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Does Chanting Mantras Really Work?
Delhi, India What is the importance of chanting mantras? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: When someone abuses you verbally, how do you feel? If someone says that you are a donkey, how do you feel? What does it do to you? What does it create? Anger! It shakes you. It ... -
Life From a Youths Perspective
Delhi, India How should I forget my ex-boyfriend? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: One fine morning, maybe tomorrow morning, you wake up and see that there are 7 billion people on this planet. Of these 7 billion, nearly half of them are men, which is 3.5 billion. Of ... -
Is Politics Dirty?
New Delhi, India (Thousands of Delhi NCR youth had gathered at the Hindu college premises for a youth initiative titled ‘Own the Future and the Present’. This initiative registered and witnessed a huge turnout of over 10,000 students from 75 colleges inclu ... -
Levels of Enlightenment
Bangalore, India (On the occasion of Kannada Rajyotsava, Art of Living founder, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar gave a message encouraging all to take pride in the language and culture of Karnataka. He insisted that primary education should be in Kannada He a ... -
The Art Of Expressing
Bangalore, India Gurudev, receiving unconditional love from you has become such a habit that whenever I get into a relationship, I look for the same love in the other person, and none of the relationships work out for me. What do I do? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ... -
Stay Clear Of Jealousy
Bangalore, India Gurudev, when our focus is outward we feel jealous. In the same way, if we see the Guru outwardly also can we get trapped in jealousy? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Yes. Many times we think, ‘See Gurudev has given him a garland but he has not give ... -
A Different Pair Of Shoes
Can you please explain the meaning of this verse, ‘Indriyarthesu vairagyam anahankara eva ca, janma-mrityu-jara-vyadhi-duhkha-dosanudarshanam. ’ Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Indriyartheshu vairagyam, we see so many things, such beautiful sceneries, but till when ... -
When Will You Become Peaceful?
Bangalore, India There are basically two types of attitudes, or two kinds of people in the world. One kind thinks that all people must be intrinsically bad; inside they are very bad. And there is the other kind who thinks that basically everyone is good de ... -
A Glimpse Of Your Soul
Antwerp, Belgium Life has to be seen from a larger perspective. What is life? How long are we going to live here? What is the truth of life? We should put some light on this. And when we do this, the gist comes to doing meditation. See, in all our temples, ... -
You Have To Go Beyond!
Bad Antogast, Germany It is a joy to see you all joyful, and grow in wisdom. If you all grow in wisdom, that is the greatest joy! Wisdom is that situation in which you are solid, unshakable and with a smile. Is being gay an impression of the mind? Sri Sri ...
