Zen Grisdale
Recorded on 9 August 2025 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:06 The mind is continually jumping from one thought to another – how has it become like this?5:25 “The desire for experience arises as a thought in consciousness and by the repetition of this thought it gains strength.”7:57 When we think it is a problem it … Read more
“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. He was coming back after a bath in the Holy Ganga. He saw a scholar memorizing a grammar word called ‘Dukrinkarane’. So, watching him, it occurred to Him and He … Read more
Recorded on 23 February 2025 with US participants 0:00 Intro0:08 Chapter 6 “The Higher Knowledge”, verses 1-4 “I am all beings, and all beings are in Me.”7:50 That “I” is not the body or the ideas in the mind. What is the distinction between thoughts and imaginations in the mind, the mind and pure consciousness?11:59 … Read more
Recorded on 26 July 2025 with worldwide participants Summary:Babaji explains that science and spirituality are compatible, though they approach truth differently—science relies on evidence and logic, while spirituality emphasizes personal experience and consciousness. He discusses topics such as miracles, faith, evolution, artificial intelligence, and the limitations of scientific inquiry in addressing fundamental human problems. Babaji … Read more
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 can be harmful even to a great Tapasvin. This story appears in a collection of spiritual stories narrated by Babaji, available as a DVD.Volume 1Volume 2
Recorded on 13 July 2025 with US participants 0:00 Intro0:06 Ch.12 Verse 5, rejecting objects which are created by the mind.1:57 Is it a practice to ignore the mental chatter?3:30 Ch.12, Verse 6 – abstaining from action, and acting to achieve a desired result – both are born out of ignorance.3:52 Ch.12, Verse 7 – … Read more
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Recorded on 5 July 2025 with worldwide participants 00:00 What is the basic theme of the Guru Gita on which Babaji has written a commentary?04:42 The guru – disciple relationship seems very unique to the spiritual tradition in India.15:17 The word ‘disciple’ comes from ‘discipline’ – what is that discipline?18:47 Is there a difference between … Read more
Shri Babaji blessed the School construction on August 18 2025
Recorded on 2 August 2025 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:06 What is the transformation that happened to Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj from when He sat for Tapas as a 14 year old boy?12:20 What transformation should we see in ourselves as we progress on the path?25:31 If someone meditates once a day for 1 hour, can … Read more
Recorded on 8 June 2025 with US participants 0:00 Intro0:24 What is wisdom and how can we acquire it?1:55 How would wisdom be different from knowledge?2:53 Is wisdom all about finding peace and contentment?4:30 Ashtavakra Gita, Chapter 11, verse 1 – change is inherent in the forms that exist.5:53 Realising the impermanence of everything.6:58 Ashtavakra … Read more
Thursday 7th August 2025 Om Shivaya Shivabalayogendraya Parabrahmanaya
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 a car. The story warns of how desires can build up and make you lose your way on the spiritual path.
At the end of July 2025, along with devotees, Babaji visited the cave in the Chamundi Hills, Mysore where He withdrew into deep meditation following the Mahasamadhi of His Divine Guru Shri Swamiji in 1994. Babaji, feeling void and missing the physical presence of His beloved Master, retreated to this cave where it is said Sage … Read more
Recorded on 12 July 2025 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:07 People today have an expectation of instant results, what is the importance of patience?6:14 Do we first need to realise that peace in the mind is what we need?7:48 If the peace is not coming, is it because our efforts are not concentrated enough?8:56 Is … Read more
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 precious time by making unnecessary judgements and finding fault in others. From the DVD Aadhyatma Kathavali, Legendary spiritual stories Vol 1Available at https://shivarudrabalayogi.org/product/spiritual-stories-vol-1-dvd/
Recorded on 14 October 2023 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:08 What is the achievement of Self-Realisation?5:37 The Self as the permanent thing which does not change.7:53 Is it right that the droplet has got involved in the imaginations, but the Self has not got involved?9:54 Is there an awareness of ‘I’ when the droplet merges … Read more
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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
