Question & Answers with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
Nobody can be without doing anything. And when you do something, either it will benefit somebody or harm somebody. Right? Nobody can be without doing anything even for a second – You will start thinking either good or bad about somebody. So, that is why, keep on doing something good. Do good but don’t get into airs, “Oh I did so good”. ‘Naiki kar, kuen mein Dal’ (A proverb in Hindi saying - ‘Do good, forget it and move on’). So, can’t be doing nothing, and when you do, see that it is uplifting for all.Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
Good idea. Some things are good as ideas.Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
See, don’t recognize it, if they are jealous, it is their problem. You, thinking about their jealousy, you get angry. So, they got jealous but you got angry. You feel disgusted because they got jealous. Don’t recognize it, that’s their problem, from your side you be hollow and empty.Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
That is the nature of the mind, never mind! The mind is made up of three qualities ie, sattva (purity/clarity), rajas (activity/action) and tamas (inertia). According to the combination of these three qualities, different states of mind prevail at different times. Don’t be bothered by these. Everything comes and goes.Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
Just move on, move forward. Don’t look back. Failure can only be in the past, never in the future. Again, it’s about understanding the event. If you see it from a broader perspective, you will see it better.Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
Yes, it’s blissful! After every pain comes bliss.Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
The world has a big population. Less space is taken up; land is so expensive. The body goes to Nature. Bones remain and are given to the river. Once the body is cremated, 700g to a maximum of 1kg of bones and ashes remain. The soul becomes free.Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
No, don’t feel sorry for yourself.Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
Good idea. Some things are good as ideas.Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
No, don’t worry. At least that much of your worries have reduced, because when you are worried even I get worried. That is why you be happy.