26 Feb 2012 - QA 1

Guruji, sometimes even after putting all efforts, if we continuously fail and life becomes a burden what should be done? So should we carry on with the burden or end life?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You should not end life but you should end the burden.
Surrender your burdens to your dear one, or to God, or to your Guru.
‘I have this burden, you take this. I do not want to do anything; I want to be relieved of it.’
So surrender all you problems and just relax.
This is what surrender is. It means giving all the problems which you are not able to handle to the Divine to take care of. This is the art of surrender.
Never commit suicide. Suicide is the most foolish thing a person can ever do. It is like you are shivering in the cold and you go out remove all your clothes. Will the cold become any less? No!
So never commit suicide.
If you find someone who is having such thoughts, send them to any Art of Living teacher. When they are made to do some pranayama and kriya they will become alright completely.