Neem Karoli Baba
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A revered Indian saint known for his profound simplicity and deep wisdom, Neem Karoli Baba emphasized love, compassion, and selfless service as paths to spiritual awakening. His teachings guided followers to transcend the ego and engage in acts of kindness, fostering personal and spiritual growth. His global influence is evident, impacting prominent figures such as Steve Jobs (Apple founder) and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook founder). Neem Karoli Baba’s legacy includes the establishment of ashrams and charitable organizations dedicated to his mission of service and spiritual development. His message of unconditional love and compassion continues to inspire individuals and communities worldwide, integrating spirituality with everyday life and contributing positively to society.
Neem Karoli Baba
Quotes
A revered Indian saint known for his profound simplicity and deep wisdom, Neem Karoli Baba emphasized love, compassion, and selfless service as paths to spiritual awakening. His teachings guided followers to transcend the ego and engage in acts of kindness, fostering personal and spiritual growth. His global influence is evident, impacting prominent figures such as Steve Jobs (Apple founder) and Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook founder). Neem Karoli Baba’s legacy includes the establishment of ashrams and charitable organizations dedicated to his mission of service and spiritual development. His message of unconditional love and compassion continues to inspire individuals and communities worldwide, integrating spirituality with everyday life and contributing positively to society.
You can leave me. I won’t leave you. Once I catch hold of you, I don’t let go.
Christ died for truth.
I could have been such a great saint if I weren't so compassionate.
Cleanse the mirror of your heart, and you will see God.
When a man has reached the point where he can sit in meditation for six months, there is no need of eating, no need of latrine or of rest. Only one drop of amrit nectar from the top of the head to the body keeps him alive. If a tiger eats that body there is no care, but only when the life comes back to the body will there be pain.
If you do not make it empty, how will you fill it up again?
People are quick to take a chapatti, but slow to take the name of God.
In India, yoga flows in the blood of people.
See all women as mothers, serve them as your mother. When you see the entire world as the mother, the ego falls away.
Everything is impermanent, except the love of God.
It is not necessary to meet your guru on the physical plane. The guru is not external.
The body passes away. Everything is impermanent except the love of God.
It is very difficult to know exactly what good should come out of a particular situation. To attempt to manipulate circumstances so your idea of good can come about is to let the ego play God-and that, as you know, can and does backfire.
Serve as Hanuman served.
Ma, what am I to do - there is no eye that can follow me. No one knows me, no one understands me. What am I to do? (Said four days before He left His body)
Keep God in your heart like you keep money in the bank.
You should not talk about your wealth, wife, or sadhana or they will go away.
When asked how the heart could be purified, Maharajji said, Always speak the truth.
You must accept everyone and see in them the Lord. There is no other need for a saint.
A pure woman is better than a hundred yogis. Women are more open to love God.
Christ and Hanuman saw all women as the Mother. You have to understand the Mother to realize God.
Saints did Jap (japa) and Sadhana for 10,000 years… only then they could succeed in Jap, Meditation and Yoga. But people want to be expert within 5-7 months only.
I will never allow one of my people to escape from me.
