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  1. Is the nature of enlightened beings and non-enlightened beings the same? How do you tell when one is enlightened? What do we have to look for, if anything?

    There is no criteria. It is the most difficult thing to do. You can’t judge by your head. Something in your heart tells you. Once I was in Sweden and there was a bunch of journalists. They were asking many questions and I was just answering. There was ...
  2. Beloved Guruji, I heard that by end of 2012 we will have mass enlightenment and that many people will become enlightened just like in Lord Krishna’s time, is that true?

    Don’t think that enlightenment is like lightning. Something is going to strike your brain one day and then you go and become a blue star. See in your own life how gradually the darkness has lifted. See when sun shines, sun suddenly doesn’t pop up ...
  3. Dearest Guruji, Does the soul have to reincarnate again and again until all desires and karma is cleared? What is the way out of this cycle of birth and death? Is enlightenment the only way?

    Correct! The only way to quench the thirst is to drink something. The only way to satisfy hunger is to eat something. In the same way, the only way to get out of this cycle is enlightenment or meditation. Total satisfaction! ...
  4. Gurudev, do enlightened people also have a time limit for their state of enlightenment?

    There is no warranty and guarantee time limit. Once you learn how to cycle, you have learnt it for your lifetime. Like that once you are in your being that is it. That is the end of the story. ...
  5. Enlightenment

    Enlightenment is beyond seasons like the evergreen coconut tree. Sometimes the question comes up "What's the use of all these courses? Your behavior has not changed!" The Knowledge acquired by a human being cannot be measured or judged by e ...
  6. Impression And Expression

    Do not make an effort to impress others, or to express yourself. Your effort to express yourself becomes an impediment. Your effort to impress someone also becomes futile. If you do not try to impress, expression comes naturally. When you come from the se ...
  7. Shortcut!

    If you think you are stupid Then...... you know who you are. And if you know who you are...... You are enlightened! And if you are enlightened, Then......you are certainly not stupid. If you think you are intelligent, Then you don't know who you are. ...
  8. The Wisdom Of Secrets

    A wise person makes no effort to conceal a secret. But he does not make an effort to reveal a secret either. For example, you do not talk about menstruation, death, etc. to a five-year-old, but as they grow older these things are not hidden from them any ...
  9. Perfection is the nature of the Enlightened One

    In a state of ignorance, imperfection is natural and perfection is an effort. In a state of wisdom or enlightenment, imperfection is an effort; perfection is a compulsion and is unavoidable! Perfection is taking total responsibility, and total responsibil ...
  10. The Bodhi Tree

    Buddha got enlightened under the Bodhi tree. He then stood up and watched the tree from a distance for seven days. He took sixteen steps towards the tree and under each step, blossomed a Lotus flower. This is the legend. The Bodhi tree is symbolic of both ...