So-called Self-realisation

Q. A question about Paramhamsa Yogananda, he’s quite famous here [London] because of his book.

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi: He’s famous? What has he done? Writing a funny book like that, that’s all. I don’t want to discuss, but first when you ask about somebody, you’ll have to tell me what he has done.

Q. The gentleman set up a Self Realization Fellowship in America.

Shri Mataji: I know many in America who have done it, and they are more difficult to get self-realization. There’s a big organization there, and they all believe they are self-realized, but they don’t know any vibrations, they can’t feel anything, and when they have been to that organization, I find it difficult to give them realization. In the name of God, in the name of self-realization, if you spoil the Kundalini of people I don’t know what to say about you.

(2000-0927)


Yogananda’s guru was Lahiri. And Lahiri’s guru was this horrible fellow Babaji.

(1979-0527)

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was one of the greatest singers of India. In this extract from a 1985 concert in London where Joshi sang for Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi and her followers, the Sahaja yogis, he sings a famous composition by the Maratha saint, Tukaram.

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Amjad Ali Khan pays tribute to Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

Giving Realisation in Bangladesh

Going Deeper: The essence of the elements

Going Deeper: The Essence of Elements from Sahaja Library on Vimeo.

H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi talks to Sahaja Yogis about the need to go deeper in meditation, and to understand the essence of the elements. Sydney. 1987. (1987-0506)

Sankranti in Rahuri 1987

Sankranti 1990

Sahaj A-Z: Sankranti

Heart Chakra

Heart Chakra - 1 from Sahaja Library on Vimeo.

H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi talks about the Heart Chakra. Delhi, 1983.
(1983-0201)

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Shri Mataji in Berkeley 2000

Shri Mataji in Berkeley 2000 from Sahaja Library on Vimeo.

Joy is not double like happiness/unhappiness. It's pure, it's singular and you get the joy from the spirit, and you get the peace, complete peace. Just image human beings getting transformed like that, what will happen to this world? Maybe from Berkeley we might get a great force of this world to be changing it, because so many students come here from all over the world and if it works out, you can change the whole world. That is the importance of Berkeley message.

H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, Public Talk, Berkeley, CA, USA, 2000

(2000-0605)

Anahatha to Sahasrara

Anahatha to Sahasrara - 1 from Sahaja Library on Vimeo.

H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi talks about the chakras from the Anahatha (Heart) to the Sahasrara. Derby. 1982. Part 1 (1982-0711)

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