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Swamiji’s Treasure Table of Contents

One Hundred Eight Names ...... 1 Construction of the Gopura ...... 57 Tapaswiji’s Service...... 58 Tapas in the Ashram ...... 58 Collecting Swamiji’s Treasure ...... 7 Family Difficulties ...... 58 Collecting His Words ...... 10 His Body Restored ...... 59 Those Who Made Collection Possible ...... 13 Sakshatkara — God Realization ...... 60 Tapas in All Four Directions ...... 60 Siddhi of the Eastern Direction ...... 61 One: Shivabalayogi ...... 15 Tapas of the Northern Direction ...... 61 Previous Births ...... 16 A Visit to the Sun ...... 61 The Nadis ...... 16 A Sadhu’s Visit ...... 62 Swamiji’s Hands ...... 18 Siddhi of the Northern Direction ...... 62 Other Incarnations ...... 19 Initiation into Tapas of the Western Direction ...... 63 His Life ...... 23 Tapas of the Western Direction ...... 63 Bitten by an Unusual Cobra ...... 64 Two: Sathyaraju ...... 25 Further Difficulties Facing West ...... 64 A Struggle with an Old Man ...... 65 Birthplace...... 25 Tempted by a Maiden ...... 65 The Birth of Sathyaraju ...... 26 Siddhi of the Western Direction ...... 66 Sathyaraju’s Childhood ...... 27 Tapas of the Southern Direction and Dikh Siddhi ...... 66 Goli Sathyam ...... 27 Swamiji Questions His Guru ...... 67 Living with His Step-Mother ...... 28 Mahashivaratri and Annadanam (Mass Feeding) ...... 68 Return to Adivarapupeta ...... 30 Early Meditation Classes ...... 69 Stories from Swamiji’s Childhood ...... 30 Early Development of the Ashram ...... 72 Near Drowning ...... 31 Anticipation of Tapas Completion ...... 72 Against ...... 32 Preparations for the Completion of Tapas ...... 73 With His Step-Mother Again ...... 34 The Final Sakshatkara (God Realization) ...... 73 Final Return to Adivarapupeta ...... 35 Shiva Gives Swamiji His Mission ...... 74 A Business Venture: the Beedi Shop ...... 35 The Name Shivabalayogi ...... 74 Devotion ...... 36 Ardhanarishwara — Half Man, Half Woman ...... 75 Premonitions of Tapas ...... 36 Monday, August 7th, 1961 ...... 75

Three: Tapas...... 39 Four: Adivarapupeta ...... 79 Enlightenment & Initiation ...... 39 The First Bhajans on Swamiji ...... 79 Monday ...... 41 Divine Play in Adivarapupeta ...... 80 Swamiji & Adivarapupeta Balayogi ...... 42 Doubters ...... 81 Tuesday ...... 42 Bhajans in Rautulapudi ...... 83 Tapas under the Bodhi Tree ...... 44 Darshan at the Ashram ...... 84 Offerings for Adivarapupeta Balayogi ...... 44 Ardhanarishwara Linga & Goddess Parvati ...... 86 Spying on His Bath ...... 44 The Blood of a Sadhu ...... 88 Physical Hardships & Abuse ...... 45 Installation of Ardhanarishwara & Parvati Devi ...... 91 The Cyclone ...... 47 Atmalinga...... 91 Feline Thief ...... 48 Tapas in Goru Mallana’s Yard ...... 48 Sojourn at Pasalapudi Ashram ...... 49 Five: Dodballapur ...... 93 In the Zamindar’s Field ...... 50 Swamiji leaves Adivarapupeta for Dodballapur ...... 93 The Tehsildar; Swamiji’s First Devotee ...... 52 Arrival at Dodballapur ...... 93 Construction of the Dhyana Mandir ...... 53 Nandi Ashram & Yogis Doing Tapas ...... 94 Tapaswiji Maharaj ...... 55 Divine Play in Dodballapur ...... 96 Tapaswiji’s First Visits ...... 55 Trouble in Dodballapur ...... 97 Tapaswiji Helps Restore Swamiji’s Body ...... 56 The Dodballapur Ashram ...... 101 The Mantra of the Sun ...... 56 ii Swamiji’s Treasure

Six: Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore ..... 103 God’s Agent ...... 194 Hinduism ...... 195 Bangalore Bhajan Group ...... 103 Spirituality and Politics ...... 195 The Early Days at the Bannerghatta Ashram ...... 105 Yogis and Spiritual Leaders ...... 197 Obstacles at Bannerghatta ...... 106 Popularity and Business ...... 198 Tapas at Bannerghatta Road ...... 111 Jesus ...... 199 Swamiji at Bannerghatta Road ...... 113 Jesus a Yogi ...... 200 Jesus’ Mission ...... 200 Seven: India Tours ...... 115 Buddha ...... 203 Traveling with Swamiji ...... 115 Work through Astral Bodies ...... 203 The First Tour to North India ...... 118 Scriptures ...... 204 Bhag Singh Lamba - Spiritual Science ...... 118 Christianity ...... 205 Swamiji Visits Dehradun...... 121 The Second Coming ...... 205 The Lambas’ Dog ...... 122 Swamiji the Yogi ...... 207 How Mataji Came to Shivabalayogi ...... 123 Swamiji’s Knowledge ...... 207 Swamiji Visits Mataji ...... 124 The Playful Swamiji ...... 211 Swamiji’s Travels ...... 125 Bathing with Swamiji ...... 216 Doubts about Swamiji ...... 216 Eight: North India...... 129 Thirteen: Guru & Devotee ...... 219 Sambhar Lake ...... 129 Swamiji Gives Discourses through K. L. Ghai ...... 129 The Need for the Guru ...... 219 The Sambhar Lake Ashram ...... 131 Shivabalayogi’s Guru ...... 219 The Dehradun Ashram ...... 132 Recognizing the Guru ...... 220 The Himalayas ...... 141 Reincarnations Together ...... 221 Agra ...... 142 Making the Physical Connection ...... 222 Bombay ...... 147 The External and Internal Guru ...... 222 Jhansi ...... 148 Swamiji the Guru ...... 222 The Guru’s Astral Presence with Us ...... 224 The Guru’s Blessing ...... 225 Nine: South India & Sri Lanka ...... 151 Trust in the Guru ...... 225 The Hindupur Ashram ...... 151 Swamiji Reflects the Devotees ...... 229 Hindupur Experiences ...... 154 The Guru Helping Despite Ourselves ...... 229 The Hyderabad Ashram ...... 154 Devotees Dropping Out ...... 234 The Anantapur Ashram ...... 157 Swamiji Doesn’t Forget ...... 236 Rain Making ...... 159 The Venkatapuram Ashram ...... 161 Fourteen: Public Programs ...... 239 The Guntur Ashram ...... 161 The Ratnagiri Ashram & R. Thippana ...... 162 Silent Teaching ...... 239 Sri Lanka ...... 164 Swamiji on His Programs & Mission ...... 240 Swamiji’s Mission ...... 240 Darshan...... 241 Ten: J.P. Nagar, Bangalore...... 167 Swamiji on Darshan ...... 248 The Meditation Hall Complex ...... 167 Initiation into Meditation ...... 248 The Brahma Vishnu Maheshwara Temple ...... 168 Vibhuti ...... 250 The Ashram Gardens ...... 171 Prashad ...... 254 Experiences at the Bangalore Ashram ...... 172 Feeding His Children ...... 256 Ashrams & Property ...... 263 Eleven: In the West ...... 179 Swamiji Turns towards the West ...... 179 Fifteen: Meditation ...... 265 England ...... 179 Initiation into Dhyana Meditation ...... 266 Swamiji Brought to the United States ...... 180 Allowing for the Guru-Disciple Relationship ...... 268 U.S.A. Experiences ...... 182 Dhyana Meditation ...... 269 The Practice of Meditation ...... 270 Twelve: Yogi ...... 187 Visions ...... 274 Will & Effort ...... 276 The Need for Tapas ...... 188 Sleep & Meditation ...... 278 Yogi More Powerful than God ...... 189 The Third Eye ...... 279 Many Yogis; One Line ...... 190 Children & Meditation ...... 279 Different Traditions, One Truth ...... 191 Meditation and Bhava Samadhi ...... 280 Judging Appearances ...... 192 Spiritual Currents & the Kundalini ...... 283 Avatars ...... 193 iii

Other Gurus & Practices ...... 283 In the Form of Light ...... 388 Pranayama ...... 285 Prayer ...... 286 Nineteen: Some Devotees ...... 389 Mantra ...... 286 Karma Yoga and Bhakti Yoga ...... 286 Parvatamma, Swamiji’s Mother ...... 389 Swamiji’s Second Mother, Mataji ...... 392 A Life Learning to Trust God for Every Need ...... 394 Sixteen: Samadhi & Tapas...... 289 From Despair to Ecstasy ...... 400 Shivabalayogi’s Tapas ...... 289 Living without Food ...... 401 Bhava Samadhi and Tapas ...... 291 A Prior Birth Mother ...... 405 Samadhi; Enlightenment ...... 293 Running a Truckers’ Lodge ...... 408 Tapas ...... 294 Swamiji’s Ashram Manager ...... 409 The Environment for Tapas ...... 296 An Agra Businessman ...... 418 Suffering ...... 297 Tapas for a Limited Purpose ...... 297 Twenty: Family ...... 421 Obstacles ...... 299 Distractions in Tapas ...... 300 The Foundation ...... 421 Tapas Experiences ...... 300 Family Relationships ...... 423 Tuni Pullayya ...... 301 Blessings for Weddings ...... 424 Pichiya ...... 302 Blessings for Children ...... 427 Bikkini Saraswati — Shrungavriksham Swami ...... 303 Blessings for Family Relationships ...... 431 Sathya Shivabalayogi — Kondangi Swami ...... 303 Blessings for School ...... 433 Rajmata Rewati Devi — Nagendra Swami ...... 304 Blessings for Those Running Away from Home ...... 434 Baba Shivarudrabalayogi ...... 306 Shiva Rama Yogi ...... 309 Twenty-One: In the World ...... 439 The Source of Direction ...... 439 Seventeen: Bhava Samadhi ...... 319 The Purpose in Life ...... 440 Bhajans, Songs of Devotion to God ...... 319 Faults ...... 441 Swamiji on Bhajans ...... 320 Bad Habits ...... 441 Bhava & Bhava Samadhi — Divine Trance ...... 321 Diet ...... 447 Some Different States of Bhava ...... 322 Drugs ...... 447 A Story How Shri Swamiji Started Giving Bhava ...... 323 Work ...... 448 Swamiji on Trance, Bhava and Bhava Samadhi ...... 324 Blessings for Money ...... 450 Uniqueness of Swamiji’s Bhava Leela ...... 326 Blessings for Failure ...... 455 Devotees’ Perspectives on Bhava ...... 326 Blessings for Problems ...... 456 The Astral Presence of the Gods ...... 331 Blessings to Do Work Well ...... 458 Starting a Bhajan Group ...... 334 Blessings for Tests & Promotions ...... 460 Bhajans ...... 335 Experiences of Bhava ...... 337 Twenty-Two: Healing ...... 463 Play in Bhava ...... 343 Blessings to Heal the Mind ...... 463 Bhava for Different Purposes ...... 344 Blessings to Heal the Body ...... 464 Skeptics & Doubts ...... 346 Swamiji on Illness ...... 477 Injuries in Bhava ...... 349 Control the Bhava ...... 349 Talking in Bhava ...... 351 Twenty-Three: Accidents, Death & Karma Channeling ...... 355 ...... 479 Misusing Bhava ...... 355 Accidents ...... 479 Healing through Trance ...... 356 Blessings to Restore Life ...... 483 Bedridden in a Body Cast ...... 360 Swamiji on Death ...... 485 The Tailor’s Experiences ...... 361 The State of Mind at Death ...... 486 Living in Bhava ...... 364 Rebirth and Karma ...... 487 Astrology ...... 491 Eighteen: Other Forms...... 371 Devotees Passing ...... 492 Divine Forms ...... 374 In the Form of a Sadhu (Holy Man) ...... 377 Twenty-Four: Divine Beings & Spirit In the Form of Animals ...... 379 Worlds ...... 497 Swamiji’s Fragrance ...... 380 Dreams...... 381 Divine Beings ...... 497 Telegrams & Other Odd Communications ...... 385 Swamiji Does Puja...... 498 Astral Appearances ...... 386 Other Worlds ...... 500 God and Creation ...... 501 iv Swamiji’s Treasure

The Formless and the Forms of God ...... 502 Twenty-Seven: Mahasamadhi ...... 577 Ancient Lingas on Sriharikota ...... 502 The Gods, a Common Tradition ...... 504 Falling as if Dead ...... 577 Stories of the Gods ...... 506 The Yogi’s Body ...... 578 Swamiji Installs God’s Presence ...... 508 Kaya Kalpa ...... 580 Ganesha ...... 509 Chronic Health Problems ...... 581 Worship to God ...... 509 Kuwait ...... 582 Experiences of the Gods ...... 511 Three Indications after the 1991 Tour ...... 583 Swamiji Does Homa ...... 515 His Body Poisoned ...... 583 Astral Bodies & Ghosts ...... 517 On Dialysis ...... 584 Destructive Forces ...... 518 Scolding Devotees ...... 585 Black Magic ...... 520 1993 Kaya Kalpa ...... 586 Ghosts ...... 521 Final Indications in Bangalore ...... 587 Divine Cobras (Naag) ...... 528 59th Birthday ...... 588 Injury to His Left Foot ...... 588 Leaving for Adivarapupeta ...... 590 Twenty-Five: Serve the People ...... 533 The Last Trip to Adivarapupeta ...... 592 Swamiji’s Global Protection ...... 533 Consecrating the Adivarapupeta Temple...... 593 Swamiji on Politics & Misconduct ...... 533 The Body Won’t Go on any More ...... 596 Politics in India ...... 534 Yoga Nidra (Yogic Sleep)...... 598 Politicians & Spirituality ...... 536 Five Days of Darshan ...... 600 Politicians ...... 537 The Mahasamadhi Rites...... 602 Rama, the Embodiment of Law ...... 541 The Living Yogi ...... 603 Swamiji on Avoiding Politics ...... 541 Bangalore after the Mahasamadhi ...... 604 The Bangalore Samadhi ...... 605 Twenty-Six: End Times & a New Age ... 543 Adivarapupeta after the Mahasamadhi ...... 606 Experiences after the Mahasamadhi ...... 613 Swamiji on His Role ...... 543 Swamiji on His Mission ...... 618 Tapas for World Peace ...... 544 Protecting India ...... 544 The Indo-Pak War of 1971 ...... 544 Nuclear & Environmental Disaster ...... 547 Mysore Press Conference December 28, 1965 ...... 549 Bangalore Newspaper Reporter Interview ...... 549 Visions of the Future ...... 553 The Purpose of Swamiji Traveling in the West ...... 553 Mother Earth ...... 554 Cycles of World Problems ...... 555 International Politics ...... 556 U.S. Politics ...... 556 Another World War ...... 557 Swamiji in Kuwait ...... 558 Devotees’ Experiences in Connection with Kuwait ....566 Hinduism Today Interview ...... 567 Conversations with Swamiji about Kuwait ...... 569 The Role of Meditation ...... 571 Meditation for Peace ...... 572 Peace Movements ...... 572 The Foundation for a New Age ...... 573 The End of an Age ...... 575 Kalki Avatar ...... 576 v

Appendix A: Chronology of Shivabalayogi Appendix D: The Practice of Dhyana ... 643 621 Map of India ...... 624 Appendix E: The Yoga Vasishta ...... 659

Appendix B: Shivabalayogi’s Birthplace Appendix F: Books on Shivabalayogi .. 663 625 Early Books ...... 663 Bheemeshwara Linga ...... 625 Shri Shri Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj, Life and Spiritual The Story of Mahadeva and Sati ...... 625 Ministration ...... 663 Map of Adivarapupeta area ...... 626 Darshan...... 664 Lingas around Draksharama ...... 627 Tapas Shakti ...... 665 The Living Yogi ...... 666 Appendix C: Shivabalayogi’s Astrology Divine Play, the Silent Teaching of Shiva Bala Yogi ....666 Swamiji’s Treasure, God Realization & Experiences of 629 Shivabalayogi ...... 667 The Bhrigu Nadi ...... 629 The Kumar Nadi ...... 635 A Reading of Shivabalayogi’s Birth Chart ...... 640 Hand Analysis ...... 642