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Neem Karoli Baba - Wikipedia

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Neem Karoli Baba

Personal life
Born	Lakshman Narayan Sharma c. 1900^[1] Akbarpur village, North-Western Provinces, British India^[2] (present-day Firozabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Died	11 September 1973 Vrindavan, India
Religious life
Religion	Hinduism
Philosophy	Bhakti yoga
Religious career
Disciples Bhagavan Das, Dada Mukerjee, Jai Uttal, Krishna Das, Larry Brilliant, Ram Dass, Surya Das

Neem Karoli Baba (Hindi: नीम करौली बाबा, romanized: nīm karaulī bābā)^[3] or Neeb Karori Baba (Hindi: नीब करौरी बाबा, romanized: nīb karaurī bābā) (born Laksman Narayan Sharma; c. 1900 – 11 September 1973), also known to his followers as Maharaj-ji, was a Hindu guru and a devotee of the Hindu deity Hanuman.^[4]

Biography

Early years

Lakshman Narayan Sharma^[5] was born around 1900 in the village Akbarpur in the Firozabad district district of Uttar Pradesh, India, to a wealthy Brahmin family.^[1] After being married by his parents at the age of 11, he left home to become a wandering sadhu (religious hermit). He later returned home, at his father's request, to live a settled married life. He fathered two sons and a daughter.^[6]

As Maharaj-ji

Neem Karoli Baba, known at the time as Baba Lakshman Das (also spelled "Laxman Das"), left his home in 1958 and wandered through Northern India.^[7] During his life two main ashrams were built, at Kainchi and at Vrindavan.^[1] In time, over 100 temples were constructed in his name.^[1]

The Kainchi Dham ashram, where he stayed in the last decade of his life, was built in 1964 with a Hanuman temple.^[8]^[9]^[10]

Death

Neem Karoli Baba died at approximately 1:15 a.m. on 11 September 1973 in a hospital at Vrindavan, India,^[11]^[12] after slipping into a diabetic coma. He had been returning by night train to Kainchi^[13] near Nainital, from Agra where he had visited a heart specialist due to experiencing pains in his chest. He and his traveling companions had disembarked at Mathura railway station where he began convulsing and was taken to a hospital where he died.^[14]^[15]

His last words, repeated several times, were "Jaya Jagadish Hare" ("Hail to the Lord of the Universe").^[16]

His samadhi (shrine) was built in the complex of the Vrindavan ashram.

Foundations

After returning to the United States, Ram Dass and Larry Brilliant founded the Seva Foundation, an international health organization based in Berkeley, California.^[17]

In the late 2000s the 'Love Serve Remember Foundation' was established to promote the teachings of Neem Karoli Baba.^[18]

In 2024 his follower Rahul Verma founded the NKB Divine Meditation Foundation, offering free guided meditation sessions based on the teachings of Neem Karoli Baba.^[19]^[20]

Documentary

1. The 2021 documentary Windfall of Grace interviewed Indian and American followers.^[21]

Gallery

Neem Karoli Baba sculpture in Ram Dass library
Devotees of Neem Karoli Baba meditating at NKB Divine Meditation Centre, New Delhi

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Constance Jones; James D. Ryan (2006). Encyclopedia of Hinduism. Infobase Publishing. p. 310. ISBN 978-0-8160-7564-5.
^ "Akbarpur Maharaj ji birthplace". Maharaj Love.
^ "सुर्खियों में आया बाबा नीब करौरी का आश्रम". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 1 October 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ Swami Chidananda. "Baba Neem Karoli: A Wonder Mystic of Northern India". Divine Life Society. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of New Age Religions. United States: Prometheus. 2004. p. 142.
^ "10 facts to know about Neem Karoli Baba". 1 October 2015.
^ Ram Dass (1995). Miracle of Love: Stories about Neem Karoli Baba. Hanuman Foundation. ISBN 1-887474-00-5.
^ "Devotees throng Kainchi Dham fair". The Times of India. 15 June 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
^ "10 facts to know about Neem Karoli Baba". India TV News. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
^ "One 'Mark' who stayed two nights". The Telegraph. 30 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
^ "My mystical experience at Neem Karoli Baba's Kainchai Dham ashram!". www.speakingtree.in. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ Aymard, Orianne (2014). When a Goddess Dies: Worshipping Ma Anandamayi after Her Death. Oxford University Press. p. 257. ISBN 9780199368617.
^ Jones, Constance; Ryan, James D. (2006). Encyclopedia of Hinduism. p. 310. ISBN 0816075646.
^ "The Divine Reality - Sri Baba Neeb Karori Ji Maharaj (Neem Karoli Baba) 9788190310505". dokumen.pub. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ Geraghty, Anne (28 November 2014). Death, the Last God: A Modern Book of the Dead. John Hunt Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78279-708-1.
^ Ram Dass (1995). Miracle of Love: Stories about Neem Karoli Baba. Hanuman Foundation. ISBN 1-887474-00-5 [1]
^ Anthony Imbimbo (2009). Steve Jobs: The Brilliant Mind Behind Apple. Gareth Stevens. p. 43. ISBN 978-1-4339-0060-0.
^ "Love Serve Remember Foundation - Ram Dass". Retrieved 6 October 2015.
^ "An ode to Neem Karoli Baba: Delhi gets a new meditation centre in Greater Kailash". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
^ "NKB Divine Meditation Foundation". Retrieved 9 September 2024.
^ krishnadas.com, Krishna Das (24 October 2023). "Windfall of Grace". krishnadas.com. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

Bibliography

Bhagavan Das (1997). It's Here Now (Are You?). Broadway. ISBN 0-7679-0009-X.
Hanuman Foundation (1980). Neem Karoli Baba. Hanuman Foundation.
Keshav Das, ed. (2011). Barefoot in the Heart: Remembering Neem Karoli Baba. Sensitive Skin Books. ISBN 978-0-9839271-2-9.
Krishna Das (2010). Chants of a Lifetime: Searching for a Heart of Gold. Hay House, Inc. ISBN 978-1-4019-2022-7.
Markus, Parvati (October 1996). Love Everyone: The Transcendent Wisdom of Neem Karoli Baba and His Devotees. Hanuman Foundation. ISBN 1-887474-02-1.
Pande, Ravi Prakash (2015). Divine Reality: Shri Baba Neem Karoli Baba. HarperOne. ISBN 978-0062342997.
Mukerjee, Dada (2001). By His Grace: A Devotee's Story. Hanuman Foundation. ISBN 0-9628878-7-0.
Mukerjee, Dada (2001). The Near and the Dear: Stories Neeb Karori Ji Maharaj. Shri Kainchi Hanuman Mandir Ashram.
Ram Dass (1971). Be Here Now. Three Rivers Press. ISBN 0-517-54305-2.
Ram Dass (1995). Miracle of Love: Stories about Neem Karoli Baba. Hanuman Foundation. ISBN 1887474005.
Ransom, Jai Ram (2014). It All Abides in Love: Maharaji Neem Karoli Baba. Taos Music and Art, Inc. ISBN 9780990718222.
Prasada, Jaya (2022). Sri Siddhi Ma The Story of Neem Karoli Baba's Spiritual Legacy. India Penguin. ISBN 9780143457831.

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