Ram Dass's compilation of devotee stories about Neem Karoli Baba ('Maharaj-ji') — the North Indian guru who shaped Ram Dass's life from their 1967 meeting in Kainchi until Maharaj-ji's death in 1973 and beyond. The book is structured as hundreds of short anecdotes from Western and Indian devotees, organised by theme rather than chronology.
The material — drawn from over two thousand stories gathered from more than a hundred devotees across five years — spans every dimension of Maharaj-ji's presence: his clairvoyance and reported miracles, his relationships with Western seekers like Larry Brilliant and Krishna Das, and above all his insistent teaching: love everyone, serve all, remember God.
Love everyone and tell the truth.
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First lines
In 1967 I met my guru. That meeting changed the course of my life, for through him I came to perceive my life in spiritual terms. In him I found new depths of compassion, love, wisdom, humor, and power, and his actions stretched my understanding of the human possibility.
Contents
Introduction: "When the Flower Blooms…"
…the Bees Come
Darshan: A Meeting of the Spirit
Take Chai
Under Maharajji's Blanket
Subtle Is the Path of Love
Faith…No Fear
Key to the Mind
God Does Everything
The Stick That Heals
Embodied Spirit
Maharajji's Teachings: About Attachment
About Truth
About Money
About Drugs
About Meditation and Service
About Anger and Love
Like the Wind
The Family Man
The Touch of Grace
Krishna Play
Take It to Delhi
Sadhana
Hanuman
Jao!
The Great Escape
Afterward
Reception
Treated inside the Maharaj-ji satsang as the indispensable primary source for his life and teaching — the closest thing to a hagiography the lineage produced, since Maharaj-ji himself wrote nothing and discouraged biographical attention. Influence beyond the satsang is uneven: Larry Brilliant and Krishna Das have credited it explicitly; the wider audience encountered Maharaj-ji through Be Here Now rather than this volume. Within the Hanuman Foundation and Love Serve Remember catalogue it remains the central reference, and Krishna Das's continuing kirtan ministry has carried Maharaj-ji's lineage to a younger generation.
Frequently asked
What is Miracle of Love about?
It is Ram Dass's compilation of more than two thousand stories and anecdotes about Neem Karoli Baba ('Maharaj-ji'), the North Indian guru, gathered from over a hundred devotees across five years. The material is organised by theme rather than chronology, ranging from accounts of his powers to his core teaching: love everyone, serve all, remember God.
Who wrote Miracle of Love?
Ram Dass compiled and edited the book, gathering stories from Western and Indian devotees who encountered Maharaj-ji between roughly 1960 and his death in September 1973. The text copyright belongs to Ram Dass; the stories copyright to the Hanuman Foundation.
What is Maharaj-ji's central teaching in the book?
The teaching that recurs throughout is: love everyone, serve all, and remember God. The book's most quoted direct instruction is: 'Love everyone and tell the truth.'