“HIS LILA” with ME
Dwarkanath Bonner remembers the lilas of neem karoli baba
As a teenager, for the first time in my life that I can recall, I became interested in the Gospels of Jesus, the lives of the saints, yoga, etc. I met Sri Neem Karoli Baba’s American disciple, Baba Ram Dass, who told me of his experiences with Maharajji, impressing me deeply. He also gave me a photo of Maharaj Ji upon which I meditated.
My girlfriend wanted to go to India. Ram Dass discouraged us saying that Maharajji was always traveling and that no one would be able to tell us where to find him. Nonetheless she persuaded me to travel with her and her young daughter. We traveled on a London-Calcutta bus and reached Amritsar in December. I was 21 years old at the time. We then traveled to Nainital without delay because we had been told that some of Maharaj Ji’s devotees lived there. In Nainital we found a group of about ten westerners including Ram Dass who were all about to leave for Bodh Gaya to study meditation. A few of the westerners had Maharajji’s darshan a month or two earlier, but no one knew where He was. We traveled with the group and spent a month and a half in Bodh Gaya. One day, between meditation courses as we were sitting at a chai stall, the bus in which my friend and I had traveled across the Middle East came driving through the village of Bodh Gaya. We hailed the driver and arrangements were made with him to drive a group of 20-30 westerners from Gaya to Delhi some two weeks later.
The first night of my second journey on this same bus passed in Benares, from which we sat off rather late the next day. Upon approaching Allahabad, one of the Americans on the bus said we should stop at the Sangam. The driver found his way downstream and as we approached the holy place the clouds were pink in the evening sky. The bus was moving slowly as the driver looked for a place to park when another of the passengers cried out, “stop the bus. There’s Maharajji”. My heart jumped. Then I thought, “what a terrible joke.” But a moment later, through the window of the bus. I had my first darshan of “Sri Neem Karoli Baba ”. He was standing close to the entrance to the temple of Bare Hanumanji, holding hands with a man whom we came to know as ‘Dada’. I was mostly confused. What did this man before my eyes have to do with the Guru enshrined in my heart? Dada (Sri Sudhir Mukerjee) gave us directions to his house where Maharajji was staying. We were welcomed most graciously. We found out later that before our arrival Maharajji had been saying, “They’re coming, They’re coming.” and had instructed that plenty of food be prepared.
a saints bed should not be used by other:https://babaneemkaroli.in/a-saints-bed-should-not-be-used-by-others/
Our Second evening at Maharaj Ji’s encampment at Dada and Didi’s home — really it seemed more like His home — as we were sitting to take our evening meal, I went into the livingroom to set my belongings straight. No one was in the room but for the young girl with whom I had traveled to India. She was asleep when with a sudden loud noise of doors bursting open, Maharajji came striding into the room, lion-like and sat upon the tucket. For the first time, I was able to get close to Him, to sit at His Feet. He said some words which I didn’t understand as He laughed and patted me. I was happy, so happy. My confusion disappeared in those moments of love.
Thus began my experience of His darshan. Whenever possible I stayed in or near His ashrams, making myself useful in any way possible and remaining in the background, generally, in the hopes that I might be able to remain by His side. He kept me in India for another three years and gave me the name Dwarkanath which I have used with my surname, Bonner, ever Since.
Love marriage by the grace of neem karoli baba :https://babaneemkaroli.in/love-marriage-by-the-grace-of-neem-karoli-baba/
On Sunday the 9th of September in 1973, Maharajji had gone inside after giving darshan to many people at his ashram in Kainchi.
It was the lunch hour, and we didn’t expect to see him again until mid or late afternoon.
I went with a friend to do some business in the nearby town of Bhowali and then we headed back by bus. As the road approached the ashram, it turned back 180 twice as it descended the steep hillside, earning the place its name, Kainchi.
neem karoli baba turned Ganga Jal into milk:https://babaneemkaroli.in/neem-karoli-baba-turned-ganga-jal-to-milk/
Our bus came to a halt before negotiating the first hairpin turn in order to let a car pass. Out the window of the bus, I had Babaji’s darshan as He passed by in the car, on His way to the plains where he took samadhi two days later in Vrindavan. This was my last darshan of His Physical Lila.
His presence continues, of course, to affect my life even now, 22 years after that golden period of my life which was bracketed between two views through bus windows. This is thanks, largely, to the Satsang who share that love which can never grow old. And thanks, most especially, to His Kindness that He should hold a poor devotee such as myself close even after all these years Jai ho, Bhagavan.
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