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  1. Sometimes, even after doing one’s Sadhana and practices, the chattering mind does not stop. How to make it stop? How to be at peace?

    Dispassion (Vairagya) is the only way to make the mind stop chattering. Just realize that everything is a dream. It will all soon come to an end.You know, the chattering (of the mind) is always with regards to a subject, a topic, or with a wa ...
  2. Gurudev, can love and dispassion coexist? They seem to be contradictory.

    They should exist together, otherwise you will not be same. Like breathing in and breathing out is totally contradictory but it has to go together. You can’t breathe out the same time you are breathing in, they should alternate. Similarly love and dis ...
  3. I am very passionate towards my goal. But while working to achieve it, I become frustrated and desperate. How to handle that?

    As I said, you need passion, dispassion and compassion. Only passion will not help. Along with passion, dispassion is also essential. ...
  4. What is the difference between dispassion, detachment and indifference?

    Why do you want a definition for these three words? You know it! It is you who gives meanings to these words, isn’t it? Be passionate for something higher. Be attached to virtues; if you think you have some. Be indifferent to anybody insulti ...
  5. Gurudev, can you please talk on dispassion?

    See, our senses are naturally outgoing. The natural tendency, when you wake up from sleep is, the eyes want to see, the ears want to hear, the nose wants to smell, the skin wants to touch, and the tongue wants to taste. So, the natural tendency of the sens ...
  6. Gurudev, you have said that if one thinks too much about the people they hate, then they start to become like them. I am constantly thinking of people I dislike and taking on their qualities. How do I keep from doing this?

    Well, let me tell you that without dispassion there is no progress in life. If you want to progress in life, you must have dispassion. Dispassion brings freedom to your mind. Dispassion keeps you in the present moment. Dispassion brings that smil ...
  7. How compatible are love and dispassion for a life companion?

    You need both, passion and dispassion in life. Usually we think, ‘When I have passion, how can I have dispassion? If I am dispassionate, how can I be passionate about anything?’ This is what the normal concept is in the minds of people. I tell yo ...
  8. Gurudev I am able to learn and absorb new subjects, but my enthusiasm fizzles out halfway. As a result I have become a jack of all trades and a master of none. How do I become a master of all like you?

    Keep going nonstop. Keep putting your effort. Life is a combination of both, effort and effortlessness. Be totally effortless for sometime everyday at least - that is what is meditation, and then put hundred percent effort. It is like deep rest and d ...
  9. Gurudev, you ask us to be dispassionate. How can I be dispassionate about you? I love you and the attachment keeps growing every day.

    If this attachment helps you to move away from other unwanted things, then it is okay. If it gives you a focus, it is fine. But if it is causing jealousy, anger, greed and all those negative emotions, you better work on yourself. Go deep into yourself ...