Swami Ramdas, known as Vittal Rao in his pre-Sannyas days, was leading an ordinary householder’s life till God's grace descended on him in or about the year 1920. Then he was made to think deeply on the futility of worldly pursuits and the absolute necessity of pursuing the divine path for realising his identity with the Supreme Being, as a result of which alone he can get 'Peace-eternal.'
A graphic autographical account of Swami Ramdas's unique experiences during the first year of his itinerant life all over India as a God-intoxicated Sadhu, culminating in his spiritual enlightenment.After receiving the initiation of Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram from his father, Swami Ramdas, then known as Vittal Rao, renounced the worldly life in 1922 and wandered as a mendicant sadhu all over India and the Himalayas, in various states of God-intoxication, with Ramnam ever on his tongue, and...
The talks of Swami Ramdas in Anandashram during the last years before his Mahasamadhi in 1963, recorded by Swami Krishnananda Das. About the Author: Swami Ramdas, often called Papa Ramdas or simply Papa, was born Vittal Rao in 1884 in Hosdrug, Kerala, Southern India.Having been inspired by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda, Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Ram Tirtha, and then initiated in the Ram Mantra (Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram) by his father, the life of 37 year-old Vittal Rao was...
Inspired poems revealing Swami Ramdas’ direct experiences of his Beloved Ram in His personal and impersonal aspects, as the immanent and transcendent Reality.About the Author: Swami Ramdas, often called Papa Ramdas or simply Papa, was born Vittal Rao in 1884 in Hosdrug, Kerala, Southern India.Having been inspired by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda, Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Ram Tirtha, and then initiated in the Ram Mantra (Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram) by his father, the life of 37...
A compilation of significant utterances of Swami Ramdas culled from his letters to the devotees all over India and abroadAbout the Author: Swami Ramdas, often called Papa Ramdas or simply Papa, was born Vittal Rao in 1884 in Hosdrug, Kerala, Southern India.Having been inspired by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda, Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Ram Tirtha, and then initiated in the Ram Mantra (Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram) by his father, the life of 37 year-old Vittal Rao was undergoing a great...