that $40k in 1950 could have likely bought the entire town of Tiruvannamalai and most certainly would have at least been noted by someone at the ashram itself. Robert claimed to have donated a jeep to the Ashram when no jeep or car was ever possessed by the ashram until 2018. According to Ed Muzika in his Yoga Journal article of Jan/Feb 1998, Of course Ramana never treated anyone as special or claimed to have been waiting for them to finally arrive. Mr. Adams claimed Ramana used to cover himself with mud and tell visitors that Ramana doesn't live here anymore in order to get rid of them, when in fact Ramana never lied about anything, always was scrupulously clean, and always warmly welcomed all comers to the ashram, Pundits or not. While events in many of Robert's stories were claimed to have happened to him, they could actually be found in various Hindu texts. Others were highly imaginative descriptions meant to contain some type of parable or spiritual truth which he apparently made up on the spot and told entertainingly as "first-person" accounts. Publications Adams, Robert (1999). Silence of the Heart: Dialogues with Robert Adams, Acropolis Books Inc. See also Ramana Maharshi Paramahansa Yogananda Joel S. Goldsmith Nisargadatta Maharaj Anandamayi Ma Neem Karoli Baba Paramacharya Advaita Vedanta Brahman Self-enquiry Jnana Yoga Lankavatara Sutra Siddhi References Notes Citations Sources Published sources Web-sources External links Keep Quiet - a website with quotes by Robert Adams The Mystery of Robert Adams - personal remembrances of time with Robert Adams website 1928 births 1997 deaths Advaitin philosophers American spiritual teachers People from New York City Neo-Advaita teachers