The first completely English book on Shivabalayogi, written by Prof. S. K. Ramachandra Rao, is now online. It was published in Bangalore in 1968. Later that year, Shivabalayogi sat for a one-year tapas at the Bangalore ashram on Bannerghatta Road.
You can read the complete book, Sri Shivabalayogi, online and there is a text only, printer friendly version that you can download. This excerpt from the book suggests the awe with which Shivabalayogi was regarded in those early years after he finished his twelve-year tapas:
Believe it or not, here and now, the twentieth century has produced a Shivabalayogi who has many “Tapoleelas” to his credit but lays no claim to them. The yogi has considered it his duty to wipe the tears of every distressed being that approaches him for succour, radiating into the suppliant a cheer and a titter leading to comfort and peace.
You can read the complete book, Sri Shivabalayogi, online and there is a text only, printer friendly version that you can download. This excerpt from the book suggests the awe with which Shivabalayogi was regarded in those early years after he finished his twelve-year tapas:
We have heard that in ancient times Lord Krishna made Bharata-Varsha holy by his Avatar amongst the animals and inanimate on this earth, people young and old were so drawn to him that the sound of his magic flute and the touch of his divine presence would perform a miracle in them each such that they would emerge changed and chastened beings. This was “Krishna Leela” as people termed it, while Krishna himself laid no claim to the leelas.
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