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am I?" This is what we have come here to understand, and
we have not done this at any time before. This question must
be solved but we have postponed it. Everyone has postponed it
for millions of years. We will not postpone this here. There
is no method to practice. Simply find out, "Who am
I?" This is not a method or practice or sadhana. This can
be done here and now - in this instant - because the Self is
here. Enlightenment means to know thy Self - to know,
"Who am I." This is Enlightenment." |
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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 died on September 6, 1997.
This first-person account of Papaji's life was written by David Godman and approved by Papaji himself.
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Reprinted with the kind permission of the Avadhuta
Foundation. The Avadhuta Foundation was established in
1993 to further the teachings of Sri H.W.L. Poonja, affectionately
referred to as Papaji, and to make available the archives of
Papaji’s talks in India. You may visit
their website from here.
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