Sri Swami Satchidananda and Ram Dass (1976)

[@Mmmmkaaay]

" If you think that you're enlightened, try spending a week with your family." -Ram Dass

[@cro-emils783]

I love that quote, so true. ❤

[@jacobcaldwell9312]

Haha I lived with a swami for sometime.. I thought myself a saint the likes of shri ramakrishna.. then before going to India I came home to say goodbye to my family.. turns out I was still just a child, running away from myself..

[@dasunra1640]

@@jacobcaldwell9312 did that happen because when you went home you realized that you been so busy being a yogi you thought you were a yogi ?

[@adhisanjaya235]

Because if there is still attachment, (multiple) want, missunderstanding, misscommunication, then anger then stress goes on 😂🤣 then loose peace and happyness which you think "you already secure it" 😂😂

[@twilit]

too real 😂

[@jonschmitt232]

Satchidananda patted me on the head back in 86 or so when I was 9 years old. I felt some good energy I think.

[@kumar646]

@Jon Schmitt he definitely transferred an impression of energy in you..keep well bro from Mauritius.

[@callum7081]

That will stay with you forever. Hawkins talks about the energy transfer of a true guru.

[@kmillard81]

Have you been to Yogaville

[@jonschmitt232]

Yes. My mom used to be a regular there. I remember I enjoyed the vibes and the views.

[@hamig306]

scientifically speaking its impossible not to feel good energy when someone gently pats you on the head

[@nadiazayman779]

Bill Boggs is a wonderful interviewer here. His genuine curiosity and desire to understand Ram Dass shine through.

[@fourtwentythree]

He looks like buddy from taxi 🚖 😅

[@kamilarojek4073]

I love Ram Dass so much, the way he easily explains complicated topics.... It breaks my heart, that he is gone, but I know what he would say "Don't be silly, where would I go?" (One of his quotes about someone else). Love love, Namaste.

[@SatchidanandaAshramYogaville]

Yes, for those who are listening, that wisdom still speaks. 🕉

[@fourtwentythree]

He’s never gone he would even tell you that 😅 where could he go 🤷‍♂️

[@fourtwentythree]

Ramana maharshi 🙏

[@angeloiodice9304]

Ram Dass must have loved hanging out with Swami Satchidananda. Ram Dass loved his own guru, Neem Keroli Baba so dearly and unconditionally, until his guru left in 1973. Swami Satchidananda’s guru, Swami Sivananda, and Neem Keroli Baba were contemporaries, living close by. Swami Sivananda used to love to gather all the saints, sages, mystics, gurus together in his ashram, and discuss and eat fruits. Although Neem Keroli Baba was quite a rascal, and Swami Sivananda came from practicing being a doctor, they all recognized the underlying unity. The area of northern India, the foothills of the Himalayas is the home of so many great sadhus, saints and sages.

[@moodle6955]

I often wonder what Ram Dass would say about the world in 2022. He left his body in 2019 just before the whole world spiralled. Whenever I feel unsettled I listen to Ram Dass. 🙏😊

[@SatchidanandaAshramYogaville]

We can only wonder. But his fundamental teachings are timeless so perhaps he would tell us to "be here now" instead of being so wrapped up in the false identifactions of our age (politics, race, religion, etc). Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Om Shanti

[@BcBuddhi]

It’s all grist for the mill

[@AnahataYogaCentre]

He would say its all gravy and laugh his laugh. RD always brings me home. Ram Ram Ram.

[@ayushsunilshukla]

Every new ram dass video brings so much joy to my heart. Jai gurudev.

[@alkaagga1]

So true 💕

[@littlestarseed4832]

On Gaia.tv they have a ram dass mini series short segments of 5 or 6 minutes. Absolutely amazing

[@Stranglerxx77]

Hare Krishna yes we are all one

[@kundaflow]

Totally 💛💛💛💛

[@carolyncalderon260]

OMG He is so beautiful...he radiates cosmic energy

[@ryanlove8242]

We are all just god in drag. That's my favorite ram dass/jesus teaching. Sadly I've never heard of this swami but i absolutely love what he had to say. It really made me happy to hear what he had to say. Especially that last part! ✌&❤

[@milford8485]

🤣🤣🤣

[@allenmorgan4309]

My mental issues helped me to learn to stop identifying with the mind and how I came to realize my true self.

[@binxx4408]

I love you Ram Duss. You never left my heart the moment I met you 10 years ago. I say goodnight to you and Timothy Leary (I know you guys are running a muck were you are) as a read I read a passage from the Gita. I dance like the gopies, and my heart melts with Krishnas flute. HANUMAN RAMA, SITA...My heart only feels joy...peace, Thankyou thankyou thankyou 🙏🙏🙏

[@BetterYouBetterWorld]

How'd you meet him? What was the interaction like?

[@lizziedee7755]

I wish to thank Swami Satchitanada . He was my first guru in the 50’s and 60’s before I knew what that was. I am very grateful to him.❤️👍

[@guillermodozal628]

Lizzie, where did you take classes from guruji? I took philosophy classes from him the Spring of 1970, at the Sivananda ashram in Rishikesh. An incredible time there.

[@leepopaz253]

you will point the finger of blame to this very same deceiver when you get to hell-lake of fire. jesus christ is the way the truth and the life no man comes to the father but through him". sinners cannot and will not enter into heaven for sin cannot and does not have a place there only those that are righteous holy pure because christ lives in them therefore god the father accepts all into heaven who love and place christ yeshua in all things.

[@nickgoff3814]

Okay

[@pinuji]

Hare Krishna

[@pinuji]

@@guillermodozal628 Hare Krishna

[@craigkeller]

Ram Dass’s melodrama is a mellow drama.

[@pixiesashes]

im realizing now more how creatively Swami Satchidananda thinks...he's so unique

[@bigsushi69]

that bit about the soap was great

[@108lukas]

As are You Julie!

[@MrMrperfect123]

I didn’t get the soap story, can someone explain.

[@11---------]

@@MrMrperfect123 your mind and thoughts are the dirt, the one thought which is return to your breath is the soap, you use that to clean yourself and eventually you come out with no dirt or soap, a.k.a no thoughts just pure consciousness/awareness.

[@KANTHAYA]

@@11--------- thank you, well said.

[@MukundaKrishnaswamy]

Although I grew up a few kilometers away from Swami Sachidananda Ashram in Mysore, I had never taken the time to learn about his teachings. While searching for the Woodstock festival, I learned that he inaugurated the famous 1969 event! This curiosity got me to this video! Found his and Swami Ram Dass' teachings very insightful. Apparently, Ramaswamy (Swami Sachidananda) was a student of my dad (Krishnaswamy) when he was in elementary school!

[@jacobboehme783]

where are today's shows like this ....

[@rocky821]

Leftist media wont allow anything spiritual to be hired.

[@da5048]

im a direct diciple of Swami Satchithanandas gurubhai. i always feel so happy to see him and Ramdass who is another great saint 🙏

[@harryschultz6951]

The ego isn’t your master it’s your servant. Live by this.

[@marigoldpluss]

OM shanti shanti shanti ♡ namaste

[@lewismacmusic4341]

Namaste

[@shivramkrishnaraja6109]

Aum 🕉️

[@shibachandra275]

You are that eternal watcher, who is the audience of his self-created drama.

[@karannain5901]

baba neem karoli ki jai

[@ringostar4904]

We salute these two great people that walked the planet and I feel blessed to have watched this video - Om Shanthi.

[@bobrown1160]

If your reading this- we all have a chance to be here for a reason in this carnation. Keep opening your mind and spread love ❤️

[@bchwlkr]

Cracked me up big time! This kid could have asked Ram Dass anything such as, Ram Dass what is the meaning of the universe or what happens after death. Interviewer builds up that he's asking a big question and then asks Ram Dass, how do you deal with being late! The look on Ram Dass face was like, you're asking me about being late! That's you're biggest issue! And then he answers perfectly with, Cosmic Humor.

[@ABCDuwachui]

Bill Boggs is a great interviewer. He had a lovely one with singer Phyllis Hyman, as well.

[@gato9866]

Every time I'm stuck in this world I go back into eastern philosophy and remember this.

[@JonasAnandaKristiansson]

"Do" it daily, and transform totally over some time. Life is only about "awakening" to the Real after all

[@mattpfeifer3889]

Miss you ram

[@RaviChandran-ri4yc]

Watching our breath 🎉 when we breathe in "am not this Body"... when we breathe out "am not the Mind"🎉❤😊

[@kylekarcher]

Gurudev and Ram Dass have opened my heart and connection to God! Thank you both Jai!!!

[@ryanmullins9546]

kylekarcher That is beautiful, same here. 🙏💜

[@mobleyMobley]

I wish life was still like this

[@messyjesse1173]

How so my friend?

[@Kalicarlisle1045]

I grieve for those better days as well. I guess all the old axioms are true..."You can never go home again" All the wisdom in the world will never facilitate a new earth, Christ consciousness, oneness etc.... Its impossible without the expressed intent of the "whole" and sadly the "whole" has been quite literally bewitched into a dark and nihilistic expression of rampant consumerism fueled by a rather wicked breed of abject status seeking. We could never hope to achieve a significant shift without that majority because the human animal doesn't learn, it becomes.

[@nexstory]

@@Kalicarlisle1045 In the 60s, I spent many wondrous weekends sitting under the tall oak tree at Ananda Ashram in upstate New York, with my brothers and sisters in Integral Yoga, listening with rapt attention to each and every one of Swami Satchidananda's enlightening words. This was truly a magical period, pregnant with so many possibilities for the future, all bundled into one seemingly eternal moment in time. The group meditations were deep and often followed by spontaneous joy and laughter, with incredible musical offerings by our many talented musicians as they sang their original songs from the heart. It was there that Gurudev would reveal to us the secret path to enlightenment that didn't require any yoga practice at all. "Just be in the company of good people" he would say, "and you are already more than halfway there." For a time, we were completely shielded from the building storms of greed, war, socioeconomic discontent, and creeping environmental degradation forming outside the door. For that brief period in time, we really thought that through yoga practice, we could transform the world. To some extent, these Masters continue to have a palpable influence on the sanctity of life as we search for sustainable solutions on our fragile planet Earth. Mishio Kushi said way back then that, " Many teachers may come, but they cannot chew your food for you." The organic center that we cultivated, it appears, could not hold, as the constant influence of materiality invading almost every aspect of our lives. It appears that as a global community, we are hypnotically dancing to the dissonant sounds of Kali while imagining that a Covid injection, stimulus package, or technological breakthrough will somehow make the dark clouds of every conceivable vice and addiction disappear. In these moments of uncertainty, I hold as my anchor the song that Master Sivananda would sing to his disciples, and that Swami Satchidananda, in turn, would sing to us as we sat together at Ananda Ashram under the tall oak tree, "In all conditions, I am knowledge, bliss absolute." Thanks for rekindling fond memories. Be safe and be well.

[@YoniNoPhony]

We all want to be happy- thank you so much for this video 🤎🙏

[@SatchidanandaAshramYogaville]

Yes, we all want to be happy! We're very happy that you enjoyed the video. We're posting more frequently now so please come back and check us out.

[@Majnun74]

Amazing interview! The host asks the right questions and Ram Dass answers in kind😌

[@mrmaddboyz]

They are like best friends having good time and jamming with the knowledge, it comes so naturally off them.

[@Beegeezy144]

The Spaghettic Monster fights the Pudding Monster.

[@oldbeatpete]

In your mind.

[@DrewDHall88]

This is a video I have never seen of Ram Dass. I had come to think that was impossible. Bravo.

[@Bodhithedood]

One the moments I started to turn, as Ram Dass asked here....being in a Boulder, CO college auditorium with my first girlfriend AND my mother visiting from Ohio....I was 21 and the year was 1978.

[@SatchidanandaAshramYogaville]

Hari OM, thank you for sharing that special moment with us. He hope you enjoyed the video. Please help us spread the teachings of Gurudev and Ram Das by subscribing to our page and liking the video. Thank you, Om

[@EmilBlueMan]

I love this video. Ram Dass teaching me so much these days. ❤️

[@gregoryvonstolz1593]

Gold !

[@EternalBeingOfficial]

"Your are achieving, but you are not the achiever. Ego is your servant, not your master."

[@TonyLockland]

Thank you. 🙏

[@ruhani2148]

Religions are the creation of mind I am beyond

[@bhalchandragosavi2710]

is there option to hit million likes

[@dharmatatha8729]

Thank you for sharing this beautiful wisdom from authentic spiritual teachers. We don't have many in our world at the moment unfortunately. I follow my Master at Drukama ( an online spiritual school ) and highly suggest for spiritual seekers to check it out as well. Blessings to all beings who are aspiring to become the truth & the light in this dark age of Kaliyuga

[@anakamoto]

what an amazing pair of human beings, I love you from the bottom of my heart, you are part of me

[@alpineflauge909]

thank you

[@skrwdUNi]

wow these are gold

[@carollima5159]

Obrigada meu Guru do coração ❤

[@ShashiKher]

🕉 Sri swami satchitanand maharaj my pranaam to Him.

[@kimvidya]

Love you Baba Ram Dass!

[@kathrynphillips3710]

Loved this.🙏.Thankyou for sharing 🧡💛💚❤

[@dharmic_efforts]

I know some of it is tv lighting but baba got light pouring out of him jai gurudev

[@kevinjameskaras7665]

Hare Om! Thanks!!🙏🙏🙏

[@shivramkrishnaraja6109]

Hari aum.🕉️🚩🔯🔱⚛️🇳🇪

[@manostitu]

Really happy to watch ❤️🙏 and listen ❤️🙏

[@SatchidanandaAshramYogaville]

Glad you enjoyed it. Peace

[@shirazbosman3328]

Thank you. 🙏🏼

[@RaiseTheWorldProjectNow]

🙏🏼❤

[@Ravi_Qant]

Oh god. I was always looking for a way to meditate without getting thoughts in mind. Thank you guru ji.

[@novictim]

Lol good luck, thoughts r part of meditation, it's atleast 70% thinking and then returning

[@cynthiacampel4553]

Thank you 🙏

[@JamesYork-b2q]

Love Love love you and Rami my student at Woodstock CT. Taught me alot

[@Fabian-Heinke]

Eines der besten Interviews die es auf KZbin gibt.

[@SatchidanandaAshramYogaville]

Hari OM

[@renatoxoxo8132]

Thank you very much for helping us to find peace.

[@brandonlamontcooper8141]

#SriSwamiSatchidananda

[@Alex-io6ky]

perfect info for today ...🙏

[@collinlafferty6744]

Ram dass here an now pod cast on iHeart Radio

[@crystalfolse3208]

Om peace om shanti

[@PazeAmorJeRi]

LOVE AND PEACE FOR US ALL ☮️ ❤️ LOVE AND PEACE FOR US ALL ❤️ ☮️ LOVE AND PEACE FOR US ALL ❤️ ☮️

[@tinal9634]

☺️🌸🙏🏻 This is beautiful 🙏🏻🌸☺️

[@paulnewman3253]

Consciousness is the soul, the spark of life from the divine, It is limitless, It contains within it the subtle bodies, including the spirit which is the mind. All souls are the same neither good or evil, but the mind on the other hand is programmed to function in its own unique way. We are constructed by thought, Gods imagination, thought energy. The core of consciousness and mind is, conscious light molecules vibrating at a very high pace, within it, interlinked, sacred geometric patterns making up the mind. One cannot exist without the other, as soon as a thought form, forms, they are interlinked. Everything has consciousness and a mind, even a phone, in the sense that molecules are aware of each other, and are processing binary information.

[@turtlegrammer5392]

Mitakuy Oyasin!

[@turtlegrammer5392]

Mitakuye Oyasin -One Heart, one Hope, one Love, one Circle,one Relation, one Tribe

[@mritzs5142]

The quiet space behind the mind: God

[@nareshgb1]

05:45 - Finally I know the origin of the term "spaghetti monster" :)

[@jacobboehme783]

thank you for this ....

[@juanpadilla3203]

Very cool

[@vr1eva]

this is a shiny one

[@joseaguilarbataller3637]

Is thinking that makes the island

[@carleylouw6911]

True teachers. 🙏🙏🙏🩷🩵

[@superclutz1]

Is that a young Martin ball giving the interview? Looks alot like him..craziness. sending much love to all. Ty God.

[@BetterYouBetterWorld]

He's dropping the advanced lecture material for these guys! 😁 I'm curious as to how savvy the audience is.

[@iosho3473]

We all are one wherever we can see visible world but where "real i experience" nothing else there without real "I".

[@dianemartino-as1089]

Love this....

[@MuhammadAdamGhamkoley]

I'm a Muslim but do agree with much of what RD is saying.

[@rocky821]

You are human, Don't limit yourself to religions.

[@MuhammadAdamGhamkoley]

Religions are direction. Direction provides focus and progression... which is essential to human well-being and fulfillment. Limits are sometimes needed . There has to be a true definition of truth not everything and anything can be true. Being correct of one thing automatically renders many other things false. There has to be a definite truth about God and the universe and religion is one's search to realise and accept the truth.

[@oldbeatpete]

​@@MuhammadAdamGhamkoley do you want "truth" in order to be on the side that 'wins'?

[@KANTHAYA]

Such a great video, wow!!

[@23mystiq]

10:28 - I would love to hear this at the General Assembly of the UN

[@jshdhdyjfjdjfhfyyene731]

There are many Swamis who deliver at the UN. Unfortunately not every listener or group of listeners have come to this realisation and can continue applying this throughout society and culture. Until then we have only one being to be responsible for (not selfish but utterly selfless), change the self through revolution. One method might be to begin with following the Bhagavad Gita. It will transform the very essence by shaking the foundation of ego. Hari Aum 🙏 Aum Shanti

[@omarassemujjuadrian4592]

Brilliant. It's as easy as that. Thank GOD. ❤️

[@gonstotwriter]

I didn't know that Will Ferrell interviewed Ram Dass.

[@Helios_zm]

thought exactly the same at that moment😂

[@lukasoc1518]

Very inspiring!!

[@adamsteinberg8539]

amazing ~ Thank you! JAI Bhagavan

[@SatchidanandaAshramYogaville]

Thank you, Adam! Wishing you Peace and Light.

[@randallmccalebpianoteacher4908]

Behind the breath transformations every breath we need breath coaches until we don’t

[@octopusgarden88nyam89]

He just looks like a businessman All the time

[@henrikschmidt2140]

I absolutely love the look on the interviewers face in some moments of the interview. Ram Dass it’s pointing out the shocking, unbelievable yet absolut truths and his face is like “what the fuck are you even talking about?” 😂😂😂😂 he doesn’t seem to be judgemental tho, I feel like he’s honestly interested in interpreting ram dass statements and that’s what’s so wholesome about this.

[@bimalapoddar1164]

Very good understanding.Thanks.

[@summercameron3505]

I there a meditation group near Berkeley/Oakland that focuses on this Wisdom Tradition of Ram Dass and Swami Satchidananda? Hare Krishna and thank you! 💓

[@oldbeatpete]

head over to SF for Satchidananda.

[@oldbeatpete]

Integral Yoga Center.

[@ameswinslow9859]

Thank you for sharing the utmost of quality content on the internet today with us all. Love you much

[@SpencerDwight]

Beautiful, thanks for sharing the happiness!

[@t.samuelrobinson8623]

Will Ferrel looks exactly like the host.

[@AaronLeeGrosse144]

Ram is right. It's time.

[@Douglasguardado]

I feel connected but I keep asking “Who am I “ with time I find the answer in silence of the mind Blessings To all Myselfs

[@humanoid144]

Ram Dass had an amazing beard here and Sat Chit has OG Guru vibes ❤

[@jcpeters4157]

Wow

[@ndardani3512]

King Jesus Christ Be with you All

[@mridulbhattacharjee3144]

Beautiful