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. 0:00 Intro0:07 Was it a shock when Babaji opened His eyes, on completing Tapas, to witness the world as an illusion?2:54 I thought it would be similar to when … Read more
Recorded on 19 October 2024 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:07 What is the right path to take in life?2:30 Why is it that many people seem to chose the wrong path in life?5:49 Is it necessary to have the intelligence to realise we have to go for the permanent truth, the permanent happiness?11:11 What is … Read more
Between February 3rd to the 14th a memorable Meditation retreat took place at the beautiful Shivabalayogi Ashram in Devarayasamudram, South India. There was an increase from twenty participants last year to forty participants this time, who gathered from countries all over the world; India, US, Australia, Hungary, Russia, Norway, Spain, Romania, Brazil, UK, Greece, France, … Read more
Recorded on 20 February 2025 with Malaysian participants 0:00 Intro0:07 Viveka Choodamani – Chapter 11, Verse 59, 60 & 611:30 What is the real nature of the Aatman?3:25 How do we get to be at Babaji’s Lotus feet?5:30 What should our sadhana be to keep this blessing of being able to be in Babaji’s presence … Read more
Recorded on 14 September 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro0:28 We think of our existence as the body – is this our real existence or is it something else?3:38 Is existence always in duality, or does it not need a second thing to exist?5:09 Are existence and awareness the same?5:34 Is awareness permanent but existence … Read more
Recorded live at the Dehradun Ashram shortly after Shri Babaji’s Tapas completion. Taken from the album ‘Anmol Bhajan’ available here Music recorded with Shri Babaji is also available to listen on Spotify
Recorded on 10 August 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro0:10 What is the technology by which the mind perceives the object matter in the world via the brain and the sensory organs?3:43 Is a judgement when we take something as real instead of just an imagination?14:25 How can objects in the world which appear so … Read more
Recorded on 14 December 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro0:12 “In every atom of existence there are countless universes.”2:45 “No one dies here, nor is anyone born. Those are notions arising in consciousness”6:08 “If self awareness is one of the characteristics of the physical body, why does a corpse not experience anything?”8:15 What is the … Read more
To be held at Devarayasamudram Shivabalayogi Ashram on 26 February 2025
Recorded on 23 November 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:25 Is it correct to say that when we observe the mind, we are observing data that has been sent to our brains from our senses? 5:06 Is there a difference between the expressions ‘not real’ and ‘impermanent’? 13:19 Is the brain our enemy which … Read more
Om Shivaya Shivabalayogendraya Parabrahmanaya This mantra was given to the young Seenu (as Babaji was then known) by His Guru Shri Shivabalayogi in a dream before meeting Him physically. The listener is advised to concentrate on the vibrations of the music in a focused and calm state of mind. This transformative music and the mantra … Read more
Recorded on 4 January 2025 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro0:17 What is the ego and why is it the biggest hurdle?2:14 Is it because we start defining everything we see as a reality and become stubborn in our thinking – is that ego?9:01 To remove the ego and achieve the truth of existence, do we … Read more
Recorded on 12th December 2024 with Malaysian participants. 0:00 Intro0:20 Viveka Choodamani Chapter 4, Verse 172:55 With constant meditation, will the mind slowly recede and start detaching from the worldly illusion, and start longing for Liberation?13:04 When in Babaji’s presence, the mind is peaceful and the longing for Liberation grows but when we are back … 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. 0:00 Intro0:07 A single pointed awareness feels closed and focused, other times in nature I get an expansive feeling, is there a point where this comes together?1:20 Sometimes in … Read more
Recorded on 30 November 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro0:20 How has consciousness arisen within unconscious matter?7:19 Is consciousness beyond the experiences of thoughts and sensations from our sensory organs?9:00 Are there different individual consciousnesses within the one consciousness?16:11 When the mind is still, you become aware of the real Self, the pure consciousness?17:43 Is … Read more
Recorded on 31st December 2023 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:08 How do we shape a better future for ourself?1:27 How can we remove or change our latent tendencies?5:19 Should we focus on our Self rather than the body and mind?7:33 So how we perceive ourself is important?8:40 Do all bodies and beings exist in one … Read more
Taken from the album Bhakti Chandan, available here
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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
