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Aziz Kristof (present name: Anadi) was born May 11, 1962 in Poland. His family was poor and of a different ethnic origin than the people in the village. During his childhood, he found himself continually isolated from the other children.

At the age of five, Kristof experienced his first awakening glimpse experience, a radical relocation into a dimension of Pure Consciousness.

After graduating and serving in the Polish army, Kristof began his intensive seeking and study of spiritual teachings. These teachings included those of traditions such as Zen, Tibetan Buddhism, Upanishads, and Sufism; and of teachers such as Krishnamurti, Osho, Nisargadatta Maharaj and Sri Ramana Maharishi.

Soon after, he decided to embark on spiritual traveling in the Far East. His first destination was China, followed by Korea and Japan. In these countries, he attended different types of Zen groups, Zen monasteries and retreats. These activities finally led him to some important experiences of establishing in a state of presence and abiding in the absolute.

From Japan, he traveled to Thailand and soon after arrived in India for the first time. There he met various teachers and gurus, mainly of the Advaita tradition, including Papaji, Ramesh Balsekar, U.G. Krishnamurti and Ranjit Maharaj.

At some point on his journey, on December 1996, according to his accounts, he became stabilized in the Absolute.

During the years after, Kristof has been providing satsangs and retreats in various places in India, mainly in Puna and Goa, combining Zen and Advaita principles.

In early 2000's, Aziz stopped satsangs for several years and gone into seclusion.

Recently, he has gone out of seclusion, changed his name to Anadi and again provides satsangs and retreats.