Das Batchelder's guest appearances

Das Batchelder

Buddha at the Gas Pump

Truth Talks with Amba Love

Ellen Emmet

Michelle Meyers

Susanne Marie

Anita Moorjani

Marianne Williamson

Eben Alexander

Tricia Barker

Rick Hanson

Joseph Goldstein

Michael Pollan

Cynthia Bourgeault

Charles Eisenstein

Richard Tarnas

Chris Grosso

Giovanni Dienstmann

OwlTail

Ram Das Batchelder was born in Pennsylvania, USA in 1961. His spiritual awakening began at age 21 with the unusual experience of meeting an angel. After going through a period of delusion and an addiction to marijuana, he spent some time exploring “A Course in Miracles” and tantric sex. In 1987, when he was 25, he met Amma, his Guru, and moved to her ashram in India two years later. He recorded dozens of devotional songs to Amma, and wrote 2 full-length plays that were performed during Amma’s tours in the US. During his long pilgrimage in India he has met many other Saints and Gurus, and seen many miracles. He has written 5 childrens’ books, 2 spiritual novels, and an autobiography, “Rising in Love,” which has over 130 5-star reviews on Amazon.com, and has also been published in Spanish. He continues to live in Amma’s ashram in Amritapuri, India, and is sending you love and a hug right now! Ram Das' book is available here: "Rising in Love" on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2OGAi1d People can contact Ram Das for a PDF of "You Are the Divine Totality in Human Disguise" via my email, ramdasbatch@gmail.com. They're available for a $5 donation which will go to Amma's charities. Amma's US website: www.amma.org Indian website: www.amritapuri.org Her charities website: www.embracingtheworld.org

Ram Das Batchelder was born in Pennsylvania, USA in 1961. His spiritual awakening began at age 21 with the unusual experience of meeting an angel. After going through a period of delusion and an addiction to marijuana, he spent some time exploring “A Course in Miracles” and tantric sex. In 1987, when he was 25, he met Amma, his Guru, and moved to her ashram in India two years later. He recorded dozens of devotional songs to Amma, and wrote 2 full-length plays that were performed during Amma’s tours in the US. During his long pilgrimage in India he has met many other Saints and Gurus, and seen many miracles. He has written 5 childrens’ books, 2 spiritual novels, and an autobiography, “Rising in Love,” which has over 130 5-star reviews on <a href="http://Amazon.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a>, and has also been published in Spanish. He continues to live in Amma’s ashram in Amritapuri, India, and is sending you love and a hug right now! Ram Das' book is available here: "Rising in Love" on Amazon: <a href="https://amzn.to/2OGAi1d?fbclid=IwAR2mcT5cuLvCAm2KsVs1GS6_ndsaPYblJluuKldSqMcM888vKlp1c98lM4w" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://amzn.to/2OGAi1d</a> People can contact Ram Das for a PDF of "You Are the Divine Totality in Human Disguise" via my email, ramdasbatch@gmail.com. They're available for a $5 donation which will go to Amma's charities. Amma's US website: <a href="http://www.amma.org/?fbclid=IwAR2BtZJUpyb2k4q-d3fsRaWONZJ9HAteGSjdnUV-pbuF0W1M-Zr4yNrFnCE" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.amma.org</a> Indian website: <a href="http://www.amritapuri.org/?fbclid=IwAR2csgx7hXDsorx8nh0Q0enkCerK6dzP1BR50iK0V2xwLo1pG_9k5fobb-M" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.amritapuri.org</a> Her charities website: <a href="http://www.embracingtheworld.org/?fbclid=IwAR3FECv9JCBs-zSLo_daVp8B0NaRRFx_Rt3QSo5pETiAa8z9IqPl5eKDNe8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.embracingtheworld.org</a>

Ram Das Batchelder: Amma's Love

Ram Das Batchelder was born in Pennsylvania in 1961, had a spiritual awakening in his early twenties, and has spent most of the last 25 years in India as a devotee of Amma, the “hugging saint.” He has written four children’s books, which have been translated into several European languages, and also a novel in rhyming verse, three full-length plays, and 40 original songs. In 2012, he and his wife, Tarini Ma, wrote and co-taught a university course on Hinduism in Venezuela. He has given numerous talks and workshops about various aspects of spirituality in many locations around the world. He and his wife are currently offering 5-star tours of the sacred cities of India, to both Spanish and English-speaking groups.“Rising in Love: My Wild and Crazy Ride to Here and Now, with Amma, the Hugging Saint,” tells the story of Ram Das Batchelder’s powerful marijuana-fuelled spiritual awakening in America (which included meeting an angel), his two-year struggle with delusion and addiction, his subsequent renunciation of drugs, and his eventual discovery of Amma (the living Guru known in the West as “the Hugging Saint”). The narrative then covers the 27 amazing years he has spent in quest of Enlightenment as Amma’s devotee, most of that time in India. It is a story of profound healing from drug addiction and despair into a joyfully fulfilled life, and is, therefore, a ray of hope for all who suffer from addiction or mental illness of one kind or another. The book is a suspenseful psychological thriller, “a real page-turner” (as more than one reviewer has said), yet there is so much humor in the narrative that it reads like a comedic novel. It describes his struggles with dysentery and sexual desire during his first several years at Amma’s ashram and also includes descriptions of numerous miracles he has witnessed, a vision of Krishna, and the steady progression of his meditation, which has culminated recently in states of samadhi. It also discusses how the author left Amma’s ashram for a six-year period, visited numerous other Gurus, and then returned, with a fiancée, and was married by Amma in 2001. One chapter is dedicated to the difficulties he and his wife have faced in their marriage, and the beautiful healing Amma has given them as a couple. There is also a section about the Asian Tsunami, which occurred when they were in Amma’s ashram; hundreds were killed in the surrounding area. “Rising in Love” will appeal to anyone interested in spirituality, Enlightenment, Hinduism, Saints or Gurus, as well as psychology, psychotherapy, angels or Jesus.Website: rising-inlove.orgOther books: 	You Are The King- A Parable For Amma's Children 	Sathyaram Discovers the Mother of AllTranscript of this interviewInterview recorded 1/17/2015Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

Ram Das Batchelder was born in Pennsylvania in 1961, had a spiritual awakening in his early twenties, and has spent most of the last 25 years in India as a devotee of Amma, the “hugging saint.” He has written four children’s books, which have been translated into several European languages, and also a novel in rhyming verse, three full-length plays, and 40 original songs. In 2012, he and his wife, Tarini Ma, wrote and co-taught a university course on Hinduism in Venezuela. He has given numerous talks and workshops about various aspects of spirituality in many locations around the world. He and his wife are currently offering 5-star tours of the sacred cities of India, to both Spanish and English-speaking groups. “Rising in Love: My Wild and Crazy Ride to Here and Now, with Amma, the Hugging Saint,” tells the story of Ram Das Batchelder’s powerful marijuana-fuelled spiritual awakening in America (which included meeting an angel), his two-year struggle with delusion and addiction, his subsequent renunciation of drugs, and his eventual discovery of Amma (the living Guru known in the West as “the Hugging Saint”). The narrative then covers the 27 amazing years he has spent in quest of Enlightenment as Amma’s devotee, most of that time in India. It is a story of profound healing from drug addiction and despair into a joyfully fulfilled life, and is, therefore, a ray of hope for all who suffer from addiction or mental illness of one kind or another. The book is a suspenseful psychological thriller, “a real page-turner” (as more than one reviewer has said), yet there is so much humor in the narrative that it reads like a comedic novel. It describes his struggles with dysentery and sexual desire during his first several years at Amma’s ashram and also includes descriptions of numerous miracles he has witnessed, a vision of Krishna, and the steady progression of his meditation, which has culminated recently in states of samadhi. It also discusses how the author left Amma’s ashram for a six-year period, visited numerous other Gurus, and then returned, with a fiancée, and was married by Amma in 2001. One chapter is dedicated to the difficulties he and his wife have faced in their marriage, and the beautiful healing Amma has given them as a couple. There is also a section about the Asian Tsunami, which occurred when they were in Amma’s ashram; hundreds were killed in the surrounding area. “Rising in Love” will appeal to anyone interested in spirituality, Enlightenment, Hinduism, Saints or Gurus, as well as psychology, psychotherapy, angels or Jesus. Website: <a href="http://rising-inlove.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">rising-inlove.org</a> Other books: 	You Are The King- A Parable For Amma's Children 	Sathyaram Discovers the Mother of All Transcript of this interview Interview recorded 1/17/2015 Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

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