There's a story about a Yogi who came to see Baba. What was he hoping for, what did he witness, and what's the implied lesson?

📖 Chapter 23

Chapter 23 recounts the visit of a practitioner of Yoga (Yogabhyasi) who was well-versed in the Yoga Shastras but could not achieve the state of intense meditation known as Samadhi. He came to Baba, whom he considered a "King of Yogis," with the specific intention of receiving His grace to overcome this obstacle. However, upon arriving for darshan, the Yogi was surprised to see Baba simply eating bread with onions. The implied lesson, as the chapter suggests earlier, is that one cannot comprehend a saint's true state by observing their external actions, diet, or behavior, as their spiritual reality is always beyond such superficial judgments.


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