AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SADHU, a Journey into Mystic India

By BabaRampuri

Religion & Spirituality

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After traveling at age 18 from his nativeCalifornia to India in 1969, Rampuri was drawn to the Naga Babas, an ancientand wild order of naked yogis whom he calls the “Hell’s Angels of IndianSpirituality.”

Organized into a sect by Adi Shankara in the5^th century BC, the Naga Babas see themselves as the ultimateprotectors of the Sanatan Dharma, or what we call the Hindu religion.

Rampuri became a disciple of a Naga Baba—amaster shaman sadhu—from Rajasthan and, as foretold by astrological prophecy,soon found himself the first foreigner to become an initiate of the JunaAkhara, the oldest and largest grouping of Naga Babas with more than 200,000sadhu members.

But the spiritual path isn’t quite what theyoung Rampuri expected, as the tantric murder of his guru presents a riddle tothe young man that he must solve, requiring an inner journey of self-discovery,as well as the outer “Journey of the Hero,” in order to know who he really is.

From drinking the “Nectar of Immortality” atthe source of the Ganges River to allegations of tantric murder, thisautobiography is filled with true accounts of magic, miracles, ghosts, andausterities, with lessons on Hindu gods, ayurveda, mantra, and Indian culturewoven throughout. Through his journey of extremes, Rampuri takes us into themystic heart of India.

The storytelling in Autobiography of a Sadhuderives from Baba’s travels in India, making pilgrimages to a ‘crossing pointbetween worlds’, the hidden entrances to these other worlds, the meaning of ‘darshan’the beholding, achieving immortality, the transformational mission of thealchemist, being both subject and object of the alchemical experiment,expanding one’s articulation, Indian scriptures and words: their relevance toexperience, Indian culture and the oral tradition of naga babas the ‘yogishamans’, the search for new meanings, gurus and their communication ofself-knowledge, the distortion of Hinduism by India’s colonizers, the book ofthe world, the mother goddess and her fruits spread across the world, theuncluttered mind of the yogi and his connection with the goddess, and amritathe elixir of immortality.

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Praise and Reviews

"This book will entertain and enlighten you. A bold journey that explores the true intersections of Eastern and Western thought."

-- DEEPAK CHOPRA

"Rampuri's search has carried him into the very depths of one of the great ancient wisdom lineages of India. He has gone where very few Westerners have gone."

-- KRISHNA DAS

"An authentic and fascinating account of a Western yogi who has made India his home for his body and his spirit. Autobiography of a Sadhu is bound to challenge your view of reality and spiritual life. It is not just the story of a personal quest but of a journey beyond the Western civilization mind-set to the real India of the yogis, where the limitations of both our cultural ideas and our egos are continually exposed. An adventure into a different kind of reality."

-- DAVID FRAWLEY, Director of the American Institute of Vedic Studies