Shivabalayogi on Avatars

Asked about avatars using Shirdi Sai Baba, Haidakhan Baba, and Yogananda as examples, Swamiji explains there are significant differences between yogi and avatar. "There is a lot of difference between an avatar and a yogi. Shirdi Sai Baba was a yogi. Sathya Sai Baba is an avatar. "Haidakhan Baba that you mentioned, that man was a great yogi. He had done a lot of tapas and he was doing tapas. On his name now another person has come up and he claims he is an avatar of Haidakhan Baba. "Paramahansa was a spiritual leader. Babaji was a yogi. "Later on, the people like you, will all join together and also write about Swamiji saying he is a maha avatar. That’s how it happened. "Swamiji is here, to support everybody. He is not here to criticize anybody. He says if he starts criticizing another yogi, or another spiritual leader, or another avatar, he himself will turn into a spiritual leader, rather than be a yogi. A yogi always supports everyone else." Recorded in Las Vegas, USA, on April 16, 1991.