SRI ANANDAGIRI

Sri Anandagiri, or Acharyaji as many of us affectionately call him, has been a great inspiration and guide to me and many other leaders of the Oneness Movement. As one of Sri Bhagavan’s direct disciples, he has been with the movement since the beginning and has been teaching since he was very young, in his teens. Since then he has astounded even great scholars by the depth and clarity of the insight that he has shared with millions of people around the globe.

I met Sri Anandagiri about 10 years ago when I attended my first program with the Oneness Movement. From the moment I walked in, I knew I was at home; I felt loved exactly as I was. Until that day I had thought of myself as a loving person. As I related to Sri Anandagiri, I realized I was in the presence of Unconditional Love, and that I had no idea of what love was. This was a deep insight where I could see myself authentically, and has served as a great foundation on my journey. I have always felt very grateful to Sri Anandagiri for speaking with such great clarity and authority and repeatedly helping us have such deep insights. He is the embodiment of a true Guru or Acharya, who gives us the Light of Self Knowledge which liberates us.

I was blessed to attend 3 long intensive retreats with Sri Anandagiri from 1998-2000. I will forever remember the intensity of the learning and the long teaching sessions that would go on past midnight into the wee hours of the morning. In one of his retreats, I was so filled with energy that I did not sleep for 15 consecutive days! During this time, so much learning and insight came into our life. It was as if many existing scriptures and new ones from various traditions were coming alive in front of us. Now this learning has become so much easier because humanity has reached higher levels of consciousness and happens naturally and spontaneously in many of our programs.

Since 2001, I have had many brief but precise encounters with Sri Anandagiri. Each one of them has resulted in learning and lasting transformation, even when we did “nothing more” than greet each other. It has become easier and easier to relate to the Presence flowing through him and receive much more blessings and Grace.

With love and affection
Ravi Krishnamurthy