Divine Play
A Shivabalayogi reader, arranged by topic, taken from conversations with
him.
Guide
to the Inner Guide
“The outside guru guides and shows you the path.
The internal guru gives you visions.
It is the guru inside who appears to you
and gives you darshan.
The outside guru is a yogi.
The inner guru is God, Shankara Bhagavan.”
— Shivabalayogi
His Life Brief descriptions of Shivabalayogi’s childhood, tapas (spiritual austerities), work, and mahasamadhi (the process by which a yogi drops the physical form), and an explanation of the meaning of his name.
Meditation A short explanation of Shivabalayogi’s gift of meditation, its purpose, and its practice.
Shivabalayogi Programs Description of Shivabalayogi's public programs with silent teaching (he never gave discourses), meditation, distributing vibhuti (blessed ash), bhajans and bhava samadhi.
Stories The miracles that people have experienced through Shivabalayogi. These experiences are what Swamiji called his treasure. Reading these stories can evoke his presence.
His Words: Quotes from the Source Shivabalayogi’s teachings taken from conversations with him and arranged by subject matter. Although Swamiji really taught in silence and through direct experiences, there was much that he was eager to teach when answering devotees’ questions. Browse through pages on what Shivabalayogi said about subjects as diverse as yogis, Jesus, spiritual leaders, religions, meditation, bhava samadhi (spiritual trance), fate and world conditions.
His Successors Shivabalayogi’s direct and powerful presence is anchored in a physical samadhi, including the tomb where his body is interred. He appointed no successor. He made it clear that he intended to work directly through his devotees. These pages give some examples, including teachers who are now offering programs in Shivabalayogi’s name in the West.
Photographs Links to many galleries of photographs of Shivabalayogi.
Video Links to video of Shivabalayogi that can be viewed online.
Shiva.org Link to the website that Shivabalayogi himself blessed and which contains more detail on the life and work of this great Yogi of Yogis.
Handloom Publishing Books and DVD’s on Shivabalayogi may be purchased, and books and bhajan recordings downloaded for free. Archive material on Shivabalayogi, including recordings and transcripts of conversations, download of Shivabalayogi chanting, a complete copy of Shivabalayogi’s 1992 biography (online or download), invitations to functions, re-prints of booklets on Shivabalayogi, and a guide to the practice of meditation written by Gen. Hanut Singh and inspired by Shivabalayogi.