Zen Grisdale
Recorded on 26 April 2026 with US participants 0:00 Intro1:12 Chapter 18, verse 102:05 We have come up with words to describe things which are imaginations that are different from different people, and ultimately unreal?7:43 Verse 118:03 Yogis have no dualities – always contented in the supreme peace of Self awareness.9:01 We are so used … Read more
A series of Q&As filmed at the Shivabalayogi Devarayasamudra Ashram in South India during a meditation retreat with Shri Babaji over the course of 10 days. Recorded in February 2025. 0:00 Intro0:09 Is it true that the present moment is the only real thing and that doership is an imagination in that present moment?1:58 With … Read more
Recorded on 9 May 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:10 Who is a guru?2:18 Is a guru essential for Self-Realisation?3:54 Some saints in the past have not had a physical guru. How did they achieve Self-Realisation?6:17 ‘When the student is ready, the guru appears’ – is this saying correct?7:52 From the student’s point of view, … Read more
Inauguration of Shri Swamiji Statue and Shivalingham at Devarayasamudram Ashram grounds31st May 2026 In the land alongside the Shri Shivabalayogi Ashram, Devarayasamudra lies a naturally occurring rock which has the cylindrical form of a Shiva Lingam. At the end of May, it was consecrated as a Shiva Lingam by Shri Babaji and, with Lord Shiva … Read more
Recorded on 2 May 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:13 What it is to have a mental attachment.3:08 When we imagine about something, do we always build a criteria, like ‘it has to be like this’, or ‘it should not be like this.’4:10 Should we not be making any criteria in the mind of what … Read more
Recorded on 12 April 2026 with US participants. 0:00 Intro1:02 Chapter 18, Verse 11:46 Effulgence – to shine by it’s own nature, not requiring any external force.3:55 Once you become aware of the Self, all ignorance of imaginations simply disappears like a dream.8:12 For a normal person, their attention is on the world and the … Read more
Recorded on 25 April 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Can Babaji comment on Kabir’s couplet “‘I’ is there when God is not there, God is there when ‘I’ is not there”? and explain it further in context of ‘oneness’?1:31 If you are aligned with and one with your true nature to realise and drop your … Read more
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 How can one recognise the tests in daily life?1:28 What did Vasistha mean in the Yoga Vasistha, when he said, “Don’t seek non-action … Read more
Recorded on 15 March 2026 with US participants The text explains that a yogi is established in pure consciousness, free from identification with the mind, body, and personal identity. Unlike ordinary people whose minds are absorbed in imaginations and desires, a yogi remains as a detached witness, unaffected by pleasure, pain, praise, or criticism. Though … Read more
Recorded on 11 April 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:07 When things happen that are not according to our expectations, why do we lose control of our mind and experience tension and unhappiness?6:30 Swamiji said, “Meditate, know your Self, and don’t be prejudicial.” How to avoid being prejudicial?14:54 How to improve our observation power and … Read more
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, which helps us to get connected again to the Divinity. He also narrates the story of Kunti who requested Krishna to give her suffering so that she could remember him. … Read more
Recorded on 18 January 2026 with US participants This session discusses Chapter 17 verses 1 through 5 of the Ashtavakra Gita, focusing on the nature of a True Yogi and Self-realization. Baba explains that realizing the Self brings complete contentment and “Supreme Peace,” as the Self exists independently without need or desire. When the mind … Read more
Recorded on 14 March 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:29 The story of Leela from the Yoga Vasistha9:51 The story of the 10 sons from the Yoga Vasistha21:46 “When the tree dies, the seed doesn’t die, but when the seed dies, the tree perishes with it.”29:23 Why does this creation idea have to exist?32:00 The … Read more
Recorded on 21 March 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:07 What were the characteristics that Babaji’s parents demonstrated that helped impact the development of His character?7:57 Innate characteristics of Babaji’s personality as a young boy that were unusual compared to those around Him?13:24 After Babaji first heard the song ‘Bhaja Govindam’, would the people around … Read more
In March 2026, Babaji was invited to the Sahaj Retreat Centre in Rishikesh to conduct a Q&A and meditation session.
Shri Babaji visited Adivarapupeta where Swamiji’s Mahasamadhi prayers were held on 2 April 2026, the day when Swamiji was placed in the ‘Samadhi’, 5 days after his actual Mahasamadhi on 28 March in 1994.
Recorded on 9 November 2025 with US participants 0:00 Intro1:16 Chapter 16, verse 1 “…one cannot become established in the Self unless everything is forgotten.”3:10 Some people could read that and think you have to erase all your memories, but what you’re doing is stopping all the thoughts?3:44 “Reading and listening to the teachings of … Read more
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
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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.
Shri Babaji tells the story of Jadabharata, which His Master Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj used to narrate. The story warns that having attachments to the world
