“Well there were other Maharajis, so Neem Karoli Baba was his technical name, like there are a thousand Lamas called Rinpoche.” WellsNamesThousandBabaLama Author:Surya Das
“I always thought he gave me that name because I have a kind of outgoing or sunny disposition. And in those days I was kinda blonde and bearded and had an afro and was bushy like a sun. So I don't know, he named me Surya Das but who knows.” KnowsKindNamesSunDispositionSunnyBlondeOutgoingAfrosSunny Disposition Author:Surya Das
“Why'd he name Ram Dass that? And Krishna Das that, instead of vice versa? Is Krishna Das more Krishna like and Ram Dass more Ram-like? Maybe... why not? We grow into our names. But why did my parents named me Jeffrey and my brother Michael? Who knows?” KnowsNamesGrowsParentBrotherVicesMy BrotherWhy NotVice VersaKrishnaRams Author:Surya Das
“Unlike some of my other dharma brothers who got names that were very long and obscure, and nobody could remember or pronounce, that they didn't like. They wanted to give their names back, but it wasn't like that, it wasn't transactional. He would name some people and say 'you're married', and then they were married, but you know it wasn't really transactional.” PeopleKnowsGivingLongWantedRememberNamesBrotherMarriedObscureDharma Author:Surya Das
“Mahar-jji used to say 'wherever the Satsang gets together, I am there', kind of echoing Jesus' statement: wherever two or more of you get together in my name, I am there. So Maharaj-ji was a universal part of the spirit in that way. He's always with me, here. He's with whoever is with him. Not only just me.” WayKindTwoTogetherUsedSpiritJesusNamesUniversalStatementsGet TogetherSatsang Author:Surya Das
“I think that today, integration is the name of the game and not separating these things out, and not trying to find the razor's edge, the narrow path. There's a lot of lanes in the highway, the trick is not fall into the ditches on either side, like a one sided nihilism, nothing matters life.” ThinkingTryingMatterTodayFallGamesNamesSidesPathEdgesTricksIntegrationHighwaysNihilismLanesRazorsSeparatingOne SidedNothing MattersNarrow Path Author:Surya Das
