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Neem Karoli Baba: Mystic who left footprints on the hearts and minds of Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg

An excerpt from ‘mystics and sceptics: in search of himalayan masters’, edited by namita gokhale..

Neem Karoli Baba’s life was strewn with the miraculous at every step. The accepted laws of physics, and of time and space, did not seem to apply to him. He never employed these extraordinary powers for aggrandisement or gain. He was an emanation of many presences and personages whose spiritual seeking had come before him. I am personally both mystic and sceptic, reluctant to yield my rationality. Yet, there are mysteries that are best left alone, and so it is with my faith and belief in Maharajji.

Neem Karoli Baba, Maharajji to his bhaktas, was a puzzle and a paradox. He left no teachings, no formal legacy, and yet devotees around the world are constantly forging intense connections with him. The barriers of language, culture and religion break down before the compassion, love and sense of fellowship his followers continue to share.

I had the great privilege of meeting Neem Karoli Baba when I was a child of six. He appeared strange, as did the other grown-ups he was sitting and chatting with – except for my grandfather, Dr CD Pande, who was, as ever, comforting and loving. This was probably around the year 1962. The Baba had established himself as a beloved, if mystifying, spiritual figure and presiding deity of Kumaon. His transformative presence imperceptibly changed the way a rigid, caste-bound and hierarchical society addressed its spiritual needs. He invoked the inner resources of agape, caritas and emotional generosity, and fused together a community of believers who continue to congregate and maintain the bond across generations. He was a renowned Himalayan seer with strong roots in Kumaon, but also someone who drew the devotion of disciples and devotees around the world, whose lives he had touched. He may no longer be in his body, but his spiritual energy continues to enlighten people.

Who was this personage whose living presence endures and irradiates the hearts of those he chooses to bless? To my mind, he is the essential Himalayan master, timeless, formless, informed by mysteries humans cannot seek to grasp.

A friend once described him as the patron saint of Silicon Valley. It seems a moniker at odds with the frail, vibrant, often mischievous guru in his woollen plaid blanket. He is also described as the quantum saint, and he did indeed seem to have changed the trajectory of conventional linear thinking of an astonishing array of intellectual entrepreneurs. In my travels, I have encountered devotees of the Baba in distinct but scattered footprints across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. His spiritual aura found resonance with the dreaming minds of a new generation of techno-magicians, who imbibed a deep dose of his crazy wisdom in their youthful journeys to the East.

His most well-known devotee in the US was Ram Dass (Richard Alpert), the Harvard psychologist, whose work created a bridge between Eastern and Western philosophies. Larry Brilliant, the inaugural director of Google.org, took Google’s Larry Page and Jeffrey Skoll, co-founder of eBay, on a transformational pilgrimage to the Kainchi Ashram, nestled on the foothills of the Himalayas, to meet his guru. Steve Jobs arrived at the Ashram in 1974, too late to have a physical darshan of the saint, who had left his bodily form in 1973. Jobs was reported to have a photograph of Neem Karoli Baba beside him in his last days. Mark Zuckerberg spent time in the Ashram as well.

The living legacy of Neem Karoli Baba is perhaps best exemplified in the life and outstanding achievements of Larry Brilliant. Inspired by Maharajji, Larry and Elaine (Girija) Brilliant played a key role in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) smallpox eradication programme. In the extract below from his book Sometimes Brilliant, Brilliant tells us of the arduous goal of seeking a job in the WHO at his guru’s instructions:

But I kept going back anyway, every time he asked me. Trips to Delhi from Kainchi were gruelling, a dozen hours if everything went right. Trains were late or cancelled regularly; bus rides on mountain roads were terrifying. Delhi was an obstacle course of beggars, with the craziest drivers in existence and cows and other animals wandering the streets. It would have been great if Maharajji could have sent me there just once, on the right day to see the right person so I could land the job. But mystical traditions are filled with stories of teachers testing and training and sometimes tormenting their students. A classic example is the story of Milarepa, the 11th-century Tibetan saint Wavy had told us about, who subsisted on nettles during meditation. Milarepa had been a robber and a murderer, so his teacher, Marpa, made him build and tear down tower after tower – a humiliating process that lasted years, but would purify the obstacles to spiritual development, that is, Milarepa’s inner stew of rage, violence, and revenge. I am not Milarepa and I am not a saint, but walking into the WHO office over and over again and explaining that my guru had told me to come work for them might have altered my biochemistry. I think Maharajji wanted me to achieve non-attachment to success. A spiritual apprenticeship can be confusing, even counterintuitive. Those long, exhausting trips, constant rejections, and the daily reminder of my unworthiness, the roller coaster of doubt and the balm of Maharajji’s reassurance, were all part of the preparation. What developed in me at that time was faith – delicate, wavering, tenuous, but faith, nevertheless. Sometimes people say that faith is the opposite of doubt, but I don’t think that is true. To me, the opposite of faith is rigid certainty. Doubt is the constant companion of true faith; like God, it is more verb than noun. Faith is the ride, not the station, as Indians describe it. No one can avoid doubt, scepticism, fear, and uncertainty on the journey to faith if they are honest with themselves. Obstacles are the training ground.

Indeed, faith is the journey, not the station. Faith is the step in the dark which is not there. After Brilliant joined the WHO, after he became a world-renowned epidemiologist and visionary philanthropist, he looked back and reflected on his journey in his book.

At certain moments, the ordinary rules of cause and effect are suspended. Living in a sacred space, surrounded by sacred images, following a guru, a teacher, or a prophet who seems prescient and nudges you towards a specific path – impossible things happen. Since you cannot explain them through reason, you must acquiesce to unreasonable theories. After that, everything begins to make sense again, but in an unexpected way: all impossible things begin to seem quite possible after all.

Neem Karoli Baba’s grace extended far beyond the celebrities he attracted. He was and is the spiritual head of countless Indian families, and his smiling face and blanket-clad form is prominent in framed photographs in homes and public places across Uttarakhand and the rest of northern India. Who was this saint who left such an ineradicable footprint in the hearts and minds of millions?

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Inside the Indian temple that draws America’s tech titans

BHOWALI RANGE, India — The young American arrived at Kainchi Dham ashram in the hills of northern India wearing a T-shirt and a pair of ripped jeans, carrying little. Nobody at the spiritual retreat knew who he was.

Only recently did Mark Zuckerberg reveal that he had traveled to the ashram during the early days of Facebook at the suggestion of one of his mentors, Apple founder Steve Jobs. Zuckerberg said that Jobs had come here as a college student in the 1970s and thought it would be a good place for him to mull the future of his company.

Over the years, the riverside retreat in the state of Uttarakhand has quietly attracted other tech titans from Google, Apple and eBay. Now, thanks to Zuckerberg, who was in India again this week, it is having its moment in the spotlight.

Indian media descended in droves. Attendance tripled. Train and busloads of curiosity seekers from other parts of India began arriving, hoping to get a look at what is now being called the “Zuckerberg temple.”

As with hundreds of other ashrams and spiritual centers in India, Western backpackers and tourists have come to Kainchi for decades.

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But the mystery is why this modest ashram would attract such asteady stream of American tech visionaries. Along with Jobs and Zuckerberg, Google’s Larry Page and Jeffrey Skoll, co-founder of eBay, have also made the pilgrimage.

“Everybody in the world wants to go and see this place,” said Larry Brilliant, a doctor who once lived at the ashram and later became head of Google’s philanthropy division. “It’s a combination of ‘Eat Pray Love,’ know thyself and change the world.”

‘It was like seeing the sun’

Devotees say much of Kainchi’s appeal is connected to its spiritual founder, Neem Karoli Baba. The sadhu, or holy man, came to the hills from a nearby state and lived in a cave for a time — a spot preserved at the ashram and lighted by candles — before the first temple was built in 1964.

A small person wrapped in a large plaid shawl, Neem Karoli Baba normally sat on an elevated cot as followers meditated around him, offering a few kind words, a laugh and occasionally throwing fruit. His philosophy was simple — “all one.”

He exuded goodness, according to devotee Craig Mather, 64, a business analyst from Wales. When he first saw the holy man in 1973, he said, “It was like seeing the sun — dressed in a blanket.”

Jobs arrived in 1974 on a trip around India. He had a growing interest in Eastern spirituality and a classmate had met the guru and urged Jobs to meet him, Jobs told his biographer, Walter Isaacson .

But when he arrived, suffering from dysentery, Jobs was disappointed to learn that the guru had died the previous September. He spent most of his time walking around nearby villages and reading an English version of “Autobiography of a Yogi,” the story of another famed sage, according to Isaacson.

“He was searching for the same thing all of us search for, what we’re still searching for, the meaning of life, why we live, how we can do anything good in our lifetimes,” said Brilliant, who became a lifelong friend. He was also searching for raw food, as Brilliant puts it — “Where the hell am I going to get a good salad?”

Brilliant, who is now senior adviser to Skoll Global Threats Fund, lived at the ashram for three years before Neem Karoli Baba pushed him to leave and take on the smallpox epidemic. At first, Brilliant resisted.

“Every time I would try and meditate he would distract me and frequently it was by throwing fruit,” Brilliant recalled. “He hit me with flying apples a couple of times in my testicles.”

Brilliant eventually talked himself into a job at the World Health Organization and worked for the groundbreaking eradication effort.

The idea of expanding consciousness is inextricably linked with the hippie counterculture movement of the 1960s and early 1970s and those like Jobs who developed personal computers. Jobs left India after seven months but embraced Zen Buddhism and meditation for the rest of his life. More than four decades later, Silicon Valley’s biggest companies are employing “mindfulness counselors” and opening meditation rooms for digitally distracted employees.

Zuckerberg came to Kainchi in 2008, a time when his company had hit a "tough patch," he said recently at a live Facebook event with India's prime minister . He went to see Jobs to ask his advice.

“He told me that in order to reconnect with what I believed as the mission of the company, I should visit this temple that he had gone to in India, early on in his evolution of thinking about what he wanted Apple and his vision of the future to be,” Zuckerberg said. His month-long trip “reinforced for me the importance of what we were doing.”

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Zuckerberg remains keenly interested in India , a country with 130 million Facebook users. He visited this week to drum up support for his free Internet.org service for developing countries, which has been criticized for violating principles of net neutrality.

Peace and meditation

The ashram is a cluster of three main temples, offices and simple living quarters that sits alongside the rushing falls of a small tributary of the Kosi River. There is a bare-bones routine, with morning and evening prayers along with communal meals of lentils, potatoes and rice. Devotees help around the compound, meditate or socialize. It’s quieter these days as the ashram is readying to close for the winter, and the snows descend from the Himalayas.

Nonetheless, as morning prayers began Thursday, several worshipers arrived who said they’d come by train to see the place they’d heard so much about.

One was Sheelendra Pratap Singh, 28, a New Delhi resident who said he made the trip because of Zuckerberg’s journey. Singh was searching for inspiration, too. Business at his civil construction firm is down 50 percent.

“I thought if I came here, Kainchi Dham would bless me, and business will improve,” he said.

As he spoke, the morning worship ritual had reached a crescendo. Priest and followers paused in front of a small temple dedicated to Neem Karoli Baba, chanting, beating cymbals, singing and raising their hands in the air in praise. Inside the small marble structure sits a life-like statue of the holy man, wrapped in a purple blanket, lighted with candles and incense.

The idol has a wry, twinkly expression his followers say was similar to the guru’s in life.

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Jobs traveled to India in mid-1974 to visit Neem Karoli Baba at his Kainchi ashram with his Reed friend (and eventual Apple employee) Daniel Kottke, searching for spiritual enlightenment. When they got to the Neem Karoli ashram, it was almost deserted because Neem Karoli Baba had died in September 1973. Then they made a long trek up a dry riverbed to an ashram of Haidakhan Babaji.

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Who Is Baba Neem Karoli? The Indian Mystic Who Inspired Virat-Anushka, Steve Jobs And Mark Zuckerberg

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma recently visited the Baba Neem Karoli ashram in Vrindavan, Mathura. The power couple stayed in the ashram for about an hour, meditating at baba’s ‘kutia’ (hut) and visiting his ‘samadhi.’ Trustee of the ashram, Radhekrishna Parekh said that they were expecting the couple to arrive at noon, however, they reached early in the morning. Both the couple’s families have been ardent followers of Baba Neem Karoli. Besides Vrindavan, baba’s ashrams are in Rishikesh, Shimla, Delhi and in Taos (New Mexico, USA). Baba Neem Karoli, also known as Neeb Karori Baba has followers worldwide including renowned celebs.

Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma with Vamika visit Baba Neem Karoli Ashram in Vrindavan, video goes viral; watch 👇 @AnushkaSharma @imVkohli https://t.co/X0FpWgUwtg #viratkohli #anushkasharma #anushkasharmafans #vamika #India #vrindavan #viralreel #bollywood pic.twitter.com/KOYhdw8NAW — Free Press Journal (@fpjindia) January 6, 2023

Steve Jobs during his India trip to study Hinduism in the 70s wanted to meet Baba Neem Karoli but found out he had passed away a month prior to their arrival. Meta’s founder and boss, Mark Zuckerberg took inspiration from the Apple founder and visited Baba Neem Karoli’s ashram in Kainchi. Larry Brilliant, american entrepreneur who was the first Executive Director of Google.Org, the philanthropic arm of Google, took the company’s co-founder Larry Page and eBay’s co-founder Jeffrey Skoll to baba’s pilgrimage. Besides global techpreneurs thronging at baba’s ashram, Hollywood celebs like Julia Roberts have been influenced by the Indian mystic.

Someone from #NottingHill share this today. Julia Roberts, Neem Karoli baba.. Bliss 💙 pic.twitter.com/HMRuvuyPnB — rahul verma (@rahulverma08) December 19, 2022

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A proponent of Bhakti Yoga, Neem Karoli Das advised practicing Seva (servitude) to attain the highest form of unconditional devotion to the higher power. Known to his devotees as Maharaj-Ji, Neem Karoli Baba was born as Lakshaman Narayan Sharma in the early 1900’s in Akbarpur village in Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh). He left his well to do Brahmin family after being married at 14, to lead a life of a sadhu. However, he returned to family upon his father’s persuasion and lived a settled married life with two sons and a daughter. He left home in 1958 and boarded a train. He was forced to alight at a village ‘Neem Karoli’ by the conductor for not traveling with a ticket. Thus began his journey as a wandering saint. He later settled in his ashram, building a Hanuman Temple. In 1973 on Sep 1, he slipped into a diabetic coma and passed away in a Vrundavan hospital. His ardent devotees, Baba Ramdass and Larry Brilliant have established ‘Seva Foundation’ based in Berkley, California. The organization was also funded by Steve Jobs.

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Who is Neem Karoli Baba? And Why Steve Jobs & Mark Zuckerberg Visit India to Meet Him

Neem Karoli Baba is a Sadhu/Saint who was born in Akbarpur, Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh, India in 1900. His real name is Lakshman Narayan Sharma. After being married by his parents at the age of 11, he left home to become a wandering sadhu. He later returned home, at his father’s request, to live a settled married life. He fathered two sons and a daughter.

How is he known as a Neem Karoli Baba?

Numerous tales of miraculous occurrences involving saints and sages from India have gained global popularity. Among these tales, there is a notable incident involving Baba Neem Karauli. Once, while traveling by train without a ticket, officials expelled him from the train. Remarkably, the train remained standing at that moment. Realizing the significance of the situation, the officials humbly requested Baba to reboard the train. But put a condition that you have to make a station here and the officials agreed. Upon his blessing, the train was able to resume its journey. The place where the train is stopped is Neem Karoli and Baba became famous with the name Neem Karoli Baba after that.

Multiple Names of Neem Karoli Baba:-

Baba visited or lived in many places in India, and people called him by different names in different places. His names include Neem Karoli Baba, Neeb Karori Baba, Maharaj-ji, Handi Wallah Baba, and Tikonia Walla Baba. When he did tapasya and sadhana at Vavania village of Morbi in Gujarat, he was known as Tallaiya Baba. In Vrindavan, local inhabitants addressed him by the name of Chamatkari Baba.

Neem Karoli Baba’s Ashrams in India & USA:-

His ashrams are in Kainchi, Vrindavan, Rishikesh, Shimla, Neem Karoli village near Khimasepur in Farrukhabad, Bhumiadhar, Hanumangarhi, and Delhi in India and in Taos, New Mexico, United States.

Neem Karoli Baba & Steev Jobs

Steve Jobs, along with his friend Dan Kottke, traveled to India in April 1974 to study Hinduism and Indian spirituality; they planned also to meet Neem Karoli Baba but arrived to find the guru had died the previous September.

It is also said that Steve got the idea of ​​Apple’s logo from Baba’s ashram. Neem Karauli Baba reportedly loved apples, which was why Steve chose to cut apples for the people of his company. However, nothing can be said about the veracity of this story.

Steve Jobs also suggested Mark Zuckerberg & Julia Roberts visit India in Baba’s Ashram. Julia is now following Hinduism.

Who is Ram Dass?

In 1967, Bhagavan Das guided Alpert throughout India, eventually introducing him to Neem Karoli Baba, whom Alpert called “Maharaj-ji”, who became his guru at Kainchi ashram. Neem Karoli Baba gave Alpert the name “Ram Dass”, which means “servant of God”, referring to the incarnation of God as Ram or Lord Rama.

Here are some videos where Ram Dass (Alpert) tells a story about his Guru Maharaj Ji (Neem Karoli Baba).

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Kainchi dham is a small temple complex situated on the banks of the kosi, a river in the kumaon region of uttarakhand.the place came to limelight after facebook founder mark zuckerberg told prime minister narendra.

The place came to limelight after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during the last week's townhall meet, that Steve Jobs had recommended he visit Neem Karoli Baba's (Maharajji) ashram in Kainchi.

Zuckerberg visited the ashram at a time when he and Facebook were going through a tough time. The Facebook founder had arrived here with just a book in his hand and he was supposed stay here for one day but he spent two days.

Apple founder Steve Jobs visited the Ashram to meet Neem Karoli Baba with his friend Dan Kottke. He, however, could not meet Baba who had died before his arrival.

Also Read: Kainchi Dham: The temple Steve Jobs advised Mark Zuckerberg to visit

Hollywood actress Julia Roberts is also said to be influenced by Neem Karoli Baba and was drawn to Hinduism because of him.

A lot of foreigners visit the Ashram. Spiritual leaders Ma Jaya, Ram Dass, musicians Jai Uttal and Krishna Das, humanitarian Larry Brilliant, scholar and writer Yvette Rosser and Daniel Goleman are among his devotees.

India TV brings to you 10 facts about Neem Karoli Baba:

1. Neem Karoli Baba was born to a Brahmin family in Akbarpur village of Firozabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

2. When he was 11, Neem Karoli Baba was married to a Brahmin girl. Soon after his marriage, he left his home and wandered throughout the India as a sadhu and was known by many names.

3. It is believed that by the time Neem Karoli Baba was 17 years old, he knew everything.

4. After 10-15 years, his father was informed that his son was spotted somewhere in Uttar Pradesh's Farrukhabad. His father immediately rushed to the district and ordered him to return to home and stay with the family. Baba has two sons and a daughter. During his stay at home, Neem Karoli Baba kept himself engaged in social works.  

5. In 1962, Baba Neem Karoli built a chabootara around a place where two spiritual gurus Sadhu Premi Baba and Sombari Maharaj had performed Yagyas in Kainchi village.

6. He also built Lord Hanuman's temple at many places. The first temple of Lord Hanuman was inaugurated in June 15, 1964. The second temple was built in Vrindavan.

7. Baba Karoli Baba has temples in several places including Lucknow and an Ashram in Texas, US. According to his website, Maharajji established at least 108 temples.

8. In the late 60's an American known as Baba Ram Dass authored books telling of Neem Karoli Baba and hundreds of westerners went for his darshan.

9. Neem Karoli Baba opted Vrindavan's land for his Samadhi. He died on September 10, 1973. A temple for him was subsequently built at the Ashram. His statue was consecrated on June 15, 1976.

10. Anyone who wants to visit the Ashram in Kainchi village needs to request prior permission. After a reference from one of the older devotees, one can stay for three days. The ashram is closed for a large portion of the year as it becomes very cold there.

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Who is Baba Neem Karoli who inspired Virat-Anushka, Steve Jobs, Julia Roberts, Mark Zuckerberg

Neem Karoli Baba was a Hindu Guru and a devotee of Lord Hanuman.

Cricketer Virat Kohli and actress Anushka Sharma along with their daughter visited a ashram in Vrindavan. The video of their visit was recently seen on the internet. They paid a visit to Baba Neem Karoli Ashram in Vrindavan on 4 January. The couple stayed there for about an hour and had ‘darshan’ of Baba's 'samadhi', besides meditating in a 'kutia' (hut).

Radhekrishna Pathak, trustee of Neem Karoli Baba Ashram, said they expected the couple to come in the afternoon but the two reached the place early in the morning, as reported by PTI. He also said that Sharma's family has been a follower of Baba Neem Karoli. Apart from them, other notable who have visited his ashram and are followers are Steve Jobs, Julia Roberts, Mark Zuckerberg. 

Who is Baba Neem Karoli?

His followers called him Maharaj-ji.

His real name was Lakshman Narayan Sharma and born around in 1900 in the Akbarpur village in Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh to a wealthy Brahmin family.

He was married by by his parents at the age of 11. However, he left home to become a wandering sadhu. At his father's request, he returned home to live a settled married life. He fathered two sons and a daughter.

He is known outside India for being the spiritual master of a number of Americans who travelled to India in the 1960s and 70s.

He encouraged service to others as the finest expression of unrestricted devotion to God and was a lifetime practitioner of bhakti yoga.

He would say attachment and ego are the greatest hindrances to the realisation of God and that “a learned man and a fool are alike as long as there is attachment and ego in the physical body."

In 1974, Steve Jobs, along with his friend Dan Kottke had traveled to India to study Hinduism and Indian spirituality. They had also planned also to meet Neem Karoli Baba but he had already died.

Influenced by Steve Jobs, in 2015, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg also visited Baba Neem Karoli’s ashram in Kainchi when the company was facing tough times.

Hollywood actress Julia Roberts is also said to be influenced by Baba and was drawn to Hinduism because of him. In an interview she was asked where did the interest in Hinduisim come from, she said, “It came from seeing a picture of a guru called Neem Karoli Baba and I was so drawn to the picture of this person and I did not know who he was or what he was about, but felt very strong interest."

Baba died in the early morning hours of 11 September 1973 in a hospital at Vrindavan, India after he slipped into a diabetic coma.

His ardent devotees, Ram Dass and Larry Brilliant also established ‘Seva Foundation’ in Berkley, California which was also funded by Steve Jobs. His ashrams are located in many cities in India and US.

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Steve Jobs, the late co-founder of Apple, is known for his groundbreaking contributions to the technology industry. However, what is less known is his search for spiritual enlightenment. In 1974, Jobs traveled to India in search of answers, and it was during this trip that he met Neem Karoli Baba, a spiritual leader who had a profound impact on his life.

Neem Karoli Baba, also known as Maharaj-ji, was a Hindu saint who lived in the foothills of the Himalayas. He was known for his teachings on love and devotion, and his disciples included many Westerners who had come to India in search of spiritual guidance. One of these disciples was Ram Dass, an American spiritual teacher who had written a book about his experiences with Maharaj-ji.

It was through Ram Dass that Jobs learned about Neem Karoli Baba, and he decided to travel to India to meet him. Jobs arrived at Maharaj-ji’s ashram in the small village of Kainchi, where he spent several months meditating and learning from the spiritual leader.

During his time at the ashram, Jobs experienced a profound spiritual awakening that would later influence his life and work. He later said in an interview, “Coming back to America was, for me, much more of a cultural shock than going to India. The people in the Indian countryside don’t use their intellect like we do, they use their intuition instead, and their intuition is far more developed than in the rest of the world. Intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect.”

Jobs’ time with Neem Karoli Baba had a significant impact on his life and work. He later credited the experience with helping him develop his philosophy of simplicity, which would become a hallmark of his design aesthetic. He also incorporated elements of Eastern spirituality into his personal life, such as his practice of Zen meditation.

In conclusion, Steve Jobs’ visit to Neem Karoli Baba in India was a turning point in his life, marking the beginning of his journey towards spiritual enlightenment. The lessons he learned during his time with Maharaj-ji had a significant impact on his personal and professional life, shaping his design philosophy and approach to business. The story of Jobs’ spiritual quest serves as a reminder of the importance of looking beyond the material world and seeking answers to life’s deeper questions.

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Steve Jobs to Mark Zuckerberg: People who visited Neem Karoli Baba

Kainchi Dham is a temple established in the Kumaon region on the banks of the Kosi River in Uttarakhand. It is not an unknown fact that Neem Karoli Baba of Nainital is popular all over the world. This place got limelight after Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook Founder shared with the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a town hall meeting that Steve Jobs suggested he visit this place. However, Mark did visit the Kainchi Dham Ashram later when Facebook was going through some tough times. Zuckerberg reached the Ashram carrying a book in his hands with the plan to stay for a day on the premises, but he spent two days there in the spiritual ambiance of the Neem Karoli Baba Ashram.

Neem Karoli Baba, originally known as Lakshman Narayan Sharma was born in 1900 in the Akbarpur Village, Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh. He was a devotee of Lord Hanuman. Baba Ji belonged to a financially well-off Brahmin family and by the age of 11, he got married as per his parent’s wish. He left his home sometime later, to become a Sadhu. But at the request of his father, he came back to have a stable married life. Maharajji had two sons and one daughter. There are several ashrams of Maharajji including Kainchi, Vrindavan, Rishikesh, Hanuman Garhi, Delhi, and New Mexico, along with several others.

How did Lakshman Das become Maharajji?

Ram Dass (Richard Alpert) wrote in his book that Neem Karoli Baba once was traveling by train without a ticket and when British TC came; he forced him to de-board the train at Neem Karoli village (Farrukhabad) in Uttar Pradesh. After Baba came off the train, he sat down with his tongs fixed on the ground. The railway officials then tried starting the train after the guard showed the green signal but even after a lot of effort, the train did not start.

However, when after trying so much, the train was not starting, a local magistrate who knew Baba, asked the TC to apologize and get Baba ji back on the train with respect. When the official apologized, Baba agreed to get on the train for two conditions –

• To make a railway station at Neem Karoli village
• The railways should give respect and treat Sadhus better.

The officials agreed as he asked and then jokingly said “Is it up to me to start trains”, and boarded the train again. As soon as Maharajji boarded, the train started, but the pilots asked not to proceed until Baba showed his blessings to them. Then Baba gave them blessings and the train proceeded forward. A train station was later built in the village of Neem Karoli and Baba lived there for some time.

He was known by several names like Lakshman Das, Handi Wallah Baba, Tallaiya Baba, and Tikonia Walla Baba. After he died in 1973, a Samadhi shrine was built in his Vrindavan Ashram.

Notable disciples of Neem Karoli Baba include spiritual teacher Ram Dass (Richard Alpert), singer and spiritual teacher Bhagavan Das (Kermit Michael Riggs), meditation teacher Lama Surya Das (Jeffrey Miller), and the renowned musician Jai Uttal (Douglas Uttal) and Krishna Das (Jeffrey Kagel).

Steve Jobs’ Link to Neem Karoli Baba Ashram

Steve Jobs along with Daniel Kottke traveled to India in search of spiritual enlightenment in the 1970s. During his journey, he visited several spiritual places, including Kainchi Dham , where Neem Karoli Baba was the spiritual leader. Steve was deeply influenced by his experiences in India, especially his interactions with Neem Karoli Baba. Maharajji was a sacrosanct spiritual guru who had a significant impact on many individuals, including Jobs.

It is believed that Jobs found inspiration from the teachings and philosophy of Neem Karoli Baba. Upon his return to the USA, Steve Jobs implemented spiritual principles he learned there in his personal and professional life. These principles influenced his design aesthetics, minimalist approach, and the emphasis on user experience that became equivalent to Apple’s products.

Other people who visited the Ashram

The Hollywood actress Julia Roberts traveled to India in the early 2010s and she visited Kainchi Dham during her trip. She has spoken about her spiritual experiences in India, including her time at the ashram. Rameshwar Nath Kao, a former intelligence officer, and the founder of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India’s external intelligence agency, is connected with Neem Karoli Baba. He sought spiritual guidance from the saint and visited the ashram multiple times. Donovan is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for his folk-influenced music. He spent time at Kainchi Dham and was deeply influenced by Neem Karoli Baba. Robert Thurman is an American Buddhist writer, professor, and former Tibetan Buddhist monk. He has visited Kainchi Dham and has written about his experiences and encounters with Neem Karoli Baba.

This was a short brief on the story of Neem Karoli Baba and how Steve Jobs got his inspiration for starting his own venture.

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Personal information of Neem Karoli Baba.

Who is neem karoli baba..

Neem Karoli Baba was born in 1900 in Akbarpur village of Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh. Baba was a Hindu guru and a great devotee of Lord Hanuman. His followers used to call him Maharaj-ji.

Early and family life.

A mother gave birth to a great saint in the year 1900 in Akbarpur village of Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh. Whose little step is this she was not aware of? She named him Laxman Narayan Sharma. When he was 11 years old, his family arranged his marriage and he tied the knot.

He repeatedly tried to leave the household life but remained with his family because of family pressure. Neem Karoli Baba has two sons and a daughter.

His father’s name is Durga Prasad Sharma and his mother’s name is unknown. There is not much information available about his parents.

Rambeti(wife): At the age of 11 years old he married a Brahmin girl named Rambeti. The couple has two sons and one daughter. After his marriage, he left his family life to become a sadhu.

Anek Singh: Anek Singh is the eldest son of the Neem Karoli Baba who lives in Bhopal with his family.

Dharam Narayan Sharma (Son): Dharam Narayan Sharma is the younger son of the Neem Karoli Baba who died at the age of 81 years. In April 2021 he died in the hospital of Faridabad due to illness. He worked as Ranger in Forest Department and after retirement, he used to stay in Kanchi Dham Ashram only. He has five daughters.

Girja Devi (Daughter): Girja Devi is the daughter of the Neem Karoli Baba. She lives in Agra.

How he named Neem Karoli Baba.

The real name of Baba Neem Karoli Maharaj is Pandit Lakshminarayan Sharma. It is said that when Pandit Lakshminarayan Sharma was performing meditation at Neem Karori village in Farrukhabad, he had a visible vision of Hanumanji. Since then Baba’s name became Neem Karoli Maharaj.

How he established Kainchi Dham.

At the age of 17 years, he attained spiritual knowledge. In 1961 he came to Uttrakhand and, along with his old friend Purnanand Ji he thought of building an Ashram there. In 1964 he established the ashram named Kainchi Dham in Kainchi, Uttrakhand. Kainchi is situated at a distance of 7 km from Nainital, Bhuwali.

This Dham is also known as Kainchi Mandir, Neem Karoli Dham, and Neem Karauli Ashram . Here you will find blankets at every shop because Baba Neem Karauli used to wear a blanket only. People used to offer these blankets to him in Kainchi.

Celebrities who bowed in Kainchi Dham.

Steve jobs :.

In 1974 Steve Jobs was 18 years old when he visited Kanchi Dham with his friend Dan Kotte for enlightenment. He was very eager to visit the Kanchi Dham to see the Neem Karoli wale baba in real.

When he visited there, he was disappointed after listening to the death news of Baba a year before his visit. He stayed in the Ashram for some days, and Steve Jobs felt some magic in his life. After visiting the Ashram, his vision of life got changed and he became so clear about his goals.

Mark Zuckerberg

In 2015 Mark Zuckerberg was going through a rough time. He was facing trouble with his Facebook. People wanted to buy Facebook because of its downfall. At that time, he visited his mentor, Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs suggested Mark Zuckerberg to visit Kainchi Dham, a place of Neem Karoli wale Baba if he really wanted to connect to the world.

A month later, in 2015, he visited the Kainchi Dham temple and felt miraculous changes in his life. He revealed all these things to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an interview.

Julia Roberts

She is very interested in practicing Hinduism, and during her practice, she came across a picture of Neem Karoli Baba, and she felt too much connection with it. In 2011 she visited the temple of Neem Karoli Baba to chant and pray.

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma.

The most famous couple, Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma, are devotees of the Neem Karoli Baba. They are often seen at different ashrams of Baba. In 2023 on the occasion of Holi, the couple was spotted at the Nainital Ashram of Neem Karoli wale baba.

Neem Karoli Baba Death:

He fell into a coma due to diabetes, and on 11 September 1973, Neem Karoli wale Baba died at nearly 1:15 AM in the early morning at the hospital of Vrindavan. He chooses the Vrindavan to leave his body.

Neem Karoli Baba Ashrams.

Neem karoli baba facts..

• Neem Karoli Baba’s main aim is to teach people bhakti Yoga and sewa to attain self-realization.
• People of Haridwar used to call him ‘ Chamatkari Baba’.
• Not only Chamatkari Baba, but he is also named asTallaiya Baba, Lakshman Das Baba, Handi wallah baba, and Trikonia walla baba.
• After the death of Baba in 1973, his disciple and devotees constructed a temple in his name in Kanchi Dham.
• He is also famous as Kambal Wale Baba…Kainchi Dham Wale Baba…Neem Karauli Baba all over the country.
• He did not allow to touch his feet. He advised to touch the feet of Hanumanji instead of his.
• An American devotee Richard Alpert wrote the book titled’ Miracle of Love’ delving into the life and teaching of Neem Karoli Baba.
• He established about 108 temples including his Ashrams.
• He is also called as Maharaj-Ji.
• He used to wear a Blanket all time. People who visit his Ashram offer him a Blanket as a tribute.

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If you are spiritual and into philosophy, you must have heard of the popular Neem Karoli Baba. His followers knew him by the name Maharaj-ji. He is well-known as a spiritual master not only in India but all across the globe for his numerous American disciples. Several well-known international personalities like Steve Jobs, Mark Zukerberg, Julia Roberts, etc. have been associated with him and his teachings during the 1960s and 70s.

Spiritual teachers Ram Dass and Bhagavan Das are the most well-known disciples and so are the musicians Krishna Das and Jai Uttal. Neem Baba Karoli ashrams are in Kainchi, Rishikesh, Vrindavan, Shimla , Bhumiadhar, Neem Karoli village near Khimasepur in Farrukhabad, Hanumangarhi, and Delhi in India. His ashram is also situated in Taos, New Mexico, United States.

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Who is Baba Neem Karoli?

Born with the name, Lakshman Narayan Sharma, he was born around 1900 in the village of Akbarpur in the Firozabad district of Uttar Pradesh, India. He was born into a wealthy Brahmin family. His parents married him off at the age of 11, and he left home to become a wandering sadhu. At his father’s request, he later returned home and lived a settled married life. He was a father of two sons and a daughter.

Here is how Baba Lakshman Das came to be known as Neem Karoli Baba

Neem Karoli Baba was known as Baba Lakshman Das at the time he left his home in 1958. There is a story Ram Dass tells that Baba Lakshman Das boarded a train without a ticket. The conductor decided to halt the train and Neem Karoli Baba was forced to get off the train at the village of Neem Karoli, Farrukhabad district in U.P.

When Baba got off the train, the train did not start. After several attempts at starting the train, the conductor was suggested by someone to bring back the sadhu on the train. When the conductor allowed Neem Baba Karoli to board the train.

Neem Baba Karoli agreed to board the train under two conditions:

• A railway station is to be built in the village of Neem Karoli.
• And the railway company must treat sadhus better.

The officials finally agreed and Neem Karoli Baba boarded the train. After he boarded the train, it started immediately, but the train drivers proceeded only after the sadhu blessed them to move forward. The train proceeded after taking blessings from Baba. Later a train station was also built in the village of Neem Karoli as promised to Baba Neem Karoli. Baba was named by the locals and he lived in the village of Neem Karoli for a while.

He was later known by many names such as Lakshman Das, Handi Wallah Baba, and Tikonia Wale Baba. He was also known as Tallaiya Baba when he did tapasya and sadhana in Gujarat at Vavania Morbi. Local inhabitants in Vrindavan, addressed him by the name of Chamatkari Baba.

Neem Karoli Baba Ashram and how to reach them

Two main ashrams were built during his life at Kainchi and at Vrindavan. Over 100 temples were constructed in his name.

Neem Karoli baba Ashram Kainchi Dham

In 1964, The Kainchi Dham ashram was built with a Hanuman temple. He stayed in this ashram in the last decade of his life. Two local sadhus, Premi Baba, and Sombari Maharaj started to build a modest platform two years prior to perform yagnas.

The ashram is situated 17 km from Nainital on the Nainital-Almora road, over the years the temple, has become a significant pilgrimage for locals, spiritual seekers, and devotees worldwide.

Every year on June 15, to commemorate the inauguration of the temple, the Kainchi Dham Bhandara takes place. The celebration typically receives over a lakh (100,000) devotees.

Neem Karoli Baba Ashram in Mehrauli, Delhi

The Delhi ashram is located in Jaunapur near a place named Mehrauli. It is built in a large area and is situated amongst huge real estate. This temple sustains a hospital and two schools.

Neeb Karori Temple

Neeb Karori temple is situated in the district of Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh. Maharajji lived in a cave made by the villagers for him. He continued with his tapasya after coming from Gujarat.

Vrindavan Ashram

This place in Uttar Pradesh is the Samadhi Sthal of Maharajji because he left his body here. One of the two temples in Vrindavan was built by Maharajji himself.

Veerapuram Ashram

The Hanuman idol had to be moved from this location close to Chennai.

Neem Karoli Baba death

Baba Neem Karoli passed away on Sep 11, 1973, in a hospital at Vrindavan after he went into a diabetic coma. Due to pain in his chest, he visited a heart specialist in Agra, he had been returning by night train to Kainchi. He began convulsing en route and requested his traveling companions to be taken to Shri Dham Vrindavan.

In the hospital emergency room, the doctor placed an oxygen mask over his face and gave him injections. The hospital staff declared that he was in a diabetic coma but that his pulse was fine.

Suddenly Maharajji rose and pulled the oxygen mask off his face and the blood pressure measuring band from his arm. He was found saying,

“Bekar (useless)”

Maharajji asked for Ganga water but was presented with regular water as there was no Ganga water nearby. He then repeated several times each time in a lower pitch,

“Jaya Jagadish Hare” (“Hail to the Lord of the Universe”)

Eventually, his face became very peaceful, and all signs of pain vanished. He was declared dead.

Some of his personal belongings and his samadhi shrine are present in the Vrindavan ashram.

Famous disciples of Neem Baba Karoli

Neem Baba Karoli had some notable followers not only in India but also overseas. The disciples include singer and spiritual teacher Bhagavan Das, spiritual teacher Ram Dass (author of Be Here Now), author and meditation teacher Lama Surya Das, and the musicians Krishna Das and Jai Uttal.

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Other prominent devotees include Dada Mukerjee (former professor at Allahabad University, Uttar Pradesh, India), humanitarian Larry Brilliant and his wife Girija, scholar and writer Yvette Rosser, filmmaker John Bush, American spiritual teacher Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, and Daniel Goleman author of The Varieties of the Meditative Experience and Emotional Intelligence.

In the Nainital area (1954-1968), Baba Hari Dass (Haridas) supervised several buildings and maintained the ashrams before heading to the US.

Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, along with his friend Dan Kottke, Larry Page, and Jeffrey Skoll visited Neem Karoli Baba ashram

Apple founder Steve Jobs traveled to India in April 1974 to learn about Hinduism and Indian spirituality. When he arrived to meet Neem Baba Karoli, he found out that the guru had died. Influenced by Steve Jobs, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg visited Neem Karoli Baba’s ashram in Kainchi in 2015 when Facebook was going through a difficult phase.

Larry Brilliant brought Google’s Larry Page and Jeffrey Skoll, co-founder of eBay, to Neem Karoli Ashram.

Baba neem karoli , the Indian mystic who inspired the likes of Steve jobs, Mark zuckerberg, Julia Roberts, and many more achievers of this world even after passing away long before, it’ll be very unfortunate if u r an Indian and don’t know about him. pic.twitter.com/Wbw5Cl3D7o — kashif Qureshi (@kashiflion) April 24, 2019

Ram Dass and Larry Brilliant founded the Seva Foundation after returning to the United States. It is an international health organization based in Berkeley, California. Steve Jobs also funded the organization. It is dedicated to applying the teachings of Neem Karoli Baba toward preventing and treating blindness.

Another Foundation, the ‘Love Serve Remember Foundation’ is present to preserve and continue the teachings of Neem Karoli Baba.

Julia Roberts, the popular Hollywood actress was also influenced by Neem Karoli Baba

A picture of Neem Karoli Baba pulled Roberts to Hinduism. She was so influenced by Neem Karoli Baba.

Recently Cricketer Virat Kohli and Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma paid a visit to Baba Neem Karoli Ashram in Vrindavan, Mathura

Virat and Anushka visited Neem Karoli temple for ‘darshan’ of Baba’s samadhi along with their daughter Vamika. Reportedly, the couple meditated in a hut and stayed there for about an hour.

Before leaving for Maa Anandamayi Ashram, they posed for photos and gave autographs to fans.

Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma with their daughter Vamika in Shri Baba Neem Karoli ashram in Vrindavan. #ViratKohli | #INDvSL | #INDvsSL pic.twitter.com/HQV7Gc8OIL — Virat Kohli Fan Club (@Trend_VKohli) January 5, 2023

Neem Karoli Baba Documentary

Windfall of Grace , a 2021 documentary offers an engrossing combination of narratives from simple, rustic Indian devotees juxtaposed by portrayals of renowned American devotees. By way of their overwhelming love and surrender for Neem Karoli Baba, these expressions aim to bring out not just the differences but also the similarities between the two. Their spiritual path and practice and shifts in their life purpose were greatly inspired by their individual encounters with Baba.

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When Julia Roberts revealed she was drawn to Hinduism after coming across a picture of Neem Karoli Baba

Julia roberts first spoke about being a practicing hindu who goes to temple to 'chant, pray, celebrate' in 2011..

Several Hollywood actors have shown a fascination for India and Indian culture over the years, but perhaps among the most prominent celebrities to have embraced India remains Julia Roberts. Portions of her film Eat, Pray, Love were shot in India, but contrary to popular belief, she didn’t become fascinated by Hinduism after working on the movie, but was already practicing before signing on to star in it.

While the actor has always been careful about not talking too much about her personal ideologies, she has spoken about being a practicing Hindu on a handful of occasions in the past, mostly around the time when she was promoting Eat, Pray, Love.

In an interview with George Stephanopoulos for ABC news, she was asked about how she became acquainted with Hinduism, she said, “I practice, I practice a lot of things… Hinduism is something that I’m very intrigued by, and very interested in… It came from seeing a picture of a guru called Neem Karoli Baba . I was so drawn to this picture of this person, and I didn’t know who he was, and what he was about, but felt a very strong interest… He passed long before I saw his picture, but it was very intriguing, and that’s the way things come into our lives. They’re not these big, great crashing moments, but these little things…”

Roberts first talked about being a practising Hindu in a 2011 interview with Elle, when she said, “I’m definitely a practising Hindu. I’ve been so spoiled with my friends and family in this life. Next time, I want to be just something quiet and supporting.” She said that she goes to temple to ‘chant, pray and celebrate.’

Of course, this piece of information made headlines, but Roberts maintained a dignified silence when asked about it again at a press conference for the film. “I will say this about Hinduism, which I practice… I didn’t suddenly make this movie and start practicing Hinduism. It was a part of my life for a very long time, and I realised I should stick with what my mom told me 22 years ago, ‘You’re an actor; act, don’t talk about politics, don’t talk about religion’.”

Eat, Pray, Love was released in 2010 and became a major box office success. Roberts is among the world’s highest grossing movie stars, and is the recipient of multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. Other prominent devotees of Neem Karoli Baba are Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli.

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