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It was a huge privilege to talk to Ramji Raghavan, Founder & Chairman of Agastya Foundation which operates close to 300 mobile labs, 75 science centres and 600 Operation Vasantha (working to bring school dropouts back into mainstream academic programs) centres in India to spark curiosity, nurture creativity and instill confidence in economically disadvantaged children and government schoolteachers. Theit crown jewel is the 172 acre lush green creativity campus in Kuppam near Bangalore.
In this convo, Ramji talks about cauldron of competition in which he was caught up as an investment banker and the crunch time he witnessed to pick up a higher cause in life, his dual existence which swayed him between the mind and the intellect, how easily and deceptively we get caught up in words and how consciousness is not about cause & effect and how J. Krishnamurti and the Rishi Valley School helped him shape his thinking.
This is a convo to enrich your thoughts and convey yet once more that when you take the leap towards good, good does follow you.
Small Big Wins started in middle of 2020. The primary objective has been to talk to people who are not so famous or known but have done exceptional work. Most of these conversations are with people who have done some real solid social good, while also holding up their selflessness. Their wins in their own words. You be the judge, whether Small or Big.
Coming to my latest conversations with Swami Atmananda Saraswati ji, I would first share in a few words my own journey of searching the higher. This started somewhere in 2012, from reading, listening to Osho, then spending months at Isha Foundation Ashram doing everything in the book there, listening to some globally “famous” masters, I ended up at home. Home meaning our own timeless Indian scriptures – Bhagwad Gita, RamCharit Manas, Upanishads, which reveal that, where only a few blessed revel. I learnt about Adi Shankaracharya and his contribution to Sanatan Dharma. Hearing discourses from different masters, once I came across a discourse on “Atma Bodha” by Swami Atmanada Saraswati. When I tried to google him, I could not find anything. Somehow deep down the searches, I found some co-ordinates to reach him. This resulted in increased interactions and my knowledge seeking got a definite direction. If at all, these conversations would be valuable and known, it would be for Swami Atmananda Saraswati.
It is my great fortune to bring “Who is My Charioteer” to the audiences. For someone Small like me this is a Big win! The Part 1 of this series is titled “Fundamental Understanding about Life”. You will find these conversations starting Episode 59. Just search for “Who is My Charioteer” in the title.