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Divine Play
the Silent Teaching
of Shiva Bala Yogi
Swamiji's
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God Realization & Experiences of
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Tapas
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BHAJAN RECORDINGS
Bhajans are devotional songs sung in praise of the
many manifestations of God. Shivabalayogi's public programs consisted of
an hour of meditation followed by an hour of bhajans. During the
bhajans, Shri Swamiji gives various spiritual experiences. He would
explain that the energies evoked through the devotion and bhajans is the
same as that evoked in meditation.
For more information on bhajans and the spiritual
experiences they can evoke, click
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to open the Bhava Samadhi pages of the Shivabalayogi web site.
"Om Shiva" by
Azul, an American bhajan
"Om Guru
Sharanam" an extended devotional chant
"Adivarapupeta
for Mahashivaratri" recorded at the
Adivarapupeta ashram in 1994
"Adivarapupeta
Bhajans" recorded at the
Adivarapupeta ashram in 1996
"Prabhu
Balaisha" recorded at the Bangalore ashram in 1993
"Om Namah
Shivaya" recorded at the Bangalore ashram in 1993
"Sadguru Sharanam" recorded at the
Dehradun ashram in 1994
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Om Shiva
“Om
Shiva, Shivabalayogi Shivabalayogi Om, guiding me home.”
Om Shiva
was inspired by and graced with the presence of Swamiji during the live
recording in 1989. Composed and produced by Azul and American Bhajan
Productions, it is dedicated to Shri Shri Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj.
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Song composed by Azul.
Produced by American Bhajan Productions. Music, choral arrangements, lead
and harmony vocals by Azul. Recorded at Rainbow Recording. Recording and
mix-down engineer, Gailen Hegna. Additional vocals by Saraswati Meg Walsh,
Kalyani Deranja, David Fields, Raymond Diaz, Faye Fields, and Greg LaMothe.
Keyboard, Michael Harrison. Violin, Don Lax. Guitar, Azul. Bass, Sandon
Wilson. Percussion, Scott Wardinsky. Tablas, Rik Masterson. Drums, Gailen
Hegna.
CD 27 minutes
Om Shiva by Azul - Click for sample
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Om Guru Sharanam
“Surrender to the Universal
Lord” is an extended devotional chant dedicated to Shri Swamiji. The music
synthesizes the Eastern and Western sounds of a full harmonic choir
augmented by an intricate blending of violin, tabla, tamboura, guitar,
harmonium, cello and sitar. Professionally recorded and engineered.
Produced by Elisha
Faith Rose and Doneshman Julian Adamaitis. Vocals and instruments by Azul
Amey, Daya Ram Briggs, Doneshman Adamaitis, Faith Rose, Kalyani, Rik
Masterson, Rocky Blumhagen, Sarasvati, Gary Haggerty, Sarasvati Meg Walsh,
Shakti Harrison, Terry Cook and Terry Rahm. Recorded at Fresh Tracks,
Portland, and at J.B. Studios, Seattle.
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Adivarapupeta for
Mahashivaratri
After he completed twelve years of tapas (meditation
in samadhi or enlightenment) Shivabalayogi remained in his native village
of Adivarapupeta until March of 1963 when he left for his first of his
many travels throughout India, then the world. Before he left, he promised
that he would return to Adivarapupeta each year for Mahashivaratri, the most
auspicious celebration of Lord Shiva, Swamiji’s guru. Poor health
prevented him from traveling after 1991, so when he returned to his native
place in 1994, the Adivarapupeta devotees were especially ecstatic.
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Bhajans on this CD were recorded at
the ashram in Adivarapupeta, India, on March 9, 1994. the afternoon
Shivabalayogi returned for the last time in his physical body. These are
among the best recordings we have of the divinely inspired Adivarapupeta
bhajans.
CD, 58
min.
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Adivarapupeta
Bhajans
Adivarapupeta, Shivabalayogi's native village where he completed tapas
and established his first ashram, was the place when he first evoked
experiences of bhava samadhi, experiences of spiritual ecstasy
that can be so intense and divinely intoxicating that one is no longer
aware of ordinary consciousness. One is immersed in divine trance.
Each night at the Adivarapupeta
ashram, especially on Fridays, devotees sing bhajans and experience
the transforming spiritual presence of Shivabalayogi. It was here that
Shivabalayogi first trained devotees to do bhajans for the bhava
(trance). The unique blessings of Adivarapupeta, the devotion towards
God, and the ability to sing and play bhajans in the way Shivabalayogi
instructed make bhajans in Adivarapupeta the most powerful. This
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Prabhu
Balaisha Shivabalayogi
established his largest ashram in Bangalore, India. It is the main ashram,
the place from where he traveled throughout India, Sri Lanka, then later,
England and the United States.
Shri Swamiji trained the Bangalore
bhajan group to play and sing with devotion and in a style that allows
Swamiji to evoke bhava samadhi, direct experiences of the divine
reality. Over three decades, Shri Swamiji conducted many thousands of
meditation programs throughout Bangalore and many nearby cities and
towns. At each program, there were bhajans (devotional singing) after
the meditation. He often took with him the specially trained Bangalore
bhajan group, and their bhajans, along with Adivarapupeta, are the most
famous among Shri Swamiji’s devotees.
The bhajans collected in "Prabhu
Balaisha" were recorded at the Shivabalayogi ashram in Bangalore, India,
in 1993. CD, 70 minutes.
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Om Namah Shivaya
This is a second collection
of divinely inspired bhajans recorded at the Bangalore ashram in 1993.
CD, 71 minutes.
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Sadguru
Sharanam
Shivabalayogi
encouraged devotees in different places to establish their own bhajan
groups. He asked that they play with devotion and attention to each other,
keeping the beat, increasing the tempo within each song, and avoiding any
break between songs. Devotees invoke Shivabalayogi's presence and sing
bhajans in whatever style and to whatever divine form they prefer. The
devotion and the rhythm are what is important.
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 There are many
different traditional, popular styles of bhajans in India, and in north
India they tend to be more measured than in the south. Among Swamiji's many devotees in north India, Seenu Dixit is among the most
respected for singing bhajans with sweet devotion to his guru.
These songs were recorded in Dehradun in 1994, a few months before Seenu
sat for five years
of intense meditation. He is now known as Baba Shiva Rudra Balayogi.
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75 minutes. |
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