Shiva Rudra Balayogi

In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Shri Babaji

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Anyone interested in meditation will find this series of questions and answers of interest. A Realized Meditation Master, Shri Babaji (Shri Shivarudra Balayogi Maharaj), answers questions from people around the world on meditation and spirituality. His spontaneous answers are based on the wisdom gained from his own direct, first-hand experience of years of intense meditation (Tapas) and the teachings of his Guru, Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj. He explains how meditation works and the purpose and benefits of spirituality in clear, simple terms. These recordings are taken from a live online meditat...

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Mental Health | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 275 03.07.2026 1:03:47

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Mental Health | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 275 Recorded on 16 May 2026 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:27 What is the mind? 2:11 How does Babaji define mental health? 4:54 How can people overcome stress, depression, fear etc and...

"Peace" - Ashtavakra Samhita Ch 18 vv 10-18 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 274 20.06.2026 1:03:13

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang "Peace" - Ashtavakra Samhita Ch 18 vv 10-18 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 274 Recorded on 26 April 2026 with US participants 0:00 Intro 1:12 Chapter 18, verse 10 2:05 We have come up with words to describe things which are imagin...

Guru | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 273 12.06.2026 1:05:40

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Guru | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 273 Recorded on 9 May 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:10 Who is a guru? 2:18 Is a guru essential for Self-Realisation? 3:54 Some saints in the past have not had a physical guru. How did the...

Mental attachment and Liberation | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 272 01.06.2026 49:49

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Mental attachment and Liberation | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 272 Recorded on 2 May 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:13 What it is to have a mental attachment. 3:08 When we imagine about something, do we always build a criter...

"Peace" - Ashtavakra Samhita, Chapter 18 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 271 28.05.2026 1:06:58

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang "Peace" - Ashtavakra Samhita, Chapter 18 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 271 Recorded on 12 April 2026 with US participants. 0:00 Intro 1:02 Chapter 18, Verse 1 1:46 Effulgence - to shine by it's own nature, not requiring any...

Oneness | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 270 19.05.2026 1:08:40

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Oneness | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 270 Recorded on 25 April 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Can Babaji comment on Kabir’s couplet “‘I’ is there when God is not there, God is there when ‘I’ is not there”? and explain it further in...

"The True Knower", Pt3- Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 269 13.05.2026 57:33

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang "The True Knower", Pt3- Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 269 Recorded on 15 March 2026 with US participants 0:00 Intro 1:11 How does a Yogi view the world or life? 6:30 Does a Yogi no longer see himself as a perso...

Mastery of the mind | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 268 03.05.2026 57:57

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Mastery of the mind | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 268 Recorded on 11 April 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:07 When things happen that are not according to our expectations, why do we lose control of our mind and experience te...

The True Knower, Pt1 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 267 28.04.2026 1:02:33

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang The True Knower, Pt1 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 267 Recorded on 18 January 2026 with US participants 0:00 Intro 0:33 Verse 1. Someone who's attained Self-realization is fully contented, attaining the fruit of all knowledge. 2:52 Fo...

Yoga Vasistha - Creation Pt2 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 266 20.04.2026 58:28

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Yoga Vasistha - Creation Pt2 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 266 Recorded on 14 March 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:29 The story of Leela from the Yoga Vasistha 9:51 The story of the 10 sons from the Yoga Vasistha 21:46 &quot...

Babaji's Life Story | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 265 13.04.2026 1:08:27

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Babaji's Life Story | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 265 Recorded on 21 March 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:07 What were the characteristics that Babaji's parents demonstrated that helped impact the development of Hi...

Special Instruction Pt1 - Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 264 04.04.2026 1:08:18

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Recorded on 9 November 2026 with US participants 1:16 "..one cannot become established in the Self unless everything is forgotten." 3:10 You don't have to erase all your memories, but stop all the thoughts? 3:44 "Reading and listen...

Paths of Spirituality | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 263 28.03.2026 1:01:22

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Paths of Spirituality | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 263 Recorded on 7 March 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:35 What are the different paths of spirituality? 7:59 What is the right path for a rational, scientific temperament?...

"The True Knower" - Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 262 16.03.2026 58:13

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang "The True Knower" - Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 262 Recorded on 1 March 2026 with US participants. 0:00 Intro 0:40 Ch 17, verse 6 1:34 What is the eternal Soul? 4:30 The consciousness of existence. 6:06 Is th...

Purushartha - Self-Efforts | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 261 08.03.2026 1:04:22

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Purushartha - Self-Efforts | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 261 Recorded on 28 February 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro from Babaji 0:56 What does the word purushartha mean? 3:34 How do we put in efforts to know Oneself? What is...

Time and Space | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 260 01.03.2026 1:36:51

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Time and Space | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 260 Recorded on 7 February 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:27 Are time and space two different things, or are they thoughts and perceptions? 2:41 Can the mind go beyond time? 3:59...

The mind and the Self | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 259 21.02.2026 51:56

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang The mind and the Self | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 259 Recorded on 17 January 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:07 The feeling that we exist, beyond the thoughts. 3:30 Your existence beyond your thoughts. 7:05 Applying the min...

Special Instruction - Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 258 08.02.2026 53:30

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang 'Special Instruction' - Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 258 Recorded on 4 January 2026 with US participants 0:00 Intro 0:10 Desire is the root of indiscrimination, Chapter 16, verse 7 3:54 What causes attachment?...

Thoughts | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 257 23.01.2026 1:05:06

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Thoughts | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 257 Recorded on 11 January 2026 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:06 What does Babaji mean when He speaks of thoughts? 1:22 Is there a seed that starts the thoughts? 2:00 Are thoughts the act o...

Yoga Vasistha - Creation | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 256 11.01.2026 57:56

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Yoga Vasistha - Creation | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 256 Recorded on 3rd January 2026 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:11 When grace meets maturity of discrimination then dispassion is generated within the heart. 1:18 The relati...

Karma Yoga | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 255 02.01.2026 58:20

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Karma Yoga | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 255 Recorded on 27 April 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:07 What is Karma Yoga? 1:00 Is Karma Yoga the same as Dhyana Yoga, but in activity? 13:40 Do we need to lose the idea in our i...

Purpose of Life | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 254 26.12.2025 1:07:04

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Purpose of Life | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 254 Recorded on 6 December 2025 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:06 Does like have a purpose, and if so what is it? 2:55 In our society a purpose is generally not clearly defined, or t...

"The Universe in a hair" from the Yoga Vasishtha | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 253 20.12.2025 1:08:16

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang "The Universe in a hair" from the Yoga Vasishtha | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 253 Recorded on 22 November 2025 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:38 "Universe in a hair" - Universe is how you perceive it. 3:51 I...

Knowledge of the Self - Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 252 11.12.2025 1:07:58

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Knowledge of the Self | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 252 Recorded on 10 August 2025 with US participants 0:00 Intro 0:55 Chapter 15, verse one, "A student whose mind is pure and calm learns easily.." 2:09 Chapter 15, verse one - B...

The Real Meaning of Faith and Devotion | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 251 04.12.2025 1:02:05

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang The Real Meaning of Faith and Devotion | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 251 Recorded on 8 November 2025 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:07 What is faith and why is it so important? 5:28 Faith does not depend on any result. 8:45 With...