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  • How Maharaj Ji removed poison from people's lives
    Mar 25 2023
    In this episode, Maharaj Ji reminds us to get rid of all the poison in our minds and open our hearts with love, compassion, and sincerity.
    The two stories of the wandering monk and the pharmacist provide a brilliant insight into Maharaj Ji's
    Role as a sadguru.

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    12 min
  • Maharaj Ji and the court of divine justice
    Jun 21 2022
    This is an incredible story about how Maharaj Ji saved a school of innocent students and teachers from rogue officials by spiritually directing a court order in their favour.

    Enjoy the episode and follow @neemancipation on istagram.

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    7 min
  • Maharaj Ji - The saint who appeared in multiple places at the same time.
    Mar 2 2022
    Is Maharaj Ji or Neem Karoli Baba beyond the limitations of a physical form or unrestrained by the barriers of space, time and distance?

    Listen to this fascinating episode to know all about it

    Ram Ram!

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    6 min
  • How Baba challenged the evil caste system in India
    Dec 3 2021
    Hello and Ram Ram,

    Today we have a heart warming story of Maharaj Ji's tolerance, love, acceptance and compassion amid the toughest social situation that he could have found himself in.

    Be amazed to know how Maharaj Ji took on the evil caste system in an Indian village and saved the lives of hundreds of innocent people.

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    10 min
  • How Baba tasted the nectar of love in salt & bread
    Nov 27 2021
    Ram Ram and a warm welcome to another episode of Neem Karoli Baba's miracles of love and compassion. It's been a while since we connected but we are back again with many more interesting stories about our beloved Neem Karoli Baba, also known as Maharaj Ji among his followers. Can salt ever be sweet? Isn't the composition of salt and sugar totally different from each other? Well turns out everytime a poor devotee offered Neem Karoli Baba Indian flatbread or Roti with noon or salt, which in India is known to be a poor man's dish, he would exclaim in joy and delight saying how sweet the salty combination tasted and how it was way better than the sweetest nectar ever.Why did Maharaj ji do such a strange thing? Long story short, because Maharaj Ji always rose above the material taste of the food offered to him and cherished the simplicity, affection, devotion and faith of his devotees who offered him the simple food to him. On the other hand, if an opulent follower would try to impress Maharaj Ji by offering a plate full of 56 different types of delicacies, known as Chappan bhog in India, which is generally offered to God's and saintly people, he would simply reject it. That's because that the offering was made out of show off, arrogance and a desire to be recognised by him. He was well aware of the fact that opulent offerings lacked simplicity and the nectar of love. Here are some stories that elucidate how much Maharaj Ji cherished simplicity. When Maharaj Ji first went to the hill station of Kainchidham in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in India, a place where his famous ashram and temple is situated now, he visited the home of a devotee called Purnanand Tiwari. Upon reaching Purnanand Tiwari's home, he shouted out loud in hindi, 'Maai noon roti lao'Which meant, oh mother of the home bring me some salt and bread please.When that was offered to him, he would be praised the simple mean to no end, describing how sweet, delicious and divine it was. Likewise once he was traveling with a devotee known as Jeevan Baba. Jeevan Baba was driving his cycle rickshaw and Maharaj Ji was sitting on it. They both had a fulfiling meal before they began their journey. However, Maharaj Ji suddenly asked Jeevan Baba to stop at a poor, old woman's hut which was nearby. He called out to the old woman and demanded he be fed noon roti or salt with bread. The old woman embarassed of her poverty and with tears in her eyes offered noon roti to Maharaj ji. She was ashamed because that's all she could afford to offer and at first thought Maharaj Ji was mocking her poverty. But Maharaj ji ate it all up with the glee and delight of a little child. He then embraced the old woman and said in Hindi, Aah ha ha Anand aa gaya mai, which when means oh wow mother, I loved and enjoyed every bit of it. The old woman's tears of embarassment changed into tears of joy. How lucky she was to have fed Maharaj ji in her own home and with her own hands. Many would have given millions to have that experience. In my humble opinion the old woman was richer than the richest of all mortal beings just because she received rhe infinite wealth of Maharaj Ji's love and affection in her own home. Similarly once when Maharaj Ji visited Mukunda or Prakash Chandra Joshi's home in Allahabad, he demanded for baasi roti or stale bread...that is roti that was made in the morning. Maharaj ji knew beforehand that Mukunda's home only had stale bread that day. Hundreds of devotees had earlier wanted to feed him the choicest of Indian delicacies but he had declined. He went straight to Mukunda's home to enjoy his fill of baasi roti or stale bread. Needless to say Mukunda was the happiest man on earth that day. There's another amazing story where the wealthy owner of a mill requested Maharaj Ji to have lunch at his home. Maharaj Ji agreed and visited his place. When the mill owner asked Maharaj Ji what he desired for lunch, Maharaj ji said simply a bowl of daal or lentils and roti or bread. But the wealthy man ridiculed Maharaj Ji's choice and behaved arrogantly. He asked his servants to make the most delicious dishes and sweets for lunch. Maharaj ji calmly said well then, let the dogs enjoy the meal. And no sooner had all the delicacies been prepared, some stray dogs ventured into the wealthy man's kitchen through an open door and started eating the food there. The arrogance of the wealthy mill owner was shattered then and there. Another rich man from Nainital offered Maharaj ji food in silver plates and golden bowls with dishes made from expensive dry fruits and ingredients. Maharaj ji instantly knew that it wasn't a plate of love rather a plate of show off that was desperately seeking a sign of recognition or approval from him. So e took everything that was in that silver plate and poured it into another simple plate and mixed it all up in front of the wealthy man, as if indicating that all the food offered ...
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    8 min
  • The mention of Kovid/Covid in the Hanuman Chalisa
    Aug 7 2020
    Namaste and welcome to another episode of Neem Karoli Baba’s miracles of love and compassion. Neem Karoli Baba or Maharaj Ji said that every line of the Hanuman Chalisa, composed by the Indian poet Shri Tulasidas, is a maha mantra. Now, what exactly is a maha mantra? The word maha in Sanskrit and Hindi means the greatest and the most potent of all. So a maha mantra is the most powerful sacred chant for deliverance. As author Stephen Knapp explains in simple words, the chanting of a maha mantra uplifts a person’s mind and life condition in multiple manners. Every line of the Hanuman Chalisa is indeed such a mahamantra. In today’s testing times, when the world is battling a pandemic, intolerance, terrorism, fundamentalism and self-centered politicians, there’s plenty of negativity to shake our existence. The Hanuman Chalisa is the perfect antidote for that. Let’s take the pandemic caused by the COVID 19 virus. There’s a remarkable message hidden in two lines of the Hanuman Chalisa for all of us to acknowledge, realize, and celebrate. Tulsidas writes, Jam, Kuber Digpal Jahan te Kavi Kovid kahi sake kahan te. Did you hear that? The word Kovid is in the lines above. Although the Hindi meaning of Kovid differs from the English one, the overall message of finding refuge at the feet of Lord Hanuman from the fear of death is loud and clear. Let's understand the above lines from the Hanuman Chalisa. In Jam kuber digpal jahan te, kavii kovid kahi sake kahan te, Tulasidas says Oh Lord Hanuman, even Jam or the God of Death, Kuber, the god of wealth and Digpal, or the guardians of all 10 directions, have to surrender to your immaculate glory and sing your praises. No poet’s lofty composition or kovid in Hindi is good enough to describe your supreme power as the eternal protector of everything and everyone. Not even death dares to come close to you since Yama or the God of death falls at your feet, begging for mercy. Let's extrapolate that to the pandemic situation. The Covid19 Coronavirus has brought about the fear of death and loss from an invisible enemy, in everybody’s mind. While the scientific world races ahead to find a cure, we take the right precautions meanwhile and fall back on our devotion to Lord Hanuman to remove the fear of death from the COVID pandemic. Neem Karoli Baba always said be sincere and don’t hurt anyone. I am sure he would have wanted all his devotees to act responsibly and take the right precautions when moving in public. Everybody’s life is equal and no one’s life is lesser precious than yours. Just as Lord Rama built a bridge to Lanka with a massive army of monkeys, we all have to build a bridge over this sea of COVID pandemic by collaborating together with each other. And don’t forget Tulasidas ji’s precious lines from the Hanuman Chalisa, Jam kuber digpal jahan te Kavi kovid kahi sake kahan te, Let's all pray to Lord Hanuman and Neem Karoli Baba to give us the strength to defeat the COVID pandemic and keep Jam or Death away from near and dear ones. I’m your narrator, Sourav Roy and I’ll be back soon with more stories of Neem Karoli Baba’s miracles of love and compassion. Ram Ram === Follow us on @neemancipation on Instagram for more stories on the life and times of Neem Karoli Baba.
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    4 min
  • How Baba taught an arrogant man what selfless charity is
    Jun 6 2020
    Hello and Namaste, A warm welcome to Neem Karoli Baba's miracles of love and compassion. In this episode, we will share with you another story of Baba's incredible leela and his unique way of reminding us of leaving our ego out when helping others. Baba believed if you do good unto others, then you shouldn't be talking about it, dont even expect any rewards or recognition or any kind of praises being showered at you. Otherwise the help is not unconditional and just a feel good loop for your self Baba used to say in Hindi, Sab Ek ek hain aur sabka maalik Ram hain, which means we are all one and everybody's saviour is Lord Rama. He said, The person who is helping and the person who is being helped are not different from each other. In fact, there are no others. We are all one. Often, we forget this simple message from Baba and our ego tricks us. We start thinking I did this great charitable act or because of me, the sufferings of the poor were diminished. But in reality, we are just small actors playing our roles in the grand leela of life, and maybe sometimes not realising that we forgot to remain humble and succumbed to our pride and self-importance. However, for an exalted saint and mystic master like Neem Karoli Baba, nothing is hidden. He has his own system of checks and balances and performs unimaginable leelas at the right time to separate the wheat from the chaff. Here's a story on how Baba reminded an arrogant follower that there is no place for an egotistical and narcissistic 'I am the doer' feeling when one performs an act of charity. Once when Neem Karoli Baba was spending time in the beautiful Indian hill station of Nainital, a few followers gathered around him and started asking him questions on divinity and the material nature of the world. Baba was answering them patiently when suddenly a devotee entered the room and almost immediately announced that he had brought with him a good amount of money to hand it over to Baba. Baba looked at him and turned down his offer. He told him in Hindi, Nahi Chahiye, yeh paisa kis kaam ka, which means I don't want it. Take it away. This money is of no use to me. But the man insisted and said in Hindi, Kisi bhi kaam mein laga lena baba. Gareebon ko khila dena, which meant, Use this money for any purpose. Feed the poor with this. Baba remained silent for a while, then refused one more time ,telling him in Hindi, Le jaa issey tu, Kya gareebon ke naam se chadah raha hain. Ja tera dikhawa nahin chahiye, which meant Just take it away from here and dont make the poverty of the downtrodden an excuse to feel important. Go away, no one needs your misplaced sense of show off. The man became even more adamant and told Baba that he shouldn't be refusing the money which could feed many poor people. He said it had taken him a lot of effort to raise that money Baba, the eternal magician and master craftsman of mystic leelas, then told him, fine if you think that the money which you have brought is that powerful, then go buy me Sev. with all this money. Sev is an inexpensive Indian snack made of chickpea paste and turmeric. The man replied but its so late at night, where will I find sev now? Baba said, Really, I thought you said this money is magical and it will solve problems for me and help me in feeding people.. You said I could use it anywhere? But if it cant even get me some inexpensive sev now then of what use is it to me or anybody? Baba did not accept even a penny from the man and instructed him to keep the money back in his pocket. The above story was recalled by a devotee named Kishan Tiwari and the story has been documented by Vinod Shukla from Mainpuri village for Dastak Media channel in India. As you can see, Baba's refusal to accept the money was his way of humbling the arrogant follower, sending him a clear message that if you do something good for anyone then do it with your heart and not for any show. Keep your self or ego out of it. A compassionate cause or purpose doesn't need publicity or applause. It just needs Baba's blessings. And when we start looking for reasons to justify why we have to show off or draw attention to our charitable cause then we are gibing more credence to external factors than our faith in Baba and his blessing. And Baba's message in Hindi is very clear. Charity is not an activity. It is a mentality. An inner disposition that expresses itself humbly and not with a loud bang. Those who consider charity to be merely an activity, focus not on the inner spirit but the other show. They obsess over how big and noticeable is the charity they give, and how much recognition and glorification they get. Such charity is nothing but a gift to one’s own ego and a characteristic of the ungodly. That was another glorious tale of Neem Karoli Baba's miracles of love and compassion. We will return soon with more stories from Baba's life. Until then, feel free to email any queries, suggestions, experiences or stories, to loveneemkaroli@gmail.com....
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    6 min
  • How Baba kindled love and trust in a thief's heart
    May 31 2020
    Hello and Namaste, A warm welcome to Neem Karoli Baba's miracles of love and compassion. In this episode, you will know more about Neem Karoli Baba's life and times when he used to live in the Neeb Karori village. Baba led a simple and humble life. He probably had the most basic home in the entire village. We're talking about an Indian village in one of the most economically challenged and disregarded parts of British India in the 1900s. But despite not having any material possessions, Baba was a beaming lighthouse of contentment. He would spend hours doing intense sadhana or deep meditation. And when he was not meditating, he would spend his entire time with the villagers, listening to their problems, suggesting practical solutions, and carrying out numerous leelas or miracles of love to diminish their suffering Baba was one with his surroundings and the fabric of space and time, Nothing was hidden from him. He would know of people's intentions just by looking at them. It is written in ancient Indian texts that when you look into the eyes of a true mystic, then the real intentions of your mind, reflect in the mystic's own awareness, in exactly the same manner, like reflections of objects in water. Good luck to those who go with one-sided delusional stories emerging from their own belief system and think enlightened mystics and masters such as Neem Karoli Baba can be fooled. To the rich, Baba would simply remind that all the money is worthless if it not used to serve humanity. To the poor, Baba would say, your greatest wealth is your ability to work hard, be truthful to yourself, and the power to change your destiny. He would often say If you are sincere to yourself and your existence, the universe will reward your sincerity and truthfulness by opening up unbelievable doors for you. You would have then scripted miracle right from scratch. Baba biggest mantra was Love all, serve all and feed all. All of that with sincerity and purity of the mind.. If you would go to him and tell hiim, you know baba I was in love with my partner but now I have fallen out of it because he or she doesn't earn well enough, or is not serving my purpose and I think my partner will never change, then he would ask you, is that love or is that some sort of a business relation? Because he knew that conditional love was nothing but a disservice to one's own spiritual self in not letting love blossom in one's heart for it's highest purpose. Baba always said, Love dipped in compassion has the power to be the best cure for all maladies. Of course, we live in a highly calculative world. People around us will point out all logical reasons of the intellect to suppress our inner voice of love, giving much evidence and examples of failures in a relationship. She did this she did that. He did this, he did that. You deserve better, your mistakes are nothing as compared to his or hers.. You did the right thing in being harsh and unkind. So on and so forth. Basically, letting fear-inducing justifications to trump over our own true nature of love and forgiveness, which Baba constantly reminded us of. Baba said love is the biggest medicine in the entire universe and the worst punishment that you can give to someone and to your own self is to throw the person out of your heart. To block your ability to love and forgive. Thats why, to spurned and rejected lovers, inimical neighbors and people fighting with each other, Baba would say in Hindi, “Pyaar karo. Bas pyaar karo.” which means, just love, do nothing else. dont do business, Let love and compassion lead you to a better understanding of yourself, kindness, and acceptance.. His fame as a miracle worker and a saint with mystic perfections of mind over matter started spread like a wildfire. People from and around Neeb Karori village started flocking to him. But of what use is publicity or fame or money to a man who is contentented with sleeping on the floor and drinking water from a well. He was not into that zone of I, me, myself or look at how great I am, as we often see in many around us. . He was the king of loving acceptance. Thiefs, dacoits, robbers, criminals, charlatans, crooks, all rushed to him for guidance and a gentle tap of love and forgiveness,. Just as much as priests, sadhus, saints,householders and thousands of ordinary people did. Over a period of time, the dusty and rustic hamlet of Neeb Karori became a shrine of mercy and kindness, washed by the tears of the suffering and dried by the sunshine of Neem Karoli Baba's warmth and love. Here's a real story documented by the people of the village, that shows Baba's simple and unconditional love. Every now and then, Baba would organize a little village fair. He would inspire everybody from the village and nearby areas to participate and mingle with each other. People would assemble to sing, dance, set up stalls of homemade goodies and sell local artifacts and produce. Baba would tell everyone to ...
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    8 min