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Babaji’s Life with Shri Swamiji – Q&A, No. 276

Recorded on 23 May 2026 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Intro
0:28 Babaji’s first personal meeting with Swamiji
7:37 How Babaji got to the Dehradun Ashram from the station
8:22 How did Babaji feel arriving at the Ashram in the middle of the night not knowing anyone?
12:49 Did Swamiji give Babaji any instruction on what to do at the Ashram?
14:14 What routine did Babaji follow at the Ashram when He was by Himself?
16:44 When Swamiji was at the Ashram, how was the routine different?
29:23 Swamiji asking Babaji to look after a mentally challenged boy within a few years of joining the Ashram.
37:43 Swamiji showed a great deal of affection to Babaji but His guidance could often be very strict.
44:49 It might look to an outside observer that the situation was unreasonable and uncontrolled but it was like a surgical procedure that was being performed.
48:20 Why is Mount Kailash a sacred mountain?
49:33 What is the Soul?
51:38 Why does the mind fall silent when in the presence of a Master?
53:38 What sort of relationship should we have with our body?
55:40 What is the importance of Brahmacharya in the practice of meditation?
57:25 Did Babaji ever speak to Swamiji’s mother Parvathamma? What was she like?
59:35 Some pointers in progressing further in meditation.
1:00:51 Being a musician, a melody stays in the mind during meditation. How to overcome this?

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