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  1. Making Correct Decisions

    How many of you feel that without you doing any bad, you have gained enemies?People become your enemies. You have not done any harm to them, any wrong to them and still they become enemies.Similarly, you have not done any big favors to some people but the ...
  2. The Most Precious Thing In The World

    Brazil, South America Now I am going to ask you a very serious question: Do you really greet a person or treat it as a formality? See, on a day to day basis, we greet people, we exchange pleasantries. It is all on a very formal level. Isn’t it so? Intellig ...
  3. Take A Look At Your Life

    Durban, South Africa Wisdom can only blossom in a homely atmosphere, where we are informal and at home with each other. Do you all feel at home with each other right now?Why not we all just take a moment to greet the person next to us, behind us and in fro ...
  4. Is Faith Important?

    Bangalore, India Yes, today your silence is over! (Gurudev says to the Advanced Course Participants) I heard two Advanced Course participants who were walking towards the lakeside. One asked, ‘When will the silence be over?’The other one said, ‘Tomorrow mo ...
  5. The Guru Principle

    Bangalore, India Annakut! (Gurudev says, looking at the spread of food dishes displayed on the stage)Today the women have made 451 varieties of dishes. This is the specialty of Gujarat; 451 types of food have been prepared by the volunteers from Gujarat.(A ...
  6. The Secret Behind Making A Marriage Work

    Bangalore, India There is a connection between Emotion, Sound and Raga (melody). The last bhajan that was sung had the Jogiya Raga. You cannot associate this raga to Radha. If you say, ‘Shiva, Shiva’, it can be associated with the Raga of dispassion. Once ...
  7. Lord Krishna- Epitome Of Love

      Today is Lord Krishna’s birthday, and people are celebrating it all over India. Lord Krishna said, ‘I am never born and I never die. I am ajanmaa (one who is never born).’ Celebrating the birth of One who is never born is a very fascinating thing. Before ...
  8. Significance Of The Guru Disciple Tradition

    Bangalore, India Sometimes I wonder, I have so many unending desires and you keep on fulfilling them. This makes me smile. How to get rid of hankering over desires Gurudev? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: You know your desires are getting fulfilled, that is enough. ...
  9. A Beautiful India

    Bangalore, India (Gurudev says looking towards the sky)See, clouds are already there. It will rain well by the end of this month. If there is unrighteousness and decreased moral values in the country, nature also shows its anger. When all the corrupt peopl ...
  10. Love Is A Happening

    Bangalore, India Dear Gurudev, love, respect and attachment, how are these three connected. How we can we keep these in balance in relationships? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar: I think you have too much free time. You should get busy. Do not sit and worry. Love, re ...
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