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  1. Whats The Point Of Praying

    (Below is a continuation of the post How To Create A Life Of True Fulfilment) I want to be 'Sthita Pragna' not get drifted by cravings and aversions. What should I do? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: The moment you recognize that there is craving and aversion, I am ...
  2. How To Create A Life Of True Fulfilment

    The seed becomes a tree and then the tree becomes a seed. So the fulfillment of the seed is in becoming a seed again. Unless the seed becomes a tree, and tree bears fruit, the seed is not complete and the cycle is not complete. From a seed to a seed is th ...
  3. Any Time Can Be A Good Time

    How to balance excellence and dispassion? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Whenever you are out of balance, it pinches you. Listen to the pinch, that's all. If you have too much passion and no dispassion, you will lose night's sleep. When you cannot do anything, you ...
  4. Is There Any Right Or Wrong

    I loved your tweet about spontaneity and impulsiveness. Could you also talk about righteousness and 'rightness' Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: "Often one confuses spontaneity with impulsiveness. While the former is the secret to success, the latter has only caused ...
  5. I Am Love And So Are You

    Gurudev, what is Mahakaal? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Kaal means ‘time’ and mahakaal means ‘grand time’. Grand time is that which is beyond all human explanation or comprehension. It is that which creates a want in you and also makes you lose your ground. And ...
  6. Summary Of Bhagavad Gita Chapter 11- Part I

    (Below is the summary of the first day's discourse on the 11th Chapter of Bhagavad Gita by Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar on the 13th August 2016 at the Bangalore Ashram) A deluded mind cannot come out of delusion on its own, it can happen only through grace ...
  7. Being Impartial

    In the golden ages the king was a judge, an administrator and also a servant. He played all these roles. So, a king was very impartial. Politician, judge, administrator -- all these roles were played by the king. But when values started deteriorating, the ...
  8. Wisdom Is Key To Freedom

    (Below is the continuation of the post Putting Wisdom To Work) You have done all that you wanted to do; you have achieved. You got everything, and whatever you want also, you are getting, then what next? This is a question that sometimes comes up. If it c ...
  9. Why Confidence Is So Important

    How do we deal with financial loss? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: Observe what happens when you have a financial loss, or a big sense of loss. Something happens in your stomach. You feel, ‘I earned something with so much effort, and it is gone!’ Sometimes, it is ...
  10. God Is Your Biggest Currency

    (below is the continuation of the post How To Take Decisions With Confidence) What is the biggest currency today, God or money? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: What if they both become the same? God is the biggest currency. If you have God with you, you have everyt ...
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