In Search of the Lotus Feet

by Shivaya and Uma

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1.	Introduction 02:21	buy track
2.	Shivaya 08:31	buy track
3.	Take Me To The Ganga 05:05	buy track
4.	Burning Bodies 03:16	buy track
5.	No Arms, No Legs 02:15	buy track
6.	Buddhist 03:45	buy track
7.	Money Changer 01:02	buy track
8.	Mahindra 01:59	buy track
9.	Neem Karoli Baba 04:33	buy track
10.	Maharajji's Foot 06:31	buy track
11.	Renounce Money 05:19	buy track
12.	Life Of A Sadhu 05:53	buy track
13.	Traveling Sadhu 07:51	buy track
14.	Foot Infection 02:11	buy track
15.	Sai Baba 04:10	buy track
16.	Ramana Maharshi 01:36	buy track
17.	Bangalore 02:49	buy track
18.	Hilda 01:15	buy track
19.	Snakes 03:09	buy track
20.	Nityananda Ashram 03:01	buy track
21.	More Wandering 07:51	buy track
22.	Immersion Into Love 03:01	buy track
23.	Monkeys 06:34	buy track
24.	Policeman's Blessing 02:48	buy track
25.	Tiger Encounter 15:19	buy track
26.	Great Escape 00:48	buy track
27.	Maiyaji 11:01	buy track
28.	Ticket To America 03:36	buy track
29.	Marauli Police Department 02:46	buy track
30.	Delhi 01:12	buy track
31.	Quit India Notice 07:24	buy track
32.	Hanuman Chalisa Brings Tears 04:30	buy track
33.	Traveling Home 05:31	buy track
34.	30 Years Later 06:28	buy track

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An Evening of Storytelling with SHIVAYA

In Search of the Lotus Feet:
Journey of a Western Pilgrim in India

On the last day of Woodstock in 1969, a young man tucked $50 into his pocket, and headed toward Kennedy airport. He would leave the next day, going on faith that he would somehow make his way to India. Years later, he returned transformed, having experienced a life that most westerners cannot even imagine.

A charming and charismatic storyteller, Shivaya tells us about those years in India—some lived in sadhu style, as a spiritual seeker roaming throughout the country with no money and no possessions. He regales us with stories of his adventures and misadventures, including:

• Meetings with some of India’s great saints (including his guru, Neem Karoli Baba), and other unknown masters living and teaching quietly out of the public eye

• The common people who touched him deeply, including lepers, beggars, and simple mountain people who had never left their villages, and had never heard of America

• Close brushes with wild creatures he encountered while living in caves and in the jungles of India

• Direct experiences of the Divine, visions of deities, and miraculous healings

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released June 1, 2014

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Shivaya and Uma California

In November 2013, Shivaya, a devotee of Neem Karoli Baba and beloved icon of the spiritual community, passed away after living an extraordinary life. This album is a recording of a talk he gave in March 2005 at Open Secret in San Rafael, California, in which he shared some of his adventures from the early days of his travels in India. ... more

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