Shri Shri Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj: Life & Spiritual Ministration

Sri Sri Sri Shivabalayogi Maharaj: Life & Spiritual Ministration is the biography of one of the great spiritual masters of the 20th Century. Collected and written by Brig. Gen. Hanut Singh, PVSM, MVC, the book was originally published on the occasion of Shivabalayogi’s 46th birthday on January 24, 1981 and reprinted in 1989. Spiritual Ministration includes a detailed account of Shivabalayogi’s childhood and his twelve-year tapas - meditation in samadhi (enlightenment) - which remains the main source of information about the great yogi’s tapas. The book also contains short descriptions of Shivabalayogi’s first travels to Bangalore and Dehradun, four disciples initiated by Shivabalayogi into tapas, and an outline of The Yoga Vasistha, the one scripture that Shivabalayogi recommended. Spiritual Ministration also contains detailed descriptions of Shivabalayogi’s use of bhava samadhi and of the practice of dhyana meditation.