Question & Answers with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Q: Many people say that Lord Hanuman still exists in Himalayas? Is it true? |
Sri Sri:
You know, the Universe is all wave function. There is nothing solid here. If you see some quantum physicist, you will find that they say that whatever appears to be there is really not there. In the subtle, all energies are there. Lord Hanuman is not a person sitting somewhere. In life force itself, there is the consciousness of Hanuman.
Q: What is the difference between the mind and the soul? |
Sri Sri:
Mind is thoughts and soul is in which everything happens.
Q: If a person thinks he is good for nothing in whatever he does, how should he move ahead in life? |
Sri Sri:
Just be here for a little while and know that God doesn’t create garbage.Everyone who is created on this planet is good for something.
Q: I have been told since childhood that eating non – vegetarian is like committing a sin because we are killing helpless animals. Is it so? |
Sri Sri:
Don’t think those who eat non – vegetarian are sinful. It is only thattamsictendencies are encouraged when one eats non – vegetarian. That won’t be good for them, for the world and for society. My dear, don’t make your stomach a graveyard.
Q: What is greater – moksha or love and gratitude? |
Sri Sri:
Love and gratitude cannot happen without some degree of freedom within.Moksha is freedom. They go hand in hand. To the degree of freedom that you experience, to thatdegree you feel gratitude
Q: Please throw some light on the last shloka of the tenth chapter of the Bhagwad Geeta? |
Sri Sri:
Lord Krishna says to Arjuna, “Whatever you are seeing in this world, that is all a little part of Me. Wherever you see any merit, that comes from Me only. Any intelligence that you see in anyone, that is Me only. Any valor that you see in anyone, that is Me only. The whole world reflects in a little part of Me.
Q: What is the description of knowledge? |
Sri Sri:
Knowledge is not information. That which is awareness is knowledge. The container that contains information is called wisdom, and not the content. That in which all information happens is knowledge. The consciousness – that is only the knowledge.
Satyam Gyanam Anantam Brahma – there are four designations of Brahma - Truth, infinity, wisdom and God. These are the four facets of knowledge. It is all one. Relative knowledge is information and pure knowledge is that which is absolute.
Q: From the time, the Universe has been created, there have been souls. I wonder are they increasing or do they remain the same? I don’t understand the mathematics of souls. |
Sri Sri:
There are lot many species which are getting extinct too! Lots of snakes,scorpions, sparrows, butterflies… They could have come as humans.
Q: How do protect oneself from the negativity of others? |
Sri Sri:
Om Namah Shivaya chanting! Jai Gurudev will also do.
Q: Is self-realization a journey or a goal? If we reach somewhere, do we come to know we have reached somewhere, or we have to continue walking. |
Sri Sri:
Yes, It is both. In one way it is a journey also and in another way it is the last destination. When you are so content that you feel you need nothing. There are no needs left, and we feel so complete.Such contentment dawns that you feel so complete! When you have such a smile that never fades and this happens so effortlessly.
