“Selfless service is such an exact prayer that nobody can deny.”
Swami Rama’s first and last project:
Dr. Swami Rama, after demonstrating his scientific experiments in USA, set up his first teaching center at Glenview, Illinois 50 years back. This seed flowered into his full fledged Institute @ the Pocono mountains in Pennsylvania. His most popular book “Living with Himalayan Masters’ provided him the much needed funds to establish a premier medical city @ the foothills of Himalayas.
His last project, the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust’s Rural Development Institute (RDI) celebrates its 35th Founder’s Day this month. The commitment to serve the mountain regions continues in the works started by Sri Swami Rama. A trained homeopath, Swami Rama emphasized health and wellbeing as a way to accomplishing the purpose of life. He trained us to serve the vulnerable populations while working with our own vulnerabilities.
His was a global mission – to serve the unserved worldwide. While that vision remains, our feet are firmly planted on the soil where this Institute – the Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust, acts as the epicenter of his works. Right now, here, is being celebrated the festival of Ganesha – the destroyer of obstacles. Sharing what the Founder said in this regard:
“𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴; 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘜𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘰𝘳.
𝘎𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺.
𝘎𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘰, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱 𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘩, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭, 𝘎𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘴, 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘺𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧.”
𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘩𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘥 𝘎𝘪𝘵𝘢 𝘣𝘺
𝘚𝘸𝘢𝘮𝘪 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘢
At the work front, RDI continues to serve in all its domain areas – health, water, education, skills and livelihoods – with the motto of Love Serve Remember.
This being the birth centenary year of Swami Rama, we brought out a diary with photographs and quotes of various facets of Swami Rama. Secondly a self-awareness journal with his quotes (108 pages) along with a logo depicting 100 years. These were widely disseminated within India and outside. Workshops on the teachings were conducted for those from rural areas (including women, youth and the elderly).
