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Baba Rampuri
  • Home
  • About
  • Autobiography
    • Autobiography of a Sadhu
    • 50 Excerpts
    • Reviews
  • The Discourse
    • MasterClass Videos
      • II · Assumptions
      • III · Sacred Speech & Sacred Music
      • IV · The Text
      • V · Oral Tradition & Authority
      • VI · Sacred Geography of the Mouth
      • VII · Shiva: His Drum of Consciousness
      • VIII · Garland of Sacred Syllables
      • IX · Mysticism, Analogy & Metaphor
      • X · Resemblances & Correspondences
      • XI · Rishi Panini
      • XII · Patanjali: The Yoga Sutras
      • XIII · Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras
      • XIV · Bhartrihari & Meaning
      • XV · Bhartṛhari & the Sphoṭa
      • XVI · Kashmiri Shaivism & Abhinavagupta
      • XVII · Kashmiri Shaivism: The 36 Tattvas
    • The Edge of Indian Spirituality
    • Dhuni Discourse
    • Multani Baba Discourse
    • Baba’s Interviews
      • Baba Rampuri on Mass Media, Propaganda, Sacred Speech
      • Interview with Kartazon, Hari Puri Ashram, 2007
      • Shivanand Giri Interview
      • Peter Jenkins Interview
      • Kalyan Interview
      • Donna D’Cruz Interview
  • Art of Yajna
    • Art of Homa
    • Art of Invoking Ganesh
    • The Art of Ganesh Puja
    • Art of Makar Sankranti Yajna
    • Art of Yajna
    • Inviting Deities
    • Kalash Sthapana
    • Ganesh Homa
    • 9 Chandika Yajna begins
    • Making Yantras for Yajna
    • Navgraha Havan
    • Nine Chandika Homa
    • Chandika Havan Purnahuti
    • Chandika Yajna Bhandara – Feast
  • Ceremony
    • Shivaratri
      • Shiva Tandava Stotram
      • Mahamrityunjaya Mantra
    • Navratri Durga Puja
      • Navratri 2026 Dates
        • Day 1 – Shailaputri Devi
        • Day 2 – Brahmacharini Devi
        • Day 3 – Chandraghanta Devi
        • Day 4 – Kushmanda Devi
        • Day 5 – Skandamata Devi
        • Day 6 – Katyayani Devi
        • Day 7 – Kalaratri Devi
        • Day 8 – Mahagauri Devi
        • Day 9 – Siddhidatri Devi
        • Day 10 – Vijayadashami (Dussehra)
    • Yajna Videos
      • Assagao Yajna
      • Navgraha Homa – The Nine Planets
      • Chandika Homa – The 9 Durgas
      • Ganapati Homa
      • Hari Puri Ashram Yajna, Haridwar
  • Kumbh
    • 35 years of Kumbh Melas
    • Kumbh Mela Videos
  • Akhara
    • Meet Juna Akhara
    • Legendary Naga Babas
    • Dattatreya Akhara – Ujjain
  • Music
    • Music Performances at the Dhuni
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  • Art
    • Visions of the High Priestess
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    • Deconstructing Consumer Yoga

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Baba’s Interview with Kartazon, Hari Puri Ashram, 2007

Can the West Understand India?

May, 2007
Baba Rampuri is interviewed by Russian filmmaker Leo Kartazon at Hari Puri Ashram in Haridwar.

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About Russia & India

Satsang with Baba Rampuri at Hari Puri ashram in Haridwar, 2007.

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Modern Yoga

Baba Rampuri on modern yoga. From the 2007 Kartazon documentary interview at Hari Puri Ashram, Haridwar.

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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali

Satsang with Baba Rampuri at Hari Puri ashram in Hardwar, 2007, in which he talks about the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali.

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Naga Baba Tradition

Baba Rampuri on the Naga Baba tradition. From the 2007 Kartazon documentary interview at Hari Puri Ashram, Haridwar.

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The World has Changed

Baba Rampuri on how the world has changed. From the 2007 Kartazon documentary interview at Hari Puri Ashram, Haridwar.

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My Pilgrimage to India (in the 60’s)

Baba Rampuri on his pilgrimage to India in the 1960s. From the 2007 Kartazon documentary interview at Hari Puri Ashram, Haridwar.

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Baba Rampuri is a Shri Mahant of Juna Akhara, initiated in 1971 as the first foreigner ever taken into the order. For over fifty years he has lived in Bharat, practising and teaching the oral tradition of the Sanatan Dharma. This site is his archive — his experience, teachings, and discourse, past and present.

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