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Recorded July 22, , Gangaji speaks about the prayers she had as a child, and the true prayer, or desire for living freedom.!
Gangaji
American spiritual teacher and writer
Gangaji | |
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| Born | Merle Antoinette Roberson 1942 (age 82–83) Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Spiritual writer |
Gangaji (GAHNG-gə-jee; born Merle Antoinette Roberson in Texas, 1942) is an American Neo-Advaita spiritual teacher and writer.[1]
Early life
Gangaji was born Merle Antoinette Roberson[2][3][4] in Texas in 1942, and grew up in Mississippi.[5] After graduating from the University of Mississippi, she married her first husband and had a child, then became a teacher in Memphis, Tennessee.[5][1] The couple moved to California and later divorced.[5] Gangaji became interested in spirituality, then met and married her second husband, Eli Jaxon-Bear.[5][1] For a time, the two operated a Tibetan BuddhismDharma center overseen by Kalu Rinpoche.[1] Gangaji and Jaxon-Bear went to India where she met H.
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