Adidam

Adidam, a small religious movement grounded in the Hindu tradition. Founded in 1972 in California by Franklin Jones (born 1939), who changed his name to Adi Da (Sanskrit: “One Who Gives from the Divine Source”) in 1994, it has undergone a number of name changes and considerable internal turmoil. Adi Da claimed that he was born in a state of perfect freedom and awareness of ultimate reality (the “Heart”), but he gave up that state...