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Vairagya (detachment) | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 284
Recorded on 11 July 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:20 How do we understand the term 'vairagya' in the spiritual context?
2:21 Is vairagya essential for Self Realization?
7:55 Is practicing vairagya helpful for dhyana (meditation)?
10:25 Is dhyana helpful for vairagya?
13:50 In the scriptures, both abhyasa (practice) and vairagya are recommended, whereas Babaji emphasizes mostly abhyasa.  So is ab...

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Individual imagined self | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 283
Recorded on 27 June 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:13 Why does Babaji use the wording 'individual imagined self'?
2:08 Is it the imagined self who thinks, "I want to do this, I want to do that"?
4:34 Has the individual imagined self been imagined by the consciousness?
6:39 The body appears to be here, and I am imagining t...

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"Peace" - Ashtavakra Samhita Ch18, vv. 18-27 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 282
Recorded on 24 May 2026 with US participants.

0:00 Intro
1:13 Chapter 18, Verse 18 -  The state of a Yogi.
5:35 What does Babaji mean by 'knowledge awareness'?
6:08  So it's knowing that truth, supreme truth, by being that awareness?
7:24 So it's like knowing without any thoughts?
7:55 Verse 19 - Even if moving and acting bodily, a Y...

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Freedom from False Identification | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 281
Recorded on 13 June 2026 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Intro
0:31 How can this mind be the consciousness as it seems to be just a mixture of thoughts?
10:06 If mind is always in the duality, how can the mind be the Self?
15:31 Are thoughts the by-product of the mind?
16:26 How do we stop getting fooled by t...

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The Ultimate Truth | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 280
Recorded on 6 June 2026 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Intro
0:08 The Ultimate Truth, beyond the appearance of the universe
7:19 The imagination must be within the Truth of Existence, but it is also away from the Truth; is that not a contradiction?
14:46 Is imagination itself the problem, or is it because we get involved with it, that it b...

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Bondage and Liberation - Ashtavakra Samhita, Ch8 vv1-4 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 279
Recorded on 30 March 2025 with US participants

0:00 Intro
1:14 "Bondage is when the mind desires anything or grieves the loss of anything.."
1:33 "Freedom is when the mind doesn't desire anything nor grieves the loss of anything.."
2:51 Do desires still arise after Self-Realization?
4:41 In Self-Realization, doesn't the mind become completely s...

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Devotion and Surrender | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 278
Recorded on 30 May 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
4:43 Why is devotion considered an essential part for spiritual growth when knowledge and meditation also exist as the path to liberation?
11:16 Before surrendering to God or Guru, why not first start devotion at our home, to our wife, son, father, or surroundings etc?
13:49 So to accept, "Nar m...

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Babaji's Life with Shri Swamiji | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 276
Recorded on 23 May 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:28 Babaji's first personal meeting with Swamiji
7:37 How Babaji got to the Dehradun Ashram from the station
8:22 How did Babaji feel arriving at the Ashram in the middle of the night not knowing anyone?
12:49 Did Swamiji give Babaji any instruction on what to do at t...

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Nature of Self Realization - Ashtavakra Samhita (Ch7 vv1-5) | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 277
Recorded on 16 March 2025 with US participants

0:00 Intro
2:18 Verses
3:45 In me, the universe moves driven by its own inherent nature - I am completely unaffected by it.
5:50 What makes the absolute manifest into mind?
8:06 Is mind what is responsible for things appearing in consciousness
9:10 What is...

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Mental Health | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 275
Recorded on 16 May 2026 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Intro
0:27 What is the mind?
2:11 How does Babaji define mental health?
4:54 How can people overcome stress, depression, fear etc and achieve a healthy mind?
7:48 It seems that mental health has deteriorated more and more throughout history.  Why is this?
27:53 Many young people today are unable to function pr...

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"Peace" - Ashtavakra Samhita Ch 18 vv 10-18 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 274
Recorded on 26 April 2026 with US participants

0:00 Intro
1:12 Chapter 18, verse 10
2:05 We have come up with words to describe things which are imaginations that are different from different people, and ultimately unreal?
7:43 Verse 11
8:03 Yogis have no dualities – always contented in the supreme peace of Self awareness.
9:01 We are so used to...

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Guru | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 273
Recorded on 9 May 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:10 Who is a guru?
2:18 Is a guru essential for Self-Realisation?
3:54 Some saints in the past have not had a physical guru.  How did they achieve Self-Realisation?
6:17 'When the student is ready, the guru appears' - is this saying correct?
7:52 From the student's point of view, how toidentify th...

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Mental attachment and Liberation | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 272
Recorded on 2 May 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:13 What it is to have a mental attachment.
3:08 When we imagine about something, do we always build a criteria, like 'it has to be like this', or 'it should not be like this.'
4:10 Should we not be making any criteria in the mind of what w...

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"Peace" - Ashtavakra Samhita, Chapter 18 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 271
Recorded on 12 April 2026 with US participants.

0:00 Intro
1:02 Chapter 18, Verse 1
1:46 Effulgence - to shine by it's own nature, not requiring any external force.
3:55 Once you become aware of the Self, all ignorance of imaginations simply disappears like a dream.
8:12 For a normal person, their attention is on the world and the imagination, n...

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Oneness | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 270
Recorded on 25 April 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Can Babaji comment on Kabir’s couplet “‘I’ is there when God is not there, God is there when ‘I’ is not there”? and explain it further in context of ‘oneness’?
1:31 If you are aligned with and one with your true nature to realise and drop your ego, what is that true nature?
2:41 Ho...

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"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 a...

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Mastery of the mind | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 268
Recorded on 11 April 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:07 When things happen that are not according to our expectations, why do we lose control of our mind and experience tension and unhappiness?
6:30 Swamiji said, "Meditate, know your Self, and don't be prejudicial."  How to avoid being prejudicial?
14:54 How to improve our observation power and understanding ca...

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The True Knower, Pt1 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 267
Recorded on 18 January 2026 with US participants

0:00 Intro
0:33 Verse 1. Someone who's attained Self-realization is fully contented, attaining the fruit of all knowledge.
2:52 For a Self-realized soul, solitude is not loneliness or missing something. 
6:43 The most that knowledge can do is bring peace, which is the fruit of all Knowledge and the goal of Yoga.

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Yoga Vasistha - Creation Pt2 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 266
Recorded on 14 March 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:29 The story of Leela from the Yoga Vasistha
9:51 The story of the 10 sons from the Yoga Vasistha
21:46 "When the tree dies, the seed doesn't die, but when the seed dies, the tree perishes with it."
29:23 Why does this creation idea have to exist?
32:00 T...

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Babaji's Life Story | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 265
Recorded on 21 March 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:07 What were the characteristics that Babaji's parents demonstrated that helped impact the development of His character?
7:57 Innate characteristics of Babaji's personality as a young boy that were unusual compared to those around Him?
13:24 After Babaji first heard the song 'Bhaja Govindam', would the people around him have n...

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Recorded on 9 November 2026 with US participants

1:16 "..one cannot become established in the Self unless everything is forgotten."
3:10 You don't have to erase all your memories, but stop all the thoughts?
3:44 "Reading and listening to the teachings of great Masters alone cannot give Self-realization."
6:50 "By habits only, consciousness goes out of control, and by habit only, it can be brought under control. That's the practice of sadhana."
9:13 W...

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Paths of Spirituality  | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 263
Recorded on 7 March 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:35 What are the different paths of spirituality?
7:59 What is the right path for a rational, scientific temperament?
12:00 In Yoga Vasistha, through explanations only, Rama is able to achieve Self Realization.  Is that a valid path for this Kali Yuga?
15:08 What kind of mindset is needed for one...

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"The True Knower" - Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 262
Recorded on 1 March 2026 with US participants.

0:00 Intro
0:40 Ch 17, verse 6
1:34 What is the eternal Soul?
4:30 The consciousness of existence.
6:06 Is the Soul the Parabrahman or the consciousness of existence?
6:51 Pure consciousness
7:37 Pure awareness
7:56 Chapter 17, verse 6 contd. 
8:32 What is the mechanics of how the Self-Realized Souls can come to...

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Purushartha - Self-Efforts | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 261
Recorded on 28 February 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro from Babaji
0:56 What does the word purushartha mean?
3:34 How do we put in efforts to know Oneself?  What is the process?
14:37 If there is a single thought within the mind does that mean we still need to put in efforts until eventually the mind is purified of al...

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Time and Space | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 260
Recorded on 7 February 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:27 Are time and space two different things, or are they thoughts and perceptions?
2:41 Can the mind go beyond time?
3:59 The story of Leelavati from the Yoga Vasistha in the context of the discovery of entangled particles in quantum mechanics.
15:00 Is the mind, consciousness and space one a...

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The mind and the Self | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 259
Recorded on 17 January 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:07 The feeling that we exist, beyond the thoughts.
3:30 Your existence beyond your thoughts.
7:05 Applying the mind to itself, the infinite entity.
10:17 How is the imagination within the Self, but also away from the Self?
15:38 The vastness of the universe is only in relativity.

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'Special Instruction' - Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 258
Recorded on 4 January 2026 with US participants

0:00 Intro
0:10 Desire is the root of indiscrimination, Chapter 16, verse 7
3:54 What causes attachment?
5:42 Why does desire arise in the first place?
6:45 So desire is not the problem, it's the attachment to the desire?
7:45 Is a Self-Realized Yogi free of desire or just free of attachment?

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Thoughts | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 257
Recorded on 11 January 2026 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:06 What does Babaji mean when He speaks of thoughts?
1:22 Is there a seed that starts the thoughts?
2:00 Are thoughts the act of creation itself?
2:48 Do thoughts spring up in relation to the imprints from previous experiences 
6:08 Why can't we control our thoughts if they are in 'my mi...

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Yoga Vasistha - Creation | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 256
Recorded on 3rd January 2026 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Intro
0:11 When grace meets maturity of discrimination then dispassion is generated within the heart.
1:18 The relation between non-dual point of view of the Self - everything is within the Self, and how the mind has started creation with thoughts.
4:15 Why has creation happened?
6:56 Why is i...

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Karma Yoga | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 255
Recorded on 27 April 2024 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Intro
0:07 What is Karma Yoga?
1:00 Is Karma Yoga the same as Dhyana Yoga, but in activity?
13:40 Do we need to lose the idea in our imagination that an outcome of our action is either good or bad?
17:02 Babaji's natural love and surrender to Swamiji that allowed Karma Yoga t...

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Purpose of Life | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 254
Recorded on 6 December 2025 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Intro
0:06 Does like have a purpose, and if so what is it?
2:55 In our society a purpose is generally not clearly defined, or they say it is to be a good citizen, have a good life etc.  Is this wrong?
5:23 Is grace of God or Divinity necessary to kn...

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"The Universe in a hair" from the Yoga Vasishtha | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 253
Recorded on 22 November 2025 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Intro
0:38 "Universe in a hair" - Universe is how you perceive it.
3:51 Is there a separation in consciousness to make an individual consciousness?
8:06 So is the world a projection of the mind?
9:28 Is the mind a separation from the higher consciousness?

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Knowledge of the Self | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 252
Recorded on 10 August 2025 with US participants

0:00 Intro
0:55 Chapter 15, verse one, "A student whose mind is pure and calm learns easily.."
2:09 Chapter 15, verse one - Babaji's comments
3:44 What is a corrupted mind and what causes the mind to be corrupted?
5:22 How can you uncorrupt the mind and pay attention?
6:10 So you need a...

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The Real Meaning of Faith and Devotion | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 251
Recorded on 8 November 2025 with worldwide participants.

0:00 Intro
0:07 What is faith and why is it so important?
5:28 Faith does not depend on any result.
8:45 Without a guru would it be very difficult to overcome the ego?
11:45 How does one get attracted to a real Self-Realized guru?
14:20 If we follow t...

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Creation | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 250
Recorded on 25 October 2025 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:14 When a thought pops up in the mind, what is it that has created that thought?
1:42 Has the mind created that thought within itself?
4:02 Everything we perceive of as the world, that is entirely within our own mind. Does the world exist outside of our own mind?
10:09 Is t...

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Quietude - Ashtavakra Samhita Ch.10 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 249
Recorded on 4 May 2025 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:24 What is the nature of quietude?
4:35 With meditation, by just watching, it brings the mind to silence and everything disappears, and only the Self that you are remains?
9:03 Does a Yogi have a thoughts?
12:30 Chapter 10, Verses 1 and 2 "Give up desire, wealth, even the scripturally c...

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Myths, Miracles and Meditation | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 248
Recorded on 18 October 2025 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:20 There are so many myths about the powers that one can get through meditation.  What powers can one get through meditation?
7:02 How can one be more successful in life when one meditates?
10:00 Is it possible for a Guru who has done a lot of meditation to re...

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Religion and Spirituality | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 247
Recorded on 11 October 2025 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:14 Do religions and spirituality lead to the same goals?
9:51 How do we choose which path to adopt?
11:30 Some religions say after death there is rebirth, others say there isn't - which is correct?
21:16 Is there a heaven and is the goal of life heaven or Self R...

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Tranquility - Ashtavakra Samhita, Ch.14 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 246
Recorded on 27 July 2025 with US participants

0:00 Intro
0:48 Chapter 14, verse 1
1:22 "The mind being fully settled in the Self" - what do you mean by the mind?
4:22 For a Self Realized person, do thoughts arise in the mind?
6:21 So thoughts arise as needed and then spontaneously settle down?
6:50 It seems that the nature of the mind is to have thoughts, but you've also said the nature of the mind is to be silent.<...

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Personal Effort, Grace and Satsanga | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 245
Recorded on 23 August 2025 with worldwide participants

0:00 Intro
0:15 Babaji's comment on the quote from Yoga Vasistha: "In the whole of creation, there is no force more powerful than personal effort in the present."
8:36 If that peace is the mind's natural state, why does it take effort to attain it?
14:43 If one puts in e...