About this book
Reported encounters between Bābājī and His disciples, gathered by those who were there, covering the whole 1970–1984 ministry from His reappearance to His leaving the body.
- Compiled by
- Devotees of Shrī Babaji
- Contains
- Eight chapters · about 35,200 words
- Covers
- The full 1970–1984 ministry
- Read here in
- English only
The Foreword states its own purpose plainly: this is “a collection of reported encounters between Master and disciples,” meant to bear witness to something the mind cannot fully process on its own. It opens with words attributed to Bābājī at the very start of His ministry: “I have come to give liberation to all of you. I have come to give the Light.”
Where Parichayāmṛt introduces Bābājī from a respectful distance and Neti, Neti offers one devotee’s account, this book is broader and longer — a compiled record spanning the entire fourteen years, told mostly through the direct words He is reported to have said.
What is inside
| Chapter | About |
|---|---|
| Foreword | Why this collection was made |
| Babaji — The Unfathomable | Who He said He was — “I am nobody and nothing… I am only a mirror” |
| Paths to the Higher Self | Practical teaching on the spiritual path |
| The Play as Mirror of Truth | Life itself as līlā, divine play that reflects truth back to the seeker |
| I Am You | Teaching on the identity between devotee and Divine |
| Mystical Experiences | Devotees’ accounts of what it was like to be in His presence |
| Babaji Leaves the Body | The close of the 1970–1984 ministry |
| Glossary | Sanskrit terms used through the book |
The heart of the book
The two longest chapters carry most of the weight. Babaji — The Unfathomable, at over 10,000 words, opens with the same mirror-and-fire teaching found in shorter form elsewhere on this shelf — “I am like fire. Don’t stay too far away or you will not get the warmth. But don’t get too near or you may burn yourself. Learn the right distance” — and builds outward from there into a fuller account of His teaching.
Mystical Experiences, at 8,500 words, is different in kind: rather than reporting what Bābājī said, it reports what devotees experienced. “The energy coming from Babaji was beyond what the mind could understand and what the senses could perceive,” it opens, and describes effects ranging from tears that continued for days to a stated promise: “I will show you a greater freedom than you ever dreamed of.” This chapter is the closest thing on the shelf to a first-hand account of what being near Him actually felt like, gathered from more than one witness rather than a single voice.
Who compiled it
The book is compiled by devotees of Shrī Babaji, circulated freely as an e-book rather than issued by a named publisher or single author. Like several works on this shelf, it exists because the community that received these teachings chose to write them down and share them rather than keep them.
What you are actually reading
- A collected item — gathered and preserved rather than translated by this library.
- Offered as a PDF and as a web reading edition, with a glossary chapter for Sanskrit terms used throughout.
If you are deciding where to start
Read this if you want the fullest single-book account of the 1970–1984 ministry on this shelf — Bābājī’s own reported words on multiple subjects, and devotees’ accounts of what His presence was like, from beginning to end.
Read something shorter first if you want an introduction before a long compiled work — this book assumes some familiarity and does not pause to establish who Bābājī is before reporting what He said.