Neem Karoli Baba Bhakti Dham
A place for devotional worship.
A space for satsang & fellowship.
A home for everyone.
We have weekly gatherings and monthly events.
Events that may include kirtan and singing, meditation and prayer, movies and Ram Dass lectures, prasad meals and tea time. Ideas seem endless!
We’re located in a private residence in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
You’re Invited!
Every Saturday 10am-12pm
We will come together with open hearts to see what Neem Karoli Baba & Ram Dass has planned for us that day—whether it’s meditation, praying, offering Chalisas, singing songs, Satsang, or listening to Baba Ram Dass’s talks, chai with Maharaji or all the above or whatever your heart feels doing. It’s an opportunity to deepen our connection and surrender to the flow of love that Maharaji has blessed us with.
Doors open at 10am with optional breakfast. Feel free to come whenever you can. (Please note when we have events on Saturday morning there will not be Satsang.)
Everyone is welcome. All gatherings are free.
NKB Bhakti Dham
10239 Charissglen Circle, Highlands Ranch, Colorado
ramram@NKBBhaktiDham.org
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Neem Karoli Baba is a devotee of hanuman while some believe even a reincarnation of hanuman. Many people consider him a guru for the ways he transcends darkness and brings them into light. Maharaji, a name many refer to him by; is associated with countless miracles both from when he was alive and even since his passing on September 11, 1973. Perhaps even more powerful than his siddhi’s (spiritual powers and miracles) is the unconditional love people felt while being in his presence. Many people describe his love as an experience beyond anything they’ve ever felt. He once said “you may let me go, but once I have a hold of you, I will never let you go.”
Maharaji was a wondering sadhu at the very least. Never staying long in one place. He didn’t have any possessions other than a few things, most notoriously, his blanket. He was both in this world and yet deeply rooted in another plane. He didn’t preach and sometimes his directives for people were contradictory. In this way, he was helping each person individually. But above all else he loved you for exactly as you are. As a servant to RAM he often shared expressed the healing nature in revering RAM— often chanting RAM contionoiusly even in his sleep. He was once given a notebook and the only thing worth writing down was RAM RAM RAM RAM RAM, so on every page that’s what he wrote RAM RAM RAM RAM RAM.
People who got to sit with him have countless stories of the powerful nature of Maharaji and the ways in which he’s positively impacted their lives. What’s incredible are all the people who have never sat with him but through reading about him, through looking at his picture, or upon meditating on him he continues to show up and transform lives.
Here’s three books and two documentaries worth checking out!
“Miracle of Love” is a collection of people’s accounts while with maharaji
“Whisper in The Heart” is a collection of stories from the people who never even met him
“Keep Me in Your Heart” a collection of pictures and quotes from maharaji
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Sri Siddhi Ma was a very loving and special devotee of Maharaj-ji. Many people consider her to be a great yogini and saint in her own right. She lived a simple and profoundly spiritual life even as a young child. After she was widowed and her children grown, she lived continually at Maharaji’s ashrams. She and several other ma’s, took great care of Maharaji.
One day in 1971 or 1972, Maharajji was presented with a diary. From that day on, he would fill two pages with handwritten “Ram” each day. He asked that the diary be kept in his room. From then on he was left alone for an hour each morning while he wrote in his diary. When he traveled the diary went with him. By September 9, his last day in Kainchi, he completed the entry, then proceeded to date the next page September 10 and wrote “Ram” on it. Finally he wrote September 11 on a clean page and did not write any “Ram” there. He then gave the book to Siddhi Ma and said to her, “Now this is your book. You write in it.”"
(Miracle of Love, p384)When Maharaji left his body in 1973, she became a becan of light a transmission of maharaji. She took care of all his ashrams with deep dedication and compassion until her passing on December 28, 2017. She treated each ashram as if it were Maharaji himself, attending to every aspect with the utmost care and attention. She made herself available to every person coming for darshan, often giving all her waking hours to maharaji devotees. “She was like a silent saint, she was not a spiritual teacher but she was an embodiment of divine attributes and this was experienced by all who came into contact with her by the transformation that came in their lives” — Jaya Prasada.
For inspiration and to learn more about Siddhi Ma please read Sri Siddha Ma by Jaya Prasada. Also can find an interview with Jaya Prasada and Nina Rao on Siddhi Ma.
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Ram Dass is a beloved teacher and devotee of Neem Karoli Baba. Ram Dass was originally born as Richard Alpert. He worked as a Psychologist at Harvard University, attaining prestige and great wealth. At Harvard, along with his colleague, Timothy Leary, they explored psychedelics to great lengths. The ways in which psychedelics opened Ram Dass was beyond anything his psychological training ever did and he tried to attain this state of being through exploring different combinations of the drugs—nonetheless he always “came down”. In 1967 traveled to India to see if any of the great saints could give insight to the powerful nature of psychedelics.
This is where he met Neem Karoli Baba (Maharaji) and his life forever changed. Ram Dass soon discovered the blessing of the guru Kripa path. When he returned to the United States, he had clearly transformed and people were drawn to him. Through him a book and a cultural phenomena “Be Here Now” was born. Many people transformed through their pilgrimages to Maharaji. Ram Dass helped collect all these accounts and helped put them all in a book called, “Miracle of Love.”
Ram Dass throughout his life explored all the methods introduced to him, including also yoga, chanting, meditation, Buddhism, kirtan, etc but always his relationship to his guru Neem Karoli Baba was the centripetal force in his life. When you think of Ram Dass you would be not understanding the full version of him if you didn’t also think Neem Karoli Baba. Ram Dass’ teachings have been life changing for many. Later in his life he experienced a stroke and through this journey he dropped more deeply into his heart and embodied his teachings at a level so deep that some people consider Ram Dass their guru.
Check out any one of his books or documentaries! There is also a podcast “Here and Now” for his lectures over the past 40 years.
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Love Everyone. Serve Everyone. Remember God. And tell the truth.
-Neem Karoli Baba
“Feed Everyone” Monthly Food Drive
“Feed Everyone” Monthly Food Drive
For the month of March, we are supporting Sunrise Elementary School
Requested Items for March:
Individual packaged snacks
Juice boxes
We will collect items throughout the month and donate them to Sunrise Elementary at the end of March. Contributions can be dropped off at Bhakti Dham during events or satsang.
Neem Karoli Baba (Maharajji) encouraged to feed people ‘The best service you can do is feed people’. One day, a devotee asked, “Maharajji, why do you always tell us to feed people?” Maharajji smiled and replied, “When you feed others, you’re feeding God. Everyone is God in different forms. When you feed them, you are serving the Divine directly.”
As the devotee began serving the food, Maharajji quietly joined in, ensuring every plate was filled. He told the devotee, “The hunger of the body is easy to see, but the hunger of the soul is fed with love. Never let anyone leave hungry – not for food, not for love.”
This simple act became a cornerstone of Maharajji’s teachings, inspiring countless people to serve with an open heart. In the spirit of his teachings and as part of our selfless service, Bhakti Dham is launching a monthly food drive to support those in need. Each month, we will focus on a specific organization and a few selected items to streamline contributions. Suggestions for organizations to donate to are always welcome, and we encourage healthy food donations.
Let us join together in seva (selfless service) and reflect Maharajji’s profound message through action.
