Birth name: Nagarajan
Birth date: November 30, 203 AD
Paranjapeetai, Tamil Nadu, India
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This Indian saint named Lahiri Mahasaya and many of his disciples named Mahavatar Babaji. Some of these gifts are described by Paramahansa Yogananda in his book "A Yogi's Autobiography 1946" in which Yogananda's direct description of the gift of self with Mahavatar Babaji is also included. He told how in the Himalayas, Babaji has guided the spiritual people for centuries. Babaji is a perfect man who is working quietly for the spiritual development of all human beings by breaking the boundaries of ordinary human beings. Babaji had given initiation to Adi Shankaracharya and Saint Kabir. When Swami Yoganand met him, he was only seeing them for 19 years, Yoganand Maharaj had made a picture of him with the help of somebody, there are many people who have met with Mahavatar Baba from time to time or period. is.
Paramahansa Yogananda has mentioned two incidents related to Babaji in his book which are not trusted at one time.
While mentioning the first incident, Yogananda has written that Babaji was with his disciples at night. Fire was burning nearby. Babaji took a burning wood from that fire and killed one of his disciple. Babaji's disciples protested against burning wood like this. On this Babaji kept his hand on the shoulder of that disciple and said that I have not brought any suffering to you but today has postponed your death.
The deceased was alive:
Similarly, the second thing mentioned by Yogananda, according to him, once a person came to Babaji and he started insisting on initiation from him with a loud emphasis. When Babaji gave up, he threatened to jump down the mountain. On this Babaji said 'jump up', the man jumped off the hill without any reason. People living there watching this scene were shocked. Then Babaji told the disciples, "Get down from the hill and bring his dead body." The disciples went down the hill and brought a corpseal body. Put the body in front of Babaji. As soon as Babaji placed his hand on the body, the dead person was saved alive. After this Babaji told him that "From today you have joined my party. This was your last test. '
About 30 years ago, he also initiated the yoga guru's guru to Yukteswar Giri. Another direct description was given by Mr. Yukteswar Giri in his book "The Holy Science". Yogananda spent 10 years with his Guru Yukteswar Giri, after which Babaji himself appeared before him and instructed him to take this divine knowledge of Kriya Yoga into Western countries.