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Recorded on 15 August 2021 with US participants 0:00 Introduction from Babaji2:02 The culmination of Swamiji’s Tapas6:18 Meaning of Yoga, ‘union’7:47 How a Yogi uses the mind in the world8:53 Meaning of ‘bala’ in Shivabalayogi9:35 How to get unstuck from the changing reality14:40 Is it memory that causes time?16:55 Stopping the cravings of the mind18:24 … Read more
Shri Shivarudra Balayogi Maharaj conducted a half-day meditation retreat with questions and answers on spiritual topics, on 14 August 2021 at Bangalore JP Nagar Ashram. The occasion was also graced by the presence and pravachana by Swami Brahmanandji Maharaj of Chinmaya Mission.
Recorded on 12 August 2021 with Malaysian participants 0:00 Introduction0:20 Is the spiritual world and material world a reality or made up by the mind?3:18 I it possible to synchronize both spiritual and material life?6:39 Can one enjoy material things and still progress in spiritual life?10:12 How can we best keep the mind with the … Read more
60th Anniversary of Shri Guru Maharaj’s Tapas Purti – Photos, 7 August 2021 Celebrations on August 7, 2021 of the auspicious occasion of the 60th Anniversary of Shri Guru Maharaj’s Tapas Purti, devotees and trustees of Bengaluru Ashram are celebrating in the benign presence of Shri Shiva Rudra Balayogi Maharaj. All Bengaluru ashram DSM Video … Read more
Shri Babaji’s message on the auspicious occasion of beloved Guru Shri Swamiji’s Tapas Purti. “From 1961, 7th August, when our beloved Guru Maharaj Swamiji came out after completing a grueling 12 Year Tapas, amazing glow & vibrations was spreading in all directions. That was the time first man into space had been launched by the … Read more
Recorded on 1 August 2021 with US participants 0:00 Introduction0:12 What is the difference between physical matter and the mental matter?3:28 The real truth of spirituality6:22 The mirror between the relative and the absolute9:57 What is right action?14:00 How to overcome extreme anger17:55 Spirit guides, ghosts etc – are they distractions from spirituality?19:43 Strong electric … Read more
Recorded on 29 July 2021 with participants from Malaysia 0:00 Introduction0:23 What are the benefits of meditation and why is it not given utmost importance in society?8:30 What are the things we should not do before and during meditation?12:20 My mind keeps on wandering on other things in meditation, how to fix this?13:55 What causes … Read more
“In our culture Guru is everything for us. A Mother holding our fingers to teach us walk, on her laps teaching to drink milk and eat, then she teaches culture, proper manners, alphabets, words giving lessons on proper language, how to address and respect elders, table manners never ending list, She taught us Guru is … Read more
Recorded on 18 July 2021 with US participants 0:00 Introduction0:14 Babaji explains the quote “You are more than you imagine, know your true Self”2:00 When consciousness come in contact with the brain, does that create the ‘I am’ sense?3:10 Is the spiritual journey simply a shifting of our consciousness of what is in the mind … Read more
Recorded on 15 July 2021 with Malaysian participants 0:00 Introduction0:20 How do we know that we have karma and how do we remove it?2:44 Has God already written our destiny?8:00 Does a person who is causing suffering escape from his or her karma as they are paying back the previous life’s karma?9:08 How can we … Read more
Recorded on 4 July 2021 with participants from US 0:00 Introduction from Babaji1:23 What is meant by the Self?6:03 What directs our awareness?8:58 Is reviewing ourselves in meditation also an imagination?10:57 An experience in meditation13:38 What is the difference between consciousness and energy?14:53 When we stop needing to look for happiness do we automatically arrive … Read more
Recorded on 6 June 2021 with participants from US 0:00 Introduction0:06 The difference between discrimination and judgment6:06 What are the impurities of the mind and how do you get rid of them?7:54 Can someone be established in the Self and think also?12:36 What role does community play on the spiritual path?13:29 What is the difference … Read more
Recorded on 27 May 2021 with Malaysian participants 0:00 Introduction0:17 What do you mean when you say ‘spiritual life’ and why is spiritual living important?3:43 What should we do to live a spiritual life?5:40 What is the difference between being spiritual and being religious?9:42 Is spiritual growth the removal of unwanted paths and beliefs?11:20 What … Read more
Recorded on 13 May 2021 with participants from Malaysia 0:00 Introduction0:24 What is meant by the Guru’s lotus feet?1:44 How to meditate when the mind is in a highly agitated state?3:56 How to overcome the fear of leaving loved ones behind when we die?5:30 What is the relationship between the mind and consciousness?6:44 Why is … Read more
Recorded on 23 May 2021 with US participants. 0:00 Introduction0:14 Summary of the essential points of Babaji’s teachings1:54 Is imagination the seed within consciousness to create?16:23 Creativity in the standpoint of the larger cause22:13 Does a Yogi still have imaginations?23:27 How do we go beyond our emotions?26:57 Teaching meditation to medical patients29:40 How to practice … Read more
Recorded on 25 April 2021 with US participants 0:00 Introduction0:07 Is a Self-Realized person free of desire?2:41 How does a personality of a Self-Realized person function?3:53 What does Babaji see in us?5:03 Babaji’s explanation of His answer “I made myself disappear”6:46 The bliss of the Self8:16 Isn’t bliss an experience of individuality?9:27 Explanation of a … Read more
Recorded on 11 April 2021 with US participants. 0:00 Introduction0:12 What is meant by the Self in Self-Realization?3:17 The mind and the ‘I’5:14 Mind and Pure consciousness8:18 Why has imagination appeared in the first place, where is the need?12:17 Is space aware of its own existence?12:32 Watching in meditation, do we watch the thought?15:54 Enjoyments … Read more
Shri Shivabalayogi’s Mahasamadhi Aradhana – Photos Shri Swamiji’s 27th anniversary Mahasamadhi Aradhana commemorations at Dehradun Ashram
The auspicious day of Shri Guru Maharaj Swamiji’s 86th birthday was celebrated with great enthusiasm and gaiety by devotees all around the world. All Dehradun Ananthpur Bengaluru Devarayasamudra Doddaballapur Ipoh centre Kolar Singapore
Photos from the final day of Kartik Purnima Tapaspurti Mahotsav commemorating the 21st anniversary of the Accomplished Tapas of Baba Shiva Rudra Balayogi including Laghu Rudra MahaYagn and Purnahoti performed by Shri Babaji and special devotional bhajans.
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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
Babaji narrates the story of the Tapasvin and the rat, a story that Swamiji once told to a sanyasin who had a desire to own
Babaji narrates the story of the monk and the prostitute which His Guru Shri Swamiji used to tell countless times about how we waste our
In this story from the Yoga Vasistha, Sage Shuka Maharishi visits King Janaka to find out how He is able to keep His mind on
