neem karoli baba was a saint who was aย greatย devotee of lord hanuman. lord hanuman is known as one of the greatest bhakt (devotee) in the world. lord hanumanย was totally devoted to his master lord rama and he dedicated his life to serve bhagwan rama.
so the devotee of hanuman has to be like him. thusย neem karoli baba gave a lot of emphasis on helping others, seeing god in every body and loving everyone. he preached the path of devotion or bhakti marg.
hanuman was totally selfless in his services and used to see mother in every women.ย neem karoli baba also gave emphasis in his teachings to help people and spend money in public welfare like feeding hungry people. he also advised his disciple to see mother in every women. the brahmacharya is very important in spiritual progress. one should be celibate not only physically but mentally also.
neem karoli baba was very popular in north india specially in uttar pradesh region. he is known by different names likeย lakshman das or handi wallah baba or tikonia walla baba or tallaiya baba or chamatkari baba (miracle baba) or neeb karori baba. his famous disciples areย ram dass and bhagavan das, and the musicians krishna das and jai uttal. ย ram dass books are quite famous.
popularย neem karoli baba quotes:
1.ย love every one, feed every one, remember god, tell the Truth.
2. love all men as god, even if they hurt you or shame you. be like gandhi and christ.
3. everything is impermanent, except the love of god.
4. it’s better to see god in everything than to try to figure it out.
5.ย keep god in your heart like you keep money in the bank.
6.ย the best service you can do is to keep your thoughts on god. keep god in mind every minute.
7. the eyes of a saint are always concentrated on the supreme self. the minute he is aware of himself, sainthood is lost.
8. if you want to see god, kill desires. desires are in the mind. when you have a desire for something, don’t act on it and it will go away. if you desire to drink this cup of tea, don’t, and the desire for it will fall away.
9. see all women as mothers serve them as your mother. when you see the entire world as your mother, the ego falls away.
10. attachment is the strongest block to realization.
11. it is not necessary for you to meet your guru on the physical plane. The guru is not external.
12. work is worship.
13. i am everybody’s guru.
14. ask god or hanuman. i’m just an ordinary being. i can do nothing.
15. i have no powers. I don’t know anything.
16. if you do not make it empty, how will you fill it up again?
17. see god in everyone. it is deception to teach by individual differences and karma.
18.ย money should be used to help others.
19. if you have enough faith, you can give up money and possessions.
20. when you loan money to a saint, don’t expect to get it back.
21. i don’t want anything. I exist only to serve others.
22. the heart never grows old.
23. whatever may be guru – he may be a lunatic or a common person. once you have accepted him, he is the lord of lords.
24. worldly people go outward, but you must go inward like the turtle, withdrawing within your shell.
25. forgiveness is the greatest weapon, because a saint so armed is imperturbable…. he can give up anger immediately.
26. i am the father of the world. the whole world is my child.
27. he chided: “this world is all attachment. yet you get worried because you are attached.
Rakesh says
Glory to Babaji
Baba has quoted as saying “i am the father of the world. the whole world is my child”.
This gives me freedom to claim that I am also one of his children.
Thank you Lord