Stories of Shivabalayogi
. . . arranged under the following headings. Click on the heading to open that page.
Stories from Swamiji's Childhood
Learning not to Fear Ghosts — Standing up in School — “Against” — Standing up to a Boastful Sadhu —
Short Changing Disrespect — A Sadhu Complains about Sathyaraju’s Financial Management
Incarnation of the Divine Mother; Anasuya — Parvatamma Does Not Have Enough Food —
The Life of Parvatamma — Lord Yama and the Passing of Parvatamma
A Physician’s Desperations Dissolve in Darshan
Tears of Recognition, Shivabalayogi Is the Vision
Shivabalayogi Appears in Different Forms
As a Cowherd and Mistaken for a Thief — As a Sadhu, the Munsif’s Sick Child — As a Tiger —
He Invites Himself to a Wedding and Is Beaten
Shivabalayogi as Shiva — Narasimhaswami Is Awestricken by Light
Judging Mahatmas — Gangaraju Experiences Tapaswiji’s Austerities
Bhava Samadhi, Healing — Brain Cancer — Healing through Touch — Bedridden in a Body Cast —
Comfort for the Dying
Bhava Samadhi, Protection — Adivarapupeta: Two Gangs — Doddaballapur: Trouble with Mathadipathis —
Bangalore: Trouble with Christians — Bangalore: Hired Thugs
Found in a Crowd; Darshan among Tens of Thousands — Miraculous Healings
Saving Four Rupees by Enjoying Kirtan at Home — Making the Airport Detector Go Off —
Mistaken for a Woman
Travel in the Worlds of the Gods, Darshan of Nataraja — Stopped at the Gates of Celestial Kailash —
Learning to Fly — Astral Flying, Child’s Play
The Senior Advocate and Shaktipat
Translating for Swamiji — Speaking in Tongues during Forty Days of Meditation —
Swamiji’s Knowledge of English
Meeting Swamiji — The 1971 War between India and Pakistan
Devotees’ Experiences
Read about some devotees very close to Shivabalayogi in Soul Connections.
Shivabalayogi once said that devotees’ experiences were his jewels. They are his treasure.
The stories here, and many more that are published in the books Divine Play and Swamiji’s Treasure, are collected from many scores of devotees in India, England and the United States. Given the hundreds of thousands of lives that Shivabalayogi touched, and the many well known devotees who preferred to keep their experiences private, this collection actually understates what Shivabalayogi did — and still does.
Devotees have stories of miracles so amazing that we should question their credibility. Yet they are not isolated. Similar experiences were related independently by devotees who had no knowledge of each other. Their authenticity is confirmed by a general reluctance or shyness to relate them. There was no suggestion of any boasting. In many cases, there are corroborating witnesses.
Swamiji himself encouraged the collection of these experiences, and he was present in a very real sense when they were related. Even now, reading these stories evokes the experience of Shivabalayogi’s own presence.
