India, Sept. 25 -- Some teachings arrive not through scripture, but through a life lived simply in front of us.

Neem Karoli Baba, revered across India and known widely through devotees like Ram Dass and Steve Jobs, rarely offered long discourses. When asked how to live rightly, his answer stayed remarkably consistent: feed people, serve people, love everyone and remember God.

He lived this instruction visibly, ensuring that no one who visited his Ashram, regardless of status or background, ever left without being fed, seated and treated with equal warmth.

His teachings resisted complexity deliberately. He seemed to suggest that most spiritual confusion dissolves the moment we simply act with generosity and love toward whoever is in fro...