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Recorded on 7th December 2024 with worldwide participants.Questions asked by Babaji’s head disciple, Amba Shivaranjani. 0:00 Intro0:05 How do you define bhakti? Ramana Maharshi has said that bhakti is the mother of jnana.4:46 How can one devote their total attention to the Divinity which is all around? Is bhakti possible with or without image?8:04 Is … 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 During meditation the mind is quiet, then automatically after one hour is over, there is some reaction1:01 For a beginner, 15 minutes is a very long time … Read more
Babaji’s commentary on the Viveka Choodamani is available to buy.A Modern Exposition by Shri Babaji of Adi Shankara’s famous commentary. This book contains the teachings that Shri Shri Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj gave to Babaji during the twenty years of selfless service to His beloved Guru in the Dehra Dun Ashram. Digital version Physical version 0:00 … Read more
Recorded on 15 September 2024 with US participants Babaji discusses the importance of faith, devotion, and attention in Self-Realization. He emphasizes that Self-Realization is not a gift but a result of following the master’s teachings with seriousness and reverence. Babaji explains that Self-Realization involves understanding the supreme consciousness and becoming quiet, which leads to the … Read more
Recorded on 2 November 2024 with worldwide participants 0:00 Introduction from Babaji on deepavali1:45 What does Babaji mean when He uses the term ‘mind’?4:25 Explanation of the ‘Falsely imagined individual self’9:04 What is happening in the mind when we are unhappy?16:52 Are we happy simply when a desire is being fulfilled?19:59 Is peace when we … 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 How can one look for the Guru inside one’s heart?0:57 Is the heart related to the feelings?1:10 If God, Guru and Self are one, what is the … Read more
Recorded on 9 November 2024 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:26 Babaji comments on extract from Yoga Vasistha: “The unreal jeeva perceives the unreal world on account of the unreal influence of the unreality.”3:38 Babaji comments on extract from Yoga Vasistha: “The energy of this consciousness is able to create the entire universe and then entertaining … Read more
Shri Babaji sings the Guru Aarti Taken from the ‘Bhakti Chandan’ album Bhakti Chandan, a beautiful compilation of bhajans sung by Shri Babaji which condenses a lifetime of love for His Master Swamiji Maharaj into a stirring tribute.Available as a CD or to download as an MP3.
Recorded on 16 November 2024 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:07 What is Tapas?1:54 Why does Babaji call Tapas the highest pitch of meditation?3:45 What defines how long one needs to do Tapas?5:44 Do we have to meditate until every imprint in the mind has been purified?11:01 In Tapas, does everything disappear? Is this what samadhi … Read more
Recorded on 26 October 2024 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:15 What is special about being born as a human being?5:48 Through our thinking capability, humans can elevate themselves or go away from the Self.8:08 What is our duty as a human being?14:56 “If humans are wise, why are we so stupid?”27:55 Consciousness and the brain.37:52 … Read more
Shri Babaji narrates the story of how he met his Guru Shri Swamiji and the circumstances which led to his Tapas and Self-Realization. This year marks 25 years since Babaji completed his Tapas, and 50 years since he joined his Guru’s Ashram in Dehradun.
Watch the celebrations on Shri Babaji’s facebook pageDay 1: https://fb.watch/vSeR4Noc2z/Day 2: https://fb.watch/vT1h3AQXqQ/
Recorded on 5 October 2024 with worldwide participants 0:00 Introduction from Babaji1:44 “If you say that meditation is hard, it is hard, if you say it is easy, it is easy.”10:13 Why do more and more thoughts seems to come in meditation?17:32 Is it a normal part of the process at the beginning, for thoughts … Read more
A booklet in Hindi of transcribed short videos from Shri Babaji’s Youtube channel click image to open pdf (file size: 30mb)
Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Shri Babaji’s Tapas from 11th to 15th November 2024 at Dehradun Ashram Watch the live stream of the event at Shri Babaji’s facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Shivarudrabalayogi
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 Will the lost Upanishads ever be revealed again by a Saint or Self Realised Yogi?2:57 What is the difference between the Upanishads and the Vedas?4:20 Do all … Read more
Recorded on 1 September 2024 with US participants 0:00 Intro0:08 The sword of knowledge slays ignorance of Self. Consciousness misidentifies itself as the body. Meditation shifts the attention from imaginations to the True Self.6:07 How have we misidentified ourself from birth?8:11 Until you regain consciousness of your real Self ignorance will be there.8:59 By watching, … Read more
Babaji explains how through the instruction ‘just watch’ in meditation, you can get out of the whirlpool of continual thoughts. [See the full Q&A session here]
Recorded on 12 October 2024 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro0:24 What is maya?2:25 What’s the difference between maya and samsara?5:25 What is the power of the illusion that makes it appear as a reality?11:20 “The appearance is latent in the infinite consciousness”15:04 Can the illusion go on and on endlessly until we get out of … 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
