Shivabalayogi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1935
Place of Birth: Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date of Death: 28-Mar-1994
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Shivabalayogi
- Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj (24 January 1935 – 28 March 1994) is a yogi who attained Self-realization through twelve years of arduous tapas, meditating in samadhi (state of total absorption) for an average of twenty hours a day.
- Tapas is the most advanced stage of meditation in which one remains absorbed for long periods in the non-dualistic state of consciousness known as samadhi.After he completed tapas, he assumed the name Shivabalayogi, which some devotees had already begun to use for him.
- The name means "Yogi devoted to Shiva and Parvati." Shiva is God in the form of a yogi.
- Bala is one of the many names for Parvati, God in the form of a yogini.
- The name reflects that Shivabalayogi is a manifestation of both the male and female aspects of the divine (Ardhanarishwara).
- The female aspect represents the invisible energy of the Divine through which the entire creation operates, while the male aspect represents the pure consciousness of existence beyond all imaginations.
- Generally, devotees called him simply "Swamiji" meaning "respected Master".
- In common parlance, a bala-yogi is a child yogi, a yogi who has started living as a yogi from childhood.
- Such a yogi is specially venerated, as in the adage "A saint in youth is a saint in truth". For three decades he traveled extensively in India and Sri Lanka, initiating over ten million people into dhyana meditation.
- From 1987 to 1991, he traveled in England and the United States.
- Shivabalayogi's teaching is consistent with the Vedanta, emphasizing the need for sadhana (spiritual practice) to achieve Self-realization.
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