false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176216607m/603907.jpg 603907 3 "There can be no biography of him. Facts are few, stories many. He seems to have been known by different names in many parts of India, appearing and disappearing through the years. His western devotees of recent years knew him as 'Neem Karoli Baba,' but mostly as 'Maharajii'--a nickname so commonplace in India that one can often hear a tea vendor addressed thus. Just as he said, he was 'Nobody.' He gave no discourses; the briefest, simplest stories were his teachings. Usually he sat or lay on a wooden bench wrapped in a plaid blanket while a few devotees sat around him. Visitors came and went; they were given food, a few words, a nod, a slap on the head or back, and they were sent away. There was gossip and laughter for he loved to joke. Orders for running the ashram were given, usually in a piercing yell across the compound. Sometimes he sat in silence, absorbed in another world to which we could not follow, but bliss and peace poured down on us. Who he was was no more than the experience of him, the nectar of his presence, the totality of his absence--enveloping us now like his plaid blanket. --Anjani In 1967 I met Neem Karoli Baba, a meeting which changed the course of my life. In the depth of his compassion, wisdom, humor, power and love I found human possibility never before imagined...an extraordinary integration of spirit and form. I was with him only briefly for he left his body in 1973, still he entered my heart as living truth, and his presence continues to enrich and guide my life. -- Ram Dass 590472 1979 Miracle of Love total:24|5:11|4:10|3:3|2:0|1:0| 24 104 41 4 5 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Apr 26 14:41:32 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 14:41:59 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jul 09 15:54:30 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 15:54:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 16 13:17:28 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 13:19:36 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Wed Nov 12 09:45:02 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 09:45:41 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Fri Oct 30 12:02:45 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 12:02:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 12 08:52:32 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 08:52:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 06 17:05:19 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 17:05:19 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jul 14 15:35:51 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 15:35:51 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jul 13 20:39:46 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 20:39:46 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Nov 04 09:23:24 -0800 2009 Wed Jun 24 21:31:57 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 04 09:23:33 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 09 15:30:58 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 09 15:30:58 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed May 20 12:25:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 12:25:00 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue May 12 07:52:25 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 07:52:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Mar 09 08:25:18 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 08:44:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 03 18:32:41 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 18:32:41 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Jan 27 01:21:28 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 01:21:28 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Dec 31 05:12:14 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 05:12:14 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Dec 06 12:53:44 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 12:53:47 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Dec 06 07:26:07 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 07:26:07 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 09 00:00:59 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 00:01:01 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=603907