Zen Grisdale 
A series of Q&As filmed at the Shivabalayogi Devarayasamudram Ashram in South India during a meditation retreat with Shri Babaji over the course of 10 days. Recorded in February 2025. 0:00 Intro0:12 What does it mean to truly surrender?1:20 Why do only humans have the capability to reach the Divine?4:53 For elderly people who have … Read more
Celebrations were held on 19th and 20th September 2026 Devotees gathered for bhajans, bhandara, and homa. It was also the 10th anniversary of the inauguration of this beautiful Ashram in Babaji’s native village. 19th September 20th September Birthday Read Shri Babaji’s Birthday Message here.
Recorded on 25 July 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:53 Life is actually death and death is actually life – as the day we are born we are starting to move towards death. Are we looking at life correctly?14:20 Once the illusion of Maya is dropped, we see the true Self which is in itself … Read more
Recorded on 20 June 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:30 What was Babaji’s daily routine when Swamiji was not at the Ashram?4:33 How often did Swamiji stay at the Ashram?5:03 An incident where a member of a local family took the photo of Swamiji from the Ashram9:42 Did Babaji plan a considered response to situations … Read more
0:00 Intro1:11 Verse 28. “That one, having no distractions, has no need for meditation, neither aspiring for liberation nor being in bondage..”2:15 What does it mean to have no distractions?2:44 Do Yogis not have imaginations?3:30 What is an imagination?4:31 Are all thoughts imaginations?4:41 So it’s just the nature of consciousness, the creative nature of consciousness … Read more
Recorded on 11 July 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:20 How do we understand the term ‘vairagya’ in the spiritual context?2:21 Is vairagya essential for Self Realization?7:55 Is practicing vairagya helpful for dhyana (meditation)?10:25 Is dhyana helpful for vairagya?13:50 In the scriptures, both abhyasa (practice) and vairagya are recommended, whereas Babaji emphasizes mostly abhyasa. So … Read more
Recorded on 27 June 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:13 Why does Babaji use the wording ‘individual imagined self’?2:08 Is it the imagined self who thinks, “I want to do this, I want to do that”?4:34 Has the individual imagined self been imagined by the consciousness?6:39 The body appears to be here, and I am … Read more
Recorded on 24 May 2026 with US participants 0:00 Intro1:13 Chapter 18, Verse 18 – The state of a Yogi.5:35 What does Babaji mean by ‘knowledge awareness’?6:08 So it’s knowing that truth, supreme truth, by being that awareness?7:24 So it’s like knowing without any thoughts?7:55 Verse 19 – Even if moving and acting bodily, a … Read more
Babaji explains the deeper meaning of karma and why we must each take responsibility for the tendencies we create within our own mind. Rather than seeing God as a personality who has written the story of our lives, Babaji teaches that through our thinking, imagination and actions we continually shape our own karma and destiny. … Read more
Recorded on 13 June 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:31 How can this mind be the consciousness as it seems to be just a mixture of thoughts?10:06 If mind is always in the duality, how can the mind be the Self?15:31 Are thoughts the by-product of the mind?16:26 How do we stop getting fooled by … Read more
On 13th of August, 2026, Shri Babaji and Ambaji visited a primary school in Mussoorie, Uttarakhand. Shri Babaji spoke to the children that Vidya (knowledge) is an asset that no one can steal. Unlike material things, the more you share knowledge, love, and trust, the more they grow. Always speak to others with love and … Read more
Recorded on 6 June 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:08 The Ultimate Truth, beyond the appearance of the universe7:19 The imagination must be within the Truth of Existence, but it is also away from the Truth; is that not a contradiction?14:46 Is imagination itself the problem, or is it because we get involved with it, … Read more
“As you go on meditating, that will take you to the Ultimate Truth, which is recognized as Divinity. See, the same Divinity, in science they might recognize as ‘Ultimate Truth’ or something else. They have not come across, because they are trying to know through intelligence, through matter only. To know that you have to … Read more
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Babaji explains the deeper meaning of karma and why we must each take responsibility for the tendencies we create within our own mind. Rather than
“As you go on meditating, that will take you to the Ultimate Truth, which is recognized as Divinity. See, the same Divinity, in science they
Shri Babaji explains that the student should be sincere, wanting the Ultimate Truth, Self Realization and not compromise for smaller things, then the grace of
Shri Babaji explains the instruction to ‘just watch’ in the meditation technique Jangama Dhyana, practiced since ancient times in India. You see, I kept telling,
Shri Babaji explains what is the best approach when putting in efforts to achieve a goal; if you remain focused, keep positive, try again and
Babaji explains that if everything happened according to our wishes, why would you need the Divinity? When we are away from the Divine we suffer,
Babaji sings the bhajan Dhimika Dhimika Dhim, recorded in 2001 at a program given by Babaji at Finesse Language school in Dehradun.
Taken from the Q&A ‘The mind and the Self’ In Quest of Truth – Babaji Q&A, No. 259
Babaji talks of the knowledge of the great sages who enquired into the Self to find from where the ‘I’ feeling was coming. Within this
Leo, a Romanian devotee, talks about the time he visited the Dehradun Ashram 27 years ago in November 1998 and witnessed Babaji sitting in Samadhi
Shri Babaji explains the 3 stages that occur as the mind gets more concentrated in Tapas on the way to achieving Self Realisation. Find out
“This was a mesmerizing song that Adi Shankara had composed. It says Adi Shankara was camping in the pilgrimage town of Banaras Kashi in India.
