Autobiography of a Sadhu: A Journey Into Mystic IndiaRampuri is the first foreigner to be initiated into the ancient society of yogis and shamans known as the Renunciates of the Ten Names, or Sannyasis. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
1 Meeting Cartouche | 5 |
2 I Dream India into Existence | 11 |
3 Hari Puri Baba | 22 |
4 Becoming Rampuri | 35 |
5 I Can Only Show You a Path | 49 |
6 What Is Remembered | 63 |
The City of Liberation | 79 |
12 A Question of Paths | 132 |
13 Hari Puris Miraculous Return | 137 |
14 Gangotri Baba | 149 |
15 The Ghost of Hari Puri Baba | 158 |
16 The Process of UnBecoming | 168 |
17 Possession | 180 |
18 Deconstruction | 194 |
19 The Nectar of Immortality | 213 |
8 Kumbh Mela | 90 |
Photo Insert | 104 |
Foreigner | 109 |
10 Tantric Attack | 121 |
11 The Healing Mantra | 128 |
Afterword | 225 |
Glossary | 230 |
Backcover | 233 |
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Adi Shankara Amar Puri Baba Amloda Kund amrit arrived asanas ashes ashram asked Baba Ji Baba’s became Bhairon Puri body Brahmin called Cartouche chillam dakshina darshan Datt Akhara Dattatreya devotees dhoti dhuni disciple Earth everything Extraordinary World eyes face feet felt fire five gurus Ganga Gangotri Gangotri Baba goddesses gods Gokarn Guru Ji guru mantra hand Hanuman Hari Puri Baba head Hindi Hira Lal India initiation inside Jaipur Juna Akhara kamandal Kapil Puri Baba Kashi Kedar Puri Baba knew knowledge Kumbh Mela language laughed learned looked mantra Naga Nectar of Immortality never omkars padukas Pandit path pilgrim pulled Puri Ji Puri's Raghunath Puri Rajasthan rudraksha rupees sacred sadhus Sandhya Puri Baba sannyasi Sanskrit Shiva Shri sitting smile smoke sound spirit story syllables tantric temple things thought told touched tradition Ujjain vibhuti Vishnu walked wanted yoga yogis