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Mahavatar Babaji (IAST: Mahāvatār Bābājī; born 30 November 203 CE) is the name given to an Indian saint and yogi by Lahiri Mahasaya and several of his disciples〔Yukteswar Giri, Ram Muzumdar, Kebalananda, and Pranabananda Giri〕 who met Mahavatar Babaji between 1861 and 1935. Some of these meetings were described by Paramahansa Yogananda in his book ''Autobiography of a Yogi'', including a first hand telling of Yogananda's own meeting with Mahavatar Babaji.〔Yogananda, Paramahansa, ''Autobiography of a Yogi'', 2005. ISBN 978-1-56589-212-5.〕 Another first hand account was given by Yukteswar Giri in his book ''The Holy Science''.〔Yukteswar Giri, ''The Holy Science''. Yogoda Satsanga Society, 1949〕 According to Sri M's autobiography (Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master) Sri Guru Babaji, i.e, Mahavatar Babaji was Lord Shiva. In the second last chapter of his book, he mentions Sri Guru Babaji changing his form to Lord Shiva. All of these accounts, along with additional meetings with Mahavatar Babaji, are described in various biographies〔Mukhopadyay, Jnananedranath, ''Srimad Swami Pranabananda Giri'', Sri Jnananedranath Mukhopadyay Property Trust, 2001.〕〔Satyananda Giri, ''Swami Sri Yukteshvar Giri Maharaj'', from ''A collection of biographies of 4 Kriya Yoga gurus'', iUniverse Inc. 2006. ISBN 978-0-595-38675-8.〕〔Satyananda Giri, Swami, Yogiraj Shyama Charan Lahiri Mahasay'', from ''A collection of biographies of 4 Kriya Yoga gurus'', iUniverse Inc. 2006. ISBN 978-0-595-38675-8.〕 of those mentioned by Yogananda. Mahavatar Babaji's given name is unknown, so those who met him during that period all called him by the title first given to him by Lahirī.〔〔 "Mahavatar" means "great avatar", and "Babaji" simply means "revered father". Some of the encounters included two or more witnesses—discussions between those who met Mahavatar Babaji indicate that they all met the same person.〔〔〔 ==Childhood== There are very few accounts of Babaji's childhood. One source of information is the book ''Babaji and the 18 Siddha Kriya Yoga tradition'' by Marshall Govindan. According to Govindan, Babaji was named Nagarajan (king of serpents) by his parents. V.T. Neelakantan and S.A.A. Ramaiah founded on 17 October 1952, (they claim – at the request of Babaji) a new organisation, "Kriya Babaji Sangah," dedicated to the teaching of Babaji's Kriya Yoga. They claim that in 1953 Mahavatar Babaji told them that he had been born on 30 November 203 CE in a small coastal village now known as Parangipettai, in Tamil Nadu, India. Babaji's Kriya Yoga Order of Acharyas Trust (Kriya Babaji Sangah) and their branch organisations claim his place and date of birth.〔 He was a disciple of Bogar and his birth name is Nagarajan.〔〔 In the writings of Paramahansa Yogananda in his ''Autobiography of a Yogi'', many references were made to Mahavatar Babaji including from Lahirī and Yukteshwar.〔 In his book ''The Second Coming of Christ'', Yogananda states that Jesus Christ went to India and conferred with Mahavatar Babaji. This would make Babaji at least 2000 years old. According to Govindan's book, Babaji Nagaraj's father was the priest of the village's temple. Babaji revealed only those details which he believed to be formative as well as potentially instructive to his disciples. Govindan mentioned one incident like this: "One time Nagaraj's mother had got one rare jackfruit for a family feast and put it aside. Babaji was only 4 years old at that time. He found the jackfruit when his mother was not around and ate it all. When his mother came to know about it, she flew in blind rage and stuffed a cloth inside Babaji's mouth, nearly suffocating him, but he survived. Later on he thanked God for showing him that she was to be loved without attachment or illusion. His Love for his mother became unconditional and detached."〔 When Nagaraj was about 5 years old, someone kidnapped him and sold him as a slave at Calcutta (Now Kolkata). His new owner however was a kind man and he freed Nagaraj shortly thereafter. Nagaraj then joined a small group of wandering sannyāsin due to their radiant faces and love for God. During the next few years, he wandered from place to place, studying holy scriptures like the Vedas, Upanishad, Mahabharata, Ramayana, Bhagavad Gita. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mahavatar Babaji」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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