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  1. Is God Unfair?

    Bangalore, India  Gurudev, Guru Gobind Singh was a warrior. Can a saint also be a warrior? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Absolutely! Saints used to be warriors. Vishwamitra, Parshuram, etc. There are so many Rishis in Shrimad Bhagvatam who were warriors. Guru Gobi ...
  2. The Eternal Message

    Bangalore, India (Photo credit: RayMorris1 / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-ND) Gurudev, if your perception is your reality, then what is truth? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: What is the truth, is a very individual journey. Nobody can even answer this question. If anyone an ...
  3. Perceiving The Divine

    Bangalore, India Gurudev, what are the signs of true love? What is its form and how can we recognize it? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: True love is like what was between Lord Rama and Bharat. That which existed between Radha and Lord Krishna, and between Lord Kris ...
  4. An Intimate Note to the Sincere Seeker

    Bangalore, India Below is a transcript of what Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said at the Bangalore Literary Festival. The festival was designed to bring the focus onto the literary heritage of the city and to transform Bangalore into the hub of Indian Liter ...
  5. It's Okay! You Didn't Do It

    Montreal, Canada How can I become free from the sense of doership? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Just keep doing, don’t worry about it. I think you have too much time to sit and think, 'Am I the doer or not'. Just do what you are suppose to do. Every action has a ...
  6. Wake Up And Serve The Nation

    Bangalore, India Gurudev, Guru Gobind Singh was a warrior. Can a saint also be a warrior? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Absolutely! Saints used to be warriors. Vishwamitra, Parshuram, etc. There are so many Rishis in Shrimad Bhagvatam who were warriors. Guru Gobin ...
  7. The Decision To Marry

    Montreal, Canada I realize how attached I am to some of my desires and dreams, such as, having a family for example. Do I have to practice detachment to make it happen? Does the spiritual path involve detachment from all of our desires? Sri Sri Ravi Shanka ...
  8. Life Goes On

    Bangalore, India Gurudev, why does it feel that staying apart from my loved ones has now created a distance between our hearts and not just a distance between places? I feel scared of this distance between the hearts. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: No, do not be af ...
  9. An Intimate Note to the Sincere Seeker

    Bangalore, India Below is a transcript of what Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar said at the Bangalore Literary Festival. The festival was designed to bring the focus onto the literary heritage of the city and to transform Bangalore into the hub of Indian Liter ...
  10. It Is Impossible That The Divine Hurts You

    Bangalore, India   Gurudev, if a person feels hurt by the divine where does one go? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: There is nowhere to go! It is impossible that the Divine hurts you! There is a beautiful couplet in Kannada that we used to learn in school. It says, ...