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  1. Tough People Make You Strong

    All the knowledge that I have listened to, seems to vanish out of my being when my mother-in-law comes to visit. How can one forget and forgive someone who is constantly behaving in a harsh manner? Please give the advice to the mother-in-law. Sri Sri Ravi ...
  2. How To Understand The Purpose Of Life

    How is spirituality going to combat materialism, separatist tendencies, corruption and criminality in the coming generations? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Do you know the reason for criminality to exist? It is because of stress. And what is the reason for stress ...
  3. Working Towards A Goal Keeps You Happy

    Gurudev, it is said, "Sa tu dīrgha-kāla-nairantarya-satkārāsevito dṛḍha-bhῡmiḥ". What is the exact period of dīrgha-kāla for me? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Dīrgha-kāla means don’t be in a hurry. It is said that one should not be in a hurry. That is why, the mo ...
  4. Can Karma Be Cleared In One Life Time?

    The person at the top, like a Minister or a Governor, or the head of an institution should not get stuck in the bureaucracy. Senior people should sometimes come down and talk to people of every level. Not at all times, but sometimes it helps.In a research ...
  5. Taking Responsibility Brings Healing

    Gurudev, how do I forgive those who have abused me emotionally and physically. I still have to deal with these people daily? Sometimes I feel like killing them but even that doesn’t seem like enough punishment for them. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: I want you to ...
  6. Give A Chance For Miracles To Happen

    Laughter is contagious, happiness is contagious, spirituality is contagious and even worries are contagious! What is the difference between Tyaaga and Sanyaasa? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Tyaaga means giving up, and Sanyaasa means being centered and unattached ...
  7. Don't Let Others' Judgement Define You

    Turn every question into wonder, "Wow!" Wonder is the preface for yoga. Yoga does not just mean exercise, it is the union with the universe. The preface of yoga is wonder or 'wow'. Any time you say, "Wow", the mind stops. Nature has provided you with so m ...
  8. No Matter What Keep Your Calm

    It is easy to be a dreamer, it is easy to be a critical realist, how to drop all illusions and expectations and still have a flame in life? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: It is easy to be in extremes in anything in life, but it takes wisdom to take the middle path ...
  9. The Many Ways To Be Of Service

    God is the Summun Bonum of creation, don’t make him as an object of knowing. God is love, can you see love? You can see love only through the manifested expressions. You can see love in a child's eyes, in a friend’s eyes, or in the eyes of an elderly pers ...
  10. The Divine Will Never Let You Down

    See, as a child you have lived in the present. A child cries and the tears are still on its cheeks and it starts smiling again. But if you're upset, for you to smile again may take many months, and sometimes years. This is why I say, "Live in the present ...