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  1. The Role Of A Guru

    (Below is a continuation of the post Develop Your Emotional Intelligence) Gurudev, a few months ago my personal Guru left his physical body. I am not able to bear the grief of his absence and the void because of his departure. How can I console myself and ...
  2. Develop Your Emotional Intelligence

    (Below is a continuation of the post The Ultimate Love) Gurudev, I feel that people around me deceive me very quickly and easily. What pleasure do they get in doing such things? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Whether they deceive you sooner or later, how does it m ...
  3. The Ultimate Love

    Did you all realize that you meditated for 22 minutes? Could you feel the passage of time as you meditated? And did your mind wander away during this time? No, it did not wander even a bit. So you need to learn the skill and the art of making the mind cal ...
  4. Learning From Mistakes

    There was a king in Arabia and he ordered some exotic vegetables from another country. Exotic is that which is not grown there. So he ordered the vegetables, and when they came the cook prepared them and served it to him. The king enjoyed it and told the ...
  5. Ayurveda: Healthier Than Ever Before

    We have always had a tradition of conducting things in a more informal manner rather than being formal. This is what satsang is all about also. There are no formalities to be followed in satsang; we all sit together freely with each other. Today we are ce ...
  6. No Religion Preaches Hate

    (Taking the call for peace to the middle of the conflict zone, renowned spiritual leader and founder of The Art of Living, Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar addressed a peace conference in Erbil in Kurdistan, the violence hit province of Iraq. Below is the tran ...
  7. Peace Is Possible

    I would request you to take some time and visit the camps to reassure the people there and bring back their smile. Yesterday, when I walked through a couple of camps, people said, ‘Today we are happy and are able to smile’. It was a very good meeting. Bri ...
  8. There’s No Room for Guilt

    (Below is a continuation of the post You Make Your World) Gurudev, I have been a teacher for many years. I see in myself and other teachers that we don’t always practice the basic course points and it disturbs me to a point that I feel a bit of a fraud wh ...
  9. You Make Your World

    (Below is a continuation of the post To The Farmers Of India) This entire world is made up of vibrations, and we should see to it that these vibrations are Sattvik (positive and uplifting).When a doctor is good and treats everyone well, we generally say t ...
  10. To The Farmers Of India

      Today, many farmers from all over the country have gathered here at the Bangalore Ashram. A very warm welcome to you all! If the farmers of a country are happy and prosperous, then surely the people of that country too will be happy. A country whose farm ...