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The Means To Abundance
Bangalore, India I am going to give you a challenge. Are you ready to take up a challenge? Say ‘Ka’ without saying ‘Aa’. Can you do that? You can’t do it. You cannot say ‘Ka’ without saying ‘Aa’. Okay, let us try ‘Ga’, or ‘Cha’, without ‘Aa’. Can you do it ... -
Gurudev, it is said that speech is of four types: Para, Pashyanti, Madhyama and Vaikhari. What is their significance in Sadhana (spiritual practices)?
This conversation that we are having now is what Vaikhari is. Human beings are capable of interacting only by using this Vaikhari mode of speech. It is said, ‘Chatvaari vaak parimitaa padaani taani vidur braahmaanaa ye manishinaah. ... -
Humiliation- A Blessing In Disguise
Calgary, Canada How do I get rid of my ego, which is so strong? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Oh, for heaven’s sake, don’t do that! Don’t try to get rid of your ego. If you find that your ego is your biggest problem; keep it in your pocket, or in the purse. Let it ... -
Gurudev, can you tell us more about Rishi Kapila? Very little is known about him.
Rishi Kapila lived in California. That is how the name California has come. Kapilaranea is the Vedic name of California. At one point of time, Vedic knowledge was prevalent in all of South America and North America. In the scriptures, it ... -
Seeing Perfection In The Not-So-Perfect
Bangalore, India Today we have launched the project of the Kumudvathi River. The Volunteer For A Better India (VBI), have done a wonderful job in rejuvenating a river which had dried out, and which was a source of water for Bangalore city. Now once this is ... -
Drop Your Problems
Bangalore, India Truth is that from which you cannot escape and also which you cannot describe. It is very difficult to describe the truth, and equally difficult to avoid it. Similarly, beauty is something which you cannot possess, and you cannot renounce ... -
A Conversation Without Words
Bangalore, India We need to see and observe that whatever thoughts come to our mind, are all useless. Every thought is about the past. These thoughts that arise in the mind are a projection of the past on the consciousness. Whatever has happened in the pas ... -
Gurudev, the Bhagavad Gita says that we are not the doer. Somebody else is acting through us, we are the medium. We say that the future is free will and the past is destiny. I feel this is a little contradictory. Can you please clarify?
There are two things: one is the doer, and the other is the enjoyer, and they both go together. If you are a doer, then you are also the enjoyer. If you're not the doer, then you are also not enjoying. So, when you say, ‘I have not done it’, there is o ... -
The Power of the Guru Tatva
Bangalore, India When one is with the Guru, and following the path, is it necessary even then to participate or conduct rituals? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: If you have unshakeable faith on the Guru Tattva, then there is no need for anything else. But if you fee ... -
Why Don’t You Just Relax!
Bangalore, India Please talk about surrender? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: What is it that you have to surrender? Anyway everything belongs to the Divine already. But when you think that something belongs to you, then I say, ‘Let go’. When you are holding onto so ...