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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How can we change ourselves? | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.225 25.05.2025 50:25

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang How can we change ourselves? | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.225 Recorded on 18 April 2025 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:07 Why is it so difficult to see our own faults and put in efforts to change ourselves? 6:07 If we don...

The Droplet and the Ocean | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.224 17.05.2025 1:00:48

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The Droplet and the Ocean | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.224 Recorded on 29 March 2025 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:07 What is the droplet and what is the ocean? 2:47 Everything that we think we are as an individual does...

Yoga Vasistha, Vairagya Part 3 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.223 10.05.2025 45:44

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Yoga Vasistha, Vairagya Part 3 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.223 Recorded on 3 May 2025 with worldwide participants 0:00 Introduction 0:38 "All hopes of man are consistently destroyed by time." If time is unreal, how can...

Viveka Choodamani - Impermanence of the Physical Body | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.222 04.05.2025 39:34

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Viveka Choodamani - Impermanence of the Physical Body | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.222 Recorded on 10 April 2025 with Malaysian participants. 0:00 Intro 0:06 Viveka Choodamani - Chapter 13 - The impermanence of the physical body, v...

The mind, the brain and its reflections | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.221 28.04.2025 57:33

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The mind, the brainand its reflections | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.220 Recorded on 5 April 2025 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:06 The mind has come out of the Self 6:10 Is the mind and the Self the same substance? 12:06...

Keeping quiet mentally | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.220 20.04.2025 46:21

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Keeping quiet mentally | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.220 Recorded on 15 March 2025 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:14 Why does Babaji recommend that we put in efforts to become quiet in the mind? 5:55 Is the concentration...

Judgements and Discrimination | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.219 14.04.2025 34:57

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Judgements and Discrimination | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.219 Recorded on 1st February 2025 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:07 What is the difference between judgements and discrimination? 2:14 Are discriminations always...

Jangama Dhyana - the method | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.218 05.04.2025 38:17

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Jangama Dhyana - the method | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.218 Recorded on 22 February 2025 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:18 1st instruction: to sit comfortably and keep the back and neck straight 1:10 2nd instruction: to...

Viveka Choodamani - Essence of Direct Experience | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.217 31.03.2025 41:18

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Viveka Choodamani - Essence of Direct Experience | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.217 Recorded on 20 March 2025 with Malaysian participants 0:00 Intro 0:07 Viveka Choodamani, chapter 12, Essence of Direct Experience 1:54 Everybody tal...

Yoga Vasistha - Vairagya Part 2 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.216 25.03.2025 54:52

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 - Vairagya / Behaviour of the Seeker | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.216 Recorded on 22 March 2025 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:18 The restless mind is unable to find happiness in the world 3:02 The cravings of...

Devotion - is it necessary? | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.215 15.03.2025 35:03

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Devotion - is it necessary? | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.215 Recorded on 8 March 2025 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:06 What does Babaji means when He speaks about devotion and devotional practices? 1:20 How did devotion...

Going on the right path | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.214 08.03.2025 1:01:48

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Going on the right path | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.214 Recorded on 19 October 2024 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:07 What is the right path to take in life? 2:30 Why is it that many people seem to chose the wrong path i...

Importance of Knowledge of the Self | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.213 02.03.2025 39:58

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Importance of Knowledge of the Self | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.213 Recorded on 20 February 2025 with Malaysian participants 0:00 Intro 0:07 Viveka Choodamani - Chapter 11, Verse 59, 60 & 61 1:30 What is the real nature of the...

Mystery of Existence | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.212 23.02.2025 1:23:19

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Mystery of Existence | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.212 Recorded on 14 September 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:28 We think of our existence as the body - is this our real existence or is it something else? 3:38 Is ex...

The Mind and its Imprints | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.211 18.02.2025 1:13:17

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The Mind and its Imprints | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.211 Recorded on 10 August 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:10 What is the technology by which the mind perceives the object matter in the world via the brain and...

Maya - the endless illusion, part 3 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.210 09.02.2025 56:37

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: The Recommended Goal | In Quest of Truth - Q&A, No.163 Recorded on 09 December 2023 with worldwide participants. Read the full transcript at https://shivarudrabalayogi.org/qa/peace-the-recommended-goal-online-qa-no-163/ 0:00 Introduction f...

Who am I - mind, body, brain | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.209 02.02.2025 55:17

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Who am I - mind, body, brain | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.209 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...

Ego - the biggest hurdle for progress | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.208 26.01.2025 59:54

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Ego - the biggest hurdle for progress | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.208 Recorded on 4 January 2025 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:17 What is the ego and why is it the biggest hurdle? 2:14 Is it because we start defining e...

Eligibility of the Disciple | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.207 19.01.2025 58:05

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Eligibility of the Disciple | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.207 Recorded on 12th December 2024 with Malaysian participants. 0:00 Intro 0:20 Viveka Choodamani Chapter 4, Verse 17 2:55 With constant meditation, will the mind slowly rece...

What is Consciousness? | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.206 12.01.2025 1:04:46

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang What is Consciousness? | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.206 Recorded on 30 November 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:20 How has consciousness arisen within unconscious matter? 7:19 Is consciousness beyond the experiences...

Shaping a Better Future | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.205 05.01.2025 1:10:03

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Shaping a better future | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.205 Recorded on 31st December 2023 with worldwide participants 0:00 Intro 0:08 How do we shape a better future for ourself? 1:27 How can we remove or change our latent tendencies...

Bhakti Marga: The Devotional Path | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.204 28.12.2024 58:27

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Bhakti Marga: The Devotional Path | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.203 Recorded on 7th December 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Intro 0:05 How do you define bhakti? Ramana Maharshi has said that bhakti is the mother of jnana. 4...

Viveka Choodamani Ch.4, vv.14-17 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.203 21.12.2024 1:08:42

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Viveka Choodamani Ch.4, vv.14-17 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.203 Recorded on 21 November 2024 with Malaysian participants Babaji's commentary on the Viveka Choodamini is available to buy. A Modern Exposition by Shri Babaji of...

Ashtavakra Gita - Chapter 2, verses 1-6 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.202 15.12.2024 1:09:07

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Ashtavakra Gita - Chapter 2, verses 1-6 | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.202 Recorded on 15 September 2024 with US participants Baba discusses the importance of faith, devotion, and attention in self-realization. He emphasizes that sel...

The Mind in Peace and Happiness | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.201 10.12.2024 52:31

Send us Fan Mail Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang The Mind in Peace and Happiness | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.201 Recorded on 2 November 2024 with worldwide participants. 0:00 Introduction from Babaji on deepavali 1:45 What does Babaji mean when He uses the term 'mind'?...