In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Shri Babaji
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 meditation class that Babaji holds every Saturday. They are precious opportunities to receive direct guidance from a Realized Master. To register please visit: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang
Episodes
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Guru - Disciple | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.237
Recorded on 5 July 2025 with worldwide participants
00:00 What is the basic theme of the Guru Gita on which Babaji has written a commentary?
04:42 The guru - disciple relationship seems very unique...
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Transformation on the path of spiritual life | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.236
Recorded on 2 August 2025 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:06 What is the transformation that happened to Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj from when He sat for Tapas ...
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Ashtavakra Gita, Chapter 11 - "Wisdom" | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.235
Recorded on 8 June 2025 with US participants
0:00 Intro
0:24 What is wisdom and how can we acquire it?
1:55 How would wisdom be different from knowledge?
2:...
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Acceptance and Patience | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.234
Recorded on 12 July 2025 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:07 People today have an expectation of instant results, what is the importance of patience?
6:14 Do we first need to re...
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Self-Realisation | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.233
Recorded on 14 October 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:08 What is the achievement of Self-Realisation?
5:37 The Self as the permanent thing which does not change.
7:53 Is ...
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Ashtavakta Samhita, Ch 12 "Abiding in the Self" | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.232
Recorded on 129 June with US participants
0:00 Intro
1:03 Chapter 12, Verse 1-4
2:28 How do you function in a world where you're unattached to ...
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Removing the ego, the Guru's surgery | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.231
Recorded on 20 July 2024 with worldwide participants
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
2:00 What is the ego and what role does it play?
2:45 Why does every soul have th...
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Krishna and His teachings | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.230
Recorded on 16th December 2023 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:13 A short description of Krishna's life
9:56 Do we all know that the correct action is for the greater...
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Supreme Peace: Beyond all dualities | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.229
Recorded on 3 August 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Introduction from Babaji
1:11 Why is it important for the mind to rise above the qualities of the world and not ge...
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The mind, consciousness and meditation | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.228
Recorded on 7 June 2025 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:06 How is our mind a clue to who we really are?
5:19 Only through the mind you can catch your existen...
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Mind's detachment, the real vairagya | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.227
Recorded on 31 August 2024 with worldwide participants.
0:00 Intro
0:06 The real vairagya is of the mind.
3:43 How can we achieve genuine vairagya in the world?
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How can we change ourselves? | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.226
Recorded on 21 December 2024 with worldwide participants
0:00 Intro
0:06 What does Babaji mean by the term devotion?
2:30 What part does faith play in devotion?
4:15 What wa...
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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't ...
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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 not actu...
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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 something un...
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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, verses 72 &am...
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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 The...
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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 of the m...
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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 for a l...
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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 close t...
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