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|birth_place = [[Punjab, British India]] | |birth_place = [[Punjab, British India]] | ||
|birth_name = H. W. L. Poonja | |birth_name = H. W. L. Poonja | ||
|death_date = 6 September 1997 | |death_date = 6 September 1997 (age 87) | ||
|death_place = [[Lucknow]], India | |death_place = [[Lucknow]], India | ||
|nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]] | |nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]] | ||
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'''Sri H. W. L. Poonja''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ʊ|n|dʒ|ə}}; born '''Hariwansh Lal Poonja'''; 13 October 1910 (or later) in [[Punjab, British India|Punjab]], [[British India]] – 6 September 1997 in [[Lucknow]], [[India]] | '''Sri H. W. L. Poonja''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ʊ|n|dʒ|ə}}; born '''Hariwansh Lal Poonja'''; 13 October 1910 (or later) in [[Punjab, British India|Punjab]], [[British India]] – 6 September 1997 (age 87) in [[Lucknow]], [[India]], known as "'''Poonjaji'''" or "'''Papaji'''" {{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|a:|p|a:|dʒ|i}}, was an Indian [[Sage (philosophy)|sage]] and [[jivanmukta]] (liberated being) who embodied and taught [[Self-enquiry]], following the example of [[Ramana Maharshi]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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As an adult he led a normal life: he married, raised two children and joined the British army, having alleged visions of Krishna | As an adult he led a normal life: he married, raised two children and joined the British army, having alleged visions of [[Krishna]]. | ||
===Meeting Ramana Maharshi=== | ===Meeting Ramana Maharshi=== | ||
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{{quote|I cannot show you God or enable you to see God because God is not an object that can be seen. God is the subject. He is the seer. Don't concern yourself with objects that can be seen. Find out who the seer is.<ref group=web name="MeetingRamana">[http://www.satsangbhavan.net/biography.htm Papaji biography, ''Meeting Ramana Maharshi''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024044631/http://www.satsangbhavan.net/biography.htm |date=24 October 2012 }}</ref>}} | {{quote|I cannot show you God or enable you to see God because God is not an object that can be seen. God is the subject. He is the seer. Don't concern yourself with objects that can be seen. Find out who the seer is.<ref group=web name="MeetingRamana">[http://www.satsangbhavan.net/biography.htm Papaji biography, ''Meeting Ramana Maharshi''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024044631/http://www.satsangbhavan.net/biography.htm |date=24 October 2012 }}</ref>}} | ||
Poonja under Ramana's gaze became aware of [[Aham (Kashmir Shaivism)|the spiritual Heart]], which he felt was opening, though he was not impressed with the advice.{{sfn|Godman|1998}} Poonja continued his devotion, having many visions of Hindu Gods. He was not yet convinced of the value of the [[Advaita Vedanta]] philosophy which Ramana was known for. When he had a vision of Ramana telling him that Krishna devotion was the only truth, Poonja returned to Ramanasramam and asked Ramana if he had indeed appeared before him. Though Ramana would not respond to his question verbally, while Poonja was waiting for an answer, a group of devotees arrived and gave Ramana a picture of Krishna. Ramana, looking at Krishna, wept so that Poonja became convinced that Ramana was a secret bhakta himself.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} | Poonja under Ramana's gaze became aware of [[Aham (Kashmir Shaivism)|the spiritual Heart]], which he felt was opening, though he was not impressed with the advice.{{sfn|Godman|1998}} Poonja continued his devotion, having many visions of Hindu Gods. He was not yet convinced of the value of the [[Advaita Vedanta]] philosophy which Ramana was known for. When he had a vision of Ramana telling him that [[Krishna]] devotion was the only truth, Poonja returned to Ramanasramam and asked Ramana if he had indeed appeared before him. Though Ramana would not respond to his question verbally, while Poonja was waiting for an answer, a group of devotees arrived and gave Ramana a picture of [[Krishna]]. Ramana, looking at [[Krishna]], wept so that Poonja became convinced that Ramana was a secret bhakta himself.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} | ||
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[[Category:1997 deaths]] | [[Category:1997 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian philosophers]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian philosophers]] | ||
[[Category:Advaitin philosophers]] | [[Category:Advaitin philosophers]] | ||
[[Category:Indian Hindu spiritual teachers]] | [[Category:Indian Hindu spiritual teachers]] | ||