Old friends RamDev and Raghu revisit memories of Maharaj-ji as they explore the wisdom of holding both joy and sorrow in the awakened heart.
Coming out on June 16th, preorder RamDev’s newest book: How to Live So You Can Die Without Fear
In this episode, Raghu and RamDev have a conversation on:
- Memories with Maharaj-ji from Allahabad (now Prayagraj), India
- The Tibetan Buddhist concept of Rigpa (the awakened mind)
- K.C. Tewari’s constant mindfulness and advanced yogic state
- Honoring the religion of our roots as we explore spirituality
- Compassion: keeping your heart open when there is suffering
- Tantric Buddhism and empowerment
- Holding both joy and sadness at the same time
- Shifting from the cerebral to embodied mindfulness practice
- ‘Minding the gap’ between thoughts and the breath
“He’s looking at this picture, and the feeling started getting so thick. Some tears started coming down Maharaj-ji’s cheeks. The feeling was that he was remembering the moment when Ram embraced Hanuman. All the people in the front began weeping; there was so much love.”–RamDev
About RamDev:
RamDev Dale Borglum is the founder and Executive Director of The Living/Dying Project. He is a pioneer in the conscious dying movement and has worked directly with thousands of people with life-threatening illness and their families for over 30 years. In 1981, Dale founded the first residential facility for people who wished to die consciously in the United States, The Dying Center. He has taught and lectured extensively on the topics of spiritual support for those with life-threatening illness, on caregiving as a spiritual practice, and on healing at the edge, the edge of illness, of death, of loss, of crisis. Check out RamDev’s podcast, Healing at the Edge, on the Be Here Now Network.
Photo by Galyna_Andrushko
Learn more about The Living/Dying Project at livingdying.org
More Mindrolling Podcasts:
Episode one of Mindrolling with Raghu Markus & David Silver
Using modern tools to support inner transformation, ServiceSpace founder Nipun Mehta offers innovative solutions for turning artificial intelligence into collective heart intelligence.
The Movie of Me to The Movie of We with Duncan Trussell & Raghu Markus
The Teachings of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche with David Silver & Raghu Markus