Ram Mantra,
he told him, 'If you chant this Mantra always you will attain everlast-ing
joy.’ After receiving the Mantra Ramdas started chanting it as instructed
by the Guru. He could not do any other work thereafter. Most of his time
was spent in chanting the Mantra Then people asked him, 'Is that all the
teaching that you have received from the Guru? Did you not ask him any
other question?' Thcre was no other question to be asked until Ramdas first
put into practice what he was asked to do. The first lesson we must learn
well before we proceed to the second lesson. That lesson he was trying
to put into practice. After that he found there were no questions left
to be asked. All doubts dissolved, all questions disappeared and what the
Guru promised he got by chanting the Mantra.