Shivabalayogi

Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj (24 January 1935 – 28 March 1994) was a self-realized master of meditation in the tradition of the ancient and modern yogis of India. He attained Self-realization through twelve years of arduous tapas, meditating in samādhi (state of total thoughtlessness) 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 samādhi.