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The Boy Who Fell Into God: The Early Life of Sri H. W. L. Poonja

The Boy Who Fell Into God: The Early Life of Sri H. W. L. Poonja

Brick Hut Press

Paperback

Series: The Lion of Lucknow, Book 1

Religious BiographiesReligion General Hinduism

ISBN13: 9798951762016
Publisher: Brick Hut Press
Published: Jul 12 2026
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.32
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Sri H. W. L. Poonja was an Advaita Vedanta teacher of Lucknow and disciple of Sri Ramana Maharshi. How does a boy born into a home devoted to Krishna navigate the fire of devotion and the unyielding demand to see God?

The narrative opens inside the Poonja home in Gujranwala, Punjab, on the October morning in 1910 when Harwilasji is born. At eight years old, a passing sadhu brushes his shoulder on the street, paralyzing the boy in a sudden samadhi that lasts three days. The young man grows into a householder and a soldier in the British Army, faithfully keeping a mala in his pocket even amid the discipline of the barracks. Driven by an insatiable hunger, he walks across India asking famous teachers and wandering ascetics if they have actually seen God. The search concludes in South India at Ramanasramam, where a single gaze from Ramana Maharshi quiets his mind completely.

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