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Life Is Worth Nothing If There Is No Love
Haarlem, Holland Now tell me, how do you want to spend this evening? What do you want to discuss this evening? (Audience: Talk about healing; Let us do meditation; Tell us about Ayurveda; Speak on crisis.) See how the word crisis is bringing laughter and s ... -
No Explanations And No Complaints
Holland, Netherlands We need to create waves of happiness in Holland. Don’t you think so? Do you know, if we think only about ourselves then our life shrinks. But when we think for the whole society, for everybody then there is more joy. Yes, there are cha ... -
Happiness has nothing to do with the prosperity
Breukelen, Netherlands (At an impressive ceremony at the prestigious Nyenrode University, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was conferred with an honorary doctorate today.Addressing the gathering , the Rector of Nyenrode, Dr. Maurits van Rooijen FRSA, said that ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Buddha – Manifestation of Silence
When Buddha got enlightened on the full moon day in the month of May, he kept silent. For a whole week he did not say a word. Mythology says that all the angels in the heaven got frightened and said, "Once in a millennium someone blossoms so fully li ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...