Yogi Sri Ramsuratkumar, following the traditions set by the ancient Saints of India, exemplifies in his way of life and teachings, certain essential truths of the Hindu approach to religion and philosophy.

Learning and Faith -

Profound knowledge of the Scriptural texts, is not an essential requisite for a seeker of spiritual progress or achievement. The Gita has repeatedly mentioned this.

"To the Brahmana who has known the Self, all the Vedas are of as much use as a reservoir is when there is flood everywhere" (Gita Il. V. 46)

"By faith and devotion he knows Me in reality, what and who I am; then having known Me in reality, he forthwith enters into Me". (Gita XVIII V. 55)

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, though he had no formal education, revealed in his teachings that there was no bar to his comprehension of the most profound principles of Hinduism whether enshrined in the Vedas or the Puranas, or taught in the different philosophies of Sankara, Ramanuja, Madhwa or Chaitanya. The impression one receives during the talks of Sri Yogi Ramsuratkumar is similar, namely, that true devotion Io one's chosen Deity, or Ishta Devata, is the key that opens the door to inner Knowledge, which all the sacred texts put together, cannot supply.

Prema - Bhakthi

The Puranas - in particular Sri Bhagavatam - extols Bhakti or Love towards the Lord, as the simplest and easiest discipline for Spiritual Sadhana.

Love can be of different forms, of the wife for the husband, a woman for her secret lover, mother for her child, the child for the mother, or father, Master and servant. Hanuman's attitude to Sri Rama was that of a totally devoted servant to his master, placing every action and its fruits at the feet of his master. Yogi Ramsuratkumar regards Sri Rama as Father and his devotion as that of a true son to his father. When the devotee seeks his help, in any way, all that he would say is that he would pray to his Father, and the Father - who is the father of all the worlds, of all creation movable and immovable, as Arjuna addressed Him in his prayer in the Viswa-rupa Chapter of the Gita - will respond to the prayer, if it is His will, and do whatever is needed.

Efficacy of Dhyan and Narna Japa, for spiritual Progress:

The religions teachers have given the highest value to Nama Japa, the repetition of the holy Name with the tongue in the early stage, but progressively in the mind. This gradually leads to concentration of the mind which also gets pure in the process. The devout Hindu who recites the thousand names of the Lord in the Vishnu Sahasra nama, recites also the advice given at the conclusion, given by Lord Siva to His consort Parvathi, that the recital of Sri Rama's Name three times equals the recital of the thousand names of Lord Vishnu. Yogi Ramsuratkumar teaches the great efficacy of the name of Sri Rama for constant Japa and meditation. This is in the direct tradition set down by a long lineage of Hindu Saints Tulsidas, Kabir, Samartha Ramadas of Maharashtra, the Guru of Sivaji, Ramadas of Bhadrachalam of Andhra, Thyagaraja of Tiruvayyar and Ramadas of Kanhangad.

May He live long to continually give spiritual ministration to devoul seekers !