Haidakhan babaji biography meaning

Several Indian saints or gurus with the honorific name Babaji have been called the Mahavatar, or Avatar of Avatars, both recently and in the past. For instance, the Nainital Babaji (i.e. the Babaji who lived in Nainital, India) is not the same person as the Haidakhan Babaji, both of whom were alive on earth concurrently (the former died in 1984, the latter in 2008). Nor were either of them the same person as the old Haidakhan Babaji who lived around Haidakhan in the years 1860–1922, who gave Paramahansa Yogananda his mission and is mentioned in his book, Autobiography of a Yogi. But, in terms of illumined consciousness or Self-awareness, it is a different matter.

The name ‘Babaji’ is an Indian honorific name that means “Revered Father” or “Beloved Father”, and is usually used when addressing a highly respected and beloved priest or guru, a saintly person. When the title of ‘Mahavatar’ (‘Great Avatar’) is added, which it has been for the three above-mentioned Babajis, it refers to the ‘Beloved Father’ who is the Avatar of Avatars, Teacher of Teachers, a supreme incarnation or manifestation of God.

Because Babaji is a Sanskrit word belonging to Hinduism, a Babaji is usually said to be of this tradition and living in India, with the Mahavatar Babaji dw

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