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Hariwansh Lal Poonja ( / ˈpʊndʒə /; born 13 October 1910 (or later) in Punjab, British India – 6 September 1997 in Lucknow, India) was an Indian sage. Poonja was called " Poonjaji " or " Papaji " / ˈpɑːpɑːdʒi / by devotees. He was a key figure in the Neo-Advaita movement.
Sri Harilal W. Poonja, or Papaji, as he is affectionately known, was an Indian sage and jivanmukta (liberated being) who embodied and taught Self-enquiry. His own Guru was Ramana Maharishi.
Overview and Significance. Sadguru Hirwansh Lal Poonja is fondly addressed by all his devotees and disciples as ‘Papaji’, as he was blessing them with boundless joy and happiness as a spiritual father. He was born on 13 October 1910 in a village called Gujranwala, west of Punjab now in Pakistan. Papaji was born to a Sarswat Brahmin family.
One of the major Indian gurus of the twentieth century, Sri H.W.L. Poonja, or Poonjaji, or affectionately called Papaji, was not affiliated with any formal Indian tradition or lineage.
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.
by Sri H. W. L. Poonja (Papaji) The Truth Is is a collection of talks and interactions from 1990 to 1996 between Papaji and visitors to his center in Lucknow, India. This spiritual book is highly regarded in many spiritual traditions, especially among those interested in Advaita or non-duality.
W. L. Poonja discovered Ramana Maharshi in a remarkable manner. One morning, in 1944, while he was sitting on his veranda in North India [now part of Pakistan], a wandering mendicant appeared before him. Papaji brought him some fruit and invited him to eat a meal at his home.
