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Date Posted: 15:12:31 03/20/05 Sun
Author: H - 21 Feb 2005
Subject: Re: Ramdas stages
In reply to: anon - 21 Feb 2005 's message, "Re: Ramdas stages" on 15:11:16 03/20/05 Sun

No, but they are somehow related. The saint on the website was Samarth or Samartha Ramdas, a famous yogi of the 17th century. He was both a great jnani and bhakta, spiritus rector of Hindu resurgence in Maharashthra, and wrote the book Dasbodh. It can be ordered from the website.

Incidentally as a child Swami Ramdas (Vittal Rao; 1884-1963) impersonated him in a stage play. Actually the modern Ramdas was not a real Swami; he simply called himself 'Ramdas' (= servant of Ram) and donned the ochre cloth for several years wandering all over India. Later he wore white clothes but kept the name.

There are two more persons going by the same name: Guru Ramdas, one of the ten Sikh Gurus. And Ram Dass (Richard Alpert; still alive), Hippie guru and disciple of Neem Karoli Baba.

So there are four of them. The Ramdas I am talking about is called Swami Ramdas of Kanhangad.

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