Who is Swami Ramas successor?
Without getting into the details, which would sound like lots of political gossip, there are two men who have most visibly claimed to be “the” successor of Swami Rama. There are others as well, but these two are most visible. Many people have been swayed into believing one or the other. Although Swami Rama named no single successor, he did leave many of us with the specific assignment to carry on the teachings, including me (no, I am not one who claims to be sole successor). When Swami Rama left the body, I was living in, and was physically present in his Rishikesh, India ashram. The ashram is near the Himalayan Institute Hospital, where Swamiji was residing (in his apartment there) when he left the body. About two or three days after he left, one representative of one of these men was sent to me to say something like, “Now there will be politics, and you must decide whose side you will be on.” I responded that I would not take sides with one against the other. In the battle between th
