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  1. Meditation Makes You Lucky

    Our country is a land of Rishi (Saints) and Krishi (Agriculture). Irrespective of the pooja (worship), we first perform ‘Beeja Vaapana’ (sowing seeds in small clay pots) and ‘Ankurarpana’ (spraying water and milk over the seedlings). Life and pooja are no ...
  2. Great Strength Comes To You When You Sacrifice

    Bangalore, India What do we get upset with? We don’t get upset with the birds, or the clouds, or with Nature. We don’t get upset with the environment. So, what do we get upset with? We get upset with the people around us. Our enemies upset us and our frien ...
  3. Very Strange Are The Ways Of Karma

    Bangalore, India How many of you have had this experience that without doing any harm to anybody, or anything wrong still people became your enemies. (Many raise their hands) So many! And now tell me, you have not done any big favors and still some people ...
  4. Three Kinds Of Devotees

    Bangalore, India There are three kinds of devotees. The first kind is a devotee who keeps asking, ‘God give me this’, ‘God give me that.’ The second kind is a devotee who is always grateful, ‘Thank you God, you gave me this and you gave me that’, one who i ...
  5. A Goal Is Needed In Life

    Bangalore, India How was God born? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: If he was born, he is no God. God is one who was never born and never dies. My son has undergone many courses, but he is not ready to change. He does not do the Kriya even after repeatedly telling hi ...
  6. Consider Your Life Itself As Your Sadhana

    Bangalore, India Gurudev, in the Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna says, ‘My birth (janam) and actions (karm) are both Divine.’ Please elaborate on this. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Yes, when you acquire self-knowledge, then you feel that your birth and your actions a ...
  7. Faith Is The Petrol In The Vehicle Of Life

    Bangalore, India Dear Guruji, I have become free from materialistic things, desires and feverishness to a great extent, but when it comes to you, my thirst keeps increasing. What is the solution for this? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: It is okay. When one withdraw ...
  8. Enlightenment Is Present In You As A Seed

    Bangalore, India What we need to understand is that we should know that we already have what we want in life. You start with this intention, ‘I already have what I want’, then what you want will fructify easily. Thinking, ‘I have it’, is like sowing a seed ...
  9. Longing Is The Sign Of The Ripening Of Consciousness

    Bangalore, India Dear Guruji, in the Yogasara Upanishad you have said that the Divine is impersonal. Guru is both, personal and Divine. Can you tell us more about this? How is God impersonal? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Yes, it is both. Like you are form yet you ...
  10. Knowledge Turns Every Nightmare Into A Sweet Dream

    Sofia, Bulgaria Do we create our reality or is everything predetermined? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Do you have a dog at home? (Answer: Yes) See, when you go to the park, you go with a leash on the dog. That is legal. Now, the dog has freedom only for the lengt ...