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Gurudev, I am quite fascinated with the Ardhanareshwar (a composite form of the Hindu God Shiva and his companion Parvati) concept in India. Please explain this.

Each one of you is made up of both the mother and the father element. It is through the father’s sperm and the mother’s egg that you come into existence. So in you there is half father and half mother, or half male and half female. That is w ...

Gurudev, I am an ex-Indian team cricketer. Is it possible to be ethical and successful in sports? What is success for a sportsman?

Millions of people are watching you play. They want a genuine game to be played. You cannot cheat the people who think you are playing genuinely. If you are playing a match which is already fixed then it highly deceiving for them. Do not fool people at ...

As I am getting old, I have started fearing death? Please suggest a solution for this.

Death can come at anytime in one’s life. As long as we were busy in many activities in our lives, we are not afraid of death. When there is nothing left to do, we start to feel that we are going to die. Everyone has to die one day. But the ...

Gurudev, I have the inquisitiveness to know more and go deeper in meditation. Is this contrary to relaxing?

In meditation you do nothing. Just relax and you will go deeper. What will obstruct you to go deep is eating too much, or using any other sense too much. If you watch too many movies and then sit for meditation, do you notice that the meditation ...

Meditation Is Mental Hygiene

(Below is a continuation of the post How To Overcome Loneliness) Gurudev, what do you think about the massacre of the journalist of Charlie Hebdo (French satirical weekly magazine) in France, and what is the cause of all these terrorist attacks in Europe? ...

Gurudev, in the Ishavasya Upanishad, it is said that we can indulge in the material objects through sacrifice. How to bring this into experience?

Ask this question to yourself before asking it to me. Every time you breathe in, you have to breathe out. Without breathing out, you cannot breathe in. You are able to indulge in anything because you leave it for short intervals in between. Is someone ...

Whatever we see, does not exist. And whatever exists is not seen by us. Then what are we and why do we exist? When we are nothing, then what is this entire world? I am confused.

Very good. You can pat your own back. Every confusion takes you one step forward. When the belief in your mind got broken, it gave rise to confusion. It means that you have taken a step forward from your current beliefs. Now tell me, does your mi ...

Is Art of Living a sect? How do you define a sect.

You have said sect. You should define what a sect is. Sect is perhaps a very closed mindset where you feel you are special and the other person is excluded. And this is true with every religion. People of every religion on this planet feel a special rig ...

There is a sequence to that question asking, what you think about the march in Paris, where 3 million French people marched together.

That is good. An awakening has happened. On the same day and the very same time, 3 million people in Mumbai, India and from all over the world meditated and chanted. We called it Chant For Peace. Satyam Param Dhimahi. Let my mind be so pea ...

Gurudev, what do you think about the massacre of the journalist of Charlie Hebdo (French satirical weekly magazine) in France, and what is the cause of all these terrorist attacks in Europe?

Ignorance. Utter ignorance. People should have the freedom of expression. Let them say whatever they want to say. This is an inhuman act. See, on one hand you feel pity and compassion for these people because they have never had exposure to true ...