That which we have created in our mind, we are capable of removing.
(from "Binding Thoughts and Liberation")

Born near Almora, India, in 1923, Baba Hari Dass has practiced yoga his entire life. Babaji was classically trained in traditional Ashtanga Yoga (the Yoga of Eight Limbs). He left home at the age of eight to attend a school for young renunciates in the jungles of the lower Himalayas. Residing in California since 1971, Babaji's life is dedicated to passing on the wisdom of yoga. He has not spoken since 1952 and communicates by writing on a small chalkboard. This verbal silence (mauna) is a process which gradually quiets the mind and eliminates unwanted thoughts. While this concept may be initially difficult for most of us to understand, the example of Baba Hari Dass is ample expression of the potential for peace that lies within each of us as the result of spiritual discipline and devotion to helping others. Babaji is first and foremost a master yogi, having practiced the disciplines of yoga from childhood. In addition he is an accomplished author, teacher, builder, philosopher, sculptor, and proponent of Ayurveda (the ancient Indian system of health and healing). He is also conversant in several languages.

Babaji gives his time unstintingly in service to others and has been the inspiration for a variety of service projects staffed by his students. Under Babaji's direction, the California based Hanuman Fellowship was formed in 1974 by a group of his students. Two sister fellowships, Dharmasara Satsang Society/Salt Spring Centre near Vancouver, and Ashtanga Yoga Fellowship in Toronto, also take their inspiration and teachings from Babaji. They, too, are involved with yoga teaching, retreats, service, and publishing.

Baba Hari Dass teaches weekly classes in the Yoga Sutras, the Bhagavad Gita, or at various yoga retreats at Mount Madonna Center. He also works on building projects, writes on many yoga topics and spiritual stories, creates theatrical props and masks for The Ramayana, and always has a special welcome for children. He is present every Sunday at gatherings called Satsang, open to all without charge, at the Pacific Cultural Center in Santa Cruz. Satsang means keeping the company of truth and provides an opportunity for spiritual singing, meditation, and questions for Babaji. In his presence it is evident that he has found a way to be at peace despite the pain and confusion of the world. His teachings, his actions, and more importantly, his example communicate the realization that this peace is available to each of us, if only we make the effort.

For more information please see:
Collective search for enlightenment,
Bhagavat Gita (Ch. II: 55),
Collection Q & A with Babaji

Some Published works of Baba Hari Dass:
Silence Speaks, from the chalkboard of Baba Hari Dass, Sri Rama Fundation, Santa Cruz, CA, 1977.
Ashtanga Yoga Primer, Sri Rama Publishing, 1981.
Fire Without Fuel, The Aphorisms of Baba Hari Dass, Sri Ram Publishing, 1986.
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Samadhi Pada, Sri Rama Publishing, 1999.