papaji
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“When there are no ripples in the lake you can
see your face.” -
“Remove all becoming, you are Being.”
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“You are the unchangeable Awareness in which
all activity takes place.” -
“Your nature is silence and it is not
attainable. It always Is.” -
“You are all lions, so go your own way.
Do not follow any path.Lions do not follow
each other like sheep.” -
“Walking, talking, sleeping, dreaming, or
awakening each day: always keep in touch
with it.” -
“If you get rid of all that you have
learned till now,heard till now, read till now,
seen till now, what’s left? You will return to
your own Self.” -
“Look within, there is no difference between
yourself,Self and Guru.You are always Free.
There is no teacher,there is no student,
there is no teaching.” -
“Stillness is the greatest achievement one
can have in life.” -
“The most holy association is to Be as you are.
This is Freedom.” -
“What is the existence of a bubble in
the ocean?” -
“Waste no time seeking. Forget what you
search for.” -
“Before notions and creations you exist.”
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“You are what remains when the concept of
‘I,’ mind, and past disappear.” -
“Thoughts are impediments to seeing your
own face.Don’t give rise to any thought
and discover who you are.” -
“One is always free and one is always alone.
The mind is only dreaming.” -
“Look within this light, with this light
you’ll see your eternal face.Your own beauty
you will see for the first time.” -
“Just be quiet. This quiet does not involve
talking or not talking. -
It does not involve any doing whatsoever.
Just let the mind fall into silence.
This is enough.” -
“Whatever comes, let it come, what stays
let stay, what goes let go.Always keep quiet,
and always adore Self. This is the essence of
living skilfully in the world appearance.” -
“Don’t touch anything that appears because
it will soon disappear.Look within to where
there is no name or form and you will know
who you are: Freedom.”
about papaji
Sri H.W.L. Poonja, lovingly referred to as Papaji, was born on October 13, 1910, in a part of the Punjab that is now in Pakistan.
He had his first direct experience of the Self at the age of nine. He met his Master, Sri Ramana Maharshi, in 1944. Shortly afterwards he realized the Self in the presence of his Master. Being a householder, he continued to work and support the many members of his extended family until his retirement in 1966. After extensive travel Papaji settled down in Lucknow, India, where he received visitors from around the world. He left the body on September 6, 1997.
papaji’s biography
This first-person account of Papaji’s life was written by David Godman and was approved by Papaji himself. It is published as the first chapter of the book ‘Papaji interviews’, available from our bookshop.
papaji’s house
Papaji’s House is a short walk or riskshaw drive from Satsang Bhavan. It is here that Papaji received seekers before formal Satsang shifted to Satsang Bhavan.
satsang videos
Many videos of Papaji have been restored and available for purchase on our bookshop. Here you can find snippets to many of them.
satsang readings
Let there be Peace and Love Among All Beings of the Universe.
Let there be Peace, Let there be Peace.
Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.
Namaskar. Welcome to Satsang.
ramana
“What exists in Truth is the Self alone. The Self is that where there is absolutely no ‘I’-thought. That is called silence (mauna). Self itself is the world. The Self itself is ‘I’. The
Self/itself is God.”- Ramana Maharshi