Julia Roberts has a production company called “Red Om Films”, and “Om” in Hinduism is the mystical syllable containing the universe.
August 11, 2010 at 6:17am Oscar winner Hollywood star Julia Roberts (Pretty Woman) became interested in Hinduism after seeing a picture of Hanuman devotee Hindu guru Neem Karoli Baba, who died in 1973.
In an interview with anchor George Stephanopoulos at news program Good Morning America on ABC News on August nine, Roberts said that her interest in Hinduism “came from seeing a picture of a guru called Neem Karoli Baba and I was so drawn to this picture of this person and I did not know who he was or what he was about but felt a very strong interest.”
Answering Stephanopoulos’s question, “Did you ever meet the man?” Roberts replied, “No. He passed long before I saw his picture but you know just very intriguing, and that is the way things come in to our lives They are not these big gate crashing moments, it is just the little like…hoon…what is this about.”
Roberts said that she did practice Hinduism and added, “Hinduism is something I am very intrigued by and very interested in.” September issue of women’s fashion magazine Elle, on which Roberts, 42, is the cover girl, reportedly points out: The entire Roberts-Moder family, she reveals, goes to temple together to “chant and pray and celebrate. I’m definitely a practicing Hindu,” says Roberts, who grew up with a Catholic mother and Baptist father.
Neem Karoli Baba, born as Lakshmi Narayan Sharma in village Akbarpur (Uttar Pradesh, India), also known as Maharaj-ji, has large number of followers in India and the West, including spiritual teacher Ram Dass (Remember, Be Here Now), yogi Bhagwan Das, musicians Jai Uttal and Krishna Das, spiritual activist Lama Surya Das, humanitarian Dr. Larry Brilliant, etc. Apple CEO Steve Jobs reportedly travelled to India to meet him but Baba died on September 11, 1973, before he could reach. Baba established dozens of temples and reportedly performed what can be called miracles. Establishments/temples/ashrams related to his mission are spread around India, Germany, USA, etc.
Some of the quotes attributed to him include:
“Love everyone, Serve everyone, Remember God and Speak the truth”,
“Whenever you’ll think about me, I will come to you”.
According to reports, Roberts has been interested in yoga for quite some time. She was in Haryana (India) in September last to shoot “Eat, Pray, Love” in an ashram (hermitage). In January 2009, she sported a “bindi” (vermillion mark on forehead) during her trip to India when she also visited Taj Mahal with husband Danny Moder. She has a production company called “Red Om Films”, and “Om” in Hinduism is the mystical syllable containing the universe.
Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world, has about one billion adherents and moksha (liberation) is its ultimate goal.
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