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

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

All Episodes

In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Shri Babaji

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

May 13, 2026 • Shiva Rudra Balayogi • Season 1 • Episode 269

0:00 | 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 person?
7:03 Does a Yogi see himself as the witness, as just the consciousness?
7:36 How do you jump across the abyss between the changing world and desires, to the desireless, changeless reality?
10:23 Verse 13. "A Yogi is free from attachment to all objects and actions."
13:56 "Once liberation is achieved, a need for anything else never occurs."
17:58 When the mind becomes completely silent, it shines forth with this true knowledge. It wasn't learned from books.
22:35 Is there a point when the mind becomes silent, where true knowledge just appears, or comes to you?
23:51 And does all ignorance, and false belief, just vanish at that time?
24:38 If you quiet your mind and you lose all desire and there's nothing to achieve in the world, what allows the body to move, to function and perform action?
26:49 Why does knowing the Self bring Supreme Peace and perfect contentment to the mind?
28:43 Verse 15. "A Yogi always sees the Self everywhere."
31:03 The Yogi identifies with being pure consciousness. How does he see the world?
32:08 Verse 16. From the standpoint of just being a person, it sounds pretty callous, but from the standpoint of a Yogi, everything seems all proper.
33:34 It seems that you still have thoughts, ideas and imaginations?
35:30 Do Yogis daydream?
36:33 Dreams can come up because the brain generates those?
37:28 Verse 17. A Yogi's consciousness is always detached.
40:15 Could you elaborate on the consciousness of existence, what that is and how it merges into the Self?
41:42 The abyss between the changing world and non-changing existence.
44:09 A Yogi does not perform activities, though it might appear that they act.
47:08 Verse 20. For a Yogi, no depression or dullness would ever occur.
49:23 The state of a Yogi and a guru, are these two terms synonymous? Like, is every Yogi a guru?
50:38 Is the importance of a guru always in the faith of the disciple?
51:29 If Babaji suggests something to a disciple, is that because the disciple was looking for that suggestion?
52:09 If a Yogi does not have compassion, why do Yogis bless people?
53:13 For a householder, if they reach samadhi and there is no motivation left, how would they care for their family?
55:00 Is it true that some Yogis take the body with them when they pass?
55:44 Does black magic exist?

___
Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6YHFKcPK_XT96VO7xuk6RQ

Website: http://www.srby.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang

Website: http://www.srby.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogi
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmission
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/