In the Vision of God

His autobiography, book two

The second book of his autobiography: nine years on the road, seeing God in everyone he met, to the founding of Anandashram.

Swami Ramdas

Chapter 1: Panch Pandav Cave
1. (i) Unity of Religions
2. (ii) Service of God
3. (iii) Young Aspirants
4. (iv) The True Vision: Samadarshan
Chapter 2: Kollur and Kasaragod
1. (i) Real Contentment
2. (ii) The Power of God’s Name
3. (iii) God Assumes All Forms
Chapter 3: Kudlu – Kadri Hill
1. (i) Pranayama
2. (ii) The Battle of Elements
3. (iii) Enter Ramcharandas
Chapter 4: Towards Gokarn – Gokarn
1. (i) Institution – A Bondage
2. (ii) Guru and Chela
3. (iii) Fine Joke – Indeed!
Chapter 5: Goa Frontier – Supa
1. (i) Orange Robe Counts for a Badge of Thieves
2. (ii) The Mother Cow
3. (iii) Love’s Triumph
Chapter 6: On the Way – Narsobawadi
1. (i) Muslim Friends
2. (ii) Sense of Possession – An Obstacle
3. (iii) How God Feeds!
Chapter 7: Pandharpur – Shetphal
1. (i) Dependence on God Is Liberation
2. (ii) Why This Lamentation?
3. (iii) God Makes Amends
Chapter 8: Hubli
1. (i) The Heart of the Mother
2. (ii) Is There God?
3. (iii) You Are in the Upper Storey, Eh!
Chapter 9: Agastyashram – Mangalore – Ernakulam
1. (i) Ten Days’ Fast
2. (ii) Well-baked Brick!
3. (iii) All Credit Is to the Lord
Chapter 10: Kalady – Kasaragod – In the Steamboat
1. (i) Birth-place of Sri Shankaracharya
2. (ii) Untouchability – A Tar Stain
3. (iii) Goa Policeman – Smitten
Chapter 11: Anjangaum – Angar
1. (i) An Honest Rebel
2. (ii) A Wonderful Transformation
Chapter 12: Upalai – Pandharpur – In the Train
1. (i) The Devil Exorcised
2. (ii) God Is Love – In Our Heart
3. (iii) The Supreme Purpose of Life
Chapter 13: Bangalore – Bombay
1. (i) A Sadhu Magician
2. (ii) Wonderful Lila
3. (iii) Feast in the Company of Rishis
4. (iv) Owns Not a Single Copper
Chapter 14: Junagad – Limbdi
1. (i) Saints Are Like Children
2. (ii) Sugarcandy Mothers
3. (iii) From the Maze of Illusion into the Maze of God!
Chapter 15: Wadhwan – Surat – Jhansi
1. (i) Ramcharandas Again
2. (ii) Ramcharandas Turns Dandy
3. (iii) Krishna, Christ and Buddha
Chapter 16: Chitrakut
1. (i) A Bania’s Renunciation
2. (ii) Failure of the Peace Mission
3. (iii) Sadhuism Is Not a Joke
Chapter 17: Chitrakut (Contd.)
1. (i) The Naked Mouni
2. (ii) God Is for Him Who Thirsts for Truth
3. (iii) The Test of Self-surrender
4. (iv) Ramdas Is a Child of God
Chapter 18: Towards Banda – Banda
1. (i) The Water – Nectar of Pure Love
2. (ii) The Militant Sadhu
3. (iii) The Way to Peace
Chapter 19: Banda – Gohkar Parvat
1. (i) Nothing Is Impossible for God
2. (ii) The Absolute Fast
3. (iii) Balak Ram, the Prodigal
4. (iv) Cause of Toothache
Chapter 20: Mount Abu
1. (i) Sri Shanti Vijayji – A Pure Saint
2. (ii) Knowledge Is to Know You Know Nothing
3. (iii) The Mother’s Love Prevailed
Chapter 21: Wadhwan – In the Train
1. (i) Bala Mandir
2. (ii) Worship of Boot-kicks
Chapter 22: Gohkar Parvat
1. (i) Reckless Activity
2. (ii) Alone on a Dreaded Hill
3. (iii) God Is Giver and God Is Receiver
Chapter 23: Lalitpur – Rajghad – Chattarpur
1. (i) Trust in God
2. (ii) Balak Ram’s Rage Against Shiva
3. (iii) God’s Act – Miraculous Cure
Chapter 24: Cawnpore – In the Steamboat
1. (i) God Cannot Be Proved by Arguments
2. (ii) God Is Providence
Chapter 25: Ernakulam
1. (i) Friend of Bird and Beast
2. (ii) Qualities of a Sadhu
3. (iii) Your Body Is His Expression
Chapter 26: Ernakulam – Allappey
1. (i) What Do You Make of It?
2. (ii) A Christian Sadhu
Chapter 27: Kasaragod – Swargashram
1. (i) Ramdas Beholds Rama and Sita
2. (ii) The Boy Gets His Monkey Up
Chapter 28: Himalayas – Vasishtashram
1. (i) Upon the Precipitous Rock
2. (ii) You Are in the Hands of God
Chapter 29: Vasishtashram
1. (i) The Cup of Milk
2. (ii) The Vision of Christ
3. (iii) Selfishness – Root of All Ignorance
Chapter 30: Return Journey
1. (i) God Is an Ocean of Compassion
2. (ii) Ramdas’ Chat With Ram
Chapter 31: Swargashram – Hardwar
1. (i) Ramdas Gives It Up
2. (ii) The Kumbhamela
Chapter 32: Nilkanthill
1. (i) First Attempt
2. (ii) Second Attempt
3. (iii) In the Cave
Chapter 33: Chintapurni – Jwalajee – Pathankot
1. (i) Pain Transmuted into Joy
2. (ii) Ramcharandas Fails the Test
3. (iii) God in the Form of a Serpent
Chapter 34: Sujanpur – Jammu
1. (i) A Divine Pair
2. (ii) Depend on God and None Else
Chapter 35: Kashmir
1. (i) The Kashyapa Bhumi
2. (ii) The Ways of Kashmiris
3. (iii) Hari Parvat
4. (iv) Shankaracharya Hill
Chapter 36: Kashmir (Contd.)
1. (i) The Lake of the Mind
2. (ii) Kabir and Uddhav
3. (iii) The Mysterious Ways of God
Chapter 37: The Pilgrimage to Amarnath
1. (i) The Scuffle over Ramdas
2. (ii) Ramdas Rapt in the Vision
3. (iii) A Woman in Distress – Amarnath Cave
Chapter 38: Srinagar
1. (i) Ramdas Defies Ram
2. (ii) Behold God’s Majesty in All Things
3. (iii) Illumination in the Cave
Chapter 39: Srinagar – Rawalpindi – Amritsar
1. (i) A Perilous Venture
2. (ii) God’s Will Be Done
3. (iii) Association Makes Character
Chapter 40: Amritsar – Chhattarpur
1. (i) The Golden Temple of the Sikhs
2. (ii) The Secret of Ramnam
Chapter 41: Limbdi
1. (i) “Ramdas Wants Your Mind”
2. (ii) What Fools Them – An Explanation
Chapter 42: Una – Bombay
1. (i) The Dose of Poison
2. (ii) God Does Everything for the Best
3. (iii) The Dance on the Head of Shiva
Chapter 43: Angar – Sholapur – Ernakulam – Kasaragod
1. (i) The Miracles
2. (ii) A Straight Hit
3. (iii) A Mother Sees a Vision
4. (iv) Anandashram
Chapter 44: Kasaragod
Chapter 45: Bangalore – Sholapur
Chapter 46: Bombay – Sojat Road – Kasaragod
Chapter 47: Rawalpindi – Kasaragod
Chapter 48: Ramnagar – Anandashram
1. The Scenery
2. The Opening Celebration
3. Mother Rukmabai
4. Gurudev
5. Commemoration of Gandhiji’s Fast
6. The Vision
7. The Fakir Becomes an Amir
8. Patrons and Donors
9. Relief to the Poor
10. Ashram Buildings
11. Gatherings
12. Electric Lighting
13. Sri Krishna Vidyalaya
14. Sri Krishna Udyogashala
15. The Shashtiabda Poorthi Fund
16. The Dispensary
17. Visitors
18. Cultivation of Paddy
19. Conclusion

Opening pages

IN THE VISION OF GOD

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