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  1. What is Karma and how can one enhance the ability to understand Karma?

    Everything that you have done till now is Karma. All that you are doing at present is also Karma. And everything that you are going to do in the future; or the inspiration for every action that you are going to do in the future – that is also Karm ...
  2. Gurudev, often we get both happiness and grief from our closest friends and relatives. How can we rid ourselves of this grief?

    Yes. You should love your friends and relatives but do not demand anything from them, or get attached to them. You should serve them in whatever way possible. When you set out with a sincere intention to serve then you will never face any misery or s ...
  3. Gurudev, in one of your books it is written that all sins get washed away when one bathes in a sacred river like the Ganges. Can the worst of sins be washed away by simply bathing in a sacred river?

    No, the real meaning here is that it is not our true nature to sin or do wrong deeds. It is like dirt that has come from the outside. You can separate yourself from this. This does not mean that if you have done some wrong deeds, then you go and take a ...
  4. Gurudev, how come some people come to The Art of Living, experience this path, and then suddenly change their mind and go away. I really cannot understand this.

    See, there are different types of people on this planet. Again I am telling you, when for someone time is not good, they go away, then later on they come back. People stop all this and suddenly, they start again. All these different types of people are ...
  5. Gurudev, according to the law of attraction, we attract everything. There is a trend in us where we train ourselves to attract all kinds of wealth, especially material goods, and also partners, love, friends, etc. What is your opinion about this phenomenon?

    The law of attraction is an ancient concept. It’s nothing new. You call it the law of attraction or you call it the karma theory, it’s the same. What you need to know is: you are much bigger than that. You are much more than the law of a ...
  6. Gurudev, when something good happens, we say it is Guru kripa (grace). Then what do we say when something bad happens? You say that having a Guru means one is protected, then why do bad things happen to Good people?

    Well, the divine loves everybody, however they are. If the happening of bad things takes your faith away, then it is no longer faith. But if faith stays in spite of all the bad things that are happening, then the end result will always be great and w ...
  7. When we read about the bad deeds of people in the newspaper, can it also affect our karma?

    No, you should read it lightly. If you take it into yourself, yes it affects your mind. Otherwise, it won’t affect anything else. Read lightly and forget about it. It is all part of the universe. ...
  8. How much sadhana is required to convert bad karmas into good karmas? How can I know that the account has been balanced?

    Unfortunately no one has here has done the auditing of these (karmic) accounts (laughter). Perhaps Chitragupta (a Hindu god assigned with the task of keeping complete records of actions of human beings on the earth) would be able to tell y ...
  9. Gurudev, when time is good, everyone is good to you. So are people actually good or is the goodness of time that makes people good around you? I am confused.

    I think you already know the answer.There are people you have helped day and night and yet they have become your enemies. Haven’t they? How many of you have had this experience? You have not done anything wrong to somebody and yet they have ...
  10. How to be in action in this world and not attract karma?

    See, we do many actions but their impressions do not stay on our minds. For example, if I ask you a week later, 'What did you have for breakfast on Saturday', you will not remember, unless it was an occasion or you had a fight!If someone a ...