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  1. Sometimes I wonder, I have so many unending desires and you keep on fulfilling them. This makes me smile. How to get rid of hankering over desires Gurudev?

    You know your desires are getting fulfilled, that is enough. Be busy in fulfilling the desires of others, not your own desires. See, what is the significance of the Guru Disciple Tradition? It is for the Disciple to realize that desires are endl ...
  2. Gurudev, we represent Art of Living. So, what should be our behavior when we face the world?

    You should be a good person, with authenticity. Not somebody who is fake. You should be the same inside and the same outside. This does not mean you get angry when speaking about truth. Often, people who want perfection and who are perfectionist get very a ...
  3. Please explain the relationship between Guru and student.

    Just relax! Be at home. With a teacher, you should be like you are with a doctor, or in front of a mirror. When you stand in front of a mirror, you reflect yourself, right! With the teacher, the most desired thing is being open, natural, and ready for ...
  4. Gurudev, how can I be the same as you are?

    You grow up and still be a child and you should always consider everyone as a part of you, everyone as your friend. Make one new friend every day. Make as many friends as you can, and have no enmity with anybody. You should not hate anybody or cause any ha ...
  5. Gurudev, you always say that you have a lot to give us, but we should have the ability to receive it. So what are the qualities of your dream disciple?

    A disciple should be hollow and empty. At the same time whatever you have heard or listened, don’t take it for granted. Study the knowledge and read it again and again. Know but be as though you don’t know. Don’t let that arrogance of knowing come in ...
  6. Discipleship Ends-- A Shisya (DISCIPLE) or A Sakha (COMPANION)?

    Knowledge has an end. Knowledge completes. So also does discipleship. For the disciple is aimed at acquiring Knowledge. Once you cross the water, however nice the boat is, you get off the boat. After twelve years, the disciple completes his studies. The m ...