Zen Grisdale
Part 3 When my father was doing his intermediate course in medical school, he had an opportunity to visit Burma, having gone there to escort a relative boy around 1924-25. He found Burma prosperous and developed a desire to go there for his livelihood. He married my mother, Sharadamba, around the year 1926, completed medical … Read more
Part Two As a child Father worked at the homes of his relatives to earn fees for his studies. He used to help by washing and pressing of clothes. Was this a destiny? To be honest in this world you have to pay a heavy price. But Father used to say that Determination and Character … Read more
Part One When my father was doing his intermediate course, he had an opportunity to visit Burma with a relative around 1924-25. He found Burma prosperous and developed a desire to go there for his livelihood. By 1932 when he completed medical school, he was already married to my mother Sharada, a pious, God-loving lady, … Read more
Perth, 29th April 2003 On the ninth evening of the public program, devotees as well as newcomers, greeted Baba with the sweet singing of Swamiji’s aarati. Baba paid all due reverence to His Guru at the altar, then sat down on the dais. He chanted Om and a short mantra which soothed the gathering and … Read more
MESSAGE FROM SHRI SHIVARUDRA BALAYOGI MAHARAJ – November 10, 2002 Dehra Dun Ashram in India: Situated at the foot hills of the Himalayas, with a background of beautiful green trees and mountains, – The Dehra Dun Ashram, established by Shri Guru Maharaj Shivabalayogi in 1972, is an ideal place for meditation sadhana, with its peaceful … Read more
Sunday 13 October 2002 at Scarborough Community Centre, Perth, Western Australia. Seeking pleasures in the world is like expecting enjoyment in wrong, harmful medicines and deliberately falling ill for it’s sake. Is it not better to remain healthier which is real happiness and peace. Even if one falls ill, is it not necessary to have … Read more
Who is Born and Who Dies?Mind’s rubbish resolutions,Stupidity at its height,Stern measures are the Soap to wash. Quiet and Careful watchDestroys the witchcraft illusion,You imagined and imposedGot struck in your own tricks Like a Spider in it’s own WebYour Ego is your bondageYou have knit, with cravings, theWeb of desires, and you, are the poor … Read more
Perth, Oct 13, 2004 This was the last night of public programs in Perth. The week with Babaji had gone quickly and on this final night a large crowd attended the satsang. Devotees had prepared an impressive altar for Swamiji with a large photo of Him surrounded by native Australian plants and trees lit up … Read more
Perth, Oct 12th 2004 Babaji entered the hall to the sweet sounds of Swamiji’s Aarathi and after offering his pranams at Swamiji’s altar began his discourse with the recitation of the Guru Sloka, ‘Brahmanandam Paramasukhadam’… Once again I take the opportunity to offer my unconditional surrender at the Lotus Feet of my Guru, Shivabalayogi. I … Read more
A Sunday talk by Babaji in the Dehra dun Ashram, 2002 Vasishta talks of good karma and bad karma. He says when the mind goes towards the world and materialism, it’s bad karma (efforts). When you do sadhana by putting efforts, these efforts are good karmas, like offering service to the Guru in as many … Read more
Babaji answers the question of a devotee on the topic of kundalini experiences: Whatever you are experiencing at the moment is really wonderful and I feel you are a blessed Soul. This can be healing energy. Also it appears that this has given you bliss. However, you shall not apply this healing energy on anybody … Read more
Samadhi is when the mind totally gets absorbed into the Real Ultimate Self. The Yogi becomes aware of the Self’s existence but without any definitions. Even the earlier imagined false self’s identity also vanishes. This means the thought of ‘I’ vanishes. In samadhi, a Yogi has no mind which recognizes or identifies anything. A Yogi … Read more
Prostrations with total surrender to The Divine, who blessed the creation with the concept of Master- Disciple relationship. From time immemorial, perhaps since the beginning of the Creation, every creature of the Universe has adopted this Master- Disciple relationship. From parents to children, teacher to student, one generation to another, to learn to live and … Read more
For the devotional and spiritually interested people of the World the Great Saint Shivabalayogi, performed amazing twelve years Tapas for the sake of worldly people. He taught meditation for mind control, Self Realization and peace. His devotees and sadhaks all over the world know Him with reverence, as Swamiji. It is our continuous experience that … Read more
May 13, 2002 Our humble prayers to You! O Lord, we surrender, please inspire that our prayers may come out sincerely from the depth of our hearts. You are Almighty, Supreme, Ocean Of Kindness, Mother To The Entire Creation and All The Creatures. You are The Supreme Being, The only One Capable, Who Can Give … Read more
Perth May 4th, 2005 The programs of Babaji’s eighth tour in Australia opened at the home of some local devotees. As the great Yogi arrived, Pada Puja (washing of the Guru’s feet) was performed to the chanting of some slokas from the Guru Gita. Then lead to the altar, Baba performed aarathi to Swamiji at … Read more
Perth, May 13th 2005 It was with a touch of sadness, combined with a deep awareness of the privilege they had been granted, that devotees awaited Babaji’s arrival at the final evening’s program in Perth. The great Yogi entered the hall, His presence filling the room. He performed aarathi to Swamiji, took His pranams, and began … Read more
Perth May 14th 2005 Some 40 people took the opportunity to be under Baba’s instruction for a retreat which lasted from early morning to late afternoon. Baba opened the day with a short address. “Offering total surrender and prostrations to my Divine Guru Shivabalayogi, again and again I pray for Him to grant refuge at … Read more
Perth May 13th 2005 Tulsidas, when he was young, was very attached to his wife. He was mad after his wife. One day his wife went away to stay with her parents. Tulsidas was very distressed and restless and simply couldn’t settle. This went on and on, until finally at midnight he decided to leave … Read more
Perth, May 12th 2005 The second to last evening program in Perth began when Baba entered the hall, lighting up the whole area. He performed aarathi to Swamiji, and began His address singing Om Brahmanandam Paramasukhadam… the Guru Pranmam sloka from the Guru Gita. Prostrations again and again at the Lotus Feet of my beloved … Read more
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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
